I never...

What is something you have always wanted to do but never have?

I've never jumped out of an airplane.

What did they say?

There are certain people who just have a way with words. Their words are powerful and have a way of affecting you. They can move you to take action or affirm what you believe. One of the quotes I try to live by is, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible,” by Walt Disney. What quotes do you love?

Sidetracked

Have you ever been in a never-ending meeting and actually heard Charlie Brown's teacher? That happens to me all of the time. Call it a short attention span or now as everyone says ADD. Whatever. The thing is, is that I seem to get sidetracked by the same stuff all the time. You know how it is. Let's say someone says something like team effort. I immediately start thinking about last night's baseball game, then to certain plays from the game, then to individual players, then to Albert Pujols, which of course makes me think of, well let's just stop there. :)

So, when you get sidetracked, what do YOU always think about?

Games

Everyone plays them. Admit it. You do. Do you play them with yourself, with family, friends? Are they on the computer or on a board? Are they games in the mind or of the mind? Tell us, what kinds of games do you love to play?

Be annoying, just for fun.

I have quite a few strange things I like to do, just to annoy people. One of them is to sing really bad songs out loud, just so that the people around me, will get that song stuck in their heads. It's true. I do that. Some of the easiest songs to get stuck in people's heads are, "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "Copacabana," and "Feelings." Try one of them. You'll see.

So, here's the question: What other songs do you think I could use just to annoy people?

Fast Food?

Today, a group of us went to Wendys. There was one manager, and about 10 other people working there. You would have thought it would have been very quick, but no. Every person there was brand new, except for the manager. The manager was the only one who knew how to do anything. It was everyone else's first day. You can imagine the mess. The line was so long, everyone's orders were wrong, and to make it worse, everytime the manager grew frustrated with one of the new employees, he would yell at them, and send them to another section to see if they could figure out what to do there. Crazy.
What has been your craziest fast food experience?

Reunion Chat

There have been many requests for another reunion chat. So, our next one is Thursday, October 26, 2006, at 9:30 p.m. All you need is an AIM account. If you do not have one, go to aim.com and download the program. If you need help with this, please let us know. Hope to see you there!

Time Flies

What makes time seem like it flies by?

me?

Today is the day I went into the AF... 19 years ago!
My car is 40 years old this year
I am 40 years old this year
My oldest child is in the 10th grade...she is 15

Kara's Question

When Kara went to UM for a year in the '86-'87 time frame, there was a game that was played by the freshamn class, kind of a get-to-know-you mixer. It was a big game played on a field with the whole Freshamn class, and was kind of a game of tag. It may have a German name. Do any of the UM Alumni remember this?

Fantasies

Some fantasies are sweet and innocent for the most part, like having someone tell you really beautiful things, just to make you feel good. Others are straight and to the point, if you know what I mean. We all have them. But, if you were to act on them, could they live up to their potential? They can't, right? Everything is always more intense in our heads. What do you think?

Have you ever?

Recently, I experienced something I was too chicken to ever do-ride a "real" roller coaster. We went to Animal Kingdom with our youth group, and since I was surrounded by teenagers, there was no way I was going to back out. I was so nervous, my legs were literally shaking. While on the ride, I screamed my head off, and once it was all over, I realized, I loved it. I rode it 5 more times.

Anyone else have an experience that intimidated them so much they thought they would have never tried, but ended up loving it?

Top 5 Smells

Here are mine:

Royal Violets on a baby's head
The ocean
Cool Water on a man
That after the rain smell
New crayons

Is that true?

I teach a class on Wednesday nights to adults. Two of the questions I asked were, "Were you in an organization or team as a youth," and "What kind of uniform did you wear?" Of course I talked about band and the lovely uniform we had to wear. One of the men in the class said he was on the American High football team and graduated in 1986. This led to a some friendly banter about which school was better. He said they always beat us in football. I thought we beat them. Which is true?

We don't do that anymore

While attending my son's first baseball game, as a coach, I watched two little girls play. I realized that there are so many things that used to bring us joy as children. Unfortunately, we just don't have time for them anymore. What were they doing?
Here's a small list of what I saw in that hour:

running for no reason
playing with branches
drawing in the sand
shouting out nonsense words and laughing
running to the edge of the fence, just to make their parents crazy
eating ice cream very slowly and letting it drip all over them

I wonder if we start doing these things again, would make us as happy as we were then. Can you come up with anything else?

You Got it Like That!

Has anyone ever told you this? Maybe in different words. It's like when you've done something really well, or when everything just goes your way. How do YOU know you got it like that?

Help Wanted

Let's try something a little different. Post a topic, any topic, and I'll try to come up with something.

What do you REALLY want?

You can tell a lot about a person by listening to them talk about what they want. Because what you want comes out. It’s like a fire inside of you that you just can’t hide. I read this recently and it made me ask, “What do I want–REALLY want?” I thought I would make a list, it made me wonder what would be on yours.

Who are you?

Have you ever wondered why you are so strange? I know I have. Turns out there is reason why I am. I am an INTJ. That's my score on the Myers Briggs test. I'm sure some of you out there have heard of this.

I would love to find out what some of you are. There is a modified and much shorter test here:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Let me know how you turn out and if it matches your personality. It has me down pat.

When Harry Met Sally

Remember the question raised by that movie, " "Can men and women ever truly be just friends?" What do you think? Can they?

When you find something you like...

Today, someone said, "Hey, when you find a haircut you like, you gotta hang on to it." I guess that's sort of true, unless you were one of the ones, like me, who had a typical 80's look going. But, it got me thinking. Is there anything that works for me, that I still hang on to? The only thing I could think of was my breakfast. I pretty much have to eat the same breakfast everyday. That's about it. But, what about you? What do you do that is tried and true?

Get Real

Do you ever get tired of saying, "fine" when people ask how you are doing? Ever want to tell the truth about what's really going on in your life? Imagine that conversation. "How are you?" "Well, I hate my job, my stomach hurts, my parents are sick, and my dog ran away."

Imagine if someone actually told you the truth about what was going on in their lives. What would you do?

Or, what about you? Are you honest enough with yourself to actually put the truth out there and get real? If not, why not?