Product testing, testing, one, two, three…
- You might be wondering, “So what the heck is this Monday Poll thing anyway?”
Well, it isn’t much of a poll. It’s more just a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random list of questions I’ve been putting out to readers every Monday morning for the past four years. I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you enjoy reading mine.
- Mood:
- Do you consider yourself an organized person, and if so, does it come naturally to you, or do you have to work at it?
- Your favorite hand cream?
- What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
- Have you ever been in a band?
- Ferris wheels: fun or frightening?
- What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
- How often do you heat style your hair?
- Can you eat with chopsticks?
- Weekly goals:
Better now, but last night? Apocalypse dream. Yep, probably because I watched all 12 episodes of Survivors over the span of three days. A few of the characters were even in the dream, which was very unsettling. In it, everyone knew exactly when the world would end, but no one could do anything to stop it. It was inevitable, and people spent their final moments saying goodbyes and “I love you” to each other.
For me and I bet like most people, it depends on my state of mind. When I’m happy and physically comfortable, I think I do alright, but if I’m feeling down or overstressed, I start ignoring my to-do lists and let the clutter spiral out of control.
I’ve been totally into Clarins Hand and Nail Cream ever since I got a sample size as a GWP from Nordstrom a couple months back. I love the light, fresh scent, and it absorbs into my skin quickly without leaving a greasy film behind.
If they’re on the menu, banana pancakes! Om nom nom…
Have I ever! 🙂 If school marching band counts. Oh, and once I sang with a friend’s dad’s cover band at a random wedding reception.
Fun! Especially on a clear, starry night.
I was about to say, “The ability to make a mean scrambled egg,” but seriously, I think kindness, above everything else. I was lucky to marry the kindest man I’ve ever met.
Every time I wash it, which is about three times a week ever since I cut it shorter into a Cleopatra-style bob with bangs. I use a hairdryer or flat iron to smooth out my natural waves.
It’s a phase… Before long I’m sure I’ll be all about my waves again.
I can to pick up stuff that’s pretty big and relatively easy, like sushi, but tiny things like peas? Forget it.
I made it to two yoga classes last week, so I’d like to do that again. I also want to make sure I get to bed by 10 every night and read at least 30 minutes a day.
- To complete the Monday Poll, just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.
Hello and happy holiday, friend. How’s it going?
Tabs is in the office this morning totally micro-managing my work… Scratch here, pet there, and at one point he plopped on top of the keyboard and refused to budge until I massaged his tum. It’s a miracle I was able to finish this post!
Assuming that you don’t have a cat/dog blocking your screen or keyboard right now, do you have time to touch base with the Monday Poll? I always love to hear from you, but especially on Mondays.
1. Mood:
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
3. Your favorite hand cream?
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
5. Have you ever been in a band?
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
10. Weekly goals:
Hmm… having a little trouble staying focussed this morning. Let’s hope that wears off soon.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
1. Mood: Cheerful. Snow day in Seattle!
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Yes. Mostly.
3. Your favorite hand cream? Cake Beauty Milk Made!
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? A lot of food. I’m a huge breakfast eater! Usually something savory + something sweet (like a scramble + a side of pancakes) and a lot of coffee!
5. Have you ever been in a band? Does marching band in high school count?
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Patience.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Never! Haha.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Of course 🙂 Grew up eating all kinds of Asian food. Sink or swim! Or you know, go hungry 😉
10. Weekly goals: Get focused, tackle some of the problems that have been hanging over my head.
Hi Larie,
What instrument did you play in band? I played both flute for a few years and then mellophone in my senior year.
1. Mood: tired…
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? wish I could say yes.
3. Your favorite hand cream? right now I really love the one from Clarins
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? I eat a lot for breakfast of brunch actually so I could go on and on lol
5. Have you ever been in a band? No, but it seems that all my friends are 🙂
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? probably scary
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? trustworthy!
8. How often do you heat style your hair? almost never
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? yes
10. Weekly goals: stay calm
Lovely photo above! Have a fab week, Karen! 🙂
Thanks, Marina! You have a great week too. 🙂
1. Mood: a bit tired. i feel like im coming down with something.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? very much so.
3. Your favorite hand cream? LOccitanes. im very loyal.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? i love love love waffles and fresh fruit. and coffee – the fancier the better!
5. Have you ever been in a band? nope.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? superduper fun!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? he has to be someone i can trust.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? last year, almost never. since i cut it, more often than i like.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? yes.
10. Weekly goals: to not get sick.
Ugh, I felt the same way last Friday. Are you drinking a lot of fluids? I hope you can get some rest today.
im at work 🙁 but i am loading up on the water and OJ … so hopefully this doesnt get any worse! hope you feel better!!!
Oh no. 🙁 Well, I hope they don’t work ya too hard there today. I’m feeling much better, thanks. I did my usual Cold-Eeze, Emergen-C and water combo and that seemed to help keep it at bay. Tabs sends you healing biscuits…
ive been taking my airborne + OJ (diluted w/ water) + more water combo … it seems to work in that i havent gotten any worse …
thank you dear Tabs for my biscuits, they are much appreciated! 🙂
1. Mood: I’m just chill, although slightly tired
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Does organized disaster count, ‘cuz I definitely feel like that’s me.
3. Your favorite hand cream? I got the same Clarins cream as a GWP sometime before Thanksgiving. Love it!
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? French toast, hashbrowns, scrambled eggs! Oh, and bacon, but only if it’s really, really crispy. Mushy bacon= no bueno.
5. Have you ever been in a band? Umm, no. Unless by band you mean club (and by club I mean nerdy ones).
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? FUN! Tilt-a-whirls on the other hand…
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Empathy, kindness, integrity.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? I try not to at all, but I do have to give a shot of blowdryer to speed the process along now that my hair is reaching Eve-like lengths. I rarely curl or straighten since my hair is pretty straight to begin with.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? I rarely attempt to do this and stick with Western forks, and my dinner mates probably secretly thank me for this.
10. Weekly goals: go to bed EARLY, finish some chores I didn’t get around to this weekend and get some meditation/yoga time in (recently re-started doing this and love)!
Yeah, that Clarins hand cream is good! Did you try the MOR hand cream from the GWP? That was also very good.
BTW, I’m loving yoga these days, too.
No, I haven’t…but I will now! 😉
Le List
1. Mood:
Not too bad. Keeping busy at work, which helps the time go by.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
Yes, most of the time. I love spreadsheets and to-do lists, but sometimes I have a hard time being motivated to actually check things off my to-do list.
3. Your favorite hand cream?
Neutrogena Fast Absorbing Hand Cream. Although I’m on the lookout for one with SPF.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
Belgian waffles (if it’s on the menu). Otherwise, some other kind of waffle or pancakes.
5. Have you ever been in a band?
Nope.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
They’re okay. I haven’t been on one in years.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
I’m with you on kindness. Also having a sense of humor is a big plus.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
Every day. I know that’s a lot, but I use heat protectant and take a break on the weekends.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
Not very well! The last time I ate sushi, I dropped a piece and splatterd myself with soy sauce!
10. Weekly goals:
Make a list of houses to look at with our realtor. Keep up with my menu plan so we don’t eat out as much.
Ella loves to sit with me on my computer chair. Somehow it ends up with her taking up most of the space and I’m perched on the very edge of the chair. She’s so cute I hate to make her move. 🙂
Aw, Ella wants to be close to you! Tabs does the same thing with our computer chairs too. El Hub actually now has a separate chair next to his desk solely for Tabs… yeah, we’re crazy cat people. 🙂
Does Ella ever try to sit on your desk?
1. Mood: Relaxed! I can get used to these three day weekends!
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? In my heart I want to be one of those people who has a place for everything and everything in it’s place! But alas, with a husband and two kids, I am not as organized as I’d like to be. But one of my New Year’s resolutions was to organize this house!
3. Your favorite hand cream? Neutrogena hand cream, the heavy duty Swiss formula. I have raggedy cuticles in the Winter, and that seems to help. It’s really heavy though, so I have to wipe it off my palms so I can open doors.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Eggs, bacon, hash browns, and an English muffin! Basic but always delicious! And I’ll need a ton of ketchup for my eggs and my English muffin to be slathered in butter and strawberry jam!
5. Have you ever been in a band? I too was in marching band, I played clarinet. Love love loved it!!! My fourth grader plays clarinet now, and I couldn’t be happier!
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun, but I pretend I’m scared to make my kids laugh!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? A sense of humor! After 15 years of marriage, the ability to laugh has gotten more and more important! Also, having separate computers and liking different kinds of chips. Trust me on this one, fifteen years of being happily married, I know some stuff!
8. How often do you heat style your hair? It depends on what my hair style is, I have a long shag, and right now my natural waves work with the cut. Three months ago when it was shorter, I was heat styling with the flatiron every day. It’s bad too, because I have thin hair and hair dryers and flatirons cause the worst split ends. I’m due for a haircut pretty soon…
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yep! I bought nice chopsticks to eat with at home, it’s fun and there’s a feeling of accomplishment after a meal!
10. Weekly goals: Exercise! Clean up the kids’ room, organize my closets!
LOL, Stef! I loved your answer to number 7. 🙂
What type of exercise are you gonna do this week? I’ve got yoga and running on my agenda.
1. Mood:
pumped. just got back to the gym so my endorphins are flowing and the shedd aquarium is having a free day today, bf and i are going to take advantage
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
yup! every class notebook a different color, drawer for a different item, calendar online and in a notebook color coded
3. Your favorite hand cream?
not just a hand cream but the body shop coconut body butter works great and smells good too
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
an omelette with pancakes on the side, and lots of hash browns
5. Have you ever been in a band?
nope. not musically inclined in any way
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
horrifying. i am really afraid of heights. went on a relatively small one on a beach in california one summer with my sister (who was probably 10 at the time, i was 14) and i shouldnt stop shaking or crying.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
living a moral life. not to say they are angels, i do plenty of things that aren’t perfect but being a good person and being polite and respectful of others.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
only on special occasions, i can deal with my hair on the day to day, maybe once or twice a month, if that.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
most definitely!
10. Weekly goals:
now that my cold is gone, keep up going to the gym. don’t eat out since there is so much food in the house. keep my semester going well and doing homework in advance.
Good for you for hitting the gym today, Beth! What kind of workout did you do?
1. Mood: somewhat relaxed
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Kind of, but I still have to work at it.
3. Your favorite hand cream? Neutrogena hand cream.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? If they have an interesting selectio of pastry, I order the pastry basket. If not, I usually end up with omlette or french toast.
5. Have you ever been in a band? No.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? To be honest, I feel they’re kind of boring…
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Trustworthiness.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Very rarely. I never use hair dryer or flat/curling iron unless I went to get my hair cut or styled.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? I can, but not with the correct way (to hold the chopstick). A bit embarassing since I am of Chinese heritage.
10. Weekly goals: Start filling out applications for a major, get motivated to do other school-related stuff.
1. Mood:
ok
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
Yes.
3. Your favorite hand cream?
Don’t have one.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
Pancakes.
5. Have you ever been in a band?
Nope.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
Scary!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
Trustworthy.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
Usually only for special occasions.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
Nope!
10. Weekly goals:
get some sleep!
1. Mood: Tired. I hate Mondays 🙁
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Eh, to a certain degree. I’m not anal about it like some people I know but I like to have things organized my way.
3. Your favorite hand cream? L’Occitane.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Usually eggs over easy, turkey sausage and rye toast.
5. Have you ever been in a band? Nope. I can’t sing at all. I’d like to think that I can. I’m always singing in the car or in the house and I can’t carry a tune to save my life. My husband and son always make fun of me singing and ask what I did with the money. I’m like what money? The response, the money for the singing lessons. I got a new iPod touch with “what did you do with the money” engraved on the back.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Kindness and generosity.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? I wash and blow dry my hair every day.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Nope.
10. Weekly goals: I just joined Weight Watchers. My goals this week are to track everything I eat and get to the gym at least 3 times.
1. Mood: Tired. It’s 10 pm already.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Yes and no. I’m very organized when I’m doing things, but my home is not entirely organized.
3. Your favorite hand cream? I have not found it yet.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? I don’t know if I’ve done that, but I could go with an omelette/eggs with spinach, toasts, fruits, and juice if course.
5. Have you ever been in a band? Not really, but I used to play a large cord instrument (a national specialty), and we played together.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun! Last April I had a ride on a huge one in Amsterdam. It was taller than the buildings! It was situated right at the heart of the city.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Healthy lifestyle (no tobacco or alcohol).
8. How often do you heat style your hair? I heat it every time I wash it, but never style it 🙂 ! (it’s so straight.)
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yes, of course. I use them many times every week.
10. Weekly goals: Nothing special.
1. Mood: pretty chill and unproductive. I feel like a kid from dazed and confused, (minus the green!) sitting in class doing almost nothing, but sometimes ya just gotta take a minute for yourself, ya know?
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
Oh heeell naw! I thrive in chaos. One of my favourite quotes is from Albert Einstein; “if a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what is an empty desk?”… Or so thing like that.
3. Your favorite hand cream?
I bought my boyfriend’s sister and mom this really great hand cream for Christmas from chapters called “Tokyo milk”. It has a great sandalwood and Jasmine scent and I’ve been thinking of picking one up for myself ever since :p
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
Protien!! 🙂 lots of cottage cheese, sausage and eggs and bacon with fruit. Gotta get your vitamins in there too. Ooh and a nice big cup of green tea.
5. Have you ever been in a band?
Nope, but I’ve been in choirs, and have jammed and performed with many different people and instruments.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
Fun! Especially when you’re with someone who’s scared and the bench rocks when you’re at the top, haha.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
A good balance of intelligence, humor, and ettiquite. Knowing how to have fun and laugh, but also knowing how to have serious conversations and how to adress people with proper manners.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
Since I made the leap to going rihanna red, as least often as I can :p I try to not even wash it, so that means a lot of dry shampoo, backcombing, and various types of braiding to give it volume and texture without jeopardising my vibrant color.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
Like a mofo! My dad (sushi freak) taught me at a young age, so I’m pretty good with em. Like an extension of my hand.
10. Weekly goals:
Get to classes and complete missing work, workout at least 3x this week, put together two new outfits, SAVE MONEY!
1. Mood: Good!
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Oh, gosh, no. Things used to run almost perfectly because I’ve always had a great memory. Now that I’m getting old and senile, lots of things fall through the cracks. 🙂
3. Your favorite hand cream? I don’t think I have one – I kind of bounce around.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Either an omelet or poached eggs with an English Muffin or bagel and bacon.
5. Have you ever been in a band? Officially, or jumping on stage while one is playing at a bar? HAHA! Not officially; I have no talent for playing instruments or singing, sadly.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Low key fun.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Like you, I think it’s a kind heart.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Everyday. Hopefully I won’t look like the Scarecrow or Kojak in 10 years.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yes, but I’m not sure I hold them the right way. Still, whatever works. 🙂
10. Weekly goals: Not freeze to death. It was minus 10 F this weekend. And we spent most of it in ice rinks, to boot. Since then, I’ve looked like a ball of fleece and wool!
1. Mood: Whipped. The terrible twos have hit my little one, and I’m wondering how early is too early to crack open a bottle of wine.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Not so much! Well, I know where things are when I need to find them. But they’re probably in a pile on the table.
3. Your favorite hand cream? Plain old Cetaphil lotion.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Hash browns. Not home fries, not fried potatoes…greasy, julienned hash browns. And orange juice. So it’s healthy.
5. Have you ever been in a band? I used to sing at the church I grew up at, but that’s about it.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Terrifying.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Compassion. For yourself, your partner, and those you’ve never met. Animals, too.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? I dry it daily, but that’s it. Pixie cut = no straightener! At last!
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Sure can. Even rice!
10. Weekly goals: Practice some new volleyball drills nightly…keep the wine bottle closed until at least 5pm…get my great room carpet cleaned.
1. Mood: So lazy. Need to take down holiday decorations but I’m just not feeling it.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?: For the most part. I bought a filing cabinet for myself for Christmas to aid in organization lol.
3. Your favorite hand cream?: L’Occitane lavender cream, though the CaudalÃe hand/cuticle cream I picked up from Sephora last week is pretty nice.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?: PalaÄinka! Basically the Croatian/Serbian version of crepes.
5. Have you ever been in a band?: Yes. Orchestras, jazz bands, rock bands, noise bands.. the list goes on.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?: Fun! My all time favorite is the one on Coney Island.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?: Trustworthy.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?: Never. My hair is pin straight and refuses to hold a curl no matter how much I try, so I let it do it’s own thing. Don’t even use a blow dryer!
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?: Yeah. Not my favorite, but it’s do-able.
10. Weekly goals: Cut of 15 inches (!!!) of my hair for Pantene Beautiful Lengths. I haven’t cut it (with the exception of trimming my bangs at home) in over 3 years. I think it’s time for a change. This will be my 5th time donating!
I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
1. Mood: Okay. It is frighteningly cold here (-20F, -28 C, with windchill, I think its around -30 C). So all I want to do is snuggle in bed with a good book and a cup of tea. Unfortunately, work has to be done, and class 1 of a workout class is tonight, which I’m trying to convince myself to attend.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? When I have the time and patience, yes. I’m really good at organizing things. Keeping them organized? Ha.
3. Your favorite hand cream? I recently tried L’occitane’s hand cream last night, as my paws feel like I was running them along a cheese grater (I have no idea what the heck I did!), I tried Body Shop Body Butter, a really nice cheap handcream that smells like chocolate(usually works), Normal St. Ives body lotion.. nothing helped until I pulled out the big guns of L’occitane. I did notice it took a little while to sink in, but I was desperate! No greasy residue though, which was lovely.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? I have hard times ordering food, but usually crepes or something with hashbrowns will fit the bill really nicely! My favourite breaky place has chocolate french toast(made out of chocolate bread) with grilled banana. Oh wow.
5. Have you ever been in a band? Yes. Well.. school nerdy band count? And when I say school band I mean.. every band that was in my school. Jazz, Concert, Orchestra, as well as just regular class band. It was a great place to be, really amazing people and a great environment especially in the ridiculous soul searching episode that high school is.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun? I don’t think I’ve ever been on one. They seem fun though.. I’m not a ride person, but I think I could handle that.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Consideration. one of my favourite things about the boy is how considerate he is. He is very aware of how I’m feeling a situation and will try to make it better if it isn’t. He is constantly aware of things that he can do to make my life easier. I always struggle to describe how he is and what consideration means, but it definitely encompasses kindness as well as a big dose of thoughtfulness.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? maybe once a week? If its super cold (like today), I need to blow dry the mane so it doesn’t freeze. Otherwise, I usually let it air dry. The curling iron or straightening iron usually gets pulled out once every two weeks though.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yes. When we were growing up, a friend of the family would take us for fancy Chinese food dinner.. Well we weren’t allowed to eat with forks (a rule by our parents), so you learned chopsticks might fast. Its a great skill to have, and I really enjoy eating with them now.
10. Weekly goals: go to the work out class tonight! Get through more than half of Jillian’s ab workout (I only made it 10 minutes last time..), drink a lot of water, read a bunch, cook some full meals, as well as meet with the mortgage specialist on thursday.
1. Mood: Pretty good! I got to see the family I used to live with for the first 3 years I was in Belgium, have a facial with the mum and the sister, and play with the family dog!
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Oh God am I not! I am so painfully organized that I probably can’t fall asleep if I know something’s lying where it’s not supposed to! It’s boarders on OCD though, so I’m trying to relax more!
3. Your favorite hand cream? Caudalie hand and nail cream (light yet effective, for daytime), Jurlique rose hand cream (for nighttime), and L’Occitane shea butter hand cream (both daytime and nighttime). I’m really digging their 2011 limited edition hand creams. All three smells (coca flower, desert rose, hibiscus flower) are delicious!
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Croissant or pain au chocolat. I love pancakes but you don’t really get them here in Europe, so I make my own (banana pancakes when I have ripe bananas in the house).
5. Have you ever been in a band? Nope, but I was a choir girl for years and years!
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun! I’m not afraid of heights, and I love the view you get with ferris wheels!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Kindness. I don’t see myself being with someone who is unkind!
8. How often do you heat style your hair? About 3 times a week, every time after I shampoo my hair. I got a perm, so I have to put some mousse in my hair and dry it with a diffuser.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Despite the fact that I’m from Taiwan, I’m not very good with it. I mean I can, but I actually don’t hold my chopsticks right. I prefer knives, forks, and spoons on most occasions…
10. Weekly goals: Buckle down and work on translating the book I’m supposed to be done with by the end of the month. It’s just so dense and mind-numbing… huh
1. Mood: Oh so lazy on this day off!
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? For the most part yes. Even my mess has some kind of order and I know where to find what I need.
3. Your favorite hand cream? It’s a tie between Avon’s silicone glove and Bliss high intensity hand cream. Both sink into my hands quickly, don’t leave them greasy and can withstand a hand washing or 2.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? scrambled or hard boiled eggs, wheat toast/bagel and coffee..yum
5. Have you ever been in a band? No lol
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? totally scary because I’m afraid of heights. I did go on the one in Coney Island and after a few minutes of total terror it was cool. Then it was over.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Trust. You must be able to trust that person or you won’t have a solid relationship.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Once a week if even that. I am so lazy when it comes to my hair styling.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? I can probably get 2 pieces of food in my mouth with them so can I say yes? 😉
10. Weekly goals: Get back into a work routine-with tons of outside trainings and a few days off I am kinda out the loop. Please keep working out 2-3 times a week, tracking my food, and drinking lots of water.
1. Mood:
Exhausted and a bit stressed. Getting used to a new job is always that way, huge learning curve, and it involves major multi-tasking, which is so not my forte.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
Not at all, hence the answer to the previous question!
3. Your favorite hand cream?
I like the one from Ahava.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
Anything with poached eggs makes me very happy, so a nice veggie or seafood eggs benedict — heaven!
5. Have you ever been in a band?
Never.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
Scary. I’m terrified of heights.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
Tolerance and acceptance of all people.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
Never. That may change now that I’m working.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
Can I? Yes. Can I do it well? Not so much.
10. Weekly goals:
Continue to try to work out the kinks at work and take time to destress and relax every evening.
1. Mood: So hungry, I need some chocolate or something
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? I try to be but it doesn’t work very well
3. Your favorite hand cream? Soap and Glory Hand Food
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Pancakes and loads of coffee
5. Have you ever been in a band? No
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun, although I prefer rollercoasters
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Makes me laugh, and is nice
8. How often do you heat style your hair? I straighten it every other night
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yep
10. Weekly goals: I’ve got a ton of work to do, and also to eat healthier since I was bad all weekend
1. Mood: Lazy
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Only at work!
3. Your favorite hand cream? Kiehl’s Ultimate Strength Hand Salve (the best ever!)
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? It’s always a battle between savory and sweet. When savory wins I usually get an omelette. When sweet wins I usually get French toast.
5. Have you ever been in a band? In elementary school, middle school and high school!
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Acceptance of my flaws.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? I have to blow dry my bangs every day. Damn cowlick.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yup. Can’t survive in my family without knowing how!
10. Weekly goals: Study, survive work, don’t eat too many fried things.
1. Mood: So-so…i went to bed late woke up early and I’m presently sitting behind a desk mentally bored.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Most times. There are times when I am a disorganized mess but my desk at work is always neat & tidy while my room @ may not reflect that :-/
3. Your favorite hand cream? I usually use my favorite scented BBW ones but I really & truly fell in love with this Pacifica Tahitian Gardenia – it smells delish!
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Depends on where we go but usually pancakes or waffles
5. Have you ever been in a band? No…I was in my HS choir though
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun! Can see for my miles at that height.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Committment. A lot of people are nice and kind and funny but they can’t commit so someone who is willing to commit fully to a person is important.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Oh boy ummm….depends on the weather. When it cools down (meaning absolutely no humidity in FL) then I’ll probably heat style my hair every week or two weeks during our “winter” months
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Barely lol…i really should take lessons from grandfather. I can pick up sushi and large pieces of food but I haven’t mastered how to scoop up rice quite yet.
10. Weekly goals: To get back into exercising and do some studying.
Hope all you Beauties have an awesome week!
1. Mood:
~Content. Got a lot of stuff on my To-Do list done, and contemplating doing some baking later.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
~I do, but when I get busy being organized tends to go on the wayside. I’ve gotten much better about throwing things out that I don’t need as I’ve gotten older.
3. Your favorite hand cream?
~Usually whatever I use as body lotion, but lately I’ve used a Neutrogena Fast Absorb one. Or the hand creams around the ER’s I work in.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
~Strawberry cheesecake pancakes if they have them at IHOP, and for lunch depends on where I go. I’m in love with this sushi place near where I live – this place has actually served our Presidents on their way to Camp David. They have the most flavorful sushi I’ve ever had and the best miso soup. The owners are very sweet, too.
5. Have you ever been in a band?
~No, but I have dated a guy in a rock band, if that counts!
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
~Fun, and romantic.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
~For me, it was accepting me for who I am, everything. My fiance is a very kind and loving person. We would go to the moon for each other. He truly is the perfect man for me in every way because he loves everything about me (even my flaws!). A lot of things that would piss off most other women about him I find adorable and endearing (like the fact he likes to peel off his socks with his feet and leave them in front of the couch…).
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
~Depends, usually once a week. Since I have long, thick hair, and it’s dyed red, I don’t need to shampoo it a lot. I tend to flat iron it when the waves are being ornery, and I blow dry it if I’m not staying home for the day.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
~Yep! Sometimes not very well, but I can at least pick up my awesome sushi with them!
10. Weekly goals:
~Do some form of exercise every day, and work on challenging myself there.
~Be kind to people, especially if they are not kind to me. Everyone has bad days where they aren’t the nicest to everyone.
~Cook something different than my usual meals.
1. Mood: Pretty great. I just had lunch.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Not at all. that’s my biggest fault.
3. Your favorite hand cream? Loving Crabtree & Evelyn’s right now.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
wow it changes, but usually something with eggs.
5. Have you ever been in a band? lol, yes, we were called The Three Latinas. Didn’t work out.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? My hubby is super kind to other people. That’s important. I really dislike mean people.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Once a week. I put it in curlers then blow dry it.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?yes, my hubby taught me how ten years ago. I can’t touch rice either. lol
10. Weekly goals: To blog more, get organized, and smile.
1. Mood: Tired! Today was my first day back at work since Xmas (I was off sick last week) and I was so stressed out I barely slept.
Plus, just like you Karen, I recently got into The Mentalist (Robin Tunney is awesome) and watched too many eps late at night: I was up at 4am with a serial killer nightmare!
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Yes, but that doesn’t stop me from procrastinating! Knowing I have to do things stresses me out, when doing them isn’t actually that bad.
3. Your favorite hand cream? L’Occitane’s Shea Butter.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Pancakes or paninis!
5. Have you ever been in a band? Yip! In high school my friends and I had a band where I played the saxophone.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Scary! I’m scared of heights!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Kindness. There’s nothing worse than someone not leaving a tip or being rude to the waiting staff; it’s like they’ve got no dignity.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Errr maybe once or twice a year? I like my curls. 😀
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yes, and I’m pretty good! My dad taught me.
10. Weekly goals: not let myself be overwhelmed by my to-do list on my first week back! There’s also a job coming up soon for which I’d like to apply, so I want to start working on my application now.
It’s also my first day back on the internet, so happy new year! 🙂 I’m very excited to be back on MBB, I’ve missed it!
1. Mood:
Just got a dead sea mask and I’m all relaxed right now.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
Yes and no. I be really organized and everything is; my agenda, my stash.. every single thing. Then I again, I’m really choatic and my room is always a mess.
3. Your favorite hand cream?
Don’t have a favorite.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
Grilled cheese, hawaii style(with pineapple), a deluxe salmon sandwich or a ceasar salad.
5. Have you ever been in a band?
No..
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
Never been in one. Looks scary to me. I’m not afraid of heights or anything, but the feeling of being in a ferris wheel and something happens and I can’t get out. (I’m claustrophobic).
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
Trust, humor, empathy, kindness.. actually a lot of thing, but there has to be a good balance between it.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
Everytime I washed my hair.. twice or three times a week. But I do use a heatprotector!
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
Only sushi! Other things are a little hard to grab with chopsticks.
10. Weekly goals:
Have fun with friends. Haven’t seen my best friend for a while so I have to chitchat with her to get an update of her life, haha.
Do something about school and my project that is due in a couple weeks.
Le List
1. Mood: pretty mellow! enjoying a nice cup of chrysanthemum tea at my desk.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
extremely so. i love lists, agendas, and generally having everything in its place. i even have my underwear and socks organized by category!
3. Your favorite hand cream?
right now i’m loving good old basic neutrogena norwegian formula. no grease, but soothing in the winter, and hard-core moisture/love for my ragged/frightening cuticles!
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
if they have it… eggs benedict with smoked salmon, capers, and red onions. a close 2nd choice would be a montreal-style bagel with cream cheese, smoked salmon, red onions, capers and horseradish. add a huge cup of hot coffee, some fruit, and a bloody mary and i’m one happy camper!
5. Have you ever been in a band?
once, when i was in middle school… i played keyboard and sang. the school had a band that was an elective/after school activity!
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
scary. i have a fear of heights.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
having similar goals and values. actually i’m not sure if that’s a trait or not, but as i don’t like wasting time with people who don’t want the same thing in the long run, it’s the most important thing to me!
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
2-3 times a week, nothing major, just a quick blow dry at the roots after i wash my hair. my hair is not very fussy, i just do it to get rid of the horrible damp feeling.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
i’m korean, so yes! i can even eat little beans and stuff with those skinny metal korean chopsticks!
10. Weekly goals:
finish that implementation guide i’ve had to work on at work
go for 2 long walks in the snow
sleep by 11pm & wake by 6am
cook 2 real dinners
1. Mood: Tired, headache, stressed already.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Not really, it’s my job on the other hand. Means – I am able, I am good, but if I do not have to, I just leit it flow!!
3. Your favorite hand cream? Weleda Buckthorn (organic and pure lust)
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Nothing sweet, but a lot of coffee and fresh orange juice.
5. Have you ever been in a band? No.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Both!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Trust, reliability, home.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Daily!
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Of course, I love it!! I love to eat japanese food, and soups with chopsticks taste better.
10. Weekly goals: Uhhh, read a lot and get through with some text I have to analyze. And organize hubby b-day.
1. Mood: Curious, was watching a movie and it kinda sucked me in. Right before the most important scene my phone rang, and after a long conversation here I am, but gonna continue in a bit.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Sadly, yes. Even within chaos I have order. Plus, it gets worse when I’m stressed.
3. Your favorite hand cream? Hands down The Body Shop Wild Rose and Sweet Almond hand creams.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Scrambled eggs and toast!
5. Have you ever been in a band? I don’t think so.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Neither.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? I agree with you on this one; kindness. And fun?
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Never. Wavy girl here.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yes but I can’t say I’m good 😀
10. Weekly goals: None for now.
1. Mood: Okay. I have an easy day of pie baking and cat-sitting.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?: Depends on what I’m organizing.
3. Your favorite hand cream?: Shikai Hand & Body
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?: Waffles or salmon benedict.
5. Have you ever been in a band?: The 8th grade orchestra.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?: Scary. I have never even been on one.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?: Sensitivity.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?: Rarely.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?: Yes. Although I am not very graceful.
10. Weekly goals: Photograph for the blog, buy some textbooks (I hate Prof. Mackie already, and I have never even seen him).
1. Mood: sleepy it’s Monday… first day back at work after a five days off
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? with some things. but my room is a mess
3. Your favorite hand cream? L’Occitane. i love all the scents especially Lavender
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? two eggs scrambled corn beef hash home fries and whole wheat toast. and then I dont eat again for the rest of the day! lol
5. Have you ever been in a band? no but I have won many karaoke competitions in local bars 🙂
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? fun
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? sense of humor
8. How often do you heat style your hair? 5 days a week or so. blow drying only
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? yes very well
10. Weekly goals: It’s not a pay week so I have to make ends stretch………… until Next Thursday
1. Mood: eh….
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? Yes!
3. Your favorite hand cream? Shea Cashmere by bath & body works.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? it varies.
5. Have you ever been in a band? no
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Neither
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? trustworthy, loyal & cares about staying in shape (but not too extreme!)
8. How often do you heat style your hair? OMG, everyday, except weekends. I look forward to the day where I don’t have to work & can have some “hair breaks” during the week. 🙂
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Kinda/sorta
10. Weekly goals: exercise
1. Mood:
Relaxed. Loved the long weekend!
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
Yes!
3. Your favorite hand cream?
I get one at my local farmer’s market. It just has beeswax, olive oil, and I’m not sure what else in it.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
It’s a constant battle between sweet and savory. I can never choose! But if I had to pick, I’d say coffee and french toast.
5. Have you ever been in a band?
Haha, no.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
Sorta fun, kinda boring. I like the London Eye– like a ferris wheel on steroids
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
Trustworthiness.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
Every other day.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
Yep
10. Weekly goals:
Keep up my exercise routine
1. Mood: Productive. I did so much today.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? I am getting better but I am still no where close to organized.
3. Your favorite hand cream? L’Occitane
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? German fries! I love those things.
5. Have you ever been in a band? Nope.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Acceptance.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Maybe once a week. I can do all sorts of gymnastics tricks but I can’t figure out how to hold a brush and hair dryer at the same time.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yep. I am the bomb at them.
10. Weekly goals: Keep running, finish schoolwork, knit!
1.Mood:
Pretty good, but tired and ready for bed, and wishing I had someone to do my laundry.
2.Do you consider yourself an organized person, and if so, does it come naturally to you, or do you have to work at it?
I used to be so naturally organized, but the older I get and more things happening my life, the more frantic things become. I’m becoming one of those people who leaves my coffee cup on the roof of my car. But I am tidy!
3.Your favorite hand cream?
I still haven’t found a perfect one – but I like Lush’s Smitten,
4.What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
Lots and lots of coffee, and biscuits and grits if they’re on the menu.
5.Have you ever been in a band?
Haha no! I’m alarmingly tone deaf.
6.Ferris wheels: fun or frightening?
Fun, especially when they involve Ryan Gosling.
7.What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
Steadiness and a love of animals.
8.How often do you heat style your hair?
Only if it’s cold out and I need to dry it quickly.
9.Can you eat with chopsticks?
I think I’m quite good with them. That’s what I like to think anyway.
10.Weekly goals:
Take my cat to the vets, meet my deadlines, and have a nicely mixed G&T in my hand by sunday night in time for Downton Abbey.
1. Mood: Meh. I have a bit of a cold coming on and there’s not a lot I can do to stop it.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? At times, yes if I really want to. I do have a tendency to be disorganized though.
3. Your favorite hand cream? At the moment, Yves Rocher Arnica Cold Weather Hand Balm. Thick, creamy, yet not greasy and very rich. It smells a bit like caramel too 😉
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Eggs benedict, an omelette or waffles. Depends on my mood! My best breakfast was at the Bellagio where I had a lobster omelette with a mango smoothie. Yea that’s living it up!
5. Have you ever been in a band? No
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun with a special someone
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Two things actually: forgiveness and kindness. Forgiveness since there will be fights and to get over those, comes a kind heart and understanding.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? I blow dry my hair dry most mornings.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?Yup, been doing so since I was about 5 years old. Most Asian restaurants try to give me a fork, but I will use the chopsticks.
10. Weekly goals: Get this cold over with and finish strassing my pink peep toe pumps. Go to the gym maybe, depending on how soon I can get over this cold.
1. Mood:
Not good at the moment. I was waken up by a man who came to check fire safety in my apartment. It was scheduled a month ago and I completely forgot it was today. Since the third trimester of my pregnancy started it become difficult for me to wake up early.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
Not really. Some days I do great but generally I can’t make myself stop reading Internet and start to do something from my check list. But I really like writing to-do lists, planning something and imagining myself completing all the tasks and projects:)
3. Your favorite hand cream?
OPI Avoplex at the moment. At first I was disappointed and I thought that this cream are too light and doing nothing. But I started to appreciate it because other thick creams seat on top of my skin and doing nothing either.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
It depends. I usually have just coffee and sandwich on breakfast. Brunch is much more like lunch for me. In winter I like proper meal. Now, when I’m obsessed with spices and herbs, Indian, Thai or Vietnam restaurants are my favorite places.
5. Have you ever been in a band?
Never. I always was perfectly fine being alone and usually skip any group activity.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
Both, but I love seeing places from up above. My personal record is a ferris wheel in Yokohama (something about 112m)
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
I really appreciate that he doesn’t criticize me. I can perfectly do it myself:) I also like when he says ‘I don’t need a supper. Just go write something on your blog. You look so happy when you’re writing. I love watching you happy’.
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
In winter every time I wash my hair. It’s so cold that takes hours to dry naturally.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
Yes. I live in Japan for 5 years. It’s definitely not so difficult as everybody thinks. Just takes a little bit of practice. Couple of days without folks and spoons and you doing perfectly fine unless you want to get starved to death:)
10. Weekly goals:
Nothing strict to stick to. Eat healthy, start buying baby goods (it’s so frustrating when you don’t understand a thing about how to choose the right bed, clothes, etc. God bless my girlfriend who has a child. She instructs me on everything and answers even my dumbest questions.
And by the way, Karen, this is my first completed Monday poll! I told you about 6 month ago that I want to write them to practice my English. So here I am. Eventually. It took me just an hour to write this so I decided to leave it as it is and don’t check for grammar or spelling.
1. Mood: kind of anxious. I have to take my bunny to get some dental work 🙁
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? My files on my computer are extremely organized, as well as my emails. My desk is a disaster though. I’m not very organized.
3. Your favorite hand cream? Don’t really have one! I have a tube of a light Walgreens brand fragrance free lotion in my purse, and a tube of Eucerin.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? Crepes if available, otherwise eggs or an omelet. I love all breakfast/brunch foods though!
5. Have you ever been in a band? Nope! No musical talent. My fiance used to be in a band though, so I hung out at their practices.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? both! My dad had a cousin who always ran the ferris wheel at one of the local carnivals, so we always got the deluxe ride.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Sense of humor! It can get you through anything!
8. How often do you heat style your hair? Um, never. I’m terrible at it.
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? I’m okay at it!
10. Weekly goals:
3 Strength Workouts
2 Cardio Workouts (maybe 3)
Email my doctor
Read the chapters for all of my classes!
1. Mood: Cheery
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person? It comes and goes. Sometimes I’ll get into an organization mood and most of the time I’ll be sloppy
3. Your favorite hand cream? I like the L’Occitane Hand Cream
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch? My favorite place to go to for breakfast has a Hawaiian omelet, ham, pineapple, brown sugar, and cheese all together!
5. Have you ever been in a band? Nope
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary? Fun!
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner? Patience and devotion.
8. How often do you heat style your hair? I usually just blowdry it
9. Can you eat with chopsticks? Yep, I’ve been eating with chopsticks all my life.
10. Weekly goals: I will keep searching for a job and call back about a volunteer position.
1. Mood:
Eh, so so. It’s cold, but I just so I photo of Emily Prentiss from her graduation (I’m watching Criminal Minds) and just about died laughing.
2. Do you consider yourself an organized person?
Yes, to an exceptional degree. My desk is actually bothering me.
3. Your favorite hand cream?
Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Fragrance Free Hand Cream.
4. What do you usually order when you go out for breakfast or brunch?
Grilled Cheese with fries on a separate plate.
5. Have you ever been in a band?
I’ve been in a school orchestra and school choirs, but bands? No.
6. Ferris wheels: fun or scary?
A little of both.
7. What’s one of the most important traits to have in a partner?
Understanding, especially when it comes to understanding your needs and disorders/disabilities, if you have them. I know I couldn’t live with someone who didn’t understand that I’m a bit (okay, I am) controlling about where things go. I have Autism and one way I try to subdue the chaos in my life is by controlling where things go! I can’t stand when you mess my medicine up!
8. How often do you heat style your hair?
During the school year, sometimes once a week. On vacation…during bad hair days and no hair style will cover it up!
9. Can you eat with chopsticks?
Uhhhhh, I’m a bit like Reid from Criminal Minds. Chopsticks and I usually DO NOT MIX. I tend to lose the chopsticks before I get the food near my mouth.
10. Weekly goals:
Brush Zeebs.
Purge my room of excess junk.
Think of what to get my momma for her birthday–it’s on Saturday!
That’s really freaky because I’ve been having a lot of apocalypse dreams lately, since the New Year I’ve had at least three so far! I think the 2012 hysteria about this being the final year of life, etc. has probably seeped into my subconscious LOL because I haven’t been watching any apocalyse movies or tv programs, so I can’t imagine why I’ve been having them. Fascinating 🙂