30 posts tagged “qotd”

Submitted by One Kind Act.  

Earlier this morning a man came into the ER bringing his mother in and needed help getting her out of the car.  He was a little rude and snippity to me but I didn't think anything of it; obviously he was upset.  After his mother had been taken care of he apologized to me for the way he had acted earlier.  I did not expect this and it touched my heart.

What other names did your parents consider for you?

Eleanor!

What story from your wild-and-crazy youth would nobody believe about you today?

I smuggled drugs over the canadian border.

What's a saying or phrase that's never made sense to you?

Oh my gosh, i was just thinking of this today!  "The best offense is a good defence."  ??  I used to think i knew what this meant, but then i was rethinking it today and realized i think i was wrong.  And if i was right, i don't remember what i even thought it was.

What do you think your pets would act like if they were people? Do you think you'd get along with them? 

I'm not a good pet person.  I don't know why I'm answering this.  I think my cat would be like Steve Urkle or something. really annoying and clingy.  except he'd be better looking.  actually now that i think of it, it's probably the way Lois Lane would think of Clark Kent.  kind of strange and always underfoot, due to his undying affection. 

so actually my cat is probably more like Superman, only i don't know it.  but now i do know it ... so i'll be keeping my eyes peeled for his bullet proof spandex.

Happy Earth Day!  What are some of your favorite ways to reduce, reuse and recycle?

I like recycling cardboard and paperboard.

Is it likely that the U.S. will have a female president in the near future? In your lifetime? Why?

  I think it is very likely that we will see a female U.S. president in my lifetime.  I think it's inevitable.  It's "progressive".  It's what we do.

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What were you doing one year ago today?

 

Spring Break!  That could have been anything...

If you put together a time capsule today, what would you put in it?

My sister Katie and I made a kind of "audio time capsule" back in the mid '90's.  We recorded ourselves on a cassette tape talking about what was going on in our lives and Katie sang this song she wrote that always made me cry.  We gave messages to our future selves from our former, cooler, selves-- to remind us.  We can't open it until 2010.. which isn't that far away. but I think it will be fun to listen to what we had to say back then. 

If I made a time capsule today I would put in it one of those party whistle blower things.  Because this is the best year ever.  That's all. i can't think of anything else.  Maybe a copy of Newsweek and a bottle of champagne.?    :)

Did you order Girl Scout cookies this year?  What kind?

haha. yeah, actually i did.  I was going to buy one or two boxes (they are $4 a box) until the sales girl (Jessica from EYC and my friend Andrea's sister) said they were selling 3 for $12.  wow what a great deal.  so I thought i went ahead with that deal and ordered three, but i guess not because when the order came in there was just 2, for $8, which is still a good deal.  i got the thin mints and the caramelly ones.  They are both not my favorite.  I always like to remember the line from The Adam's Family this time of year.  Some little girl asks Wednesday if the orange juice she is selling is made out of real oranges, and then Wednesday asks the girl if the girl scout cookies are made from real girl scouts!  she is funny.  I  haven't tried the girl scout ice cream, but Erika's dad is all about it.

Plus don't forget..."customers can purchase extra boxes of cookies at site sales and donate them to the Operation Cookie Drop/Gift of Caring project, a council wide community service project which will deliver cookies to Puget Sound military personnel based locally and overseas."  (http://www.girlscoutstotem.org/Cookies/cookies.htm)