As seen on shellefly:

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me!

My choice.

For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

• I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!


• What I create will be just for you.


• It'll be done this calendar year.


• I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.


• You have no clue what it's going to be.

The catch: you have to put this in your journal as well. Spread the creativity around!

The Rules:

1. Leave me a comment saying you want to do the meme.


2. I'll respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.


3. You should update your LJ with the answers to the questions.


4. You should include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.


5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.

I know I still owe some people questions, and I still owe answers to at least thealiwoman. Do I owe anyone else answers?

( The Questions )

The Rules:

1. Leave me a comment saying you want to do the meme.


2. I'll respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.


3. You should update your LJ with the answers to the questions.


4. You should include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.


5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.

( The Questions )

Yanked from many people...

http://kevan.org/johari?name=befers

Your Birthdate: September 5

You have many talents, and you are great at sharing those talents with others. Most people would be jealous of your clever intellect, but you're just too likeable to elicit jealousy. Progressive and original, you're usually thinking up cutting edge ideas. Quick witted and fast thinking, you have difficulty finding new challenges. Your strength: Your superhuman brainpower Your weakness: Your susceptibility to boredom Your power color: Tangerine Your power symbol: Ace Your power month: May

Apparently, illuminant_love and I have the exact same meanings to our birthdates... I wonder if it's because we are both born on the 5th of the month? I don't mind being the same as Carlie :)

1. Go here.
2. Pass it on.
( my answers )

There is a bug on my keyboard and I can't get rid of him. He is in between the F10 key and the = key. Oogie.

I have finally seen a cicada near my house. One squished cicada. It was sad. I saw a few others when I was visiting alannariva on Friday, but she lives in Maryland so it hardly counts.

Speaking of which, it was nice visiting with her. She looks like she's doing pretty well, though I know she must be in a lot of pain. That's why they invented pain medicine though, right? We took a short trip to the grocery store to get some Werther's Originals to soothe her throat. Werther's are so much better than cough drops or throat lozenges, if you ask me (which she did, which is why we went to get them in the first place). I hope her recovery is speedy and as comfortable as possible. We might take a trip to Crate and Barrel next week. I have a gift card to use up.

Friday night, Rob, the Albans, and I had tickets to the fourth and final show in our series at the Wilma. None of us had been terribly impressed with the first three shows, so we were quite pleasantly surprised by Jesus Hopped the A Train. The play, by Stephen Adly Guirgis, is a look at two inmates at Riker's Island who are at very different stages in their incarceration. The younger one, Angel, is going through his trial. The older one, Lucius, is awaiting transport to death row in Florida. The play explores faith and morality in a very convincing fashion without being preachy. The acting was stellar, and the show definitely made our season tickets worthwhile. We haven't decided if we will renew our subscription yet, but it's not outside the realm of possibilities.

Saturday night, we saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with arani, ladyandromeda, their beaus, and Katie. I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't seen it, but quite frankly, I was disappointed. I understand the necessity of leaving things out to turn a 500+ page book into a 2+ hour movie, but I almost think they left out too much. The first two-thirds of the movie felt incredibly rushed, like they were trying to get through the entire school year as quickly as possible so they could get to the good stuff. And I think that does a disservice to the entire school year. Though I thought the CGI they used was good, I didn't really like the images they chose to use, particularly for the dementors and for Harry's Patronus. And the kids almost never wore their robes during this movie. Are they wizards, or are they wizards? On the other hand, the movie had a much darker feeling than the first two, which was definitely a good thing, and as expected, the acting was great. I would have liked to see more Dumbledore, but I'm not sure I wouldn't have been wishing for Richard Harris if there had been. The teachers, besides Lupin, seemed to have very minor roles in this movie. In fact, it seems almost as if they are trying to make you forget that these kids are at school at all, and are just having grand adventures away from their parents. Anyway, I didn't hate it, but I was disappointed.

I have three little bald spots on my head. They are from the pins the surgeons used to hold my head still during my surgery. Though I didn't know it before-hand, they actually screwed my head down to the operating table. I'm glad I didn't know that in advance, honestly. I wonder if the hair will ever grow back there. It hasn't begun to yet, so I am thinking no. It's not like you can tell, though. I have so much hair that a few little missing patches won't kill me.

And finally, a meme stolen from shellefly:

befers's LJ stalker is ladyandromeda!

ladyandromeda is stalking you because you got better results for the 'acronym' thing than them. They are also prank calling you regularly!

Stolen from aghrivaine:

befers

Type this in a LiveJournal entry:

[font color=username][b]username[/b][/font]

replacing the square brackets with angle brackets and username with your own LJ username.

B	Bouncy
E	Excellent
F	Flirtatious
E	Eccentric
R	Responsible
S	Sexy

Name / Username:

Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com

I find it funny that I use the word brain as frequently as I use the word dinner!

i 249   this 34   it's 21 the 171   but 34   am 21 and 147   on 32   them 20 to 139   had 29   time 18 a 124   me 29   not 17 of 96   at 29   from 17 that 76   about 26   really 17 my 76   think 25   party 17 it 72   like 25   what 17 in 64   some 23   very 17 was 56   all 23   they 15 for 48   you 22   as 15 have 45   be 22   dinner 15 is 44   out 22   brain 15 so 37   we 21   up 15 with 36   last 21   would 14

UsernameCommunity

LJ Word Count (Beta!) by hutta

And look, a new icon!

If you...

1. ...owned a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?
Desserts!

2. ...owned a small store, what kind of merchandise would you sell?
Handcrafted something-or-others...

3. ...wrote a book, what genre would it be?
Fantasy or non-fiction

4. ...ran a school, what would you teach?
Computers, self-esteem

5. ...recorded an album, what kind of music would be on it?
Madrigals

Stolen from oceanic

Ask me about something on my interests list. Either 1) something about which you know nothing and would like to learn more, or 2) something about which you are knowledgeable and can't figure out why I might be interested in it, etc...

1. What was the last song you heard?
The Verve Pipe - Reverend Girl

2. What were the last two movies you saw?
Maid in Manhattan (Yes, I am ashamed to admit that I have a guilty pleasure for bad chick flicks starring Jennifer Lopez) and About a Boy

3. What were the last three things you purchased?
lunch today, breakfast this morning, and dinner last night. I eat out too much.

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?
I'll answer for this past weekend: clean at least one room in my house, write a check to Brian F. for the theatre tickets, return some overdue e-mail, work on more paperwork

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?
arani, my brother, my boss, the cashier at Genuardi's, and Rob

What was...

1. ...your first grade teacher's name?
Mrs. Nagy and Miss May both taught us, but I was in Mrs. Nagy's homeroom.

2. ...your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?
I can't recall watching many cartoons, actually. I know I liked the Smurfs, though.

3. ...the name of your very first best friend?
That I called my best friend: Hillary Ward. But I don't think I met her until about third grade. I must have had other best friends before her. Maybe Jennifer Ivey.

4. ...your favorite breakfast cereal?
Special K with Red Berries

5. ...your favorite thing to do after school?
When I was in school? I don't know. I always had to do my homework as soon as I got home. But I loved after school choir and musical rehearsals. They just had a magical, focused feel about them that class-time rehearsals never did. Entering that wing of the building was always like stepping into a different world, far away from the math, science, and textbooks of the rest of the school.

could easily understand my LiveJournal...

( The details... )

Everyone needs more hugs!






*HUGS* TOTAL!
give befers more *HUGS*

Get hugs of your own

When was the last time you...

1. ...went to the doctor?
February 3, 2004 - Neurosurgeon, Dr. Sen

2. ...went to the dentist?
Monday - February 16, 2004

3. ...filled your gas tank?
Wednesday - February 18, 2004

4. ...got enough sleep?
Last night

5. ...backed up your computer?
Not nearly recently enough, considering that I work for an information availability company...

Apparently I am much stronger in my true incarnation...

( Battle Fish Beth )