Thursday Meme from Ms. CheeseWiz
Four films I’d watch again:
1. Silence Of The Lambs
2. The Notebook
3. Office Space
4. What About Bob
Four places I’
ve lived:
1. New York
2. Vermont
3. Rhode Island
4. England
Four TV shows I watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Army Wives
3. Re-runs of Friends
4. BBC news (not sure that's considered a show, but I watch it)
Four things to eat:
1.
spag bol2. curries
3. chicken & biscuits
4. mac & cheese (homemade of course!)
Four places I'd rather be:
1. My bed
2. Germany (I'm going tomorrow but wish I was there already)
3. travelling - just about anywhere would be wonderful
4.
eating blueberry pancakes with REAL maple syrup in the
ADK General Store (in NY)
Four things I'm thankful for:
1. ability to travel pretty often
2. my mum being sober for 27 years & 1 day (yes, that means her 27
th anniversary was yesterday!!!!! How cool is that?!?!?!?!?)
3. my mates in London, who make it easier to be so far away from my family
4. my job- allows me to live overseas, to pay the bills, learn new things about immunology of infectious diseases and over all keeps me entertained M-F :)
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7 random's
thanks to the Cheesewiz over at Brain Cheese, I've been memmed (can you say that!?!?!?) to tell ya'll 7 random things about me, glorious me, I know you're all so excited you can hardly contain yourselves, but please try:
- I love pineapples & mangoes. When my dear mate Kathy & I went to Costa Rica, breakfast was our absolute favourite time of the day because we could eat as much fresh fruit as we'd like & we use to pile our plates with pineapples, mangoes, and strawberries & just stuff our lil faces.
- My aunt turns 71 today, Happy Birthday Auntie Ann, not really sure if that is "something about me" but it's something related to me, so I'm counting it.
- My dad just called & gave me my aunt's phone number in Florida so I can call her.
- I have a Nokia mobile phone which I got for free when I switched my provider to O2.
- My ex-fiance's best friend is marrying a girl I grew up with tomorrow in NYC
- My favourite trainers are made by Adidas Climalites, but they're not so good in wet weather!
- My shoe size is a US 9 and a UK 6 or 7 depending on the shoe.
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Middle Name Meme
In trying to stay awake till 21.00 to help myself get back on London time, I decided since I was tagged for this meme, that I'd give it a go! Course since I'm still a bit knackered there won't be explanations for each one just a word.
1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog-post containing your own middle name game facts.
4. At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
V is for victorious.
I is for insouciant.
C is for caring.
T is for trustworthy
O is for open-minded
R is for responsible
I is for independent
A is for adventurous.
I’m tagging:
anyone who wants to play
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Moaning Meme
I’ve been tagged by Shann for “The Moaning Meme”
I’m tagging
Linda D,
Jen and
Zee4 things that should go into room 101 and be removed from the face of the earth:
- Cheaters of all sorts, from answers to a spelling test to cheating on a partner to cheating on your taxes, all of them should go to room 101
- Liars of all sorts, not only to better themselves, but to hurt others!
- Judgemental persons, who have no good reason for disliking people with "differences" or "change" - come on, move with the times for goodness sakes!
- Rapists, murderers, and child molesters - need I say anymore?
3 things people do that make you want to shake them violently:- Indecisiveness - I'm patient to a point, but for goodness sakes, if you switch your order more than once while ordering food I get a bit crazed!
- Righteousness - thinking their work and life is more important than anything or anyone else, their lack of ability to be generous.
- Deafness - not real hearing loss, but those people who sit & pretend to listen to you, but in all honesty can't be bothered to give you their time to really listen to what you are saying.
2 things you find yourself moaning about:- The weather - I know I know I'm turning into a proper Brit!
- Tourists - this time of year is rather hard on those of us who are traveling to & from work when we seem to be overwhelmed with tourists who don't know where their going & take up lots of room on the trains, buses, tubes, and sidewalks!!
1 thing the above answers tell you about yourself:- I am way too judgemental about others - I sound like a righteous bitch after reading it all, but the point was to moan right? I think I did a ruddy good job then :)
Link to the original meme at freelancecynic.com so people know what it’s all about!
Be as honest as possible, This is about letting people get to know the real you!
Try not to insult anyone - unless they really deserve it or are very, very ugly!
Post these rules at the end of every meme!
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Post 711 gets to be a Meme :)
Susiej who was tagged by
Mountain Mama, tagged me for a new meme.
One word for each item, so here's my go at it . . .
1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Relationship? fun
3. Your hair? shorter
4. Work? newish
5. Your sister? BESTEST
6. Your favorite thing? friends
7. Your dream last night? scary!
8. Your favorite drink? ice tea
9. Your dream car? expensive
10. The room you’re in? open-plan office
11. Your shoes? Pumas
12. Your fears? loneliness
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? happy
14. Who did you hang out with this weekend? flatmates.
15. What are you not good at? decorating
16. Muffin? blueberry-corn
17. One of your wish list items? house
18. Where you grew up? Ardsley
19. Last thing you did? walked
20. What are you wearing? clothes.
21. What aren’t you wearing? makeup
22. Your pet? none
23. Your computer? Dell
24. Your life? hectic
25. Your mood? calm
26. Missing? USA
27. What are you thinking about right now? co-workers (where the heck are they all?)
28. Your car? imaginary
29. Your kitchen? clean
30. Your summer? cool
31. Your favorite color? purple
32. Last time you laughed? earlier
33. Last time you cried? unsure
34. School? learning
35. Love? life
Now I've run out of people who I haven't yet tagged, so if you have not already got this meme, feel free to do it, if not, no worries, have a nice day!!
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I've been tagged
I was just tagged by H from
that's what she saidRules
1) Post the rules, then list 8 things about yourself.
2) At the end of the post, tag and link to 8 other people
3) Leave a comment at those sites, letting them know they've been tagged, and asking them to come read the post so they know what to do
Let's see 8 things all about me . . .
1. I am really loving living in London, England, and could not do it without my "family" over here, Jim & Rob. !
2. That being said I really miss my friends & family in the states - it's weird not being around for birthdays & actual birth days (Sylwia's due any day now! I was there days after Owen & Maya were both born, so this will be a bit strange)
3. I spent 4 summers working at a Boy Scout camp - some of my best memories growing up came from the friends I met there - most of us are still in touch on a pretty regular basis - this camp gave me my older brothers I always wanted.
4. In January 2002 I torn my knee up skiing with friends from summer camp and they had to take part of my hamstring to make me a new ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), touch wood I've had no major problems with it, but the recovery time was long & rather grueling - I wouldn't wish it on an enemy!
5. Every time I see Dead Man Walking I cry - you'd think my now I'd be prepared for the ending, but it just gets me every time.
6. On Saturday night I had the best Kosher hamburgers in the world with Persian rice - my flatmate & I made it all and it was divine.
7. I'm a bit frustrated at work these days because different rooms are being totally re-done so we have limited hours of use and have to share space (between 2 labs we're allowed a maximum of 12 units - those of you who know what I'm talking about imagine that!! There are 3 post-docs, 1 new PhD, 2 PhD student, 3 MSc students and me all sharing just 12 units)
8. Today we got to take a visiting PhD student out to lunch at our local fav Thai place just down the road for some "free" food :) and on Friday we're going to the London Zoo for our GB Lab Outing - that makes up for the above frustrations with my job!!
Let me see I have to tag people, but considering most people I know have been tagged with this I'm just going to offer this up to the general public, feel free to answer it in the comments section or leave a comment with the link to your blog . . . enjoy!
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link love
INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.
Holly’s CornerAn Island LifeWhee! All The Way HomeThe Middling MonettesGarnet's AdventuresNext select five people to tag . . . Feel free to participate if you want to.
What were you doing 10 years ago?
Well I was 19 and had just finished a year at Hofstra University. I was getting ready to work at summer camp, but in the mean time I was just relaxing at my parents house, catching up with friends who I hadn't seen while I was on the island.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
I was in London, taking Immunology of Parasites, but only had a few days left, so I was more focused on final exams which were only a few days away!!
Five Snacks You Enjoy
1. Snack-a-Jacks (salt & vinegar flavoured)
2. grapes
3. Chocolate truffles.
4. Tostitos chips
5. Cheese & onion crisps (chips)
Five Songs That You Know All The Lyrics To
1. Nightswimming - REM
2. Just wanted to see you - Lucinda Williams
3. This is My Song - Carbon Leaf
4. Silent Sea - KT Tunstall
5. Dear Mr President - Pink
Five Things You Would Do If You Were a Millionaire
1. by lots of plane tickets so my mates in the US could come to the UK.
2. buy a house in London
3. donate my salary to charity (I couldn't stop working)
4. get a PhD - cause I'd be able to pay the outrageous int'l student fees in this country
5. travel to tropical destinations.
Five Bad Habits
1. procrastination.
2. worrying too much.
3. over booking myself.
4. not eating for hours at a time and then binging on junk.
5. cracking my knuckles.
Five Things You Like To Do
1. blog.
2. meet up with friends for picnics
3. go to the beach.
4. reading.
5. traveling.
Five Things You Would Never Wear Again
1. wool sweaters.
2. peg-legged pants
3. t-shirt clips.
4. hypercolour shirts.
5. Z cavaricci pants I wore in HS.
Five Favorite Toys
1. laptop computer.
2. iPod.
3. digital camera.
4. phone.
5. spider solitaire.
Now it’s your turn. When and if you do it, leave me a comment so I can go and check it out.
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when i'm old & grey
A friend (who wishes to remain nameless) tagged me on this one:
When I am an old woman…I’ll speak my mind and not worry what others are thinking.
I’ll make a decision and not second guess myself twenty times a day for years after.
I’ll travel more often and not be restricted by work or time off.
I will take time to smell the proverbial roses instead of running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
I’ll miss my parents, unless of course I'm lucky and they're able to live to be over 100!
I will enjoy time with my grandchildren (yes, I know I need to have children first, but this was just asking when I'm old!)
I will spend every day doing only what I WANT to do, not just what I HAVE to do.
I will spend my days gardening and reading what ever interests me (instead of scientific papers all the time).
I’m tagging
Zee and
JenLabels: meme
