Pepe/Meme… Potayto/Potahto

It’s all the same to me. Whether you call it a pepe or a meme (and I’m not really sure I grasp the distinction), you know I love it.

8 things I am looking forward to…
1. Planting the squash and bean seeds Saturday.
2. Finding a way to kick that rabbit’s ass out of my tomato patch. If someone suggests the gentle application of bird shot to the said bunny ass, I’ll not say nay.
3. Sewing a cover for my quilt cart.
4. Hanging the Birds of a Feather wall hanging up now that it’s complete… finally.
5. Finding a job. (I’m trying to be optimistic here. Sigh.)
6. Making a color wheel quilt sampler.
7. Cleaning/organizing the garage. (Yes, I am a sick, sick woman. I have accepted this and have long since become immune to the scorn and horror most people express at my little organization compulsion.)
8. Eating homegrown tomatoes this Summer.

8 things I did yesterday…
1. Tea- and coffee-stained some scrap fabrics for an Americana quilt sampler I’ve planned.
2. Coo-ed at the baby tomato plants in the back yard. They’re sweet.
3. Watched A Baby Story a few times. (Note to self: never watch four consecutive episodes of A Baby Story when… well… ever.)
4. Ate Taco Bell for lunch and El Nopal for supper. (Yeah, that’s Mexican food – sorta –  twice in one day.)
5. Suffered from food poisoning. (I’m thinking the Mexican food twice in one day had something to do with it. Maybe the two are members of different gangs. Or maybe you just shouldn’t mix fake-Mex with Cuban-Mex in one stomach.)
6. Went to Michael’s craft store and picked up a fabric pen.
7. Finished the Birds of a Featherwall hanging! Woohoo! (I’ll post pictures after I hang it.)
8. Job searched. 

8 things I wish I could do…
1. Travel.
2. Find a job.
3. Talk to my grandfather.
4. Find a man.
5. Get in shape.
6. Win the lottery!! (This one is impossible; I don’t play the lottery. Still, it’s a nice dream to just one day win millions out of the blue.)
7. Find a local pagan person or group I can talk with for more than 30 minutes without wondering if being a liberal is a requirement for being pagan. (And don’t get me started on pagan books!)
8. Get rid of my fear of public singing.

8 shows I watch…
1. Castle
2. Bones
3. House
4. Lie to Me
5. Dog the Bounty Hunter (Beth cracks me up.)
6. CSI: Las Vegas (This one almost didn’t make the list. I miss Gil.)
7. Quilting Arts
8. Judge Judy. (Don’t judge!)

CD Cover Meme

I saw this meme all over the blogs some time ago. I meant to participate, but never got the time to do it. Cullen over at Half a Pica Distance resurrected it recently. You know I love memes.

So, the idea is to create a CD cover using the following criteria:

1. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random – The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

2. Click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 – The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.

3. Visit http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ – The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result. And then ask someone else to play.

5. Give props to the person whose photo you used by linking to the flickr page you got the photo from, please.

Here’s my CD cover:

Central California Traction Company: Braver Five Minutes Longer

I think it looks very hip hop. And the picture oddly suits the album name. (The picture was taken by CFerguson at Flickr. Fantastic photographer there. I wish my shots turned out half as nice.)

Alias Meme

I found this at Pam’s place. You know I love this kind of stuff. Some of these work better than others.

1.YOUR REAL BLOG NAME:
Prudence Penelope Ponder

2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother and fathers middle name)
Elizabeth Emory

3.NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother’s dad, father’s dad)
Earl Nolen

4.STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Ponpr

5.DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Blue Hippopotamus

6.SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, town where you were born)
Penelope Anniston

7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add “THE” to the beginning)
The Green Julep

8.FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Prer

9.STREET NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie)
Vanilla Dried Fruit and Nuts

10. PORN NAME: (1st pet’s name, street you grew up on):
Fluffy Dragstrip

11.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of last name plus izzle):
Ponizzle

13.YOUR IRAQI.. NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name):
Onpeceder

14.YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets):
Black Rascal

15. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy)
Roma Twizzler

Urban Dictionary Meme

I found a meme over at Pam’s place and had to join. Woohoo! My comments are italicized.

Rules: Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following questions. Post the first definition it gives you.

1. Your Name: Prudence
A fancy word for having common sense/being careful. Someone who thinks things through. [Ed: This is one reason why I chose it as my nom de blog.]

2. Your Age: 33
A code-word for weed that can be used anywhere without anyone knowing what you’re actually talking about. It’s an evolution of the 1337 spelling for weed – ‘w33d’ The 33 was then taken from the middle of the word and is used on its own. [Ed: A lot of the definitions in the Urban Dictionary refer to pot. Anyone else notice that?]

3. One of your friends: Stephanie
The sexiest girl in the world. [Ed: Crap. I should have picked Stephanie as my nom de blog instead!]

4. What you should be doing: Laundry
Laundry can and is often used as a code name for sex, for discussion around people in public, or for people who are uncomfortable with the term “having sex” or “intercourse.”

5. Favorite color: blue
The hue of the portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in a human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers. [Ed: That’s got to be the worst definition in the Urban Dictionary. Sheesh. I could have copied that out of Wikipedia.]

6. Birthplace: Alabama
A truly lovely state, by certain standards, where the unofficial motto is… “Alabama: At Least We’re Not Mississippi!” [Ed: Do not make any Alabama jokes out there. It is not my fault that my parents had the poor sense to have a child there.]

7. Your nickname: Prudie
Isn’t defined yet.

8. Your birth month: September
A month with a nice temperature and everything but it is when school starts. :(

A Bold Fresh Meme

Boldly going where no meme has gone before… OK. This meme has been places, clearly. Most recently, it was at Pam’s place. The idea is that every blogger who participates has the same list of 100 Things. Then each individual blogger makes the things they’ve done bold.

Here’s my version.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneylandworld

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class.

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day