Names don't mean things.....

This is a pretty funny meme.

1. YOUR SPY NAME: (middle name and current street)
Jeannette SE One Hundred Fortieth (or as they say out here One Fortieth)

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your mom's side, your favorite candy)
Doreen JellyBelly

3. YOUR RAP NAME (first initial of first name, first two or three letters of your last name )
A-Hel

4. YOUR GAMER TAG: (a favorite colour, a favorite animal)
Teal Dragonfly

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Jeannette Denver

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother's maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet's name)
HelSnyLob

7. JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled backwards
Ettennaej Redys

8. PORN STAR NAME: (first pet's name, the street you grew up on)
Socks Ohio

9. HERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, the automobile your dad drives)
The Green Focus

What are your names?

Stolen from PoN

Skyscrapers

This morning ***Dave made mention of an interesting website that shows you the Skyscrapers of the world.
Since the tallest building in Vancouver, Washington is 11 stories (you can put in Vancouver, WA in the search and it tells you the height but has no drawings), I thought I would do a comparison of Denver and Portland. I am showing the 4 buildings that Dave listed for Denver and 5 "buildings" that I got from the site for Portland. It's interesting that the tallest building in Portland is more than 50 feet lower than Denver, and that one of the "buildings" in Portland is a bridge. ***Dave notes that the Trump Tower that is shown in the Denver picture is proposed and doesn't actually exist yet. You can click on the pictures to make them bigger.

PORTLAND




DENVER

Which Sports Car Are You?

I'm a Ferrari 360 Modena!

You've got it all. Power, passion, precision, and style. You're sensuous, exotic, and temperamental. Sure, you're expensive and high-maintenance, but you're worth it.

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One Year and Counting

The one year anniversary of our departure from Colorado (6/24) and arrival in Washington (6/26), passed without much fanfare. It's a little strange to think that it's been a year already. Time flies I guess.
Rick and I didn't do anything of note to "celebrate" the event, but we did mention it.
The oddest part about the whole thing is the fact that other than the physical location being radically different, nothing much else has changed.
We both miss our friends and family terribly, but other than that, I think we're both pretty happy. Except for the freak 100 degree weather, it's really not that bad here. Sure, the grey can get a bit overwhelming at times, but all the rain means everything is super lush and green, something you don't get in the high desert of Colorado.
We've talked about what our plans are for the future, if we'll ever move back, and at this time, I don't think we've decided. We can't do anything for at least 5 years, so it's hard to plan what will happen then. I guess we'll see.

Big Damn Movie

Friday was charity screen of Serenity to benefit Equality Now.
I bit the bullet and decided to go by myself and ended up having a great time. They sold raffle tickets, posters and t-shirts. I donated extra money to get all three and actually ended up with 2 items even though I only bought 5 tickets. So far, our screening has raised the most money, which is pretty cool. As of this post the total amount raised was 60K. Not bad for a bunch of geeks.

What Historic Woman Are You?

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What Historic Woman Are You?

Queen Medb
Queen Medb was an Irish queen, and what a queen! She ruled HER WAY or the HIGHWAY. When arguing with her husband over who had the greater fortune, she got so mad that she called a war on a neighboring kingdom to capture a bull so that she'd be wealthier than her husband. She was impulsive, temperamental, and passionate, just like you. But try and be a little calmer. Read more about this fascinating woman: http://www.angelfire.com/de/arkhamhaus/medb.html

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Battleground Lake State Park

Battleground Lake State Park a view of the lake from above
Originally uploaded by LadyDragonfly.

We decided to take the new camera out for a real test drive. I'm not sure why we decided to do this on the hottest day of the year, but none the less we did. We got a late start, so our plans that we made originally were waylaid. We ended up at Battleground Lake State Park. 100*F + 25% Humidity is not the best time to be hiking around. We had fun though, and took lots of pictures. The new camera is super nice, even if it scares me a little. At some point I'll learn all the bells and whistles. For now, I'm just mostly pointing and shooting, though I did learn how to balance the auto exposure for this shot. I've uploaded some photos to the Flickr page, and decided to bite the bullet and upgrade the to "pro". Now that I have a nice camera, I'll try to put it more to use. Next Sunday, we're going to go up to Multnomah Falls our original destination and take some pictures up there, and then after that we're on vacation at the Oregon Coast, so I'm sure it will get lots of use there.

The Elephants Will Get Out and Forget to Remember What You Said

Well I woke up in mid-afternoon cause that's when it all hurts the most
I dream I never know anyone at the party and I'm always the host
If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts
You can never escape, you can only move south down the coast

- Mrs. Potter's Lullaby, Counting Crows


I had an awesome time at the Counting Crows/Goo Goo Dolls show.
I wasn't sure what I was going to expect from the arena, but it turned out to be really nice. It is a bunch like Fiddlers's Green Coors Amphitheater only the reserved seating is covered. It was very clean, and the sound was pretty good.

The opening act was a band called Augustana. A few months ago, one of their singles was a iTunes free download, so I was familiar with them and liked their single. When I found out they were the opener I decided to buy their album. If you like music that is like The Fray or Maroon Five, you'd probably like these guys.

The Goo Goo Dolls came on next. I'm not sure what to say about GGD. I like them, but I can't say I'm a big fan. I don't own any of their albums, or any of their songs except for the song Iris that was the love theme from City of Angels

They apparently have two lead singers, however from what I can tell all of their "hits" are sung by the guy who is the lead on Iris. Overall, I did like them, the energy was pretty good and their stage show was entertaining. It probably would have been more "wow" if it had been darker, not much "oomph" in a stage show with lights and fog when it's still daylight. None the less, I enjoyed them.

Counting Crows were the closing act. It took a bit to get the Goo Goo Dolls off the stage but it was worth it. I haven't CC in concert for about a year, right before I left Colorado my sister stood in line starting at 4am to get tickets to the free show they put on at the Paramount to celebrate the re-opening of The Gap. It was a good time, and I've missed them. This was going to be my first show with out my sister, so I wasn't sure what to expect. They haven't released a new album with new material in about 4 years, and a couple of members of the band have either retired or moved on to other things. In the end, they did not disappoint at all. The setlist is listed below, and with the exception of Goodnight Elizabeth (since I don't like this song much), it was an amazing show.
I'll definitely try to see them again should they come back to this area.


Recovering the Satellites
Hard Candy
Mrs. Potter's Lullaby
Mr. Jones
Goodnight Elizabeth
All My Friends
St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream
Richard Manuel is Dead
Miami
Long December
Hanging Around

Encore: Holiday in Spain

What Kind of Empath are You?

You scored as Judge. You are a Judge Empath, one who is a "truthsayer". You can tell truth from lies, good from evil. You do not tolerate wrong doing. You are a defender of the good and the innocent. You are kind and merciful but do not play foolish games. (from "The Book of Storms" by Jad Alexander)

What Kind of Empath Are You?
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Happy Summer Solstice

Happy Summer Solstice!

I am spending the night of longest day of the year listening to Counting Crows and Goo Goo Dolls! Probably not very Witchy but fun none the less.

Are you a sociopath?

You Are 28% Sociopath

From time to time, you may be a bit troubled and a bit too charming for your own good. It's likely that you're not a sociopath... just quite smart and a bit out of the mainstream!

Are You A Sociopath?

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The Shrub does Sunday Bloody Sunday

I can't even begin to imagine how long this took to put together. I've set the embedded link below, if it does not work you can find it here.




Via My Sister

Memes Everywhere and Not a Way to Resist

Which of Henry VIII's wives are you?
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You Are a Beagle Puppy

Cheerful, energetic, and happy go lucky. And you're sense of smell is absolutely amazing!

What Breed of Puppy Are You?

Which Princess Bride Character are You?
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Firefly Shiny

My Mom's birthday is coming up this week. So, I bought her a shiny new necklace since I'm such a good daughter.
I bought one for myself too. Honestly, I thought I had ordered the Serenity one, but this is cool none the less.

What Controls Your Mind?

Your mind is controlled by enthusiasm.

You have a happiness about you that others envy. Somewhere along the lines, you've gained the inate wisdom that life isn't worth missing. You go about things with vigor and you love to try everything once. Your time on Earth is so short, and you are one of the few people who live it to the fullest.

Your ruling planet: Saturn
Your last words: "Life...what a mighty fine adventure."
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That's Salty Alright

I am Unconventionally Strong and Tangy

A salty dog; I like adventure. A high-seas kind of person, my drum beat is just a little bit different than the rest. I know what I like and I'm not afraid to go for it. I can be sharp and witty, but I never mean to cause a sting. I just know that a little sour makes every sweet sweeter. Oh yeah, and I might have a pirate costume in my closet.

Goodie Goodie!!!

I'm on book 29, slightly ahead of schedule. I decided that writing a review for each book would take longer than reading the damn things, so I'll pass on that.
I'm going to post a list soon, as soon as I get it put together. The bad part about reading books mostly from the library is you have no real record of them after they're gone. Especially when most of them haven't been overly memorable.

Thus far, as I hoped it would Kushiel's Scion has not be a disappointment, and it is definitely memorable.

I definitely recommed this book to anyone who's read the series of course. If you haven't read the series and you know who you are, you should.

Serenity Now!

My local Browncoats group is leading the charge to have a charity fund raiser for Equality Now.

There are showings all across the country and even in Denver

Check it out!

Yes, I am a geek

But not as much as these guys.



via ***Dave

Shiny

So, I found this link for this on a yahoo group that I'm on. I bought one for myself and one for my mom.

Shiny. You can't take the sky from me.

Sunny Trellis and Roses

DSCF0092
Originally uploaded by LadyDragonfly.

Apparently I have a weird obsession with roses. I found a great little nursery that was having a sale and I bought 4 more rose bushes. When they start to bloom I'll take more pictures. In the mean time, the pretty bush that I was taking pictures of earlier has bloomed up and since it's been trimmed to be this strange stick like thing the heavy blooms were causing it to look fairly pathetic. I was tasked with going to Home Depot and buying some sort of post to help support it. Instead I bought this nifty trellis. I guess that proves that not only guys can spend too much at the Big Orange Money Sink.