Desktop

I've never done the desktop meme and I saw it on Dr. Brazen Hussy's site.

I'm constantly changing my desktop - at least once a week. I read somewhere that frequently changing your desktop picture keeps your mind more alert because you are always looking at something different. I don't know, that might be a bunch of crap, but I love changing the desktop with my moods.

This is a picture of some beautiful bright flowers and a bee. I wanted something bright and summery, because summer is gone and I know fall and winter are around the corner. It reminds of warmth, sun, nature and life. Even though I'm not really missing the warmth right now because it is unusually warm for this time of year, above 80F!

This picture is from the photo of the day section of nationalgeographic.com

Whoever wants - it's your turn.

Another meme to distract me!

I've been tagged by Dr. Brazen Hussy. She tagged me awhile ago but I've finally gotten to it. Sorry it took so long!

The Four Things Meme

Four Jobs I Have Had In My Life:
Roller skating rink guard and concession stand person (that counts as two)
Student office assistant
Wild animal keeper

Four Places I Have Lived:
Really really small town, Central Pennsylvania
Close-to-bad-part-of-city apartment building, Pittsburgh
Closer-to-bad-part-of-city townhouse, Pittsburgh
Relatively peaceful almost suburb apartment, Pittsburgh


Four of my favorite foods:
Pasta and sauce (any pasta with some kind of marinara sauce)
Sushi (eel especially)
Shrimp (cocktail, scampi, steamed, grilled, etc.)
Waffles and gravy (my grandma's version with chicken)

Four Places I’d rather be right now:
Private campsite near my hometown
Bed
Wildlife Refuge in the Ozark Mountains, Arkansas
My parent's house

Four movies I can watch over and over:
The Muppet's Christmas Carol
Speed
The Prince of Egypt
Dante's Peak

Four TV shows I like to watch:
CSI (Las Vegas, the original)
Bones
The Closer
Saving Grace

Four websites I visit daily:
Weight Watchers
Bloglines
Twitter
iGoogle

Four early musical influences:
Bon Jovi
Madonna
Def Leppard
Chicago

Four Computers I’ve Owned:
Compaq laptop (can't remember what kind)
Dell Desktop (ditto)
Dell Inspiron 600m



I tag:

Geeka507
Kelly
Jenny F. Scientist
mrswhatsit

(See Geeka, I resisted the urge to tag you. So you don't feel obligated to do it!)

My first meme

This is my first meme. I've been tagged by Dr. Brazen Hussy who lately has been posting really cute kitten pictures.

Rules

• I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
• Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
• People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
• At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
• Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog

Random Facts

1. I've gone swimming with a tiger cub. One the most memorable moments of my life.


2. I love fresh tomatoes, especially out of the garden. I love tomato sauce. But I don't like chunks of tomatoes in my tomato sauce. I think it's because I don't like stewed tomatoes and cooked chunks of tomatoes are too much like stewed tomatoes. Is that weird?


3. I always wanted an older brother, but that wasn't going to happen.


4. I like to cross-stitch, draw, and paint.


5. I just bought a new set of golf clubs, ones that are the right size. The first set I bought were too long, I didn't know any better. And the dude at Dick's who sold them to me obviously knew nothing. Never buy golf clubs from Dick's.


6. Hardwood floors are nice but I miss carpet. Carpet catches cat hair so I don't have cat hair tumbleweeds blowing across the floor. Right after it's been swept.


7. My real hair color is brown.


8. I've been in school since preschool. I've never taken time off. Summers don't count.

Now, I'm supposed to tag 8 people but the problem is I haven't been surfing the blogs long enough to know that many people to tag. So, I think I'm just going to randomly pick people from the blogroll's of people I do know! Ones that I've been reading on and off. Hopefully they won't mind and I'm not breaking some blog etiquette. If they feel like doing it fine, if not, that's okay too.

Here we go - Geeka507, Kisha, ScienceGeek, Am I a woman scientist?, Profgrrrrl, The PhD Explosion, A Natural Scientist, and YoungFemaleScientist. Have fun!