The Adventures of Sheila the Wonderbink

1. Reply to this post with 'Icons!', and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.

These are the five that azewewish picked out:


makeawish -- I think I picked this one up from the eddieizzard community. piperredfern made it originally. I use it a lot for "good luck!" type replies to posts, or when I'm making a wish myself.


snakes -- One of my early crude attempts at icon-making, this is a still frame from the MST3K episode "Cave Dwellers" (Miles O'Keeffe wresting a giant snake puppet) combined with a memorable line from another MST3K episode, "Eegah!" (The line is dubbed in weirdly, which adds to the surrealism of it, and thus became one of those catchphrases among MSTies.) Obviously, I use this one a lot in the mst3k community.


sylvian -- because if I'm going to worship at the altar of David Sylvian, I should at least have an icon of the man, right? I put this one together myself.


boobies -- this lovely pair of boobies comes from a picture that my dad took. (Wow, that sounds really bad without the proper context.)


cookie monster abc -- I have no idea who made this icon originally (I swiped it from the collection of one ruby_stevens) but I am eternally grateful. This is a still from a classic (and clearly unscripted) bit on Sesame Street where the little girl reciting the ABCs with Kermit blurts out "Cookie Monster!" and starts giggling. Kermit goes all crumpleface and objects that "Cookie Monster is not a letter of the alphabet!" So they try again, and, as small children do when they find something that amuses them, she does it again. Kermit gets frustrated and walks off. "I love you!" the girl calls after him. Kermit comes back and says "I love you, too." I learned to read because of Sesame Street, so this little moment warms my little Gen-X nostalgic heart.

(Yay! YouTube knows all!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptbp0pmcg3U

Today I took pleasure in laughing my ass off at the "Put Down The Ducky" sequence that was one link away on YouTube.

Today I learned that a four-pound chicken will, indeed, fit in my crock pot.

Your result for The 100 Point Sexual Purity Test...

66% pure: A Tad Inexperienced

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(Probably would have been even purer if it hadn't been for Mr. TBH. Seriously.)

Take a picture of yourself right now. Don’t change your clothes. Don’t fix your hair. Just take a picture. Post that picture with no editing. (Except maybe to get the image size down to something reasonable. Don’t go posting an eight megapixel image.) Include these instructions.



Just got the shirt today, btw . . .

Today I took pleasure in hearing some good poetry in a groovy space.

Today I learned what the U-Space Gallery (aforementioned groovy space) was like.

. . . so here's a shiny meme instead! (Horked from julieduranie and supervesna.)

1. How old will you turn in 2008?
Thirty-eight.

2. Do you think you'll be married by then?
Only if I completely lose my mind in a whirlwind courtship or something.

3. What do you look forward to most in the next 3 months?
Going to London.

4. Do you like to say "I told you so?"
Not really.

5. Who was the last person to call you?
My mom, this morning, to see if I was awake yet.

6. Do you prefer call or text?
Text is actually more convenient, since I can pick it up and respond whenever. Text conversations have a little extra excitement to them--each new message is like a present.

7. Do you have any pets?
Not at the moment. Just a couple of houseplants.

8. What were you doing at 1:30 am?
Sleeping.

9. What were you doing at 3:00 am?
See previous answer.

10. When is the last time you saw your mom?
This evening, when I went to Mom and Dad's for dinner.

11. What is your mood?
Not too bad.

12. How many houses have you lived in?
Five, I guess. Maybe seven or eight if you count apartments.

13. How many city/towns have you lived in?
It's pretty much been Atlanta my whole life. You could up the count to three if you include the few months after my birth in Boston and the two months I lived in Nagoya.

14. Do you prefer shoes, socks or bare feet?
Bare feet.

15. Are you a social person?
Depends on the society I find myself in.

16. What was the last thing you ate?
A slice of my mom's bread that I couldn't finish because I was too full. I felt terribly guilty about letting bread like that go to waste.

17. What's your favorite color?
Red, especially deep crimson shades of it.

18. What are you doing for your next birthday?
Haven't decided yet. It's on a Saturday this year, I believe, so I should have some fun with it.

19. What is your favorite TV show?
Mystery Science Theater 3000

20. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Raspberry jam.

21. Do you like coffee?
I prefer tea, but since I've been placed in charge of coffee at work, I've re-aquired a taste for the stuff.

22. What are you listening to?
The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky.

23. Do you have an iPod?
Yep. iPod Mini with a rubber skin that glows in the dark. I named it Marvin.

24. How do you feel about the last person you kissed?
I have an enormous crush on him but I can't do anything with it.

25. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
I have a single bed--I sleep in the middle of it.

26. Do you know how to play poker?
Yep. Though I sometimes have to bust out a reference book to figure out the rankings of the more complicated hands.

27. What are you thinking about right now?
The answers to these questions.

28. Any plans for this weekend?
I just finished the weekend! Next weekend, I'm going to Chattacon.

29. Have you cut your hair this week?
Nope. Think I'm scheduled for a cut in February.

30. Last picture you took?
The snow outside, yesterday.

31. Are you a tease?
Apparently.

32. Have you ever been in an ambulance?
Not that I remember.

33. Do you prefer an ocean or pool?
Ocean, definitely.

34. Do you smile often?
As often as I feel the need to.

35. What color are your bed sheets?
Sort of cream with a pattern. My parents bought them for me so my bed would better match the decor of the room I was staying in at the time. I should really get some that match me better, but it's not a pressing need.

36. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
Food. Particularly dinners out, which is an indulgence I really need to rein in a bit.

37. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
Nope. I wear a watch fairly often, but I take it off eventually.

38. Have you heard a rumor about yourself this week?
Not this week, but I have come across some pretty interesting rumors about me.

39. Who is the funniest person you know?
I'd actually have to say britpoptarts--she can go off on these rambles that have me absolutely helpless with laughter.

41. Where do you want to go to college?
I've already been--you can't make me go back!

42. Who was the last person to make you cry?
Mr. TBH, I suppose, when I was thinking about him recently and trying to let go.

43. Do you shut off the water while you brush your teeth?
I'm baffled to realize that some people don't do that.

44. Do you wish you were with someone right now?
If I'd wanted to be around even more people than I've been around today, I would have gone to Java Monkey for poetry. As it is, I'm kinda content to keep my own company for now.

45. Are you mad about anything?
I try not to be.

46. Last person to im you?
Adam.

47. What are you doing besides this?
Sipping lemon water and, um, listening to music.

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your journals, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you for your interest in my words.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...they listen in rapture to the love-music of she-turnips." (Think of it as your Christmas present to me!)

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal and see what gems of knowledge appear.

Respond to this and I will do the following:

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

Sorry for the delay, been away from words for a while, blah-de-blah . . .

1) Which Duran Duran member did you enjoy meeting most and why? Nick Rhodes. He's always incredibly sweet, unfailingly polite and compellingly enigmatic. My encounters with him have been fleeting up to this point, but I treasure them utterly.

2) Who is your favorite local act to see live? It's frustrating because a lot of my favorite bands--The Tender Idols, The Changelings, Kenny Howes and the Yeah!--have gone and broken up on me. Of extant actually local-type bands (The Woggles don't quite count anymore, do they?) I've become very fond of Thee Crucials. They're fairly new, from what I can tell, but they put on a hell of a show.

3) What is the farthest you have traveled to see a concert and who was it? Atlanta to L.A. More than once. You can probably guess which band.

4) What do you feel is the best thing you have ever written? That's a really hard question for me to answer. I'm not a very good judge of my own work. I can say this--the one thing I've written that I'm proudest of is the NaNovel I wrote last year, not necessarily because of the writing (it still needs work . . . a lot of it) but because it was the one idea that scared me the most to write about.

5) What book has influenced you most and/or has changed your life? The easy answer is Tanith Lee's Don't Bite the Sun, which I've mentioned before. The answer that's probably truer in terms of life-changingness, as embarrassing as it may be to admit, is The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. I originally read it so I could do a snarky summary of it, but it ended up having more of an impact than I expected. Put it this way--not long after I read it, I stopped going to individual and group therapy and haven't been back since. I'm not a huge fan of the writing style, but the ideas are largely quite sound, even if I'm a little intermittent about applying them to my life.

1. Which gives you the most joy: writing or music?

They both do, in different ways. Music, the way I'm using it now, is easier, since it's simply a question of pressing play and taking it in. Writing takes effort, and can be frustrating at times, but when the groove is good it's the best thing in the world. Whenever I embark on actually learning to play a musical instrument, the dynamic is bound to change.

2. Where did you grow up?

In the house on Lullwater where my parents still live to this day. My earliest distinct memory is the day we moved into that house. It was a great place to grow up.

3. How did you and azewewish meet?

She was a friend of a girl named Jennifer who was friends with my older siblings, puppetmaker40 and docwhoopee. We crossed paths quite a few times and she was a familiar face. We got properly acquainted when we were both at some sci-fi convention and went together to the food court for lunch. She mentioned she had some import copy of some Duran Duran CD. "Wait . . . you like Duran Duran?" And the rest was history.

4. Have you ever been truly scared for your life?

I know my father was when I fell off the basement stairs and broke my collarbone. As for myself, I think the closest I've come was when I was making a hasty turn in Midtown and was almost literally Hit By A Bus. Sometimes when I'm feeling disappointed with my life, I point out to myself that I could have died then, so everything past that point has been bonus time.

5. Are you still a Duranie?

Yeah, I am. I still love 'em, even if they do dumb things and even though I was largely disappointed with Astronaut. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt with this next one. Don't think I'll be doing eleven shows in one month like I did back in 2001, though. Just ain't quite the same, y'know?

(If you would like to interview me, just post the handy meme found in this entry in your journal and, attention whore that I am, I'll be bound to comment and ask for an interview. You can also comment in that entry if you'd like me to interview you.)

1. If your 80-year-old self were to give you advice about your life right now, what would she say?

Thirty-six isn't nearly as old as you think it is.

2. Write a silly hiaku.

She wants a haiku
But my brain is way too fried
To be that clever

3. At a dance club, where can you be found? On the floor, at the bar, no where near the club in the first place? (or somewhere else)

If I like the music, I'll be on the floor. If I'm merely okay about the music, I'll be at the bar. If I hate the music, I'll be in a different dance club.

4. What do you think about hip-hop music?

I think it's kinda like graffiti--some people think it's brilliant art, other people think it's just vandalism. I think it depends on how it's done.

5. What kinds of food items do you not like to eat?

Cooked spinach, raw mushrooms, lima beans. Especially lima beans--ick! (When I was a kid, my mom tried to persuade me to eat lima beans by saying "They're not going to kill you." "I know they won't," I replied, "'cos I'm not going to eat them!")