then she appeared

I would have thought I'd do a little better on science / math! Guess it's a good thing I was an English major.

Directions
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it makes you look.
4. Title this post what the answer to your last question is.
5. Good luck and have fun!

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Amnesia - Chumbawumba (...)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Fall in Two - Guster (I confess, I don't know what this means. Maybe my split personality is showing)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Constant Craving - k.d. lang (that's EVERY day)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Seduction - Combustible Edison (kinda!)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
City of Delusion - Muse (that's more how I think of mom than vice versa)

WHAT DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT?
Tongues - Moby (OK, clearly I am sex crazed)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Spiraling Shape - They Might Be Giants

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
That's Mathematics - Tom Lehrer (why yes!)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Glitter Gulch - Elvis Costello (way too cynical, so no)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Deadly Serious - The Clash (Oh, yes)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Party Out of Bounds - B52s (COOL!)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
For Shame of Doing Wrong - Richard Thompson (OK, eerie)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Memphis - Rancid (sounds mysterious. What happens in memphis...)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Shiny - The Decemberists (I do think they're shiny!)

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO NAME THIS POST?
Thin Line Between Love and Hate - The Pretenders (If only I could switch this one and glitter gulch! come to think of it, this could be my life story, too)

SCATTERGORIES...Copy the text below, erase my answers, then use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things. Try to use different answers if the person before you had the same first initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME? Laurie
4 LETTER WORD: Love
BOY NAME: Lance
GIRL NAME: Lolita
OCCUPATION: Librarian
A COLOUR: Liver
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Loungewear!
BEVERAGE: Lemonade
FOOD: Licorice
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Listerine
PLACE: Livingroom
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Lost!
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Loooosah!

Do you have a daily routine? List what it looks like. Are there any areas you could/should change?

Weekday (Tu-Sat):
Alarm goes off at 8:55am. Shower, dry, get dressed, grab bag and computer and lunch, get into car. Drive toward work, drive-thru either Dunkin Donuts or McDonald's for breakfast food. Get to work at 10am, park, carry all crap up to desk. Boss greets me with "You're going to hate me, I left you stuff on your desk". Eat breakfast. Spend all day doing stuff. Eat lunch at some point. Listen to internet radio or furtive youtube videos or ipod selections, occasionally listen to audiobooks. Surf the web in idle moments. Read NYT.com and Boston.com headlines and "most emailed" sections. Field several calls from mother all day regarding the squirrels or the cat or what we're having for dinner. Chat with coworkers, occasionally bicker with coworkers. IM with various friends about nothing much. Leave work, drive home. Make dinner, eat with Mom, clean up after dinner. Park self in front of computer and tv (side-by-side, natch). Watch stuff, surf more stuff. Move cat off keyboard, IM with friends, chat on phone sometimes. TV off around 1am. Surf more or read in bed. Sleep around 2am. If it's a Saturday, meet P after work, see movie/have dinner/do both. Sometimes include Jenn.

Weekend (Sunday):
Sleep as late as possible (i.e., as late as cat allows). Read NYT.com and Boston.com. Read links blogs like metafilter; fall down link wells. IM with friends about nothing much. Listen to iPod. Drink Diet Coke. Get sick of internet, poke nose outside. If it's cold out, get into bed with cat and book. If it's nice out, go somewhere. Get hungry, eat something sandwich-like around 2pm. Back in bed, or back on 'net. Maybe see friends. Later, make dinner, cleanup. Do laundry? Avoid laundry? TV/net/IM/phone. Maybe run dishwasher.

Weekend (Monday):
Chores day. Up around 10:30. Put recycling and returnables in car, make grocery list, consult sales flyers. Grab canvas bags & library books & head out into world. Bank machine, library, city yard, grocery store(s), any other shopping like Target, home, put everything away. Collapse. Get back up, do laundry, clean kitchen, sweep floors, wash bathroom, whatever. Occasionally have appointments like doctor, vet. If it's an alternate Monday, be done by 5pm so can go visit friends. If it's the other Monday, make dinner, clean up. Think about week, pack computer bag, tv/net/IM/phone, bed around 2am.

Thoughts: Too much net. Too few people. Also, no picture taking or other creative pursuits built in to routine. Should change that. Should also eat breakfast at home, but would need to wake up earlier. Probably should shoot for 1am bedtime so get 8hrs sleep regularly.

So what does YOUR routine look like? 

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

From Metafilter: A year from yesterday, George W. Bush will no longer be President. So here's yet another online quiz to help you "Test your party preference". But the policy questions in contention in this quiz may seem surprising to many Americans.

( Results inside )

This is a rather odd collection of things I might be interested in (from kicking_k):

( Meme within )

Hmm. Not sure I agree with this one! Although I probably am more idealistic than most. Sigh.

( Heroes Meme within )