I'm making this up as I go ...

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It's a crummy, rainy day.  Naturally that means I have off.  And my next day off is Wednesday and I get to go to the dentist.  It's so tempting to call and cancel, but this is the fifth time I've scheduled this appointment.  Yeah, I really don't like the dentist.

Anyway, since it's so lovely out and I really don't feel like leaving my apartment today, I thought I'd do that lyrics quiz again.  It's been a while. 

Here are the rules again:

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 50 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: No more than one entry per band (I may have cheated on this one).
Step 4: Let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 5: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly

 

I was cleaning out my documents file, hoping to clear up some disk space, when I came across this fun little list that I forgot I had saved.  

I know this may come as a surprise - but I can answer "Yes" to practically everything on that list (well, not the school stuff - but those would have definitely applied back then).  

One that they forgot - You attend the largest book trade show in the country and bring a book along with you in case you can't find anything to read.

 

I went to work to get some stuff done.  I only really intended to be there for a couple of hours, of course by "couple" I apparently meant 5.  There's still so much left to be done.  I don't like the way this holiday season is shaping up so far.  It feels like it's getting out of control much sooner than it usually does.  In fact, the last two years have run relatively smoothly.  I know I'm not the only one feeling anxious about the workload and I only hope that there will be this magical week where everything will suddenly click into place and the proper flow will be restored.

So, to take my mind off work, I looked around a couple of picture sites and snagged some stuff to make icons. I still haven't made any of my actual cats, but these stand-in cats are awfully cute and don't puke on the floor once a week because of hairballs.  

As I was posting this, I realized that the cats in this picture reminded me of Tim and Curly from The Outsiders and the world of fan fiction.  I'm not sure why, but they definitely look like they're up to no good, lol.



I also made some icons from some random pretty pictures.  Here are some samples and the rest are under the cut.

   

I was definitely in an Outsiders mood when I made these icons ... lots of sunsets and a couple of train tracks, lol.  Granted, the pink flower doesn't have much to do with our favorite greasers, but I was certainly inspired by a lot of these pictures.  And yes, that is a sign that I am over my writer's block.

Here's a preview, the rest are under the cut.

    

   

 I think I may have finally convinced my friend Gretchen to set up a Live Journal and she asked me to make her some icons.  Well, I was bored so I spent the better part of today putting together a selection she might like.  I'm also including some I made a while ago and never posted.  As for the title of the post, well you'll see when you get to the last picture, lol.

Here are some samples and the rest are under the cut.  Take any that you want. 

     





 

What a delightful video.   This was featured on a romance novel website I like to visit and I thought I'd share it with you guys. For some reason the video disappeared over night.  I'll try adding it again, plus I've included another one she made.  Enjoy ... I'm going to go watch some movies now, lol.

sorahikaru13 has posted some book reviews on our community  michelesminionzPlease stop by if you get a chance.  And if anyone would like to post their own reviews and recommendations, we would love to have you participate.

Well, this one turned out to be pretty easy.  Only 16 weren't answered.

I'm bored so I decided to post more lyrics.  Here are the rules. 

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 50 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: No more than one entry per band (I may have cheated on this one).
Step 4: Let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 5: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

I won't make you guys wait any longer.  Here are the answers to the lyrics quiz.

I snagged this fun meme from 

goodnitesaigon

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 50 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: No more than one entry per band (I may have cheated on this one).
Step 4: Let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 5: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

Only a couple turned out to be truly embarrassing, lol (and Melanie, that last one was strictly a coincidence - I swear).  If anyone wants to guess who doesn't belong to Livejournal, you still can - you'll just come up as anonymous so don't forget to include who you are.

Well, I made it.  It's Sunday and I can actually look back on the last two days with a mixture of pride and sadness.  Pride that my staff and I threw one hell of a party and sadness that the series is over and, once I finish reading it, there won't be another one to look forward to.  

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Here are some more icons including some from The Outsiders.



Preview:

      

I've been bad.  I really should be reading or writing or watching the movies I've had from Netflix for close to a month, but I figured out how to make icons and it's become a bit of an obsession.  First I'll share the retro/vintage icons I made.

Here's a preview and the rest are behind the cut.  You're more then welcome to take what you want (if you want, lol).