7 Questions

My sister tagged me. I've done memes like this before but whatever, let's see how that answers differ from the last one.

Question #1: Where were you 10 years ago?
I was in my senior year in high school. I was a suitable nerd for high school standards, having no sense of style and just kind of a bit of an outsider. Didn't really have a clique per say, I mostly floated around.

Question #2: What's on your to-do list today (this list includes today and tomorrow morning's list)?
1. Clean House
2. Finish posting the Kilo pictures
3. Watch Drillbit Taylor and Forbidden Kingdom and return to video rental.
4. Fine tune vacation plans
5. Buy another travel book from Barnes and Noble
6. Clean out the car
7. Skydive
8. Do Laundry

Question #3: What if you were a billionaire?
I would go to school to get the job I've always wanted, travel the world at my whim, and eat lot's of sushi.

Question #4: Name 5 places you've lived.
1. Winnemucca, Nevada
2. Colusa California
3. Spokane, Washington
4. San Antonio, Texas
5. Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo

Question #5: What are 3 bad habits you have?
hahaha...only three?
1. Surfing the internet when there are far more productive things I could be doing, and rechecking the same sites just to see if they have updated.
2. I talk to myself. People often wonder if I'm crazy. I'm willing to confirm it.
3. I pick. At anything and everything. Not necessarily my nose, but I have a tendency to pick, especially if I'm deep in thought. If I don't to much and keep my hands busy, I don't pick.

Question #6: What kind of snacks do you like?
Sushi. I love sushi. I also like to curl up with a bowl of cheerios and raisins. Bagels with creme cheese. I also like an english muffin with a bit of turkey and some mayonaise. And hot cocoa on a cool day, or chocolate milk on a warm day.

Question #7: Who will you tag??
I don't tag. But if you do it, tell me in the comments and I will check it out!

Meme Time, Arrgh. . .

ARRGH! It be INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE Day!

Ahoy there, mateys! I got me a meme to accomplish today. Arrgh.

MEME INSTRUCTIONS:
Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes.
Don't fix your hair.
Just take a picture.
Post that picture with no editing. (Except maybe to get the image size down to something reasonable. Don't go posting an eight megapixel image.)
Include these instructions.



There be nobody to credit for this meme, because everybody be doing it. Arrgh.

I be just completing me physical training when I took this here photograph.




I cannot do a pirate accent. To bad the joes are gone, I would have fine tuned it.

Sarah Palin Name Generator

One thing that has a lot of people talking is Sarah Palin's unusual choice of names for her children. Honestly, I like a little unusual-ness in names, its always fun when you are an Emily or a Jason and you go to school with fifteen other Emilys and Jasons (though it appears these names are no longer as popular lately).

So, what would your name be if your mother was Sarah Palin?

Click here for the Sarah Palin Name Generator

Kami Erickson, if you were born to Sarah Palin, your name would be:
Bullet Bodycheck Palin

Hahah, PERFECT!

I love it!

Why couldn't my parents name me something cool like Bullet Bodycheck???

(actually, I couldn't imagine having a name like that. I'll stick to my own, danke.)

Create a Painting

Click here to create your own painting.

Ok, that is completely and utterly random.

You answer a bunch of questions related to your mood and what you like and it spits something out.

I found this on Bored.com and thought I would give it a shot. It just looks like some random generator took a few brushes out of Adobe Photoshop and puked them on the screen. And is that supposed to be a bird disappearing into the maroon horizon?

Call me skeptical. But somehow I don't think this could be classified as Art.

Visited States - Updated

I nearly forgot, everytime I go on a major trip I try to update this thing. Well here it is. Since I took a cross country road trip, I can update my list.

I think I'm going to add Kansas, Tennessee and Ohio before I make it back home.



create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

If you don't count Airports, Virginia, Florida and Maine can be taken off the map.

For fun, here is my world map again. I need to add more countries to this.



create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

Again, Trinidad and Tobango and Iceland can be taken off if you don't count Airports.

They haven't listed Kosovo as it's own country yet.

Which Disney Girl are You?

Granted, probably not for the guys. I thought maybe I'd get Mulan or something (my favorite Disney Heroine) but apparently my daydreaminess and creativity won out.

Find Out Which Disney Girl You Are! created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Alice Have you fallen down the rabbit hole lately? Or played croquet with a deck of cards? Either way, you're so very much like Alice! Her wild imagination and constant ability to daydream got her in so much trouble - you've probably heard your mother or teacher lecture you about having your head in the clouds! Remember to stay grounded most of the time, however, because life can get away from you when you're always dreaming about someplace else! Alice 79% Megara 75% Belle 71% Jane 71% Mulan 71% Tinkerbell 54% Pocahontas 54% Snow White 54% Jasmine 54% Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) 54% Ariel 50% Violet 46% Cinderella 46% Esmerelda 29%

About Me - A Meme with PICTURES!

creative tag about favorites....

the rules are to answer the question using only pictures.
(this was a little trickey for me, but entertaining.)

I'm so tempted to say something further! But I will refrain to just posting pictures. Sometimes more then one.

my favorite

color:


holiday:


animal:



food:


vacation place:





job:



dessert/treat:


hobby:





me:



Tag - I don't tag on principal, but feel free to join in if you have a blog!

Thanks Julie

A B C 's

A-Attached or single: Single. Perhaps one of these days I can claim attachment.

B- Best Friend(s): My family is very close and my best friends here in town, but I will always consider my childhood friends Andrea and Marnie my best friends. We get together and we catch up like we haven't been apart.

C-Cake or Pie: I'm more of a Pie person. Preferably homemade apple. I've never been big into cake. Love brownies though :)

D-Day of Choice: I like Saturdays. There is something about them. But as you get older, and your schedule is not the 9-5 monday through friday beat, you come to discover that the day of the week really isn't that big of a deal. I'll probably answer differently when I have kids.

E- Essential Item: Laptop and a Wacom Drawing Tablet

F- Favorite Color: I'm big into earth tones and blues.

G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Hasbro Haribo's Gummi Bears are the BEST!

H- Hometown: I've lived all over the western US, and the army has taken me quite a few places, but since the family has lived here for 12 years this summer, Spokane has become home.

I- Indulgence(s): Internet, TV shows on DVD, a Wii that my nephew is borrowing, spontanious (somewhat) road trips,

J- January or July: I'm a Snowboarder and I love the snow (but not driving in it) so January has its ups, but I so remember summers as a kid and they still hold a special place with vacations and barbeques and staying up all night doing random stuff that it's a draw.

K-Kids: A lot of nieces and nephews, but so far none of my own.

L-Life is incomplete without: completeness? I really don't know to be honest. I've never thought about it.

M- Marriage Date: On a Date yet to be announced, sometime in the hopefully not to distant future (we'll shoot for the next four years or so)

N- Number of Siblings: 3 sisters 2 brothers.

O- Oranges or Apples: Lately its been Oranges. Orange juice, orange slices, whatever, I just like oranges.

P- Phobias or Fears: I've got a strange Eye fear where sharp pointed things pointing at my eye will make me nervous and my eyes will start to get irritated. For some reason, my neck is ismilarily sensitive. I used to have a horrid public speaking fear that I have gotten over, but I still get a little nervous and shakey sometime.

Q- Quote: "I thought I was a good artist, then I became an Art Major"
~ Me (more true now then ever)

R- Reason To Smile: Random Roadtrips to see friends and family I haven't seen in years.

S- Season: Every season has special significance to me. I love the winter because I'm a snow junkie when it is heavy in the mountains, Spring is just so pretty when everything is in bloom, Summer is all about enjoying the weather and doing things with the family, and autumn means the leaves are changing and of course, I'm a November Birthday so I can't say which one specifically. I have to admit I like the four seasons which is one of the benefits of living in Spokane.

T- Tag Six: Er, um, hmm. . . I have no clue. . . Tag you strange random person with a blog! You're it!

U- Unknown Fact About Me: I don't know if there is anything people DON'T know about me, I'm such a blunt and open person with really nothing to hide because I'm so bluntly honest with myself that I can never think of anything to say that people don't know about me. I've had a blog for too long.

V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I love animals. They go great with Mashed Potatoes.

W- Worst Habit: I pick. At everything, whether it be chipping fingernail polish, wilting paint, wall paper, my face. . . by far my worst habit.

X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: I have no children (this is kind of an odd one) I have had X-Rays from multiple injuries though.

Y- Your Favorite Food: Lately I've been big on Thai and Sushi.

Z- Zippers or Zebras: They're both a bit zaggy.

Thanks Julie

Tagged - Strange But True

Ok, so I got tagged to write 7 strange but true things about myself by Joe over at the Bunker Blog.

To be honest, I don't think there is really a whole lot of strange but true things to write about myself that I haven't already written about. But what the heck, here it goes. For those of you who have followed me for some time, you might already know these things.

Strange But True - 7 Things About Me

1. I can throw a pot with my feet. I know, strange, and something I've mentioned before.
   
   
2. For a while, I considered my sexual orientation as Anti-Sexual (and discovered that there are other people out there with this view). I never really considered myself as a child of being a girl or wanting to be a boy (I was a huge tomboy, btw) but rather, I just wanted to be me. I didn't want to be viewed as anything and I hated it when my parents forced me to dress up in girly clothes to go to church. It's kind of weird in that I tend to demonize sex a lot in my writing as I tend to view all aspects of the topic. I'm curious about it, yes, but I'm more curious about why people do it. I guess in a way I am still a Anti-Sexual, but I view myself as Straight even though I have an attraction to both sexes. But its more in an artistic way, I see the beauty of the human body, I just don't want to have sex with it. Is that strange about me? I think so. Maybe that's the reason why I tend to refuse to date? It didn't stop my brother in law from calling me a Repressed Lesbian however.
   
   
3. I have a very well functioning Gaydar. There are a few good friends I knew in High School that I had suspicions about but were straight at the time and have later come out as being Gay. More then one friend in this fashion. In fact, when people come out of the closet, it usually doesn't shock me.
   
   
4. I didn't realize I enjoyed writing until my Senior Year in High School. I never wrote before this time, but since I discovered I liked to write, I haven't stopped. My early writing is very painful to read, because my inexperience is very apparent, but I've written probably around the neighborhood of at least 20,000 pages worth of stories. I don't let anybody read them however, for a variety of reasons. See bullet 2.
   
   
5. I have experienced Memory Loss. Not a lot of people can claim this (unless they are a character on television), but I can genuinely say that I have had Amnesia. I remembered who I was, but I had no clue about the date, what I had done, and why I was completely out of my mind. I freaked out pretty bad. Not a lot of fun, but interesting to think about. I had often wondered in my youth what memory loss would be like. Now I know.
   
   
6. I am dysthemic, meaning I suffer from chronic depression. I've come to just accept this about me as a fact of life really, it was a problem when I was younger but since I've grown older and matured a lot, its not a debilitating factor like it could be. As you can see, I'm still pretty frank and honest about myself. For a long time I thought I was probably bipolar because I can get into some crazy moods, I have mentioned that I can act drunk without getting drunk, because I can get really uninhibited. However, these highs are actually not common enough to classify me as Bipolar. So I was diagnosed as a Dysthemic when I was in Kosovo.
   
   
7. i have maintained a webcomic off and on for about six years. I think this in itself qualifies as strange, as most webcomics have a lifespan of about a month. If they get the first post off the ground.

So there you have it, a few strange but true things about me, and now that I look at it, its not altogether strange. Maybe I should think about it a little more, but I can't figure out anything.

I don't tag, so if you want to do this and post in on your blog, be my guest. But, er, maybe you can come up with some stranger factoids about you then I can. I can't think of anything right now.

Tag

Yay, a random Meme. I actually wasn't tagged, but maybe I was? I don't know. Let's see how well I can answer this.

5 things I was doing 10 years ago
1. I was a Junior in High School.
2. I kept statistics for the Varsity Basketball Team.
3. I was a bit of a loser (hmm, some things don't change)
4. I was taking Pottery.
5. I pole vaulted on the Track Team (spring time, but still, just shy ten years). didn't do that well, but I tried.

5 things on my to-do list today
1. Order books for School
2. Finish up Comic
3. Pay Rent for Next Month
4. Do Laundry
5. Eat Dinner with Family

Snacks I enjoy
1. Chocolate Covered Raisins
2. Sushi
3. Cheerios, with Raisins
4. Quasidillas (sp???)
5. Chips and dip

Things I would do if I were a billionaire
1. Own my own airplane and get a pilots license
2. Have lots of property with horses and all that jazz.
3. Travel. A lot.
4. Go to school for enrichment purposes and learn how to do anything I want to learn
5. Photograph, do art, and never work retail again.

3 Bad habits
1. I pick at things. You know, old paint on the park bench, peeling wallpaper, fingernail polish, things like that.
2. Procrastinator of the worst degree, I'm bad at returning emails, phone calls or anything like that.
3. I talk to myself, and have for as long as I can remember. I never said I'm sane.

5 Places I've lived
1. Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo
2. Winemucca, NV
3. Vernal. UT
4. Woodland, CA
5. San Antonio, TX

5 Jobs I've Had
1. Paper Route
2. Concessionaire at Movie Theater
3. Fred Meyer cashier
4. Wrangler at Yellowstone
5. Drill Sergeant

5 Things People Probably Don't Know About Me
1. When I was a kid, I wanted to take ballet. I wanted to learn how to walk on my toes, not for the tutu wearing or any of that.
2. I write so much that I think I would love to be an author, and need to focus on writing stories that are readable.
3. I can't stand amusement park rides, unless they are roller coasters
4. I got into blogging by accident.
5. As a child, I anthropamorphosized everything, little items had a personality and I would feel sorry for something if I felt it was getting left out.

I don't tag, on principle.

Extra note - Blogger's spell check is really stupid.

QnA - Answers via VideoBlog!

Alright, so I took some time to answer the questions via a video blog, and noticed I have a tendency to ramble. It took me 12 minutes to answer 8 posts. (and two people asked questions after I recorded the video so. . . er. . . ). I didn't read the questions until I recorded them, so these are off the fly answers that I didn't give myself time to think about. I thought the results might be interesting.

I don't normally video blog, it's something I decided I would try to do, and I had to cut it down into sections to fit the recording in. I don't even know if this is remotely interesting to hear me ramble for whatever or not. Probably not. Let me know if I should video blog more or what I can do to improve it. We'll see.

So, onto the questions.

The first video is WA Tom, Dave J, Haji, John, and Jonathan. And, er, sorry Haji, I read your question and mostly concentrated on teh fact that you seemed to answer Dave's question, so to answer your Apartment question, um, I honestly have no idea why they are called Apartments. I bet if you looked at the root words there is an answer to that.



The second video answers Jeff's questions. And I spend a lot of time answering his questions. A lot of it is rambling and restating the same thing a dozen times in different ways.



The third and final video is answering Arah and Robbie. Arah's question is a doozy.



So, the old fashioned way of answering questions for the two I failed to videoblog, we'll start with T, who writes:

"What has been the toughest part of your military service?"

Bar none, it was my deployment to Kosovo. Mostly because it was through the School of Hard Knocks that I learned things from there. But it has also been one of my most vital lessons in my development as a soldier and a leader. I had a horrible NCOIC that I didn't realize until late in the deployment was a complete asshole that didn't deserve my loyalty or respect but granted, his failure to mentor me taught me some valuable lessons I probably wouldn't have learned otherwise. Overall my deployment was a positive one, definitely a growing experience. As they say, that which doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger. I can agree with that statement that right now I'm probably at my most stable mentally and emotionally then I have ever been. I have definitely matured since then, but I still have a lot of learning to do.

"Do you plan to retire from the military?"
Jeff asked me a similar question I answer in the second video. I will definitely put in thirteen or fourteen years (my reenlistment contract is up to debate, I have two ETS dates at present that I'll worry about when the time gets closer) but at this point, I have a sneaky suspicion that I'll go ahead and fulfill that twenty. I'm in a job I love and I can see myself doing this for a while. But we'll see how I feel in a few years.

Funny, in relation to your last question, when I came off of active duty from Kosovo, I was pretty certain I was going to get out. The military is not without its downfalls, but I've enjoyed myself for the most part and I can see myself doing this for now.

A Random Reader writes:
Can you explain the cliche of women being attracted to 'men in uniform' (MIUs as some of my friends refer to them)?

And, in your experience, does it work the other way around - are some men attracted to women in uniform?!?"

In response to the first part of the question, uniformed professions such as police, firemen and military are very masculine jobs. I think women are attracted to that masculinity and hence are drawn to the man in uniform. I have to admit, I'm not really into the whole metrosexual thing. I like guys who are men. So I have to admit that on the whole I'm attracted to a man in uniform. But when you are in the military and always see guys in uniform, you get desensitized to it. And strangely enough, I don't really see it in the new ACUs as much as the BDUs.

As for my experience with guys attracted to women in uniform, apparently some people found this attractive.


Granted, I have also heard comments that I look hideous in that picture as well (these generally come from the liberal persuasion). Honestly, what I think guys find attractive about women in uniform is their authority and aggressiveness. Mostly their aggressiveness. And this plays to their mental pictures of what a girl like that would be like in the bedroom.

Hey, I'm just saying it. I'm not implying anything here, but I think a lot of guys got off on that angry look, becaues from my experience, guys only have one thing on their mind. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

Now that the questions are all answered, some via video blog and others via me typing out a response, tell me if this post was remotely interesting or should I go back to just typing things out?

And WA Tom, I'll have to check out that video. . . later.

Q&A - Questions

I'm having a bit of a black out for my blog because I'm going to be away for army school and blogging will not be my highest priority while I am there. So, I've decided to post date this post and allow an open forum for my readers (because I have done this before)

Ask me a question, any question, and I'll do my best to answer it. The question can be about anything in this blog, myself, my opinion on current events, anything really. Because my readership is not as great as it was before when I did this, I think this will be manageable.

I do reserve the right to dodge questions if they get a little to personal, if you get my meaning.

This blog is post dated to December 21st, you have until that day to ask me your questions and they will be answered on that day or shortly thereafter.

That's it, no more Questions!

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

Somebody showed this to me and I looked into it and this is what popped out. Hmm. I think I need to take it again because I have a tendency to be somewhat vague with my answers.

Since I'm constantly wondering to myself what should I do with my life, I found it to be beneficial information.

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top twenty results (in order).

Number 40 was Infantry. I find that amusing.

1.Horse Trainer
2.Professor
3.Horticulturist
4.Kinesiologist
5.Zookeeper
6.Website Designer
7.ESL Teacher
8.Foreign Language Instructor
9.Desktop Publisher
10.Animal Trainer
11.Animal Caretaker
12.Shipping and Receiving Clerk
13.Music Teacher / Instructor
14.Industrial Designer
15.Computer Trainer
16.Corporate Trainer
17.Animator
18.Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
19.Criminologist
20.Interior Designer

Horse Trainer was the number one pick, which is interesting because when I was a girl of 12 and a complete horse nut, that's what I wanted to do. Obviously I love animals and everything. Art Teacher didn't come up, but Music Teacher did, considering my musical skills are limited this was amusing to me.

I should take it again in a few days, see if something else comes up.

See if I can't get Drill Sergeant in there.

Go Yellow!

Well, in honor of the new Simpsons movie, Burger King has teamed up with Matt Groening and they have put together a website where you can simpsonize yourself.



Granted, it looks really nothing like me, but it's still pretty fun messing with your simpson self.

My laptop has lost its Print Screen Function. This is really annoying.

Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator

This is a professional grade personality test that grades you on sixteen different types of personalities. The first time I took this test was with the Army a few years back. I don't quite remember what I got then, but I think it hasn't changed much from the test now. I actually took it twice with some other online tests and got quite a range of results. However, when I took it with the school's version, I got the accurate result I feel I had recieved last time I took it.

MBTI Jung Typology-
HumanMetrics
SimilarMinds
TypeLogic

I got INTP - The Thinker (The Architect)
Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving
DOes this fit me? I would think so, and most people who know me personally probably agree.
Defining INTP

Actually, depending on my mood, I can act extroverted, and in some circumstances, I will be an extrovert. But overall I tend to be into my own little world and oblivious to what is going on around me. Yeah, that's totally me.

My Signs

I don't usually do a whole lot with Astrology, but being a Cusp Baby (I'm a Scorpio/Saggitarius) I often do these things to get a feel for how accurate astrology is.

In this case, I'm a wee bit more Scorpio that Saggitarius

You are 73% Scorpio

How Scorpio Are You?

You are 60% Sagittarius

How Sagittarius Are You?

I think I've done this before. Chances are I'll do it again in the future.

Celebrity Look Alikes ???

Easy Amusement. . .

Just for fun, I decided to try this out and see what kind of hits I could get. However, I found it was very hard to find a picture of myself looking at the camera dead on.

So we decided to do several pictures and see what I could come up with.



All I can say is 'huh?' My number one match is a guy?

So I ran it again. . .



I have heard Reese Witherspoon (about a million times) as well as Christina Ricci once or twice. I've never gotten Katie Holmes before, but I think that has something to do with the angle of my head matching hers.

Hmm, for kicks and giggles, should I do it again?



Aahh! That picture is scary! Like, all the hits are guys!

Ok, I'm addicted. . . Just a couple more. . .



All famous child actresses . . and then. . . Benny Hill???



Ok, you can't get much more straightforward then a DA photo for the US army and I get. . . Tom Welling??? Ok, I'm done. . .

(I also got Ernest Hemingway on that last round, lot's of fun, of course I'm thinking this website is old news)


Ok, now I'm really done (did mention this was addictive, right?)

What Could have Been

If you were intending to buy a Pirated DVD for €4.00, you could instead buy:

thirty-four 65g packets of Tesco value instant noodles four hundred and ninety-four millilitres of anti-dandruff shampoo two hundred and sixteen grams of swiss chocolate a hand buzzer one twenty-thousandth of a terraced house on an English council estate fifty-five carrots six hundred and seven millilitres of Red Bull energy drink twenty-four milligrams of heroin one hundred and thirty-four grams of silly putty two cups of coffee from a café

What are you thinking of buying?

I might buy for UK pounds sterlingCanadian dollarsAustralian dollarsEurosUS dollars

And to think of what I could have bought instead of supporting the Kosovo Economy by buying pirated DVDs.

Special Day

Go to the Wikipedia and put in your birth month and day. Then post 3 events, 2 births and 2 deaths.

November 22, that one's a doozy. . .

EVENTS

1943 - Lebanon gains independence from France.
1968 - The Beatles release the double-album The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album.
2005 - The Xbox 360 is released in North America. (because, you know, that is NEWS!)

BIRTHS

1943 - Billie Jean King, American tennis player
1984 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress

DEATHS

1718 - Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate
1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)

Yeah, Kennedy's death is the no-brainer on my special day. But that just means i'm pretty damn good at history, eh?

Names

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street name)
Kaita Lindeke (I don't actually live there, I did for all of three weeks, but my current street is numbered and those don't work)

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your mother's side, your favorite candy)
Esther Rolo

3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first two or three letters of your last name
K Er

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite animal, favorite color)
Horse Black . . . I don't think that one works

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Marie George

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother's maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet's name)
Erimc'bMad . . . that one makes no sense.

7. JEDI NAME (first three letters of your last name, first two of your first name, first two of your mother's maiden name, first three of the town you were born in)
Erika McGeo

8. PORN STAR NAME: (middle name, street you grew up on)
Marie Robin