6 posts tagged “qotd”

Let's make a list.  What are 20 things in your life that you're grateful for? 
Inspired by wyndslash.vox.com.

1. My family (present and future)
   
2. My intuition
3. My Moroccan lover
4. My intelligence
5. My health
   
6. My opportunity to go to school
7. My teachers
8. My freedom
9. My open mindedness
   
10. My friends
    
11. My Flonase
12. Caffeine
13. Internet
14. Electricity
15. Tampons
16. Birth control
17. Birth control
18. The junk in my trunk
19. Organic peanut butter
20. Clean water
    

What's your favorite foreign accent?

Wow, what a great question, because I have the perfect answer for it!  The country i'm a little crazy for is Morocco.  My boyfriend and all of his family are from Morocco and they all share a VERY sexy accent.  Moroccan is a mix of Arabic and French and i think some Spanish influence.  I just got back from spending the weekend with all those loud Moroccans.  :)  I understand very little of what Omar's family says, but i find myself mesmerized by their fast,  seductive language. I remember when Omar and I first started seeing each other I had a hard time understanding what he was saying.  We spent a lot of time getting lost in the translations.  i am trying very desperately to learn a little Arabic.  Oh my goodness the pronunciation is so hard.  When I first was exposed to it, it all sounded like noise all mushed together. But now i have a better time deciphering the words and phrases.  I would love to be fluent one day!!  Then i could really get to know Omar's family.  Once he told me that a  friend of his was having a heart to heart with his mom and he wasn't invited.  It made me really want to learn Arabic so I could hopefully, have a conversation with all the women in his family.

Morocco

What's your motto?

"...Yoplait, fruit on the bottom, hope on top."  Mitch Hedberg

If you could watch any movie on the big screen right at this moment, what would it be?

Unfaithful.  Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Sexy French Man.  If you've ever seen it, you'll know EXACTLY why it's perfect for the big screen.  HAHA.  If you haven't seen it... It's so hot, you'll need a cigarette afterwards.  in fact, i need one now just thinking about it.  

Unfaithful

How many places have you lived in your life?

Technically two places, but they were towns right next to each other.  So, there wasn't much of a change for me. :)  I moved from Gulfport, Mississippi to Biloxi when I was in the 4th grade.  I still went to the same school,  my friends stayed the same, just my house was different. 

Home

This is an exaggerated idea of what home was like but it's the way i want to remember it, damn it!  this is the day of a kite festival we have every year pre-Katrina.  I couldn't bear to put up an image of what it looks like now.  Google it.  Back home everyone refers to time as Pre or Post Katrina.

I remember that was the most stressful week for me.  i am up at school in Virginia, so here it was only getting coverage on CNN (Thanks Anderson Cooper!!).  I was running around all day thinking 'There is a category 5 Hurricane that is going to hit my home! My house is going to be gone. Oh God x 4."  And of course, no one else was really concerned about it because it wasn't there house.  I couldn't get a hold of my dad, so i had no idea if he was trying to stay or not.  He started driving North-East and ended up running out of gas.  My dad had to sleep at a gas station in Alabama, waiting for it to open up.  Thankfully, my house was alright.  Back home no one asks "did you get damage from the storm," it's "how much damage?"  We were WAY better of than so many people.  However, the whole area where i grew up along the Gulf Coast is destroyed.  A lot of memories are just that now.  On the bright side, this is a really good opportunity for the Coast of Mississippi to get back on it's feet economically.  Boo Hurricanes!

What's your favorite song to sing karaoke-style?  If you don't have one, why not?

OMG!  I've been preparing for my ultimate karaoke night out for about six years now.  The songs I've been rehearsing are "Jack and Diane" and "Killing Me Softly."  Both have a good balance of melancholy and vocal integrity that with enough cheap beer, I'll easily move the crowd to tears.  Nothing less than a standing ovation is required.  That's just how it's got to be.  I'll only be doing one performance, I know it's sad, but a diva like me doesn't do encores.  The other disappointing thing is that I'll have to turn down all the album deals because of school.  And yes, i do plan on having a talent scout in the audience ready to discover me.  It'll be great.  I rehearse the moves every night.  Just the other day i was getting my roommate to critique my "drop my knees and pound the floor" move.  It was "hott."  And by the way, it's ok to be jealous.  I know you want this body. 

shake your groove thang,
a.