52 posts tagged “qotd”
What part of your childhood do you miss the most?
Submitted by Maretta.
Having a flexible, healthy body. I used to be able to wrap my legs around my neck and cross my feet behind my neck. Seriously. As a teenager.
My back injury means I will never be that way again regardless.
If you could take a class right now and learn anything in the world, what class would you take?
This, for me, is a hugely loaded question! I am in the middle of making a list of things I want to learn and making up an action plan.
This year, I plan to take or start taking:
1. voice lessons
2. guitar lessons
3. pilates
4. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
*5. looking into possibly taking some graphic design courses....maybe even get into a program/school if I can find the $$$ to make it happen
Next year, I plan to take or start taking:
1. digital photography
2. dancing - not sure where to start as I want to learn quite a few different style like salsa, latin, west coast, blues, hip hop, ballroom... but I am sure I will figure it out next year!
*3. If I get Adobe CS3 Design Standard done this year, I will probably start work on the Design Professional next year which is all the web apps like Flash, Dreamweaver, etc.
Eventually, I want to learn some languages but not sure when:
1. French
2. Italian
3. Spanish
I have so many things I want to learn....it's exciting!! :)
Are you going to be amongst the first people to buy the iPhone 3G? If so, when do you plan on picking yours up and which one will you be purchasing?
....um.....that would be a no.
The iPhone is pretty, charming, and quite cool but it does not have all the things that I would want and so I will have to pass until Apple makes it more into a Smartphone like a Blackberry. And with the data-charge raping that is going with our Canadian carriers, there is definitely no reason for me to change from my current hiptop (that would a sidekick to you US peeps) that I have had for the past 4 or so years with a $20 monthly unlimited data plan........at least until something worthy comes along.
With all the hype that is going on with the new iPhone, some people may not know that there are some other cool phones coming out this summer.
The Samsung Instinct looks quite cool and has won quite a few awards already. It is the closet competitor for the iPhone. It should be debuting in Canada either this month or next.
And the one that I am looking forward to the most is the new Blackberry Bold which has all the regular great Blackberry features and more.....AND you can now edit documents. That, too, should be debuting in Canada sometime this month or next. It appears to be the Smartphone that I have been looking for. I guess we shall see! :)
What do you find interesting or unique about your family history?
1. The women on both sides (paternal and maternal) live a LONG time. My paternal grandmother and great-grandmother both lived to their late 90's...and my maternal grandmother is still alive and will be 99 this October.
2. I have French ancestory on both sides. Part of my Mom's ancestory is French-Canadian (mostly from my maternal grandmother's side) and my Dad's ancestory goes back to France.
3. I have blue blood (royalty) on both sides of my family. My Dad's ancestory goes all the way back to the French nobility and the kings of France. My Mom's ancestory includes an Objiwa "princess" (daughter of a chief).
4. I have native blood in me from my Mom's ancestory on my maternal grandfather's side. As mentioned in point 3, my mom's ancestory includes an Objiwa "princess". My maternal grandfather was about 3/8 Objiwa. My maternal great-grandmother was 3/4 Objiwa. My maternal great-great grandmother was 1/2 Objiwa and her husband, my great-great grandfather, was full Objiwa. I don't know any further back, at this point.
5. My siblings and I didn't discover that we have native ancestory until after my maternal grandfather's death in 1990. My grandfather was ashamed of his ancestory because he was treated with much racism while growing up. He made my Mom and her siblings swear not to tell us grandkids or look into it until after he died. I never picked up on the ancestory because he always looked like a tanned, French-Canadian to me. He was always outdoors because he was a logger so being tanned all the time seemed normal.
6. My maternal grandfather, being a logger, was a pretty rustic guy. I heard he once killed a bear with an axe. And he often left deer carcasses on our doorstep when I was little.
7. I have never met my paternal grandfather or know where and when he passed away. My grandmother left him in England in the 1950's when she came to Canada to be with her sons (including my Dad). My Dad doesn't even know what happened to him. My grandfather was very abusive to his wife and kids. I think it was incredibly brave of my grandmother to up and leave him like that.
8. My parents got married fairly quickly....especially for being married as Catholics!! They met in September 1957, started dating in February of 1948, were engaged in September 1958, and married in December 1958. They were married for almost 43 years when my Mom passed away. This December would have been their 50th anniversary.
9. My eldest brother was born 2 days short of being EXACTLY 9 months from my parents wedding day. haha! :)
10. My parents, me, and all my siblings have names that start with D. It didn't start out intentional but ended up that way.
11. I think I have mentioned this before but I am named after my Dad. They thought I was going to be a boy and so they were going to name me after my Dad since I was the 4th and last kid and no one was named after him yet. But lo and behold, I was a girl and since they had no girl's name ready, they decided to feminize my Dad's name and added "ta" to it and voila...my name! (its unique like me!)
What's your best quality?
The fact that you're a smart person who is more able to understand complex concepts than many other people are really draws people to you! But that's not the only thing. Your answers on the test indicate you're a person with a strong will who is typically determined to follow through on difficult demands and meet important goals. You are a funny person who is likely known for your great sense of humor, too.
In all, there are 15 qualities that help define you when you're at your best. Those are the traits potential employers, friends, and partners look for in you. What makes you unique is your particular distribution of those 15 qualities.
We've found that your particular combination of qualities is rare — only 1 in 10,000 people share the same general mix of traits. Those are great odds if you're trying to show a potential employer, colleague, friend, or date why you're exactly the right person for them.
Best Qualities Report (top 10)
Dee, your top quality is Intelligence. Combined with your second- and third-ranked qualities, Determination and Humor, you have a very unique set of characteristics you can use to your advantage.
Only .13 percent of all people share these three top qualities. While these are your top three qualities, all 15 or your core qualities contribute to who you are and how you go through life.
Quality #1: Intelligence
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People scoring high in intelligence are more likely to be unique. Higher intelligence offers greater possibilities in terms of how someone is likely to interpret the world. In addition, intelligent people are typically more able to articulate themselves well and to have high integrity.
Quality #2: Determination
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Quality Description
Scoring highly on this quality indicates a strong ambition in life — the kind of drive that makes a person determined to reach the goals they set for themselves. People high in determination are more likely to make decisions easily and to have a strong sense of themselves. These types are normally slightly independent. They also often look past the superficial side of life, making them more down to earth than many people.
Quality #3: Humor
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Quality Description
People who are high in this quality typically get most jokes — even when the joke is on them. Not surprisingly, people high in humor are likely to be known as the funny ones among their crowds. Also notable is that it takes a good deal of intelligence to be humorous. So while most funny people are smart, not all smart people are funny. Overall, there aren't many other traits typical of people with a great sense of humor. This is a unique quality that stands separate from the rest.
Quality #4: Reliability
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Quality Description
Being high in this quality indicates exceptional integrity. People who score high in reliability are more likely than others to keep their word. They're also likely to have solid values that they stick by even when times get difficult. Generally speaking, this is the kind of person you can really count on. They are also, as a whole, more honest than most.
Quality #5: Creativity
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Quality Description
Being high in creativity indicates a high level of imagination and innovation and usually is associated with a very unique personality. In addition, individuals who score highly on this dimension are normally quite intelligent. The stereotype of the highly creative person is one who is intense and passionate. Tickle's research generally backed up this preconception, finding that creativity does indeed tend to coexist with a passionate nature.
Quality #6: Communication
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Quality Description
Being a strong communicator indicates an above-average ability to articulate ideas and feelings. People high in this quality tend to enjoy the act of communicating and can appreciate their own skill at it. Crafting a graceful phrase or telling an engaging tale are the kinds of talents that strong communicators are likely to be known for. Many people high in this quality also love to talk. Perhaps due to all of these skills, being high in this dimension is usually associated with a reasonably high level of confidence, intelligence, and decisiveness.
Quality #7: Independence
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Quality Description
Being highly independent means liking to do things on one's own and being naturally self-sufficient. Independent people are as a whole more determined than most and tend to have higher intelligence. However, it is also true that one can be independent without having high determination or intelligence and vice-versa. Another thing most highly independent people have in common is that they can possess a greater sense of integrity than many people around them do.
Quality #8: Stability
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Quality Description
Being high in this quality indicates emotional and psychological stability. Normally, high stability scores indicate a high level of general happiness, a general sense of security, and solid confidence. Often, those who are highly stable are financially stable, as well.
Quality #9: Compassion
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Quality Description
Being high in compassion indicates a great level of empathy toward others, kindness, and thoughtfulness. People who score highly on this quality often are more affectionate than others are. They also generally feel that they have high values. This quality of compassion tends to come out most strongly in relationships and can be felt as warmth toward a significant other or concern about that person's feelings and general welfare.
Quality #10: Optimism
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Quality Description
Being high in optimism indicates that when a person looks into the future, they see good things to come. People with an abundance of this quality usually feel safe as they move through life because they can see the positive side of what they encounter. Believing that things turn out well may be something experience has taught them. It may also simply be in their nature to feel this way. Generally highly optimistic people love life and are happy. They can also have a unique edge to them due to feeling more secure than most. In addition, optimists can love a great conversation and be slightly more ambitious in their life goals than the people around them.
What was your biggest cooking disaster?
I can't say that I have had any really big disasters when cooking other than occassionally (rarely) overcooking something. Most things turn out great or at least ok.....and I have a knack for saving things by thinking on the spot and changing things up and/or adding stuff and/or turning it into something else. Things don't always turn out the way they were intended but it almost always ends up tasting ok.....which is important when cooking!
When things go awry, it's usually a great learning experience for what not to do or how to do it better next time. Chef creativity and flexibility is developed and tested in these learning moments.
The only thing that is really my nemesis in the kitchen is brown rice. Jasmine rice and I are best friends......risotto and I are best friends......but brown rice and I have a love/hate relationship. More than half the time that I make brown rice, it never cooks properly. I can follow the EXACT same set of procedures and it will cook properly only some of the time. I have received and followed a billion tips from other cooks and friends/family....and for some reason, it just doesn't work for me. It sounds silly, I know, but I have no idea why!! I think brown rice is the work of the devil! :p oh, you know, I kid! :p I just don't get it because I can cook totally elaborate feasts.....but get tripped up by stupid brown rice. LOL...Thank goodness I don't eat much rice anymore! :p
Who was the meanest teacher you had in school?
Sister Gordon. Grades 8 and 9 english and math.
She was seriously disturbed.
If you got an answer wrong, her response was "what is wrong with you?"
And she told us ALL the time how she wanted to created a device that sat on her desk and was hooked up to each student's desk that would deliver an electric current to each student when they got a wrong answer. Nice, huh?
You could say she was a little overdue for the nun retirement home!
I heard she eventually had a mental breakdown, years later. So not surprised.
Who helped make you the cool person you are today?
Submitted by Amy - Sister Brown Hair Surprise.
haha.....that's making the big assumption that I am cool! :p I'm so not cool and am a total dork.
How many pair of shoes do you have? Out of those pairs, how many do you wear more than a few times a year?
Submitted by fightinggale.
I refuse to answer this question in specifics....on the grounds that it might incriminate me! :p
This is SHOES we are talking about! This is something that just gives me all those pleasurable tingles! :) (start talking about shoes AND purses....and I am done for! haha...I am such a girly girl!)
Depending on the season, the selection of shoes worn varies......but there are about 9 pairs of shoes/boots that get worn quite a lot during the year.
I probably have more shoes that a lot of people......but less than I want and not nearly as much selection as I crave. Afterall......just ask Cinderella......the right shoe can change your life!!! :p
What fictional character do you relate to most and why?
I am just like the Little Nut Brown Hare. Seriously.
I love without reservation and jump in with both feet. And I am not bashful about expressing it.
Not to mention that I am totally cute and adorable, too! :)
