5 Questions

The maven did the 5 questions from a friend of hers and I thought it was a neat idea, so here I am with my five questions from The Maven. I will endeavour to answer each with honesty.

1. What is your favourite thing about being a mom?
I would have to say that not having to miss any of those fantastic moments is my favorite part. Getting to see all the firsts and get all the payment of love, hugs and kisses. Being a part of shaping two beautiful boys into hopefully great men.

2. Complete this thought: "If I ever met George W. Bush in person, I would ask him..."
What kind of drugs his mother did while pregnant. Seriously. Something had to be done while he was in utero for that man to be so fuct in the head!

3. If you could make me into a Starbucks drink, what would I be and why?
You would have to be a soy chai latte. Mainly because they taste fantastic but are low in calories and therefore low in responsibility. Very low maintenance, like your friendship is. The soy and chai are mainly due to you being a health nut ;)

4. If you could change one thing in your life, what would it be?
This one is very easy to answer. I would make my children NOT be autistic. It is the one thing in my life that I have the most trials with. I would even make my own health worse to improve theirs. They would be even more spectacular little men if they didn't have such huge communication issues. They are already so bright.

5. What are the three most influential movies you've seen, and why?
The first would be Boyz in the Hood. It really was an eye opener for me as a young adult. I mean, I lived in a bad neighborhood, but never had anything like this. It was a great movie and story for any who haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Fantastic movie.
The second one would be Pump up the Volume. Seriously! I saw it in high school and it made me truly embrace my originality and learn to love it and myself for what I stood for.
The last one I would have to say is Garden State. It also was a movie about being true to yourself. Its a lesson I think I've had to learn many times. Plus, that one has a fantastic story line to it.

Here are the rules if you want to participate in 5 Questions.
1. Send me an email saying: ”Interview Me” to sumita69@gmail.com
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You can then answer the questions on your blog.
4. You should also post these rules along with an offer to interview anyone else who emails you wanting to be interviewed.
5. Anyone who asks to be interviewed should be sent 5 questions to answer on their blog. I would be nice if the questions were individualized for each blogger.

Honest Scrap Award

I'm not one to normally answer being tagged. but Chocolateer and her 10 honest things about yourself intrigued me. I'm not going to tag 7 other people, but feel free to do this as well. I think it's still a free country.

1. I have NO tact. Ok, if we're being totally honest, I have very little tact. I thank my mother for this fact, because I have even more tact than she does. Everyone who knows me likes to say that I have a monthly tact allowance. Once it is gone, it's gone.

2. I like to consider myself original and artistic. I don't always believe that I am, but I like to think of myself that way. I write bad poetry and ok stories and I play the clarinet passably. I can sing, as long as I have a bucket to carry a tune in. So while I may not be fantastic at these things, I definitely like doing them.

3. I'm addicted to World of Warcraft. The game and the people I play with are so much fun. There aren't many nights that I would rather be doing something other than playing the game with these awesome people. And yes, it can be considered Social. Demented and sad, but social.

4. I'm not a girl. Well, I mean, I have girly parts, but I don't act or think like a girl most of the time. Most people classify my sex by my name. "She's not a girl, shes a _____" Insert my name there. I've tried to think like a girl and I just can't follow their brain patterns. It does not compute with my linear train of thought.

5. In spite of #4, I do actually read some romance novels. Not ALL of them, but I read the Twilight series and I read a few of the supernatural romance authors. Yes...they are romantic, but I also get caught up in the characters. I can honestly say I like the action (and no, not THAT action) scenes better than the drippy love stuff. Hence the supernatural romance books.

6. I am Sexist. Honestly, I am! The problem is that I'm sexist against Women. I apply generalities to them and stereotype them constantly. I think we all tend to downplay things we don't understand. Its not like I don't want women to be able to vote, or get paid more than men. I just think they are over emotional and at most times, predictable in the way that they act. Except when they aren't and then they are kind of crazy. See...I told you!

7. I love my boys. (no, thats not the honest part) When they go to school or to grandma's house I am VERY thankful for the break. While I do love them, they also wear me out and sometimes drive me crazy at times. I don't know what I would do if they didn't sleep well at night.

8. Country and Heavy Metal music are the only types of music I actively hate. Everything else I can, at least, normally find some redeeming quality about it. The lyrics, the beat...something. rarely do I find one of those two types appealing in ANY way.

9. I normally scare children when they first meet me. I'm not sure if its the fact that I'm a 6 foot chick or I give off a crazy Oompa-Loompa vibe, but 9 times out of 10 they don't quite like me at first. Even after becoming a mom, this still happens. I actually think its more the Oompa-Loompa vibe. They just have to realize that Oompa-loompa's are actually fun.

10. Hmm...the last Honest thing about me. Well, at least that I'm posting on this blog. I think I'll have to follow in Chocolateer's footsteps and say I play D&D. Actually I play many RPG's. I find them highly entertaining and love the change to use my imagination while interacting with others. Plus, killin' stuff is just plain cool! Ok, not REAL stuff, but imaginary stuff. It all happens in your head, you see?

So there ya have it. 10 Honest things about me. I'm sure to some, this was not even close to being shocking.

Ode to Kia-boo

R.I.P Kia Marie Wood Aug 18th, 1996 - Dec 26th 2008

She was a good dog. No, she was a great dog. She never asked for much and always behaved when she was asked too. She was tolerant of small children and loved to have her belly rubbed. She was always looking to please someone in some fashion. We didn't deserve her. We loved her very much and I do hope that she is happy in Doggie heaven, which I know she got into because she was such a wonderful dog. It was an honor to have known and loved you and an honor to be there to see you on your way to the next life. May it be a much better one than this one, for you deserve it, Kia-Boo.

One of my Favorite books

Another excerpt I didn't write...but feel the need to share. This book touched my heart and expanded my mind. Everyone should read it. Everyone's mind needs a bit of opening.

From Illusions… Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah By Richard Bach
(the messiah is leaving and trying to explain it to the many)

And he said unto them, “if a man told God that he wanted most of all to help the suffering world, no matter the price to himself, and God answered and told him what he must do, should the man do as he is told?”

“Of course master!” cried the many “It should be pleasure for him to suffer the tortures of hell itself, should God ask it!”

“No matter what those tortures, nor how difficult the task?”

“Honor to be hanged, glory to be nailed to a tree and burned, it so be that God has asked,” Said they.

“And what would you do,” the master said unto the multitude, “if God spoke directly to your face and said, ‘I command that you be happy in the world, as long as you live’ What would you do then?”

And the multitude was silent, not a voice, not a sound, was heard upon the hillsides, across the valleys where they stood.

And the master said unto the silence, “In the path of our happiness shall we find the learning for which we have chosen this lifetime. So it is that I have learned this day, and choose to leave you now to walk your own path, as you please.”

And he went his way through the crowds and left them and returned to the everyday world of men and machines.

My Frame of Mind

Riddle-Me-This strikes again. This poem strikes a few chords in me. Thanks again, riddle.


Mending Wall

by Robert Frost

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
'Stay where you are until our backs are turned!'
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of outdoor game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, 'Good fences make good neighbors.'
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
'Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't it
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down.' I could say 'Elves' to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself. I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, 'Good fences make good neighbors.'

Top Ten Girl Rules

So one day, long ago, Chocolateer and I were talking about these unspeakable girl rules that are out there. We decided to document, though it is against the rules, said rules for the world to see. I found them last night and was thinking that I should share them with the world. I mean, I don't follow a single rule ON this list...which makes me question my own gender. So many of the women I know do though...so without further introduction:

Top Ten Girl Rules

1. Never openly ask for anything. That would be rude and selfish. Instead whine incessantly about your problems until someone volunteers to help you. (if they don't volunteer to help, be pouty and sullen and gossip about them behind their back for being insensitive)

2. Never tell a person if you are angry at him or her. That's WAY too confrontational. Instead tell everyone else that you are angry, because it's important to vent your feelings. Give the person you are angry with the cold shoulder. If they really care about you, they'll be concerned enough to figure out what's wrong.

3. Be totally derisive toward any activity or characteristic that is typically males, but me mortally offended if anyone makes the slightest potentially negative comment about women. These are enlightened times, after all.

4. Don't confuse issues with the facts of the matter. If you feel one way about something, its completely insensitive and inconsiderate of anyone to try and reason you back to reality.

5. You deserve to spend money on new shoes, clothes, make up, craft supplies, hairdos, manicures, purses and any other personal items. You need these things. Be shocked and argumentative when the man in your life buys a new power tool, fishing rod, or computer upgrade. These boys have to grow up and scale down their toys sometime.

6.When you go to someone to garner sympathy about a difficulty you are having, be hurt and offended if they dare suggest a possible solution to your problem. If they are male, cry and then refuse to tell him why you are crying. Do this in spite of the existence of rule number 1.

7. If a girlfriend or female acquaintance gets a new haircut, dress or is about to embark on a new undertaking in her life, smile and be very supportive. Lie if you must. After all, there will be plenty of opportunity to discuss your real thoughts on the matter behind her back.

8. Your a model of modern feminism, self-confidence and woman power. Anyone suggesting otherwise is obviously trying to pull you down. It is only because you are so fulfilled that you are secure enough to constantly ask "Does my hair look ok?" "Does this dress make me look fat?" "Do these shoes match my outfit?" "Well, what are you going to be wearing?"

9. You are a mature woman, able to discuss and resolve major life issues, run a business, and manage teams of people. Therefore, when dealing with men on a personal basis, remember, sex and tears are your main tools of trade and manipulation.

10. DENY every item on this list. VEHEMENTLY deny that you are, in fact, a girlie girl.

so, from now on...I'm not denying I'm a girlie girl. I'll let everyone judge that for themselves. I will, however, never follow a rule ON this list *grins*