US Citizenship Quiz
Posted by Rebecca Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:50:00 GMT
Take a shortened citizenship exam here. I scored 75% - could have done better, but one question was worded a little tricky.
Interesting Evangelical Christian Statistics
Posted by Rebecca Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:08:00 GMT
From The Barna Group.
America's Top Twenty Most Hated Foods
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:53:00 GMT
Below is a list of America’s Top Twenty Most Hated Foods. I commented on what I think of each one. Maybe Marci will post recipes for each one. That would be kinda cool.
Taken from here.
Liver - I will never eat liver. It’s a filter. It filters bad stuff out of your blood. I will never eat a filter.
Lima Beans - I don’t go out of my way to eat these, but I don’t avoid them either.
Mayonnaise - No way. Disgusting.
Mushrooms - Love them.
Eggs - scrambled (in butter) or boiled are fine.
Okra - This is my favorite vegetable. Especially fried. Pickled is good too. Stewed is not my favorite way to fix it but I’ll eat it.
Beets - I like beet juice. I’ve never tried beets themselves.
Brussel Sprouts - This might be the only vegetable I will not eat.
Tuna - Steak? Absolutely! Sushi? Definitely! From a can? Only if I absolutely have to.
Jello - I’ll eat it, but the concept of gelatin grosses me out.
Sour Cream - Not a big fan unless it’s blended into something, like dip.
Pea Soup - depends on what peas were used to make it. (see # 14)
Oysters - The first person who ever ate one of these had to be really hungry. This is one of the only foods I’ve never tried because of appearance and smell.
Peas - Depends on the pea. I like every pea I’ve ever had that is green. Not a fan of purple hull or black-eyed. My grandmother’s are the best.
Raisins - Nature’s candy
Cooked Carrots - Yum.
Onions - Fresh, fried, grilled, or any other way they come, I love ‘em!
Cilantro - Love it. Never knew what it was until I came to Texas and now I can’t eat salsa unless this is in it.
Maple Syrup - A little goes a long way, but I like it.
Blueberries - I love these, especially when I can pick them right off the blueberry bush. I don’t like blueberry flavored things, though. They are usually too sweet.
Which of these do you love or hate?
I Saw The Sign - Or Maybe Not
Posted by Rebecca Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:16:00 GMT
Try counting the number of signs you pass on your way to work in the morning. If you ride a bus, this is a little easier, but if you drive, well, maybe you shouldn’t actually try to count the signs.
My point is that there are a lot of them. They are everywhere, and they are not limited to taking up space on the roadways. They are in supermarkets. They are in Wal-Mart, Block Buster, Chevron, and every other store or service provider office you can think of. We are bombarded by signs.
Some of these signs we pay attention to. Most of us pay attention to roadsigns. We may blatantly ignore one or two and speed, and I’m sure all of us have missed an exit every now and again. In airports, we pay attention to signs because we want to get to the right gate or pick up our luggage so we can go home and sleep in our own beds.
But I’ve noticed that there are a lot of signs that get ignored. I have signs on my copier at work that tell people to put their originals face down in the feed tray, and to enter a leading zero before their account number. Inevitably though, I have two or three people per day come ask me why their copies came out blank, or why they can’t log in to the copier.
I was recently traveling back from Brenham and stopped at a gas station to get Gatorade and use the facilities. I walked up to the cashier to pay for my Gatorade and handed her my debit card. She (rudely) flicked a little neon poster board sign attached to the back of the register, which read “All purchases under $5.00 cash only.” She had flicked the sign in frustration, because of course people don’t see it. I certainly didn’t.
I sometimes wonder why it is we don’t see helpful signs like the ones on copiers and cash registers. Is it because the signs are not eye-catching? Do we blatantly refuse to see some of them because we don’t want to obey them? Is it because we are lazy and don’t want to read for ourselves? Or are we just too overloaded with visual stimuli to notice them all?
I personally think it is the latter. I see so many signs and billboards in a given day that it’s crazy. I often can remember seeing a sign for a restaurant, but I can’t tell you where it is, because my only point of reference is some other sign that was near it.
Why do you think people don’t see signs?
A Bad Habit
Posted by Rebecca Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:52:00 GMT
I have this bad habit of taking on way too many things.
The second I have any free time, I fill it with some kind of commitment, thinking “Oh, I have plenty of time to do this!”
And then four seconds later, I’m buried under four commitments and can’t see straight because I’m so busy all the time.
I don’t really intend to do this and perhaps it’s a sign of poor planning. What happens is I don’t remember from one second to the next what all I’ve committed to. And it’s not so much that I can’t say no. I say no all the time, especially to people (I am, after all, an introvert. The mere existence of other people on the planet exhausts me). It’s really just a matter of me wanting to do everything in less time than it probably takes to do it all.
Anyone else suffered from this in the past and overcome it? Is it really a matter of just becoming more organized?
I’m tired, folks. Way too tired for a woman of 27 who has no husband and no children. Something has got to change.
Interesting Article Arguing for a United Israeli Jerusalem
Posted by Rebecca Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:36:00 GMT
It is biased on the side of Israel, but so am I.
In Between
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:35:00 GMT
Have you ever been afraid to move but afraid to stand still? Afraid to move because you don’t know what is waiting out there ahead of you, but afraid to stand still because you know the place you’re in is really bad?
I have been there too many times to count, and each time involved different circumstances.
This time I know I am there - I can feel it.
Trouble is, I can’t figure out why I feel this way. There are a lot of circumstances that could be the root of this feeling but I’m not getting any major signals from any of them.
It’s quite frustrating. I want to step forward, But I don’t even know what that step is, so I don’t know how to take it.
Isn’t that weird? I hate that feeling.
How are you feeling these days?
Photo Meme
Posted by Rebecca Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:14:00 GMT
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.
The Questions:
- What is your first name?
- What is your favorite food?
- What high school did you go to?
- What is your favorite color?
- Who is your celebrity crush?
- Favorite drink?
- Dream vacation?
- Favorite dessert?
- What you want to be when you grow up?
- What do you love most in life?
- One Word to describe you.
- Your flickr name
Here is mine.
Original photographers for each photo can be found here:
- Rebecca, 2. captured emotion, 3. Windmill, 4. Verde no Aquarius, 5. La zen attitude par Johnny Depp, 6. Margarita, 7. Lake Matheson, 8. Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie, 9. “Timemachines”, 10. Crown of Thorns -2, 11. Transom Shield, 12. Yosemite Upper & Lower Falls
Travel Goals
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 28 May 2008 15:28:00 GMT
These are some travel goals I’ve set for myself. I would like to accomplish them sometime in my life.
1) Visit the Holy Land
2) See the Seven Natural Wonders of the World
3) Visit the British Isles
4) Visit New Zealand.
5) Set foot on all seven continents. (I’ve got two under my belt so far)
6) Go to the Moon, Alice!
Where do you want to go?
How is it nearly June?
Posted by Rebecca Tue, 27 May 2008 14:06:00 GMT
This year has flown by and is nearly half over already. I feel like I blinked and 6 months passed without my permission.
A lot has happened in those last six months, including Caroline and Jared’s beautiful wedding this past weekend. Congratulations again, you two!
I moved and had to fight lots of roaches - it is a battle Becky and I are winning although there are still a few pockets of resistance here and there. We will get them, though. They are so going down.
I started and stopped a class in the middle of the Spring - I needed some time to just concentrate on life in general for awhile, and it’s a good thing I did or I’d be in a straight jacket right now.
My plans for the rest of the year? Two classes, a new bible study just for the summer, lots of laughter and some financial planning for a trip I want to take next year. There are some other things too, but I’ll save you from having to read about them.
Today I’m just tired. The whirlwind of 2008 has tossed me about a bit, and I need some rest, which I probably won’t get. So, if you see me around and I look exhausted, well, just remember that this year, it’s par for the course because time is moving quickly and I can’t keep up with it.
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