Memes and Muttering Pre-Weekend

[tabular_rasa]

The Age Meme~

[ ] You know how to make a pot of coffee.
[x] You keep track of dates using a calendar. (A planner, at least).
[ ] You own a credit card.
[ ] You know how to change the oil in a car.
[x] You've done your own laundry.
[x] You can cook for yourself.
[x] You think politics are interesting.
TOTAL SO FAR: 4

[ ] You show up for school late a lot.
[x] You always carry a pen/pencil in your bag/purse/pocket.
[x] You've never gotten a detention.
[ ] You have forgotten your own birthday. (Who does that? Frankly, I was even perplexed by the kids who didn't even know their own family member's birthdays. And I don't just mean "Oh oops I forgot to get a gift"-- I mean, if you asked them, they couldn't say).
[x] You like to take walks by yourself.
[x] You know what credibility means, without looking it up.
[ ] You drink caffeine at least once a week.
TOTAL SO FAR: 8

[x] You know how to do the dishes.
[x] You can count to 10 in another language. (A few, actually).
[x] When you say you're going to do something you USUALLY do it.
[x] You can mow the lawn. (Can, but that doesn't mean I LIKE to).
[x] You study even when you don't have to. (Define study . . . ?).
[x] You have hand washed a car before.
TOTAL SO FAR: 14

[x] You can spell experience, without looking it up.
[ ] The people at Starbucks know you by name.
[ ] Your favorite kind of food is take out.
[x] You can go to the store without getting something you don't need.
[x] You understand political jokes the first time they are said. (Unless they're about really obscure people).
[x] You can type pretty quick.
TOTAL SO FAR: 18

[ ] Your only friends are from your place of employment.
[ ] You have been to a Tupperware party.
[x] You have realized that practically no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job.
[ ] You have more bills than you can pay.
[x] You have been to the beach.
[x] You use the internet every day.
[x] You have been outside of the United States 3 or more times.
[x] You make your bed in the morning. (It's a duvet cover, it's not like it's hard).
TOTAL: 23

I'm four months older than I'm supposed to be >.<



In other news, I have something lodged in my throat-- phlegm or something-- that is making me cough a lot. I'm chalking it up to the wet weather (it's been raining for about two days straight now) and the fact my bedclothes and everything are just clammy and nasty, but I worry that after months of escaping both swine flu (in spite of Japan's best attempts to give it to me-- thank you, mask-induced false sense of security) and the usual perma-cold I get even in the States, I might be succumbing to something /-: I really wish there were an effective way to de-humidify my house. I'm so jealous of people in dry climates; it seems like it's so much easier to put moisture into the air than take it out, and you can use a cute penguin humidifier to do so. But maybe it's just a grass-is-greener thing and the grass wouldn't seem so green (metaphorically and literally) if I went through regular water restrictions due to drought and stuff.

I hope I can figure out a way to watch the Olympic opening ceremonies tomorrow. The Winter Olympics are so underrated; frankly, I think I like to watch more sports in the winter version than I do in the summer: figure skating and ice dancing, speed skating, ski jump, luge, bobsled . . . I'm excited! I just don't know when stuff will be airing on Japanese television networks (since we're 16 hours off of Vancouver time-- and I can't find a freaking schedule for Japanese TV anywhere!) and I'm not sure what's available on American station live feeds online and what I'll have to wait to see clips of later.

This is old, but this would be one reason why if you're not watching figure skating, you are missing out:

Tory sent that to me the other day; I hadn't seen it before. HILARIOUS.

And even when it's not hilarious, it's pretty.

Comments

[scorpiuspro.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww don't get sick!!!
You're makin me fly over there to either take care of you or kidnap you to bring you to this dry climate!

Don't forget the most amazing Canadian winter sport of all time: Curling

Also, thanks for forwarding that vid to me.....beyond epic.

[cipiland.livejournal.com]

nice=)