Busy

I haven't been posting much, but it's with good reason: I'm busy! The 'Texas Mieka' Project is going smashingly well, in that I don't just waste ALL my time dinking around on the internet or re-reading books I know by heart (I still do that, just less). Here's a small sampling of what I've been up to:

• Laughing at Tony. He says and does the funniest things
• Building towers and knocking them down
• Writing for fun, but taking it seriously
• Running (it's true!)
• Other forms of exercise- in fact, I have two exercise buddies
• Being friends with people (hence, the buddies ^^)
• Playing some wii, but not too much
• Kicking the ball for Roobin, and laughing when Tony helps me
• Cooking new foods, though none of them are healthy.
• Hanging out with Megan, who is the missing pea from my pod, as it were.
• Enjoying time with a now much-happier Don

Life is good, my friends. Life is good.

Oh! This morning I read Eve's Diary by Mark Twain, and I thought it was cute. You should read it too :)
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/EvesDiar.shtml

Simple Pleasures

• Clean Sheets Night.
• When a good song starts right as I turn on the radio.
• Smiles from Tony. His whole body spasms with joy when I walk in the room.
• Phone calls from family and friends.
• Non-junk mail.
• Good books.
• Heat.
• When something I've been waiting for finally arrives.
• Chocolate chip cookies.
• Notes from Don.
• The feeling after I exercise.
• A clean house (especially if I didn't have to do the cleaning).
• Afternoon naps.

Cinematic-Tolerance Regression

It's been interesting to re-watch movies I loved as a kid, because most of the time I can't stand them- either they are too cheesy or too scary. Don thinks it's silly that I'm scared of movies now, when I didn't used to be; he says immature, I say sensitive! Anyways, it led me to make a new list:

Movies I Used to Like, but Now can't Watch

• Big Trouble in Little China (Kurt Russel)
• The Flight of Dragons (Voice of John Ritter)
• Little Monsters (Fred Savage)
• Connecticut Yankee: A Kid in King Arthur's Court (Rudy, from the Cosby Show)
• Edward Scissor Hands (Johnny Depp)
• The Three Musketeers (Keifer Sutherland)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Harrison Ford)
• What Lies Beneath (Harrison Ford)
• Super Mario Brothers (John Leguizamo)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-the live action ones
• The Incredible Mr Limpet (Don Knotts)
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (Stuart Whitman)
• George of the Jungle (Brendan Fraser)
• The Mummy (Brendan Fraser)
• The Parent Trap (Lindsay Lohan)
• Clueless (Alicia Silverstone)
• Batman (Jack Nicholson)
• Ghostbusters II (Bill Murray)

That's all I can think of now, but I'm sure my family can recall some others...

Things That Scare Me

**This list is neither all-inclusive nor in any particular order**

• Spiders- even if they're small, or way across the room. They can't be trusted.
• Movies that are even slightly gory/suspenseful/ or with monsters or aliens. Hence, M. Night Shyamalan is not my favorite person.
• Opening old leftover containers
• Music by Nine Inch Nails
• Shark Week on the Discovery channel
• Bridges (see post below)
• Public Transportation
• Downtown Portland
• Narrow roads
• My neighborhood
• Being the only person awake at night
• Driving other peoples' cars
• Eating food that has been out for more than 30 minutes
• Fog- I always think I'm seeing something in it. Usually people, so when I'm driving I slam on the brakes unnecessarily
• Icy or snowy roads
• Deep sea creatures
• Dreams- not all, but most
• Making weird faces in the mirror
• Hot Dogs and Meatloaf- you don't really know what's in them. Same goes for food from those trailer-restaurants that Don likes to eat at
• People touching their eye
• Being home alone