Movies A to Z

Completed Movie List

A - Accidental Husband
B - Black Swan
C - Camp Rock II
D - Despicable Me
E - Emma
F - The Fighter
G - The Godfather
H - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
I - It's Complicated
J - Jingle all the Way
K - King's Speech
L - Legend of the Guardians
M - Michael Clayton
N - NeoNed
O - Old Dogs
P - Phineas and Ferb
Q - Quills
R - Rookie of the Year
S - Sherlock Holmes
T - Temple Grandin
U - UHF
V - Volcano
W - Wet Hot American Summer
X - XMen First Class
Y - You Did What?
Z - Zulu

An amusement park

Today I went to 6 flags over Georgia. It's early in the season so we were able to pretty much just walk from one ride to another without much waiting. A lot of it was really fun. The only problem came at the very end, really. I was too fat to fit in a roller coaster, but not enough so that I had to get off. Just enough so so that my back wasn't flush against the seat. It HURT. Nonetheless, I'd go again, which is good since I have a season pass now to there and white water.

Snorkeling

So part of today's aquarium experience was swimming with whale sharks and other fishies in the Ocean Voyager exhibit. I got there about an hour and a half early, so I wandered around looking at fish, and spent about a half an hour staring at the sea otters (my favorites!) Then I went for a swim test - which I failed, but I still got to do the swim with the gentle giants thing... so I was pretty nervous when I first put the regulator in my mouth, but by the time I got halfway around, I was used to it. Yes, I've used one before, but I'd forgotten what it feels like. And it is weird. So I put my face in the water, and there was this jack like right there in front of my face, and I jumped. But then I kinda calmed down and started looking around and it was seriously the most relaxing thing ever. we swam a figure 8 over the exhibit, and I actually bumped into a whale shark! And two of the manta rays came really close, too. 

Thankful

Just in time for Thanksgiving, I decided to do my list of 100 things that I am thankful for

1.     swimming with the fish

2.     being able to volunteer at the aquarium

3.     being able to stand long enough to volunteer

4.     Jack’s surgery

5.     Awesome level 4 and CTG girls

6.     Pregnant beluga

7.     Being in generally good health

8.     A car that hasn’t seriously broken down yet

9.     Henry’s help

10. Henry’s health

11. This house

12. Kevin’s job

13. My job

14. My school

15. I have a cool advisor

16. Mom’s surgery went well

17. Rogue knowing when I need cuddles

18. Friends in Statesboro

19. Sluggysquad

20. Tyke keeps not getting eaten

21. The SCA

22. VA medical care

23. Social Security

24. Getting VA checks

25. People who love me

26. Selling some books on amazon.com

27. Kelly’s job

28. Dad’s job

29. A loving husband

30. My GPS

31. appleTV

32. Netflix

33. A comfortable bed

34. Internet access

35. Living in a first world country

36. People willing to sacrifice for their ideals ie occupy

37. Dolphin swim

38. Jack’s love

39. Elizabeth and Nat

40. Victor’s help

41. Mark’s help

42. Knowledge

43. My summer job

44. Archery certification

45. My ipad

46. My iphone

47. My computer

48. Being able to fix my computer and rescue all data

49. We’ve always had enough to feed at least our pets

50. Alcohol

51. Staying strong enough to not smoke again

52. My hair

53. My health

54. Rabbi Steve

55. Vivienne

56. Weird Al tickets

57. Semester at sea

58. Russia

59. Guatemala and Argentina

60. Acceptance at the Temple

61. No one was hurt in David’s accident

62. No serious damage in Kevin’s accident

63. Puppy kisses

64. 100pounds2lose group

65. New clothes that fit

66. Dinner with mom

67. A safe cross country drive

68. Other people to cook for Thanksgiving

69. Sea otters being rescued

70. Sea turtles being returned to the wild

71. Living in relatively peaceful time

72. Refund from AT&T

73. Beluga interaction at Sea World

74. Awesome family

75. No accidents for me

76. A nice bathtub

77. Our military

78. We found Madelyn when I let her free

79. I haven’t lost all my teeth like I keep dreaming I will

80. All my senses work right

81. I get to talk into microphones

82. Good cholesterol numbers

83. My heart rate went down some

84. My friends

85. Figuring out anemia was causing my jaw problems

86. Quiet time

87. Finding my Quran

88. Finding my DVDs

89. Abilify

90. No major depressive episodes this year

91. No major manic episodes this year

92. Kevin at work amusing me

93. Youthful looks

94. Kevin’s car not breaking down

95. I’m not as crazy as I could be.

96. Hand/wrist pain seems to have gone away

97. Robert’s friendship

98. Having known Mr. Dalke

99. Kevin finding the jewelry

100.                Having lived another year.

Places I'd like to Visit

One of my tasks was to write a list of places I'd like to visit. Someday when I have money, a future list will involve researching them and visiting some of them. I hope. But for now, I give you 50 places I'd like to see before I die: Places to Visit
 1. Dead Sea, Israel
 2. Train trip from Germany to Ukraine
 3. Auschwitz, Poland
 4. Dublin, Ireland
 5. Santiago, Chile
 6. Antarctica
 7. Brisbane, Australia
 8. Hobart, Australia
 9. Oregon, USA
 10. Trans Siberian Rail Road
 11. Gorilla trek in East Africa
 12. Hike the Appalachian Trail
13. Fiji
 14. Egypt
 15. Panama
 16. Mount Rushmore
 17. Hawaii
 18. New Zealand
 19. North Dakota Dinosaur hunt
 20. Cambodia
21. Yellowstone national park
22. Boston
 23. Idaho
 24. Kyiv, Ukraine
 25. Mongolia
 26. Safari from Kenya to South Africa
 27. The Amazon River
 28. Machu Pichu, Peru
 29. The Tajj Mahal
 30. The Great Wall of China
 31. Italy
 32. London
33. Spain
34. Georgia, Europe
35. Moldova
36. Galapagos islands
37. English countryside
38. Irish countryside
39. French countryside
40. Wailing Wall
 41. North Dakota
42. South Dakota
 43. New York City after the new WTC monument gets built
44. Long term South African mission trip
45. Southernmost tip of Argentina
46. Greenland
47. Denmark
48. Holland
49. Easter Island
50. Pennsic

Occupy Savannah

Today was the first day of Occupy Savannah. Kiki and I went down to join the protests. It was good. I made a sign that said "Pro Life After Birth"  and joined a circle of people talking about their lives and how they've been affected by republicunt stupidity. Then we went to the streets, and yelled. A lot of cars honked at us, especially trucks, and trolleys. There was a lot of standing, and a lot of yelling. Kiki and I shared some pizza for lunch, then back for more of the same. People kept bringing us things at the protest like sammiches, and coffee, and jolly ranchers. It rained on and off all day. I ran into Dr. Skidmore-Hess while there, which was nice. :) We got two "full moons" from passerby. I'd guess 1 in 10 drivers honked at us or waved or cheered us. I couldn't help but thinking that if one in ten of those came and joined us, we'd be a huge movement. We finally left around 6:20 or so.


Quote of the day?

Pirates ARRRR the 99%!


Picture of the day:

30!

Tonight we're going to see Weird Al in concert. I'm pretty excited, really. This morning I went to the aquarium and got certified to work one of the galleries.

Synagogue

It was beautiful.

There were about 20 people there - I'm told there are usually more, but because it's the weekend before a high holy day, people don't show up. Anyway, that made me stick out like a sore thumb with a sign over my head screaming "noob!" I spoke briefly to the rabbi before the service. The first thing he asked me was if I had ever been to a synagogue before. I said no and he asked what brought me, so I explained briefly, and he was very welcoming. He introduced me to a few people, and I ended up sitting with one of the women there for the service. Lots of singing and praying in Hebrew followed - I'm pretty sure that made the sign over my head into a neon sign over my head. Anyway, there was a wonderful sermon about aging and listening to our elders. And then coffee and desserts. I was introduced to quite a few people. 

100 Things

100 Things that Make Me Happy

1.     Jack

2.     Rogue

3.     Tyke

4.     Hugs

5.     The internet

6.     Attention

7.     Getting good grades

8.     When someone pays attention to me

9.     Jack still being alive

10. The color pink

11. Winning a game

12. Playing a game

13. Being included

14. CCF Beach Retreat

15. Spending hours talking with Tabby

16. Drive by huggings

17. Someone noticing me

18. When familiar old songs come on the radio

19. Star 94 90s weekends

20. Archery

21. Sword fighting

22. Going out with people after fighter practice

23. Ice cream

24. Quiet

25. Dolphins

26. Beluga whales

27. Feeling useful

28. Working the Greeter position

29. Helping people

30. Worship music

31. Getting text messages

32. Someone IMing me without me having to IM them first

33. The ocean

34. The mountains

35. Colorado Springs

36. Summer camp

37. Roley

38. Spike

39. Blackie

40. Troll-troll

41. Wednesday night dinners

42. Knowing trivia questions

43. Forgiveness

44. Love

45. Danny Groover’s sermons

46. Travelling

47. Chat rooms

48. Getting phone calls

49. Wrestling in the swimming pool

50. Young children and babies

51. Isabella getting her 4^th level

52. Being alive

53. When Obama was elected

54. Seeing Kevin at the airport

55. Talking to people

56. The BCM

57. CCF

58. Late nights at IHOP with Kat

59. Getting to know Chris

60. Road trip with Ferret

61. Iguacu falls

62. Religion

63. History

64. Learning about history from people who lived it

65. LJ/DW/FB comments

66. Facebook “likes”

67. When bigots get outed

68. Reading LJ/DW/FB

69. Grapes

70. Kroger’s Pizzas

71. Sleep

72. Long baths

73. Kindle for ipad

74. Money

75. Crossing things off a todo list

76. Seeing Laird on Skype

77. Appletinis

78. Making lists

79. Learning Russian

80. Watering the Plebes

81. Message boards

82. Colors

83. Purses and bags

84. Coloring

85. Sudoku puzzles

86. Crossword puzzles

87. Mike’s Hard Pink Lemonade

88. Nerds

89. Chocolate

90. Answered prayers

91. Comfortable pillow

92. Down comforters

93. My iphone

94. Winning awards

95. Flags

96. Puppies

97. Kittens

98. seaQuest

99. Firefly

100.                God

Volunteer

For the last two weeks, I've been a volunteer at the Georgia Aquarium. I've done a shift at the information desk and a shift as a greeter. Both of these positions basically involve answering the questions, "where is the bathroom?" and "where is the exit?" as well as a few other things. The greeter position also hands out maps, and speaks to everyone on their way in. So far I'm loving it. I'm getting ready to take a few classes so that I can do gallery interpretation as well. One of my ultimate goals with it is to be allowed to take animals into the line and talk about the smaller animals the aquarium has before guests get into the aquarium. This requires taking all of the gallery classes that are available as well as a couple others. So I'm starting on that next week and I think I have all of them done by October 22nd. I'm really excited! I'm also working a couple of birthday parties in the upcoming weeks.

25 things I like about me

1. I like my hair
2. My ability to forgive
3. I still haven’t given into despair
 4. I’m generous
5. I am patient
6. I am smart
7. I’m pretty good with languages
8. I’m loyal
9. I want to help people
10. I write well
11. I’m open
12. I’m organized
13. I’m prompt – and usually early
14. I am a good teacher
15. I am independent
16. I am a nonsmoker.
 17. I am tolerant of many things
18. I am always learning
19. I am physically healthy
20. I am a good friend.
 21. I can keep secrets
22. I love.
 23. I’m free.
 24. I am not a worrier
25. I am relaxed.

Swimming Every Week

Well, I do believe I've completed this one. The storms the other night made the weather a bit too cold for swimming anymore. I'm frustrated because I used to be able to swim better than I now can. However, I'm proud of myself for doing this.

A plum!

Every 2 weeks, the cleanest cabin wins a basket of fruit. This week, that was us and I got a plum. I've never had one before (I know, weird, right?) It was interesting. Not like "OMG What have I been missing" but I'd eat one again. *nods* This ticks off "Try 10 new foods" from my list. 32% finished - that's like 1/3rd of the way there. I may rethink a few of my goals now. And change ones I've definitely failed at, like having a level 80 WOW character since I turned off my WOW account.

Forgot to hit post on this...

Kevin and I went on a winery tour a few days ago. Their website said daily, but their front door sign said Wednesday-Sunday. Kevin had to do it today for guild rank, so we went and asked and they gave us a private tour. It was fun. I mean, nothing special, really but something to do, and kind of interesting. Then we got 5 free samples of their wine. I really enjoyed 4 of the 5. We bought 4 bottles (3 of the ones I liked, plus the one I didn't really like which Kevin did like). Usually I don't like wine because it feels sharp on my tongue. These didn't. So I have no idea what causes the sharpness usually. I always thought it was the alcohol since it's usually there with beer, too.

Visit the Grand Canyon

On our way cross country we stopped at the Grand Canyon. It was amazing!






This plus moving leave me 25% done with my list!

Wild Animal Park

We went to the Wild Animal Park today for Kevin's birthday. Here are some pictures


One of seven of this species left in the world.


Giraffes are cool!


Cheetahs!


Warthogs!




Elephants are my favorites.

Visit A Brewery

Well we visited Stone Brewery today. I didn't think I liked beer, because I've never really found many I liked (the exception being Rhinehart's beerdegaard). I found two I liked today. Apparently I don't like the beers Kevin gives me because he doesn't like hopps, and I really do. Anyway, the guy really needed a microphone because I couldn't hear him at all. Then we had lunch at their restaurant. The food was OK. The brownie was good. As was the mac 'n beer-cheese.

Visit Atlanta

I'm in Atlanta, just for the weekend. I'm taking a test, and leaving my cat with my family until I get back here for good. So far it's been a good weekend. I went to Moes and then mom quizzed me on the test I'm about to take. And I've slept, because I took the redeye and didn't manage to sleep on it at all.

Swim With a Dolphin

Today was one of the big ones on the list - one that I've wanted to do for years. I went to Sea World in San Diego and swam with a dolphin named Toby. Dolphins feel like slippery rubber. Anyway, we got to give a few commands, and then I got a hug. It was absolutely amazing. I highly recommend this to everyone.

Get an A(-)

Well, following my theory that an A is an A and these plus and minuses are stupid, I did accomplish this goal. So I'll finish UCR with a GPA of 3.6... not good, not bad.