One Dreams Big

My dream mansion would be built to look unassuming on the street but open up to a glorious ocean view at the back. I like homes that are built with an inner court yard and that have big panels or sliding glass doors that can open up to the courtyard. Mine courtyard shall have a beautiful garden with trees of fruits and water fountains, perhaps a lappool surrounded by beautiful foliage and statuary. It will be in a warm, sunny climate.

The mansion would be built with four connecting wings in a square shape with the courtyard, with the front facade completely hiding all that from the front. The back side of the square would have an arch leading out to a patio with an outdoor kitchen, beautiful water views and perhaps an infinity swimming pool. All the rooms at the back of the square would have big glass windows and balconies. Included on the property would be a garden and greenhouse like those in the Tale of Peter Rabbit, an orchard, and a duckpond. There will be a grandmothers garden up on a hill surrounded by a white picket fence that would include a Magnolia Tree and a goldfish/Koi pond. There will be peacocks roaming freely around the property.

My dream mansion would come with a cook and housekeeper, as well as several gardeners and maids. I wouldn't like to live in such a huge house with just our small family, so there would be a guest wing and perhaps even a guest house on the property, down a path from the back patio, also overlooking the ocean. The inside of the house will be decorated simply and beautifully, displaying a collection of art created by women. Lots of natural woods, white linens, soft carpets, comfortable beds and beautiful views. The bathrooms would be stone and wood, with a spa feel and clawfoot bathtubs. I would like the house to be as space efficient as possible. For example, a wall of tube bedrooms, built up into the wall like in a gnome home. There would be just enough room in each tube for a mattress, shelves, suitcase and wall lamp. The walls at front and back would be made of reversible frosting glass, so that they can be made clear or opaque at the push of a button, controlled from inside. (Just some interesting architectural features like that.)

The entire property would be fueled by solar panels, also located on the property and everything would run as eco-friendly and off grid as possible. And there would be a second greenhouse that is a full hydroponic system, with big round tanks of fish that feeds the plants which in turn filter the water for the fish.

Four saysTrekkie not Trecker

I am a fan!  I think I've seen all of the Original Series, The Next Generation and Voyager.  I've seen some of the Deep Space Nine and maybe one of Enterprise.

I think my favorite is the Next Generation, although rewatching them as an adult, it's a little different then when we were kids.  One of my favorite StarTrek moments is when, on a break from college, me, one and two watched an episode of Deep Space Nine featuring Quark and his brother returning home and interacting with their mom.  It was pretty awesome  We laughed and laughed and laughed at all of the Ferengi humor.

I absolutely loved the newest movie!  I enjoyed it through and through (and not only because they had so many actors that i love!)

There are 4 lights

I like all of the Star Treks, even the first few of Enterprise. Alisha and I were going to go to a Star Trek convention to meet Chikotae (sp?) but that didn't end up working out. I LOVE Voyager. The Next Generation is great too, Seven of Nine is one of my favorite characters.

I also think Picard is hot, not because he is bald though, I think it may be his commanding but fair and compassionate personality in the show. I liked that he was confident in himself. One of my favorite lines is when that woman in one of the movies said "I wonder if you are aware of the trust you engender, Jean Luc."

My husband thinks I'm a little wierd because of my Trek knowledge. Ah well, we can't all be enlightened.

My supervisor, a licensed clinical social worker, told me about a client he had that one day in his mid 20's woke up as a Borg. He was serving in the Air Force in Britain and heard the borg mother calling him to Eugene (his home town), so he drove his truck into the British Channel. He felt perfectly safe because he had deposited nano probes into the dashboard and since he was cibernetic he would be fine. Apparently in his reality, Eugene and south was Borg territory, north of Eugene was human. He told my supervisor that he would be assimilated. I guess if you have the genes to go crazy, a Borg reality would be the one to cling to... they are kinda unstoppable... unless you are Locutus.

One's Star Trek Confessions

#1: I love bald men. Go figure. Picard is one of my Star Trek favs.
#2: Captain Kirk has always reminded me of Dad, even into old age. They must share some genetic material.
#3: I'm not a huge fan of the original Star Trek series. I love the movies though.
#4: My call sign here at home is Captain Janeway.
#5: The new Star Trek movie is in my top 10 favorite movies of all time.
#6: I would like to learn Klingon, dress up, and go to a convention sometime.
#7: Tasha Yar is annoying.
#8: Leonard Nemoy is the ultimate Star Trek actor.
#9: The character I would most like to see more of is the biologist/whale expert woman from the Whales movie. I think it would be cool to check in and see what happened with her once she joined the future.
#10: Is Babylon 5 part of the Star Trek world? I love the psychics on Babylon 5.

Seven of... not quite Nine

Just Seven of Seven here, on the topic of Star Trek!
The Star Trek series that I have seen are the Original series, Next Generation, and Voyager.

Oh, right, I'll start at the beginning... if there is one.
As a kid, I didn't like Star Trek. I thought it was boring. I have memories of coming home from Awana and everyone at home would be watching Next Generation on TV.
The only episode I liked as a kid was the original series episode, "The Trouble with Tribbles"... Yep.
I don't know exactly when it happened, but, at some point in my teenage years, my attitude towards Star Trek changed. Now I am a big fan of Star Trek.

I would like to live on the planet Vulcan. Seriously. Or in the Holodeck.

Uhh, yes, Star Trek is a huge topic. Maybe I'll think of more later.

Feeling Strange - a song from Three

I feel so strange
Tonight
I feel that something
Isn't right
Should I just give up
Or fight?

What can I do?
Part of me wants to run
To something new
Maybe even to someone

I've been through this before
I don't want to go again
Living can be such a war
I'll fight what I've already been

I feel so strange
The night
Speaks to my heart
In whispers
Tearing me apart

What can I say?
Part of me wants to cry
To scream away
To force these things to die

I've been through this before
I don't want to go again
Living can be such a war
I'll fight what I've already been

I feel so strange
Tonight

Seven Sneezes

I love to sneeze! Seriously. Except for that rare time when I'm sick and it hurts. Aside from that, it's all good.
Hearing really big sneezes is also great. Though really tiny sneezes kind of annoy me sometimes because it's like... "What? That's it??"

I don't have time for a collage at the moment, and, umm... a collage about sneezing?? I mean, I like sneezes,  but, what sort of magazines have pictures of people sneezing?

One Finds Thinking About Sneezing Annoying

Because I think in pictures. And because I've had a continual cold lately. Do I need to explain that further? Yuck.

There is something satisfying about a good sneeze. An innocent sneeze. (if you know what I mean!)

I do like what some Spanish-speakers say:
First sneeze: Salud (Health)
Second Sneeze: Dinero (Money)
Third Sneeze: Amor (Love)
They make it into blessings for useful things. I like that.

I'm going to try to do a collage.

Three on Math

One's observations are great! I think you are mostly right on that. I don't usually enjoy math, although it is very satisfying when I am able to solve a problem. I can think logically if I have to, and I generally do have to at work.

I cook, so I do use math for that as well, though lately I've done little recipe following and mostly just throwing things together. Artistic cooking I guess, abstract artistic cooking at that!

Here's a little poem about what math means to me:

Math
It hurts me
It angers me
It boggles me
It aggravates me
Sometimes it stumps me
But
I do it
I do math
I work math
I puzzle math
Sometimes it saves me
If
It's true
That what
Doesn't kill you
Makes you stronger
Then Math
Has made me
VERY strong indeed

Three on Sneezing

So I'm not sure if this is going to be under the proper topic, but here goes.

I generally don't like sneezing... usually it hurts. Sometimes it just winds up but never resolves, which is also unpleasant, or if not unpleasant at least disappointing. Occasionally it comes out hard, I try to stop it and it comes out like an elephant call, embarrassing.

When other people sneeze, I do enjoy listening to them (from a safe distance) and I will say "Bless you!" If it is someone I like to tease or talk to I usually verbalize some sort of observation, for example if someone sneezes with a tiny little "choo!" I might observe "Did that actually accomplish anything?" If someone sneezes loud and strong "aAH-CHOOO!!!" I might say "Good one." One person I worked with used to sneeze "zzZZZzzzt" which made me laugh.

Alaina sometimes has a tremendous wind-up "aahh ah aaaahh aaah aaaah aaaahhhhh" then wrinkles her little nose and doesn't sneeze at all. Super cute!

Over all, I guess I have to say that sneezes are great, as long as I'm not doing them and the person who is, is well away from my face. There is little more unpleasant than having someone's sneeze shower me with mucus or whatever else their body is trying to expel. Being puked on is definitely worse, but that's a different topic.

Sneezing Clarification

Extra Credit: Does this mean make a collage on topic and then post it? Or just make any collage and post it.?

Sneezes are interesting - Four

Sneezing.

Well, the first thing that comes to mind is that when someone sneezes at work, I like to say "BLESS YOU" loudly about three beats after everyone else has said it.  Mostly I just started doing that because I would forget until I heard someone else say it, then I said it loud to make up for it and make it sound like it was planned.  But then people started to expect it, so it became at thing.

I typically like to sneeze. It seems like a good cleansing thing.  I only times I don't like it is when it hurts, but that doesn't happen very often.

I think sneezes are interesting.  There are all types of sneezes.  It's always fun to hear the different ones.