taking time out for a little memeage

1. How tall are you barefoot?
5'4" or so...

2. Have you ever been cheated on?
Not that I'm aware of...

3. Do you own a gun?
I had a Super Soaker when I was little :-|

4. If you had a mental disorder, what would it be?
Asperger's syndrome

5. How many letters are in your crush's name?
9 ;-*

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
Only good when actually grilled, roasted over a campfire (provided there's some good mustard about...), or served with macaroni-and-cheese.

7. What's your favorite Christmas song?
The Carol of the Bells

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Chamomile tea (mornings are bedtime for me ;-P)

9. Do you do push-ups?
No, but I should.

10. Have you ever done ecstasy?
Nope, never felt inclined to do any drugs, aside from caffiene and a little alchohol now and then...

11. Do you like DisneyWorld?
Never been there, but I'm curious what all the noise is about...

12. Do you like the rain?
Emphatically! ^_^

13. Do you own a knife?
A couple. /:-)

14. What do you smell like?
The jasmine lotion that Aurey gave me last visit. ;-*

15. Do you have A.D.D.?
No --Ooooh, look, a lemur!

16. Full initials?
SEK

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.
1. I'd really like to punt this computer.
2. I think I'll make some tea.
3. I jingle when I walk. ^_^

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought today/yesterday.
1. Groceries
2. new skirt with nifty handkerchief hem.
3. summery shoes that /don't/ kill my feet.

19. Name five drinks you regularly drink.
1. Chai tea
2. Pomegranate juice
3. Water
4. milk
5. soda

20. What time did you wake up today?
3:30 p.m.

21. Can you spell?
Generally, with a few glitches here and there.

22. Current worry?
Been doing shadow-work and came across part of myself I dislike. (Go fig ;-P)

23. Current hate?
People who put words in other people's mouths...

24. Favorite place to be?
Anywhere with Aurey (Okay, who saw that coming, show of hands! ;-P)

25. Least favorite place to be?
Dentist's office ;-P

26. Where do you want to be?
See answer to number 24.

27. Do you own slippers?
Yep, a couple pairs.

28. Where do you think you will be in 10 years?
Depends on where the world is...

29. Do you burn or tan?
Generally the first, then the second.

30. Yellow or blue?
Blue!

31. Would you give up your current life to be a pirate?
If Aurey came with, sure. >:-)

33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
Usually, I don't sing in the shower.

34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
Ghosts...

35. What's in your pockets right now?
I don't have pockets right now. :-|

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
Futurama

37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
I didn't get neat bed sheets *sniff*

38. Worst injury you've ever had?
Fell on the slip'n'slide and sprained my ankle once... It hurt more than the time I broke my toe...

39. What is your GPA?
I don't remember :-?

40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
1

41. Who is your loudest friend?
Raney ;-P

42. Who is your most silent friend?
Presently Joel, as he hasn't bothered to come visit me in forever *sniff*

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
Not that I know of... :-?

44. Do you wish on stars?
I frequently wear one for just that purpose /:-)

45. What was the last song you heard?
The Rolling Stones--Paint it Black

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
Dante's Prayer, by Loreena McKennitt

49. What were you doing at 12AM last night?
Checking my email.

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
*yaaaaawn... rolls over and goes back to sleep*

heheheh >:)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Some observers have expressed derisive
opinions about Guy Boos, a Wisconsin man who hurled his washing
machine down a flight of stairs and pumped it full of bullets with his .25-caliber gun. I, on the other hand, admire those who take out their frustration and rage on inanimate objects rather than on animals or other human beings. That's why I advise you to consider Boos' methodology if you find yourself on the verge of boiling over, Pisces. Don't repress your negative feelings, but find a way to express them that doesn't cost you anything more than a little money.


*squeeeeee* I get to break things... /:-)

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth 101

Suffice it to say I'm just the tinyest bit annoyed, here... Welcome to wide world, gentlemen. There are women out there who think nothing of showing their faces, of working to better the world among their masculine "betters" and occasionally even tossing back a shot after a hard day of HELPING YOUR UNGRAGEFUL ASSES. And guess what, fellas? Most of them even got to keep their clitorises too! :-O

"...trying to weaken our faith by corrupting our women..." Well, yeah, I guess it /would/ weaken a chauvinist bastard's faith a little bit, if all the ladies were to catch a whiff of liberation and run off to better lives in friendlier climes, and he suddenly found himself deprived of the punani. Of course, if a social system is so frail that it falls apart at the first introduction of other cultures, it's /just possible/ that there's a fatal flaw in it somewhere... Of course, reaching that conclusion would require thinking, and we know that's anathema to all religious fanatics everywhere...

Litha

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No women aid workers in Pakistan quake area -clerics
25 Jul 2006 13:43:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Waheed Khan

MANSEHRA, Pakistan, July 25 (Reuters) - Muslim clerics in Pakistan's conservative North West Frontier Province want local authorities to expel all women working for international relief agencies in earthquake affected areas by the end of this month.

The clerics accuse the women, including Pakistanis employed by foreign non-government organisations (NGOs), of dressing improperly, mixing with men and drinking alcohol, which is banned in Islamic Pakistan.

"We are not against the NGOs, but we are against them spreading obscenity in society and trying to weaken our faith by corrupting our women," Moazzam Ali Shah, head of Tehreek-e-Islaha Muashra, or Movement to Cleanse Society, told Reuters in Mansehra town.

The clerics have not said what action they might take if the women aid workers are not asked to leave.

More than 50 international NGOs are based in Mansehra carrying out relief and rehabilitation projects for the victims of a massive earthquake that killed over 73,000 people and rendered millions homeless in Pakistan's Kashmir and Frontier province last October.

Mansehra is the district where Balakot, one of the towns hardest hit by a massive earthquake last October, is located.

"We know an ultimatum has been given and we are waiting to see what happens," said Frank Lehmann, a senior official with World Vision, an NGO involved in providing schooling for children still living in tent encampments.

"We respect the local culture and try to behave accordingly," Lehmann said, adding that the relief agencies had raised their concerns with the local authorities.

Police have given assurances that aid workers will be protected, while talks are held with clerics to settle the issue.

"No one would be allowed to disrupt relief work and we are absolutely serious about security issues," Waqas Aziz, a district police officer, said.

"We see this as a local issue, which is being defused. But we have told the NGOs to take care about local sensitivities while working in this area," he said.

Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an Islamic charity with links with a banned militant organisation, Lashkar-e-Taiba, is active in the area, and its officials in Balakot told Reuters they supported the allegations against the foreign aid workers.

The United States added the charity to a list of terrorist organisations earlier this year, but there have been no moves against it by the Pakistani authorities.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL62111.htm