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Ten on Tuesday

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Here’s another edition of Ten on Tuesday, brought to you by Roots and Rings!

1. What television character do you identify with?

I really have no idea! I’d like to say one of the characters from Grey’s Anatomy, but I can’t pick one. Maybe Yang because she’s Chinese and crazy.

2. Describe your morning routine.

The alarm goes off at 6:50 a.m. (It’s 5-minutes ahead so it’s actually 6:45 a.m.) I hit the snooze button and eventually roll out of bed at 7:01. (No lies) I pee the jump in the shower! Then it’s fixing my face and hair, getting dressed and breakfast time! I let the dogs out and feed them. I make my coffee then sit down with my newspaper and a bowl of cereal. (Right now it’s a mix of Corn Bran and Kashi cereal!) After I eat I check my email, Facebook and Twitter and tweet that my new blog post is posted. At 7:55 a.m. I put my coffee in my travel mug, organize my lunch, put Molly in her crate, kiss Daphne goodbye (because I feel she’ll forgive me for leaving if I do!) and head out the door! I usually get to work at 8:20 a.m., 10 minutes before I’m actually suppose to start. Huzzah!

3. How do you do lunch? Bring from home or dine out? Same thing every day or mix it up?

To save $$ I try to bring my own lunch to work. Usually we make enough dinner the night before to have leftovers for the next day. Kyle and I both like to take lunches, but sometimes we don’t have leftovers. If that’s the case, he’ll stop at Tim Hortons in the morning for a sandwich and I usually grab something at the deli next door to my office.

4. What is one moment that, although seemingly trivial at the time, changed your life?

It’s probably not that trivial, but being on Academic Probation after my first semester of university. I had a 0.5 GPA. I learned that I need to be more dedicated and that university isn’t anything like high school.

5. Name your top three beauty products.

Concealer, eyelash curler and lotion! I get random zits all the freaking time and I swear by my concealer. My eyelashes stick straight out and when I put mascara on they stick together. Lotion, because well, I live in a desert and my skin is stupid dry. “It puts the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again … ”

6. What do you do when you’re alone in the car?

Sing! Haha, I sing so stupid loud in my car, it’s embarassing. Kyle always asks me, “Who sings this song?” and I tell him, so then he says, “Okay, let’s keep it that way, okay?” :P

7. What is the ideal city for you to live in? If you can, take this survey (< that’s a link) and tell us the results. Do you agree with them?

So I took that survey and my top three answers were 1) Hartford, Connecticut, 2) Little Rock, Arkansas and 3) Charleston, West Virginia. To be honest, all those places are too big for my liking! I checked the box that said “mid-sized town” and there’s almost a million people in one of those places! Too many! I actually really love living where I am now. The size is perfect.

8. Are you waiting for something?

I am and I’m getting quite impatient about it all.

9. What was the last shocking news you heard?

It’s not news I heard, but things I’ve realized. There are SIX people pregnant at the grocery store I work at. Needless to say, I don’t drink the water there …

10. What are three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars?

  1. Hold a spider
  2. Eat a spider
  3. That skinny, greasy guy from Twilight. Ick.

Ten on Tuesday

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Here’s another edition of Ten on Tuesday, brought to you by Roots and Rings!


1. When you were a senior in high school, what career did you think you’d choose? Did you? Why or why not?
I thought I’d get into Marketing because I though Mel Gibson’s job in What Women Want was awesome. As it turned out, I was horrible at all classes business-related. Good thing I had a back-up career in mind! I switched to Journalism and never looked back or regretted it!

2. What one thing about the “real world” did you find most surprising once you were on your own?
I’ve never actually been “on my own”. I lived with my Dad after high school and moved in with Kyle half-way through my final year of university. But, not living with my parents has taught me that shit is expensive. Groceries, bills, etc. I knew it would be pricey, but sometimes it’s stressful.

3. Name 3 things you think your closest friends DON’T like about you.
– I tell them things they probably don’t want to hear, even if it’s the truth
– I’m really sarcastic
– I tend to be a control-freak

4. In order to sleep, do you need background noise or absolute quiet?
It depends on my level of exhaustion, but when I go to bed at night, I like absolute quite. If I’m just having a nap, I don’t mind background noise.

5. Why do you choose to reside in your current city? Yes, you have a choice :-)
Well, I moved here to go to school and I’m still here because it’s not too big or too small and it has a lot of amenities that make living easy. Plus it’s not overly expensive, the weather is gorgeous and the people are (more or less) friendly.

6. Are you close to your parents?
We’re not BFF or anything, but I do feel close to them, yes. I know they’re always there if I need them for anything, no matter what.

7. What is your favourite fiction book? Poem? Blog?
Book – Most likely Marley & Me
Poem – No idea!
Blog – I love them all!

8. Do you enjoy cooking or is it a chore?
I enjoy cooking when I’m in the mood. I love trying out new recipes and being domestic from time to time, but sometimes I’d rather just order pizza or toss pot stickers into boiling water.

9. Be honest. What one thing would (the majority of) your blog readers be shocked to find out about you?
That I have a hugely perverted mind. I live with two welders and hang out with them all the time, so I have heard and gotten used to “shop talk.” If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, right? I have developed a huge database of witty comebacks and insults.

10. If you were given your own national holiday, what would you require people to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the Day of You? Would there be a parade? Greeting cards?
For breakfast we shall dine on Eggs Benedict, sausage and sourdough toast. For lunch we shall have Bagel Bites and dinner will feature a 7-course meal of my favourite foods. There would be a parade of puppies and free Starbucks for all.

Ten on Tuesday!

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Here’s another edition of Ten on Tuesday, brought to you by Roots and Rings!

1. Quick! Zombies are coming!! What do you do?

Grab my guns (yes, I have guns!) and head to Wal-Mart, but first stopping at Wholesale Sports to pick up more ammo and guns.

2. Whew, that was a close one. …I think your phone is ringing. Oh, it’s your best friend! She thinks she’s been bitten by a zombie. What advice do you give her?

Enjoy life while you can! Really, if you’ve been bitten, you’re SOL. Sorry :(

3. You realize it’s time to leave your current location because it’s clearly not safe anymore. Are you going to move at night or day? Defend your reasoning.

Hmm … probably at night. We’d wear dark clothes and sneak our way through the night to a new location.

4. During your relocation, you come across a weapon superstore. My, that’s convenient. What kind of weaponry do you choose?

Well, since I knew to stop on my way to my first location, I would’ve picked up a semi-auto shotgun with #3 buckshot shells. Yep, sounds good to me! And I’d pick up a semi-auto handgun for close-range combat just to be sure.

5. As you leave, an old lady on the side of the street begs you to help her. Do you? Why or why not?

I make her get naked to check for bite marks and if she’s clean, I’d help her in anyway I can. I’d have to warn her though that it’s “Every man for themselves.” Sorry Grandma!

6. Good choice, you’re clearly a good person to have around in a zombie apocalypse. Oh hey, there’s a wifi signal here! You can’t stay long but this is your chance to gather some intel on the current situation. What’s the first website you check?

The message boards on All Things Zombie.

7. SHH! What was that noise?!

Just Tallahassee looking for some Twinkies. No biggie.

8. I think it’s time to get out of here. I hope you have a plan. Where are you going now?

A building with only two doors (Entrance and Emergency Exit) and that’s easy to barricade.

9. Wait a minute, that looks like a bite mark on your arm… You may be infected too! Will you tell other people?

Naw.

10. How does this story end?

I ask to see everyone’s guns and then bite them all, right before revealing that I’m 30 seconds away from becoming a zombie. Sorry guy! Better luck next time!

Annnnd, for the record, I’m pretty sure I’ll survive just fine considering we own this book:

Happy zombie hunting! Wanna be on my team?