Let's do it again

Search your name and the word "wants." These are much better than my Laurie "needs."

• Laurie wants to rule the dial.
• Laurie wants to raise awareness.
• Laurie wants her hooves buffed.
• (Hugh) Laurie wants my body.
• Laurie wants to make the event as pleasurable and fun as possible.
• Laurie wants to ride motorcycle across the U.S.
• Laurie wants to stop the runaway train.
• Laurie wants you to kick ass.
• Laurie wants to know what you're going to do with the baton in your hands.
• Laurie wants to learn more about this girl who she finds out is her sister.
• Laurie wants to update her blog but is just too lazy.

Laurie Needs

This might be old, but it's the first time I've seen it. Go to your favorite search engine and type your name and the word "needs." For example, "Laurie needs." Here are some of mine:

1. Laurie needs to read the CBE Certification.
2. Laurie needs a crash helmet.
3. Laurie needs help.
4. Laurie needs to lose weight.
5. Laurie needs flight school.
6. Laurie needs a haircut.
7. Laurie needs in on this.
8. Laurie needs her days off, too.
9. Laurie needs to update more often.
10. Laurie needs no introduction.

Leave me some of your favorites for your name in the comments.

Seven Random Things

I've been tagged by Just a Plane Ride Away to tell you seven random things about myself. After you read mine, go write your own.

1. When my daughter-in-law was pregnant with the magical person we now all know as the Grand-Fabulous-Ava, I suddenly started liking all things girly and glittery and pink. I was never like that before. The odd thing was, we didn't know she was a girl until she made her grand entrance into our lives.

2. I would rather blog than read books, which has really put a dent in my book count over the last few years.

3. I love resale shops, but I hate flea markets and garage sales.

4. I'd rather spend money on food, friends and fun than on clothes.

5. I didn't like tomatoes until I was in my 20's and didn't eat broccoli until I was pregnant (25 years old). I drank my first whole beer about two years ago.

6. My first job was in the basket room at the neighborhood swimming pool. I still love the smell of chlorine.

7. When I was 19, I wanted to be a legal secretary, but I wouldn't quit the job at the doctor's office where I worked. Ten years later, I got a divorce and a paralegal degree and finally went to work in a law office and I still love it to this day...twenty-two years later.

Looking Back

Donna at SoCal Mom has tagged me to do a meme. I have to choose one post from 2007 from each of the following categories. Click on the category to read the post.

Link 1 must be about Family

Link 2 must be about Friends

Link 3 must be about Yourself

Link 4 must be about Something You Love

Link 5 can be Anything You Choose

Now, I'm supposed to tag 5 people, then they tag 5 people, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...

I won't specifically tag anybody. However, if you do the meme, let me know in the comments and I'll pretend to send you $1. Can't beat that, now can you?

Lazy Day Post - I Danced With A Mexican Because That's How I Roll

I'm sure a lot of you have gotten this by e-mail but the results my friends have sent me cracked me up. So, off we go...

Pick the month you were born:
January------I kicked
February-----I loved
March--------I smoked
April--------- I dry humped
May---------- I choked on
June----------I murdered
July-----------I did the Macarena with
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1 ------- a birdbath
2 ------- a monster
3 ------- a phone
4 ------- a fork
5 ------- a Mexican
6 ------- a gangster
7 ------- my cell phone
8 ------- my dog
9 ------- my best friends' boyfriend
10 ------- my neighbor
11 ------- my science teacher
12 ------- a banana
13 ------- a fireman
14 ------- a stuffed animal
15 ------- a goat
16 ------- a pickle
17 ------- your mom
18 ------- a spoon
19 ------- myself
20 ------- a baseball bat
21 ------- a ninja
22 ------- Chuck Norris
23 ------- a noodle
24 ------- a squirrel
25 ------- a football player
26 ------- my sister
27 ------- my brother
28 ------- an I-pod
29 ------- a permanent marker
30 ------- a llama
31 ------- A homeless guy

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White ---------- because I'm cool like that
Black ---------- because that's how I roll
Red ---------- because the voices told me to
Blue -----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green ---------- because I hate myself
Purple ---------- because I'mcool
Yellow ---------- because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange ----------because I hate my family
Pink ----------because I am not a homosexual
Brown ----------because I was high
Grey ----------because I was drunk
Other ----------because I'm a ninja
None ---------- because I can't control myself

True Colors

Since no one except you reads blogs on the weekends, let alone a holiday weekend, I think it's as good a time as any to do this silly little bloggy thing I stole from Mommy Needs a Mai Tai a while back.

These are the first things that pop into my mind when I think of...

Pink - John Cougar Mellancamp and my brother-in-law Dan. When Little Pink Houses was popular, Dan used to go around saying, "Paint the mutha pink" (especially while playing Trivial Pursuit).

Gray - A really cool guy I met on Crockett Street recently who said his name was Gray.

Red - My dad. That's his name.

Black - Black fingernails. I'm not sure why.

Orange - "Orange you glad I didn't say yellow?" (an old knock-knock joke).

Brown - Puppies.

Blue - Dusk and dawn. My son used to call those times "blue time." Next time you're outside at dusk or dawn, look at the sky.

Yellow - Mardi Gras (see below).

Green - Mardi Gras (see above and below).

Purple - Mardi Gras (see above).

Meme Me, Baby

Stolen from Old Horsetail Snake by way of Neal...

I AM looking for love in all the wrong places.
I WANT you to want me.
I WISH I had a watermelon.
I HATE spiders and snakes, and that's not what it takes...
I MISS but I keep trying anyway.
I FEAR fear itself.
I HEAR ringing. (That's normal, right?)
I WONDER I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder, why. Why, why, why, why, why...
I REGRET starting this.
I AM NOT as clever as I thought I was tonight.
I DANCE because when I skip, people look at me funny.
I SING because when I dance, people look at me funny.
I CRY because when I sing, people look at me funny.
I AM NOT ALWAYS responsible for everything they say I did.
I MAKE WITH MY HANDS then I throw it away.
I WRITE all wrongs.
I CONFUSE men.
I NEED you to need me.
I SHOULD have deleted this.
I START me up.
I FINISH You Danish?

Tagged by Neal in Antarctica

Four jobs I've had:

1. Swimming pool basket room clerk (2 summers)
2. Ophthalmic assistant (10 years)
3. Law firm office manager (7 years)
4. Paralegal (12 years, so far...)

Four movies I can watch over and over:

1. The Godfather
2. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
3. Annie Hall
4. Pulp Fiction

Four places I have lived:

1. Port Arthur, Texas (23 years)
2. Nederland, Texas (1 year)
3. Groves, Texas (4 years)
4. Beaumont, Texas (19 years)

Four TV shows I love:

1. Sopranos
2. Deadwood
3. The Office
4. Boston Legal

Four places I've vacationed:

1. New Orleans, Louisiana
2. Las Vegas, Nevada
3. Roswell, New Mexico
4. Colorado Springs, Colorado

Four of my favorite dishes:

1. Gumbo
2. Spaghetti
3. Sushi
4. Shrimp fajitas

Four sites I visit daily (check out my sidebar for links to these and other blogs I like):

1. Wang Chi's House of Pancakes
2. Lorna in Wonderland
3. Old Horsetail Snake
4. Neal in Antarctica

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. New Orleans
2. Las Vegas
3. New Orleans
4. Las Vegas

Four people I am tagging:

1. I
2. wouldn't
3. do
4. that to you. But, you can do it to yourself...

Me - A to Z

Stolen from Old Horsetail Snake because I felt like it...

Accent - Southeast Texas mixed with a little Cajun
Booze of choice - Tequila, Smirnoff Ice, Tanqueray Sterling Vodka or fancy martinis or Black Russians made with Vanilla Vodka
Chore I hate - All of them
Dog or cat - Dog (but I don't have one...see "chores I hate" above)
Essential electronics - Computer, television, CD Player, DVD player, XM satellite radio
Favorite cologne - Calvin Klein Escape
Gold or silver - Mostly silver
Hometown - Port Arthur, Texas
Insomnia - Quite the opposite
Job title - Paralegal
Kids - 1 son and 1 daughter-in-law
Living arrangement- Uh...just me?...in a house?...is that the question?
Most admired trait - I am known as The Cruise Director
Number of sexual partners - Uh...
Overnight hospital stays - More than I thought once I started counting
Phobias - Heights. Well, not so much heights as falling off of heights.
Quote - "Is that right?" or "I might be wrong, but..." or "SERIOUSLY?"
Religion - Catholic
Siblings - 2 sisters, 1 brother
Time I wake up - As late as possible
Unusual talent - Squashing urban legends faster than a speeding bullet
Vegetable I refuse to eat - Peas
Worst habit - Staying up too late then being tired all day the next day
X-rays - Way too many to count. I'm an accident waiting to happen.
Yummy foods I make - Mostly desserts
Zodiac sign - Virgo

Fun With Anagrams

This is an automatic anagram generator. Here's how my name plays out...


Laurie Kay Ransonette Anderson

anagrams to

Radiantly keen erroneous Satan

Laurie Kay Anderson

anagrams to

Darkly arouse inane

Playing Tag...

I've been tagged by Sleepybomb with this interesting, uh, tag:

1. Go into your archives.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Post the fifth sentence (or closest to it).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five other people to do the same thing.

These are my five tag-ees (my apologies if you've already done this one):

1. Lorna
2. Astrid
3. Abby
4. Se7en
5. Zach Braff (I'm sure he reads this blog daily.)

Here's the fifth sentence in my 23rd post 10/21/04 (We're Off to See the Wizard):
We, therefore, proceeded to the Dixie (country dancehall) for a while before eventually ending up at the Star Bar to play pool.

Seven Things...

This was passed to me by Fay. Off we go...

Seven things I plan to do:
1. Take more time off from work
2. Travel more (NOT in an evacuation situation)
3. See a Broadway play in New York
4. Go to Key West (if IT doesn't get blown away, too...damn Wilma!)
5. Take a spa vacation in Arizona
6. Write a book (don't all bloggers want to do that?)
7. Pay off my Mastercard (after I write that book)
Note: Going back to Vegas and New Orleans are givens.

Seven things I can do:
1. Make a molehill out of a mountain
2. Drive long distances without getting cranky or falling asleep (IN an evacuation situation)
3. I'm a little psychic but have no control over it whatsoever
4. Write a little something in this blog (almost) every day
5. Read legal documents without getting bored
6. Math
7. Kick ass in Trivial Pursuit

Seven things I can't do:
1. Jump out of an airplane
2. Be mean
3. Watch home movies or movies and videogames with a lot of movement without taking a Dramamine
4. Sing
5. Stand on the edge of anything high
6. Eat peas
7. Drink beer

Seven things I say most often:
1. Hi! How are you?
2. Hmmmm....
3. I could be wrong about this, but...
4. Is that right?
5. Woo Hoo!
6. To the question, "Did I wake you?": "Yeah, but that's okay."
7. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

Seven people I want to pass this tag to:1 - 7. Anyone who wants to do it. (Leave us a comment if you do.)

What Book Are You?

I got this quiz from So-Cal Mom. Which book are you?





You're Siddhartha!

by Hermann Hesse

You simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in. This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in fairies.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Three Things...

This was passed to my by my longest blogging friend, Lorna. Off we go...

• Three screen names that you have had: landerson1, lauriea776, lauriea
• Three things you like about yourself: my quest for fun, my calmness, my sense of humor
• Three things you don't like about yourself: occasionally obsessive, sometimes insecure, always afraid to take chances
• Three parts of your heritage: French, Cajun French, Native American
• Three things that scare you: Snakes, heights, public speaking
• Three of your everyday essentials: A little music, a little television, a little reading
• Three things you are wearing right now: T-shirt, boxers, a smile
• Three of your favorite songs: Maybe I'm Amazed, Under My Thumb, Pearl Necklace
• Three new things you want to try in the next twelve months: Jazz Fest in New Orleans, a new cuisine, go to a film festival
• Three things I want in a relationship: Laughter, love, serenity
• Two truths and a lie: I love sushi, I love margaritas, I love peas
• Three things you can't do without: Family, food, fun
• Three places you want to go on vacation: New York City, Europe, Australia
• Three things you just can't do: Sing, lie, skate
• Three kids' names: Moe, Larry, Curly
• Three things you want to do before you die: Kiss George Clooney, win an Oscar, kiss George Clooney some more
• Three Celeb crushes: George Clooney, Jude Law, Johnny Depp
• Three people I nominate to complete this exercise: Baby Sister Bonnie, Little Cousin Kara, Newest Blogging Friend Susan
  
  
  

Book Quiz/Poll

Aisha, one of my fellow NUNS (No Unnecessary Needless Shopping) during Lent, sent me the following poll. In this poll, you will discover exactly how intellectully shallow my literary interests run. My alleged brainiac cover has been blown.

You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
(For those of you who don't know, in Fahrenheit 451, the books were being burned so people had to memorize a book.)

I would want to be Pet Semetary by Stephen King so I could go around scaring the crap out of people. They would run like hell and I would chase after them shouting my book word for word and I would have separate voices for each character.

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?

Rhett Butler, of course.

The last book you bought is:

America (by Jon Stewart and the cast of the Daily Show)

The last book you read:

Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)

What are you currently reading?

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
America (see above)
Someone also gave me Angels & Demons (Dan Brown) which I haven't yet worked into the mix

Five books you would take to a deserted island:

1. The Stand (Stephen King)
2. Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susan) or The Other Side of Midnight (Sidney Sheldon) or Scruples (Judith Krantz)
3. A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle)
4. Centennial (James Michener)
5. The Hobbit (J. R. R. Tolkien)

Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?

Jen - Because she went to college and everything.
Lorna - She is a bookstore regular and I'm interested to know what her answers would be.
Lauren - She is one of my younger blogging friends and I'm curious to see her answers as well.

Music Poll

My newest blogging friend, Donna, who used to work on the Tonight Show, by the way, and has some great stories over at her blog, tagged me to do this musically oriented thingy. Here goes:

Music Poll:

1. Song that sounds like happy feels:
I'm Walking on Sunshine

2. Earliest musical memory:
We had these little plastic records of different colors which were mostly Disney and we also had some records that had picture books with them and you would turn the pages as you listened to the records. We had a little portable record player. We were so cool.

My first pop music purchase was a 45 of the Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud and I remember singing Beatles songs on the playground in second grade with my friends.

My first musician crush was on Peter Blair Dennis Bernard Noone (Herman's Hermits), then Bobby Sherman, then David Cassidy.

3. Last CD you bought:
I bought four: Cher, Jason Mraz, Coldplay and Maroon 5.

4. Reminds you of school:

Elementary
Beatles (see above)

High School
Allman Brothers

College
I went to college way later, after my divorce. That was the mid-80's and I was frequenting the country bars. So it would have to be George Strait.

5. Total music files on your PC:
I had about 500 music files and accidentally deleted all of them when I got rid of Kazaa. Now I have about 5 but at least I came by them honestly. I paid my $1 per song, by God.

6. Song for listening to repeatedly when depressed:
You can't beat country for that. I'll go with anything Patsy Cline or Hank Williams.

7. Song that sounds British, but isn't:
I'll have to think about this one. Moving on...

8. Song you love, band you hate:
Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band)

9. A favorite song from the past that took ages to track down:
From a Castle Kicker to a Braid Puller to a Heart Breaker (We had a girl band in elementary school and we played this record over and over and memorized every word. I have no idea who sang it and I still haven't found it.)

10. Bought the album for one good song:
Fever In Fever Out (Lucious Jackson)

11. Worst Song to Get Stuck in your Head:
Well, now I have that damn Castle Kicker song in my head so I can't think of anything else.

12. Best song to dump a beer on someone's head to, then storm out of the bar?
Don't Ask Her on A Straight Tequila Night (John Anderson)

13. Who should do this next?
Lorna

Lauren

Astrid

Jen

Because Lauren Challenged Me...

My newest blogging friend, Lauren, says I have to do this so here I go. For those of you who are bored by this sort of thing, move along and I'll post you tomorrow.

1. 3 names you go by: 1. Laurie 2. Lo-Lo (Aunt Gert and Uncle Henry call me this. I'm not sure why and they're on different sides of the family.) 3. Aunt Honey (my niece and all my nephews)
2. 3 screen names you have: 1. lauriea776 2. landerson1 3. lauriean
3. 3 things you like about yourself: 1. Easy going 2. I like all kinds of music 3. I'm easily entertained by the mundane
4. 3 things I dislike about myself: 1. Judgmental 2. Overly cautious 3. Inhibited
5. 3 parts of your heritage: 1. Cajun French (mom's side of the family) 2. Cajun French (dad's side of the family) 3. Attakapa Indian (a little bit on mom's side)
6. 3 things that scare you: 1. Heights 2. Bugs 3. Snakes
7. 3 of your everyday essentials: 1. Anti-wrinkle cream 2. Write at least one post in my blog 3. Sleep, sleep, sleep
8. 3 things you're wearing right now: 1. Pajama pants 2. Jive Train long sleeve t-shirt 3. Slipper socks that look like ballet slippers.
9. 3 of your favorite bands/artists: 1. Allman Brothers 2. Led Zepplin 3. Steely Dan
10. 3 of your favorite songs at the present: 1. Anything by Jason Mraz 2. Anything by Maroon 5 3. Anything by Cold Play
11. 3 things you want in a relationship (love is a given, and I will add in great sex and honesty) : 1. Humor 2. Intelligence 3. Trust
12. 2 truths and a lie (no particular order to keep you guessing): 1. I love New Orleans 2. I love Las Vegas 3. I hate to fly
13. 3 physical things about a love interest that appeal: 1. Smiles a lot 2. Nice eyes 3. Smells good
14. 3 things you just can't do: 1. Ride roller coasters 2. Sing (doesn't stop me though) 3. Eat peas
15. 3 of your favorite hobbies (blogging isn't a hobby, it's an addiction): 1. Reading 2. New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle (it's a hobby because it takes me all week) 3. Computer games (Sims, Civilization, Age of Emires, stuff like that)
16. 3 things you want to do badly right now: 1. Watch CSI New York in about 2 minutes 2. Continue reading Lord of the Rings 3. Go to bed
17. 3 careers you are considering: 1. Writer (from my fabulous townhouse in the French Quarter) 2. Writer (from my fabulous beach house on Crystal Beach) 3. Writer (from my fabulous suite in Las Vegas)
18. 3 kids names (either boy or girl): 1. Cory (my son) 2. Jamie (my daughter-in-law) 3. Carly (what I was going to name Cory if he was a girl)
19. 3 things you want to do before you die: 1. Go to New York City 2. Go to California 3. Go to Europe
20. 3 people who have to take this quiz now: 1. Astrid www.supercalifajalisticexpialidocious.blogspot.com 2. Tracey www.mtblackmon.blogspot.com 3. Jen www.lookingfordave.blogspot.com