#MistysMovieTrails

Does a messy home or office make you cranky and nervous, or is cleaning something that you do only before company comes over? Having a messy house and or office does make me cranky, but real cleaning only gets done (by me that is) in common areas when it gets so bad that I can stand it anymore, or when company is coming over. My room and my office, I do keep mostly clean. I do get it messy when I am working in an area, but I like to keep these areas clean in the end. They are my serenity... Thus, they keep my sane. That was easy, thanks for reading, Misty )O( Blessed Be  

 Misty  Jennifer  English 1101 126 26 March 2014  A Not So Fancy American Dream Story In one aspect Fancy is a typical American Dream story in that she goes from poor to upper class in her lifetime. On the other hand, she is far from the typical American Dream story because of the steps that she took to achieve that Dream. The listener can tell that Fancy comes from poverty and ends up with the good life from her lyrics: “We didn’t have money for food or rent/ To say the least we were hard pressed.” Then later: “I charmed a king, congressman / And an occasional aristocrat / Then I got me a Georgia mansion / And an elegant New York townhouse flat / And I ain't done bad” (McEntire 4). Fancy ends up with more than the average person might expect from the American Dream, and though Fancy’s story is not typical, she used what she had and made the most of her life to attain the American Dream. She used her feminine wiles to charm men, rich men no less....

You're being exiled to a private island, and your captors are only supplying you with five foods, what do you choose? Eggs - because you can do so much with them fry them, scramble them, poach, which I don't even know what that is, but I'd learn, hard boiled... Bacon, because it's bacon, hello? Pasta, because I like it. Bread to make sammachs and toast with the bacon and or eggs and cheese, because you can never go wrong with cheese. That was easy. :0) Thanks for reading, Misty Blessed Be )O(

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a member of the opposite sex for the a day? What would it be like? I would pee standing up, I will grow an amazing beard, I would objectify as many women as I could, I would go to the strip club.. Ok not really the last two, but I would pee standing up and grow a brilliant beard!  Thanks for reading, Misty )O(  Blessed Be

When is the last time that you felt tears of joy? Honestly, it was just this past Monday, when I was reading the different options for vows to be read during our upcoming handbiniding, and I read the part where the minister will introduce us as "The Smith's" (not our real name), that I got goofy and did a snort-laugh-cry thing.  We have been together for ten years now, and it makes me smile that soon, ALL THE PEOPLE (that want to come) will be there to celebrate it! Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

             When is the last time that you shed tears of joy? When we went to see the medium, Robert Baca, and my dad came through and told me things I needed and wanted to hear, I did the silent cry almost the entire time he was talking to me. I wasn't sure how I felt about the whole thing when we went in, but by the time I left, I was a believer, at least about him. I have a reading with him in the fall, I won it at Robert Baca's show. I am excited to go back, who knows who, if anyone, will come through this time? Thanks for reading.           Misty             )O(       Blessed Be

If i had to judge my favorite book just by the cover, would I read it? So, I have a lot of favorite books as an adult, so I will go to my favorite book from my childhood. From the Mixed Up Files... Yes, I would totally read this book based just on the cover. Just look at it! Two kids keeping secrets, in a spooky looking museum. The book is about two kids that run away from home and live Ina museum. Heck, after I read this book as a child, I wanted to do the same thing with the American Furniture store at the corner of Menaul and Carlisle. Ok, so I still want to! Yes, I would read this book. I'll share a secret with you, I have the audiobook on my iPad!

    A Not So Fancy American Dream Story In one aspect Fancy is a typical American Dream story in that she goes from poor to upper class in one lifetime. On the other hand, she is far from the typical American dream story because of the steps that she took to achieve that dream. The listener can tell that Fancy comes from poverty and ends up with the good life from her lyrics: “We didn’t have money for food or rent/ To say the least we were hard pressed.” Then later: “I charmed a king, congressman / And an occasional aristocrat / Then I got me a Georgia mansion / And an elegant New York townhouse flat / And I ain't done bad” (McEntire 4). Fancy ends up with more than the average person might expect from the American dream, and though Fancy’s story is not typical, she used what she had and made the most of her life to attain the American dream. She used her feminine wiles to charm men, rich men no less. Fancy’s mother puts her on a path that most would not think could le...

Have you ever felt de je vu? I have felt it a handful of times. Never a major occurrence. I wish could say that I had, that would be neat, or freaky, who knows? Not me, not really. Never had an episode. Besides, I have hear that it is just a glitch in the Matrix, and I am happy living in my body fluid filled, atrophy inducing, copper-top fantasy. Seriously, ok, not seriously, but here goes a tangent... If we really were all in the Matrix? Why would we not he happy with the ideal life that the machines tried to give us? I'd he happy. I mean, yeah, a little conflict, something to do, maybe learn from, but easy life, hell yeah! Difficulties with kids, not really. Issues with partners, not big ones...maybe an argument over who's turn it is to wax the Lexus, you know, something to grow from... But, as in the case of the Tastey Wheat, or the flavor of chicken, how would the machines know what would make me happy versus you? Maybe your arguments would be over what color to paint...

What does the ideal community look like to you?   I used to think about what I would do if I won the lottery. I was going to build a large commune in the mountains, where my friends and family would all live safely, and at ease. There would be a community center where people could go swim in the giant pool with swirly slides and other awesome attractions. There would be a place for all to gather and play cars, or watch movies in our giant theater with comfy chairs instead of the seats in regular theaters. Underground tunnels would connect people's homes, because this commune would be in Montana or some other place that gets REALLY cold. With tunnels, you could get to your friend's house without going outside and getting cold! This dream left me as the leader and Supreme Being of the complex. I realize that this is not the ideal community, rather a lotto dream with only the surface thought about. I have to say that it was a good start.   To me the ideal community would ...

What game or task brings out your competitive side most? Playing cards, playing any kinds of card games, is what makes me most competitive. When we used to play Skip-Bo, and Phase 10, and even when we tried to play (unsuccessfully, I might add) poker, I had to win. I HAD to win. I didn't go as far as to cheat, but I did play cut throat, for a card game with friends, that is. I miss those days! Misty Dawn )O(

        Write about a local place as if its a travel guide entry... If you should find yourself near the university, hungry, not in the mood for a crowd, but in the mood for a good sammach in an interesting dinner, stop by DG's Deli. The service counter is right in the middle of the restaurant. You can see your sammach being complied. Truly master's at their craft, they put love sweat and tears into each sammach, without the bodily fluids... The checkered floor takes you back to a simpler time. The art on the wall takes you everywhere else. From pin up girls at Misfits posters and everything in between, you could never take it all in during one visit. So go back! It's out of the way but parking is scarce. Worth the search for a parking spot, if you have to look. I can attest to the amazing BLT's,  and if that sammach is any indication, I am sure everything else is just as good. Each sammach comes as a meal with a drink and bag of chips, potato salad or Col...

I'm stranded for a day in a strange city with no money and no friends, what do I do? If I were stuck in some city for a day, I would hope that it was in Ireland, or Scotland, or even Belgium, even England would be ok, hoping it was a smaller city, I would go on a waking tour. I lived in Belgium when I was young and my mother tells of how she would jog to an old castle in our village. These are the kinds of things that I would hope to be able to do. Walk around and see the history. Stand in the places where things happened. Try to imagine how things were, what a day would have been like when that castle that I find was in good repair and was a bustling home and workplace. Barring that, I would find a nice corner somewhere in the town, and people watch. I would just sit and take in the similarities and the differences. I would note them all as best I could so that when I found my friends, or who ever the heck left me in a strange city with no money, I could ...

What was your favorite bedtime story as child. How did that shape who you are today?       My favorite bedtime story was a tie between Wacky Wednesday and Put Me In the Zoo, both by Dr, Seuss. I have no idea how that shaped me as a person, I am not in the zoo, or do I have much interest in being in or near a zoo. I am wacky, but not just on Wednesday, so again, no correlation there.       It did make me read those and others to my kids when they were kids, I wanted them to have the same found memories of the stories. Wacky Wednesday especially. My mother and I had a ritual of looking for every wacky thing in the picture. Each page told you how many to find. Even when I was older and could read to myself, I would look for those wacky items.      However, I can still not find a relationship between the love of those books with my current grown up life... And I have never woken up with a shoe on my wall. Just sayi...

Do parties and crowds fill you with energy or send you scurrying for peace and quiet? Depends on the event. A party where I know people and have people with me that I know, someone I have brought, then I am OK. Not knowing anyone, and having a 'date' that doesn't know anyone either makes me want to leave. Saturday night my daughter/'date' and I went to my bosses St. Patrick's Day Party. She didn't know anyone, and I only knew a few people, so we did not stay long. We would not have anyways, because people were drinking and it was already late. But, not knowing anyone made it easier to be OK with leaving. When I used to live in Kentucky, we had 'gatherings' at my house all the time. My turf, my friends, my comfort zone. My wife and I want to a holiday party in December. It was a family party, so we knew some of the people, but her cousins know A LOT of people that we didn't know. Having my 'bestie' by my side made the awkward parts...

What does owing animals mean to you? It means having someone to tell your secrets that will NEVER blab them!

I believe in six unbelievable things before breakfast.        We are all made out of star dust. I am made out of the moon. I was once part of the majestic orb that lights up the night. The majestic orb that lures lovers, and guides the tides.             The moon looks down on me nightly, to check on my well being, even on nights that I cannot see her.       Luna Lovegood is my Harry Potter twin.    The blood moon bleeds for me. The harvest moons gathers for and from me. The blue moon is blue because we have been separated. The lunar eclipse is my moon doing tricks to make me smile. The Hunter's Moon hunts for and finds me. Lycanthropy  is my secret name.           The moon is my secret astrological friend that I get to see every night, sometimes in the sky, sometimes in my dreams. Sometimes both.    T...

Todays task is to argue against something I believe in... Gay marriage is something I believe strongly in, and I cannot even fathom how to start. If gays are allowed to marry then all the good men will be taken? If gays are allowed to marry, then women won't need men to support them, put up shelves and kill spiders for them? Seriously, I can't see a good argument against gay marriage. I am gay, I am gayly married. We have good, successful kids, a home, a Crappy van, financial issues, fights about housework...all the normal things 'normal' couples have... Were not doing better or worse than any other couple as far as those aspects go... Plus we love each other. And maybe, just maybe, because we had to fight to be allowed to marry, we will take our marriage more seriously and hold it up with more respect than those that have taken it forgranted. Sorry, idea generator, can't do it today. Misty

What would I talk to a group of preschoolers about for 5 minutes? DOCTOR WHO! Even if they are too young to get it, most of them, there will be a few smart kids that will be interested. They would all be interested, but there would be a few nerds that I could get hooked young!That is the key, get em hooked young! LOL

What am I more comfortable with, planning or spontaneity? Anyone that knows me, knows that I am more comfortable with planning. My wedding is in a little over a month, and while I am happy that it is not just one more thing that I have to worry about, I am nervous and somewhat uncomfortable that it is in the hands of my mother in law and her friend. Mostly because my wife is mad at her mother so often, and it is because she treats us differently than she does the rest of her kids. Does this mean that she is slacking on our project? I am also nervous because I have had no updates whatsoever about it all. I like planning...

A time that I did  complete 180 or changed my mind about something would be my Sociology professor. I was so excited to have a lesbian teacher, but now, due to my own insecurities, or maybe she is actually sending off "You are not gay enough vibes" I am totally I still like the class, and enjoy her teaching, but as far as her on a personal level, I feel a bit judged. Maybe it is because I am so old. LOL

Misty    Jennifer    English 1101 126   10 March 2014   Fancy   In one aspect Fancy is a typical American dream story in that she goes from poor to upper class in one lifetime. On the other hand, she is far from the typical American dream story because of the steps that she took to achieve the dream. The listener can tell that Fancy comes from poverty and ends up with the good life from her lyrics: “We didn’t have money for food or rent/ To say the least we were hard pressed.” Then later: “I charmed a king, congressman / And an occasional aristocrat / Then I got me a Georgia mansion / In an elegant New York townhouse flat / And I ain't done bad” (McEntire). Fancy ends up with more than the average person might expect from the American dream, Though Fancy’s story is not typical, she used what she had and made the most of her life to attain the American dream. ...

I would choose J.K. Rowling to be my ghost writer. I don't even know what I would want to write about, but to work with her would be brilliant! That is really all I have to say about that...

If I could erase one tuning from my past, I would erase my never joining the Army Reserves when I was 18. I could have been ready to retire by now, traveled, been in better shape, and figured out my sexuality MUCH SOONER. On the flips side, I would not be here where I am, with kids, in this house, with this family, and this wife, and this job,in this school. There are not many major changes that you can make that wouldn't affect where you are now, and if you like where you are now, them you must learn to live with those things, they got you where you are now. Misty Blessed Be )O(

Misty  Jennifer  English 1101 126 10 March 2014 The American Dream is different to all of us. In the song that I chose to analyze, Reba McIntyre’s rendition of Fancy, originally sung by Bobbie Gentry, her path starts from poverty, and ends in an elegant New York Townhouse Flat. How she got there is not the path that many of us would choose. Fancy did not even choose the path; it was thrust upon her. In the opening of the song Reba talks about the situation that she came from. It was the summer she turned 18, and she lived in a rundown shack with her family. Her father had abandoned the family, the mother was soon to die, and the baby was going to starve to death. Somehow, she had to make her way in the world. Her mother spent all of the money that the family had to buy Fancy a ‘dancin’ dress’. To me this is equated to how some families go into debt to pay for their children’s education. The idea behind both paths is the same. The parents give all that ...

Who is the most important person in my life and how would my day-to-day existence change without them? My wife is the most important person in my life. She is out of town right now, so I can say with some certainty that I know how things would be without her. I would have to do everything around the house by myself, and that sucks. At least I get to talk to her a daily while she is gone, and that makes all the difference. She is out of town, but not out of my life completely. I can also take a guess at how that would change my life; I would be lost without her. Even when I do not realize that I need to talk to her, she is there because she knows. Even when I do not know that I need to hear something she has to say, I hear it and then I know I needed it. I do not like to think how things would be different if she was gone from this planet, and not just this town…

Is lying to kids about the Easter Bunny or Santa a bad idea?  I do not think that it is a bad thing to keep some fantasy in kids’ lives, while they are young enough to enjoy it. Once they are old enough figure it out, then the truth should be shared, so that they do not put two and two together and then think that you think that they are stupid. I think that this is for the parents as much, if not more than it is for the children. I loved setting up the presents around the tree on Christmas Eve. I enjoyed hiding the plastic eggs, and putting together Easter baskets for them. It is indeed better to give then receive. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the happiness that they seem to get from the things that I did for them. I think that it is harmless to tell these white lies, as long as it is handled in such a way that they do not scare the kids, and that the child hears it from you before it is too late. The unveiling of these fantasy creatures should be handl...

When was the first time you felt grown up, if ever? When Heather and I bought our first set of real furniture, might have been one. We have also bought appliances. I know there are times that I feel like a grown up. We have even commented on them to each other. But most of the time, it just kind of sneaks up on me, on us. I have a job, we have raised three kids, I have a house, we pay or bills. However, most days I just feel like me... and that doesn't feel like  grown up...Odd, I am almost and I would classify myself as one, but I don't always 'feel' that way!

What is the 11th item on my bucket list? I would have to think about what the first ten are. I wanted to get my maiden name back, but now  I am getting Heather's. As long as I ditch Gonzales. I wanted the can in my name; done. I wanted to get my GED; done. I wanted to go back to college; doing it. I would still have to figure out a few more things on the list. Let's see, go on a cruise? Get a new car? Sleep through a night, yep, that is one…  Watch all the unwatched movies we keep buying, sure, that is a good one… But the 11th, so up there, but not in the top ten???   Let's say it's my floor. The one that I a about to do this weekend. Yep, my floor. Plus, then when it is done, I can say that I knocked something off of my bucket list! 

Write about a disagreement that you had with a friend of family member from their perspective.  I cannot remember  a specific argument, but I would be that it was because I was no listening.  I have a tendency, and I don’t even realize that I am doing it, to tune out. Or not hear everything that is being said to me.  I am sure that it must feel to her that I do not care what she has to say , but that is not it. It is more about my mind being so full and I cannot concentrate. I know that if I zone out at home, my job is not riding on it. That is not fair, but that is what I am coming up with right now, at 3am.  

Have you ever had a New Year's Resolution that you kept? Nope. I never have. Every year it is the same. Lose Weight, Save Money. Eat better. Stay in touch with family members. Last year was on that I KINDA kept. I resolved to use only craft items on hand, and not buy new ones until I had, unless of course, the craft absolutely called for it. I started a yarn bomb to use up all of the little left over balls that I had around (in the 60 gallon tote full to the brim with yarn). I didn’t succeed in making a yarn bomb yet (it is March 5th, 2014), but I did make a few things that turned out to be placemat type display deals. One is nice and my wife liked it sowe kept it, and it is on my alter. The other, I tried too many fancy stitches, so it ruffles, A LOT. It is more like a, well heck, I don't have anything to compare it to really. It is neat. It is colorful. It is rectangle, and right now.. I don't know where it is! Oh, there it is, it is on the back of my computer chair,...