What does your name mean?

Some of these things are so cheesy that you just have to stare at them with a dumbfounded look. However, some of these things are so dead on, its scary. Granted I am sure these are all "scripted" and are all luck of the draw, but ones like this creep me out.

I subscribe to a website called Blog Things on my Google Reader page and every once in a while I will "play along". I was browsing past entries and came across this one that peaked my interest. Low and behold, it was a dead ringer!! Give it a try and see what it says YOUR name means by clicking HERE. How close is it?

What Karrie Means

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life.
You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip.
People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.



You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

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No Offense!?

I had went shopping this weekend and was excited about a few things that I purchased. One being a new game for the Xbox 360, called F.E.A.R. Files. I recently learned of a sequel that is coming out for this called Project Origin so I figured I had better start with the original, even though you really don't have to. Project Origin is not available yet and I am not so patient, and this way I can at least see if I like it. Watching the walk through for Project Origin is a riot though, and I am pretty sure I will be getting that too. Okay, so this isn't your typical girly girl game, but you gotta have something to play to take your aggressions out on, right? **NOTE: Not recommended for children to watch..lol.

So anyways, I got a bit off track. I wanted to play MY game yet my kids wanted to play THEIR game. Boo Hoo..lol. But I give in because the grovel so well. They wanted to play Scene It? so we played for about an hour and a half. We were just about done and the following took place.

• Bug (he's 6) goes, "Mom how come you know so many of these answers?".
• Before I could answer, my daughter (she's nearly 10) chimes in....
• First she looks at me and says, "No offense, Mom!" holding up her hand at me like she is saying "stop".
• Then she looks at Bug and says, "shes old, so she knows a lot more stuff!"

WHAT??? I had to laugh, just at the presentation of her answer. How cute is that? I am only 31 and by no means "old" by my standards, but to think that she thinks I am, makes me laugh. It makes me remember back when my grandmother used to say she was old (mind you, she was 50 something at the time) and I would say back to her, "Grandma, your not old till you turn 100." I also remember thinking she was right, but I was too nice to tell her that. I have a lot to teach my daughter. Giggles....

So after a chuckle, I will leave you with a bit of a serious quote that was emailed to me at work today. Ironic, actually.

"Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place."
Abigail Van Buren

~~~Au revoir, mes chéris~~~

Proper Credits

Hug Me =)

Wowzers...its been a bit again since I have posted. But when I saw this I just had to add it here because it has a special meaning to me. I have no idea where the photo came from other than THIS is where I found it. First of all its absolutely adorable but anytime I hear the word "bunny" or see a "bunny", a smile spreads across my face. There is only one who will know why...thank you for all the smiles!

Epitome of comfort?

I was sitting on the couch watching American Idol with a very good friend and I looked over at my kitten Kallie! I started laughing because of the way she was positioned and I pointed at her and said "look"...lol. She was out like a light (no she is not sniffing her behind...lol) but I don't know how that could be comfy for her. The life of a cat....

**Click for larger version =)

Happy Valentine's Day

Warm wishes to all my friends...

Perseverance and Phun

For Christmas Santa brought the kids Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii. (ohh..hey I rhymed..lol) At first it started out being a fun gift for mom and dad as the kids didn't really take an immediate interest. Mainly because it was a bit different for them, as a game, and it was a bit difficult. As they watched us play, they became more and more interested and dipped their toes in the water.

Needless to say my son has taken a keen liking to it. However he has his own spin to playing it, as his hands are small for only being six years old. I still cannot figure out how he plays this way, nor how he has gotten as far as he has playing this way.

Traditionally you hold the guitar vertically, wrap your left wrist under and up and around the neck of the guitar to play the frets and your right arm over the base to strum. Well my son lays it flat on his lap and holds it so his thumb is on top of the frets and he hits each key individually with his thumb. Ya...weird huh? This worked well for when he was on the easy level because you never had to play more than one note at a time (if you did it was rare). However on the medium level you have to play more than one fret at a time. Well you can't play two notes with your thumb now can you? So what he does when he comes to the double notes is he flips his hand around as to play the "correct" way and when the double notes are through, he goes back to playing with his thumb. I don't know how he does it. On top of all that he jams his entire body along with the song!! So he is movin' and shakin' and playin' all at the same time.

Now guess how far he has gotten by playing this way? I still cannot believe it....but with out help, he has already completed the easy level and now he has gotten past Slash (whom he beat on the FIRST friggen time) and is now working towards playing Lou on Medium. Any of you who do not play this game, let's just say that playing on Medium is tough, and thats playing the "correct" way. Now imagine playing like my son!! ACK!! (See pictures below of examples of how he plays).

I have to give him tons of credit, though. I titled this "Perseverance and Phun" for a reason. This kid will play the heck out of a song until he beats it. Once in a while he starts to get upset and I remind him that if we get upset, then its time to put the game away. He calms down and beats it..LOL. Now when he battled Slash on Medium, he did it on his very first try!! It took me like 10!!! What a kid!!

***If you click on the pictures you can see them full size =)

Love is Life

Hello my friends. It's been a bit since I have been here. I guess I have writers block or something. Probably the "or something". I really have not had anything that has struck me to write about until today. Which is funny because the inspiration was from a movie that I watched probably two weeks ago or so.

Shopgirl is the name of the movie with Claire Danes and Steve Martin, two fabulous actors. In short its about a young plain Jane woman who was struggling in life and she runs into a fifty-something wealthy man who sweeps her off of her feet. The only catch is that he is not looking for a commitment, hes basically looking for a sleeping buddy, to put it short. She, on the other hand, I believe is aware but doesn't want to believe that is all that it is. She falls in love and desperately wants him to love her back.

This scene struck me and has stayed with me for some reason. Its a powerful scene. Heartfelt. Sad. Painful. I've attached the clip, it starts in at 7 minutes 30 seconds. It begins by Ray making a comment about looking for a three bedroom house in case he meets someone and has kids. Its then that Mirabelle realizes the truth and says goodbye.

• Mirabelle: Ray? Why don't you love me? Are you just biding your time with me?
• Ray: I thought you understood.
• Mirabelle: Sooo...I can either hurt now or hurt later. Now. I guess.

At the very end of the movie Ray runs into Mirabelle at an art gallery showing of hers. They talk a bit and he tells her that he is sorry for the way he treated her and that he did love her. They hug and he watches her walk away, yet again. As he does..he says to himself...

• ...he feels a loss. How is it possible, he thinks, to miss a woman who he kept at a distance, so that when she was gone, he would not miss her. Only then does he realize how wanting part of her, and not all of her, had hurt them both and how he cannot justify his actions except that, well, it was life.

Just kind of makes you think....

Until we meet again...ciao!~

***I have transferred this from my old blog and the videos are no longer available :(