Thanks Kenzie for helping me with my procrastination!

1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.

Jesus, etc - Norah Jones

Here for the party- Gretchen Wilson

Girl in red- Eli Young Band

Give it to me- Timbaland

Lazy Gun- Jet

Letting Go- Lupe Fiasco

2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?

Sam Beam the lead singer of Iron and Wine, I would love to pick his brains!

3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.

In fact, some scholars argue that the stereotypical Indianisms paleface and happy hunting ground were coined by white literary authors.
Research paper.....

4) What do you think about most?

Love and food.

5) What does your latest text message from someone else say?

"good girl" from Kenzie

6) Do you sleep with or without the tv on?

Yes, I don't handle silence very well. If I ever became deaf I would screwed!

7) What's your strangest talent?

Encouraging people, I am really good at making them feel awesome! :)

8) Girls.... (finish the sentence); Boys.... (finish the sentence)

Girls are crazy, sexy, and beautiful.
Boys never learn and can pee standing up!

9) Ever had a poem or song written about you?

Yes, and it was really sweet at the time. One line from it is: Did I survive the lightning within your kiss?

10) When is the last time you played the air guitar?

Probably last time I was in the car!

11) Do you have any strange phobias?

Bees? Is that strange? I also have times where I am terrified that I have a brain tumor, thanks Kenzie!

12) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?

Who hasn't!

13) What's your religion?

Christian of my own denomination

14) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?

Walking, playing with my dogs

15) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?

In front! I'm ready for my close up Kenzie!

16) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?

Iron and Wine.

17) What was the last lie you told?

I'm working on my research paper.....

18) Do you believe in karma?

Yep!

19) What does your URL mean?

Well it means I am Nina and I dream a lot!

20) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?

weakness: impatience
strength: positive!

21) Who is your celebrity crush?

Too many to count, any of them that have a good smile and nice eyebrows!

22) Have you ever gone skinny dipping?

Duh! I wish it wasn't winter and I could skinny dip more!

23) How do you vent your anger?

Cry! and talking to Noelle helps too!

24) Do you have a collection of anything?

Old pictures!

25) Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?

Phone! But I would rather talk in person! Sometimes video chatting is awkward for me!

26) Are you happy with the person you've become?

I most definitely am, and of course there is always room for improvement!

27) What's a sound you hate; sound you love?

HATE: I hate teeth mashing together! AHHHHHHHH just thinking of it sends me into a frenzy!
Love: The train going through Norman at night

28) What's your biggest "what if"?

What if I was taller?

29) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?

Yes and yes! Why not?

30) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.

Right: Sonic Dr. Pepper

Left: Folder of paper

31) Smell the air. What do you smell?

Old books! Yuck!

32) What's the worst place you have ever been to?

I actually can't think of any, I'm generally happy with my surroundings!

33) Choose: East Coast or West Coast?

West!

34) Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?

Josh Turner!

35) To you, what is the meaning of life?

Love!

36) Define: Art

Art: Fart
Ok not really a definition, but deal!

37) Do you believe in luck?

Yep!

38) What's the weather like right now?
Freezing my gazunkas off!

39) What time is it?

12:49 pm

40) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?

Yes and I broke my axel... damn!

41) What was the last book you read?

I reread the Hunger Games series

42) Do you like the smell of gasoline?

sometimes!

43) Do you have any nicknames?

Bee, neen, neener, nina beana, pinto bean, snug, shorty

44) What was the last movie you saw?

Friends with Benefits

45) What's the worst injury you've ever had?

Eye problems

46) Have you ever caught a butterfly?

Yep!

47) Do you have any obsessions right now?

Procrastination

48) What's your sexual orientation?

Penis is nice! and the men are cool too!

49) Ever had a rumor spread about you?

Yes of course!

50) Do you believe in magic?

Always!

51) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?

I really try not to, but yes I do. Especially if it's bad.

52) What is your astrological sign?

Leo! RAR!

53) Do you save money or spend it?

I hoard money! But I spend it as well!

54) What's the last thing you purchased?

Chapstick

55) Love or lust?

Love always!

56) In a relationship?

Nope!

57) How many relationships have you had?

In total including the ones from middle school that don't count at all: 5

Of the serious variety: 1

58) Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

No way Jose!

59) Where were you yesterday?

My apartment!

60) Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

Phone, folder, wallet

61) Are you wearing socks right now?

Nope! I probably should though!

62) What's your favorite animal?

Fox!

63) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?

I can't tell you that ;-)! Actually I just like to laugh at their jokes and well having a pretty good knowledge of sports is good! But I don't like to try too hard because then I just end up being a dork!

64) Where is your best friend?  

I kindly refer to her as my person and she is in Colorado Springs.....

65) Spit or swallow?(;

Wouldn't you like to know!

66) What is your heritage?

Mexican then a mixture of caucasian races!

67) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?

Picking up my Christmas tree because Stella knocked it over for the 5th time that night! I had to rearrange the ornaments and everything!

68) What do you think is Satan's last name?

Satan is like Madonna, only one name, it's just Satan

69) If you were a fish, what type of wish would you be?

Spinner dolphin!

70) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?

Yes!

71) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?

Save the dog!

72) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?

I probably wouldn't want to tell anyone. I don't like people to pity me. I might tell my mom because she deserves to know! My remaining days will be spent with my family and hopefully that will be somewhere tropical. Yes I would be very much afraid, not of death, but for the people I leave behind!

73) You can only have one of these things: trust or love.

LOVE

74) What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?

Carousel- Iron and Wine

75) What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?

1173

76) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?

Communication, and being able to say "this makes me feel like..."

77) How can I win your heart?

I have to be able to laugh! That's how I notice someone! To win my heart, I can see it in their eyes if they truly care. 

78) Can insanity bring on more creativity?

In everyone else's life except mine! I'm just insane!

79) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?

Be positive and good friend and role model.

80) What size shoes do you where?

6! Tiny feet tiny person!

81) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?

1 Corinthians 13

she lived la vida loca!

82) What is your favorite word?

lovely!

83) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word:heart.

I think of all the long lost doodles in my long lost notes. I draw hearts all the time!

84) What is a saying you say a lot?

Good try though!

85) What's the last song you listened to?

Recycled Air- Postal Service

86) Basic question: what's your favorite color/colors?

Green, but a very specific shade, Crimson and Cream, pink!

87) What is your current desktop picture?

Noelle and I at the Vegas airport

88) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?

This question is so violent!

89) What would be a question you'd be afraid to tell the truth on?

Who I love and what I would do to get them

90) One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren't really doing anything, they're just standing around your bed. What do you do?

I would call Brendan Frasier, he seems to have a lot of experience with mummies!

91) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what's even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?

Fly!

92) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

Sometime in a random month and see how my life changes!

93) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

Well I wouldn't be as strong as I am today without those experiences, so none!

94) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?

Well I would love to snuggle with plenty!

95) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?

PERU!

96) Do you have any relatives in jail?

Possibly...

97) Have you ever thrown up in the car?

Yes, but not from drunkenness!

98) Ever been on a plane?

Heck yea!

99) If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?

Hello beautiful people, how are you??

100) Give me your top 4 favorite blogs on [Blogger].

Fantasy World, New Beginnings, Living Arete, and Dreaming Beauty duh!

Now for some of Blaine's questions

101) Favorite guilty pleasure?

Well Kenzie help me out! I'm not really embarrassed by anything I do!

102) Biggest pet peeve? 

STUPID DRIVERS!

103) Shazam comes out of your ipod to grant you 3 wishes. Go!

Give me the knowledge to inspire children, give me the ability to fly fast, and I wish Shazam free!

Fantasy day

Today has been one of those days where I don't want to face reality. I would rather hole up in my apartment and just read a fiction novel about an impossible love that somehow works out, and I did. I really want to kick myself for ignoring my responsibilities, but I can't help feeling mental ease.
I don't know why but sometimes I just need a week or at least a day to shut out this world and immerse myself in another.
Yes, romantic cheesy teeny bopper novels are my mental ease and I know it's lame! I don't apologize!

Reading about fictional situations where only unconditional love can help characters through hardships makes me feel better. This was my escape for the day, my mental checkout to daydream for the rest of the day.

I hope that whoever reads this can take a minute/day/week to escape and find a dream or fantastical world and recharge batteries. The best part is when you return to reality you feel braver!

I like to post pictures and I don't think these pertain to this post at all!

Dismantle, Repair

The title of this post came from an Anberlin song that has been on my mind today. I might as well post the lyrics, but today they don't really have a significance just a good song!

One last glance from a taxi cab
Images scar my mind
Four weeks've felt like years
Since your full attention was all mine
The night was young and so were we
Talked about life, God, death, and your family
Didn't want any promises,
Just my undivided honesty, and you said

Oh oh, things are gonna change now for the better
Oh oh, things are gonna change, oh, they're gonna change

I am the patron saint of lost causes
A fraction of who I once believed (change)
only a matter of time
Opinions I would try and rewrite
If life had background music playing your song
I've got to be honest, I tried to escape you 
But the orchestra plays on, and they sang

Oh oh, things are gonna change now for the better
Oh oh, things are gonna change

Hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you
Lines and phrases, like knives, your words can cut me through
Dismantle me down (repair)
You dismantle me
You dismantle me

Give me time to prove 
Prove I want the rest of yours (prelude)
Call this a prelude to a lifetime of you
It's not that I hang on every word 
I hang myself on what you repeat 
It's not that I keep hanging on
I'm never letting go

Hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you
Lines and phrases, like knives, your words can cut me through
Dismantle me down (repair)
You dismantle me
You dismantle me

Save me from myself
Save me from myself
Help me save me from myself
Save me from myself

Oh oh, things are gonna change now for the better
Oh oh, things are gonna change

Hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you
Lines and phrases, like knives, your words can cut me through
Dismantle me down (repair)
You dismantle me
You dismantle me


This song kind of made me remember one of the theories about dreams. This theory believes that dreams are a way for us to process information and repair mental/emotional damages that  we cannot repair in our waking state. But sometimes, don't you feel like dreams rip open scars that have healed? Don't you wish that dreams would leave the damage alone? I know I do. When I have a dream that brings up old damage and old feelings I am thrown for the rest of the day. I wake up thinking "damn brain why must you fuck with me, I have a long day ahead of me and I don't need you starting my day off badly!" Then the first few hours I'm awake, I'm in a haze and funk trying to return to the content state I was in. 


Then another question popped in my head. Why do random dreams make an appearance in your daydreams, even when they are years old? Today I remembered a dream and I could only think is where did that come from? I don't think the dream has any significance in my life, but maybe it does!


Sorry this is longwinded!
Dreams are finicky things.