The 3 things Meme

I totally stole this from Dr. Beth Snow at Not to be Trusted with Knives:

Three Names I go by:

1. Chris

2. Christine

3. Gamma (ask Deb)

Three jobs I have had in my life:

1. Answering service technician

2. Welfare worker/Provincial government slave

3. Executive Director

Three places I have lived:

1. Dunfield, Newfoundland

2. Calgary, AB

3. Toronto, ON

Three favourite drinks:

1. Good coffee

2. Earl Grey tea

3. pepsi (although not so much anymore)

Three people I think will do this on their profile:

1. MJ

2. not sure

3. still not sure

Three hobbies:

1. Music

2. computers

3. computers and music together

Three pet peeves:

1. people who can’t drive and who are driving

2. stupid people

3. smokers who throw their cigarette butts out the window when we are in a heat wave

Three tv shows I watch (only 3?):

1. SYTYCD – Canadian and American

2. Grey’s Anatomy

3. Law and Order

Three places I have been (since I hate to travel, not that exciting):

1. the bathroom

2. to work

3. Calgary

Favourite foods:

1. eggs

2. bacon

3. meat

Three things I am looking forward to:

1. a cure for ulcerative colitis

2. a cure for MS

3. Autumn 2009

Another meme that I just wrote in FB

1. Top 5 worst songs you could imagine playing in succession:
I don’t dislike songs so much as artists and genres so that is how I will answer it:
Anything by:
Bonnie Raitt
Celine Dion
Any heavy metal
Any Jazz – makes my ears bleed
Most country music

2. Worst snack food anyone could buy for you and why:
Corn nuts – I can’t stand the smell of them.

3. Most uncomfortable sensation you’ve experienced:
I hate touching cotton balls. I have to get other people to open the bottles for me. I also hate touching velvet. When I was a kid my mother dressed me and my sister in matching blue velvet dresses. I walked around with my hands clenched for hours.

4. Top three guiltiest (or at the least, slightly embarrassing) pleasures:
Froot loops, liking an Eminem and Kanye West song, enjoying being in my car with the windows down, the sunroof wide open (but it can’t be sunny) listening to very loud music.

5. A country(ies) that you’ve never had the urge to travel to:
I don’t like to travel at all.

6. Current cultural trend that annoys you the most:
The sexualization and subjugation of women and the rape culture we live in.

7. Something that has surprised you recently:
How little I know about the natural world. I am reading about ants as I knew very little about them and they are fascinating insects.

8. You in Bizarro World would be:
Married to a man with no dogs and no computer.

9. Something you think you should like, or want to like (for whatever reason), but really don’t: I think I should like alternative/independent music but I just don’t…

10. One childhood oddity:
Being responsible for looking after my 5 year old sister and cooking dinner all at age 7.

11. If you found a genie, and he granted you three things (besides world peace) they would be: there would be no refugees, no torture and no racism/discrimination of any kind.

12. You would switch to the other gender for:
You could not pay me to switch genders. I love being a woman.

13. If you could travel back in time to one historical moment it would be:
to the 1960s to protest about Vietnam.

14. Piece of art (any kind of art) that you wish you would have created, as opposed to the actual creator:
I am not really into art in the traditional sense.

15. Something you’ve always wanted to be good at:
playing an instrument and singing.

16. Your Utopia must have these three things:
dogs, unlimited resources so everyone has enough, kindness

17. Something you are quietly proud of:
my ability to lead and mentor

18. Something you are blatantly proud of:
being smart

19. Favorite word:
hmmm, I have many favourite words. Lately it has been cogent.

20. Least favorite word:
can’t

21. Favorite little thing that makes your day:
So many – in the morning when the dogs scamper outside and they are so happy just to be alive.

22. You get on your soap box for:
selectively but I don’t give up

23. Things that would be better if you were in charge of them:
I think I should just be able to run the world and everything would be great!

24. Things that would be worse if you were in charge of them:
criminals, pedophiles and religious people.

25. If you had the power to change one thing in the history of the world, it would be: colonization and the imposition of the nation state in Africa.

The ABCs of Me

This is a facebook meme but I thought it would be fun to do it on my blog

A – Age: 44

B – Bed size: king size

C – Chore you hate: unloading the dishwasher

D – Dog’s name: Piper, Clio, Molly, Gemma Joy, Kirby, MacKenzie, Kiefer, Madison, Tucker

E – Essential start your day item: I have to have a shower – it sets my brain.

F – Favorite color(s): purple. Although I have a red car.

G – Gold or Silver: white gold

H – Height: 5′5

I – Instruments you play: I played accordian as a kid and piano, a bit, as an adult

J – Job title: Executive Director

K – Kids: 0

L – Living arrangements: marriedwith 9 dogs

M – Mom’s name: Cecile

N – Nicknames: nothing flattering

O – Overnight hospital stay other than your birth: 2 weeks for ulcerative colitis in 2008

P – Pet Peeve: People who do not do right by their dogs.

Q – Quote from a movie: “Who’s Morte?” From Boys on the Side

R – Right or left handed: right

S – Secret crush: Don’t have one.

T – Time you wake up: 9 am or so

U – Underwear: Never gone a day without them.

V – Vegetable you dislike: Only one? Brussel Sprouts

W – Workout style: 5 minutes at a time.

X – X-rays you’ve had: lungs, bowel,

Y – massage

Z – Zoo favorite: I abhor zoos.

10 things you do not know about me…

Lydia tagged me in a facebook note with this meme. So here goes:

1. I have never done a meme before. No, really, never.
2. I am adopted.
3. My birth name was Deana Brett Carey.
4. I had a vertical banded gastroplasty in an ill-fated attempt to lose weight. It didn’t work and the legacy is that I can’t eat a lot of healthy foods and it makes me throw up regularly. I wouldn’t recommend it.
5. I love music. In fact, music keeps me sane. It is my form of self-care. I listen to a wide-variety of music. I don’t listen to country (although the odd new country song is ok), classical or jazz. Anything over-produced makes me mental (think Celine Dion). I am particularly fond of political folk music.
6. I am a self-confessed technophile. I am not an early adopter but I do need to have new stuff pretty quickly. I love computers and I am quite adept at techie stuff. I probably advise someone every week about what kind of computer they need, what might work for them and where to get it.
7. I love my dogs. Ok, you all probably know that about me if you have read my blog for any length of time. I am particularly fond of little dogs. I love shihtzus, pugs, and pomeranians. Generally little dogs respond really well to me except for the one who bit me – you know who you are Barkley!
8. I love the CBC. Radio one but not two (re-read number 5 about classical music). I love podcasts of CBC programs and I am never without both of my iPods which will contain a variable selection. My current favourite CBC programs (now on 88.1 FM) are On the Coast and The Point. I think Q is highly over-rated and Jian is not nearly as erudite as he thinks. I dislike CBC television though.
9. I love Indian food and culture. I enjoy reading books about India. I love to cook curry and have been christened “Chrisbinder” by partner. I make chai tea everyday at the office. I would love to go to India except for the flying part and the fact that it would be crowded and it would be hot. All of the above are things I do not like to do. I suspect I will never go to India.
10. I have taken music lessons. I took accordion for 4 years as a kid and I hated it. I have taken piano lessons as an adult but I lack the follow through with the practicing. Once I no longer commute 1.5-2 hours a day I may take lessons again.
11. I did the Katimavik program as a young adult. I highly recommend it to anyone who fits the age group. I got to do things I would never have done otherwise. I learned how to wield a chainsaw; I can row a dory; I worked in a cross-country ski centre; and lived in a tent for 3 months. I learned to cook on coleman stoves and I once stayed up for 36 hours cooking turkey on a one of those stoves so that we could all have Thanksgiving dinner (don’t get me started about water in naptha…). Seriously, Katimavik taught me how to get along with people, allowed me to hone my manipulation skills (just in case you couldn’t get along) and taught me how to finish something. I also got to see and live in some amazing parts of Canada.

Now, who do I want to hear from? Na, I am not going to tag anyone with this one. Do it if you want to!