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I need a Rubber Chicken, and they are out of stock at Archie McPhee. Why do I need a Rubber Chicken? Well, I’m going to be making some changes over at Silliness.org, and one of those is changing the theme to Misty Look. Misty Look will allow me to change the picture in the header, so I’m going to get a Rubber Chicken (which I’ve been meaning to get for a couple of years now) and take some random pics of it. That way I can change the header periodically. You see? With the change of theme will also come another change. I’m going to start using ads. Hey, I need to make up that rent increase somehow. And I can’t say anything about the addition of ads over there, as that is against the usage policy. I’m hoping that the change of theme will give the blog a slightly sillier appearance. It’s kind of boring now. Hey, I could even have some new tag lines like: Silliness.org - Obey the chicken. Anyway, that’s what’s going on over there.

I’m still alive. In case the fact that I’m posting this hadn’t tipped you off. I will never again sneer at Influenza. I’m not sure that I ever have before, but there you are. Bleh. I’m still coughing, but I’m otherwise okay if a bit on the tired side. My brain is back to its usual thousand miles an hour thing. So, thank you for your well wishes.

I’ve been working on my list today. So far:

I’ve made an appointment with my OB/GYN who is back from her maternity leave. (28. Call OB/GYN’s office.) I need to catch up and talk to her about that test I need to do.
I’ve changed doctors. (30. Change doctors)

And I’ve been working on some other things like the old version of Silliness.org and my filing system. I even got my old renter’s insurance policy (the people that re-upped without asking) canceled officially. The new policy proof is being faxed to the complex as I type.

Now, some bad news. The pet rent was not included in the original estimate of the new rent price starting in June. So, our rent is going up a grand total of $233/month. Good Gad! Yes, I just got off of the phone. Now I really wish that I’d get that Tea Blogger job I applied for.

Hey, Dad! This is the song that was stuck in my head the other day. (Mind you, this live version is a bit faster than I’m used to.)

Oh, and finally, Doctor Who series 4 starts tomorrow in the UK. Just so you know.

I couldn’t decide what image to use here, so I went with the cute kitty. Look! It’s Sam under a blanket!

Anyway, I’ve decided to participate in the 101 things in 1001 days meme. I’ve got a couple of friends doing it, and it looked like fun. I’ll be posting it in the “Notes” page and updating it there as I accomplish things. That way we don’t have to go digging to find the list over the next 2.75 years.

Start: Saturday, March 15, 2008
End: Saturday, December 11, 2010 (12/11/10! Tee hee.)

101 things to do in the next 1001 days.

Going Places

1. Go to the Hiller Aviation Museum and write it up.
2. Go to the Chabot and write it up.
3. Go to the Pez Museum and write it up.
4. Go on Photo Safari to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
5. Go to Ardenwood Farm and write it up
6. Go to the Niles Essenay and write it up
7. Take the Niles Canyon Train and write it up
8. Visit a new state with the Hubby.
9. Take a trip to Atlanta.
10. Go swimming at Anini Beach while wearing goggles and fins.
11. Go out drinking with my sister.
12. Take my brother to see a film.
13. Take my Father to tea.
14. Spend a day with my Mum however she wants to.
15. Do the “Day of C” with my Husband.
16. Go to a county fair.
17. Go to church.
18. Go to the San Mateo library.

Learning Things

19. Learn 5 words of Scots Gaelic
20. Learn 5 words of Irish
21. Learn 5 words of Welsh
22. Learn 5 words of Cornish
23. Learn 5 words of Manx
24. Learn 5 words of Breton
25. Learn how to crop, resize, and write on images in Photoshop Elements.
26. Learn how to Podcast.

Taking Care of Myself

27. Get pregnant or know for sure that I can’t.
28. Call OB/GYN’s office.
29. Get that gorram test done.
30. Change doctors.
31. Get a facial.
32. Get a massage.
33. Find a new dentist and get my teeth cleaned.
34. Get a physical.
35. Get an eye exam.
36. Get 8 hours of sleep each night for seven days in a row.
37. Get eyebrows done.
38. Get a manicure

Getting things done

39. Renew Passport
40. Get Life Insurance for the Hubby.
41. Deal with the items in the dry-cleaning bag.
42. Compile emergency procedures document for home.
43. Get rid of the Health Rider.
44. Buy three soft-sided cat carriers (0/3)
45. Clean out and organize the pantry.
46. Get collection of music audiotapes down to only the amount that will fit in the red thing.
47. Put the wall hanging on the wall.
48. Replace my missing work shoes.
49. Clear stuff away from the piano completely.
50. Get properly fitted for a bra.
51. Get rid of the tires in the shed.
52. Properly implement a filing system.

Reading and Writing/Blogging

53. Read The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats
54. Read The Summer of Cotton Candy by Debbie Viguie
55. Get paid for a piece of writing that isn’t on a blog.
56. Finish Of Clocks and Christmas
57. Go through (and type up if needed) 5 notebooks (0/5)
58. Write my half of Chris’s fic.
59. Post a cartoon that I’ve drawn on a blog.
60. Set up a week’s worth of emergency Silliness.org posts.
61. Finish that list of Doctor Who episodes (with availability and links)
62. Finish copying posts from thebookstacks.com
63. Back up watchingdrwho.com
64. Read The Hunter’s Moon by O. R. Melling
65. Read The Summer King by O. R. Melling
66. Read Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair
67. Hunt down the book “Oh No It Isn’t” By Paul Cornell.
68. Hunt down the book “Lungbarrow” by Marc Platt
69. Read the HSP Book

Financial Matters

70. Pay off the camera.
71. Pay off the Alienware computer.
72. Pay off my computer.
73. Spend 7 days in a row without going out to eat (Including Starbucks.)
74. Go 60 days without using the big credit cards.
75. Open a savings account.
76. Get a Safety Deposit box.

Food and Crafty stuff

77. Make a fan music video.
78. Make Mundane.
79. Make Homemade Mushy Peas
80. Try 5 new restaurants. (0/5)
81. Try 5 new kinds of tea. (0/5)
82. Scan in the old west pic (and make flair.)
83. Knit 5 scarves. (0/5)
84. Knit something other than a scarf to completion.
85. Make a medieval dress for myself.
86. Find, or in some other way procure, a pink Romana coat.
87. Try a new craft.

Encounter Culture

88. See five plays. (0/5)
89. See Bride and Prejudice.
90. Watch the original Great Train Robbery.
91. Catch up on Doctor Who Podshock through episode 106.
92. Go to Gallifrey One #20.
93. Watch all of the available First Doctor episodes.
94. Record myself singing 3 songs. (0/3)
95. Get an old west picture taken with the hubby.
96. Send a sneaky/fun present to someone.
97. Listen to the first 20 Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Adventures. (0/20)
98. Watch all available 2nd Doctor Episodes.
99. Call local comic book store about Doctor Who comics.

List Stuff

100. Make a list of things to do before I die.
101. Once the old list is nearly done, write up a new one.

I’ve been tagged by Amy of Lives Less Ordinary for the Crazy 8s meme, in which you need to answer the following:

* 8 Things I’m passionate about
* 8 Things I want to do before I die
* 8 Things I often say
* 8 Books I’ve recently or currently reading
* 8 Songs I could listen to over and over
* 8 Things that attract me to my best friends
* 8 People I think should do Crazy 8s

Wow. That’s a lot of stuff. Here goes nothing…

8 Things I’m Passionate About

1. Music
2. Doctor Who
3. Silliness
4. Writing
5. Blogging
6. Good Food
7. Scotland
8. Tea

To read more about my passions, you can read my Thursday Thirteen all about them.

8 Things I want to do before I die

1. Travel to Machu Picchu
2. See the Northern Lights
3. Kiss the Blarney Stone
4. Be a Mum
5. Publish a book
6. Travel all over Scotland
7. Visit every State in the USA and Every Province in Canada
8. Go on a Hot Air Balloon ride

8 Things I Often Say

1. Good Gad!
2. Dear Gussy!
3. Have you seen my keys/purse/cat, etc.
4. Well, in Doctor Who…
5. Humans…
6. I *love* that song
7. Thank You Kindly
8. May I help you?

8 Books I’ve Recently Read Or That I’m Currently Reading

Okay, funny story. I love books. I work with books. I love reading. But…when I read I tend to do nothing else. Lately, I have read very little (that wasn’t fanfiction) because I’ve been busy (writing fanfiction as a gift for someone). I hope to have a bit more reading time in the new year. In the meantime, here are a few things I’ve just begun, or read last.

1. Crazy Aunt Purl’s Drunk Divorced & Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perry
2. The Moor by Laurie R. King
3. Aunt Dimity’s Death by Nancy Atherton
4. American Born Chinese by Gene Yang
5. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
7. Pumpkin Scissors #1 by Ryotaro Iwanaga
8. Aventura #1 by Shin Midorikawa

8 Songs I Could Listen To Over And Over

Only 8?!? Well, I’ll try.

1. All of Dido’s first album, No Angel, except track 11. (I’m counting this as one long song. So there.)
2. Books from Boxes by Maximo Park
3. All Around Me by Flyleaf
4. Time is Running Out by Muse (And pretty much everything else by them, too.)
5. Running up that Hill as sung by Placebo (I also love the Kate Bush version.)
6. Make This Go On Forever by Snow Patrol (and most of their other stuff, too.)
7. Rule the World from Stardust
8. White & Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic

8 Things That Attract Me To My Best Friends

1. Compatible fandoms
2. Great sense of humor
3. Interesting
4. Intelligent
5. Understanding
6. Non-judgmental
7. Silly
8. Imaginative

8 People That I Think Should Do Crazy 8s (Should they feel like it.)

1. The New Aussie
2. Audrey
3. Emma
4. lisa-marie
5. Mal in the Middle
6. La Belle Izzy
7. Nelson28
8. mkejenkins

I’ve been tagged for a meme! Eeep! So…I guess that makes me “it.” If you want to see what Audrey’s version of the meme looks like go here. She’s the one what tagged me.

Here are the rules for the MeMe:

* 1. After your intro, copy/paste this line and the rules below it: The originator wants to see how far it goes so please keep his link intact: http://rileycentral.net
* 2. Encourage people to post with the incentive of a link by including those who have passed it along here: Audrey
* 3. Visit at least 3 on the list who’ve written and passed this meme. Leave them a comment.

And then you are supposed to, “pick three things that enrapture, consume, fascinate, or otherwise enliven you more than blogging. Then write a few lines about each to explain what the nonblog activity does for you, why and how.”

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Well, I really like blogging, so I had to think about this for a while. I hope that this adequately answers the questions.

1. Singing (and music in general) - I have been singing for at least 30 years now. No lie. I was in church choir starting in kindergarten and continuing on through 9th grade. I’ve done solos and musicals. I once sang at Cal Expo with my class in 2nd grade. I’ve even sung at a wedding. Most often I sing in the shower, though, as I have a little problem with stage fright after all of these years. My current favorite song to sing is “Heaven Hop” from Anything Goes. Mind you, I have to sing it like Helen Kane. It’s more fun that way. When I sang more regularly I had a really nice range of about 2.5 to 3 octaves. Now, I’m lucky to manage 2. Sometimes the conditions in the shower are just right and I can hit all of those notes I used to. Those are the days that I don’t want the hot water to stop. I have quite eclectic music tastes in general, and I often find it difficult to work without music playing in the background. Music is life.

2. Disneyland - Oh, I know what you’re thinking. But seriously, I love Disneyland. My husband and I spent our honeymoon there, and have been back nearly every year since. We don’t just go for the rides, we also go for the Grand Californian Hotel and the food. The Napa Rose is a 5 star restaurant that lets you in with children and if you are wearing jeans. You need to make reservations, though. It is my favorite restaurant in the world. The Grand Californian is done in Arts and Crafts style with all sorts of little added details. You can even take an Arts and Crafts style tour. For shopping, there’s Downtown Disney. Inside the Magic Kingdom itself there is the Blue Bayou. My favorite restaurant inside the park. Can’t beat the atmosphere there. My favorite rides are: Pirates, Space Mountain, and Indiana Jones. Once, when we were there for my birthday, we managed to go on the Jungle Cruise at night with only a couple of other people and then rode Pirates with our own boat (and no one in the boats fore and aft.) So yeah. I love Disneyland.

3. Sex - Hey, I’m in my mid-thirties. What did you expect me to say? I don’t really think I need to expound on this topic too much. Let’s just say…I’m keeping my husband, okay?

And now I tag - Spunk.

Thursday 13 #3

I have many Television Shows that I enjoy. I even have a Big Geeky Notebook in which I have episode lists of all of my shows. Yes, I have annotated the lists to include the information about which episodes I have. Hey. I’m a Librarian. What did you expect? As you can imagine, I have quite a few DVDs. (If only Starman and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues would come out on DVD, I would have almost no VHS tapes left.) So, in the spirit of “getting to know me” that this meme is supposed to be about, I offer you the following list.

13 TV Shows That I Own on DVD
1. The Avengers (I have all of the Emma Peel episodes, and the ‘63 set number 1. This show is just so much fun, and it even contains a strong female character who is also smart and well dressed.)
2.Monty Python’s Flying Circus (I have the first 8 DVDs, plus The Life of Python and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. As you might imagine, I enjoy British humour. Especially the absurdist kind.)
3. Doctor Who (Everything that is available, I have. What? I’m not obsessed. Oh. Maybe I am. *shrug* Oh, well.)
4. The Tomorrow People (I have set 1 of the DVDs, plus all of the newer version of the series on tape. I used to watch the original series when I was a kid, and I loved it.)
5. Forever Knight (I have season one and the original pilot on DVD, plus a bunch of the rest of the episodes on tape. The first season remains my favorite, but some of my favorite individual episodes are in the second season.)
6. Red Dwarf (I have set one of the DVDs. I didn’t ever see the whole of the series, but the few seasons that I did see were fab.)
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I own seasons 1-4. I have the original pilot on tape somewhere. I started watching this show during season 3, and I fell in love with it. Joss Whedon rocks.)
8. At Last the 1948 Show (I have the 2 DVD set. It’s the only thing that’s available. This is one of the two shows that most of the Pythonites came from to form Monty Python. As you may imagine, it’s a bit silly.)
9. Benji, Zax, and The Alien Prince (The whole show is on DVD, and I have it. It was only one season long. This is my most obscure show. No one else seems to remember it, but it was my favorite Saturday Morning show when I was 10.)
10. Due South (I have all of this show on DVD. I loved it from beginning to end. How can you go wrong with a buddy cop show that includes a sexy Mountie?)
11. Do Not Adjust Your Set (I have the 2 DVD set, which is all that is available. This is the other pre-Pythonite show. It is also silly. No big surprise, there.)
12. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (I only have The Wild World of Batwoman and Eeegah. *sniffle* Must…get…more. My favorite episode was Fugitive Alien II.)
13. Campion (I have season one plus one episode of season two. I really enjoyed this show, and the books that they came from. It is my favorite of all of the shows that have been on Mystery!)

Well, here’s the deal: Books I’ve read are in bold. Ones I’ve yet to finish are italicized. The ones I want to read are underlined.

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie

Well…I don’t know who came up with this list originally…but I feel a little inadequate now.

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