phobias quiz... oh well.
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: maroon 5
Topic: Who am I, anyway?
Not that great........ oh well!

Phobias Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Fear?
Not bad.
You know about as much as the average fraidy-cat about phobias. You got 5/10 correct.
1
Incorrect
The correct answer: A Trees
Your answer: B Dentists or dental work

A dendrophobe has an intense and overpowering fear of trees. The prefix dendro "tree or treelike" originates with the Greek dendron "to be solid." This one is a toughie because dendrite, a treelike component of all nerve cells, shares the same prefix. And fear of dentists or dental work, technically known as dentophobia, is one of the most common phobias reported.
2
Correct!
The correct answer: B Fear of flying
Your answer: B Fear of flying

Also called aerophobia, aviophobia describes an irrational fear of flying. Many aviophobics learn to control their fear with a behavior therapy known as systematic desensitization, which teaches them to relax in a situation that would normally produce anxiety. For the record, fear of birds is technically termed ornithophobia; fear of reptiles is herpetophobia.
3
Correct!
The correct answer: C Thunder and lightning
Your answer: C Thunder and lightning

Brontophobes have an irrational fear of thunder and lightning. If you guessed dinosaurs or dinosaur bones, worry not--you weren't too far off. The prefix bronto, from the Greek bronte "thunder," also appears in one of the most recognizable dinosaur names, brontosaurus*.
4
Correct!
The correct answer: A Foreigners
Your answer: A Foreigners

From the Greek xenos "stranger, foreigner," xenophobia describes an irrational fear of foreign people and cultures. A xenophile, on the other hand, adores foreign people, their customs, and their culture. And just to be fair, the word xenon, which describes a gas used in glow-in-the-dark neon signs, shares the same Greek origin.
5
Incorrect
The correct answer: B Peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Your answer: A Spiders, scorpions, or mites

What can we say? Phobias are by nature irrational. The name of this one is quite rational, however. The botanists and nut buffs among us will likely recognize the prefix arachi, which also appears in the scientific name for peanut*, Arachis hypogaea.
6
Correct!
The correct answer: B Ophidiophobia
Your answer: B Ophidiophobia

Truth? We have some trouble regarding any fear of snakes as irrational. Nonetheless, the professionals think there's such a thing, and they call it ophidiophobia, from the Greek stem ophid "snake."
7
Correct!
The correct answer: B Public or open spaces
Your answer: B Public or open spaces

Agoraphobia is characterized by an intense and irrational fear of being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult. The name is derived from the word agora*, a public square or marketplace considered an integral component of any ancient Greek city.
8
Incorrect
The correct answer: A The number 13
Your answer: C Triplets

Blame this one on the Greeks, too. Coined from the Greek word triskaideka "thirteen," triskaidekaphobia describes an irrational fear of the number 13. Not all fear of the number 13 is considered phobia, however. In some cases, it's just superstition.
9
Incorrect
The correct answer: A Gephyrophobia
Your answer: C Ichthyophobia

A person with gephyrophobia, sometimes called gephydrophobia, has an overpowering fear of crossing bridges. In many cases, the fear extends beyond bridges to other human-made structures, such as tall buildings.
10
Incorrect
The correct answer: C Long words
Your answer: A Food dishes containing cod fish

Whew! If you've made it this far in the phobias quiz, we can say with some assurance that you do not suffer from sesquipedalophobia. This one, by the way, owes its name to Latin. The prefix sesqui "one and a half" originates with the Latin words semi "half" and que "and."

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looks like it's not gonna happen
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: Lisa Marie Presley
Topic: Work
NO time for a long post today... okay, no time for any post today, really.

I have a funny story about a weird phone call that I got while I was covering the phones today... I have no patience for stupid people, I swear... I almost hung up on this guy, but I was a good girl.

Heather and Tim said that they liked my chili, so all is good at the abode!

Didn't get a chance to watch Birth of a Nation... I'm planning on starting it tonight... I'm going to run home after work, watch an hour & 15 minutes or so and then get to my psych class at 7. I asked Tiff if she wanted to get together tomorrow, so I might not have much time to watch the film tomorrow... Lost is on at 8, too... can't miss that! Although I think it might be a repeat... I'll have to check on that. Back to work for me....

I'm all moved!
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: 3rd eye blind
Topic: Weekend happenings
I'm busy at work today, so I don't have much time to compose a well-thought-out post, but just wanted to let everyone know that I'm in my new place... thanks to everyone for their good wishes and support (emotional, physical or financial!) in the past few weeks...... I'm very sore and tired, but it was all worth it! I'm getting along extremely well with Heather and Tim... I feel like I've been living there for more like a year instead of just a few days.

The mattress was miraculously delivered on Saturday, and my new dresser was carried up the stairs by my roomies... I still have a lot of unpacking to do, I imagine it will take me a while.... Over the weekend I purchased new stuff for the bathroom.....it's all very RED. I love it! I also got a nice dark plaid down comforter (Calvin Klein!) from Marshall's... it was a steal! Oh, and I got 360 thread count sheets..... they feel soooooo good. :-)

Tonight I'm going to start watching Birth of a Nation....... Made in 1915, 179 minutes or something like that..... no sound, black and white. I just can't wait. (can you hear the sarcasm???) ugh. I think that we're going to make chili tonight..... we got all the fixings for it over the weekend, but I was lazy and didn't make it.

Well I have to finish up for today............... hopefully I'll be able to do a longer post tomorrow!

moving
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: Weekend happenings
Supposedly my mattress is being delivered between 3 and 6 pm tomorrow......... I'll believe it when I see it. Those bastards better bring it! I asked if they could have just moved up the time to earlier in the day, and Emad assured me that they would get it to me. He said that they were trying to cancel as many deliveries as possible and were rescheduling them for next week, but he made *sure* that mine would be delivered. It better be. Grr.

Oh, but I found a really nice dresser at Goodwill! It was actually made of solid wood & it's enormous!!! SO that should be a lot of fun getting up the stairs & in my room. Eh... oh well! I'll get it in there somehow. :-P~

My roommates are actually having a party tomorrow... how funny is that? Should be a good time, though... this way I can meet all of their friends & get settled in. Tonight I'm going to Marshall's to get my linens and crap. Woo-hoo! They had some really nice sheet sets & they had some calvin klein down-filled comforters that were a really great deal. They were a navy blue checked type color... I'd rather do without the checks, but it's a nice pattern as far as patterns go. :)

So here I go.... moving in the freaking snow. I have the greatest timing in all areas of my life, don't I? haha!!! Oh well... it could be worse, I suppose.

that's just freaky!
Mood:  quizzical
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: Weird shit
Here's today's horoscope:

You have been working hard over the last three weeks to find a refuge, LAUREN. Now that you have found people you can trust, you can feel at peace with yourself. You can confide your joys and disappointments to others. But, you should open up your heart and you will see that you have more than just one safe-haven.

i keep forgetting to mention
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: School
That my Western Civ class was cancelled due to low enrollment, so after much deliberation I've decided to take Professor P's American Films class... I had to actually go up to the school yesterday at lunch to register, because the online registration thing was acting wacky. So I'll be taking classes from the same teachers that I had last semester... haha! They can be my source of stability since my life has been turned upside down for the last few weeks :) Actually, I'm feeling pretty stable... I'm moving in to my new place this weekend... I'm still really happy about my roommate... I feel like I've known her for years! :) Of course it just had to snow this weekend since I'm moving.... oh well. I'm taking some stuff over tonight... things that never made it out of my trunk, hehe.

Oh, but back to school... here's the email I got back from Professor P:

Well then my prayers have been answered! I still don't have access to the list of enrolled students or surely I would have emailed you to say: "Yahoo!!"
Marj
-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren Grande
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:16 AM
To: Paoletti, Marjorie
Subject: Am Films Class


Morning Professor P!

Just wanted to warn you that I signed up for your American Films class ;-) My Western Civ class got cancelled due to low enrollment, so I'll see you tomorrow night!

Lauren


I'm teacher's pet... so sue me! haha... this should be a cool class because Professor P loves movies (maybe that's why she's teaching this one?) and I'd love to get her insight. So all we do pretty much is watch movies for the entire semester. Sounds easy enough to get another A! We'll probably have to do movie reviews or something, but I think that'll be a lot of fun for me... that's the kind of stuff that I love to write. Yay.

Hmm... what else. Oh! Last night I met Tiff out for dinner at Red Brick Station... had a lot of fun, went to Tar-jay afterwards, bought some towels. I'm holding off on the more major bathroom purchases because Heather (my roomie) wants to come & we'll pick stuff out together. I'm going to Marshall's today at lunch to see what they have... Dyanna was saying that she buys her sheets there, so I'm going to take a look.

I'm really disappointed that I haven't gotten any drunken phone calls from New Orleans, but oh well. Drunken phone calls are the best! :) Voicemails are even better, because then there's evidence, lol.

Well I'm really overwhelmed with work right now, so I'd better get some of it done. I have to email my aunt terri, too.. I've been meaning to but keep forgetting.





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have I mentioned
Mood:  party time!
Now Playing: pete yorn
Topic: Friends and Family
........ that I really need to get to Boston? My friend Sue is in a cover band called Velvet Jones and I want to see them. :) Over the weekend we were all discussing places that we want to go & I kept saying how much I want to go back to Boston... so I think that I'll probably make it up there in the next month or two... hopefully. So I'm hoping that I can get a little group together so that we can share the room costs... we could probably spend a weekend up there for about $200 a person... not bad... actually less than that if we stay outside the city, but I'll have to see how far the T runs out. Hmm. Sounds like an adventure!!

Under the Influence
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: pete yorn
Topic: Artistic endeavors
Go to Untouchable Films' website - www.ufilms.comand download the teaser for the film I did last summer... yeah, we look nothing like high school kids, do we? haha... oh well. There's also a clip from the oven incident... some funny shit. I can't wait until the whole thing is done... originally I was thinking that it would be finished pretty quickly after we shot it, but here we are 6+ months later. :-P~ oh well! I hope that they do something else next semester... I want to do another film... it was so much fun! I really need to get a headshot done. Of course it would help if I could decide on a haircolor for more than a month. :-P~

silly facts about me
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: Who am I, anyway?
I was thinking that some people who read my blog might not know a whole lot about me... so I'm creating a new topic just for silly information that tells you stuff about my personality and other random things about my life. I did one of those get to know you forwards the other day, so I'm just going to post the answers on here... I'll probably do one of those 100 things about me lists... but I don't have time for that right now. No, really. I don't! ;-)

So here it is:

1. What time did you get up? 6:30 a.m.
2. If you could eat lunch with one person, who would it be? Joe Gibbs, so I could speak my mind!! He needs some expert coaching advice. ;-)
3. Gold or silver? Gold :-)
4. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Phantom of the Opera?K?K. Oh boy.
5. What is your favorite TV show? Ooh, that??s a toughie. Toss-up between Lost and 24.
6. What do you have for breakfast? Oatmeal. Gross.
7. Who would you hate to be stuck in a room with? Mr. McAnnoying, aka my least favorite boss (he??s an engineer).
8. What/Who inspires you? Me! (jk) Those who overcome adversity and don??t allow their past to dictate their future.
9. What is your middle name? Yvette.
10. Beach, city or country? Yes. ;-) I like all 3, and for different reasons. I??m indecisive, I know.
11. Favorite ice cream? Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough or Hershey??s Moose Tracks.
12. Butter, plain, or salted popcorn? Butter!! Do you know that you can butter your own popcorn at Muvico?? MMMM!!
13. Favorite color? Blue. I think.
14. What kind of car do you drive? Roxie, my 2002 Honda Civic LX. I love that damn car.
15. Favorite sandwich? Crab cake from G & M or Snyder??s.
16. What characteristic do you dislike? On who, me?? Or other people?? I??ll stick with the latter?K stupidity.
17. Favorite flower? Roses?K preferably of an unusual color, like fire & ice roses.
18. If you could go anywhere in the world on a vacation, where would it be? Australia. (Hi Aunt Nancy!!)
19. What color is your bathroom? Black & white, I think. I??m unobservant!
20. Favorite brand of clothing? H & M?K who cares if it was made in a sweatshop?? (one day I might be able to afford something else!)
21. Where would you like to retire? Not quite old enough to have thought that through!
22. Favorite day of the week? Saturday.
23. What did you do for your last birthday? I can??t remember. :-/ Guess it wasn??t that great!
24. Where were you born? Easton, MD.
25. Favorite sport to watch? Football. ??
26. Who do you least expect to send this back to you? If I said that, then they would send it back just to prove me wrong. Oh yea, so I??m not expecting ANY OF YOU to send it back!
27. Person you expect to send it back first? You??d better all do it!
28. What fabric detergent do you use? All, I think.
29. Coke or Pepsi? Diet Vanilla Coke ?V liquid crack!
30. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Ooh, I am so not a morning person. I??m a bit of a night owl, I guess.
31. What is your shoe size? 8
32. Do you have any pets? 6 for the next week/few weeks, after that, none ?V but I like them.
33. Favorite Song? That??s a toughie. Probably ??Forget it?? by breaking Benjamin.
34. Favorite album? It??s a tie between Breaking Benjamin (We are not alone) & the new Linkin Park/Jay Z album.
35. Did you vote last election? Yup.
36. Cats or dogs? Cats.
37. Monkeys or chimpanzees? Monkeys.
38. Favorite cereal? Lucky Charms.
39. Favorite food? Filet mignon, medium rare.
40. What are you wearing? Clothes, haha!
41. Is it better to give or receive? Give.
42. Dressed up or down? Depends on the occasion, but I could stay in my pajamas all day. :-P
43. Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter? Spring.
44. What color are your eyes? Blue/grey, although I??ve been told that they change colors. (doubt it!)
45. Dream job? Doing P/R for the Washington Redskins. Or maybe being a psychologist employed by the NFL to counsel players after crushing defeats, DWI??s, murders, drug addiction, and the like. I??m sure there would be a great need! Or being paid to travel the world and write?K that would kick ass!
46. Do you have any siblings? No.
47. Tennis shoes or heels? How about tennis shoes WITH heels?
48. Do you still talk to your friends from grade school? Sure do!
49. Favorite music video? Bowling for Soup, 1985.
50. Who is your favorite director? Either Peter Jackson or Mel Brooks.

what a weekend!
Mood:  special
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: Weekend happenings
I bought my bed this weekend! Yay! Bought it from Mattress Discounters - they were having a 15 month no payments / 0% financing offer going on, so I went ahead and just bought the whole thing. I got just a standard frame, didn't get the headboard & footboard and whatnot - the ones that they had were on the pricey side & I didn't see anything that I couldn't live without. The salesguy was really scary though, he hit on me the entire time and I almost walked out of the store.... But I thought that maybe since he thought I was pretty he'd give me a good deal, lol. I think that I got a good discount... it ended up being about a 30% discount, but I'm sure the mark-up is so high on those damn things that 30% isn't that great...

Saturday night was crazy fun... I think that we had something like 11 people in our group when all was said & done! Initially there were 9 of us, though....... Me, Angie, Rebecca, Tiffany, Sara (Ang's little sister), Pilar (Mike's former coworker), Adam, Mike, and Rob (Mike's brother). At any rate, once everyone was finally ready (I was ready when I got there, thank you very much!) we go out to our cars... both me & Rob were driving, so Adam, Ang & Sara started heading out to Roxie when Adam realized that he'd lost his wallet. At least he realized it before we left! After about 10 minutes of frantic searching & telling everyone else to go ahead (7 people in an extended cab pick-up... I bet [haha, i typed bed... oops!] that was fun!) Adam found his wallet & we got on the road... I was quite proud of myself for finding the Belvedere since I hadn't been there in ~3 years. So we get there & meet up with everyone.....the 13th floor was packed and we unfortunately got a table right next to a speaker. Ouch. It was sooo loud. Fortunately someone grabbed us a new table by the band... it was some kind of salsa band or something, reminded me of HFS. :-( It was great people watching in that place, I swear... there was this short & fat balding guy on the dance floor that was dancing with these beautiful women... I'm thinking "what the hell???" Adam told me that he ran into the guy in the club & found out that he's actually a dance instructor & they come there about an hour before the club opens & he teaches dance lessons. Thought that was pretty bizarre! After we moved to our new table, Meredith (another NCHS grad) and her boyfriend Ben showed up... it was really cool being able to talk to all of these people... in our entire group, there were only 2 people that didn't go to NCHS!! How crazy is that??? Of course Rob went 10 years before most of us, but that still counts, I guess. Had some fun talks with pretty much everyone there. Oh, and while all this is going on, my friend Claire (from Prof Paoletti's English class last semester) is text messaging me & telling me that we should come down to this place called Good Love on Boston street... she said that they have great dance music... By this time, Tiffany had found this "crazy Irish boy" (that's what she called him!) and was talking to him....I guess that he & his friends wanted to go somewhere else called Gecko's on Fleet (they said it was 3128 Fleet or something like that), so we rounded up everyone and somehow managed to get down into the lobby. Now none of us really had any clue where this place was, but Tiffany was being pulled into a cab with the crazy Irish boy & co... I think that Ang and Becca took a friend of his hostage so that they'd get Tiff back, lol... but I'm not sure exactly what happened with that. So I tell Mike & Rob that I need to follow them wherever we're going because I don't know how to get there... Meredith & Ben said the same thing... so we're thinking that Mike & Rob are coming through our parking lot to show us the way... Adam was with me and Sara had hopped in with Meredith & Ben. I had none of their cell numbers, of course... and I ended up following Ben through the city on a wild goose chase... he had no clue where the hell they were going & he was getting directions transferred to him from Sara who was on the phone with Mike & Ang (they were all in Rob's truck)... oh, it was a huge mess. After driving around the city for 20 minutes, I was ready to bag it & find Claire down at Good Love... so I kept trying to pull up with Ben & co to tell them that we'd just see them at Tiff's, but the light would change as soon as we got up to them... I ended up pulling ahead & taking the lead and thankfully found Gecko's without too much more frustration. So we get in Gecko's AND THEY'RE NOT THERE!!! By "they" I'm referring to Mike, Rob, Ang, Becca & Pilar. By this time it's about 1 a.m., so me, Adam, Sara, Meredith & Ben decided to hell with everyone else, we're staying here... haha. I find out from Sara that Mike, Rob, Ang, Becca & Pilar had gone back to Mike & Tiff's & were walking over to Shorty's, 2 blocks from their house and Tiff had gone over to the crazy Irish boy's place. So the five of us shot pool until closing time and then went back to Mike & Tiff's.... Sara and Ang were mad at each other, so Sara decided that she was going to stay with Meredith & Ben that night & they would take her to her car in Annapolis the next day. Of course there's more to it than that, but that's the bulk of it & all that I'm admitting to, haha! Fun, fun. The next day we went to breakfast at Jimmy's in Fells Point... I say breakfast, but it was actually noon. After we got back, we got into a discussion over who was the best James Bond & of course there was a disagreement, which led to a discussion of how hot Pierce Brosnan is & how he looked in the Thomas Crown Affair, so we ended up watching TCA that afternoon. Yep. Didn't get back to my mom's until 4 p.m. I was completely exhausted & watched football in bed for the rest of the day. Heh. Speaking of which, it looks like my Superbowl prediction was wrong... so now I think it's going to be Pats vs. Eagles. I dunno, though... the Steelers might surprise me this weekend, plus it's in Pittsburgh... so we'll see.

Wow... I'll actually be watching the championships in my own place!!! How cool is that? I'm so excited.... :-)

Hmm. Just talked to Paish & she's coming home to the shore for part of the week so I'm thinking I might need to be making a trip across the ditch tomorrow or Wednesday. That's it for now....... Will post tomorrow hopefully.

btw it freaking snowed last night and Roxie is all salty now... she is absolutely disgusting... she really needs to be washed, but if it snows on wednesday then i'll just have to do it again. :-/

posted by a cautiously optimistic Redskins fan at 4:22 PM EST

Updated: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:03 PM EST

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