Home of the Soul Cookie

It must be Black Friday: http://www.fridayfive.org/

1. Do you like to shop? Why or why not?
Shopping can be quite a lot of fun… when one has money with which to do so.

2. What was the last thing you purchased?
Holiday gifts.

3. Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why?
If I know what I’m getting, I prefer to shop online. If I’m browsing, nothing beats the actual store experience.

4. Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it?
I technically got a $5 a week allowance for all of about two weeks.

Then it became a $5 a month allowance.
For about two months.

So, no, I didn’t really have an allowance as a kid.

5. What was the last thing you regret purchasing?
<joking>The Best of Kajagoogoo - the box was empty!</joking>

Scott and Jenn have posted a new hub for information about the child they’re expecting in March. Check it out at http://thewagnerlink.com/kaw/. They’re even keeping it “spoiler-free” for those who want to be surprised by the baby’s gender!

Two, four, six, eight / Find a verb and conjugate! http://subliminal.lunanina.com/

1. Concert:: tickets
2. Sydney:: Australia
3. Shower:: curtain
4. Patterns:: designs
5. Market:: Street
6. Chair:: teak
7. London:: fog
8. Reception:: welcome
9. Republican:: elephant
10. Cough:: hack

Time, time, see what’s become of me: http://www.fridayfive.org/

1. List five things you’d like to accomplish by the end of the year.

• devise a solid timeline for the major goings-on of 2004
• finalize an online resume/portfolio
• finish the NaNoWriMo novel
• implement a PHP/MySQL backend here on Home of the Soul Cookie
• make sure my loved ones know how important they are to me

2. List five people you’ve lost contact with that you’d like to hear from again.

• Wendy Edington (nee Ellis)
• Becky Girardin
• Tawny Kutner Lee
• Tom Hehre
• Stephanie Langenfeld

3. List five things you’d like to learn how to do.

• be a professional-quality photographer
• cook really, really well
• fly a plane
• play the piano
• skydive

4. List five things you’d do if you won the lottery (no limit).

• give big checks to all my loved ones (I win, we win!)
• buy a house
• make my own movie
• quit my day job
• travel the world

5. List five things you do that help you relax.

• doodle
• go driving
• listen to music
• meditate
• watch TV

This just in from Tom Bender:

Well, it is done. I have graduated and am now an Ensign in the United States Navy. Congress has declared me fit for service as an officer.

Congratulations, Tom!

Say zee virst zing zat comes into your mind: http://subliminal.lunanina.com/

1. Plan B:: backup
2. Seattle:: Washington
3. The lady wore:: black
4. Upsetting:: sad
5. Tampon:: pad
6. Celebrity:: famous
7. Baja:: California
8. 64:: K
9. RGB:: CMYK
10. Milkshake:: chocolate

Using gerunds as adjectives: http://www.fridayfive.org/

1. Using one adjective, describe your current living space.
claustrophobic

2. Using two adjectives, describe your current employer.
intelligent, micromanaging

3. Using three adjectives, describe your favorite hobby/pasttime.
creative, dramatic, engaging

4. Using four adjectives, describe your typical day.
sleepy, bored, animated, uneventful

5. Using five adjectives, describe your ideal life.
passionate, respectful, exciting, fulfilling, fun

More wordplay hoohah in lieu of actual substantive content: http://subliminal.lunanina.com/

1. Leapfrog:: unicorn
2. Co-workers:: Dilbert
3. Mustang:: Ranch
4. Wafer:: Nilla
5. Nicotine:: death
6. Fast food:: grease
7. Suffocate:: perish
8. Myth:: timeless
9. Lane:: avenue
10. Unexpected:: surprise

New Unconscious Mutterings words are posted on Sundays, so I’ll probably do them earlier in the week than Friday.

…I’m not quitting.

I may not hit 50k words in the month, and I know it won’t be High Literature, but I’ll finish it.