Ugh – got a jury duty summons for June 11th.  I really hate these, and not because I’m not willing to serve on a jury.  I hate them because I go and spend an entire day there and *never* get picked.  And never will get picked.  There’s not a prosecutor or defense lawyer out there that wants another lawyer on their jury (or very few anyway).  I always get struck, but usually only after spending an entire day sitting on uncomfortable benches.  Sigh.  I have to ask for a waiver anyway – I’ll be at Lilies on June 11th.  So, I get to postpone the misery for another day.  Oh well.

Which God or Goddess are you like? Your Result: Budha   You are Budha. You are a very peaceful person, you love all who love you. You are a cheerful personality, and you have a great sense of humor. Congratulations!! You are Budha!!
Jesus
The Christian God
God Zeus
Goddess Sekhemet
Goddess Bast
Satan
You are your own God or Goddess

What type of Poetry are you?

I am the sonnet, never quickly thrilled; Not prone to overstated gushing praise Nor yet to seething rants and anger, filled With overstretched opinions to rephrase; But on the other hand, not fond of fools, And thus, not fond of people, on the whole; And holding to the sound and useful rules, Not those that seek unjustified control. I’m balanced, measured, sensible (at least, I think I am, and usually I’m right); And when more ostentatious types have ceased, I’m still around, and doing, still, alright. In short, I’m calm and rational and stable - Or, well, I am, as much as I am able.

Went to Austin this weekend to visit with some friends and go rose shopping – accomplished both very nicely.  I drove down with MiniCooperChic (actually she drove; I just talked), and we got in fairly late Friday night.  On Saturday morning, she jaunted off to Lysts at Castelton, while M, R and I met T and O for brunch.  Then we drove off to the Antique Rose Emporium near Brenham.  Some hours later (and two climbing roses for my back fence later), we met with Tree and went out for sushi.  Lots and lots of sushi.  And Sashimi.  And Nigiri.  And Miso.  And lots and lots of sushi.  Happiness!

On the way home from sushi, we stopped by Central Market because I decided I wanted a fabulous brunch for mother’s day.  So we bought several different scone mixes, clotted cream, devon cream, lots of fruit, bacon,  and little quiches.  And, of course, champagne and orange juice.  Got up early to get everything started while M and R planted the roses they bought.  Everyone came over and we pigged out and talked for a while.  Then, we headed to north Austin to hook up with MCC for the drive home.  We hit some horrendous traffic at Waco that lasted past Hillsboro.  It finally cleared up though, and we made good time the rest of the way home.  Lovely weekend.  Time for bed.

Which of the X-Men Are You? You Are Jean Grey

Although your fate is often unknown, you always seem to survive (even after death). Your mind is your greatest weapon, literally! Powers: telepathy and telekinesis, the ability to project thoughts into the mind of others, communication with animals Take this test!

“Bold” the ones you’ve been to, and italicize the ones you’d
like to go to.

List

1. Times Square, New York City, NY: 35 million
visitors every year
2. National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington,
D.C. : About 25 million
3. Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Lake
Buena Vista, Fla.:
16.6 million
4. Trafalgar Square, London,
England: 15
million
5. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, Calif.: 14.7 million
6. Niagara Falls,
Ontario and New York: 14 million (duh)
7. Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate
National Recreation Area, San Francisco,
Calif.: 13 million
8. Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea, Tokyo,
Japan: 12.9
million
9.
Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France: 12 million
10. Disneyland Paris, Marne-La-Vallee,
France: 10.6
million
11. The Great Wall of China, Badaling
area, China:
About 10 million
12.
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee/North
Carolina: 9.2 million
13. Universal Studios Japan, Osaka,
Japan: 8.5
million
14. Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de
Montmartre, Paris, France: 8 million
15.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France: 7.5 million
16. Everland (amusement park), Kyonggi-Do,
South Korea:
7.5 million
17. The Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China: At least 7 million
18. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France: 6.7
million
19. Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, Fla:
6 million
20. SeaWorld Florida,
Orlando, Fla:
5,740,000
21. Pleasure
Beach (amusement park), Blackpool, England:
5.7 million
22. Lotte World (amusement park), Seoul,
South Korea:
5.5 million
23. Yokohama Hakkeijima
Sea Paradise, Japan:
5.4 million
24. Hong Kong Disneyland, China: 5.2 million
25. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France:
5.1 million
26. Tate Modern, London, England: 4.9
million
27. British Museum, London, England: 4.8
million
28. Universal Studios Los Angeles, Calif.:
4.7 million
29. National Gallery, London, England:
4.6 million
30. Metropolitan Museum, New York,
NY: 4.5 million
31. Grand Canyon, Ariz.:
4.4 million
32. Tivoli Gardens
(amusement park), Copenhagen,
Denmark: 4.4
million
33. Ocean Park
(amusement park), Hong Kong,
China: 4.38
million
34.
Busch Gardens
(amusement park), Tampa Bay,
Fla.: 4.36 million
35. SeaWorld California, San Diego, Calif.: 4.26 million
36. Statue of Liberty, New York,
NY: 4.24 million
37. The Vatican and
its museums, Rome, Italy: 4.2 million
38. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia: More than 4 million
39. The Coliseum, Rome,
Italy: 4
million
40. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY: 4 million
41. Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Calif.: 4 million
42. Empire State Building, New York, NY: 4 million
43. Natural
History Museum,
London, England: 3.7 million
44. The London Eye, London, England:
3.5 million
45.
Palace of Versailles, France: 3.45 million
46. Yosemite National Park,
Calif.: 3.44 million
47. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt: 3 million
48. Pompeii, Italy: 2.5 million
49. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia: 2.5 million
50. Taj Mahal, Agra, India: 2.4 million
51. Angel Falls, Venezuela
52. Pyramid Kukulcan in Chichen
Itza, Yucatan Mexico

53. Temple of the Descending God in Tulum,
Quintana Roo Mexico

54. Dunns River
Falls in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
55. Star Trek: The Experience, Las Vegas, NV
56. Space Needle Seattle, WA
57. Macchu Pichu, Peru

58. Amber Palace
in Jaipur, India
59. The Smithsonian in Washington
DC
60. Scotland’s
eastern and northern isles
61. Durham Cathedral, Durham, England
62. Schönbrunn Palace,
Vienna Austria
63. WWII Normandy Beaches/American Cemetery, Colleville sur Mer, France
64. Shrewsbury
Abbey, Shropshire, England

65. Isle Royale National
Park, Lake Superior
66. The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

67. L’Anse aux Meadows World Heritage Site, Newfoundland 32,000 visitors in 2000

68. Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy
Ridge, France
750,000 visitors per year
69. The Painted Desert/Petrified Forest
in Arizona.
600,000 visitors per year

70. The Ossuary in Kutna Hora,
Czech Republic.
40,000 visitors per year.

71. Saut d’Eau, Haiti

72. Gemeente Museum,
Den Haag, The Netherlands

73. Brandenberg Gate and Berlin Wall (remains thereof), Berlin
Germany
74. Shinjuku District, Tokyo
Japan
75. The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
76. The International Space Station
78. Rosslyn Chapel
79. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

I thought about just not posting this – I *despise* Deanna Troi!  Oh well. 

You are Deanna Troi

Deanna Troi 65% Jean-Luc Picard 60% Will Riker 60% Mr. Sulu 50% Chekov 50% Uhura 45% Worf 45% Mr. Scott 45% James T. Kirk (Captain) 45% Geordi LaForge 40% Beverly Crusher 35% An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 30% Spock 29% Data 29% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 25%	You are a caring and loving individual. You understand people’s emotions and you are able to comfort and counsel them.
Click here to take the “Which startrek character are you?” quiz…

IF YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70′S……

1. You had that Fisher Price Doctor’s Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.  Yes

2.
You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with
flowers on it. Bike with banana seat, yes; plastic basket, no.

3.
You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had
metal wheels. Yes. And not the boot kind. The strap on the shoe kind.

4. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!) Yes, but only cute.

5. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island. Nope, but hated Herve.

6.
You had either a “bowl cut” or “pixie”, not to mention the “Dorothy
Hamill”. People sometimes thought you were a boy. Actually, while I was a total tomboy, I never cut my hair (at least not the length) and wore it in a long braid most of the time.

7. You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.  Rubber boots, yes; snowy days weren’t so much happening in the San Francisco bay area.

8.
YEAH! You owned a “Slip-n-Slide”, on which you injured yourself on a
sprinkler head more than once. hee hee, YES!

9. You owned “Klick-Klacks” and smacked yourself in the face more than once! Yep.

10. Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.  HATED Holly Hobby – see tomboy remark above!

11. You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers. Poncho and gauchos, yes; knickers, NO!

12. You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon. Yes. Did not get one.

13.
You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny
shredded outfits, or the sunshine family. NO. see tomboy remark above!

14. You spent hours in your backyard on your
metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least
once. Yep – it was kind of a contest to see who could make it tip.

15. You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color. NO…see tomboy comment.

16.
You had a pair of Doctor Scholl’s sandals (the ones with hard sole
& the buckle). You also had a pair of salt-water sandals. NO but I
wanted them.

17. You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the
Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture;
and you despised Nellie Oleson.  Despised Laura, Nellie and the show.  See tomboy comment above.

18.
You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink! Weren’t those the innocent days!

19. PONG! (“video tennis” ) was the most remarkable futuristic game you’ve ever heard of ! Yes

20. Your hairstyle was described as having “wings” or “feathers” and you kept it “pretty”
with
the comb you kept in your back pocket. When you walked, the “wings”
flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna “take off” Yeah, there was a period when I feathered the front (go Farah).

21. You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as
well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie. Yeah, but I despised them.  See tomboy comment above!

22. You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic.  With
the thermos inside some were glass inside and broke the first time you
dropped them.  Did have a metal lunchbox and did break the thermos.  Can’t remember if it was muppets but wouldn’t be surprised.

23. You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend. No; I thought the show was just too dumb for words (although the boys were kinda cute).

24. YOU had Star Wars action figures, too! Yes

25. It was a big event in your household each year when the “Wizard of Oz” would come on TV.
Your
mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!  It was one of the few television shows we were allowed to watch, even if we had to stay up late to see the end.

26. You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: “Who will I marry.  Shaun
Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?” The only one I thought was cute was David Cassidy.

27. You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album. Nope, my musical tastes ran more to the Moody Blues and Beatles.

28
. You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick
God’s eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic
loom.  Egads, can’t remember how many macrame plant hangers I made!

29. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts! Yes.

30.
You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable
tape player up to the speaker.   Yeah, who knew?

31. You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat. No, see tomboy comment above!

32. You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books.
(Are you there God, It’s me, Margaret.) Yep, and had to hide them under the mattress cause Mom most definitely didn’t approve.

33.
You thought Olivia Newton John’s song “Physical” was about aerobics.
(?? its not??) LOL…yes.

34. You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces
with heart or rainbow designs. Sigh, yes.

35. You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer. NO.

36.
You drowned yourself in Love’s Baby Soft – which was the first “real”
perfume you ever owned. Yes (amazing how awful it would smell to me now!)

37. You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip-gloss till it almost dripped off. Nope, see tomboy comment above.

· You wanted to be on Star Search.  Naw, not so much.

·
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell
off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in “Thriller” at the end of
the video.  Yep, he used to look somewhat human.

· You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.  Wore a banana clip.

· You wore French rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.  Had the splatter painted jeans but no French rolls.

· You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.  Yes to both.

· You owned a doll with ‘Xavier Roberts’ signed on it’s butt.   Nope

· You knew what Willis was “talkin’ ’bout.” Unfortunately, yes.

· You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off.” Oh yeah

· You can name at least half of the members of the elite “Brat Pack.”
Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally
Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Anthony Michael Hall.

· You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours.   Full House occasionally; Save by the Bell absolutely don’t remember

· You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock  At least

· You know that another name for a keyboard is a “Synthesizer.”  That’s more 70s, isn’t it?

· You’ll always hold a special place in your heart for “Back to the Future.”  Only the first one though

· You know where to go if you “wanna go where everybody knows your name.”  The original cast was the best.

· You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.   No, but I would have in the 70s

· You know what “psych” means.  Don’t know what you’re talking about . . . psych!

· You fell victim to 80′s fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.   No, no, yes, and occasionally

· You wanted to be a Goonie (“Goonies never say die.”)  I loved the Goonies!

· You knew “The Artist” when he was humbly called “Prince.”  Never a particular favorite, but yes

· You ever wore fluorescent—neon if you will—clothing… . Never

· You could breakdance, or wished you could.   Wished

· You know who Max Headroom is.  Loved that show

· You know, by heart, the words to any “Weird” Al Yankovic song.  Not all of them, but quite a few

· You remember when ATARI was a state-of-the-art video gaming system.  Oh yeah – lived in Silicon Valley when Atari was cutting edge!

· You own any cassettes or albums.  Still own some cassettes; albums are long gone

· You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we’d all be living on the moon.  Well, maybe not living there, but certainly visiting regularly.

· You remember and/or own any of the Care Bear glass collection from Pizza Hut.   Remember, but never had any desire to own one

· “Poltergeist” totally freaked you out.  Yes!

· You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.  Was past school at that point.

· You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.   HATED smurfs

· You wanted to communicate with Synergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.   Green hair was a temptation

· You inserted the word “like” into, like, every sentence.  Lived in California – tried hard NOT to!

· You know what a Doozer is.   I admit it.

· You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.   Nope

· You ever had a Swatch Watch.   More than one

· You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.  Nope

· You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).   No crush, but though they were cute

· You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.  Again, the original cast was the best!

· You had Wonder Woman or Superman Underoos.  Uh, no.

· You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.  See above – I did.

· You actually thought “Dirty Dancing” was a REALLY good movie.  Well, actually, yes I did

· You have heard of “Garbage Pail Kids” (and perhaps still have a collection of them).  Heard of them; never wanted one

· Extra point You have seen the Garbage Pail Kids TV show. (Only one episode was aired.)  Nope

· You had a crush on Bo Derek.   No, but wished I looked like that!

· Punks actually “shocked” people.  Once upon a time

· You wanted to be The Hulk or Rainbow Brite for Halloween.  Nope

· You believed that “By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!” Hell yeah!

· You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.  Thought they were stupid

· You know what a “Whammy” is. (“No Whammy, no whammy, stop!”)  Duh

· Partying “like it’s 1999″ seemed SO far away.  Kind of like that feeling that 30 was old . . .

· Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day.  Arrghh – I had managed to forget!

· 3 words: “Atari” “IntelliVision” and “Coleco”. Sound familiar?   Grin – we owned all three at one time or another.

·
You remember the days that hooking your computer into your TV wasn’t an
expensive option that required gadgets – it was the ONLY WAY to use
your computer!   Didn’t have one at home, just work

· You remember “Friday Night Videos” before the days of MTV. Sure do.

·
You ever owned a pair of “Pop-Wheels”—that handy little combination of
shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market.   Nope

·
You’re PO’d that you couldn’t really participate in the 60′s, pissed
that you were a part of the 70′s, think you wasted too much time doing
stupid, meaningless things in the 80′s, and still have no clue what the
90′s are all about.   hee hee hee – that’s about right

· While in
high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get
together again at the end of the century and play “1999″ by Prince over
and over again.   Naw, I didnt’ hang out much with my high school classmates

· You remember when music that was labeled “alternative” really was.   Yeah

· You were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which you were probably watching in school at the time).   Actually was at work watching the launch.  Sad day.

·
You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you’re older, you
really understand that it would have been much better had you known
about drugs at the time.   I actively tried NOT to watch it

· You’ve recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:  This one’ sad
    o “When I was younger”   Yes
    o “When I was your age”   Yes
    o “You know, back when…”   Yes
    o “Because I SAID so, that’s why”   Yes
    o “What the HECK is this noise on the radio?”  Don’t think so
    o “Just can’t (fill in the blank) like I used to”    Yes

· You can’t remember a time when “going out for coffee” DIDN’T involve 49,000 selections to choose from.  Which is why we didn’t go out for coffee much

· Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.  YES

· You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.  Uh, no.

·
At one point during your teenage years, you walked with a noticeable
tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on that arm.   Nope

· “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when you first heard it at a school dance.   Was out of school by then

· The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during “Crazy for You” by Madonna.  Nope

· There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of “Skip” “Buffy” “Muffy” or “Dexter.”   Only 1 or 2 actually

· You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.  No

·
You used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold chains on
Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T made
millions seemed rational to you at the time.   Uh, no

· You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old big wheel quite obsolete.   Well, I remember the Green Machine, but no to the rest

· You’ve gotten this far on the list and aren’t totally confused.  Sorry, but have been confused for years

· The phrase “Where’s the beef?” still doubles you over with laughter.   Didn’t think it was all that funny at the time

·
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80′s, became something which
can only be described by the phrase “I was experimenting.”  Unfortunately, yes.

· You’ve ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?  Yeah

· You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.   No – that was southern CA.  I lived in northern CA

· When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.   Ick

· You remember “Hey, let’s be careful out there.”  Loved Hill Street Blues!

· You’re parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was pointless since Quincy got all the babes, anyway.   Heh, no

· You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.  Yep, several.

· You thought eating Reese’s Pieces would attract your own Alien.   I wished

· Your name is Jennifer or Jason.  Nope

· You have ever called 867-5309.   Naw.

· You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, or Michael J. Fox on your wall.  Uh, no

· You held the top score on Pac-Man. No

· You owned a t-shirt that said, “I shot J.R.” or know someone who did.  Knew someone

· This rings a bell: “and my name, is Charlie. They work for me.”  Should I admit I liked the show?

· You HAD to have your MTV.  Back when it used to play music videos?

· You know what a “burnout” is.  yep.

· You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.  Oh yeah – you didn’t have Jordache jeans, you were so uncool

· You remember when Madonna was just hitting the scene.   Yep

· You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh. What do you think I’m using now?

· You thought “Weird Science” was a masterpiece.  Well, maybe not a masterpied, but sure enjoyed it

·
You remember any or all of the following: Echo & the Bunnymen,
Cutting Crew, Scritti Politti, or Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark.   I was a 60s/70s kinda music person

· Chevy Chase was really funny in those vacation movies.  Liked him in everything BUT the vacation movies

· You actually know who Rick Springfield is And had a crush on him too.  Thought he was cute, if kinda wimpy

·
You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly
get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.   I remember – and they were pretty cool at the time

· You jammed to the Miami Vice theme and thought Jan Hammer was cool.  I still think the Miami Vice theme is cool!