One last thing before I go. My dear old mother, while doing some of her geneaological researchiculating, came across this link to a Brooklyn newspaper from 1898.
It's a fun read if you stick with it, the wrting style as well as the look at what was newsworthy in the past are well worth it.
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Rob
2. RTF
3. Roo
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF
1. My mind
2. The people around me
3. My singing voice
THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. I could stand to lose weight
2. I'm a procrastinator
3. I'll fill this one in after I've eaten more Reeseses
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Italian
2. Portuguese
3. That's it, unless you count Long Island
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Being drugged
2. Stinging insects
3. Elijah Wood when he was a kid
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Orange juice
2. Water
3. A bathroom
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Blue trousers
2. A grey t-shirt
3. Striped toe-socks
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
1. Information Society
2. Insane Clown Posse
3. Ella Fitzgerald
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. Eric Prydz - Call on Me (remix)
2. The Kleptones - Plan
3. MC Chris - Geek
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
1. Karaoke
2. Nuclear Fusion
3. Regeneration
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):
1. Honesty
2. Humor
3. Lack of drugs
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no order - guess which are which?)
1. I'm on a DVD you can find at any video store
2. I'm in a Norwegian documentary film
3. I'm on an album released by a major record label
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Smile
2. Eyes
3. Not running away
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Drive
2. Enjoy MTV
3. Tolerate Jennifer Lopez
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Artwork
2. Website tweaking
3. Making people laugh
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Play in the snow
2. Stare at the moon
3. Upgrade this PC
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Artist
2. Web Designer
3. Comic (wow, surprising...)
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Sleep
2. The Moon
3. Illinois
THREE KID'S NAMES
1. Colin
2. Onomatopoeia
3. 934 Texas
THREE MUST-WATCH TV SHOWS
1. Sealab 2021
2. Mystery Science Theater 3000
3. Doctor Who
THREE FOREIGN PHRASES YOU USE
1. Chotto (Japanese, literally "a little," used casually to negate or reduce what was just said to you)
2. Jawohl (German military affirmative)
3. Half-inched (Cockney rhyming slang - half-inched/pinched/stolen)
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Be born (check)
2. Live (working on it)
3. Get ready to do it all over again if necessary
I had to leave work after only a few hours, because my eye was bugging me. I went to the doctor, and discovered I've got pinkeye. Craptastic.
I'll be home from work tomorrow.. the upside being I've got a lot of updating to to on my various sites. Please feel free to say hi to me on AIM (or call me if you've got the number) any time tonight, or after 10AM or so tomorrow. I'm not too proud to admit when I could use cheering up.
