Pictures of Me

Here's how it works...for each question, look up the answer on Google image search. Then choose your favorite image from the FIRST PAGE OF RESULTS ONLY. If you want to do this (which I would love it if you did) please post in my comments that you completed it so I can view yours.

Caution: Googling for images can bring up some nasty results; especially when searching your name. You can filter what you see by going to Google and next to the text box, click on Preferences. Under Safe Search Filtering, choose your level of protection.

Got this from Heather's blog.

MY AGE:

A PLACE I'D LIKE TO VISIT: (AMALFI COAST, ITALY)


MY FAVORITE PLACE: (CLIFFS OF MOHER, CO CLARE, IRELAND)

MY FAVORITE OBJECT: (Stole this from Stacey. I couldn't think of any ONE object that was my favorite, but when I saw hers I was like, duh! If I didn't have glasses I'd never be able to see any of my favorite things.) MY FAVORITE FOOD: (LUPE'S CARNE ASADA - YUM!)

MY FAVORITE ANIMAL:

MY FAVORITE COLOR:

WHERE I WAS BORN: (FT. WAYNE, IN - HOME OF DAN QUAYLE - LOL)

WHERE I LIVE:

A PAST PET:

A PAST LOVE:

BEST FRIENDS NICKNAME:

MY SCREEN NAME: (I stretched this one - it's blarneygirl)

MY FIRST NAME:

MY MIDDLE NAME:

MY LAST NAME:

ONE OF MY BAD HABITS: (one of many!!)

MY FIRST JOB:

MY GRANDMOTHER'S NAME:

MY COLLEGE DEGREE:WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW:

Tuesday's Tag

List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections and 3 random facts about myself:

I got this from my friend Kelli's blog.



JOYS:

1. Friends

2. Relationship

3. Travel



FEARS:

1. Abandonment

2. Being physically in water that I'm unsure of (lakes mostly, who knows what's underneath you that you can't see)

3. Needles



GOALS:

1. A second date

2. A third date

3. The 5k Fun Run next March



CURRENT OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS:

1. I have a growing collection of BBC/A&E/Hollywood adaptations of literary classics - It all started with A&E's P&P

2. Doing name extraction work via the Family Search Indexing site

3. Do I have to have 3???



RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME:

1. I have a sheared off titanium screw in my right ankle

2. I was almost arrested when I was 16 for driving without my license. I hadn't had it long enough for it to be in the system and when I got pulled over, they couldn't find it.

3. I read too much into what people say and do; especially if I'm involved in what is being said or done. Drives me crazy that I'm like that!

In case you ever wanted to know!

I got this from Happy Are We's site.
(it's probably apparent, but the bold are what I have done.)

200 Have and Have Nots

1. Touched an iceberg
2. Slept under the stars
3. Been a part of a hockey fight
4. Changed a baby’s diaper
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Swam with wild dolphins
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a tarantula
10. Said “I love you” and meant it
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
20. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Bet on a winning horse
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (Should I admit to this?? Don't worry, I was a little kid!)
27. Taken an ice cold bath
28. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Ridden a roller coaster
31. Hit a home run
32. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
33. Adopted an accent for fun
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (granted, they lived in the same county where I grew up!!)
35. Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment
36. Loved your job 90% of the time
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Watched wild whales
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Gone on a midnight walk on the beach
41. Gone sky diving
42. Visited Ireland
43. Ever bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited India
45. Bench-pressed your own weight
46. Milked a cow
47. Alphabetized your personal files
48. Ever worn a superhero costume (Super Woman Under-Roos when I was 6! HA!)
49. Sung karaoke
50. Lounged around in bed all day
51. Gone scuba diving
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Done something you should regret, but don’t
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Been in a movie
60. Gone without food for 3 days
61. Made cookies from scratch
62. Won first prize in a costume contest
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Been in a combat zone
65. Spoken more than one language fluently
66. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
67. Bounced a check
68. Read - and understood - your credit report
69. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
70. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
71. Called or written your Congress person
72. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
73. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
74. Helped an animal give birth
75. Been fired or laid off from a job
76. Won money
77. Broken a bone
78. Ridden a motorcycle
79. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
80. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
81. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
82. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
83. Eaten sushi
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read The Bible cover to cover
86. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
87. Gotten someone fired for their actions
88. Gone back to school
89. Changed your name
90. Caught a fly in the air with your bare hands
91. Eaten fried green tomatoes
92. Read The Iliad
93. Taught yourself an art from scratch
94. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
95. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
96. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
97. Been elected to public office
98. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
99. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
100. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
101. Had a booth at a street fair
102. Dyed your hair
103. Been a DJ
104. Rocked a baby to sleep
105. Ever dropped a cat from a high place to see if it really lands on all four
106. Raked your carpet (had to Google this to figure out what it was and found out that I had done it!! LOL)
107. Brought out the best in people
108. Brought out the worst in people
109. Worn a mood ring
110. Ridden a horse
111. Carved an animal from a piece of wood or bar of soap
112. Cooked a dish where four people asked for the recipe
113. Buried a child
114. Gone to a Broadway (or equivalent to your country) play
115. Been inside the pyramids
116. Shot a basketball into a basket
117. Danced at a disco
118. Played in a band (High School band...hehehe!)
119. Shot a bird
120. Gone to an arboretum
121. Tutored someone
122. Ridden a train
123. Brought an old fad back into style
124. Eaten caviar
125. Let a salesman talk you into something you didn’t need
126. Ridden a giraffe or elephant
127. Published a book (I'm counting this one because it will be published in the next couple of months)
128. Pieced a quilt
129. Lived in an historic place
130. Acted in a play or performed on a stage
131. Asked for a raise
132. Made a hole-in-one
133. Gone deep sea fishing
134. Gone roller skating
135. Run a marathon
136. Learned to surf
137. Invented something
138. Flown first class
139. Spent the night in a 5-star luxury suite
140. Flown in a helicopter
141. Visited Africa
142. Sang a solo
143. Gone spelunking
144. Learned how to take a compliment
145. Written a love-story
146. Seen Michelangelo’s David
147. Had your portrait painted
148. Written a fan letter
149. Spent the night in something haunted
150. Owned a St. Bernard or Great Dane
151. Ran away (for two whole hours when I was 11 - LOL not sure anyone even knew I was gone)
152. Learned to juggle
153. Been a boss
154. Sat on a jury
155. Lied about your weight
156. Gone on a diet
157. Found an arrowhead or a gold nugget
158. Written a poem
159. Carried your lunch in a lunchbox (Strawberry Shortcake)
160. Gotten food poisoning
161. Gone on a service, humanitarian or religious mission
162. Hiked the Grand Canyon
163. Sat on a park bench and fed the ducks
164. Gone to the opera
165. Gotten a letter from someone famous
166. Worn knickers
167. Ridden in a limousine
168. Attended the Olympics
169. Can hula or waltz
170. Read a half dozen Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books
171. Been stuck in an elevator
172. Had a revelatory dream
173. Thought you might crash in an airplane
174. Had a song dedicated to you on the radio or at a concert
175. Saved someone’s life
176. Eaten raw whale
177. Know how to tat, smock or do needlepoint
178. Laughed till your side hurt
179. Straddled the equator
180. Taken a photograph of something other than people that is worth framing
181. Gone to a Shakespeare Festival
182. Sent a message in a bottle (it went through the mail, but it was still in a bottle)
183. Spent the night in a hostel
184. Been a cashier
185. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
186. Joined a union
187. Donated blood or plasma
188. Built a campfire
189. Kept a blog
190. Had hives
191. Worn custom made shoes or boots
192. Made a PowerPoint presentation
193. Taken a Hunter’s Safety Course
194. Served at a soup kitchen
195. Conquered the Rubik’s cube
196. Know CPR
197. Ridden in or owned a convertible
198. Found a long lost friend
199. Helped solve a crime
200. Responded to a NJP newsletter

What's in a name?

1. YOUR REAL NAME: Dallas Mathews

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle) Dalizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal) Red Cat

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, and current street) Desiree Amaranth (sounds worse than just soap opera!! lol)

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom's maiden name) Matdahic

6. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink) Blue Water

7. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (Mother's middle name and father's middle name) Marie Ray

8. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one your pets) Black Reilly

Ok, break time is over!! Back to work! Anyone want to come over and help me? I'm swamped!

ABC's of Me

I got this from Heather's blog.

A - Attached or Single? Single

B - Best Friend? It's hard to point to one person. I don't call you a friend unless you're the best!

C - Cake or Pie? Cake

D - Day of Choice? Saturday

E - Essential Item? My job

F - Favorite Color? Red

G - Gummy Bears or Worms? Neither

H - Hometown? Bellville, TX

I - Favorite Indulgence? Heath Bar

J - January or July? January

K - Kids? Sure, why not?

L - Life isn't complete without? Cloths. Life, for you and me, would suck if I didn't wear cloths!

M - Marriage Date? Some time after today! You tell me!!

N - Number of brothers and sisters? 2 younger brothers

O - Oranges or Apples? Both, but only in juice form with no pulp (blek!!).

P - Phobia or Fears? Belonephobia - Fear of needles

Q - Quote? "When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word 'just'." Gordon B. Hinckley

R - Reason to smile? Cuz I can!!! Do I have to have a reason?

S - Season of choice? Fall - I love how it's cooled off to just being "warm" and you can begin to feel coolness in the breeze.

T - Tag ten people? I tag whoever is reading this!

U - Unknown fact about me? If I'm sitting at a friends computer, I get this almost uncontrollable itch to "clean" it up. I want to go in and delete the stuff that's causing it to be slow. Stuff like temp files (internet, but MS Office apps like Word and Excel create a lot of temp files). Then I want to run defrag. Then I want to see how much memory you have installed and if you don't have a lot, I want to bring you more and install it for you. I don't do this, because it would be rude to just jump in without asking, but I sit there REALLY REALLY wanting to. You wouldn't have to ask twice if you wanted me to do this. I have little batch files that I run that makes it quick and simple! Please??? Can I???

V - Vegetable? Broccoli, peas, corn, black eyed peas

W - Worst habit? I chew my cuticles

X - Xenophobic? (I added this one. The original list didn't have a "X") NO!!

Y - Your favorite food? Mom's lasagna and Lupe Tortilla's Carne Asada

Z - Zodiac Sign? Aries

One Word Meme

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2.Who is your significant other? ???
3. Your hair? growing
4. Your mother? healing
5. Your father? unavailable
6.Your favorite thing? friends
7. Your dream last night? happy
8. Your favorite drink? water
9. Your dream/goal? wisdom
10. The room you’re in? office
11. Your fear? needles
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? loved
13. Where were you last night? gym
14. What you’re not? zitless
15. Muffins? chocolate
16. One of your wish list items? marriage
17. Where you grew up? Bellville
18. The last thing you did? conversation
19. What are you wearing? casual
20. Your TV? HD
21. Your Pets? cats
22. Your computer? laptop
23. Your life? quick
24. Your mood? joyful
25. Missing someone? no
26. Your car? Passat
27. Something you’re not wearing? makeup
28. Favorite Store? Walmart
29. Your summer? working
30. Your favorite color? red
31. When is the last time you laughed? today
32. When is the last time you cried? Sunday
33. Where is the good life? obedience

Wow, this was hard for me. As many of you know, I'm not a one word person, but I found it quite interesting to rack my brain to find the word that would best summarize the sentence I was thinking.

Try it if you want to and let me know in my comments that you did and I'll come take a look!

One word to describe today? WONDERFUL

Two Tag Thursday

I decided to do both of Jeanette's tags today. I know, I know, I should be working, but this is so much more fun. Yes, I have done some work related stuff today! In between blogging!


5 Things I was doing 10 years ago...
1. On the tail end of my Naval enlistment.
2. Getting my mission papers in.
3. Telling a guy I couldn’t marry him and him getting a little upset by it. He moved to Rhode Island a few months later and was marrid within the year, so I didn't feel too bad!! ROFL
4. Trying to figure out what to keep and what to pack up and take with me back to Texas before going on my mission.
5. Packing the Penske truck with the stuff I decided to keep, towing my car behind it and taking off for Texas with my two brothers. Imagine this, a 14ft. truck towing a ’86 Honda Accord and we decide to go the scenic route through the Blue Ridge Mtn’s! It was awesome!

5 Things on my to do list...
1. Clean my room.
2. Buy garments. I know you didn’t really want to know that, but it is on the list!
3. Go to bed early and try to sleep. I’m exhausted, but it doesn’t seem to matter lately.
4. Finish reading C.S. Lewis’ A Grief Observed.
5. Workout – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

5 Snacks I enjoy...
1. Oreo’s
2. Pretzels
3. Thin Mints when they’re in season! LOL
4. Chocolate Chip cookies
5. Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. It sounds weird, but the Wal-Mart brand is the best!

5 Things I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire..
1. Remodel my mom’s house for her
2. Set her up with a retirement fund so she didn’t have to worry about the one she’s getting from the Post Office.
3. Build my dream home. It’s only 3 bedrooms, but you should hear what all I want in it.
4. Travel, Travel, Travel
5. Pay for my friends to travel with me, if they want! I would love to show you the places I’ve been and the places I want to go. Anyone want to go to Positano, Italy on the Amalfi Coast? It’s
#6 on my list of things to do. :D

Bad habits...
1. Biting my cuticles
2. I leave my garments in the laundry basket and just pick out what I need every morning. LAZY!!
3. Getting mad at idiot drivers
4. Sleeping later than I should and always being late for work. I should be there at 7:30 and I usually roll in around 8. LOL

Places I've lived...
1. Bellville, TX
2. Salt Lake City, UT
3. Norfok, VA
4. Fort Wayne, IN
5. Houston, TX

Jobs I've had...
1. McDonald’s
2. Post Office
3. Navy
4. Family owned pizza place
5. Computer Technician

People don't know about me...

I listen to techno/rave/electronic/trance/dance music. The stuff that’s normally associated with people who take drugs and space out while listening. I can assure you I don’t take drugs, but there’s just something about the music that I love. Not all of it mind you, but quite a bit. It may sound weird, but the music speaks to me. I feel happy when I listen. I like Moby, some Orbital, Gigi D’Agostino and Robert Miles to name a few.

I listen to a lot of other kinds of music, too, but sense it was suppose to be something you don't know about me...

A little Persuasion - - is never enough!!

I grabbed this tag from my friend Heather who's just around The cORRner in blogger land before I realized that Jeanette had tagged me for it on her blog.

Here's the deal. Grab the book closest to you, open to page 123 and find the 5th sentence on the page. Type the following 3 sentences in the book.

"And I am sure," cried Mary, warmly, "it was very little to his credit, if he did. Miss Harville only died last June. Such a heart is very little worth having; is it, Lady Russell?"

It just feels wrong to insert these three little sentences with no other explanation or sentences to accompany them. It's almost like they're naked and I want to cloth them with the complete conversation so that you do not judge them too harshly. I'm fighting the urge to include the entire conversation so that my 3 little sentences don't feel lonely and exposed.

As though words on a page give a flip as to what is done to them. It's me who wants you to like the book and not judge if you will read it based on the heroine's thoughtless sister saying something stupid! Mary is not the main character, Anne Elliot is and Anne is wonderful!

Persuasion - My favorite book!!

What a load of {{{raspberry}}}

A friend of mind had this on her blog and it was pretty much bang on describing her. I think mine's a load of rubbish!! All except for maybe the "suave, sexy, smart and strong" part! :-D Read it and let me know what you think.

What Dallas Means

You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is. You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

How in the world can I be both a Type A personality and also be relaxed, chilled and willing to go with the flow??? Come on, you know you want to chime in. I can take it! LOL

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Green

You're green, the color of growth and vigor. Good-hearted and giving, you have a knack for finding and bringing out the best in people. Green is the most down-to-earth color in the spectrum — reliable and trustworthy. People know they can count on you to be around in times of need, since your concern for people is genuine and sincere. You take pride in being a good friend. For you, success is measured in terms of personal achievement and growth, not by status or position. Rare as emeralds, greens are wonderful, natural people. It truly is your color!

What are you?
http://web.tickle.com/jumpto?test=colorogt&c=50652

Six Little Words

I've received emails like this before, but this is my first blog tag. Thank you, Happy Are We. :-)

6 Word Memoir

1. Write your own six word memoir.

2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.

3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post.

4. Tag five more blogs with links.

5. Remember to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!

I don't have a pic that fits my angst and I've tried for about an hour now to come up with 6 other words, but can't get these out of my head. All I can hear is Brian, the nerd from The Breakfast Club, saying it over and over again with a pen clipped to his lip. :-)

WHO AM I? WHO AM I?

So, Still Learning and Landlocked Shores, tag, you're it!

If anyone is curious as to what my 6 words mean to me, comment and I will reply back.