10 random things
Posted on | November 19, 2006 |
1) This reminded me how much fun it is to write an utterly random list.
2) Things I am into this month: pomegranates, this soap, making homemade granola, Scrubs on tivo, hearing my son giggle, and remembering to make time for the stack of books on my nightstand.
2) Sitting down and beginning anything—a manuscript, a book, my to do list—is the hardest part.
3) When we ripped out a wall in the bathroom upstairs, we found a Dr. Pepper bottle from 1976. It sits on the windowsill in my studio now.
5) I am procrastinating about working on a manuscript right now.
6) I love Tahitian vanilla ice cream.
7) I’m adore this orange infused dark chocolate. Dark chocolate can do no wrong anyway–but with a hint of orange? Reminds me of driving through southern California as a kid and smelling the heady scent of orange blossoms on the breeze.
I almost always choose wine by the label.
9) Violence towards women is something I have become deeply angry about, and I want to do more to affect change.
10) Even in winter, I like having bare feet. Radiant heat makes me happy, and so do my clogs.
Your turn. Write 10 random facts about you, right now—here or on your blog. If you post on your blog, leave your link here so I can check ‘em out.
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November 19th, 2006 @ 9:42 pm
absolutely yummy photos!
November 19th, 2006 @ 9:51 pm
1) One of my favorite poems is “Famous” by Naomi Nye.
2) Most people don’t believe that my real name is Lyric and my sister’s name Melody. Blame it on musical parents with a unique sense of humor…
3) I harbor a secret desire to be reincarnated as an Olympic Figure Skater.
4) The ocean is my muse.
5) I spend lots of money on books and candles, they create an ambiance around me like nothing else can.
6) Nothing melts my heart faster than when I hear “I miss you, Nana” from my four year old grandson or hugs from my grown children.
7) I love decorating my house, even for holidays, lots of candles of course…
One of my dreams is to own my own home again.
9) Turning fifty has been more difficult than I anticipated…
10) I love the word “journey” and the process of “transformation”.
November 19th, 2006 @ 11:31 pm
1. I own way too many books, more than I’ll ever be able to read.
2. Yet I can never get out of the library with less than a dozen books…go figure.
3. I always have to go back for ‘one more kiss’ before leaving my son behind.
4. I sometimes find myself humming or singing out loud while walking down the halls at work. Why?
5. I love flannel sheets and turtlenecks and tights and long wool coats and gloves and my berber fleece pullover that I’ve worn for years… I think this is because
6. I am almost always cold.
7. I am a doodler.
8. Both my grandmothers were named Lucy. But my mother hates the name, so she named me Lucille.
9. I love reading recipes but rarely cook anything.
10. I want to learn to ice skate. And crochet. And speak Portuguese. And drive stick-shift. And play “Dust in the Wind” on guitar.
November 19th, 2006 @ 11:51 pm
Poms are so delicious! Your randomness inspired me too! Come visit for my 10 random things.
November 20th, 2006 @ 12:15 am
hmmmm…. fun fun.
let’s see:
1.) i love reading too. and i usually have tons going on at once, like 2 novels, a bible study book, a self help book and tons of scrap magazines, cook books, etc.
2.) i am a scrapbook paper collector. i have piles and piles of untouched papers. i need to use them. i am a hoarder of scrapping supplies.
3.) i could live on chips and salsa. especially pineapple/mango salsa. and hint of lime chips.
4.) i have never cooked a meal on a HOliday. i want to. i want to make a small turkey dinner for my family this year. usually we are always at a relatives house. i will be watching your blog for recipes!
5.) i just learned this necklace trick where you hold the necklace above your palm and if it spins in a circle you have had or are going to have a girl, and if it goes back and forth it’s a boy, and if it stops then you are done having kids. i swear i tried it 15x and it worked every single time. it said GIRL GIRL STOP. and i have 2 girls and have been trying for 4 years for another. try it!!it works! i believe in it! every single one of my neighbors tried it and it worked!!!!! totally freakY!
6. i am deathly afraid of getting in a car accident. not sure why.
7. i want to travel again one day. i want to go to Ireland, Germany and NEw YORk….
8. according to the above necklace trick i am going to have 6 grandchildren. i tried it on my daughters! LOL!
9. i want to write a novel and a childrens book.
10. i want to be a high school guidance counselor. i want to help teens….
have a great week!
tara
November 20th, 2006 @ 3:21 am
1) I get really grumpy if it rains for more than 3 weeks
It makes me uncomfortable when I’m writing if I start too many sentences with “I”…I go back and edit to change them afterwards.
2) I speak and understand Swedish but almost never write it
3) My kids are used to me bursting in to song at the slightest provocation
4) I’ve moved 30 times in my life and I’m getting the itch again
5) I actually prefer fruit & dough to chocolate when it comes to desserts
6) Looking up words to find out their meaning and origin gives me a real kick
7) I know all the words to all the songs from the musicals Hair and My Fair Lady. I blame my father.
9) Climate change and global warming have me more and more freaked out, and I want to do more to help reverse them.
10) It’s rare that I wear any of my jewelry anymore…most necklaces make me feel like I’m choking.
November 20th, 2006 @ 10:22 am
Tara, I tried the necklace trick–and it went back and forth and I have a boy… but my question is…when is it supposed to STOP? It kept going & going and going and I sure as hell am not planning on an indefinite number of kids, boys or no boys!
November 20th, 2006 @ 11:50 am
http://jessicabrogan.blogspot.com/2006/11/10-random-facts.html
Here is a link to my ten random things! thanks for this, i have a list obsession as well.
November 20th, 2006 @ 11:54 am
Lizardek…I went to your site, but I have no idea how to post a comment there. Anyway, you’re quite patient…grumpy after 3 WEEKS of rain?! wow. I feel like a grinch. I take about three Hours.
November 20th, 2006 @ 12:50 pm
1. I have a bad headcold.
2. I shouldn’t complain, it’s probably the only cold I’ll get all winter.
3. I have discovered, at the age of 31 that I like tea. Who knew?
4. I have a beagle named Genghis (like the warlord, but not really).
5. Cinamon and the beach are my favorite smells.
6. My nails are painted bright red, prostitute style, and I secretly kinda like them.
7. I have an affinity for books and everything about them including smell, feel, sound. I can’t ever give them away after reading them.
8. I crave watermelon all winter yet rarely buy it during the summer season.
9. I don’t GET Monty Python movies, at all.
10. I am considering going into work despite the aforementionned headcold (which includes fever) because I am odd like that….I feel like I am letting someone down despite the fact that I work alone.
November 20th, 2006 @ 12:59 pm
http://misstessajane.blogspot.com/2006/11/ten-random-things.html
November 20th, 2006 @ 1:41 pm
1. I haven’t seen my dad in years
2. He now has a new family, and his “wife” is 5 years younger than me
3. I have a little sister, 8 yrs.old
4. My dad wasn’t around much when I was growing up
5. I received an email two weeks ago from someone telling me she had two little kids, the father is my dad
6. My dad didn’t wanted to give me away the day of my wedding for fear of running into my mom and her family
7. I forwarded the email to him
8. He didn’t called me when my children were born, but was furious when we named my son after my maternal grandfather who, by the way, gave me away on my wedding day
9. He emailed me today to tell me not to give his info to this woman
10. I am not proud of him but somehow feel I would like him to be proud of me. (He is not, by the way)
Well, not so random thoughts but this is what’s on my mind today, and I can’t write this on my website because my family reads it and they don’t know about this, and I don’t think it’ll be good if they did. I needed to write it because it’s just driving me nuts. thanks for the opportunity. I’m so happy you had a visit from your sister and to hear you’re feeling in better spirits!
good luck with everything
rosa
November 20th, 2006 @ 2:40 pm
I share number 4 with you!
Love the pomegranate photos - what rich jewels!
November 20th, 2006 @ 10:53 pm
10. I bought a pomegranate at the store today, mostly because of your photos.
9. I managed to sort through all of the Christmas catalogs in my house tonight.
8. I even clipped a few things I thought *I* might like, in case anyone needs ideas.
7. We’re going to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends. Claire decided we would bring brownies for dessert.
6. She will help me make them.
5. I wish desperately for my own desk and computer. I hate sharing.
4. I love the sound of my daughter’s chatter as she plays with her toys. Her favorite game: playing teacher.
3. I am addicted to diet cherry Coke, and I have no problem with it.
2. I rarely watch television.
1. My house is clean right now, but only because guests are coming. Otherwise, it’s typical state is controlled chaos.
November 20th, 2006 @ 11:53 pm
here’s my list (http://suchabeautifulmess.blogspot.com/2006/11/ten-random-things-one-drunken-photo.html). thanks for the idea. this nablopomo thing is getting kind of rough.
November 21st, 2006 @ 12:13 am
Those photos are beautiful - the first one made my mouth water! I haven’t had a pom in a long time.
Here’s my list:
http://peachandpearl.blogspot.com/2006/11/10-things.html
November 21st, 2006 @ 12:45 am
My list is up at my blog. I love it when you do this, others people’s lists are so fascinating.
Also, I think your camera is back! Delicious pictures.
Off to try the necklace trick…
November 21st, 2006 @ 2:06 am
Loved your photos today. Something about the subject and the colors that absolutely captivated me.
At any rate, I really enjoy your list-making days. Hope you “stop by” to see my list. (http://leahnicole.typepad.com/love_everyday/2006/11/completely_rand.html)
November 23rd, 2006 @ 10:09 pm
LOL! We had Red Truck Wine with our Thanksgiving meal!! Bought by my brother for the label!
November 24th, 2006 @ 2:25 am
1. Ice cream is my downfall so I rarely buy it though I crave it often.
2. I’m a coffeeholic.
3. My husband is my best friend.
4. Antique stores are one of my favorite type of shops to browse thru.
5. I’m old-fashioned. I know it and I don’t mind. lol…
6. Baking homemade breads of all kinds brings me a pleasure I don’t find anywhere else.
7. The lake is my loveliest source of inspiration for my art.
8. I’d love to own an old Victorian historical house, paint it and re-decorate the entire thing inside and out.
9. I love to sit on a porch swing and watch hummingbirds at the feeders.
10. Birds are beautiful and I watch them every morning with my cat Missy. Of course, she likes them for a different reason. lol….
Sharon
November 28th, 2006 @ 6:06 pm
I have a pomegranite story that is so “ME” right now, I’ll post that and my list on my blog.
Michelle
aka Olive Attic
March 3rd, 2007 @ 11:52 pm
1. I can’t stand tags on T-shirts. I always end up ripping them out; almost all my T-shirts have big holes on the backs of them.
2. There is something inside me that tells me that one day, I’m suppoused to go to Peru.
3. I am a chocoholic. I am currently giving up chocolate for lent, and its really pretty hard.
4. I flip my pillow over so I can feel the cool side when I’m sleeping.
5. Failure is one of my biggest fears and I think that this fear is what makes me procrastinate so much.
6. I love sketching people. Sometimes in class when I’m suppoused to be paying attention, I draw the people who are sitting around me. I always wonder if they can tell and if they think I’m really sketchy and weird!
7. I love the mountains of North Carolina. They are so incredibly beautiful, and it is where I find my God again.
8. I got hit by a car 2 summers ago while I was riding my bike. I wasn’t wearing a helmet and I flew about 6 yards. I got a couples scratches on my arms and legs and that was it. A bunch of people who saw the accident take place called me up and told me they had witnessed a miracle and that I should be dead.
9. I feel most alive when I’m dancing.
10. I think that sleep is such a beautiful gift, yet ironically and willfully, I’m never running on enough of it at all.
March 3rd, 2007 @ 11:57 pm
This is my real website, I typed the wrong website address in the last reply by accident.
April 16th, 2007 @ 2:16 pm
What a fun idea! I will think of ten random things:
1. I filled twenty pages this weekend at a persona poem workshop and am thrilled at writing so much, my hand sore.
2. I went for a two hour hike with my fiance and dogs this weekend and loved the bluffs, taking pictures the whole way.
3. Right now, this minute, I have my creative writing students writing for half an hour straight, and they are also feeling the pain of constant writing.
4. I love exposed brick and wood beams.
5. I read your post about your school shooting today, the day of the Virginia Tech shootings.
6. We had active shooter drills at our school two years ago with paint bullets and classroom plans.
7. I just picked up a copy of If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland and have already picked out two quotes to start my blog entry this afternoon.
8. I am enjoying teaching and directing more now that I know I have been budget cut; I have made peace and am strangely thrilled at the idea of not knowing what next year will bring.
9. I met Robert Bly in an MFA class several years ago; he came and talked to a dozen students and is friends with my former professor.
10. I am going to Boston in a few weeks and it is exactly what I need to feel more free.
April 16th, 2007 @ 2:17 pm
What a fun idea! I will think of ten random things:
1. I filled twenty pages this weekend at a persona poem workshop and am thrilled at writing so much, my hand sore.
2. I went for a two hour hike with my fiance and dogs this weekend and loved the bluffs, taking pictures the whole way.
3. Right now, this minute, I have my creative writing students writing for half an hour straight, and they are also feeling the pain of constant writing.
4. I love exposed brick and wood beams.
5. I read your post about your school shooting today, the day of the Virginia Tech shootings.
6. We had active shooter drills at our school two years ago with paint bullets and classroom plans.
7. I just picked up a copy of If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland and have already picked out two quotes to start my blog entry this afternoon.
8. I am enjoying teaching and directing more now that I know I have been budget cut; I have made peace and am strangely thrilled at the idea of not knowing what next year will bring.
9. I met Robert Bly in an MFA class several years ago; he came and talked to a dozen students and is friends with my former professor.
10. I am going to Boston in a few weeks and it is exactly what I need to feel more free.