My life: is not a fairy tale?

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Word of the Week, Round 4!

Carleton College to the rescue once again! Are y’all using these words in your daily vocabulary? Hmmm?

chicanery \ shih-KANE-uh-ree or chi-KANE-uh-ree \ (noun)

1. Deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
2. A piece of sharp practice (as at law) : trick

Example sentence:

In the old stories, Anansi the Spider is capable of such a level of chicanery it’s no wonder he almost always got his way.

Day 3 – 10 Day Challenge

Day 3: Eight Places You Want To Visit

This one is exciting, I am going to not include the places I have already been… These are in no particular order.

1. London – Men with sexy accents please.

2. Belize – Does this not just look like an amazing snorkeling spot?

3. Vegas – Just because. No, I don’t even like to gamble.

4. Alaska (not sure where exactly)

5. Dublin – Ireland is gorgeous.

6. Boston – just because I’ve never been there.

7. Sydney – Because of Finding Nemo?

8. Venice – Gorgeous.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Day 2 – 10 Day Challenge

Day 2: Nine Things You Can’t Live Without

1. The internet – If I couldn’t pull up google and search for something when I am trying to prove a point or can’t think of a name to something, I would be lost!

2. Music – I could not make it through a day without listening to music, or singing in the shower etc. Music helps my moods greatly. Though I could live without songs getting stuck in my head.

3. The bath tub – I think this one is pretty self explanatory but I am very attached to long hot baths.

4. Text messaging – Yes, I know it’s lame, but it’s the truth. I didn’t come up with this topic!

5. A good book – I am a visual reader. The book comes to life in my head… Well, at least a good book does!

6. Netflix – Seriously… Instant, commercial uninterrupted hours of television and movies… mmm.

7. Chicken! – I could eat chicken every meal of every day. Seriously. Roasted chicken, fried chicken, chicken lo mein, chicken tenders, chicken tacos… mmmm.

8. Dining out – I love going to a great restaurant… whether I’ve been there 100 times or I’m finding a great place for the first time. It’s one of my guilty pleasures.

9. Salt – Another guilty pleasure. I love salty foods.

Oooooh! Tomorrow will be exciting:

Day 3: Eight Places You Want To Visit

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Day 1: Ten Things You Wanted/Want To Be When You’re Older

10. When I was in Kindergarten, when asked, I wanted to be a nun. Yes, laughable, I know. Hush.

9. At one point I wanted to be a microbiologist. Then I realized that for that you need a ton of science, and while microbiology may have interested me... I am not a fan of the sciences. Not science, not political science, not social science... no thank you ma'am.

8. When I was in high school I wanted to be a stenographer. When you end their program, on average, one can type 226 WPM shorthand and 75 on a regular key board. At that point, I was already at 90 WPM. That was back in the day when it wasn't common for someone to be able to type that fast. Ahh, the computer age.

7. At one point I really thought that being a nanny seemed like a good idea.

6. Singer (cliche, I know)

5. Actress (cliche, I know)

4. CEO of ?

3. Not too long ago I wanted to run/open my own restaurant.

2. Right now I am studying for my undergraduate in accounting. If this is where I stay, I will want to be a CPA.

1. I really like my job as an association manager and would love to be my own boss some day doing just that.

And there you have it. See you tomorrow for

Day 2: Nine Things You Can’t Live Without

10 Day Challenge

Alright, I've listened. I'm not blogging enough. I get it. Here is the beginning of my challenge series. 10 days of random blogs. If I can complete this one, I will move on to something a bit more heavy, a bit more personal, and yes, something longer than 10 days. Here is the list:

Random 10 Day Challenge
Day 1: Ten Things You Wanted/Want To Be When You’re Older
Day 2: Nine Things You Can’t Live Without
Day 3: Eight Places You Want To Visit
Day 4: Seven People Who Inspire You, and Why?
Day 5: Six of Your Favorite Books
Day 6: Five Things You Can Eat Everyday
Day 7: Four Songs That Describe Your Life Right Now
Day 8: Three favorite Cartoon Characters
Day 9: Two Movies You Absolutely Love
Day 10: One Quote That Describes Your Life Right Now

Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Word of the Week, Round 3!

Carleton College has once again provided the word of the week for my (and yours, I hope) wonderful nonsensical entertainment purposes.

puckish \PUH-kish\ (adjective)

1. Impish, whimsical

Example Sentence:

Bert delighted in teasing his colleagues, and fortunately they recognized his puckish behavior as good-natured and tolerated it cheerfully.

Puckish behavior… Describes me perfectly!

The Red Carpet… Report Card?

The what to wears vs. the what not to wears… (There will be a separate posting for actual results, I promise!) Oooh the joys of writing a blog. Do you know what it truly means? It means that I have the power to say whatever it is that I want, about whomever I want and you all can choose to or choose not to read it. My citations are horrible, though I doubt that I will end up in jail from my poor citations on this blog, but I suppose it could happen… And now on to the photos. I hope you enjoy this because I truly got a kick out of making the comparisons.

Busy Philipps: B- Marisa Tomei: D

Something just doesn’t seem right about the report cards here when you compare them side by side. That’s all I’m saying, you be the judge!

Andrew Garfield : B Jesse Eisenberg: B

Props to the boys of Social Networking for rocking it out with two solid B’s.

Annette Bening: A Halle Berry: A

Yes, I think it is safe to say that Halle Berry rocked that dress. But again, when you compare, was Annette really deserving an A? Is she dating a president that I don’t know about? Anyone? Anyone?

Cate Blanchett: B- Florence Welch: D

This is another one that I have an issue with. You can call Cate Blanchett “fashion forward” all you want to. That will not change the fact that when you put her next to a D, you can’t help but wonder who is creating these scores in the first place.