I was tagged by Eiain at My ProZac Cocoon. Here are the rules:

a) Answer the questions below;
b) For each answer, do a Google Image search with minimal words of explanation, and take a picture from the 1st page of results and post it with your answer;
c) Tag 5 people to do the same once you’ve finished answering every question. You can do it if you want, I’m not forcing anyone….

I found this hard to do for some reason. I’m not sure what that says about me.

1. The age you’ll be on your next birthday: 36

a position I’m used to being in…

2. Place you want to travel to: outer space

3. Your favorite place: the bathroom

4. Your favorite food: pepperoni pizza

5. Your favorite pet: cats

6. Favorite color combination: blue and white

7. Favorite piece of clothing: underwear

because it keeps my junk where it’s supposed to be…

8. Your all time favorite song: “New Sensation”, INXS

9. Favorite TV show: “South Park”

10. First name of your significant other: Robert

11. Which town do you live in: Pea Ridge

12. Your screen name/nickname: arkansascub

13. Your first job: camp counselor

14. Your dream job: fluffer

15. One bad habit that you have: straight men

seriously, this was one of 2 pictures I could post that wasn’t “graphic”…

16. Worst fear: public speaking

17: Things you’d like to do before you die: nothing comes to mind, how sad is that?

18. The first thing you’ll do if you get $1,000,000: pay off our debt

19. Your husband/wife: is a dork but I love him

20. What present would you like for your next birthday? pimped out mini cooper

As I’ve been busy this week, I’ve not really had much time to do stuffs as far as replying to blog posts, but I’m getting around to them.

In lieu of that, here’s another one of those things. I picked this up from Alexander.

By now you should know how it works. Copy the list. Bold the things you’ve done. Tag some helpless victims. Or not.

1. Bought everyone in the pub/bar a drink
2. Climbed a mountain
3. Held a tarantula
4. Taken a morning shower with your man
5. Been in love
6. Broken someone’s heart
7. Had your heart broken
8. Done a striptease
9. Bungee jumped
10. Watched a lightning storm at sea
11. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise - I used to work 3rd shift
12. Seen the Northern Lights
13. Gone to a huge sports game
14. Grown and eaten your own vegetables - Have our own garden now, thanks to the Husbear
15. Slept under the stars - I used to go camping when I was younger
16. Changed a baby’s diaper
17. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
18. Watched a meteor shower - I used to be an astronomy nut, when I was younger
19. Gotten drunk on champagne
20. Given money to charity
21. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
22. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment - too often
23. Had a food fight
24. Bet on a winning horse
25. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
26. Had a snowball fight
27. Photocopied your butt or any other intimate body part
28. Held a lamb
29. Gone skinny dipping
30. Taken an ice cold shower
31. Seen a total eclipse
32. Ridden a roller coaster
33. Hit a home run
34. Been arrested
35. Visited all 50 states
36. Taken care of someone who was drunk - Often…
37. Stolen a street/highway sign
38. Backpacked in Europe
39. Taken a road-trip
40. Taken a midnight walk on the beach - By myself…
41. Gone sky diving
42. Milked a cow
43. Alphabetized your records - I’m not that old…
44. Sung karaoke
45. Lounged around in bed all day
46. Gone scuba diving
47. Danced in the rain
48. Gone to a drive-in theater
49. Started a business
50. Gotten married
51. Been in a movie - I guess it depends on your definition of “movie”
52. Crashed a party
53. Gotten divorced
54. Had sex in an unusual place
55. Made cookies from scratch
56. Gotten a tattoo - And given!
57. Been on television - Again, depends on your definition of “been on”
58. Had sex a public place
59. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
60. Recorded music
61. Had to much to drink at a party
62. Bought a house
63. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off - I had to try it once…
64. Been on a cruise ship
65. Spoken more than one language fluently
66. Bounced a check
67. Called or written your Congress person - Go return form letter…
68. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
69. Sang loudly by yourself in the car
70. Wrote articles for a large publication
71. Piloted an airplane
72. Helped an animal give birth
73. Been fired or laid off from a job
74. Won money on a T.V. game show
75. Broken a bone
76. Ridden a motorcycle
77. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced - Had being the key word…
78. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
79. Ridden a horse
80. Had major surgery
81. Had sex on a moving train
82. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
83. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
84. Visited all 7 continents
85. Eaten sushi
86. Had your picture in the newspaper
87. Parasailed
88. Changed your name
89. Dyed your hair - Owning a salon with the Husbear, I’d get practiced on with new products…
90. Been a DJ

RG tagged me with the “Gimme 5″ meme a couple weeks ago. I told him I would get around to it, and I finally have. I had a hard time coming up with five unknowns about myself. Seriously. At least five unknown things that I actually would make public. But I did.

Here’s all five of my inches for you:

1. I have issues with crowds.

Serious issues. And by crowds I mean more than two people. Which makes it extremely difficult mentally for me to attend functions the Husbear enjoys attending—events like Southern Decadence, bear parties, dance clubs, the mall. But I somehow manage. Thanks to massive quantities of alcohol. My liver will probably hate me for it though.

2. I have a strange desire to want to karaoke.

This desire is equally proportional to how much I don’t like how my voice sounds. This might also explain why I will sing only in the car and only when I am by myself and only when the stereo is louder than my voice. Think Yoko Ono on helium. There.

3. I bottle up my emotions.

It’s easier than dealing with them. And who knows, they might be a great vintage one day. I’m not sure where I obtained this “talent” from but I’m sure religion probably had something to do with it. And the man I call my father. I’m sure he’s to thank as well.

4. I have had a lot less “social experiences” than most people think.

I was a late bloomer for pretty much everything: kissing, alcohol, sex, drugs, dancing, partying. I didn’t start to experience some of them until I was in my mid-twenties. Some things I still haven’t experienced. After reading some of you bloggers, there’s a LOT of things I haven’t experienced.

5. I feel awkward socially.

This probably goes hand-in-hand with number 4 above. I never feel comfortable in social situations. I think that’s also why I gravitate towards people who are extremely social. Some sort of mental, symbiotic balance for me. They probably think I’m a stalker.

Well, that was probably a lot more than you want to know about me. And probably a lot more than I should have revealed about myself.

If bloggers want to self-medicate, er, make that self-tag, they’re more than welcome to. I know everything we do is a little “unknown” from time to time.

My brain needed a rest, so I got this from Alexander.

Apparently I haven’t seen that many of the “Top 100 Movies”.
(more…)

Nabbed from Alexander… thought I’d pay it forward. Learn about me as you will.

1. You have 10 dollars and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you get?
You’re saying I have the munchies? Things I typically buy: Salted & Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Nacho Cheese Combos, Cheetos (love me some orange fingers!), Pistachios (again with the salt!). Oh, and a 2 liter of Coke Zero to wash it all down.

2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you want to be?
Definitely a manta ray (Manta birostris).

3. Who’s your favorite redhead?
I’m not sure that I actually know any redheads. How bizarre is that?

4. What do you order when you’re at IHOP?
Blueberry pancakes! Always!

5. Last book you read?
Larry Gonick’s The Cartoon History of the Universe II. I like my history in comic book fashion.

6. Describe your mood.
Ambivalent.

7. Describe the last time you were injured.
Mentally or physically? Let’s go with physically this time. I am just now getting over some severe crap that the Husbear gave to me after our trip from Florida. Actually, all four of us at the hotel got ill with roughly the same thing. It’s been two weeks now and this is the first day I don’t feel like poo.

8. Of all your friends, who would you want to be stuck in a well with?
First, how the hell did we end up in a well? I want to know. What could I possibly have been doing to have gotten stuck in a well? I guess if it was possible, I’d choose my Buddy.

9. Rock concert or symphony?
Both at the same time! I love when rock bands team up with a symphony orchestra and get their groove on together. I know, I’m weird. I bet that explains a lot.

10. What is the wallpaper of your cell phone?
Currently, this one:

11. Favorite soda?
Coke Zero.

12. What type of shirt are you wearing?
At this moment, just an Haynes tagless undershirt.

13. If you could only use one form of transportation?
If it was possibly with our science, I’d have to go with the Star Trek universe’s “transporter”.

14. Most recent movie you have watched in theater?
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Hated it.

15. Name an actor/actress/singer you have had the hots for.
I actually can’t think of any. There’s a few porn stars that I have the hots for, but…

16. What’s your favorite kind of cake?
Pillsbury Funfetti. It’s ALL about the sprinkles!!!

17. What did you have for dinner last night?
Garden salad with grilled chicken on it.

18. Look to your left, what do you see?
A bookcase with books.

19. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Mostly, but a lot of my shoes are slip-off for quick release!

20. Favorite toy as a child?
I really don’t remember. Most of those years have been deleted to make space for the current years.

21. Do you buy your own groceries?
Sometimes I do. Sometimes the Husbear does.

22. Do you think people talk about you behind your back?
You’ve seen me, right? I’m sure they do. But I definitely give them something to talk about.

23. When was the last time you had gummy worms?
Actually, just a few days ago. How weird is that.

24. What’s your favorite fruit?
My Husbear.

25. Do you have a picture of yourself doing a cartwheel?
No. Someone else might though.

26. Do you like running long distances?
Run? Have you seen me? Actually, in high school and college I did. But that was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

27. Have you ever eaten snow?
Eww… the animals, and the Husbear, pee in it.

28. What color are your bedsheets?
This week’s set is a muted mustard color.

29. What’s your favorite flower?
I don’t have a favorite flower. I think there are a lot of different pretty flowers.

30. Do you do ballet?
Just the Spandau variety, and that’s barely.

31. Do you listen to classical music?
Yes… in commercials. Kidding. I have a large library of classical music on my iPod.

32. What is the first TV Theme song that pops in your head?
There’s “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea…” AND the theme from Silk Stalkings (by Mike Post) doing this really weird mix in my head. Go figure.

33. Do you watch Sponge Bob?
Enough to know that it is correctly spelled “SpongeBob”. No space!

SpongeBob slippers!

34. What temperature is it outside right now?
According to the thermometer, 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

35. Do people consider you smart?
Some do. I just know how to use Google to my advantage.

36. How many piercings do you have?
Zero. How does that happen when owning a tattoo shop?

37. Are you signed on [to] AIM?
I have an AOL account from the way back that still exists….

38. Have you ever tried gluing your fingers together?
Yes. Super Glue, Elmer’s Glue, some epoxy resins. I like playing with sticky substances.

39. How do you feel about your family?
Biological? Never met them.
Adopted? Having issues with them at the moment.
Chosen? I love them!

40. Do you have an iPod?
Yes. It’s about time for a new one. I have a hard time managing my spontaneous music nature with only 20GB of space.

41. What time do you go to bed?
Around 10:30 PM CST/CDT, normally.

42. What CD is currently in your CD player?
In my truck, the Blue Man Group’s “How to be a Megastar LIVE”.

43. What movie do you know every line to?
None. I didn’t get that talent.

44. What is your favorite salad dressing?
This week, Honey Mustard.

45. What do you want for Christmas this year?
For it to fucking go away! I’ve worked for the Great Retail Empire 12 of the last 14 years of my life. I hate commercial holidays, even though it provides me a paycheck.

46. What family member/friend lives the farthest from you? Where?
EVERYONE! I live in freakin’ Arkansas for pity’s sake.

47. Do you like hugs?
Most of the time. I go through periods where I don’t like to be touched though… which makes some bear events rather difficult at times.

48. Last time you had butterflies in your stomach?
Mmmm… butterflies. Tasty rainbows of color that you can savor as you rip each wing off and digest it. Nom nom nom.

49. What’s the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name?
Look at my last name: Rubright. What do you think? It is most often mispronounced as “rub-right”. Which was fine when I was a massage therapist in the long ago.

50. Last person you hugged?
My Husbear.