Why didn't it occur to my parents to tell me this morning there was a freakin' snow day?! They didn't tell me until after I was all dressed (which means my contacts were in. Nothing wakes me up quicker than shoving my contacts in my eyes) and trudging up the stairs. Bah.

Stolen blatantly from Amanda's diary. Let's see how many of these I fit....

You know you grew up in the 80's if...

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE". Yes.
2. You watched the Pound Puppies. Dude! I used to have a tape!
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"Not quite
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish. I don't know about stylish...
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. I actually thought about this for some reason the other day....
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls. Yep
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom. Who doesn't know that?
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer ~giggle~
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock". I *lived* Fraggle Rock!
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars. Oh yeah
11. You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. Vaguely
12. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales". MIFA Rehearsal!
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head. All the time
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen. ~grin~ Yep yep yep
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. Hey, Oregon Trail was a high quality game! Hella lot better than Amazon Trail
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. 'Cause I could never tie the damn thing in a knot by myself
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House) with friends at school. lol
18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it. Not Jordache (I started my brand-name-phobia early), but I practically lived in a denim jacket for awhile
19. L.A. Gear... Again with the name brand thing...
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. Actually, I don't think so
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books. Oh yeah
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF" Okay. For once I'm lost. The only thing I know this from is TMNT
23. You wanted to be a Goonie. Who didn't?
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. Fluorescent clothing, fluorescent hair...
25. You can remember what Micheal Jackson looked like before his nose fell off... Yep
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. And I'm cynical enough to know
27. You took Lunch Pails to school. A Fraggle Rock one!
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. I loved those things!
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence. Hee hee
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts. (I never understood the fascination with having a shirt that changed colors under your armpits and down the middle of your back) Not a clue what this was...
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band. (second only to Jem and the Holograms) I think I still have one of my Barbie and the Rockers dolls...
32. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up. No. She-Ra's too good for him!
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets. ~sigh~ Yes indeed
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (or colored jelly bracelets) My mom never bought me a pair. I was deprived as a child. Now I'm going to spend all of my adult life searching for the Perfect pair of shoes ;-)
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know what you are, but what am I?" Oh yeah
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up" God...
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates. Yep
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide. Unfortunately, I never had the experience of a Slip and Slide either. The side effects of an anti-social childhood
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It. These I loved
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds. My 8th, I think
41. You remember Popples. POPPLES!!!
42. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks scrunched down over tights with high top Reeboks. I can honestly say I never did that
43. "Miss MARY MARY MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK" It's "Miss Mary MACK MACK MACK all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK, thankyouverymuch
44. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies. Mm-hmm
45. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!" ~giggles again~
46. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales" Who didn't?
47. You thought Doogie Howser was hot. This is me we're talking about. Watched him, but he was a dork.
48. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. I love Alf!!! But how far the mighty have fallen...reduced to 10-10-321 commercials...
49. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool. I was never a member of this NKOTB craze. Thank god.
50. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class. Again with the being left out thing. I didn't spend *that* much time in the 80s
51. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "Hey, this wasn't from the 80's!" Like I said, I didn't spend that much time in the 80s, so I think a lot of these memories are from the 90s but...whatever

Elle's contributions:

1. You always wanted those sneakers w/ the little blinking lights on the bottom And I had them! Hey, does anyone remember those FX sneakers that had the oozy stuff in them? 90s again, but they were even cooler than the lighted shoes!
2. You remember watching Care Bears and wished you had that little rainbow or wutnot on UR tummy ~snicker~ The rainbow...
3. You remember Gumby and that red pony thing of his..(POKEY! thanx kim! LOlz ) You are not a true child of the 80s if you couldn't come up with POKEY for goodness sake!
4. You remember the days when computers were "cool" and didn't come in color.. lol
5. You remember the 5" floppy disks God, those were insane
6. Cabbage Patch Kids Had several. Including one whose hair grew!
7. Atari was a big thing Oh yeah
8. You had your own New Kids on the Block lunchbox..hey, at least I know I did Again with the NKOTB thing...
9. You remember spandex...LOTS OF SPANDEX. haha Spandex and I were good friends in elementary school
10. You remember boys w/ mullets Only because they're coming back. WHY GOD WHY?!
11. You teased your hair ...~growls~MIFA...
12. You remember dancing to Paula Abdul's hits, like "Straight Up" Yes, I did
13. You remember watching shows like "Webster" and "The Wonder Years" Thanks to the wonder that is Nick at Nite
14. PacMan was the most challenging game around And Ms Pac-Man was a hell of a lot better

LilBlinkStar's Contributions:

1. JEM was your idol A little, I'll admit
2. You swore you were going to marry Joey from NKOTB C'mon, this is me. I never had delusions of marrying some guy!
3. You know the song "Video Killed The Radio Star" word-for-word Only the chorus
4. You remember singing along to tapes of Debbie Gibson and Madonna Not in the 80s. I was still singing along to my Disney tapes back then.
5. You've ever quoted Urkel's famous line, "Did I do that?" @ least once in your lifetime Who hasn't?
6. One word-CRIMPER Again with the MIFA things...but I really did crimp my hair back in the day...my crimper is from 1st grade or something...practically an antique!
7. Neon colors were your fave colors Oh yeah
8. You thought wearing tons of bright makeup was cool Why do you think I'm an actor?
9. You had a crush on Ferris Bueller This list is way too heterosexist.
10.You had a brother who ran around the house wearing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pj's 'Cause, y'see, I was the one with the TMNT obsession
11. You remember watching "You Can't Do That On Television", "Welcome Back Freshman" and "Salute Your Shorts" I loved "Salute Your Shorts"!
12. You mocked Pee-Wee Herman's laugh Duh

Amanda's Contributions:

1. Crocodile, oh my croc, croc croc...Stacey Majigga, jigga jigga jack....flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, hey, one, two, three, four five! ...Amanda...what the hell?
2. You ever played She-ra and He-man in the basement. Woo hoo!
3. You ever played American Gladiators in the basement. Even better!!!

Okay, I didn't participate in, like, five things on that list. Pretty sad.

Expect more updates as the boringest snow day ever continues...

11:05

Told you I'd be back.

Ripped this time from Rick.

Seven Deadly Sins
ANGER
1. Who did you last get angry with? My mom
2. What is your weapon of choice? Words
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? Hell yes.
4. How about of the same sex? Yes
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? Hm...probably my dad
6. What is your pet peeve? Oh, god, I have too many too list.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I hold grudges forever.

SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time? Clean the kitchen
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? 3 or 4 pm
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't: Grand Haven GSA people
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? Um, I forgot (No, I don't get any creativty points. I'm sorry)
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones...)? I used to watch them all the time when I was home "sick" from school
6. When was the last time you got a good workout in? Occassionally I get a good one a Dutch Dance
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? 1

GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? Cranberry Juice
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat? Vegetarians: Vegan or no? I could never be vegan
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event? 0.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? No
5. Do you have an issue with your weight? I shouldn't, but I do. Welcome to America, everyone.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? Ooh. I'm not sure. Sweet or spicy.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH!"? lol. Nope. Houseplants ocassioanlly ;-)

LUST 1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? Haven't bothered to count (ooh, I sound so slutty, don't I?)
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)? Backstage during quick costume changes, everyone's fair game.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? No. 4. Have you "done it"? Ah, no. 5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Hair 6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? I live in Holland. You think about it. 7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? Nope.

GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own? None. Sigh.
2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Bible's for Mexico
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? Hop around the world, visiting all my friends (yes, Rick, NJ would be my first stop), move to New York, maybe throw in paying for college somewhere.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Famous.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? Never ever ever.
6. Have you ever stolen anything? Hearts ;-)
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? 30-some?

PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of? Got the GSA started!
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? I don't know. They say they're proud of me every time I see them after a show so...~shrugs~
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? Support myself by acting
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? If I know that my performance was better than that of the person in first, yes.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? Oh yeah
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? Nope
7. What did you do today that you're proud of? Absolutely nothing.

ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? Nothing, really. I'm pretty content at the moment.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? Bah. No Trading Spaces for me. I don't trust you people enough ;-)
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? (going abstract here) A successful Broadway actor.
4. Have you ever been cheated on? I better not have been!
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? Oh yeah. Why do you think I compulsively dye my hair?
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? ...humility? (said because I honestly can not think of anything I would want)
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? Nope.
8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? Hmm...I'm with Rick...Pride.

Seven Heavenly Virtues
FAITH
1. What religion do you follow? I have my own little amalgam of beliefs.
2. What religion were you raised as? Christian Reformed.
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? Okay, strangely worded question but...I think human. If I'm understanding this right.
4. Do you believe in magic? Yes. (Was I the only one who started singing when she saw that?)
5. What was the last promise you broke? I don't know.
6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it? Considering the fact that I never understood what the hell things like The Lord's Prayer meant when I was forced to recite it, all the time.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? Nope

HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? Nope
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? Success in my career and with my family
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? Wlecome to the life of an actor!
5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? ~grin~ Day after I turned 18!
6. Do you gamble? If so, what game or activity? Aside from that one lottery ticket, never gambled with money, though in elementary school we played poker with crayons until the playground aides shut us down :-Þ
7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? That makes absolutely no sense!

CHARITY
1. What causes do you support? Can't come up with specific organization names at the moment but...human rights causes.
2. What causes have you given money or time to? I usually throw spare change to the Salvation Army during Christmas.
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless? Nope
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group? Probably not.
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? Don't see homeless people on the street in Holland, and I've only been in big cities with my parents, who've instructed me to never give them money so...no.
6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food? Since whenever I've bought food for people it hasn't been because of basic need, no.
7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need? Being a good listener and shoulder to cry on. It's about all I can do.

FORTITUDE 1. What are you most afraid of? Staying in Holland/Michigan forever.
2. What did you do today that was really brave? Nothing. (It's a snow day. I haven't left the house!)
3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why? Um...Rachel (Animorphs rule!) She's everything I want to be (and a little bit more, but we won't go there), especially when I was first reading the series (I had serious confidence issues as a 6th grader).
4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? I like to think so.
5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? Rick! How can you not know the Wizard?! And you call yourself gay...;-) I think I'd ask for courage.
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? I laugh in the face of Stage Fright!
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower? I am an evil dictator bitch. What do you think I am?

JUSTICE 1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? Were you chosen? Dude. That could happen to me now, couldn't it? Nifty!
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? They wouldn't want me in the army (think about it. Miniature militant lesbian feminist), but if they tried to draft me, I'd get the hell out of dodge.
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? I'm still debating that one.
4. Which should be guaranteed legal: ...Um..'kay.
5. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? I don't care whether he's the "rightful" president or not. Election 2000 is a mess I want to forget. I just want the next elections to get under way fast so we can get someone else in the White House before Bush gets to appoint a supreme court justice.
6. What was your favorite media circus trial? I avoid those things. OJ scarred me for life, back in 4th grade.
7. Have you ever written a letter to a politician? Several, actually. Go militant lesbian feminist activist!

TEMPERANCE 1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on? Money
2. Do you collect anything? Rocks. Keychains. Showtune CDs (the jewel of my collection? Chicago! ~hugs it~ ;-)
3. Are you addicted to anything? Possibly the computer. Hanging out with friends (how many weekends in a row have we gone out with the Wyoming Park people? And how many weekends before that were we just together for the hell of it?)
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? Nope
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? Cash
6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do: Let the application deadlines for NYU and Mills slip by.
7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? Oh yeah

PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know? I haven't a clue.
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? Unfortunately, no.
3. Do you take advice when it's given? Sometimes
4. What area are you wisest in? General knowledge. I dabble in a little bit of everything.
5. Do you drive defensively? In comparison to certain other people I know, yes.
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? Would you ever? No, but considering I've yet to secure the right to a legal marriage in any state, I'm sure I will.
7. What did you learn today? That Rick is truly oblivious to not know of things like "Trading Spaces" and the friggin' wizard!!! (but I love you!!!)
8. And of course, what is your favorite heavenly virtue? Prudence, I think.

Until I find more fun stuff to do in here

--Angela

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