I just read a story about Joe Dobbie, the guy who sent an email to a woman he met at a party. It was nice, very romantic. Having been the recipient of affections that were not reciprocated and also having been the one to write the love letters, I can understand. When I was a teenager, I was "lovestruck". A boy in my seventh grade class. I thought I was in love. He was very nice. He didn't make fun of the love letters I gave him, and, to my knowledge, he didn't share them with others. It eventually faded out.
About ten years ago, not only did I get the "love letter" from the guy who broke into my apt., but also I went on a blind date with this guy I met through the singles ads. I don't recommend doing this. He unscrewed the lightbulb above the table at Coco's for "ambience". We met at a restaurant at dinner time and he told me he had already eaten. I paid for my food. He didn't offer to. He called me on the phone several times after that. I never saw him again. I never intended to. He has called me on the phone every birthday since then. I have been married for seven years and he even tells me to say hi to my husband. No other calls. Just on my birthday.
Joe Dobbie wrote to a woman he was infatuated with. They talked for a few hours at a party. Did she go home and thank her lucky stars that she didn't give this guy her phone number? Did she go home and laugh? Did she go home and think, well, he was nice, but not my type? Apparently, she thought it was humorous enough to forward to her sister and her sister forwarded it, etc. etc. so many times that the next morning he was getting phone calls from all over the world. The email said that she had a beautiful smile and that he would remember it and would she go out with him? What is so wrong with that? It was nice. A little more revealing about his feelings than most people would admit after first meeting someone, but so what? They were his feelings and he is entitled to them. I don't think the entire world is entitled to read them. Not fair. It is one thing for her to tell her sister about it, it is another to forward the actual email.
He seems like a nice guy. I hope he finds someone nicer than Kate. Now at least, the world knows that there are still nice guys out there who aren't afraid to show their emotions. And I think Kate will have a hard time finding a date now. She seems to be the uncaring soul.
Good luck Joe Dobbie! I hope you find a nice girl.
Friday, August 04, 2006
About me. In case you care.
I copied this from Jennie's site. It is fun to meet people through blogland. I have to give her credit. So, here goes.
Besides, Joann will be back tomorrow and will be looking forward to reading some blogs and there are hardly any written! So, write, people!
GRUB-OLOGY
What is your salad dressing of choice? Italian
What is your favorite fast food restaurant? Not sure I have one. Maybe Tommy's
What is your favorite sit down restaurant? anyplace with really good japanese, Benihana, Tokyo Steak (Lancaster, Palmdale), Musashi (Northridge)
On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant? 20% unless something is really terrible. 30% for Zeke at Claim Jumper, Valencia. Greatest waiter!
What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? bacon, peaches, strawberries, chocolate, ice cream, root beer
Name three foods you detest above all others. Oysters, hmm, I am sure there is something else.
What is your favorite dish to order in a Chinese restaurant? Do I have to choose only one? Chicken chow mein, yang chow fried rice, sweet/sour pork!
What are your pizza toppings of choice? Ham and pineapple at Numero Uno. Thick crust, with tomatoes.
What do you like to put on your toast? Butter and cinnamon
What is your favorite type of gum? juicyfruit
TECH-OLOGY
Number of contacts in your cell phone? About 50
Number of contacts in your email address book? 10-15
What is your wallpaper on your computer? My two girls
What is your screensaver on your computer? Whatever came with the laptop
Are there naked pictures saved on your computer? yeah, 2 and 4 year old baby butts in the bathtub! To embarrass them when they are teenagers. Just kidding.
How many land line phones do you have in your house? one, but it is vonage through the computer
How many televisions are in your house? 2
What kitchen appliance do you use the least? My Showtime Rotisserie (think Ron Popeil on TV) It's cool, but I don't lug it off the shelf much.
What is the format of the radio station you listen to the most? radio? I don't get to listen to radio. I have a 3 and a 5 year old!
How many sex toys do you own that require batteries? Hah, that's funny. Who has time for that? Refer to question above.
BI-OLOGY
What do you consider to be your best physical attribute? Okay, five minutes later, I still can't think of one. Pass.
Are you right handed or left handed? right
Do you like your smile? No, but my husband does!
Have you ever had anything removed from your body? two babies
Would you like to? yes, just one more baby. Maybe it is not meant to be!
Do you prefer to read when you go to the bathroom? Maybe. But I am not going to admit it here.
Which of your five senses do you think is keenest? Smell
When was the last time you had a cavity? About 7 years ago
What is the heaviest item you lift regularly? #1 daughter. 51 lbs.
Have you ever been knocked unconscious? Nope
MISC-OLOGY
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Nope
If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Don't want to. My mom named me after my great aunt. Mom is gone now...
What color do you think you look best in? Jewel tones. I am too pale to wear pastels.
How long do you think you could last in a medium security prison? I pray I never have to find out.
Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake? Yeah, Palmolive dish soap when I was a kid! Talk about yuck!
If we weren't bound by society's conventions, do you have a relative you would make a pass at? Okay, ewww!
How often do you go to church? Every Sunday and a few Wednesdays.
Have you ever saved someone's life? No. But I would.
Has someone ever saved yours? Yes, thank you, God!
DARE-OLOGY
For this last section, if you would do it for less or more money, indicate how much.
Would you walk naked for a half mile down a public street for $100,000? I’d need more than that, that’s not something you’d want to see. (million maybe?) I must concur. Yeah, I don't see that happening.
Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100? On the cheek, yes.
Would you have sex with a member of the same sex for $10,000? No, no money for that one.
Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000? Nope, I like my fingers!
Would you never blog again for $50,000? Yeah, but who's going to pay me to not write? I'm not that bad!
Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000? Yeah, right. LOL. Again, who's going to pay me for that?
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? Is the emergency room visit covered after? Afraid not.Even if I said I would, I wouldn't be able to really do it. Physically impossible. My brother in law would do it, though.
Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000? Who am I to decide when someone else should die?
Would you shave your head and get your entire body waxed for $5,000? No, no head shaving. I couldn't do it. How much money was that?
Would you give up watching television for a year for $25,000? I only watch one show now, Whose Line is it Anyway? So, that wouldn't be a problem.
Besides, Joann will be back tomorrow and will be looking forward to reading some blogs and there are hardly any written! So, write, people!
GRUB-OLOGY
What is your salad dressing of choice? Italian
What is your favorite fast food restaurant? Not sure I have one. Maybe Tommy's
What is your favorite sit down restaurant? anyplace with really good japanese, Benihana, Tokyo Steak (Lancaster, Palmdale), Musashi (Northridge)
On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant? 20% unless something is really terrible. 30% for Zeke at Claim Jumper, Valencia. Greatest waiter!
What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? bacon, peaches, strawberries, chocolate, ice cream, root beer
Name three foods you detest above all others. Oysters, hmm, I am sure there is something else.
What is your favorite dish to order in a Chinese restaurant? Do I have to choose only one? Chicken chow mein, yang chow fried rice, sweet/sour pork!
What are your pizza toppings of choice? Ham and pineapple at Numero Uno. Thick crust, with tomatoes.
What do you like to put on your toast? Butter and cinnamon
What is your favorite type of gum? juicyfruit
TECH-OLOGY
Number of contacts in your cell phone? About 50
Number of contacts in your email address book? 10-15
What is your wallpaper on your computer? My two girls
What is your screensaver on your computer? Whatever came with the laptop
Are there naked pictures saved on your computer? yeah, 2 and 4 year old baby butts in the bathtub! To embarrass them when they are teenagers. Just kidding.
How many land line phones do you have in your house? one, but it is vonage through the computer
How many televisions are in your house? 2
What kitchen appliance do you use the least? My Showtime Rotisserie (think Ron Popeil on TV) It's cool, but I don't lug it off the shelf much.
What is the format of the radio station you listen to the most? radio? I don't get to listen to radio. I have a 3 and a 5 year old!
How many sex toys do you own that require batteries? Hah, that's funny. Who has time for that? Refer to question above.
BI-OLOGY
What do you consider to be your best physical attribute? Okay, five minutes later, I still can't think of one. Pass.
Are you right handed or left handed? right
Do you like your smile? No, but my husband does!
Have you ever had anything removed from your body? two babies
Would you like to? yes, just one more baby. Maybe it is not meant to be!
Do you prefer to read when you go to the bathroom? Maybe. But I am not going to admit it here.
Which of your five senses do you think is keenest? Smell
When was the last time you had a cavity? About 7 years ago
What is the heaviest item you lift regularly? #1 daughter. 51 lbs.
Have you ever been knocked unconscious? Nope
MISC-OLOGY
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Nope
If you could change your first name, what would you change it to? Don't want to. My mom named me after my great aunt. Mom is gone now...
What color do you think you look best in? Jewel tones. I am too pale to wear pastels.
How long do you think you could last in a medium security prison? I pray I never have to find out.
Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake? Yeah, Palmolive dish soap when I was a kid! Talk about yuck!
If we weren't bound by society's conventions, do you have a relative you would make a pass at? Okay, ewww!
How often do you go to church? Every Sunday and a few Wednesdays.
Have you ever saved someone's life? No. But I would.
Has someone ever saved yours? Yes, thank you, God!
DARE-OLOGY
For this last section, if you would do it for less or more money, indicate how much.
Would you walk naked for a half mile down a public street for $100,000? I’d need more than that, that’s not something you’d want to see. (million maybe?) I must concur. Yeah, I don't see that happening.
Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100? On the cheek, yes.
Would you have sex with a member of the same sex for $10,000? No, no money for that one.
Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000? Nope, I like my fingers!
Would you never blog again for $50,000? Yeah, but who's going to pay me to not write? I'm not that bad!
Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000? Yeah, right. LOL. Again, who's going to pay me for that?
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? Is the emergency room visit covered after? Afraid not.Even if I said I would, I wouldn't be able to really do it. Physically impossible. My brother in law would do it, though.
Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000? Who am I to decide when someone else should die?
Would you shave your head and get your entire body waxed for $5,000? No, no head shaving. I couldn't do it. How much money was that?
Would you give up watching television for a year for $25,000? I only watch one show now, Whose Line is it Anyway? So, that wouldn't be a problem.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Current temp: 64 degrees
How cool is that? Literally. Yeah, it is 6am and 64 degrees. I didn't use the air conditioner at all yesterday. It never got over 78 in the house.
The girls are both up. Jess was awake when Scott got up and Bekah got up before he left. They are watching cartoons. They aren't supposed to be up yet, but I guess now would be a good time to get them on an earlier schedule. Early to bed, early to rise, or sleep in late and take a nap. I have to take Scott's car to get the maintenance done on it today, anyway. So we have to leave pretty soon. At least it isn't hot out. Maybe I will bake today.
Rebekah just looked out the window and announced, "It is morning now! Look, Mommy, it is morning now!" Jess, who has done this before, was like, "Yeah." Rebekah has never seen the sun come up before. Now, if you think about it, it really is amazing. That it comes up at the designated time every morning. The earth and sun move at the exact right time that they are supposed to. Every day. For thousands of years.
Scott was showing the girls a paper cup last night. "This is what people make. God makes things like flowers, people, what do you think is more difficult?" I had to add that, not only does He make flowers, but they start out this . big as seeds, and then the entire flower is grown out of that. Exactly the way it is supposed to look. The same way, every time. So, the entire instruction manual for the flower, tree, etc. is in a package that is this . big. Amazing. God is amazing. Whenever we think we have it all figured out, just take a look around. Or start counting the hairs on your head. He knows how many there are. And that number changes every day!
Have you ever seen the passionflower? It is amazingly beautiful. The name Passionflower refers to the passion of Christ: the 3 stamens represent his wounds, and the 12 petals represent the apostles. Passion fruit is sweet and aromatic, in fact, the fruit is used in Hawaiian Punch for flavor.
I have one in my front yard. Every time I look at this flower, I am amazed that God made these beautiful, intricate flowers. And everything else. Take a look around and think about all He has made. And enjoy this reprieve from the heat. It is August, it will heat up again. But, we are assured that the cool will come again. Isn't God great?
The girls are both up. Jess was awake when Scott got up and Bekah got up before he left. They are watching cartoons. They aren't supposed to be up yet, but I guess now would be a good time to get them on an earlier schedule. Early to bed, early to rise, or sleep in late and take a nap. I have to take Scott's car to get the maintenance done on it today, anyway. So we have to leave pretty soon. At least it isn't hot out. Maybe I will bake today.
Rebekah just looked out the window and announced, "It is morning now! Look, Mommy, it is morning now!" Jess, who has done this before, was like, "Yeah." Rebekah has never seen the sun come up before. Now, if you think about it, it really is amazing. That it comes up at the designated time every morning. The earth and sun move at the exact right time that they are supposed to. Every day. For thousands of years.
Scott was showing the girls a paper cup last night. "This is what people make. God makes things like flowers, people, what do you think is more difficult?" I had to add that, not only does He make flowers, but they start out this . big as seeds, and then the entire flower is grown out of that. Exactly the way it is supposed to look. The same way, every time. So, the entire instruction manual for the flower, tree, etc. is in a package that is this . big. Amazing. God is amazing. Whenever we think we have it all figured out, just take a look around. Or start counting the hairs on your head. He knows how many there are. And that number changes every day!
Have you ever seen the passionflower? It is amazingly beautiful. The name Passionflower refers to the passion of Christ: the 3 stamens represent his wounds, and the 12 petals represent the apostles. Passion fruit is sweet and aromatic, in fact, the fruit is used in Hawaiian Punch for flavor.
I have one in my front yard. Every time I look at this flower, I am amazed that God made these beautiful, intricate flowers. And everything else. Take a look around and think about all He has made. And enjoy this reprieve from the heat. It is August, it will heat up again. But, we are assured that the cool will come again. Isn't God great?
Useful Sites
www.snopes.com
www.urbanlegends.com
www.truthorfiction.com
What do all of these sites have in common? Well, when you get an email and you don't know if it is true or not, you can look it up before sending something stupid to all your friends. And I have to agree with another blogger I found. That any Christian who sends an email purporting to send you good luck, or bad luck, if you don't send it, well, then, you are not using the brain that God gave you. There's no such thing as luck. Good or bad. So, before you send it, look it up. truthorfiction.com has the best list of emails that have been forwarded. It is fun to go through and find emails that have been sent to you and see them on there. Some of the missing persons emails that get passed around ARE real, so it is a good idea to check before you forward it! Be smart, check it out!
I saw a picture posted in the AV Press two Sundays ago of a girl with all the pull tabs she had collected for minutes of chemotherapy. She will be very disappointed, and the newspaper is going to feel very foolish, for doing so. It is only a myth. So, if you have forwarded any of these, don't feel bad, others, including newspapers, have, too.
www.urbanlegends.com
www.truthorfiction.com
What do all of these sites have in common? Well, when you get an email and you don't know if it is true or not, you can look it up before sending something stupid to all your friends. And I have to agree with another blogger I found. That any Christian who sends an email purporting to send you good luck, or bad luck, if you don't send it, well, then, you are not using the brain that God gave you. There's no such thing as luck. Good or bad. So, before you send it, look it up. truthorfiction.com has the best list of emails that have been forwarded. It is fun to go through and find emails that have been sent to you and see them on there. Some of the missing persons emails that get passed around ARE real, so it is a good idea to check before you forward it! Be smart, check it out!
I saw a picture posted in the AV Press two Sundays ago of a girl with all the pull tabs she had collected for minutes of chemotherapy. She will be very disappointed, and the newspaper is going to feel very foolish, for doing so. It is only a myth. So, if you have forwarded any of these, don't feel bad, others, including newspapers, have, too.
And now, what you have all been waiting for...
Disney trivia! I know all of you out there who don't comment on the blog are just dying of curiousity, so I won't keep you waiting a moment longer. Well, maybe another minute.....................................................................
okay. Here it is.
The true ones.
A private club does exist in New Orleans Square. It costs an arm and a leg to join.
Several guests have been killed on Disneyland attractions. Nine to be exact. Six of them were teenage males doing things that teenage males do because they think they are impervious to the effects of mortality.
A cast member was killed on America Sings.One wall moved, the other didn't. Neither did she.
A young girl died while riding Body Wars at EPCOT.
Disneyland used to deny admission to long-haired male guests. And facial hair. And females were turned away for wearing halter tops.
Krushchev was denied permission to visit Disneyland. But not by Disney. His security could not be guaranteed.
Matterhorn mountain houses a basketball court. To give the cast members who climb the mountain something to do in inclement weather.
Women do bare their breasts for the camera on Splash Mtn. And if they think only the people selling the pics are going to see them, they would be mighty surprised to find out they are posted on the internet!
Now wasn't that fun?
okay. Here it is.
The true ones.
A private club does exist in New Orleans Square. It costs an arm and a leg to join.
Several guests have been killed on Disneyland attractions. Nine to be exact. Six of them were teenage males doing things that teenage males do because they think they are impervious to the effects of mortality.
A cast member was killed on America Sings.One wall moved, the other didn't. Neither did she.
A young girl died while riding Body Wars at EPCOT.
Disneyland used to deny admission to long-haired male guests. And facial hair. And females were turned away for wearing halter tops.
Krushchev was denied permission to visit Disneyland. But not by Disney. His security could not be guaranteed.
Matterhorn mountain houses a basketball court. To give the cast members who climb the mountain something to do in inclement weather.
Women do bare their breasts for the camera on Splash Mtn. And if they think only the people selling the pics are going to see them, they would be mighty surprised to find out they are posted on the internet!
Now wasn't that fun?
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