Tagged AGAIN?! This time by Alice H.

4 Jobs I Have Had

1) Hostess - Steak & Ale
2) Account Executive - TMP Worldwide
3) Strategy Supervisor - OMD/Prometheus
4) Print Negotiator - OMD

4 Movies I Can Watch Over and Over Again

1) "Pride and Prejudice" (BBC/A&E version with Colin Firth)
2) "Love Actually"
3) "Bring it On"
4) "Zoolander"

4 TV Shows I Watch

1) "Grey's Anatomy"
2) "House"
3) "24"
4) "Gilmore Girls" 4 Things I Wished I'd Done Earlier in Life

1) Moved to somewhere outside of Texas right after college
2) Studied abroad in France
3) Realized the "trueness" of Tommy Nelson's quote (from 3.22.06 post)
4) Spent more time with my dad 4 Places I Have Lived

1) Taipei, Taiwan
2) Tulsa, OK
3) Bedford/Plano/Dallas, TX
4) Austin, TX

4 Places I'd Like to Visit

1) Europe
2) Shanghai, China
3) Alaska
4) Vancouver, BC

4 of My Favorite Dishes

1) Chick-fil-A sandwich
2) Beef noodle soup from Tong's House or Mr. Shabu Shabu
3) Mille Crepe cake from Lady M
4) Alaskan king crab legs from Bob Chinn's

4 Sites I Visit Daily

1) www.xanga.com
2) mail.yahoo.com, www.mailcan.com, www.gmail.com
3) www.srds.com
4) www.worldjournal.com (heehee!)

4 Software Applications I Can't Live Without

1) Excel
2) Powerpoint
3) Firefox/Internet Explorer
4) iTunes

4 Things That Most People Don't Know About Me

1) I minored in French
2) I have stitches on the top of my head (from lacerations, if you must know)
3) My braces were started by an orthodontist in Taiwan and finished by one in Tulsa
4) I like to feel the corners of pillows/pillowcases

4 Random Items in My Bag

1) Gum
2) iPod
3) My wedding guest list
4) Copy of Michelle's acceptance letter

4 Things I'll Never Forget

1) My wedding day
2) Watching my father as he took his last breath
3) Waiting outside "someone's" apartment in the cold with my sister
4) The feeling I had the night before I left for college

4 Bloggers I Am Passing on the Torch to

1) AZ_n_Monty
2) Maiday919
3) wonggawhy
3) texpax (THIS, will surely end this xanga tagging non-sense!)

Just to Make You Happy Threefeeahead!

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. What does it say?
"...no more substantial good than the general approbation of the neighbourhood." (Guess what book it is!)

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What can you touch?
My IKEA lamp post

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Flipped back and forth between WGN News and "Sex and the City"

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
11:20pm

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
11:49pm

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The heater, and the "dings" from AIM conversations (which is the computer I guess)

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
I have not stepped outside again since coming home from work at around 8pm

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
My gmail

9. What are you wearing?
White long-sleeve t-shirt and black pants

10. Did you dream last night?
I do not recall

11. When did you last laugh?
Around 3pm, when my boss sent a mass email to the group about my ability to cancel Outlook meetings

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Nothing. But I have an Oasis Family "pizza" picture that I mean to put up

13. Seen anything weird lately?
There was a pinata hanging on a power line post at one end of my alley - maybe more creepy than weird?

14. What do you think of this quiz?
Kinda random, and not really "quizzing" me on anything

15. What is the last film you saw?
"Failure to Launch"

In the theatre?
Yes

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
10% to church
A home for us
A home for my mom
A home for his parents
Homes for all our siblings
Early Christmas/birthday/whatever gifts for friends (just speaking the love language)
Lots of shoes and handbags
Lots of kitchen gadgets
Travel to fun places
Save the rest for retirement and kids' education

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know.
I didn't know how to speak English until after the 6th grade. (Aside from knowing the alphabet, "birthday cake," and "thank you very much")

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
"Chick-fil-A" in every city. Especially in Chicago.

19. Do you like to dance?
Does Bryan get upset about missing a good deal?

20. George Bush: has twins

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Emma - but Ross and Rachel already took it

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Jacob - but I already have a cousin named Jacob

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Highly dependant on the location, but generally yes

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
"It's all good now."

25. 4 people who must also do this quiz in THEIR blog:
TananaBean , xiaoting13, fhill82, and mezuzah

We Can All See Clearly Now

Yay for Michelle! (Sister-in-Law)

Future Optometrist, Class of 2010


Sorry for the old picture, circa Summer 2002.

Quote of the Day--One of My Faves

"Guys, you don't go kissin' on some woman before you're willing to be responsible for holding her heart."
-- Tommy Nelson

So true. *sigh*

Marriage is...

• To never have to be lonely again
• To give 100% and receive 100%
• Blissful and fulfilling
• To have to live with a boy
• A picture of the relationship between Christ and His church
• Dirty laundry and dishes
• Having someone to kill the spiders for you
• Playing house, but way more expensive
  
• Glorifying
• Leaving and cleaving
  
• Grace in action
• Till death do part
  
• A very "grown-up" thing
• Living with your best friend
  

An unconditional commitment to an imperfect person.

I Love My Friends

Lately, I have been reminded of the blessings of friendships - friends who will call me and tell me when something I want is on sale, friends who send me notes of encouragement when I feel desolate, friends who will put up with my irrational hate for driving and give me rides, friends who will be the voices of reason in my overly dramatic emotional states, friends who I can count on to pray for me in good times, in bad times...

Certain friends, you just know you'll remain close for a long, long time, no matter where life may take you, or the physical distance between you.

Rock Your Prom

Just came back from the JCPenney/Seventeen Rock-Your-Prom model call at Woodfield. I got to meet Alex M. from Laguna Beach!!! She was the mean one on the show who stole Jason from Jessica for the Winter Formal and causes them to break up and the goes out with Jason but just to have Jason cheat on her with Jessica. Haha. Anyway, Seventeen got her to be the talent there at the event. She's not a bad singer, I must admit.

It was fun to have my teenage giddy moment when I met her. Although I did feel kinda bad when I walked to the front of the line (I'm the client after all), cutting in front of all those 15-year-olds trying to get autographs from her. Oh well. What's fun about life if you can't have people pull strings for you?



Maybe I should have worn a little more make up and fixed my hair.

Power of Old People