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1. What is your middle name? Michelle

2. What is your nickname? Lars calls me “Bunny” and “Bug” other than that, Tray, Trace and occasionally Fred (by my mom).

3. When you were a kid, what did you want to grow up to be? The Go-Gos

4. Name one thing you’re really good at. Guessing upcoming plot-lines on tv shows

5. If you had one superpower, what would it be? Invisibility. No question.

6. What’s the last book you read all the way through? Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich

7. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater? Shutter Island

8. Name one song you think everybody should listen to. “King Of Carrot Flowers Part 1″ – Neutral Milk Hotel or maybe also “Together in Electric Dreams” by the Human League.

9. Name one guilty pleasure. Lady Gaga. Though I’m getting less guilty about it. I’ve gotten through so many workouts thanks to her.

10. Name one thing you’re terrified of. Other people breathing near me.

11. What is the sickest you’ve ever been? Strep throat. Ugh. Miserable.

12. Are you in love? Yes!

13. Mountains or beach? Beach. I know that I chose to move from the beach to live in the mountains, but I am never as happy as when I’m sitting by the water with my toes in the sand. Sigh.

14. Name one thing that makes you happy. Springtime, laptops, music, good design, friends, movies, my t.v. friends

15. Who is your celebrity crush? Robert Reich

16. If they made a movie of your life, who would play you? Rupaul

17. Name a pet peeve. People who write really long, convoluted, complicated emails.

18. Where would you go on your dream vacation? I’ve been fantasizing a lot about the Seychelles

19. What was your first love? (Not a person – just thing you remember being really, really important when you were a kid.) Wonder Woman

20. Name one person who broke your heart. David Boreanaz

21. Name one thing you do when no one is looking. Adjust my bra, probably – oh and dance. I dance A LOT when I’m by myself.

22. What’s next? Finish my yearly evaluation. Holy shit. I just can’t do it. It’s sooooo long and boring.

Okay – sometimes I trip a little too hard on the Wayback Machine, but seriously. *The WB Machine is an internet archive*

Look how young and cute we were.

Kicking Judy on KRCL

Some of our playlists were the total shit! Check ‘em out.

I even looked up Melissa’s old website and fell in love all over again. She would most likely murder me dead if I posted it here, but if she ever allows the world to see her awesome past writings – I’ll pass it along.

P.S. Why won’t Tawnya’s boss leave? I just want to leave a few minutes early and it’s sooooooooooooooo not going to happen because he’s being a total panty-waste. GO HOME, LITTLE MAN! WORK IS GIVING ME A YEAST INFECTION!

Sarah Palin Loves Socialized Health Care (When She’s Paying For It)

WTF??? Doesn’t this exactly prove the opposite of her position on health care? Am I crazy?

Top 10 Academy Award Mysteries: Explained

Second Life Sex Pervs Keep US Economy Afloat

Our Top 10 90s-Woman 90s Movies

Pass. The. Damn. Bill.

Rainbow Coalition: A Color Wheel Of Oscar Gowns

*A side note for Melissa (and anyone else who watches Project Runway) – Notice how blue and orange are opposites on the color wheel? I don’t know why this didn’t occur to me before, but – doesn’t that mean they’re an extremely compatible color combination? Outside of opinion and taste – color theory does not lie, PR judges.

More Than Words

Vivienne Westwood Victim Of Bizarre Stuffed-Cat Attack

The “Period Undies” You Didn’t Know You Needed

Just because Christina Hendricks is hot

And finally – this disgusting mystery solved!

You fucking hippie douchenozzles! Stop hollering at me to get out of your way just because you’ve got to ride a fucking Circ du Soleil bike through campus to pick up weed from your friend “Jello,” who’s a professional glow-sticker.

Shove your stupid tall bike straight up your ass.

I’m just saying.

Holy balls. thirtysomething season 1 is on Netflix “watch instantly”??????!!!!

I’m watching it right now! It’s like being in heaven. Or the late 80’s. Or Fall semester 1997 when I failed a class because I had to watch thirtysomething every morning at 9, instead of learning about “Colonial Literature” or something.

Whoa. Mike and Hope are having creepy sex.

The high-wasted, Z-cavaricci, pleated pants are freaking me out. They all look like they’re carrying around this morning’s dump in the their shorts.

Watching this as an actual “thirtysomething” is fuh-reaking me out.

Did you know that single women can no longer hang out with their friends with babies because babies are loud and annoying?

Melissa is wicked hot.

Elliot just admitted to Michael that he cheated on Nancy and I mentally kicked him in the nuts and then gave him a hug, cos that’s what this show is like.

This is nothing at all like being a thirtysomething in 2010. Our shoulder pads are ponytail holders aren’t nearly big enough.

I think that Michael and Gary have some real homoerotic tension.

The music is…. awesome….terrible. I can’t decide.

That was fast. On to episode 2….Hope’s parents come to visit and she acts like a total bitch. Stupid Hope.

One of my daily reads, 90’s Woman - posted a hilarious list that made me feel both proud and old. Check the list and my responses below.

You might be a 90s Woman if…

Any of the following changed your life: Bikini Kill, Nirvana, 7 Year
Bitch, Hole, Babes in Toyland, Sinead O’Connor, Lisa Carver, Tank
Girl, Sister Spit, Liz Phair. Girl you know it’s true. Bikini Kill, Liz Phair, Nirvana… I’m looking at you

You have had a crush on any of the following: Paul Rudd, James Spader, Brittany Murphy, Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp (21 Jump Street era). Check. (Paul Rudd, of course)

You’ve read Sassy. I remember buying the Sassy with Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain on the cover at Broulim’s in Rexburg and thinking – I really want to Kool-aid dye my hair… and be in mega-cute, punk-rock love. What did I know?

You’ve defended sex workers or been one. Defended? yes. Been one? No.

When you heard Billy Corgan and Jessica Simpson were dating you got upset. I just couldn’t decide which one of them was slumming.

You’ve made a mix tape on an actual tape. …or about a zillion mix tapes on actual tapes.

You know lines from Clueless. I only watched this a few times, but I do know many lines from Reservoir Dogs and Glengary Glen Ross, so that’s counts for some 90’s cred, right?

You were kind of slutty for a while and aren’t ashamed. Not slutty enough. I was a bit of a make-out slut, but looking back I really could, maybe should have been much, much worse.

You’ve marched for abortion rights, against the first Iraq War, or for Take Back the Night. I got suspended from my christian high-school for drawing a peace sign in the white checks of my uniform skirt during the first Iraq War. Our principle was a retired colonel and a mega military hard-on who hated Mormons. So you can only image.

You have ever been into Wicca, eco-feminism, or liberation theology. I like watching Willow be into Wicca…and I’ve read a lot of Mary Daly. Does that count?

You have a speech ready whenever any of the following come up: Camille Paglia, WAM, Katie Roiphe, or the Michigan Womyn’s Festival. Oh, please don’t make me talk or think about Camille Paglia. Ever. Ever again.

You think any of the following items of clothing are hot: thigh-highs, plaid shirts, work boots with dresses, cat-eye glasses, chunky heels, baby-doll dresses, overalls, plaid, flannel, bra straps showing, barrettes. Shut up.

You’ve dyed your hair a color not found in nature, ideally with Manic Panic. Manic Panic and/or Kool-aid…my hair has been: green, blue, orange, pink, orangey red, turquoise and purple. I’m thinking of going blonde this spring, so look out.

You are all over your birth control responsibilities. Check.

It would never occur to you that women wouldn’t work or that men wouldn’t clean the house. Check.

You have self-identified as bisexual (even if you’re gay or straight). This one is funny. I’ve been consistently accused of going the gay way for most of my adult life… I just embrace it. It makes me seem much more interesting than I actually am.

You can do a feminist analysis of your favorite pop culture. I can do a feminist analysis of your face. That’s how good I am.

You started—or at least read—a zine. Now it’s a blog or tumblr. Well, duh.

You are both ironic and sentimental. But for real, not like that “like rain on a wedding day” Alannis Morissette irony song, which you have mocked but know all the words to. Yes. Of course not…. and fuck you. I wasn’t totally aware of this fact until I had to sing it playing Rock Band and I murdered it. In a good way.

I’m attempting (for the third time) to read…Twilight…and it’s soooo hard. I keep stopping to ask our dear Ms. Meyer important questions like, why? why? why? and what? huh? and wtf?

So far, I’m only through the first chapter and all of my thoughts have pretty much been summed up already by this lovely gent, Alex. Enjoy.

Tonight Will Be Fine – Teddy Thompson

Acid Tongue – Jenny Lewis

Just About Glad – Elvis Costello (live)

gabriel – emmy the great

Isaiah 45:23 – The Mountain Goats

Carol Brown – Flight of the Conchords

Yeah! Oh Yeah! – Tracey Thorn & Jens Lekman (Magnetic Fields cover)

Mary’s Song – The Aislers Set

Bang Bang – Sara Schiralli

What Happened Then – The Apples in Stereo

I Don’t Mind – Slumber Party

Happiness – Elliott Smith

and this guy…

White Washed: Black Women in Rock

Ladies, Leave Your Vajazzler at Home

***Warning about the Olbermann clip. If you have a heart, you will cry. So, if you must watch it at your desk, be prepared to say your allergies are acting up.***

Olbermann’s Latest Ranty Overshare Is Actually Kind of Good

How Colleges Fail Assault Victims — And How Students Can Help

A Defense Of Sexist iPhone Apps

The “Transvestite of Directors”: A Backlash Against Kathryn Bigelow?

Seriously – I haven’t posted since the last poll? But, I was doing so well. Oh well.
1. How has your week been so far? I really can’t complain, but I want to. I’ve sort of checked out today. My brain can only take so much code before it implodes. Sadly – it’s not even the code that gives me trouble – it’s the hunting for the right file of code. Maddening. This is also the reason that my blog currently looks half designed and poor Kiss the Chicken is still as monochromatic as they day is long. (I swear I’m getting to it, Ang!)

Also – this place is filled with crazy drama that I’m not allowed to talk about on the internets. Siiiigh. But, the stories I will and/or probably have told you in person.

2. Would you rather be stuck with -10 degree weather and snow the rest of your life or sun and 95 degrees? Um stuck, stuck? No question – SUN!!!  If being stuck in 60 degree, rain weather was an option – well, that would be a different story.

3. What’s on your nails? Sinful Colors – See you soon (photo courtesy Nikki’s Nails)

4. How far do you commute to get to work/school? Far enough. I usually hitch a ride with my sweetie in the morning, but the way home is typically on the train. You’d think it would make me feel cool and urban, but really it just makes me fear and hate people.

5. What kind of bag do you carry on a daily basis (purse, large tote, backpack, etc.)? 2010 is the year of the backpack. I’ve resisted looking like a turtle-shelled douche for years, but I’m 35! …and I have to carry a 5 1/2 lb. laptop, plus accessories and gadgets and so on.

The backpack is not chic, but I feel like I could run from zombies or use both of my hands to smack wildly at stranger danger on the train. (See above)

6. Are you crafty? What kinds of crafts do you do? It’s a gift and a curse. I’m mildly good at many things; knitting, crocheting, sewing, stitching …. I can do them all okay, but I lose interest quickly. I like to paint and draw a lot.

7. What is the best thing you can cook? I used to be the master of potato curry, but I haven’t made it in a while. The best thing I made recently would be gluten-free hamburgers with portobello mushrooms. (See one of my curry recipes here)

8. Are you good at math? It’s funny you should ask. Last week I was talking with my friends Melissa and Tawnya about this very subject. I never thought I was good at math, but now that I’m grown up, I realize I can blame that lapse in self-image to one teacher. Ms. Hanson, I’m looking at you. She constantly picked on me, berated me until I finally snapped and told her that she just didn’t know how to teach me. I know it sounds horrible, but I didn’t really say it as sassy as it sounds. It didn’t matter – she threw me out of her class and off to remedial math I went.

I’ve manicured the idea that I’m just  bad at math for most of my life and then one day I realized that my job, you know – the one I’m pretty good at….the one I picked up on my own without any formal education on at all…. well, it’s all a bunch of fucking math. So, suck on that, haters.

9. Do you take risks when it comes to your haircut or color? I used to color my hair all kinds of crazy colors, but now I pretty much stick to the standard. Brown head. Nuthin’ special.

1. How has your week been so far? Busier than a hooker at a Republican convention. If 10 years ago someone told me that I’d be troubleshooting and altering the back end of 8 billion lines of code and almost understanding what I’m doing….I would have kicked them in balls.

2. Have you ever gone through an entire bottle of nail polish and bought a second of the same color? Yep. Sally Hanson XTREEEEME in Flirt.

3. What’s on your nails? Jade is the new black – OPI (It’s the shizznit!)

4. What are you reading right now? The Magicians by Lev Grossman. It’s pretty awesome so far.

5. Do you do pedicures in the winter? Melissa got us all fantabulous pedicures for Christmas and until about 2 weeks ago my toes were rocking the extremely patriotic Zoya – America.

6. Where do you paint your nails? At the coffee table in front of the t.v. where Criminal Intent lives.

7. What’s the last thing you bought? Mints, but I’m really thinking about buying some chocolate.

8. Do you love it when we “spring forward” and it’s light out until 8:00-9:00 pm? I love it so much that I just got giddy thinking about it. My life feels so much less cramped during the summer.

9. What is your favorite print or pattern (can be for clothing, furniture, or whatever)? Overall polka dots. Particularly white on black…or white on red. I’m actually wearing white on black polka dots this very minute with a sweater bearing my other favorite pattern – black and gray stripes. Yeah, I know. I dress like a clown. I also have on black, glitter Converse if that helps paint a better picture for you.

10. What are your two fave color combinations? Turquoise and red…. pink and orange…..pink and green.