Survey

You are
[x] 5'0"-5'3"
[] 5¢4≤-5¢5≤
[] 5¢5≤-5¢6≤
[] 5¢6≤-5¢7≤
[] 5¢8≤-5¢9≤
[] 5¢10≤ and up

Your confessions:
[] I'm afraid of silence
[x] I am really ticklish
[]I'm afraid of the dark
[] I've collected comic books
[x] I sometimes shut out others
[] I open up to others TOO easily
[X] I read the newspaper
[X] I love Disney movies
[X] I am a sucker for gorgeous eyes
[X] I am a sucker for a gorgeous smile
[x] I don't kill bugs (try not to, at least)
[] I have "x"s in my screen name
[x] I bake well
[x] I have worn pajamas to class
[] I love Martha Stewart
[] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS
[X] I love to laugh
[] I can't swallow pills.
[]I bite my nails
[] I play computer games when I'm bored
[x] I have gotten lost in the city
[x] I have gone out in public in my pajamas
[] I have made out in an elevator
[] I have been skydiving
[] I have been bungee jumping
[] I have bitten someone
[x] I have egged or T.P.ed a house/car
[ ] I have smashed a car
[] I have been fired

Have you ever…
[X] seen a shooting star
[] joke proposed to anyone
[x] gotten stitches
[x] eaten Sushi
[x] gotten the chicken pox
[X] Ridden in a taxi
[] Been on a cruise ship
[X] Driven/Rode over 400 miles in one day
[x] Been on a plane by yourself
[x] had surgery
[x] seen a movie more than 3 times in the theater
[X] been on stage
[] gotten a black eye
[] memorized all the dialogue in a movie
[X]watched an entire baseball game

Do you like…
[x]old movies
[x] musicals
[X] blasting music in your car
[x] foreign foods
[] gameboy Pokemon
[X] Christmas time
[X] doughnuts
[X] animals
[X] coffee
[X] tea
[x] summer
[x] winter

TWO'S OF EVERY KIND

Two Names You Go By: Violet and Emily

Two things you are wearing right now:
pajama bottoms and my Pride shirt

Two Places You Want to go on Vacation:
Ireland and Chile

Two Things You Are Thinking About Now:
my Village and my fuzzy girl, who is sitting on my lap

Two favorite animals:
cats and WW's dog

Spell your name without vowels:
Vlt mly

How many pairs of jeans do you own?:
three

What color(s) do you wear most often?
blue

What's for dinner tonight?
I had soup and grilled cheese, thanks to WW.

Are you happy with your life right now?
Yes, very much so

[Do you own a…}

- PS2: no

- XBOX: no

- PSP: no

-XBOX 360: no

- Gamecube: no

Digital Camera: no


Do you shop at stores like Aeropostale and American Eagle?
no

How do you make money?
I teach.

Last thing you bought?:
iced tea

How's the weather?:
it's been warm, I think. I've been inside.

Do you own big sunglasses?:
no

What should you be doing right now?:
laying on the couch?

Who did you hug today?:
my fuzzy child. I'm trying to avoid giving other people my dread disease, so no hugging anyone else.

How many beds did you lay in yesterday?
1

What color shirt are you wearing?:
white with rainbows on it. it's my Pride shirt.

Name one thing that you do everyday?:
play with the fuzzy child

Whats the color are your bedroom walls?:
white

How much cash do you have on you right now?:
none

Q: When was the last time you saw your dad?
A: in August

Q: What did you have for dinner last night?
A: tortellini with Rennick

Q: Look to your left, what do you see?
A: the wall

Q:Do you have plants in your room?
A: yes, I have clover, six of them now in their little pot.

My friends rock

So I have been in the process of building a Village (frog's term) of sorts here. Let me tell you, they are really great. I have been sick as a dog this week, and I have felt very loved. I've had three friends offer soup (and they don't even read here, so it wasn't even in response to my whiney blog from the other day). WW actually brought soup tonight, two kinds actually, as well as grilled cheese and some really powerful prescription cold medicine. I don't have health insurance right now, so this was much appreciated. Rennick had dinner with me last night, and I whined about not feeling well and she was very sympathetic. Liz has checked on me a couple of times and has loaned me a whole stack of Xena tapes, which I have quite enjoyed. It has been quite wonderful the last week or so, despite the sick as a dog part. I'm really blessed to have such good friends.

Names

I heard a great name over the weekend. I'm going to name my daughter this, in fact, when and if I have one (I'll probably end up with all boys which is fine, but anyway). Anyway, the name is Eilen (pronounced E. Lynn). Isn't that pretty? If you would like to know where I heard it, it's the name of a fabulous new singer I have discovered. Her name is Eilen Jewell. She's incredible.

Ugh

I am so sick. I'm accepting sympathy and soup. I'll be sure to thank you when I get my voice back.

I'm so tired

1. FIRST NAME? Violet

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? no

4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes, it's exactly like my dad's. I think it is perfectly legible. My students disagree.

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? No.

7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? yes, but I am horrible about writing in it, lately at least.

9. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes

10. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? my gut says hell no, but I've tried so much new stuff lately that I'm going to have to reserve judgement on this one for later. WW is a good friend to have. She makes me try new things. I make her sit through boring documentaries and poetry readings. These are new to her, as well.

11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Cheerios

12. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? depends which shoes they are.

13. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? emotionally, yes. physically, not so much, although moreso than I used to be.

14. YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? moosetracks

15. SHOE SIZE? 6

16. RED OR PINK? Red.

18. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? my sister

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? green pants and gray sandles

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Blue

23. FAVORITE SMELL? lilac and honeysuckle

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? WW. I'm still trying to persuade her to let me take her to the emergency room. It's not working. She fell off her jeep yesterday, and I think she fractured her arm. What she was doing on top of her jeep, I'm not entirely sure.

25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? eyes, hands, and smile

26. FAVORITE DRINK? iced tea

27. FAVORITE SPORTS? no

30. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? no, I think glasses are attractive in general

31. FAVORITE FOOD? tortellini

32. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? happy endings

33. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED AT THE MOVIES? Quinceanera

34. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? gray

35. SUMMER OR WINTER? summer

37. FAVORITE DESSERT? brownies and cherry pie

40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (I'm teaching it right now), The DaVinci Code, and Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

41. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? something boring. I'm in my office at school.

42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Law and Order: SVU kind of. It was on mute.

43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? owls

44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? both

45. WHAT IS YOUR GOAL FOR THE NEXT MONTH? grade all 75 of my students' essays :( and buy some warm longjohns. also to go camping a couple more times.

**Four Things You May Not Know About Me**

1. I love it when students come to talk to me in my office. I like getting to know them.
2. I'm planning to start an online poetry journal mainly for women and the lgbt community.
3. I am really really happy with where and who I am right now. This struck me over the weekend.
4. I am planning to make fried green tomatoes in the next couple of days.

**Four jobs I have had in my life:**

1. teacher
2. journalist
3. preacher
4. radio news writer

**Four Movies I have watched over and over:***

1. Rent
2. Mona Lisa Smile
3. D.E.B.S.
4. Lady in the Water (well, I've seen it twice so far...)

**Four places I have lived:***

1. midwest
2. southeast
3. mountains
4. northwest

**Four TV shows I love to watch: ***

1. Law and Order: SVU
2. MASH
3. Xena: Warrior Princess
4. Designing Women

**Four places I have been on vacation:***

1. Venice
2. London
3. Shenandoah National Park
4. Badlands

**Four places I would rather be right now:

1. in bed, I'm sick
2. Wisconsin, visiting Lori
3. Venice
4. at my undergrad school, visiting my friends there

What do I tell her?

All advice is welcome. I'll be sure to pass it on to her.

My sister has recently put me in touch with a very sweet young woman, who is about 20 years old. She is currently a junior in college and is dating her high school sweetheart, a girl. Her parents are Christian fundamentalists. She has been sent to an ex-gay thing already and has tried to be straight. She wants to come out to her parents now. She runs the risk, by doing so, of being taken out of college or being shipped off to bible college away from her girl. She is financially dependent on her family still. When she is home (she goes to school about two hours from home), her parents keep her away from her girl at all costs, as in only letting her see her when there is a huge group of people present. They're pretty heavily in control of her life, it seems. They know her girl is gay and think being gay is catching. What on earth should I tell this girl? Do you know of any resources that could help her?

Survey

01. YOU HAVE 10 BUCKS AND NEED TO BUY SNACKS AT A GAS STATION. WHAT DO YOU GET?
juice and cheese curls

02. IF YOU WERE REINCARNATED AS SOME SORT OF SEA-DWELLING CREATURE, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
seahorse

03. WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE REDHEAD?
Josh

04. WHAT DO YOU ORDER WHEN YOU'RE AT AN IHOP?cinnamon swirl French toast

05. LAST BOOK YOU READ?
67 Mixed Messages by Ed Allen. I'm teaching it in my poetry class. It's a collection of acrostic sonnets (that spell out I love Suzi Grace) about bisexuality. It's a fascinating (and hysterical) book. My students really like it, too. Have I mentioned that almost my entire class is made up of lesbians? Yeah, it's an awesome group.

06. HAVE YOU MADE OUT WITH ANYONE ON YOUR MYSPACE FRIENDS LIST?
um, yes

07. DESCRIBE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE INJURED.
Well, everytime I play with WW, I end up covered with bruises. This is because we are overly adventurous and not because of any kind of abuse, though. I don't think my legs have ever been so bruised, though. They were a weird shade of purple for a while. Kind of sketchy, that.

08. OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS, WITH WHOM WOULD YOU WANT TO BE STUCK IN A WELL?
Josh, do you want to be stuck in a well with me? Would we ever get out?

09. ROCK CONCERT, OR SYMPHONY?
I can appreciate both.

10. WHAT IS THE WALLPAPER ON YOUR CELLPHONE?
I have no idea.

11. SODA?
No.

12. FLAVOR OF PUDDING?
No.

13. WHAT TYPE OF SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
It's brown and it is covered with chalk. I kept dropping the eraser on myself and swearing while I taught this morning.

14. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION?
Celexa. It's good stuff.

15. IF YOU COULD USE ONLY ONE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
What kind of question is that?

16. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST?
66 currently. I feel incredibly popular.

17. HOW MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR LIST DO YOU KNOW IN REAL LIFE?
Most of them. 3/4 of them at least. I went to high school or college with a lot of them. Some I went out with once or twice here.

18. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?-Nothing. I'm in my office, and it's really quiet.

19. MOST RECENT MOVIE YOU'VE WATCHED IN A THEATERS?
Who Killed the Electric Car? The day before that I saw Little Miss Sunshine, which made me laugh until I cried. I recommend both.

20. IF YOU COULD INVENT ONE THING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
a machine that graded my papers for me

21. NAME AN ACTOR/ACTRESS YOU'VE HAD THE HOTS FOR.
Lucy Lawless

22. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE CITY?
the one I live in currently. also London.

23. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KIND OF CAKE?
yellow

24. WHAT'S THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND RIGHT NOW?
I'm hungry.

25. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR MOM IN PERSON?
About a month ago.

26. WHO GOT YOU TO JOIN MYSPACE?
Me.

27. WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER LAST NIGHT?
Italian food with my people after the glbt group's meeting. I got to meet all of these wonderful new people. I'm really excited about our group this year.

28. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RESIDING IN THE CURRENT CITY YOU LIVE IN?
just over three years. going on four.

30. WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU SAID OUTLOUD?
Let me know if you need a letter of recommendation. I'll be happy to write one.

31. LOOK TO YOUR LEFT. WHAT DO YOU SEE?
a stack of papers that need graded.

32. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON THAT SPENT $100 ON YOU?
WW. She bought me a hydration pack before we went camping in Nevada a couple weekends ago. Actually, I have no idea how much those cost, but it was really nice of her.

33. WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE TENNIS PLAYER?
Who cares? There's a great article on that basketball player, Sheryl Swoopes (that's her name, right?) in Curve this month, though.

35. WHAT'S THE LAST PIECE OF CLOTHING YOU BOUGHT?
I have no idea.

Survey

Single or Taken:
Single. Sigh.

Happy about that:
Actually, I'm perfectly fine with it.

Eye Color:
blue

Shoe size:
6

Height:
5'3"

What are you wearing right now?:
green pants and my 2006 Pride shirt

Righty or lefty:
Righty.

Can you make a dollar in change right now?
always


---------------FAVORITES---------------

Kind of pants:
jeans, really baggy ones

Animal:
cats

Drink:
Alcoholic - Fat Tire
Non-alcoholic - iced tea

Month:
June

Juice:
Grapefruit

Favorite cartoon:
Anime Movie - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (I'm serious, it's awesome)
Show - Rocky and Bullwinkle (especially when I'm tired or drunk)
Movie - Mulan
Print - Peanuts



-----------HAVE YOU EVER...-------------

Been Prank Called:
Yes.

Given anyone a bath:
Yes.

Bungee Jumped?
No, nor will I ever.

Made yourself throw-up?
No.

skinny dipped?
Not yet.

Loved someone so much it made you cry?
Yes. And why is this question on every single freaking survey?

Broken a bone:
No.

Played truth or dare:
Yep.

Been in a physical fight:
no

Came close to dying:
Yes.

Been in a hot tub:
yep

Fallen asleep in school:
oh yes.

Ran away:
not that I recall.

Broken someone's heart:
yep

Cried when someone died:
Yes.

Fell off your chair:
that's the story of my life.

Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call:
yep

Saved AIM conversations:
Yep.

Been cheated on:
I sure hope not.

----------WHAT IS...----------

Beside you:
my iced tea

Last thing you ate:
Wendy's chicken strips

---------Ever Had...----------

Chicken pox:
twice

Sore Throat:
yes

Stitches:
yes

Broken nose:
no


----------Do You...----------

Believe in love at first sight:
yep

Believe in long distance relationships:
yep

Like school:
love it.

Question yourself:
yep

Who was the last person that called you?:
Rennick

Who makes you smile the most:
my cat

Who knows you the best:
my sister

Do you wear glasses?:
yes, and I love my glasses.

Do you get along with your family:
Most of the time.

Final Questions:

What did you do yesterday:
wandered around the big art festival and bought a very cool picture to hang on my wall. Then I took a long nap, read, and chatted with my folks and a cool woman from Washington.

what car/truck do you wish to have:
someday I'd like a hybrid Honda Civic.

Have a lava lamp:
no

How many remote controls are in your house?:
one

Are you double jointed?
Nope.

When did you last shower?
last night

Scary or Funny Movies:
funny

Chocolate or Vanilla:
Chocolate.

Rootbeer or Dr.Pepper:
iced tea (I'm not a pop drinker at all)

Summer or winter:
summer.

Silver or Gold:
Silver

Diamond or pearl?
amethyst

Sprite or 7up:
iced tea

Coffee or tea:
tea

Phone or in person:
In person

Today did you..

Talk to someone you liked:
yep, several people in fact

Buy something:
a hook to hang up the cool picture that I bought yesterday

Get sick:
no

Miss someone:
lots of people really. I heard from one of them today, which really made me happy. Hi Judith!


Last person who....

Slept in your bed:
my cat

Saw/heard you cry:
my cat probably

Made you cry:
don't know

Went to the movies with you:
WW, I think

Said "I Love You" to you:
mom

Ever been in a fight with your pet:
no, although we do have tiffs some mornings when she thinks I should get up at 5:30

Been to Mexico:
Not yet.

Been to Europe:
Yes.

Do you have a crush on someone right now:
always

what book are you reading now:
I just finished The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde. Absolutely hysterical as all of his books are. I'm also reading Water Wars by Vandana Shiva, which is a fascinating read.

Future KIDS names:
Laurelyn Erin, the funny thing about this name is that I am currently very interested in someone with a very similar name. I've also always like the names Gloria, Michael, Daniel, Jonah, and Annie.

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal:
no, my cat won't allow it. It's really funny. She gets jealous. My ex gave me a stuffed rabbit once, and I tried to curl up with it one night, and my cat wedged herself between the rabbit and me. She kept pushing the rabbit as far away from me as she could.

What's under your bed:
my cat?

Favorite sports to watch:
I hate sports.

Favorite Locations:
Anywhere with the people I love. Venice. Cinque Terre.

tattoos or piercings:
Just my ears.

What are you most scared of right now?:
not being able to learn all of my many students' names. It's week four already, and I still don't know them all.

Who do you really hate?:
snakes sometimes, wolf spiders

Have you ever liked someone you didn't have a chance with:
hasn't everyone?

Are you lonely right now?:
no, not really

Song that's stuck in your head right now?
"Grace" by Michelle Malone

Have you ever gotten beat up?
no

Have you ever been on radio/TV:
yes. on a commercial on PBS, I think. It was all of the valedictorians from the area when I graduated in high school. We moved our tassels on our graduation caps.

Ever liked someone, but thought they never noticed?:
sure

Random...

What color is your underwear right now?
white

What's the first things you notice about the opposite sex?
Physically - Eyes and laugh (is that physical?)
Personality - kindness

Your Favorite Type of Food?:
Italian, but I love all food.

Are you too shy to ask someone out?:
not usually. had a brief period of nervousness lately, though, I think because I knew I was going to get turned down flat.

Hugs or Kisses?:
Both.

Dogs or Cats?:
Cats. Clearly.

Favorite Flower?:
lupine, sunflowers

Have you ever fired a gun?
No. Hopefully I never will.

How many pillows do you sleep with?:
One.