AuburnChick's Adventures

It’s time for the Hodgepodge!  Joyce, as always, has done a great job coming up with the questions.  Thanks so much, Joyce!  Now, on to the questions!

1.  What makes you stand on your feet and cheer?

I cheer my heart out when I watch soccer.  I’ve watched Chicky play since she was six years old (she’s still playing too), and I’ve even been known to hoop and holler when watching it on TV.

Chicky's College Team

Speaking of soccer, did you know that the women’s World Cup just started?  The U.S. team beat North Korea yesterday by a score of 2-0.  Go USA!!  (Pictures can be found at the Denver Post’s site.)

2.  What’s your favorite patriotic song?

I love Lee Greenwood’s Proud To Be an American

3.  Do you believe that opposites attract?  If you have a significant other, are you opposites?

I think that opposites and likes attract.  There’s no rhyme or reason to what draws people together.  The Mr. and I are opposites in many ways.  One thing we agree wholeheartedly on is that we both love Auburn football.

4.  You’re going to get a behind the scenes look some place…where would you like that some place to be?

I’d love to see how “magic” tricks are performed.  I am particularly interested in the trick where the magician holds up a sheet, flips it up, and when it comes back down, in a nano second, someone else is standing there.  Interesting indeed!

5.  How far would you have to travel to ride a carousel (merry-go-round)?

I have no idea!  I don’t really care about carousels, so I don’t know where the nearest one is!

6.  When was the last time you saw fireworks?  What was the occasion?  Do you enjoy fireworks?

Gosh…another question that requires me to remember something.  My memory is just not working very well right now.  Let’s see…the last big show I saw was last summer, when I attended the Christian concert series at the beach (blogged about it here).  Michael W. Smith gave a concert on the final evening, and it was followed by a fireworks show that was amazing!  There’s nothing like fireworks over the Gulf of Mexico.

7.  Of all the ‘beauty products’ you own, what item do you consider to be the most overpriced?

Would perfume be considered a beauty product?  If so, then I’d have to answer this way.  I don’t own expensive perfume simply because it costs an arm and a leg.  I suspect that consumers are mostly paying for the marketing associated with this product.

8.  My Random Thought

I just finished knitting a rather large project, and it is currently sitting on my dining room table, pinned and blocked out.  It’s drawing the most interesting comments from my family…not the nicest comments either.

As a knitter, it would be so nice to be “understood” and “appreciated” by those closest to me.  It can be discouraging to hear comments that are disguised as “teasing.”  Call me sensitive, but that’s how I roll sometimes.

I think that as humans, we should try to look for positive things to say to each other, even if we don’t “get” the things that other people are passionate about.

Sigh.

It’s frustrating.

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