Wednesday Matinee

Please turn off your cellphone for the duration of the meme.

1. What's your favorite Harrison Ford movie? Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I picked that because I can't decide which of the first three Star Wars movies to choose. Return of the Jedi is my favorite, but I'm not sure if I like him best in it.

2. What's your favorite animated movie? Finding Nemo

3. Have you ever walked out during a movie? I know I did but I can't remember what it was. Must have been really bad.

From the mouths of babes ...

I just got this e-mail from my sister concerning her 3-year-old son:


He doesn't know all the words yet, but he likes to sing the chorus:

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, Letter 'B'.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, Letter 'B'.
Letter 'B', Letter 'B'.
Whisper words of wisdom, Letter 'B'.

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, Letter 'B'.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, Letter 'B'.
Letter 'B', Letter 'B'. Yeah
There will be an answer, Letter 'B'.

Daily Dirt

Favorites..and why?
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Mystery User

1. Website?
This may sound strange but ... Google because it takes me anywhere I need to go.
2. Person in the world?
That's a tough one because there are so many people I'd like to spend time with. If I had to pick one, though, I'd pick Steve because he makes me feel good, he's easy to talk to, he makes me think, he listens to me, he helps me with problems ... I could go on but I think you get the idea.
3. Magazine?
Heaven help me, it's People. I guess I have lots of guilty pleasures, and I just can't seem to get enough celebrity gossip.
4. Song/Lyric?
My favorite song of all time is "Layla." Do I really have to give a reason? My current favorite is "Hands Down." ... "My hopes are so high your kiss might kill me." Need I say more?
5. Outfit?
My blue flannel pjs with Tweety Bird on them because they're so comfy. I'd wear 'em to work if I could get away with it. Working from home is so much better because I can wear pjs all day if I want to.

The Weekly Bit

'Blast from the Past':
1. Your nic name, if any when you were younger.
It wasn't really a nick name, but everyone called me Ann Louise until I was about 10. In high school I was called "Sweens," which I HATED! One person called me Annie. If anyone else called me that, I nipped it in the bud because I hate it. He, however, could call me anything he wanted (and still could, although he just calls me Anne now.) One of my neighbors called me Annie Banannie. That was ok, too.
2. Your favorites as a kid, tv shows, movies, music,
games, cartoons, foods...etc...
In no particular order: Bugs Bunny, The Patty Duke Show, Sonny & Cher, The Wizard of Oz, Elton John, The Carpenters, The Partridge Family, KFC, Tastee Freeze, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Mystery Date, Tag, Ghosts in the Graveyard, Red Rover, Harriet the Spy, Barbie
3. Food you HATED!
I can't think of any food I hated, but I couldn't (and can't) drink milk. YUCK!
4. Any humorous childhood memories that you may have?
I'm sure some funny stuff happened, but I can't think of anything right now. If I do, I'll blog about it later.
5. Who were your friends back then, are you still friends today?
Mark #1 - We've been friends since kindergarten; still are (A couple of weeks ago we were talking about how long we've been friends. It's cool.)
Mark #2 - We've been friends since second grade; still are (although he never waves to me when I'm walking & he drives by. I think he doesn't recognize me, because the last time we talked in person I weighed about 100 pounds more than I do now. We have talked on the phone a few times, though, so it's not as if he's not waving because he doesn't want to.)
Steve - friends since 9th grade; still are (he's my best friend, whether he knows it or not)
Lisa, Michelle - We're not as close as we were, but I still consider us friends
Sue - same as Lisa & Michelle, but I see her more often
Laura - friends since 9th grade; we're not real close, but she gave me a great deal on my nifty new 'puter
MeMe & Lucy - same as Lisa & Michelle except I've known Lisa & Michelle since kindergarten & MeMe & Lucy since 9th grade
Rene - I don't even remember how long we've been friends. I think it was before kindergarten. Long time! Now her parents live next door to me & she lives just down the street.
Diane - she moved away; don't know what happened to her
Patty - she died when we were 8.
6. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A writer. How 'bout that? I did it! I also wanted to be a pharmacist ... until I found out how much math was involved. I wanted to be a lawyer, too ... until I found out how much studying was involved. I'm rethinking the lawyer thing, though. GSG gave me a little insight into law school, and now I think I can do it.
7. Did you believe in the 'boogey monster' or any other kind of scary things?
This is weird ... way weird. Then again, it may not seem weird to people who went to Catholic school. I was afraid of nuns. I remember trying to get to sleep one night & thinking I heard someone coming up the stairs. I thought it was nuns & I was terrifed.
8. Did you have a security blanket, toy, teddy bear...that you just couldn't be without?
I had a security blanket that I carried everywhere until I started school. Even then, I had little pieces of it I'd carry in my pocket almost everywhere.
9. Who was your hero?
I don't remember having heroes back then. I do remember liking Jimmy Carter a lot, but I wouldn't say I thought of him as a hero until after he wasn't President anymore. I also remember admiring Mother Teresa.
10. How was your bedroom decorated?
When I was a real little kid, I don't think there was a theme. I was around 12, I think, when I got the "hippy wallpaper," as my mother called it. It had hot pink, green and yellow flowers and said "love," "peace" and I don't remember what else on it. I had a hot pink mushroom-looking lamp and, well, it was the '70s. Use your imagination. Funny thing about the wallpaper is that I covered most of it with posters/pictures of Elton John & David Cassidy.

Sunday Stuff

The First Four

What are the first four things you think of when I say

Freedom

1.Independence
2.Purple cars
3.Tom
4.U.S.A

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Resignation:: Quitting
   
2. Coupling:: Bad TV show
   
3. Grounded:: Down to earth
   
4. Habit:: Nun
   
5. Chainsaw:: Massacre
   
6. Rental:: Video
   
7. Deleted:: Gone
   
8. Online personals:: eharmony
   
9. Penguin:: Pat (she collects 'em)
   
10. Offend:: Insult
    

Friday's Feast

Appetizer
Name a board game you enjoy playing (Scrabble? Monopoly? Trivial Pursuit?) What's fun about it? Do you change the rules or go by the book?
Trivial Pursuit. The way I like to play it, I don't know if it could be considered a board game. I just like to read the questions & keep score via who gets the most right.

Soup
How's the weather been in your area lately? Hot and dry? Wet and muggy? Stormy? Beautiful?
It's been a little muggy, but I'm not complaining (this time). It could be worse. We could be getting our usual rain, or snow.

Salad
Do you consider yourself an emotional person? What types of emotions do you experience most often?
I'm extremely emotional. In fact, right now I'm on the verge of tears because of the very upsetting night I had at work. But I was trying to be a happy, cheery person so I kept it all in when I was there. Aside from tonight, and the bad patch a few weeks ago, I'm basically a happy person and the emotions I experience the most go along with my positive outlook on life. Is lust considered an emotion? If it is, I feel that a lot as well. ;)

Main Course
List 3 songs you've been listening to recently. Are these songs from a different category of music than you usually choose, or are you devoted to a certain type of tunes?
1.Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional
2.Harder to Breathe by Maroon Five
3.Drops of Jupiter by Train

I have very eclectic taste in music. Category doesn't matter. If I like it, I like it.

Dessert
What's on your refrigerator door? Magnets? Your child's drawings? Photos? Calendars?
Mostly magnets from trips I've gone on. A few fast food/pizza place menus. A postcard from my alma mater. I think that's it.

Asking for a sign ... and getting it!

I read on a 1111 message board that if you ask your angels out loud for a sign as to what you're supposed to be doing, you'll get one. So before I went out to take a walk I asked. I also asked for it to be fairly obvious because I can be kind of lame sometimes. ;) Well, I'd walked for a while and nothing. Then, all of a sudden, a car went by with the license plate 3399 and a thought hit my head. I thought: Maybe my purpose is just to be a happy person and spread that happiness around. So I'm running that thought through my head and I saw a couple more double digit license plates and a real estate sign with a double digit phone number. I said, yep, this is yet, looked at the house I was walking past & the address was 44. The rest of the way to the mini mart I saw a few more double & triple digit license plates. The few hundred feet of road that leads to the mini mart the cars were parked so I couldn't see the license plates & I was walking the opposite direction of the traffic so I couldn't see those that were driving by. But as I was walking I was still questioning the sign & I said "I need more." I left the mini mart & 8 of the 10 the parked cars I had just walked by had double or triple digit license plates. So I started counting all the cars & those with double & triple numbers. Out of the 300 cars I saw 240 had double or triple license plate numbers. I'm no mathematical genius but even I know that's a mathematical impossibility. I was even more sure when I walked through my front door at 1:11. And I looked at the clock when I typed "mathematical impossibility." 1:22.

So now I know. Be a happy person. That's it. Simple as that. It's not always so simple for me, but if that's my purpose I'm going to give it my best shot.

Thank you Angels!!!

1111, 4444 & more

I don't remember exactly when "the numbers" started haunting me, but I became aware of it in 2002. It started with 111 and 1111. I always meant to look it up on the Internet but never got around to it. Then 3 weeks ago, on 6/6, Steve had a dream and there was a 111 in it. I told him about my 111 thing. He told me I should look it up, so I did. That's when I found out about lightworkers. (More on that later.)

Ever since then I've been even more aware of numbers, and I see them everywhere!. I've also been connecting certain events in my past to the path I'm currently on. The first thing I can recall is when I was 5 years old. The name I was born with was Ann Louise Sweeney. I was never comfortable with that name. I hated being called "Ann Louise," which is what I was called for a long time (because there was another Anne in the neighborhood). I always said I "needed" to add an "e" to my name. (By the way ... it's not pronounced "Annie." It's pronounced like "Ann.") When I registered for high school I was able to officially change my first name to Anne. Anne Sweeney has 11 letters in it, as does "Anne with an E."

That's just the beginning of it. The most recent thing happened yesterday. I was talking to someone about "the number thing" and how cool it was & I also posted on a message board about seeing double digits everywhere. After that I saw 88 & 22 everywhere I looked ... phone numbers, license plates, addresses, signs. I said out loud to the person I was with "Eight & two must be the numbers of the day." Just then we pulled up behind a car with a license plate 8822.

Steve isn't quite sure if he believes my number thing. Well, yesterday he told me about a dream he had that I was in. Among other things, I was eating Chinese food. Nothing strange about that, right? Well, I hadn't told him I had plans to go out with a friend last night ... to a Chinese place. And, as he ended the e-mail he said "No weird number stuff." As I was replying, I noticed the time he sent the e-mail. 5:44:44. Coincidence? I think not.

Two weekends ago I was looking for numbers because when I see them I feel so good. I hadn't seen any for a while (as we were driving along a country road) & was getting kind of depressed. In my head I said "C'mon angels." I looked at a farm house that had a plastic angel hanging on the side of it. Just as we drove by, the angel tipped in my direction as if it was waving at me!

There's this guy I've been thinking about for a few weeks ... not in a romantic way. I just can't get him out of my head, and I haven't seen him in about 15 years. Well, two weekends ago I was in the town he lives in (where I lived when we became friends) and the feeling that I needed to get in touch with him was so strong I almost couldn't stand it. I wanted to call him, but he's not listed in the phone book. When I got home, I thought about calling him at the bar he used to hang out at. I Googled the name of the bar. The first result that came up wasn't that bar, but another one with the same name in a different city. The city's zip code is 44444. Two days ago I opened up a phone book to the page with his last name on it. His name starts with an "L." I was looking for a name that starts with "V." I hoping that when I go back to his town this weekend I run into him or someone who knows him. I just know there's a reason we're supposed to talk.

One more thing before I stop (for now): For a while now I've been wanting to get involved in a local theater group but didn't really have the time, and I was a little scared. Well, they were doing "Godspell" a few weeks ago. When I heard that's what they were doing I felt compelled to get involved. I did PR for them and wrote a feature story for local media. What's "Godspell" about? The light of the world!

There's so much more I want to and need to write about this. But I'm going to end this by saying I finally feel as if my life has meaning and I know what my life path is. And I know I'm not alone. It's a good, good feeling.

Wednesday Whatevers

1. Does time pass by too quickly?
Sometimes. Sometimes it drags.

2. Can money buy happiness?
Nope

3. Is freedom of speech a privilege or a right?

It's a right ... and don't let anyone take it away from you!

What's on ... Right now?

What's On your desktop Right Now?

A picture of a rose that Steve took in New Zealand :)