Saturday, March 07, 2009

BBC Book List - How many have you read?

The BBC belives most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? Share!

Copy, edit and paste into a note of your own.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - X
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien - X
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - X
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling -
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - X
6 The Bible - X
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - X
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell - X
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - X
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott - X
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - X
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - X
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - X
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell - X
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - X
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - X
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - X
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - X
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - X
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - X
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame - X
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - X
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - X
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis - X
34 Emma - Jane Austen - X
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen - X
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis - X
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini - X
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden - X
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne - X
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell - X
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery - X
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood - X
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen - X
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - X
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - X
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding - X
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville - X
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - X
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker - X
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett - X
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce - X
76 The Inferno - Dante - X
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens - X
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker - X
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert - X
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White - X
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - X
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas - X
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare - X
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl - X
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo - X

I've read 51! Holy! I guess taking English classes was good for something! ;)

100... (Brenda, this means you have to do one for me!)

001. Real name →? Erin Jennifer Androsoff
002. Nickname(s)→? Summer, Sunshine, Pumpkin
003. Zodiac sign →? Cancer and Leo cusp
004. Male or female →? Female
005. Junior School →? Chief Justice and then Annie Gale
006. Secondary School→? Lester B. Pearson
007. College→? Mount Royal, University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge
008. Hair colour →? Medium brown with blonde streaks
009. Long/Short →? Shoulder length or a little longer
010. Loud or Quiet →? Both? Depends on the day and what's going on
011. Sweats or Jeans →? atm, sweats :) None of my jeans fit...
012. Phone or Camera →? Both!!!
013. Health freak →? In the last 7 weeks or so, moreso than I used to be
014. Drink or Smoke? →? Socially and no
015. Do you have a crush on someone? →? Kinda
016. Best friend? My mom
017. Piercings →? 2 in each ear (for now)
018. Tattoos →? Left shoulder

HAVE YOU EVER?
019. Been in an airplane→? Yes, I hate heights but love flying...
020. Been in a relationship →? Yes.
021. Been in a car accident →? Several, only one major one.
022. Been in a fist fight →? No.

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing →? Ears.
024. First kiss→? "real" kiss? I was 13 or 14...
025. First award →? The first one that seemed like a big deal to me was for skating when I was 7 or 8...
026. First crush →? lol, Chris.
028. First big vacation →? I was 4, we went to England.

LASTS:
029. Last person you talked to →? Mom
030. Last person you texted →? Ben
031. Last person you watched a movie with →? Mom
032. Last food you ate →? Cottage Cheese..
033. Last movie you watched →? "Fever Pitch"
034. Last song you listened to →? something random in the movie
035. Last thing you bought →? Cranberry-Grape Juice
036. Last person you hugged →? Mom

FAVES:
037. Food →? Pasta, not that I can really eat it anymore
038. Drinks →? Orange Juice, yum!
039. Clothing →? Jeans and a cute top... Usually!
040. Flower →? Pink roses or orchids (pink or blue)....
042. Colours →? Yellow, pink, blue, black
043. Movies →? "10 Things I Hate About You"
044. Subjects →? Phys Ed (which is funny because I was always the biggest girl in my classes!), or anything music related.


IN 2008 I...
045. kissed someone→? Yes.
046. celebrated Halloween→? Yes, first time in a couple of years. Went to two different parties in two different costumes!
047. had your heart broken→? No.
048. went over the minutes/texts on your cell phone→? lol, always!
049. someone questioned your sexual orientation→? No.
050. came out of the closet→? No.
051. gotten pregnant-->? No.
052. had an abortion→? No.
053. done something you've regretted→? No, I don't believe in regrets.
054. broken a promise→? Not intentionally.
055. hidden a secret →? Yes.
056. pretended to be happy →? All the time.
057. met someone who changed your life →? Yes.
058. pretended to be sick →? No, who needs to pretend?
059. left the country →? Yes.
060. tried something you normally wouldn't try and liked it? Yes.
061. cried over the silliest thing →? Always.
062. ran a mile →? Walked maybe...
063. went to the beach with your best friend(s)→? Yes.
064. got into an argument with your friends? Yes.
065. hated someone ––> ? Hate is too strong a word, I don't really hate anyone, it takes too much effort.
066. stayed single the whole year ––>? No.

CURRENTLY:
067. Eating →? Cottage Cheese (it's a new fave and something I'm getting kinda sick of!)
068. Drinking →? Nada, orange juice in a while.
069. I'm about to →? finish this?
070. Listening to →? "Ever After" on TV
071. Plans for tomorrow →? None as yet.
072. Waiting for →? Nothing...


YOUR FUTURE:
073. Want kids? → Yes.
074. Want to get married? →? Yes.
075. Careers in mind →? Teacher.


WHICH IS BETTER WITH A BOY?
076. Lips or eyes →? Eyes.
077. Shorter or taller?→? Taller!
078. Romantic or spontaneous →? Both, depending on the situation.
079. Nice stomach or nice arms →? Arms!
079. Blue eyes or Brown →? Either.
080. Sensitive or loud →? Both... :) Situation dependent.
081. Hook-up or relationship →? Relationship.
082. Trouble-maker or hesitant →? Neither, I don't like conflict.

HAVE YOU EVER:
083. Lost glasses/contacts → Yes.
084. Snuck out of your house →? Yes.
085. Held a gun/knife for self defense →? No.
086. Killed somebody →? No.
087. Broken someone's heart → Probably. :(
088. Been arrested →? No.
089. Cried when someone died →? Duh...

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
090. Yourself →? not atm
091. Miracles →? Yes.
092. Love at first sight →? Used to, not sure anymore.
093. Heaven →? Yes.
094. Santa Claus →? Used to.
095. Sex on the first date→? No.
096. Kiss on the first date →? Maybe... I have been kissed before the first official date so...

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now →? Not really.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life? →? Sometimes.
099. Do you believe in God →? Yes.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag 10 people!

Friday, March 06, 2009

48 Questions...

48 Q's... I did it, now it's your turn!

Here are the rules - post this list on your profile (in Notes) replacing my answers with yours.

Tag 25 people to do the same thing.

If I tagged YOU, it's because I want to know more about YOU!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No idea.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Earlier tonight - for good reasons!

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
lol, yes.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Caribbean Chicken

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Not yet

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Maybe

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Always.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yes.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
No

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
atm, multigrain Cheerios

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
No

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Espresso Flake

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Smile/Eyes

15. RED OR PINK?
Pink

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
No idea

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My grandparents

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
If they want

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Black PJ pants and no shoes

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Random music on iTunes

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Pink or Silver

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Shower after a guy gets out (I <3 Axe and Old Spice)

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Michelle

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
Most of the time ;)

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Nada atm, normally figure skating

27. HAIR COLOR?
Brunette with blonde streaks

28. EYE COLOR?
Blue

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Yes

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Pasta, not that I can eat it atm

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Fired Up.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Black and Red.

34. Summer or winter?
Summer!!!!

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Depends who from.... but overall probably Hugs (I agree April!)

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Randi or Kira

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Mike(s)

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Waiting for Nick & Considering Kate

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Nada, don't have one

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
American Idol

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S).
Children laughing

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Oooh... both....

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
The UK

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I sometimes think so...

46 WHERE WERE U BORN?
Calgary, AB

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
Jadon's

48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
n/a

25 Things

Rules: Once you've been tagged, write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I don't like crowds.
2. I feel more at home in water than on land.
3. My favourite colour is yellow, not pink like a lot of people think.
4. I figure skated competitively from when I was 6 til I was 16 (or thereabouts) and competed in Nationals twice.
5. I never got my NLS because I don't want to lifeguard.
6. My favourite place on earth is anywhere it is warm and there is water.
7. I hate spandex.
8. I love things that sparkle. My mom jokes that I'm part crow... I rarely wear yellow gold. I prefer sterling silver and white gold.
9. I love hugs but don't get enough of them...
10. I love to sing but don't think I'm very good at it.
11. I don't take compliments well.
12. I used to be comfortable with how I looked, not happy, comfortable.
13. I don't believe in having regrets... Regrets = doubts and each experience shapes who we are.
14. I love taking photos, preferably candid shots.
15. I want to be a teacher.
16. I want to be a wife and a mother eventually.
17. I'd love to have twins.
18. I had Open RNY January 15, 2009.
19. I love to dance and have thought about taking a class but am too self-conscious.
20. I have attended 3 post-secondary institutions thus far.
21. I love "chick flicks" and "teen movies" because they almost always have a happy ending.
22. My favourite numbers are 12 and 22.
23. I have been in love twice... or thought I was.
24. I'm not sure who I am...
25. I believe in fairy tales... at least the happy ending part.

One word answers...

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It's not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to tag the person you received it from!

1. Where is your cell phone? Table
2. Your significant other? non-existant
3. Your hair? long-ish
4. Your mother? Here
5. Your father? elsewhere
6. Your favorite food? pasta
7. Your dream last night? bad
8. Your favorite drink? lemonade
9. Your dream/goal? teacher
10. What room you are in? front
11. Your hobby? music
12. Your fear? heights
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? teaching
14. Where were you last night? futon
15. Something that you aren't? short
16. Muffins? blueberry
17. Wish list item? pool
18. Where you grew up? Calgary
19. The last thing you did? TV
20. What are you wearing? Pajama's
21. Your TV? on
22. Your pets? dogs
23. Friends? around
24. Your life? challenging
25. Your mood? blah
26. Missing some one? yes
27. Car? truck
28. Something you're not wearing? socks
29. Your favorite store? Disney
30. Your favorite color? yellow
33. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
34. Last time you cried? today
35. Who will resend this? Kira
36. One place that I go to over and over? Club
37. One person who emails me regularly? Mom
38. My favorite place to eat? home

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Complete the sentence...

1. I've come to realize that my last kiss..... was my last kiss for a while.

2. I am listening to ... Family Channel. (It's great background noise!)

3. I talk... to my mom a lot.

4. I love... my friends!

5. My best friend..... is non-existent.

6. My first real kiss... is a memory that will always make me smile.

7. Love is... a combination of two souls.

8. Marriage is ... something I hope for in the future.

9. Somewhere someone is thinking ... that sun would be nice!

10. I'll always be... friends with my mommy.

11. The last time I cried was.... earlier today when I found out I've lost 40 pounds!

12. My cell phone... might as well be attached to me.

13. When I wake up in the morning... I wish I could sleep in.

14. Before I go to bed... I pray.

15. Right now I'm thinking about... what I'm doing tomorrow.

16. Babies are... a gift from God.

17. I get on facebook... 5 or 6 times a day (gotta love an iPhone)...

18. Today... I applied for some jobs and updated my resume.

19. Tommorow I will be ... applying for school for the fall.

20. I really want to be... happy.

21.Someone that will most likely re-post this... Randi ;)

FIRST...

1. Who was your FIRST prom date? Date to a dance, Jason... Date to a dance post JHS, Ben.

2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? Not generally.

3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink? No idea, when I was little my dad would let me have a sip of his beer...

4. What was your FIRST "real" job? MPOP.

5. What was your FIRST car? Sunfire.

6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? Michelle.

7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? Mom. I was worried about her getting to work.

8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher? Mrs. Duncansun (sp?)

9. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? No idea, probably Vancouver.

10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? Amelia, no.

11. Where was your FIRST sleep over? Grandma and Papa's.

12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today? Mom.

13. Whose wedding were you in for the FIRST time? Stephanie and Russell's.

14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Went to the bathroom.

15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? Big Valley Jamboree.

16. FIRST tattoo? The one Mike Poon designed for me on my left shoulder.

17. FIRST piercing? Ears, I was 13 or 14.

18. FIRST foreign country you've been to? After the U.S., the U.K.

19. FIRST movie you remember seeing? Little Mermaid.

20. When was your FIRST detention? JHS?

21. What was the first state/province you lived in? Alberta.

22. Your FIRST real kiss? Jason.

23. Who do you think will be the next person to post this? No idea...