Ugh

I'm sick (coughing really horribly and stuff) and feeling just plain bad, so I don't feel like finishing my handicapping efforts. Besides, it's not like anybody reads this besides me. But to paraphrase the movie "Sydney White" a bit, "It's not about the reading, it's about the writing."

1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says.
"leftover metals and send them off to be recycled - meaning"
(the book is my "mental_floss" "Scatterbrained" trivia book)

2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
Papers with songs I mean to get as MP3s

3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?
TV? What's that?
It would be "Doctor Who" last Friday (I know there are some people who would find it unbelievable that I haven't watched TV since Friday, but...what can I say? I'm a college student)

4: Without looking, guess what the time is.
10:18 pm

5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
10:16. However, I think my clock is behind. *runs to check time.gov* *awed* DANG I'm good. *fixes clock*

6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The refrigerator. And myself breathing.

7: When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
Um, about twenty minutes ago, when I came back to the dorm from Coffee House.

8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
The website I got this from.

9: What are you wearing?
The Kentucky Derby shirt Lindsey gave me last night (bless her!) and my favorite pair of jeans. And my tennis shoes, the white and blue ones. And socks. And underwear. And a hairtie. And contacts.

10: Did you dream last night? What about?
Since the human brain dreams every night, yes. I don't know what it was about, but I do remember something about trying to get an old friend of mine to recognize me.

11: When did you last laugh?
Not very long ago. I laugh a lot.

12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Um, well, since it's my room...
- Picture of me and Smokey
- Patches from England of Scottish and Welsh flags
- Pictures of Ruffian and Barbaro
- Calendar of April that I never really got around to writing my stuff in on
- Piece of paper with next semester's schedule scribbled out
That's just in the immediate vicinity. I could list it all, but I would like to go to bed tonight.

13: Seen anything weird lately?
Does Bryan Oetting count? (one of my professors...hehe.)
Umm...not too recently. Unless you count what I've been coughing up...

14: What is the last film you saw?
You know, I watch a lot more movies than I do TV, but I'm not sure I can answer this. Probably "Sydney White"

15: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
A farm in Kentucky.

16: Tell us something about you that we don't know.
Ummm...ummm...I would really, really love to collect old books. Right now I only have three; a copy of "Black Beauty" from 1895, a copy of "Pollyanna" (in BEAUTIFUL condition) from 1913, and a copy of "Diseases of the Horse" from 1938 (let me tell you, that's good for a laugh!)

17: Do you like to dance?
I love to dance. I blame it on the fact that I took ballet for like, six years straight. I took tap too, but I always liked ballet better. But I'll do any kind of dancing - swing, contra, ballroom, I'm game for it all.

18: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
I'm the typical girl, I've been debating this for ages. "Elizabeth" and "Emma" are both high up on my list. But honestly, I'm just not sure. I think I'm going to have to wait until I actually know she's coming before I figure out a name, partially because I want my husband to have some input (it'll be his too!)

19: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Well, "Jacob" and "Benjamin" have both been high on my list, but I'm not sure. I think this is another one of those "it'd have to be when I'm already pregnant and with my husband's input" things too. (I feel like it's such a cop-out!)

20: Would you ever consider living abroad?
You know, I actually have considered it. And still am, somewhat, because it's looking more and more likely that I can't get my Masters in what I want anywhere in the States. But honestly? I probably won't, because the place I want to go to wants you to have two years working experience after you have a bachelors, and since I'm going to be in Kentucky, I don't think I'm really going to want to leave (although it's a beautiful place in England) (but my primary reason is because once I get to Kentucky, the hunt for a suitable man is on full blast)