Well, apparently I am terrible at maintaining this blog, and there is no real excuse; just the explanation that I have terrible follow-through. HOWEVER, just because I haven't written here doesn't mean I haven't been writing! First, there is some blog writing here:
Brown Family Travels -- This is all about our road trip moving out to Florida! I wish I could re-post all those things on this blog, because it would look like I kept up with it a lot better than I have you could just read everything here instead of having to visit another place, but I am not that internet savvy. I just know how to copy and paste.
Second, I got a job as a writer! It's nothing fancy, just some copywriting (different from copyrighting, the only patent I deal with is leather) for a coupon company. It's been really fun and has challenged my brain in great ways - I haven't had to come up with this many original thoughts since college. Ha! That sounds so sad.
As for goals, I will have to look at those another time, because I think I have completed some... but maybe not. But what's important right now is that I not make Laura look like a dummy. She has an amazing blog that she actually keeps up with, and she tagged me! It's just like the old days with those AOL surveys... man, I loved those. I could pretend that I'm cooler, but I really love answering questions about myself. That 25 Things thing that went around FB a couple of years ago? All over it.
First, here are some pictures so that you don't get bored with too much writing:
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| At Halloween, dressed as Mad Men (& Women?) with Princess Belle. |
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| Lake Apopka, which is a 7ish minute walk from our house. |
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| Our House at Christmastime! I miss the lights. |
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| Visiting our nation's Capitol. One of the 5 times I got to wear boots and a jacket this winter. |
Alright, now to the questions!!
1. What is your favorite meal?
I rarely get to eat it because someone in my family (it's not Moose) doesn't believe a meal is complete without meat, but my favorite meal of all time is probably a french baguette with cheese and fruit. And if you throw some wine in there, I won't complain.
2. If you could only listen to three albums for the rest of your life, what would they be and why?
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| This is the one I know for sure. |
"Dog Problems" by the Format is probably my favorite album to ever exist. It's almost structured like a symphony with different movements, and I like every single song. I don't know that there is another album I feel quite as strongly about. I go back and forth with what other albums I would want... something sentimental? Really different sounding albums so I don't get bored? I dunno. Maybe one of Tory's mix cds. Or Ace of Base.
3. What is your favorite item in your closet?
My favorite items are all in one garment bag because they are all things that came from my Grandmother's house. There's a nightgown that belonged to her that I played dress-up in when I was little, a fur coat with her name embroidered inside, and a scarf that was my Great-Grandmother's. These are totally the first things I'd grab in a fire. As for things I wear the most, my brown boots. Nothing like a good pair of boots (too Florida weather means I rarely wear them anymore).
4. When is the last time you cried?
I used to never cry. I had tear ducts of steel all through middle school and high school, even when I wanted to cry, like when I saw Titanic for the 8th time (which, OMG I am so seeing it when it gets released in 3D in April OMG!).
Now, all it takes is some sad-ish music and a picture of a puppy or something and you could mop me off the floor. I don't know what happened, but it's embarassing how quickly I come unglued. So the last time I cried was probably at some commercial (like that one where the elephant brings his zookeeper cough medicine and tissues when he's sick? Gets me errytime).
5. What is your favorite tv show of all time?
If it's of ALL time, it's probably Friends. I wanted to be Rachel, I loved EVERY season, it reminds me of my teenage years, and I can still reference & quote it thought I haven't seen an episode in over a year.
BUT, I also love Arrested Development and firmly believe it was the best show on television ever. I also unreasonably love the first season of Felicity. I made a Facebook page for Noel Crane. Yikes?
6. What is your favorite movie? Now, what is the guilty pleasure movie that you could watch over and over again?
Romeo & Juliet, the 1996 version, without a doubt and without shame. Though watching it over and over again can be a little emotionally taxing... Drop Dead Gorgeous might be my repeat guilty pleasure. I can recite both from beginning to end.
7. What would your dream vacation destination be?
As I've gotten older, it has become harder for me to say if when I travel in the future I would rather go to new places or back to places I've already been and loved. I LOVE traveling and don't get to do nearly enough (why do they make you pay $ to travel? Ridiculous), so at this point I think my ideal vacation would be to take Andy to Europe because he's never been, and specifically to go back to London, where I studied abroad. I LOVE England, the people, the humour (<-- see what I did there?), the tea, the fashion, the Tube, everything. So yeah; London baby.
8. Describe your personality in three words.
Awesome, & TOO nice. Ha... so I guess sarcastic would be one? I guess I would actually say... dorky, easygoing, and fun. Or awkward, because that's how this question makes me feel.
9. What is the one make-up item you absolutely have to have on your face every day?
I feel like I look dead without a little bit of blush. Bobbi Brown pot rouge is my favorite because it looks like natural color. I could pretty much forego everything else... but I kind of like makeup.
10. Dream dinner party guest list! (Three people, living or dead.)
I might have to cheat on this, because 3 is not enough. I would 100% want a hilarious dinner party over a super-serious-pick-people's-brains dinner. Part of me wants to have all women, because there are so many funny ones that I want to be best friends with. I love Amy Poehler, and of course Tina Fey, and Ellen DeGeneres... so maybe those would be my top three. But then I would clearly want to have Portia DeRossi, Ellen's wife, and also Will Arnett because he's Amy's husband AND was on Arrested Development with Portia. And really I don't even have to be there, because I would just want to watch them all talk. Can someone make this show happen, please?
11. Why did you start blogging?
HA. Because I made goals, and one of them was to blog about accomplishing my goals. Doing well, eh?