a - 11 july 2001
From: Anne
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 10:28 AM
Subject: From one horrible person to another…
Ola, Michele!
Just kidding with that horrible person business! I don’t think it’s horrible to think, "WHEN is it MY turn?" I know exactly what you mean: I see people with what I want and it looks so easy. They seem to have it all and we wonder, "What about me?" I’d venture to say that everyone thinks that from time to time. That’s like what I said about Chell - that she is sort of a pushy bitch (there is no other word for it) but she still has a great husband with a great job and a great house! I’d say that’s a "horrible" step beyond your thought: I’m wondering why I don’t have that and why/HOW she *does* have it!
Wow! Quadruplets?!?!? I cannot imagine! And without fertility drugs? Now THAT’S something you don’t hear of every day!
Nah, I don’t mind at all if you have a Praise Page and Service Page (or the others) on your site! I tend to "borrow" ideas from other sites too … I have a hodge-podge of pages because there’s a wide range of stuff that I wanted to include; I recommend that! I’m also starting to work now on the Holiday Season version of my site - oops! sites. (For the Angel site, I’m planning to put a Santa hat on the picture of Angel on the main page…or something equally seasonal…)
On your link question, yes! I put Praise Page or SERVICE! where tv-now is in the <a href="http://www.tv-now.com/">tv-now</a>. Some of the "tags" are easier to remember: you put each Paragraph between these <P></P> tags; if you want to Bold a word, you put it between <B></B> tags. I’m not sure where that a href busines is coming from. As a Hands On example, I’m attaching a Notepad document with instructions on how to make a very basic HTML document - i.e web page. (You gotta start somewhere, right?) Also, below are two links that I found to sites that talk about HTML. (I’m saving them as references for myself!) The first one has Intro to HTML tutorials - I love that word!
http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/
Congratulate me! I actually did some homework! (It’s a miracle!) I’ll be glad when this summer semester is over and I can wallow in my laziness - and my other projects!
Congratulate me again - my boss discovered he has to attend a meeting out of town. He has to leave tomorrow morning and will be gone the rest of the week! WOO HOO! When the cat’s away …
I am really considering saving up my $$ (ching! ching!) so that for my next birthday I (and maybe my family) can go to Montreal, Canada or someplace really cool like that! Next year, I’ll be the big 3-0 so I want to do something BIG to celebrate! I do NOT want to turn 30 in the Same Old Place I’ve lived for umpteen years! (I know this is quite in advance, but I believe I mentioned that I’m a planner!)
movie- The Truman Show (I don’t remember hearing of Rudy - what was it about?)
TV show - Two Guys and a Girl
cd - Faith/George Michael (The Eagles are SO cool!!)
funny moment- From Mama’s Family: Mama is dreaming that she’s married to her widower gentleman friend. In the dream her family keeps comparing her to the man’s late wife Rebecca. (It’s supposed to be a scary dream, with everyone acting weird and thunder booming whenever anyone says, "Rebecca…") Mama tells the gentleman that she’ll mosey into the kitchen to fix supper. The man booms, "Don’t mosey! Rebecca never moseyed!" Mama steps up the pace and says, "Feet don’t fail me now!"
questions - answered
have you ever read someone else’s diary?- I sure tried! I used to date this weird creep/freak named Russell who dumped me out of the blue. He worked next door to where I did and I stopped in to chat "as a friend." (Yeah! Right!) My plan was to steal a peek at his journal the minute he stepped in the back, but I wimped out at the closest thing I had to a good opportunity.
When you were a kid, did you ever threaten to "run away from home"?- I am trying to recall … (long pause while I’m thinking) … I’m sure I did, but I can’t recall a specific occasion.
When you find out your favorite celebrity is going to be on a talk show how do you anticipate it?- I want to see him, but I am really afraid that he’ll say something about having a girlfriend. I know he has a life, but I don’t want so much info that it spoils my fantasies!
Ok, say you did lose your virginity before you got married. Would you tell anyone? Who would be the first person you would tell?- I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t tell anyone!
would you want to have the IQ of a genius?- no.
is it quiet or noisy where you live?- pretty quiet except for the neighbors’ dogs barking occasionally. My house is in a pretty rural area.
If you could have any kind of accent, what kind would you like to have?- an English accent - I’m told I do a pretty good English accent now, but I can’t keep it up for very long. Re: my southern accent. People often ask if I’m from the North, so I know I (reckon I) don’t have that much of an accent. Although I do say some definitely country things: I believe that "y’all" should be the official plural of the word "you"!
when do you usually put your Christmas tree up?- last time I think we put ours up a few days before Christmas (we usually just don’t think of it …. I also have a Christmas question in the New Questions section!)
would you get dressed up and go trick-or-treating now at your age?- I WOULD LOVE TO!! But I’d also like someone to go with me.
have you ever accidentally opened up the bathroom door when someone was "taking care of business?"- Once I went into our company bathroom - which had two stalls - and the older lady in one stall didn’t close the door.
has it ever happened to you?- no, thank goodness!
would you say that your house is spotlessly clean? Cluttered? A total chaos?- I’d say cluttered (definitely NOT spotlessly clean!). We just have SO MUCH JUNK!
I know this is morbid, but what do you think is the absolute worst way to die?- (I was going to ask you this… Hey! I’m morbid too!) drowning/suffocation.
do you save the e-mails I’ve sent you you?- yes! ME TOO!
NEW QUESTIONS!
revisited question - another embarrassing moment: In the early 90’s, our youth group had gone to get ice cream with some of the younger kids. I was sitting across from Trent who was sitting next to this kid with the nickname "Boozy." (Don’t ask!) Boozy was looking at me and announced, "You look like a boy!" Trent did this *rude* snort/laugh thing - I was mortified and boy were my feelings hurt! I certainly did NOT look like a boy … I had long hair and breasts! (Not to mention ovaries!!) Apparently from the angle that he was looking, Boozy thought that I looked very masculine. (I truly believe that he would not think that today.)
What type(s) of people are you most jealous of? I really envy college students whose parents pay their way, so they can go full time and finish school in a few years. I also envy couples like Kevin and Pam. I envy Chell because she owns a house. I also envy really beautiful girls (you know - the kind that all the boys/men are really sweet and flirty to) because they have no idea what it’s like for the rest of us! ("look like a boy" … my a$$!)
Do you have any Christmas traditions? Last year we tried to start the tradition of pooling our money to get something "big" that we could all used instead of getting each other little things that we really didn’t want anyway. We were going to redo our bathroom - basically add some cabinets/storage - but everything we looked at was overpriced and just not what we had in mind. We wound up buying each other a few things.
For Christmas, does your family get gifts for everyone, or do you draw names and only buy for one person each? We get gifts for everyone - there’s just three of us; we don’t usually get gifts for aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
When you were a kid, did you ever mispronounce words? I would say "tacky" when I should have said "khaki."
That’s about it for now. (I reckon.) Talk to you soon! God bless!
Anne
