Friday night counts as this weekend, right? I saw it last night.
TNP has had pudding in the last week.
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Friday night counts as this weekend, right? I saw it last night.
TNP has had pudding in the last week.
No. Lime pesto pasta salad, though.
TNP prefers lime in beverages to lemon.
True. Lime improves a lot of things.
TNP likes gin.
Big time. Tanqueray.
TNP makes good pecan pie.
False, because I've never tried. My sister is the pecan pie queen and I bow before her excellence. I suppose when I start doing holidays on the other side of the country from her I'll have to steal her recipe.
TNP prefers pumpkin pie over apple.
False. An not big on nuts in any form.
TNP looks good in shorts.
Eurrrrgh ... sometimes? Maybe? I don't like to wear them.
TNP has eaten pie within the past month.
True - my wife's very good chocolate pie. She makes a great pecan pie, too, not to mention her apple pies....
TNP intends to see Horrible Bosses (which I did tonight - pretty raunchy, and a little uneven at times, but overall very funny).
No.
TNP Has watched at least two Hitchcock films in-a-row.
False, one is generally my limit with old Alfred.
TNP regularly reads National Geographic.
False, I've subscribed a couple times, but it never keeps my interest enough to re-up.
TNP watered their garden this weekend.
Yes. Twice.
TNP visits the dry cleaner weekly.
Yes. Twice.
TNP visits the dry cleaner weekly.
False, I go about once a month and drop off 18 or 20 shirts.
TNP loves dill pickles.
True, they are a tasty sour treat.
TNP still owns stuffed animals.
No. Not that I am aware of. My kid has hundreds.
TNP's only radio at home is a clock radio.
False. My wife and I have a clock radio in our bedroom, and radio/CD players in both the living room and the kitchen.
TNP has been snowshoeing.
No, which, come to think of it is a bit odd, given that I've spent my whole life in this cold country, a lot of it being in the Arctic.
TNP has been water-skiing.
Almost. I've been dragged on a tube behind a boat, but never been on waterskis.
TNP practices martial arts of some sort.
No, although my sons have taken karate lessons.
TNP intends to see a movie on the big screen in the next week.
False, I'm not even sure there is anything I want to watch either?
TNP hates upgrading to the latest version.
Generally true. I tend to be a creature of habit, and frugal, as a rule, unless I can be shown that there's a clear advantage to upgrading.
TNP will tell us what actor or actress TNP had a crush on when prepubescent.
True! It was Tami Stonach, the Childlike Empress from The Never-Ending Story. As a child of the 80s, I know that makes me about 0% unique. When I was 11? Shoot. I would have given her a new name. I would have given her a new name like nobody's business.
http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/u.../childlike.jpg
TNP has consumed a caffeine-containing beverage in the last 4 hours.
True, I am in fact slurping one down RIGHT NOW.
TNP keeps wacky decorations on their desk/workspace at their job.
True, I have a helicopter toy
TNP needs more space in their place of abode.
False, finally. artifex and I moved last month and the new place is over twice the square footage of the last. (Not that the new place is palacial; just that the old one was ridiculously tiny.)
TNP has seen a 3-D movie this year.
True. Since all the movies I see are ones I go to with my ten year old, pretty much all the movies I see are 3-D.
TNP has seen an R-rated movie this year.
True. I saw Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro in the technothriller Limitless this spring, and so far it's my favorite movie of the year!
TNP is just a little bit creeped out by the pic of the Childlike Empress.
False, but I do keep wondering what thoughts are going through her head? "Can I save my empire, or where's my malibu barbie?"
TNP had a busy weekend
True. Working on a short story, some drawing homework, shifts at B&N, and I still managed to go to the movies. I didn't really sleep much.
TNP is planning a "mental health day" in the near future.
False. Should I ask what a "mental health day" is?
TNP is already looking forward to the weekend
Too true.
TNP could stand a nap right now.
False. I'm not tired at all at the moment (a little hungry, but not tired).
CatInASuit: http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...tal+health+day
TNP has seen Appaloosa (as I did last night - a very good Western, with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, etc.).
False, but then I'm not heavily into westerns
TNP is excited by whips and chains.
True.
'Nuff said.
TNP is not.
True. But to each their own.
TNP likes the feel of warm sand between his or her toes.
True, on a warm sunny beach. Getting sand in socks afterwards, not so great.
TNP is looking for a new avatar.
False. I'm rather attached to my avatar.
TNP has tried a new restaurant in the last week or so.
False, but I will in two days - a friend invited me to lunch then at a Middle Eastern cafe I've never been to.
TNP likes using long or obscure words in everyday conversation.
True, but only with stupid people.
TNP has been sunburnt this year.
Yes, just last weekend, on my forehead and neck, as I watched my son play soccer (I'm almost all better now).
TNP prefers watching soccer to any other sport.
False, I prefer Cricket. 20-20, ODI or Test Match, they're all good.
TNP has an embarrassing nickname.
Several. I have been, over the years, dubbed "Funky Boy," "Word Man" and "Anal Boy" (as in anal-retentive, not... anything else. Ahem).
TNP thinks this thread should be kept going.
Yes, as long as our little board keeps hanging on.
TNP owns a gun.
False, but have been considering it.
TNP had coffee this morning.
False. A little orange juice and I was out the door.
TNP has a favorite kitchen knife.
True, a very sharp expensive knife for cutting most things.
TNP has had a concussion
False, for which I am very thankful.
TNP has been hit by a car.
True for values of "hit by a car" that allow me to be in my own car at the time, false if I had to be a pedestrian at the time.
TNP has marched in some sort of public protest or demonstration in the last five years.
Not that recently, no, although I have marched in parades with my son's Cub Scout pack.
TNP prefers snow to rain.
NO.
TNP is listening to music right now.
True, on the radio as usual
TNP would like to swap places with someone else.
False, although I wouldn't mind making big changes to my current situation.
TNP needs a haircut.
Yes, and I don't know when I'll find time to get one.
TNP is actively looking for a new job.
No, I just signed a contract for another 2 years in my current job.
TNP is anxious for Mad Men to start up again.
False. I'd probably like the show if I watched it, but never have.
TNP won't tell anyone else that he or she will tune into Two and A Half Men just to see what it's like with Ashton Kutcher.
False, the only sitcom I watch is Community.
TNP thinks that autumn is the best season.
That or springtime, yes.
TNP did something in memory of the 9-11 attacks on Sunday.
False, though it was interesting to read what the Indonesian newspapers had to say about the anniversary.
TNP has never been to a high school reunion.
True, although I never went to a High School so it may be moot.
TNP really wants a chocolate cake at this point in time.
Hmm, I handn't until now...
TNP could drink a brandy right now.
True, which is probably not good, since it's 9:00 AM.
TNP has a case of the Mondays.
Well, it is Tuesday here, but yeah, kind of.
TNP wears contact lenses.
More often than not, yes. I wear glasses about a third of the time to give my eyeballs a rest.
(Hatshepsut, what did the Indonesian newspapers have to say about the anniversary? Start another thread, if you like).
TNP likes chicken pot pies.
True, although I don't have them often
TNP has a hot meal for lunch today
True. I usually have a hot lunch since I work at home, so I just pop leftovers into the microwave.
Elendil's Heir, I'm just like you with respect to contact lenses. As to the 9/11 stories, they focused on first-person stories of Indonesians living in the US at the time. Mostly they were bewildered by the event and its aftermath, and moved back to Indonesia as soon as possible afterward - due both to fear and anti-Islamic sentiment that reigned shortly after 9/11.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
TNP believes that the "anti-Islamic sentiment" referenced in the paragraph above has become much less of a problem over the past decade.
True, but there are still occasional problems with my more ignorant/bigoted/clueless countrymen.
TNP personally knows at least three Muslims.
True, mainly from work.
TNP follows a sports team
Kinda sorta, esp. when they're doing well: the Cleveland Indians baseball team.
TNP has been to a pro sports game in the last month.
That should have been mine, dammit! Having only lived in Moslem countries since 1993, I have an obvious answer to that.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
False. In fact I can't recall the last spectator sporting event I attended, pro or amateur.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
TNP lives in an apartment.
False, I finally have a home of my own.
TNP knows at least three buddhists.
True, and then some; my mom and her family are all Vietnamese Buddhists.
TNP owns a pair of roller skates or roller blades.
True, I have both. :)Quote:
Originally posted by OneCentStamp
TNP uses a bike as a regular mode of transportation (not just for pleasure riding).
No. I'm sorry to admit I haven't ridden my bike all summer.
TNP has a relatively new car.
False and that's unlikely to change in the near future
TNP has already started shopping for Christmas
False. False false false. Too busy and not in "the spirit"
TNP has been to the doctor this week
Yes, every day this week so far. But I don't think that counts, since I work here. :)
TNP colors his or her hair on a regular basis.
False. I look at those "Just for Men" commercials and shudder.
TNP has had a hair cut in the last week.
False. I am due for a cut, though.
TNP has had a mani/pedi.
False. I've never had either - they fall into that rather large category of "girly stuff I do not understand or want to understand, even though I'm a girl."
If given a map of Europe with the names of the all the countries left blank, TNP could correctly write in all the names.
All of them? No. Maybe 75%, I think.
TNP could list all 50 of the United States within five minutes.
False. I could name maybe 20 in 5 minutes.
TNP can name all Australian states and territories in 1 minute.
Definitely no. I would do better than your average American because I live near Australia and work with lots of Australians, but I'm still not very knowledgeable.
TNP is very afraid of spiders.
No, just a little afraid of the big hairy ones that I never actually see IRL.
TNP has secretly wondered if spitz has a nickname for the rather distinctive organ depicted in his avatar.
False, false, TMI, Urrgh, brain bleach please.
TNP thinks that Elendil's Heir in fancy dress in his avatar.
I do not, though I wish it were so.
TNP has watched Dr Phil at some point in the past.
False? True? I've never seen his show, but I did see him on David Letterman once, and I'm not sure if that counts.
TNP likes Hostess Twinkies.
Um ... I haven't had one in years, but, I guess? It's sweet, anyways.
TNP likes Circus Peanuts.
True. And I don't particularly care if they're stale or fresh.
TNP loves visiting Chicago.
False, but I have never visited Chicago
TNP has at least 2 pets
Correct: a dog, a cat, two guinea pigs and a hermit crab. My sons are responsible for the care of all but the cat, though.
TNP had a dog in his or her childhood.
More than one.
TNP had a BB gun as a kid.
False.
TNP maintains (as do I) that there is no such thing as a "fresh" circus peanut, as those suckers pop outta the factory stale.
True, those things are a horror show of texture and flavor.
TNP is planning a costume for Halloween.
False, although I am expecting lots of kids to come round looking for sweets
TNP is going on holiday in the next month or so
True! I leave on Thurs. morning for a four-day-weekend trip with friends to some Civil War battlefields in Virginia, incl. Appomattox, where I've never been before.
TNP has been to a historic battlefield in the past three months.
False. Probably. I may have crossed lands where battles between Indian nations and each other or white settlers occurred, but nothing commemorated.
TNP has a Fitocracy account.
False, I haven't seen that site before. It looks kind of like SparkPeople? (Which I found to be the opposite of helpful.)
TNP is really loving a book they're reading.
True. I'm on the third Mistborn book, and they've been getting successively better with each installment. Definitely a welcome change-up from the rest of 2011 so far, which has been pretty much all Victorian.
TNP thinks this is cute:
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr...f9gqo1_500.jpg
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...le-480x384.jpg
Ahem. True.
TNP is eating leftovers for dinner tonight.
Well, kinda true, my wife included some leftover mashed potatoes among the various dishes.
TNP often wears clothes that are too tight.
False. My weight has been pretty stable for decades now. If something gets too tight on me it goes to Goodwill.
TNP, like the turtles, loves strawberries.
True, strawberries are yummy.
TNP loves turtles, whether strawberry eating or teenage mutant ninjas.
True, turtles and bears are my favorite cute animals.
TNP has watched a black-and-white movie in the last month.
False. I saw Midnight in Paris a few days ago, but it was in color (and pretty good).
TNP has seen that movie.
False, never seen it.
TNP prefers reading black on white to white on black?
Yeah, I guess so -- white on black seems strange to me. (And I feel oddly dirty having typed that, even though it's about reading.)
TNP has dated someone of another race.
True.
TNP is sad that the days are getting shorter.
False. I prefer cool weather to hot.
TNP has done something cool in the past month.
False, apart from perhaps sunbathing in october.
TNP has shaved their head or had a crewcut at any point in their life?
True: I had a shaved or nearly-shaved head through most of high school, and even today my hair is barely an inch long on top.
TNP posts to at least one other board as actively (in terms of posts/day) as they do this one.
True. The Straight Dope gets just about as much posting love from me as Mellophant.
TNP has a favorite pen.
False, I a favored type of pen, but I have a whole bunch of them laying around.
TNP has Columbus Day off.
Correct! Much to my sons' disgust; they'll be in school.
TNP has seen Moneyball, the new Brad Pitt baseball movie (I did this afternoon, and it's great).
False. (Thought about seeing it with my kid today, but the times didn't work.)
TNP has had a cold recently.
False, although I'm apparently allergic to Everything That Blooms in September in California.
TNP got a good night's sleep last night.
True; I took 12mg of melatonin at 8:45, and slept for nine solid hours of very weird dreams.
TNP knows exactly what he or she is going to eat at the next meal.
True. Hungry Jack's for breakfast! =)
TNP is tired today.
True; just stepping into my office is exhausting.
TNP owns an Etch-A-Sketch.
False, although my family had one many years ago.
TNP likes to play chess.
True - if it's purely for fun. Too serious, and I'm out.
TNP saw flowers today.
True, I have a garden of them.
TNP is having a bonfire this year.
Yes, probably, in our backyard pit. Maybe for Halloween, come to think of it! Our boys are all budding pyromaniacs.
TNP has a brother.
False, I've only got sisters.
TNP is an oldest child.
Nah, third of four.
TNP has dated a twin (or twins, if that's how you roll).
False, and the twins thing never really appealed to me either.
TNP lives within 5 miles of their family
False, my nearest family members are about 700 miles away. :(
TNP is still in contact with friends from elementary school.
False. I'm still in touch with five high school buddies, though.
TNP is digging the Halloween decor around here.
Yeah, nice work by CIAS.
TNP is feeling vaguely annoyed by a bunch of stuff.
True, I could write a long, long list of job-related stuff alone.
TNP feels secure in their future.
True. Fairly secure, anyway: I have a good job where I think I'm valued, I live in a nice place, my health is good, my marriage is wonderful. Barring tsunami, meteor impact, or sudden stroke, I think the foreseeable future looks pretty solid.
TNP has had a massage from a professional in the past year.
False. But I bought a day-at-the-spa package for my wife last Christmas and she still hasn't used it yet, so I just encouraged her to do so!
TNP almost always votes.
The past few elections, yeah. The kid kinda shames me into it.
TNP isnt' quite sure how many credit cards they have.
Nope, I know how many. I make sure it is barely any.
TNP is planning to go to the movies this weekend
True. I may go see Galaxy Quest tonight at the local college film series, or finish The Guns of Navarone on DVD; dunno yet. Maybe both!
TNP likes WWII movies.
True, although I prefer accurate ones to american ones :p
TNP is below average height.
False. I'm pretty tall.
TNP could eat some cheese fries right now.
True. But then, I could always eat cheese fries.
TNP enjoys to play the Angry Birds.
I've seen references to that game but have never actually played it myself, so false.
TNP has a dog sleeping somewhere nearby.
False, cats only for me
TNP will walk more than half a mile today between two places.
True, my home-to-work walk is about a mile and a half.
TNP has started their holiday shopping.
False, I don't believe in doing it too early.
TNP has been on a train recently.
True, but then it is my daily commute. :(
TNP has driven for more than three hours straight?
Yes, now and then; most recently, driving to give a speech in a distant town - almost four hours on the road each way. I prefer not to drive that far on my own in one go, though.
TNP would have a household robot if one were available.
True, and as I have a Roomba, I would say I already have one :D
TNP prefers thin crust to thick crust pizza?
No, I like both equally - depends on my mood which one I will pick.
TNP has never had poison ivy.
False. I've had mild cases a time or two, and once got it pretty bad as a teenager while weeding my parents' ivy beds.
TNP likes John Grisham novels.
False. Started one one time, got maybe four pages into it.
TNP has never read a Stephen King novel.
VERY false.
TNP has never finished a work by Tolstoy.
Correct. I doubt I've read more than a cumulative ten pages of Tolstoy in my life.
TNP is rather proud of having finished a very long classic book.
True, but as LotR counts, that is probably most people on this board ;)
TNP regularly reads comics.
Nah, not since I was a kid.
TNP is a pretty good artist.
False. I used to do watercolors, but I'm a dilettante at best.
TNP is going to a Halloween party this coming weekend.
Correct! Costume party on Sat. night. Not sure yet what I'll wear.
TNP knew that today is United Nations Day.
False, it is????
TNP got to have a lie-in this morning.
Nah, not so much.
TNP could eat a curry right now.
False, I had a curry for dinner last night, and 2 meals in a row would be pushing it.
TNP likes spicy food.
I do. Not burning-my-mouth-lining hot, but spicy for sure.
As to UN Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Day
TNP is probably (if clandestinely) going to have a McRib now that they're on sale again.
False. I don't believe I have ever had a McRib before.
TNP woke up this morning feeling happy for no apparent reason.
False. Wish I had.
TNP has a vague feeling they're coming down with something.
False. Just fighting with persistent allergies.
TNP is voting within the next week or two.
True - I never miss a chance to vote; I'm all about the civic duty. As a particular incentive, we have two friends running locally, one for city council and the other for school board. Both have a pretty good chance of winning.
TNP likes Cobra Starship's "You Make Me Feel...." (my favorite recent earworm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpyZEzrDf4c&ob=av2e
True, it's not bad, but then I was expecting this instead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG2ixYJ79iE
TNP is waiting for 70's fashion to come back round.
False, I'm not much of a fashionista.
TNP has facial hair.
True, a graying beard and mustache.
TNP has stocked up on candy for Halloween.
Yup, several buckets for the little kids.
TNP has carved a pumpkin.
False, I don't have a location to set up a jack-o-lantern ...
TNP thinks that this should be the kind of holiday you get off from work.
Sure, why not? I'll use just about any excuse for a day off (well, not really, but it's tempting).
TNP ate too much Halloween candy tonight.
Maybe a little -- nothing too serious.
TNP knows a Wiccan IRL.
True. I am a half-assed pagan about 45% of the time, but I have a friend who goes all-out with the covenings and the sabbats and the whatnot.
TNP is craving Day of the Dead bread. (If your aren't, you should be, because it's tasty.)
Well, not craving, but I wouldn't mind a bite.
TNP prefers jelly doughnuts to glazed.
True, the jam doughnut is a masterpiece unsurpassable with modern confectional frippery.
TNP prefers social democracy to enlightened autocracy.
False, I think I would prefer the enlightened autocracy
TNP prefers apples to oranges?
False, a perfect orange is much tastier than a perfect apple. Harder to fine, though.
TNP enjoys leafy green veggies.
True, if joined on the table by some kind of meat, fish or crustecean.
TNP has personally caught a fish.
Yep, more than one. Last one was a 12 pound rainbow trout this summer. (Someone else netted it, but I'd reeled it in.)
TNP has shot an animal.
False. Targets yes, animals no.
TNP has been on a 3 day or longer hike?
Oh, yes. Back in my Boy Scouting days I did that several times, most memorably at Philmont, the huge Scout ranch in northern New Mexico. Good times.
TNP was in a Scouting program as a kid.
True and much fun was had to.
TNP used to be a Girl Scout when younger.
False, but I was an Indian Princess. (Incidentally, I'm shocked that the program still exists under that name.)
TNP has been tobogganing.
If plastic sleds and garbage can lids count, then yes. Actual burnished hardwood toboggan? No. :)
TNP has seen a working black-and-white television.
Sure. I can remember when somebody getting a colour TV was a big deal.
TNP has used a rotary phone.
True, my grandparents still have one hooked up in their basement.
TNP has seen/lived around an Amish community.
Well, within half an hour's drive of one, yes, when I lived in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Some Amish people were (very unwillingly) caught up in a child custody dispute that I was tangentially involved in, and during the trial stayed in the home of a lawyer I knew. He later told me that the thing that most surprised him about them was how much they loved loved loved orange juice! They knocked it back like it was going out of style. Guess they didn't get much on the farm.
TNP has gone weeks without drinking orange juice.
As of right now, I've likely gone at least a year. We don't keep it in the house, so the last orange juice I drank probably came with a restaurant breakfast on some morning when I didn't feel like coffee for whatever reason. Either that or it had a generous splash of vodka in it.
TNP owns more than one device for making coffee.
False. I don't even have one. I only drink coffee when away from home.
TNP has already set his or her clocks for Daylight Savings Time.
False, my only clocks are in my computer and my cell phone, and they set themselves. :sci:
TNP has already squandered their extra Daylight Savings hour.
True. I should be using it to sleep.
TNP just might take a nap Monday.
False, I wish.....
TNP has won something (no matter how small) from a scratchcard?
A scratch and win lottery ticket? Sure, in fact, I've got a five dollar one that I've got to remember to cash.
TNP has won a significant amount of money in a lottery or raffle.
False, I ain't never won nothing.
TNP enjoys gambling.
False; it gives me anxiety, mania, depression...yeah, it isn't pretty. I can play poker with friends for a few bucks, or throw down a small amount on a sporting event, but the idea of sitting at a poker table in a casino, or a slot machine, fills me with dread.
TNP has been at his or her current job for over two years.
Correct. Just passed the ten-year mark, as a matter of fact. One of these days I should get it right!
TNP has held the same job for at least ten years at some point in his or her life.
False, but I'm a young'un by comparison :p
TNP has worked in their ideal job?
Close to it, yes. But there's always room for improvement.
TNP likes The Nutcracker Suite (it's playing on the radio right now).
True, but not to listen to more than once or twice a year.
TNP likes the ballet in general.
False. Just doesn't do much for me at all.
TNP is looking forward to The Hobbit, Part I late next year.
False. I found the LOTR movies unwatchable, am content with the simple joys of the books.
TNP has a bad back.
False, I just know it is going to suck.
TNP is hoping the don't screw up The Hobbit: Part 1 next year :p
I've been ninja'd
False, I don't have a bad back
TNP is hoping the don't screw up The Hobbit: Part 1 next year