10 posts tagged “qotd”

What websites do you visit every day?
Submitted by Chez Michelle.

• Bloglines--to read my favorite blogs
• Vox--to see what my neighbors are up to
• Awake--my blog, to find links to my friend's blogs that I don't have in bloglines for no good reason
• Backpack--to view my calendar, add notes-to-self, reminders, to-do lists, and ideas for sooner or later
• Gmail--to read my mail
• NWREL--my employer's website, which I work on daily
  
• NWREL's Intranet--to do my work
• Various Movable Type installations--to administer sites and blogs for business and for pleasure
• Various phpMyAdmin installations--to administer mySQL databases at work
• Google--to find what I'm looking for, or not (depends on if what I'm looking for can be found on the InterWebs)

The end.

What's your suggestion for the Question of the Day? 
Inspired by Princesskasren.

Ocean or mountains?

I'm a mountain-girl myself. Especially if it's the Cascades. I suppose I'm partial though, being an Oregonian. I am looking forward to exploring the southern Oregon Coast, however, when I move to Ashland.

We know you never slack off at work, but if you did, what would you do?

I'd answer the QotD on Vox, of course. ;-)

When I woke up on September 11, 2001, I headed straight to the living room and turned on the TV. I never watch TV before work and I don't remember why I felt like I should have turned it on that morning. The first plane had already crashed into one of the towers. I called my mom (The One Who Makes Sense of the World) to ask what was going on and together we watched the second plane crash into the other tower. I asked her, "Is this real?" I went to work and shortly after I arrived, an e-mail was sent out sending us all back home again. The ride home on the train was eerily silent. No one talked. No one moved. Everyone gazed out the window and up into the sky. Every plane tracked until it was out of sight. The shock was nothing like they felt in the Northeast, but it was a shock nonetheless. NPR was kept on for days until we couldn't stand it anymore. News was addictive and unsatisfying. American flags seemed suddenly important. Times of worship were filled with desperate longing.

What's your favorite way to keep in touch? Phone, snail mail, email, text message, Vox, _____ ?

Depends on who I want to keep in touch with...

Family: Phone
Extended family: Blog or e-mail
Friends: E-mail, Blog, Phone
Acquaintances: Blog

I never use text messaging. I've reached my limit on telecommunications-related spending.

Snail mail? I hate it, as the pile on my floor demonstrates.

Remember sniglets?  Do you have any favorites?  Have you ever made up your own word?  (Now's as good a time as any.)

"Schmoopy." I'm sure I didn't make this one up, but a commonly used sniglet in my college days was "schmoopy," as in "Eww, schmoopiness in the lobby." Or, "Yes that couple is very schmoopy." Or, "How about taking that schmoopiness out of public view." Variants covered the main parts-of-speech, i.e. "schmoopiness," "schmoop," etc. Refers to the Public Display of Affection. 

What's your morning beverage of choice?  Coffee, tea, juice?  Homemade or store-bought?

I try to make my own coffee, but it always tastes too bitter. So I get coffee either at the coffee shop downstairs (w/cream and sugar) or I'll head across the street to Starbucks for either a chai latte, a sugar-free hazelnut latte, or a caramel macchiato. I wish there was a place that served Longbottom coffee within a block's radius...I'd definitely get coffee there instead.

On the weekend, I usually drink tea, either because I feel like it or because I've just botched another carafe of black coffee.

What's one thing that you hope to do or accomplish before the end of this year?

I hope to have a savings account balance that doesn't make me roll my eyes.

Good grief.

Who is *not* my favorite Muppet! The Swedish Chef is definitely one of my favorites. His performance in A Muppet Family Christmas was both nuanced and, well, hilarious. His growth as a character from premeditated turkey stuffer to birdseed distributer was inspired indeed. And the hands. You gotta love the hands.

Speaking of The Muppets, the Season One DVD is great. It comes complete with a fuzzy green case. I also recommend The Muppet Family Christmas...if you can get it from someone who recorded it off Nickelodeon in the mid-90s, you're in for a treat. It has some scenes not included in the video/dvd available in stores. But if you're like me and your only extended recording is on a Beta tape, the video is a fine addition to the family holiday collection. Just watch out for the icy patch.

What's the one CD that will totally remind you of the Summer of 2006?

Jack Johnson's Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies for the Film Curious George.

Why? The Search for Bigfoot by the Himes Family, of course. (See previous post...)