Friday Flashback for 15 June 07

For Father's Day, my sister and I would get Dad some pretty, um, interesting gifts.

One year, Tori gave Dad an ashtray, despite the fact that Dad had quit smoking years before. Of course, there was always the compliment of ties and tie-tacks and socks. We even tried the breakfast in bed thing, but Dad never liked to eat in bed, so he'd get up and come to the table in the kitchen to eat.

We sure could have used those gift cards that are so popular now back then. Then Dad could've gotten something he really needed. But he always appreciated everything we gave him, and probably kept everything until the day he died. Dad was a packrat that way.

My dad was a sentimental man. And on this Father's Day, just like the ones over the past seven years, I will think of him and be a little sad.

Miss you, Dad.

That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

Dari's Friday Flashback

My dad got a job transfer in the summer of 1970, and we were in the process of moving from San Francisco to Orange County, CA. I was six years old, my sister was five, and our half brother, who lived with his mother and was going with us as part of his summer with dad, was nine.

It was during this move that my sister and I took our first trip on an airplane.

We stayed in a hotel called the Newporter Inn (in Newport Beach) for about 2 or 3 weeks while my parents looked for a house. We found the house in Costa Mesa and moved in in late June.

My mother sold that house thirty years to the month later after my dad passed away and moved to Oklahoma.


That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

I'm awake only because someone called me after I went to bed :P

and it wasn't the someone i wanted to talk to :(

Okay, I'm doing this only because I can't sleep.

You Are Elektra

There's really no superhero with more style than you. Because who could beat being sexy assasin ninja?

What Superhero Are You?

That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

Dari's Friday Flashback #3

This will be a short one...

Ford put out the first Mustangs when I was about 4 months old. When I was three or four years old, I told my mom that I'd buy her one someday.

Forty years later, I haven't. If I do buy one (highly unlikely at this point in time), I'll let my mom drive it. If she wants to. She's still kinda skittish behind the wheel, and she's been driving for thirty five years!

That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

I never claimed to be as pure as the driven snow...

and this proves it LOL

You Are 71% Pure

You're pretty pure, and you have no plans on changing that. You do have a devilish side though... and it will probably get the better of you.

The 100 Question Purity Test

That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

Dari's Friday Flashback #2

For today, hmmm, let's see...

I was thinking about this just the other day-- the ponytails my mom used to fix my hair into when I was 6, 7, 8 years old. My hair was quite long, so Mom would give me braids, or just separate my hair into equal sections and use an elastic to secure them. It was easier for her, because she's the one who brushed my hair out each night before I went to bed, and it kept my hair out of my face when I was playing outside with my neighborhood friends.*

Then, one summer, I begged my parents to let me cut my hair. They relented and it was cut from waist length to just below the shoulder. By that time, Mom was letting me fix my own hair.

Now, it's short. The last time it was really long was 1999. The longer it got, the worse it looked, so I chopped it all off. I don't think it's been longer than shoulder length since then. It's a lot easier to manage now.

*Yes, that's what we kids did in the 70's-- we played outside until dark. No video games and crap back then.

That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

Dari's Friday Flashback #1

Since my childhood was well more than 10 years ago, I thought I'd play along.

And, since Mother's Day is this weekend, I'll start off with this:

For as long as I could remember, my dad always got my mom a card and a gift for Mother's Day. He did it for other special occasions, too, and he did it every time without fail. Sometimes, the cards were funny, or the gift was meant to represent some inside joke between the two of them, or something to just let her know that he appreciated her a lot.

My parents were not the kind to show affection in front of their kids. That's just the way they were. It was part of their upbringing. So when Dad did peck Mom on the cheek for something, my sister and I were surprised.

Dad gave Mom Mother's Day gifts long after we grew up and moved away. Mom didn't stop being a mom when we went out on our own, after all.

My dad died on October 8, 1999. The first Mother's Day after that, when there wasn't the usual card at Mom's place at the table, was the first real time since he died that she cried.

A couple months later, Mom put the house we grew up in on the market, and when it was sold, moved here to Oklahoma.

And I'm sure she thinks about Dad everyday. I know I do.
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If you want to play along, click the picture above. If for some reason I didn't do the HTML crap correctly, click here.


That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

Only because I'm bored...

You Are a Very Good Girl

You are 90% Good and 10% Bad You're a perfect angel - almost impossibly so Don't you ever feel like being a little bad?!?

Are You a Good Girl or a Bad Girl?

Do I ever feel like being a little bad? That's for me to know and only a very select few to find out.


Cowboy, you wanna find out how bad I can be?


That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

Charmed, I'm sure

(and can't type for anything this morning!)

Guys Like That You're Charming

You're the girl most guys can't get out of their heads Even if they met you on a bad hair day :-) You just seem to "click" with everyone you meet So even if a guy forgets about you for a second... his friends haven't!

What Do Guys Like About You?

That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

One. Word.

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

Not as easy as you might think.

1. Where is your cell phone?
pocket

2. Your (ex) boyfriends/girlfriends?
cheater

3. Your hair?
Short

4. your mother?
Living

5. Your father?
Deceased

6. Your favorite thing?
Bengal

7. Your dream last night?
Weird

8. Your favorite drink?
Pepsi

9. Your dream car?
Mustang

10. The room you're in?
kitchen

11. Your sister(s)? younger


12. Your fear?
Dying

13. What do you want to be in 10 years?
retired

14. Who did you hang out with last night?
me

15. What you're not good at?
Math

16. What do you hate?
calamari

17. One of your wish list items?
Job

18. Where you grew up?
California

19. The last thing you did?
Drove

20. What are you wearing?
Green

21. What aren't you wearing?
Shoes

22. Your pet(s)?
Dead

23. Your computer?
Laptop

24. Your life?
interesting

25. Your mood?
Bored

26. Missing?
Dad

27. What are you thinking about right now?
Babydoll

28. Your car or your parents car?
mine

29. Your work?
Work?

30. Your summer?
Hot

31. Your relationship status?
single

32. Your favorite color?
Orange

Last time you laughed?
yesterday

34. Last time you cried?
Monday

35. School?
Again

REPOST AS " 1 WORD QUIZ" AND YOU WILL (deleted because it was just too fucking stupid) FIND A REAL, LIVE LEPRECHAUN!
right!

(anyone care to take a crack at this, be my guest)


That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

stolen from myspace

YOUR MOST HATED...

CANDY:

Jolly Ranchers... i think they're kinda gross

BEVERAGE:
Mountain Dew (my oldest kid drinks GALLONS of the stuff!)

COLOR:
chartruse

MOVIE:
"Pink Floyd: The Wall" One, you have to be stoned to see it; and two,
iti's the only movie I've ever asked for my money back at a movie
theatre (so you probably know how long ago that was LOL)

ASPECT OF MYSPACE:
Keeping it up...

ANIMAL:
Those big rats you see in the sewers

INSECT:
Cockroaches.

BIRD:
Pigeons. Especially when you've just washed your car.

SEASON:
Winter

AGE OF KIDS:
All in all, my kids were pretty well behaved...

WHAT ANNOYS YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING?
Prejudice, ignorance, and hatred

DRIVING:
People talking on cell phones (or some other activity that diverts
their full attention from the road.)

TALKING ON THE PHONE:
Saon was good at this: talking to people in the background who keep
sticking their nose into our conversations.

WHILE WATCHING TV OR MOVIES:
People on cell phones, and people who bring very young children, and
don't leave when the kids fuss.

EATING IN RESTAURANTS:
Rude service

DRIVE-THRUS:
When they get your order wrong

SLEEPING:
Wrong numbers calling in the middle of the night

SHOWERING:
Discovering there is no more soap, shampoo, etc

YOU'RE AT THE BEACH:
Teenage girls in itty bitty bikinis trying to get some guys attention.
They get the attention all right, but probably not the kind they were
hoping for.

YOU'RE AT THE GROCERY STORE:
Those folks who bring a cartful of groceries to the 10 items or less line

YOU'RE ON A DATE:
Haven't been on a date in a while

COOKING OR BAKING:
the waiting

WHAT HOUSEHOLD CHORE DO YOU HATE THE MOST:
Taking out the trash. So I try to take it out as soon as the trash can is full.

WHAT WOULD BE THE ABSOLUTE WORST WAY TO DIE?
Drowning.

WHAT'S THE MOST ANNOYING HABIT IN OTHERS?
Ignorance or prejudice.

MOST IRRITATING THING ABOUT YOUR CAR?
That something else about has gone wrong. However, the car is 18 years
old, so nothing it doesn't do doesn't surprise me much

That's all from where I sit...

--MorelaterZ--

This shouldn't surprise me, but it does...

I've never even been to prison... but I know someone who has. And definitely not surprised at the New England slang.

Your Slanguage Profile

Prison Slang: 75% New England Slang: 50% Aussie Slang: 25% British Slang: 25% Canadian Slang: 25% Southern Slang: 25%

What Slanguage Do You Speak?

That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

Seems I've been tagged

Thanx duff---

First, the rules:
1. Players start by listing three things he/she got for Christmas.
2. Then they list three things he/she definitely did not want to get for Christmas.
3. Then he/she tags five friends and lists their names.
4. The ones who get tagged write on their blogs about their Christmas wishes, and state the rules clearly.
5. Then tag five more victims.

The tagger needs to leave the tagged a comment that says you have been Christmas tagged! And tell them to read the tagger's blog.

1a. a cat shaped massager thing
1b. calligraphy set
1c. hair stuff

2a. makeup
2b. box of candy (it was awful! ewwww!)
2c. hair stuff

3a. Keith (you can do Hanakkah stuff)
3b. Apostol
3c. Hannie
3d & e. any one else who wants to do this and post it on their blog. Just tell me who you are so I can go peek.





That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--

It's all to get on TV for 15 seconds, Mom

We're watching the World Series, and Mom just commented on how stupid she thought it was for people to paint their faces in their favorite teams colors...

I talked to Larry this afternoon on Mess-up-enger, and we talked about... hair! We talked about other things, but it started with hair... his. Seems that he got a haircut today. Rumor has it that when he was in high school, he had long hair. I'd like to see a picture of that!

It's probably better than what my hair looked like in high school! That's always the way it's been with me... the guys I know who have (or had) long hair have gorgeous hair. My hair, on the other hand, was a pathetic mess of perms, styling products, and curling iron abuse.

(I should dig up a pic of me from back then --early 80's-- and post it. I wonder if Mom still has one. Mine got lost in the great Nor'easter of 1997 in Norfolk, VA)

Saw this great t-shirt at WalMart tonight: "Turn Left Cuz You Ain't Right". Sounds like some people I know (though none mentioned in this post).


And I saw this on Hannie's Blog:

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 3 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

I already know that there were at least 2 other people out there with my same first and last name. I think they are both younger than I am.

There are 3 people with my mom's first (Jean) and last name.

My kids' last name isn't even in this site's database. Yeah, it's unusual, but so what? They had my last name listed! We all participated in the 2000 census, so why isn't in there?

Hmmm...?


That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--