Exciting Life and a Survey

Well, yesterday was very exciting for me. I finished my first non-scarf-like knitting project. Yup, I finished the hat! Yay!!! I used double-pointed needles and everything! It's not perfect, but it's not horrible either. I had two small mistakes that only another knitter would probably notice – or some hyper-critical type. And I have enough of the alpaca left that I can make a matching scarf. Ah, the pure excitement that is my life!!!

I was completely swamped yesterday at work. I mean it was insane. It didn't stop for over eight hours. I donated 45 minutes of my time to the company and I hate doing that. I didn't even finish everything, but I figured "Tomorrow is another day." And I just finished setting up the agenda for a Friday meeting, sent it to the boss for his approval and got his Out of Office reply saying he's out of the office THROUGH Friday. Hmmm, does that mean the meeting is canceled? ARGH!!! Of course, that means that I can easily make Friday's agenda into Monday's agenda and I'm done! Woohoo! And I don't know who is going to do the agenda for next Friday's meeting, but it won't be me. HA! HA! I'll be on a cruise ship touring the Gulf of Mexico and experiencing sunshine and warmth (I hope) and thinking of everybody back here suffering through bitter cold and crappy weather.

I have this sick fascination with checking out the Detroit Free Press after I get in in the morning to see how bloody cold it was while I walked. I just checked, an hour late, but I figure it's still valid, and it's 21F with a RealFeel of -1. Yup, that was NEGATIVE ONE FAHRENHEIT. Man, I'm tired of this crap already!!!

I started an entry last week and never got to finish it, so I'll work on that today.

I stole this survey from Clarity, but then got tagged by Julie to take it, so here goes.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1) Kathleen
2) Kat
3) Aunt Kat

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1) Kat
2) Kat_M6
3) Katm6

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) My ability to go with the flow (usually)
2) My friendliness
3) My patience?

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) I'm a pushover
2) My body
3) My loner-ishness

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1) Losing the people closest to me (death of.)
2) Failure
3) Rejection

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1) Tea (winter), Water (summer)
2) Knitting
3) Books

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1) Socks
2) All Black Converse High Tops
3) New top I got at Mervyn's for $11!

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS (at the moment):
1) PlanetUron
2) Tijuana Strip Club
3) Joy Division (always)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (at the moment):
1) "Atmosphere" – Joy Division (always)
2) "Candy" – Iggy Pop & Chick from the B-52s
3) "Clarity" - PlanetUron

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1) Knit myself a SWEATER!
2) Going to the gym
3) Having more than one date with a person

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1) Love
2) Trust
3) Conversation

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1) I love filing.
2) I learned to play the tin flute in 6th grade.
3) I have had a cell phone for less than a year.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1) Eyes
2) Smile
3) That indescribable something

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1) Drive a stick shift.
2) Run more than a block (damn knees, lungs and feet)
3) Give up my love for Champ Car.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1) Knitting/Crocheting/Beading
2) Reading
3) Happy Hour with Martha!

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1) Go home
2) Get another cup of tea
3) Curse the snow!

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1) Spain
2) Sweden
3) Egypt (been once, but want to see more than just Cairo)

THREE KID'S NAMES: (my own?)
1) Ian
2) Andrew
3) Christopher

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1) Get to every racing venue Champ Car visits.
2) Visit Tikal
3) Heavens, I'm a slacker. I have no goals.

THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1) I have short hair like a boy (as my nephew said once)
2) I hate cleaning.
3) I love hockey and racing and can talk them both with the best of the boys.

THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK:
1) I like chick flicks.
2) I think my butt is too big.
3) I love new clothes (but hate shopping).

THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
1) Peter Wingfield
2) Luke Wilson
3) Ed Harris

THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
1) SF Suzy
2) Urs
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