July 27, 2005

100 Things About Me


  1. I was born in Bremerton Washington, but we moved when I was two years old, so I remember nothing about it.

  2. I once broke my left foot by falling down three steps.

  3. Daisies are my favorite flower, followed closely by tulips.

  4. I wanted to play the cello in middle school, but joined the choir instead.

  5. I am a terrible singer.

  6. I love karaoke.

  7. I consider Hole’s Live Through This to be one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

  8. I don’t believe in astrology, but I am the definition of a Libra.

  9. I wanted to be a broadcast journalist from the sixth grade until sophomore year of college.

  10. I have half of a degree in Anthropology with a minor in mass communications.

  11. I spent nearly four years at Southwest Texas State University, but I’m barely a junior.

  12. I have six tattoos. And there is no end in sight.

  13. Pink is my signature color.

  14. I am frequently barefoot.

  15. I went to summer camp for 14 years from age 6 to age 20.

  16. Some of my favorite authors are: Diana Gabaldon, Nora Roberts, Maya Angelou, and Larry McMurtry.

  17. My birthstone is the opal. Don't buy me one.

  18. I hate dark wood furniture.

  19. I was the president of my high school drama club, the Golden Myth Players.

  20. Scotland is the country I most want to visit.

  21. I am excellent at games that require lots of useless pop culture knowledge.

  22. I own a karaoke machine I’ve never used.

  23. I once won $70 in a casino in Atlantic City. I quit while I was ahead.

  24. The place I got married at, used to feature a swimming pig named Ralph as its main attraction.

  25. I am obsessed with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Seriously, ask me anything.

  26. I don’t know how to program my VCR.

  27. I like dragonflies and have received an absurd number of dragonfly themed gifts.

  28. I own over 20 pairs of flip flops.

  29. Baking homemade chocolate chip cookies is my only talent.

  30. I’m a notorious plant killer.

  31. In college, I frequently stayed up all night chatting online.

  32. I’ve had the chicken pox twice.

  33. When I was nine-years-old, I received a horse for Christmas.

  34. I’m afraid of horses.

  35. I once fainted on a horse.

  36. I’m a graduate of Lanier High School in Austin, Texas. Class of 1996.

  37. I went to eleven schools from kindergarten to 12th grade.

  38. I was raised Unitarian and still consider myself to be one.

  39. I’m a television addict.

  40. Not only do I watch a lot of TV, I read about TV shows and blog about TV shows.

  41. In the first election I was able to vote, I voted for Bill Clinton.

  42. I frequently read the same book over and over again. Including Lonesome Dove and The Stand, both over 900 pages.

  43. I am unable to sleep without a night light.

  44. I don’t know my weight because I refuse to weigh myself or look at the scale at the doctor’s office.

  45. The Dixie Chicks are my favorite band.

  46. My favorite video game is Oregon Trail.

  47. Cheese fries from Outback Steakhouse and pepperoni rolls from Double Dave’s are two of my favorite foods on the planet.

  48. I have two siblings: a brother that's three years older (Jason Robnett, where have you disappeared to?) and a sister that's 23 years younger.

  49. The first concert I ever went to was Grateful Dead in 1985. I don’t remember if I wore tie dye.

  50. I appeared in seven plays in high school.

  51. I love tanning salons.

  52. I was a latchkey kid.

  53. I was incapable of getting to school on time, and now I am incapable of getting to work on time.

  54. I’ve seen John Prine in concert seven times.

  55. The Immaculate Collection is my favorite Madonna album.

  56. I have Dave Grohl’s autograph.

  57. I love movies, but I never see movies without reading the reviews first.

  58. I love being in charge.

  59. 10 Things I Hate About You is one of my favorite movies and I watch it every time it comes on TV, even though I own it on DVD.

  60. I never leave home without makeup on, even if I’m just going swimming.

  61. I collect shot glasses.

  62. I was voted Class Whiner by my senior class in high school.

  63. I don’t believe in the Atkins Diet. We’re supposed to eat grains. Trust me, I have half of an Anthropology degree.

  64. I’ve never been further west than Texas (except for the two years in Bremerton I don’t remember).

  65. If left alone, I can sleep at least ten hours a night.

  66. I am incapable of understanding algebra, and don’t care to.

  67. Concerts I’ve seen: Grateful Dead, John Prine, Shug Mauldin, New Kids on the Block (twice!), Reba McEntire, Tool, Cracker, Nine Inch Nails, Hole, Aerosmith, Foo Fighters, Barenaked Ladies, Dixie Chicks, Todd Snider (twice!), Dolly Parton, and once crashed the gates to see Smashing Pumpkins do their encore (thanks Jimmy!)

  68. I want a new green Volkswagen beetle with a sunroof so bad that I can’t stand it.

  69. I’m addicted to shopping online.

  70. I love Impressionist art and Auguste Renoir is my favorite artist.

  71. I met my husband online in a WBS chat room that no longer exists.

  72. In elementary, middle school, and high school, teachers frequently moved me away from my friends for talking too much.

  73. I own Heathers, a red scrunchie, and a Swatch watch.

  74. My son Cooper was born on April 17, 2007. Cutest. Kid. Ever.

  75. Mexico is the only country I’ve been to outside the U.S.

  76. I love the J. Peterman catalogue.

  77. I’ve been to many midnight theater showings of Rocky Horror Picture Show.

  78. I can’t dance, and you shouldn’t ask me to.

  79. If I had a million dollars, I would do nothing.

  80. I wish I didn’t hate exercise.

  81. I don’t drink coffee for breakfast, I drink Dr. Pepper. I picked up this habit from my mother.

  82. The smell of oranges makes me nauseous and always has.

  83. I got my ear pierced at an Aerosmith concert on my 17th birthday.

  84. I love puppies, but don't actually want to raise one.

  85. For my P.E. credit in high school, I took bowling by correspondence.

  86. I love carnivals, but not roller coasters.

  87. I was raised by a single mom.

  88. It’s really important to me to be as fair and non-judgmental as possible

  89. If you drive a Hummer, I think you're a dumbass.

  90. I love baseball movies, but not baseball.

  91. I wish I had the body that I had when I was 17. Who doesn’t?

  92. My birthday depresses me because it never lives up to my expectations.

  93. I’ve known almost all of my current friends since college or longer.

  94. I don’t know my blood type

  95. No one else thinks I’m as funny as I do.

  96. I have one cat: Moe. He's a de-clawed indoor cat. He doesn't seem to hate us for that.

  97. I miss the "X-Files".

  98. I love Little Debbie Zebra Cakes. Got any?

  99. I don’t know my IQ, but I like to pretend that it’s really high.

  100. I am apparently very self absorbed.


Updated 12/01/11

I am a LiveJournal deserter.

Who doesn't want to be taken seriously? And sadly, I am no longer a teenybopper who writes really bad poetry about the president of the high school drama club. In other words, I just don't fit in. So I'm moving my kingdom (and possibly my archives at a later date) to Blogger.
Currently previous post archives can be accessed at I Can Kick Your Ass at Trivial Pursuit (LiveJournal version).

July 14, 2005

Stodgy Idiots - TV Edition

Dear crack smoking Emmy members-

What is your damage?

15 nominations for "Desperate Housewives" but only 11 for "Deadwood"?

Three "Housewives" nominated for best actress but no women from "Deadwood"?

And "Medium" isn't bad at all, but Patricia Arquette? For best dramatic actress? Really? She's no Calamity Jane.

And The "The West Wing"? C'mon! That show hasn't been good since Sam and Sorkin left. Sure it has the best cast this side of 1877, but the writers are killing them.

"Everybody Loves Raymond"? Why must you beat dead horses with gold statues?

And to top it off, you completely snub "Gilmore girls", "Nip/Tuck", and "Veronica Mars", three of the best shows on television.

I think I hate you.

Sincerely-

Kandis

July 12, 2005

Well, I wouldn't exactly say I've been "missing" it, Bob.

Survey finds average U.S. worker spends two hours a day surfing the Web, running errands or staring into space.

Office Space has been out since 1994 and they're just now figuring this out?

It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation?

By the way, I disagree with the results of that survery (as I write this from work).

July 11, 2005

7/11

Happy Birthday to the slurpee! Free slurpees for one and all.

Our new red sofa was delivered over the weekend. Pictures to come. We hung new bathroom fixtures in our upstairs guest bath, re-arranged our bedroom and our hanging pictures. AND I made dinner twice in one weekend, which is like, unheard of. Oh, and we forgot Brian's birthday, cause we suck. I'm tired.

Edited to add:

July 01, 2005

"Hi. My name is Jin and I'm a net addict. It's been 23 days since my last chat."

Where was this clinic when I was a chat addicted college student? I might have actually graduated if I'd gotten some electric shock therapy.


Bejing Cinic Administers to Online Addicts

June 24, 2005

Speaking of unbalanced...

From E! Online:


Tom Cruise telling Today host Matt Lauer during a Friday interview that Brooke Shields "doesn't understand" the history of psychiatry and that there is no such thing as a "chemical unbalance." The actor also expressed his belief that "vitamins and exercise" can cure most problems.


Would someone please unleash a bipolar homicidal maniac on him already? Crazy Cruise could ply him with some One-a-Days and see how that goes?

June 16, 2005

Pimp My House?

Today when Rob was trying to lower the garage door, it came off it's tracks. And then when he tried to muscle it back on the tracks, the door itself started to break apart. So we paid $150 for a guy to come over, give us an estimate, tell us our door and it's pre-1991 automatic opener are basically dangerous and worthless. At least he secured the door for the night (although several of the panels are hanging askew). Tomorrow we get to pay him a small fortune to replace the entire door and it's assorted tracks and springs and such. We then won't be able to afford a new garage door opener for a while. As it is we really can't even afford to add the optional four windows to the door, but we're doing it anyway. It looks so bland without them.


And don't even getting me started on our fence...


Home ownership sucks.

June 09, 2005

There's a chick in my office who will not stop laughing at her desk. Apparently she never got the memo about how when you're IMing instead of working, you should try to be discreet.

Pssst

This is the most moving thing I've seen recently. Got a secret? I wish I was this artistic. Or you know, had a secret.
Crazy Cruise must be stopped. Free Katie!

June 08, 2005

Animal Farm

This Barn Swallow has made herself at home on our front porch.



I made Rob stand on the step ladder to find out what she's got in there. Looks like sometime soon, we'll have five other Barn Swallows on our front porch.



And this is Millie. She's a two year old chocolate lab who joined our family last weekend. We got her from one of my coworkers who has two kids and two dogs and didn't feel like she had the time to spend with all of them. Millie is very eager to please and loves people. She follows Rob around all day long.


June 03, 2005

And the birthday countdown begins.

I am now in possession of four center orchestra seats for the John Prine concert at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas on September 24th (one week before my birthday)!


Guess that means we won't be going to ACL Fest since it's the same weekend. ACL Fest would be fun, but the Majestic is air conditioned. Not a tough choice for September in Texas. Only four months away!

May 25, 2005

Have some pride Aileen Wuornos.

The following is an IM conversation we had at work while eavesdropping on our new trainwreck of an employee who we've uncharitably dubbed Aileen Wuornos. The woman spends half of her day making personal phone calls, and she's so indiscrete about it that all of us around her now know way more than we'd prefer to about her life, her deadbeat ex who has custody of her kids but lives with his mom, her court dates, police reports, the fact that she has nowhere to live, no car, and unpaid utilities. Every day she gives me more to add to my ongoing list of the Top 100 Things I Wouldn't Want My Co-workers to Know About Me. And yeah, we're mean.

Scott says:
what is the point of this conversation?

Kandis says:
I'm loving her description "it still hadn't showed up"

Scott says:
yeah

Kandis says:
the point is blaming the city transit system for an entire day of missed work because her life is such a mess she has no car

Scott says:
this is tragic

Scott says:
lol

Kandis says:
I can't believe she is spending THIS long on the phone with Capitol Metro

Kandis says:
don't they have work to do too?

Scott says:
this is going around in circles!

Scott says:
no kidding!

Scott says:
this is hilarious

Scott says:
isn't there a question on the application about reliable transportation?

Scott says:
is taking the bus to B.F.E. reliable?

Kandis says:
I don't know if there is a question

Kandis says:
they can't discriminate against white trash Americans

Scott says:
lol

Scott says:
is she getting documentation that the bus didn't show?

Kandis says:
yep

Kandis says:
as if that will excuse her

Scott says:
oh man

Scott says:
if it's not one thing, it's another

Kandis says:
her whole life is a mess

Scott says:
yep

Scott says:
except she has this bitchin' job

Kandis says:
which she might keep if she ever learns to stay off the phone

Scott says:
hahaha

Scott says:
of course, she doesn't have a cel

Kandis says:
dude, she barely has a sofa to sleep on and shoes on her feet

May 06, 2005

Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You

Holy crap! John Prine is coming to ACL Fest! Can I just tell you how beyond thrilled I am? So far they've just released the artist lineup and have three day passes on sale. But last time Rob and I went to ACL Fest (2003) we didn't even make it through an entire day, therefore, three days is out of the question. So they need to hurry, hurry, hurry and release the schedule and the one day passes. Who else wants to go?

May 03, 2005

I've already used up all but one of my sick days. I'm also kinda broke until Friday. And, I know for a fact that if I came face to face with Bill Clinton, I would cry like a basketcase. But if all of those things weren't true, I'd be at Book People on Thursday. Anyone who wants to be my new best friend can feel free to pick up a signed copy for my birthday (which is only five months away.)


President William Jefferson Clinton will be signing his memoir, MY LIFE at BookPeople, Publisher Weekly’s Bookseller of the Year, on Thursday May 5, starting at 10 am.

April 29, 2005

so, so busy- here's why

Things I'm obsessed with and won't shut-up about:


Things I'm so damned tired of hearing about:

  • Paris Hilton
  • Lindsey Lohan
  • Norah Jones
  • The demise of Nick and Jessica
  • That damn mystery island on "Days of Our Lives"
  • Chihuahuas
  • Trilogy work orders (don’t ask)
  • No carb/low carb (for God’s sake people, it’s just bread)

April 12, 2005

If I had $160 to blow on anything? I would buy a pink and black tankini with coordinating board shorts from Eddie Bauer. Cause I am just that shallow.