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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Bored?




Judi's post with her random facts link gave me the idea to put up some of my favorite links. I hope you enjoy!

Have you ever wondered what you would look like in a police sketch artist drawing? I made an attempt but I'm not that artistic.
http://flashface.ctapt.de/

Do you remember the Nintendo game Lemmings? I found a version on the internet!
http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/

While we are on the topic of games, Ill throw this out there. The title speaks for itself but my favorite are the "Bloons" games:
http://www.addictinggames.com/

I play with this once in a while, Jer might like it, or anyone who likes making music:
http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

This is just a website that shows you what happens when you microwave certain things. My favorite are the Cd's:
http://microwavecam.com/microwavecam/index.htm

Click this to clean your computer screen, it will make you smile:
http://www.linein.org/media/screen_clean.swf

Ever curious how much the mayor makes? What about if someone you know got arrested? (yes there is a Jonathan R Jackson arrested for DUI, and no it was not me)
http://www.utahsright.com/

And last but not least, this website (created by an atheist) depicts the bible stories in lego form:
http://www.thebricktestament.com/

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Getting To Know Us, Getting To Know All About Us...

Well we got an email telling us to fill this out and pass it on to everyone so I thought a better idea would be to fill it out and put it on here, Ali's answer is first because she had already filled out the email to everyone, so I just copied it and put it in here =)
1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:45 / 6:45
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds / Diamonds (BLING)
3. Last movie you saw in the theater? Juno / Juno (sorry that a lot of these will be the same)
4. What is your favorite TV show? right now: American Idol. When it's on: Grey's Anatomy / Right now: The Family Guys, All Time: Seinfeld
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? A breakfast drink from Costco / Same
6. What is your middle name? Elta / Ray
7. What food do you dislike? Seafood / Same
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Flight of the Conchords / Jack's Mannequin
9. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Camry, but I don't drive- Jon does / Ali's Camry
10. Favorite sandwich? Grilled ham and swiss from Skool Lunch (without the pickles)/ Chicken Cashew from Skool Lunch
11. What characteristics do you despise? being a 'know it all' / Restless Leg Syndrome
12. Favorite item of clothing? My long sleeved pink striped shirt that only cost $8 :) / My sweaters from Costco
13. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go? Maine and New York / Rome
14. What color is your bathroom? Ugly white / Pale
15. Favorite brand of clothing? Anything from Kohls / Fossil (does a watch count?)
16. Where would you retire? SLC, but it depends on where my future children live / Murray/Holladay
17. Most memorable birthday? Probably my 16th / 21st birthday watching the fireworks over Pearl Harbor (I taught a discussion right before)
18. Favorite sport to watch? Football / Duh
19. Furthest place you are sending this? Logan / Around the world!!!
20. Who do you expect to send this back to you? maybe Jon / ?
21. Person you expect to send it back first? I don't know... / ?
22. Favorite saying? I don't really have one I guess./ You don't have to want to (also my least favorite)
23. When is your birthday? Feb 27! / July 4th
24. Are you a morning or a night person? I love love love the mornings. Except the going to work part. / I'm like Lionel Richie baby - "all night long"...
25. What is your shoe size? 7 / 9
27. What did you want to be when you were little? A ballerina / A football player and a lawyer (like Steve Young)
28. What are you today? Today I am an HBS and a COB reviewer / Bored
29. What is your favorite candy? Jr mints or reeses pieces / Jr mints and 3 Musketeers
30 Your favorite flower? Anything red / Gerber Daisy
31. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Next monday- no work / Same
32. What are you listening to right now? Other people taking calls / X96 radio from hell show
33. What was the last thing you ate? peanut butter sandwich / Last night we had Pizza Benders from Italian Village
34. Do you wish on stars? Not really, I'm never up that late / Nope
35. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Red, of course. Probably a sparkly red. / Hot Pink
36. What is your pet peeve? When the sour cream separates and it looks all watery. Wrinkles in the sheets when I'm making the bed. The film that gets on the inside of my windshield. All of the stuff under my bed (see question 49) :) / No football on TV, dumb people
37. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My mom / SLCC advisor
38. Do you like the person/people you are sending this to? Yes, I wouldn't send it to people I don't like / I don't really like people in general
39. Favorite soft drink? Grape Fanta / Cherry Pepsi, Mountain Dew (pretty much anything thats not diet)
40. Favorite restaurant? Macaroni Grill / Molca Salsa
41. Hair Color? Brown / Brown
42. Favorite day of the year? Christmas morning / NFL Draft day
43. What was your favorite toy as a child? Cement mix to feed to my sisters and Drywall putty and tape to make fake casts. / Micro-machines and Ninja Turtles
44. Summer or winter? Winter / Summer
45. Hugs or kisses? Hugs / Hugs
46. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate / Chocolate
47. You want your friends to e-mail you back? If they want to / Don't care
48. When was the last time you cried? a couple weeks ago / I never have (I'm not crying it's just raining, on my face...)
49. What is under your bed? Boxes for moving, a remote control car, Monopoly, all the cords and controller for our heated mattress pad, a drill battery, and a heating pad. As you can tell, we're short on storage space! / Everything she said but the drill batter was moved =)
50. Who is the friend you've had the longest? Phylicia / Mike Poulson
51. What did you do last night? worked out and fell asleep watching deal or no deal. On our way to work Jon tells me how the shows ended that I fell asleep watching =)/ Ate my pizza bender watched American Idol and the end of the dog show
52. Favorite smell? I can't really smell anything / The smell after it rains and the smell right when the swamp cooler is turned on.
53. What are you afraid of? Spiders and things in the water and not being a good mom / Heights and failure in general.
54. How many keys on your key ring? 3 but there should be 4. I'll have to get the spare back... / 5
55. How many years at your current job? 1 / 1.6
56. Favorite day of the week? Saturday / Saturday
57. How many states have you lived in? 2 / Utah & Hawaii
58. Do you make friends easily? Yeah / I think so
59. How many folks will you send this to? 6 / Depends on how many people read my blog