Saturday, April 28, 2012

SATURDAY 9 Meme:

Saturday 9: That's Why God Made The Radio

1. The Beach Boys are back together (everyone alive, Dennis and Carl have passed, including Brian) for the first time in 25 years. It's their 50th Anniversary tour. Their new single is called, “That's Why God made the Radio”. Did radio play a huge part of your growing up years?
I cannot imagine my life without the radio. From my youngest childhood days listening to am stations like WABC and WNEW and WLNG, all of them made me appreciate music on a varitety of levels.

2. What is something that you are disappointed about right now?
My weight loss efforts.

3. What are you really anticipating right now?
My October wedding...so many details to plan!

4. When was the last time you watched your favorite movie? What is it?
"If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium" is my alltime fav movie and I watched it again for the 80th time last year...

5. If you could bring one person back from the dead, who would it be?
On a local level, my mother. On a global level, probably a peace advocate like Ghandi.

6. Who was the last person you hung up on?
The car dealership where I bought my car Astro. They call my cell phone often, but it's a pre-recorded message when I answer which infuriates me...I finally called the number back and told them to take me off their f%$ing auto call and that I would never use them for any service ever... and hung up before they could respond. They really ripped me off when I bought my car and they address mail to me as "Mrs Collins", as if a single woman could not purchase a car without a man. I hate them.

7. Does it bother you when meme makers separate questions that could've been combined?
Huh? I don't sweat the small stuff...

8. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo?
Does the ice cream stand count? I hate zoos and other animal prisons like aquariums...I don't want to see any particular animal boxed up for life.


9. What is the food you always buy at the grocery store that you can't live without?
Cream for my coffee, popcorn, taco fixins...diet coke...there are endless items I get every time...

Sunday, April 22, 2012

SUNDAY STEALING: Semi-Charmed Meme Part 1

Sunday Stealing: The Semi Charmed Meme, Part One

1. My uncle once:
Was the Florida Champion Skeet Shooter and gave me his trophy bowl as a wedding gift for my first marriage...
2. Never in my life:
Would I attend a country music concert.

3. When I was five:
I was taking ballet, tap and baton twirling lessons after school twice a week. I marched in parades and was in shows.

4. High School was:
Annoying at best, but I had fun in the Band.

5. I will never forget:
My mother's death.

6. I once met:
Whoopie Goldberg at Foxwoods when I was working there. I ran around finding change for her to play machines and she never tipped me.

7. There’s this girl I know who:
Lives in my head.

8. Once, at a bar:
I cross-dressed on Halloween and won best male impersonator and had to dance with the guy who was best female impersonator.

9. By noon, I’m usually:
Deciding what to do about lunch.

10. Last night:
I rearranged my cabinets and bathroom storage vanity. Company coming tonight!

11. If only I had:
Known in 1977 that in 35 years I would be marrying that DJ from the disco, I'd have laughed my pants off at myself.

12. Next time I go to church:
Will be for someone elses wedding or funeral...

13. Jonathan Frid:
My first childhood crush and major part of my elementary and middle school after-school life. Dark Shadows was the best daytime soap opera of all time... rest in peace Mr. Frid. I miss you already.  : (

14. What worries me most:
Money and retirement...

15. When I turn my head left, I see:
My prize Gustav Klimt decorative oversized plate "THE KISS"... I painted all the rooms in the house based on colors in the plate.

16. When I turn my head right, I see:
My beautiful fireplace and clean coffeetable...company coming tonight!

17. You know I’m lying when:
I'm friendly to people I hate...

18. What I miss most about the 80s:
My age when I lived in them...

19. If I was a character in Shakespeare, I’d be:
The Shrew...prior to being tamed...

20. By this time next year:
I'll be an old married woman called "Grammie Fisher"...

Saturday, April 21, 2012

SATURDAY 9 Meme: Til I Hear It From You....

Saturday 9: 'Til I Hear It From You

1. If someone, that you trusted, told you that your lover was cheating, would you believe them or not?
I would ask my S/O what was happening and tell him what I heard...

2. What is something that you are disappointed about right now?
My weight loss attempts have gone south...I keep falling off the wagon and eating at work and snacking.
3. Jonathan Frid, who was the original Barnabas Collins on Dark Shadows from 1967-1971, passed away in Canada at the age of 87. Who is your favorite vampire?
Barnabas Collins was my absolute favorite and the first actor I ever wrote a fan letter to. I cried real tears when I heard the news the other night. His character was a huge part of my childhood memories...my mother and I watched the show every day for almost the entire 5 years it was on. I had a crush on Barnabas. I saw Jonathan Frid last year at the convention for Dark Shadows and glad I did. This year, I am dragging Bud to the Collinwood house (Lyndehurst) for a tour and luncheon with some of the stars...

4. Should there be age limits on social networking sites such as facebook?
Perhaps limitations on what can be posted by people under 18.

5. Tell us about your pets. Do you have one that you wish would run away?
I work in an office where the boss brings in his black lab-great dane mix dog. The dog loves me and is quite gassy and doggie smelly and hangs out in my small office, often having gas and then walking out so when people come in, it appears to them that I have the odor...yes, I wish that dog would stay home.

6. Do you ever have a hard time with morals?
No. There is right and there is wrong. I have trouble with keeping myself from eating goodies...

7. Did you make 'a plan' the first time you made love or did it just happen?
We planned it so we could have a night in a motel.
8. Do you agree that fame is lousy or would you love to give it a try? Why?
I don't think it's lousy if you know how to handle it and have good support around you, and true friends.

9. Do you believe in forever, as in 'love forever'?
I do now...

Sunday, April 15, 2012

SUNDAY STEALING (late!) From last week

Sunday Stealing: The TV Show Meme


Before reading the questions: Pick 5 TV Shows you like. They can be past or present. Hint: pick shows that you are REALLY into. Hey! no peaking at the questions! List them:

1. Dark Shadows
2. Sopranos
3. Twilight Zone
4. Mystery Science Theater 3000
5. Sex In The City

1. Who is your favorite character in 2?
Tony

2. Who is your least favorite character in 1?
I hated Thayer David's characters...the hefty fella.

3. What’s your favorite episode of 4?
Probably when they did the school movies spoofs...they had many brilliant episodes...
4. What is your favorite season of 5?
Can't pick one, but early on was better than the end.

5. What’s your favorite relationship in 3?
The Twilight Zone?! Our host and his cigarette.

6. Who is your anti-relationship in 2?
Tony and his wife when she tried to leave him and realised how much control he had over her life.

7. How long have you watched 1?
I watched it all 5 years and still watch it to this day. I have all the episodes on DVD.

8. How did you become interested in 3?
I was a kid and I watched what my father watched. He loved that show, so I did too.

9. Who is your favorite actor in 4?
The robots.

10. Which show do you prefer 1, 2, or 5?
Dark Shadows will always have a place in my heart as number 1.

11. Which show have you seen more episodes of 1 or 3?
Dark Shadows had more episodes than any other because of it's daily run for 5 years...that's over 1265 episodes!

12. If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?
One of the robots.
13. How would you kill off any character in 5?
It would change the dynamics of the show...none of the leads, but perhaps one of their husband/S-Os...
14. Would a 3/4 crossover work?
Yes, because the MST3K guys could spoof the Twilight Zone episodes...it would be genius actually.

15. Pair two characters in 1 that would make an unlikely, but strangely okay couple.
Doctor Hoffman and Barnabas...

16. Overall, which show has the better cast, 3 or 5?
The Zones were well cast...

Saturday, April 14, 2012

SATURDAY 9 meme: AINT TOO PROUD TO BEG

Saturday 9: Ain't Too Proud to Beg
1. What was the last thing that you begged for?
Hmmm...I don't beg as a rule, but I did ask Bud to make me a drink last night.

2. Have you ever lost a best friend after a fight?
Yes, I dropped a friend who did not support my decision to have weight loss surgery 10 years ago. It compounded into a fight that showed she and I were not on the same page on many things and her racism put me over the edge. I sent her xmas cards for a few years, but we never spoke again.

3. When was the last time you just wanted to be invisible?
I was with a friend in a wig shop in the Mall the other night and they require you to wear a skin color wig cap when trying on wigs (Hygeine) and the store owner asked me to come up front to look at a different style wig in the color I liked while people were passing by and looking in at me and giggling. I looked like I had a condom on my head.

4. Which room of your home tends to be the messiest?
My office is right now because I have not yet unpacked in there.
2nd is the garage, which I plan to convert into our wedding dance hall and dining area.

5. You are to be locked in a room forever with a celebrity. You get to choose. Who do you pick?
A robot I can program, like on Lost In Space or Data from Star Trek. I'd go mad locked up with anyone human.

6. Has someone ever left another person to be with you?
Not directly, but a couple guys took themselves OFF of Match.com for me...

7. What’s been kind of a drag for you lately?
Sleep issues.

8. How are you different from your (current or most recent) significant other?
I wake up early and get a lot of projects done and chores. He wakes up at the crack of noon and not so constructive with his day.

9. What is the most perverted thing someone has ever said to you?
If by perverted you mean "bad"...in th 80s, my date liked to be the center of attention and didn't care for a comment I made when he was telling one of his stories, so he said loudly in front of everyone "when I want your opinion, I'll check my zipper"... it was our last date.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

SUNDAY STEALING meme: April 8th

Sunday Stealing: The OC 25 Meme


1. What is your origin of your first name? What about any nicknames?
My original birth name was Kathy. I changed it to Kathryn in 2002 in honor of Captain Kathryn Janeway of Star Trek.
2. Have you any claims to fame?
As a radio DJ, briefly as a girlfriend to a member of Devo, and most recently, as Bud's gal.

3. If you were famous, how would you introduce yourself to someone who had never heard of you?
Ummm... welll...just the way I always introduce myself... "Hi, my name's Kathy"

4. Which of your country's achievements do you hold in highest regard?
Diversity of cultures that all represent one nation.

5. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
At 4 I wanted to be a waitress so I could make hot fudge sundaes. As a young girl, I wanted to be a rock star.

6. What was your most prized possession as a child? Do you still have it?
A large stuffed dog I named Snoopy. I still have him in the spare bedroom...he's pretty beaten up.

7. What would you change about yourself, if you could?
Silly physical stuff like a weight loss of 15 lbs would make me happy.

8. What are you obsessed with?
Right now...decorating the house and the wedding...

9. What is your greatest achievement so far, or the high point of your career?
I enjoyed being a DJ for 12 years. My present job is as a bookkeeper and I love it.

10. When/where were you happiest?
I'm happy now with Bud. Close 2nd is my disco life in the mid 1970s.

11. And the lowest point in your life thus far?
Claiming bankruptcy about 6 years ago.

12. What was the best decision you ever made?
Being Bud's future wife...

13. If you have any body modifications, which was most painful, or which do you regret the most? If you haven't got any, do you have any planned, or would you ever consider getting any?
The tattoo was painful, and I regret not putting it in a place where I can see it.

14. What is the most idiotic thing you have ever done while intoxicated?
I grabbed a cute guy who just came into the party my work was having at a local pub and I went to kiss him and fell over, toppling both of us onto a table of sandwiches which broke.

15. What is your favorite joke?
3 guys in a boat that find a genie in a bottle...

16. What is the coolest/most impressive thing you own?
A tie between my Klimt decorative plate in the livingroom...or my car, Astro.

17. When did you last cry, and why?
Viewing my fathers tribute slideshow on the 1 year anniversary of his death.

18. What's the best piece of advice you've ever had?
At camp in the 1970s, a girl had a framed saying on her nightstand "Bloom where you are planted"... I love that saying and try to live by those words.

19. Similarly, what's the nicest thing anyone's ever done for you?
Many people over the years have done good deeds for me. Most recently, our new next door neighbor mowed our front and back lawn as they thought we were too busy to get to it.

20. Have you any vices?
Fork to mouth is the biggest. Impulsive is another... and impatiece.

21. Do you regret anything?
Regret is like guilt...a wasted emotion.

22. What is the best invention ever?
Music.

23. How would you describe your relationship with your family?
Distant.

24. Who is your biggest inspiration?
I inspire myself to do things.

25. What are you going to do when you've finished Sunday Stealing?
Cocktails on the patio after I build the last studio chair for Bud.

SATURDAY 9 Meme April 7

Saturday 9: I Must Be Seeing Things
1. Have you ever watched something unfold, that as you watched, you could not believe what you've witnessed?
My mother's death is forever etched in my mind.

2. What is your favorite city in the world? Why?
City...well London, England is my favorite.

3. What is the strangest film, to your sense of reality, that you have ever seen?
70s porn at the drive in on a dare...does it matter what the title was? I remember blue and purple body parts.

4. It seems that the older that you get, the less you want the hassle of seeing a live concert. Who is an artist or a band that you'd actually pay to see?
I'm still a huge Cure fan and also Depeche Mode put on a fun concert, Devo had the best concert of all in '81...I'd pay to see any of them, as well as Yes and Led Zeppelin, and if the Beatle kids tour, I'd get front row seats..

5. When was the last time that you lost your temper?
On the road at a car that cut me off...hand gestures and shouting from my Astro car.

6. When you were little, did you think "sex" was a bad word?
Never heard the word until I was about 11 or 12. Had no clue what it meant.

7. What does your smart phone do that really surprised you when you loaded the app?
My phone is only smart enough to take calls and text messages.

8. Have you ever been attracted to someone that you should not have been? (Feel free to take this lame question any way that you please.)
My boss at a photo lab when I was 19.

9. Will you see the new "The Three Stooges" film?
Of course!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

SATURDAY 9 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE MEME

Saturday 9: Stuck in the Middle With You


1. In romance, have you ever been stuck in the middle with someone?
Ummm...hmmm...in what context?

2. Which current commercial is the currently most annoying to you on TV or radio?
Anything with cats in it.

3. What do you think is the most difficult task when it comes to Spring cleaning?
Finding the time.

4. What area is your expertise in?
I think I know how to decorate and how to organize.

5. Have you ever bumped into a former lover and found out they were now gay or straight depending on your relationship with them?
No, but I have run into old lovers who are now Born Again. Just as bad.

6. When was the last time that you got stabbed in the back?
My ears ring at work...probably fairly recently by the co workers in the main sales level.

7. For a few years in a row, you receive a nice tax refund: do you make an adjustment with your payroll deduction so they’ll take less, or do you leave it that way so that you can continue to receive the big check every spring?
I am on the fence. I like to use the money all along, but that large $$ check is fun.

8. Do you remember the most naughty night of your life? (And do tell a bit, if comfortable)
Nah...

9. How would you handle yourself if you were regularly in the press and tabloids?
You mean like that documentary director who was caught in the street handling himself?

xxo