Michael and Jaspenelle

Food Meme

Got this from my Dad, added a few at the end from my brother. This was a bit tricky for me because I am one of those people who will try just about anything even if I am not sure what it is.

Bold what you have eaten and strikethrough what you would never eat.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea - pregnant women drink it
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare - best way to have steak
5. Crocodile (or Alligator)
6. Black pudding - or was it blood sausage?
7. Cheese fondue - YUMMY!
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush - I get it on my pita at Pita Pit
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich - with bananas and honey
14. Aloo gobi - I love exotic vegetarian foods
15. Hot dog from a street cart - Does the sausage I got on a baguette in Porte de Clignancourt count? Granted I have had some form of sausage from street vendors everywhere I’ve been.
16. Epoisses - and I wouldn’t eat it again.
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - peach, blackberry, dandelion, and probably some others…
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream - gross!
21. Heirloom tomatoes - I just finished dehydrating some the other day.
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn (head cheese) — maybe?
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - unless there is lots of money involved and milk
27. Dulce de leche - soooo good!
28. Oysters - I’ve even had live ones that move when you squeeze lemon juice on them. Had nightmares about them crawling back out my throat.
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - one of my favorite warming foods
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - cigars are NASTY! Cognac should be aged +10 years please.
37. Clotted cream tea - I’ll pass.
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O - I prefer the rum watermelon.
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects - I’m taking it a worm as a kid doesn’t count? How about chocolate covered ants?
43. Phaal - I like spicy but I would rather not practice scorched earth on my taste buds
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whiskey
46. Fugu - my son needs a mother
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - GROSS, gave me hives too.
50. Sea urchin – would love to try
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi - way too salty
53. Abalone
54. Paneer - I think I’ve had this at an Indian restaurant in Barcelona.
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini - not a fan
58. Beer above 8% ABV - not sure
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips - Nasty. Just give me chocolate chips please.
61. S’mores - campers stable
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin - the clay? Sure, it is used in some herbal remedies.
64. Currywurst - now that just sounds unappealing, and German. Not a big fan of German food.
65. Durian - I would try it but it is not like they import something that reeks that much…
66. Frogs’ legs - I like them, but so small that they are barely worth the effort.
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - all of the above
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette – I AM NEVER EATING SOUTHERN FOOD AGAIN. UG!
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe - with sugar cube right?
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill – our neighbors son hit a Bambi
76. Baijiu - is this like Everclear?
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - also gave me hives. Kind of like that deep-fried Twinkly. America is weird.
78. Snail – smothered in garlic butter, also yummy
79. Lapsang souchong - this sounds good, I love tea.
80. Bellini, Mimosa, Kir Royale - while camping last week!
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky - craved this when I was pregnant
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef – too expensive
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers - I drink and make herbal remedies, what do you think? Rose, violet, chamomile, echinacea, chive, clover…
89. Horse – possibly?
90. Criollo chocolate - maybe?
91. Spam - I draw the line somewhere
92. Soft shell crab – caught on the North Carolina beach, an exception to the Southern food thing.
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish - another southern exception, whoops!
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor – this sounds good
98. Polenta - I make this!
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - is this the one I accidentally used once that dad had a fit about?
100. Snake - would love to try

Ones my brother siggusted for the list:

101. Kopi Luwak - little weird but I would try it
102. Casu Marzu - adventuresome eater doesn’t mean insane.
103. Balut - no different then any other meat, I would be a hypocrite if I said no. I think there is an Indian dish made with goat fetus too…
104. Escamoles - cottage cheese ants… no.
105. Lutefisk - sure, probably wouldn’t like it though
106. Dog - why not?
107. Ortolan - it’s illegal anyhow.

My addition/question:

108. Jolt and a Moon Pie: My friend Rodney told me about this when I was a child, it was one of the first things I tried after I moved to the USA. I think the combination should be on some illegal drug list…
109. Corn Drink from Mexican street vendor: It had whole corn in some kind of liquid that I got when I wandered out of church. It was awesome.

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Fears Meme

I’ve been doing a lot of these lately, mostly it is something I can do with one hand while I nurse. Let me know if you do it.

[ ] the dark
[ ] staying single forever
[x] being a parent
[ ] giving birth
[ ] being myself in front of others
[ ] open spaces
[x] closed spaces (only man-made ones, I am totally cool with caves and such)
[ ] heights
[ ] dogs
[ ] birds
[ ] fish
[ ] spiders
[ ] flowers or other plants

Total so far: 2

[ ] being touched
[ ] fire
[x] deep water
[ ] snakes
[ ] silk
[ ] the ocean
[ ] failure
[ ] success
[ ] thunder/lightning
[ ] frogs/toads
[ ] my boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s dad
[ ] boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s mom
[ ] rats
[ ] jumping from high places
[ ] snow

Total so far: 3

[ ] rain
[ ] wind
[x] crossing hanging bridges
[ ] death
[x] heaven
[ ] being robbed
[ ] falling
[ ] clowns
[ ] dolls
[ ] large crowds of people
[ ] men
[ ] women
[x] having great responsibilities
[ ] doctors, including dentists
[ ] tornadoes

Total so far: 6

[ ] hurricanes
[ ] incurable diseases
[ ] sharks
[ ] Friday the 13th
[ ] ghosts
[ ] poverty
[ ] Halloween
[ ] school
[ ] trains
[ ] odd numbers
[ ] even numbers
[ ] being alone
[ ] becoming blind
[x] becoming deaf
[ ] growing up

Total so far: 7

[ ] creepy noises in the night
[ ] bee stings
[x] not accomplishing my dreams/goals
[ ] needles
[ ] blood
[ ] dinosaurs
[ ] the welcome mat
[ ] high speed
[ ] throwing up
[ ] falling in love
[ ] super secrets

Final Total: 8

… if you wish to post this in your journal, it’s been requested that you title it “I’m afraid of __ out of 72 common fears”

If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling.
If you get more than 20, you’re paranoid.
If you get 10-20, you are normal.
If you get 10 or less, you’re fearless.
People who don’t have any are liars

Meme

I am off bedrest today so Michael, Damian and I are going to go for a little walk shortly. My boys are napping at the moment though so meme time:

IF you came to my house…

You would see:
A clean downstairs! Michael has done such a great job of keeping the townhouse clean since I have been on bedrest. It kinda puts my cleaning skills to shame.

We’d probably feed you:
Pasta salad, I usually have a bowl of that lurking in the fridge in the summer time.

And offer you this to drink:
Ice tea or tap water (I have an issue with buying water…) We might have milk or very vanilla soymilk too.

We’d undoubtedly ask if you’d read:
I’m not sure, I mainly read spiritual autobiographies so probably ones of those. Maybe “In Search of Grace”.

We’d want to play this music for you:
Renfey or some Celticy background music.

We’d want to tell you the latest about:
My son!

We’d probably suggest a game of:
Scattergories or Scrabble

We might show off:
My son?

We might get on the computer and show you:
Photos or a humorous website.

I hope you enjoyed this… If you do it please let me know so I can remember visit! (My brain is a little everywhere lately.)

Oo my boys are up!

Book Meme

What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
The Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations
American Gods
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Atlas Shrugged
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault’s Pendulum
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible : a novel
1984
Angels & Demons
The Inferno (and Purgatory and Paradise) (Do they mean Divine Comedy?)
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver’s Travels
Les Misérables
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela’s Ashes : a memoir
The God of Small Things
A People’s History of the United States : 1492-present Cryptonomicon
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake : a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values
The Aeneid
Watership Down
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
White Teeth
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers

I had not realized how many books I never finished. I need to get a library card. This list brings back memories if my dad’s beautiful leather bound book collection (which hopefully is willed to me. Is it sad that I always know where I would put their case in anywhere that I live?)

Four Things Meme

I found this on i am a butterfly…

Four things about me that you may or may not have known, in no particular order.

Four jobs I have had:
1. Bakery Cashier
2. Walmart Sales Floor Associate (aka Stocker)
3. Telemarketer
4. Parking lot Attendant

Four cars I have Owned/Shared:
1. Michael drives and ‘88 Honda Civic.
2. I am sure my dad had a few cars, damned it I know what make or model.
3. …
4. …

Four movies I would watch (or have watched) over again:
1. Little Nicky
2. Princess Bride
3. Wicker Man (1973)
4. Deeply

Four places I have lived:
1. Canada
2. United States
3. France
4. Spain

Four TV Shows that I watch:
1. Morning News
2. Evening News
3. Two and a Half Men
4. Bones

Places I have been abroad:
1. Mexico
2. Italy
3. Germany
4. England

People who email me:
1. Michael
2. Jett
3. People who want to enlarge my penis.
4. People with millions of dollars in Africa.

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Strawberries
2. Pomegranates
3. Tomatoes
4. Whole Wheat Pancakes with Blueberries

Four foods I hate:
1. Eggs
2. Liver
3. Hot Dogs
4. Tempeh

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. In the southern hemisphere (it is late summer their right?)
2. Somewhere where pregnant women have unsquishable bladders.
3. In a cottage in the woods with a roaring fire and smores.
4. Endless Strawberries and Whipped Cream Land?

Things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Being a mommy!
2. My friend’s handfasting
3. Temple Free Spirit gatherings
4. Living, Loving and Learning

Photobucket Meme

1) Answer the questions below
2) Take each answer and type it into Photobucket (I used Google Images)
3) Take any picture from the first page of results and post. (click on the picture and copy the HTML code)
4) You can’t copy the persons answers who posted this before you!

(I actually will write something cerebral tomorrow… really!)

1. The age you will be on your next birthday?

2. A place you’d like to travel?

3. Your favorite place?

4. Your favorite object?

5. Your favorite food?

6. Your favorite animal?

7. Your favorite color?

8. The town in which you were born?

9. The town in which you live?

10. The name of a past pet?

11. The first name of a past love?

12. Your nickname/screen name?

13. Your middle name?

15. A bad habit of yours?

16. Your first job?

17. Your grandmother’s name?

Relationship Meme

Taken from Zyleeth (she is an awesome artist, you should check out her stuff.)

1. What are your first names?
- Michael and Jaspenelle

2. How long have you been together?
- Since September 4th, 2004

3. How long did you know each other before you started dating?
- Since 2001 maybe?

4. Who asked who out?
- It was mutual, but I think he initiated it.

5. How old are each of you/were you?
- He was 21 and I was 18 when we got together. Now he is 24 and I am 22.

6. What are your astrological signs?
- He is a Taurus/Aries cusp with a Leo moon and Leo rising
- I am a Capricorn with a Capricorn moon and an Aries rising
- Yes, I feel slightly geeky knowing that off the top of my head.

7. How tall are each of you?
- He is 6′3 and I am 5′4″

8. Who’s mother do you see the most?
- Michael’s as they only live an hour from us.

9. Who’s siblings do you see the most?
- Michael’s as they only live an hour from us.

10. Do you have any children together?
- Kind of? Pregnant with our first!

11. What about pets?
- Yes! We have furbabies!

12. If so, what kind?
- Two cats, Windigo and Aos.

13. Which bill is the hardest on you as a couple?
- All them? We budget very well though.

14. How do each of you work?
- He works Accounts Payable for a Charlie’s Produce and I work part time in a parking lot and have a craft business.

15. Is that what you went to school for?
- Neither of us have been to college.

16. Did you go to the same school?
- N/A

17. Are you from the same hometown?
- Nope! I grew up mainly in Europe and he grew up mostly here in Spokane, WA.

18. Are you from the same town now?
- Yup! Spokane, WA.

19. Who is the smartest?
- Me!
- Actually we both compliment each other with intelligence in different areas of study.

20. Who is the most sensitive?
- Him, though pregnancy is making me far more unpredictable.

21. Where do you eat out at most as a couple?
- Grocery store parking lot? Hehe. Or Subway.

22. Where do you shop the most as a couple?
- Grocery store (so sexy…)

23. Where is the furthest you have traveled as a couple?
- Indianapolis, IN (though I was living there at the time.)
- From Spokane we have traveled to Kalispel, MT and Seattle, WA. I am not sure which is further. I think we were in the traffic jam between Seattle and Tacoma longer then the total time it took to travel to both places though… hehe.
- I want to go to Yellowstone the most at the moment.

24. Who has the best group of friends?
- We have mostly the same friends.

25. Who has the craziest exes?
- Me, unfortunately.

26. Who has the worst temper?
- Probably me, when I finally blow it is not pretty or rational. We fight so rarely though it is impossible to really know, and I like it that way!

Meme

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet, current car) = Tippy Bus

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) = Cookie Dough Gingersnap

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (initial of your first name, first 3 letters of your last name) = J-Ste

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) = Orange Snake

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, a city where you lived as a child) = Lauren Paris

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name) = Steja

7. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) = The Red Calm

8. YOUR NASCAR NAME: (first names of your grandfathers) = Jack David

9. YOUR STRIPPER NAME: (favorite perfume, favorite candy) = Lavender Caramel

10. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) = Lucille Nathaniel

11. YOUR TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) = I don’t remember his or her name.

12. YOUR SPY/BOND GIRL NAME: (favorite season or holiday, favorite flower) = Mabon Rose

13. YOUR CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) = Pomegranate Jeanie

14. YOUR HIPPIE NAME: (what you had for breakfast, favorite tree) = Apple Maple

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) = The Candle Sun Tour