Happy 4th of July

Wishing everyone a happy holiday weekend!

Tagged, ten random facts about me

Jan at Always Growing has tagged me to write ten weird, random facts about myself. Here are the rules - “Once tagged, you are to write a post listing ten weird, random facts or habits about yourself. Then you find 5 people to tag. Not only do you list them at the end of the post, you have to tell why you chose them. Next, you must leave a “You’ve been tagged” comment on their blog. They’ll come back to read the details. Once these good people have posted their list, they must remember to let you know.”

I don’t know how “weird” these are, but here are ten random facts about me:

1. Like Jan, I love symmetry. I almost always buy things in two’s, and can’t stand it when anything looks “uneven”. Asymmetry makes me feel tense. I can also see instantly whether or not something is “even”, and can tell at a glance if it’s off even by an eighth of an inch or less.

2. I’m a total night person and an insomniac. I rarely sleep more than 3-4 hours at a time.

3. I’m a geek (ok, maybe just a “wanna-be-geek”), love coding and the ‘technical’ side of the web as well as design. I used to design online web tools for a computer programmer, and have created well over a hundred webpages. I went to college for something else entirely, but I wish it had been for something in the computer science field.

4. I’m an “American Idol” addict and have been ever since the first episode I watched– way back in Season 2, when Reuben and Clay were the final two. I never miss an episode.

5. I’ve loved flowers, growing and photographing them, since I was twelve years old. When I plant a flower now, I’m usually thinking about how it will look in a photograph.

6. I have almost ten thousand digital photos, spread out over 4 drives on my computer. Yes, ten thousand. Obviously, I have a hard time deleting anything. I also have a thing about taking sky photos. I have a ton of clouds-in-the-sky, moon, and sunset photos. I can’t look up without taking a photo.. lol

7. I love all kinds of music but especially classic rock and alternative rock, and love to listen with the volume turned way UP, even in the car.

8. I would rather shop online than in the stores. UPS makes almost-daily deliveries here.

9. I love crosswords and other word games and waste way too much time on them.

10. I’m a very private and quiet person and find it extremely difficult to open up to people, in real life and on the internet… even in this blog.

I’m tagging Maggie at Maggie’s Farm, and I was going to tag Mary at Mary’s View, but I think she has already participated in this. :) If you’re reading this, and want to participate, consider yourself “tagged”.

Jericho cancelled

Well, crap. What a shame. I really loved this show! The nuts campaign got us only 6 new episodes this season.. From what I’ve read, it seems there’s a little hope that the series could get picked up by a cable network. I hope so. Jericho was a show focusing on the aftermath of nuclear bombs throughout the United States, and centered around the people living in the small town of Jericho, Kansas. I enjoyed this show, and never missed an episode. The final episode will air this coming Tuesday night.

(CBS) “Jericho” has been canceled, and no amount of peanuts will bring it back.

“The March 25th episode of Jericho will be the series finale,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. “Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more.”

…Producers hedged their bets by shooting two alternate endings to the final show, which airs Tuesday.

One is a cliffhanger that could have led to a third season and the other ending is said to bring “closure” to fans.

Read the rest of the article here: Aw Nuts: CBS Pulls Plug On Jericho, Final Episode Airs Tuesday, Promises To Tie Up Storyline

Jericho Links:
Jericho, cbs.com
Jericho on Wikipedia
Jericho Forum
Jericho Fan Community
Community Index - Jericho

American Idol Top 12 results

After more than 29 million votes Tuesday night, the bottom three were Syesha Mercado, David Hernandez, and Kristy Lee Cook. David Hernandez was the one sent home tonite. Although it’s sad to see any of them have to leave at this point, I agree with the bottom three. I didn’t like any of their performances last night, but I definitely think it should have been Kristy Lee Cook going home tonite instead of David. He has had a couple of good performances in the past, and in my opinion, she has not.

The Top 12 sang a Beatles medley tonite, followed by musical guest Katharine Mcphee, singing “Something”, accompanied by David Foster on piano.

Next week’s theme will again be Beatles music, Tuesday night 8pm, Fox.

What a difference a day makes

After the warm spring weather and flooding rains earlier this week, the weather today made me feel about like this daffodil looks:

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We went from temps in the 70s with rain and thunderstorms all week to 31 degrees by late evening today (and even lower are temps expected tonite) with high winds, and icicles.. I hate this weather! I’m ready for spring!

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So, how’s your weather?