The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
- What I create will be just for you.
- It'll be done this year. (that's year to date not calendar year)
- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be wood. Possibly metal. Perhaps a picture. Or, I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you have to put this in your journal as well. We all can make stuff!

Your Brain Usage Profile:
Auditory : 62%
Visual : 37%
Left : 43%
Right : 56%



Yamil, you show a slight right-hemisphere dominance with a moderate preference for auditory processing, an unusual and somewhat paradoxical combination of characteristics.
You are drawn to a random and sometimes nonchalant synthesis of material. You learn as it seems important to a specific situation, and might even develop a resentment of others who attempt to direct your learning down a specific channel.
Your right-hemispheric dominance provides a structure that is only loosely organized and one which processes entire swatches of reality, overlooking details. You are emotional in your reactions and perceptual more than logical in your approach, although you can impose structure and a language base when necessary.
Your auditory preference, on the other hand, implies that you process information sequentially and unidimensionally. This combination of right-brain and auditory modes creates conflict, as you want to process data more rapidly than your natural processes allow.
Your tendency to be creative and free-flowing is accompanied by sufficient ability to organize and be logical, allowing you a reasonable degree of success in a number of different endeavors. You take in information methodically and systematically which can then be synthesized rapidly. In this manner, you manage to function consistently well, although certainly less efficiently than you desire.
You prefer the abstract and are a theoretician at heart while retaining the ability to be practical. You find the symbolism in a great deal of what you encounter and are something of a "mystic."
With regards to your lifestyle, you have the mentality which would be good as a philosopher, writer, journalist, or instructor, or possibly as a systems designer or social worker. Perhaps most important is your ability to "listen to your inner voice" as a mode of skipping over unnecessary steps to achieve your goals.

create your own visited states map

create your own visited countries map

Had a good weekend.
Rush didn't subside until Sunday night.
Thank you all for your support.
...
Oh yeah, what happened?
I came in second at Crown List.
Had a good weekend.

Current Location: work
Current Mood: shocked
Current Music: none

1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.

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1. If I am moody I probably haven't eaten or need water.
2. I am a natural extrovert and learned introvert.
3. I can produce food out of a fridge even when Eowyn could swear there was nothing to eat.
4. Food = Love.
5. If I commit to something I will complete it at any cost (one reason why I don't commit to many things).
6. Friends and family are the most important things in my life.
7. More people consider me a friend who I just consider an acquaintance.


Tag (if you want to play)

Current Location: Work
Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: deathly hallows-ch23

a reflection meme

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you.

Current Location: Home office desk
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Beach Boys-Sloop John B

bold is having done it

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink  - Small bar
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain 
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula 
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone - would like to no bathtub big enough
08. Said “I love you” and meant it -always
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped - not yet
11. Visited Paris - not yet.
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea 
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise - still do it don't sleep much lately 
14. Seen the Northern Lights -- 
15. Gone to a huge sports game 
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables 
18. Touched an iceberg 
19. Slept under the stars 
20. Changed a baby’s diaper 
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne - not really drunk just happy
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope 
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb -(mostly legs of lamb but held a live one at a petting zoo)
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day actually, 
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer 
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends -Still do
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip.
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach -by myself
50. Gone sky diving- not yet
51. Visited Ireland 
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them 
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs - Eowyn does this for me.
57. Pretended to be a superhero 
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day 
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud 
64. Played in the rain 
65. Gone to a drive-in theater 
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business 
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites 
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight 
72. Gotten married 
73. Been in a movie .
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch of course
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas 
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house 
91. Been in a combat zone 
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently 
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children .
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country 
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge 
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking all the time
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication 
106. Lost over 100 pounds 
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone 
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol-all
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse 
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet 
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon - not yet
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states - not yet
124. Visited all 7 continents . - not yet
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days - not yet
126. Eaten kangaroo meat - not yet
127. Eaten sushi .
128. Had your picture in the newspaper - not yet
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school 
131. Parasailed - not yet
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey , had Derek Jacobi read it to me while I drove. Love those books on tape.
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 
137. Skipped all your school reunions.
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language Restaurant directions in Istanbul
139. Been elected to public office - not yet
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream 
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts 
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you - not yet
145. Had a booth at a street fair - not yet
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life