Intimacy Begins at Home

Welcome to The Queen's Tuesday Meme #21

Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious.
Always fun!
Step out of the box. Be creative.
Use your imagination.
No one's answers are quite like yours.


The Queen's Meme #21 ~ The Wisdom At 21 Meme

This is a royal twist on an old meme. I just wish I'd found these gems when I was actually twenty-one.This is how it works: You must follow the directions to the letter.

1. Find the nearest bookshelf of your favorite reads, cookbooks, tech books, magazines. It doesn't matter. This will work for all print media. If you don't have seven books lined up on a shelf, grab the first seven you see around the house.

2. Book #1: Turn to page 21. Read the 21st sentence (you may have to turn the page).
Write it down.

3. Do the same with the first seven books or articles you see. The sentences will make a paragraph. You must write them down in the order you found them.

4. When you are finished, read over your "story" and title it.

5. Show us your bibliography at the end of this meme. Hmmm...I wonder if we'll be surprised at the reading material we may find. I just did mine. It was rather shocking! I didn't cheat. I promise! Don't you either....or it's you-know-where for you.

Intimacy Begins at Home

Intimacy begins at home, with oneself. "The bush," she said, pointing to a big cluster of evergreen shrubs - probably the home of the hare Ralph had shot, Merthin thought. The neighbours say, Ooh, Ah, they're lovely boys, look at those big eyes. Ah Bee koh could mimic convincingly the slow, thick accent of First Wife who, it is rumored, no longer wanted sex, having been long ago exhausted by it, and had suggested her sister, twelve years younger, as Second Wife. "How does he look?" I was taller than most but she was at least six feet. "Dr. Miura told me your mother is sick," he said.

Bibliography:

Soul Mates ~ Thomas Moore
World Without End ~ Ken Follett
Angela's Ashes ~ Frank McCourt
The Song of Silver Frond ~ Catherine Lim
A Long Fatal Love Chase ~ Louisa May Alcott
Left To Tell (Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust) ~ Immaculee Ilibigiza
Memoirs of a Geisha ~ Arthur Golden

Half truths and Half lies

Sunday Stealing:
The Trivia About Me Meme

Opening…


Do you get regular massages?
Yes. I have a cat who loves to rub and wind around my ankles.

Do you have an answering machine?
Leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you.

What cuss word do you use the most?
I use cuss phrases and I like to mix them up.

Are you underweight or overweight?
I am a perfect weight.

Can you see your veins?
Yes I can but it really worries me that you're asking that...


Favorite…

Soap?
Soap? Is this a trick question? Do you mean soap as in Soap Opera... or soap as in the stuff I wash with... which is kinda personal by the way. Who would ask that?

Fruit?
Green seedless grapes.

Kind of red meat?
Nope.

Fish?
Nope.

Candy bar?
Mars.


Have You Ever…

Eaten a whole bag of potato chips?
A small bag yes. A large bag no. That's why I'm a perfect weight.

Eaten lobster?
Yes.

Climbed a mountain?
Yes. Maybe not all the way up....

Been skydiving?
Sure. Why not? I love the thrill of falling from an altitude of 13500 feet.

Been water skiing?
No... I have a fear of water.


Do You…

Wish you could change something about your life?
Naw... everything is just freakin' peachy.

Like your nose?
This is a very weird and strange meme...

Like salt and vinegar chips?
Yes.

Eat salsa?
Yes.

Own a boat?
A yacht.


What Is…

A small thing that people let slide but that actually has dire consequences?
Their dirty little secrets... then again it could be their taxes. Who knows?

Your most macho trait?
My ability to lie and keep a straight face.

The longest relationship you’ve ever had?
Technically that would be my mother.

Your most embarrassing thoughts?
Bwaahhhhaa!
You wish.

Your most shameful moment?
Not likely.


This/That…

Bath/Shower?
Both.

Markers/Crayons?
I knew it! You work on psych ward don't you?

Pens/Pencils?
Oh I get it... you're a patient on the psych ward aren't' you?

Jelly/Cream Cheese?
Both.

Bagel/Toast?
Both.


Finish…

My greatest weakness is…
Diamonds.

I wish I was…
an oscar meyer weiner???

Three things I wouldn’t do for a million dollars are…

#1.tell the truth on a meme.
#2. give up my trust fund.
#3. tell you who my daddy is.

The oddest thing I’ve ever put in my mouth is…
probably my foot.


Firsts…

Credit card you had?
For my sixteenth birthday.

Loan you got was for?
I never needed one - my Daddy is rich.

Paycheck was for how much?
Don't know... my money supply is endless!

Time you had stitches?
When I was 25.

Time you went to the hospital for something?
I was in and out of the hospital for the first year of my life... and I can't say I really remember much about it!


Lasts…

List everything you ate in the last 24 hours?
There you go... wishin' again

Last thing you used a credit card for?
Diamonds.

What was your job previous to the one you have now?
Diamond buyer.

Last thing you celebrated?
New Year's.

Last time you were at a sports bar?
I don't do sports bars.

Blabbermouth

Welcome to The Queen's Tuesday Meme #20

Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious.
Always fun!
Step out of the box. Be creative.
Use your imagination.
No one's answers are quite like yours.


The Blabbermouth Meme

1. When you were a child did you ever blab a family secret and get in trouble for it later?

Oh yeah. In my house blabbing was a Sibling Sport. We told anything and everything we could think of on each other. The words "I'M TELLING MOM!!" still echo in my head. Fortunately we outgrew such childish behavior ..... ummm mostly.

2. Have you said anything in the last 24 hours that you regret?

Nope. I've learned to keep a lid on it.

3. Have you ever blabbermouthed something to a significant other that in hindsight you really should have kept to yourself?

Hmmm.... strangely nothing comes to mind...

4. Have you ever written anything on your blog that you wish you could take back?

Yup.
I posted in haste and repented in leisure. Apparently I like learning my lessons the hard way.

5. Are you the blabber or the blabbee? Tell us your most embarrassing blabbermouth moment.

As a child I was as much a blabbee as anyone. As an adult I learned that a still tongue really does keep a wise head. I can't think of one most embarrassing moment... but I can say that looking back at my behavior is embarrassment enough for me. I'm glad I grew up!

6. Who is the biggest blabbermouth tattletale in your household?

I think I'll take a pass on that. You never know who's reading and I'd like to live to see another day.

7. You are the Blog Paparazzi! Which blogger's real photograph are you most interested in getting?

The Paparazzi fired me. I'm just not nosy enough.

8. If you could hire the loudest and most skilled blabbermouth in the universe to do your talking for you and advertise it well, what message would you like to spread to humanity? Don't hold back.

Well... I not only want my message spread - I want it memorized and practiced daily!

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”
~Paulo Coelho

The Current Obsessions Meme

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing!

Instructions:
Answer the Current Obsession category and then explain WHY you chose that response. Easy enough?

The Current Obsessions Meme

Book:
I will admit that I have a book obsession. But for one author? One genre? Not really. I read a wide variety of topics. Right now I'm reading Soul Mates by Thomas Moore.

Snack:
I don't obsess over food. I eat whatever appeals to me at the time.

Restaurant: No obsession there either. I listen to my stomach. If it say's "Italian" then "Italian" it is... then again it could be craving Chinese... my stomach has a mind of it's own.

Beverage:
Okay Okay... I'm a coffee-a-holic.

Decor:
Decor? Decor obsession? You serious? With the amount of hungry children on this planet my conscience would not allow me to be obsessed with decor. I keep my home simple and uncluttered.

Actor:
Non.

Actress:
Nope.

Movie:
Nada.

TV show:
Guilty of several obsessions... let's see there's CSI Miami, Lie To Me, Criminal Minds, Law & Order SVU, LOST, Flash Forward... I'll stop now. I sense a theme going on here!

Hobby:
Blogging, reading, writing...

Band:
Collective Soul and Goo Goo Dolls. It's all about the lyrics.

Song:
Too many!

Meme:
I believe I have admitted to my meme-a-holic disease in a previous post.

Blog:
No... I don't think so. I wouldn't want to be accused of being a stalker now would I?

Lover:
Past? Present? Future?
Doesn't matter... I don't obsess over lovers and hopefully no one is obsessing over me!

Friend: If I obsessed over my friends I wouldn't have my friends for long.

Quote:
I'd rather be sorry for something I've done, than for something that I didn't do.

Peeve:
Judgmental people. They seriously irk me. I have to remind myself that it's easier for them to judge me than to take a good long hard look at themselves.

Sport:
Absolutely not. No wait... I have secretly watched curling. Yes curling. You can stop laughing now.

Singer:
Sarah Mclaughlin - her lyrics speak to my soul.

Cheers to all us thieves!

The Band Meme

....and we're back!

And what better way to kick off the New Year than the Queen's Meme!

Welcome to The Queen's Tuesday Meme #19

Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious.
Always fun!
Step out of the box. Be creative.
Use your imagination.
No one's answers are quite like yours.

And her Royal Highness says....

We have our own Royal Blible, our own Royal Shopping Mall , we threw message bottles in the bloggy ocean and now it's time to become a Rock Band. This meme has been very popular in the past. I didn't write it and I don't know where it started. If you know, please tell me and I will give credit where credit is due. Not only is it entertaining but it would also make an interesting sidebar conversation piece. Think of it as sitting on the mantel in your blivingroom. (that's blog + living room for all you non blog speakers). I finished this little project with a new respect for mindless memology. The result was downright spooky.

Get ready to rock 'n roll!

The Band Meme
It's a musical mme0-matic! Here's how it goes. You are about to have your own band's CD cover. Follow these directions to the letter. My tagee list is at the bottom of this post. It's fun and requires no thought at all. Go to......

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
Go to the bottom of the page and find the NEW RANDOM QUOTATIONS button. Click it. The last four words of the very last quote that appears on the page is the title of your album.

3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result.

And Voila!