Damn you Lorenzo

So I am posting this on here instead of as a facebook note (where I saw it in its original form) because I stole it from a certain person who I don't want to know I stole it from.

Yeah I'm that insecure. Anyway, something to let you all get to know me a little better :D

LAST
1. Beverage: diet coke. duh.
2. Phone call: Jess
3. Text message: Jess [it would seem like i need some more friends]
4. Song you listened to: Disco - The Music
5. Time you cried: uh..Sunday night. Watched P.S. I Love You

HAVE YOU EVER
6. Dated someone twice: yes.
7. Been cheated on: sadly yes. often. what the hell?
8. Kissed someone & regretted it: hm...hard to say. i hate regrets so i guess no.
9. Lost someone special: yes. multiple special people
10. Been depressed: yes. clinically and everything. fantasmic.
11. Been drunk and threw up: not in awhile...ok New Year's

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS
12. Blue
13. Yellow
14. Green

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU
15. Made new friends: yes
16. Fallen out of love: no, but it's only Feb so there's time!
17. Laughed until you cried: yes. WADs!!
18. Met someone who changed you: mmm, not yet. but i will be attending a national convention next week. hopefully i will re-meet don neumann, who is my hero.
19. Found out who your true friends were: yes, well some of them. jury's still out on a couple of those hosers
20. Found out someone was talking about you: yeah, i guess
21. Kissed anyone on your friends list: no. but i did kiss someone who isn't on it :)
22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: nearly all of them, except a couple political figures (the Minnesotans) from back before the Fan Page application
23. How many kids do you want to have: 2 or 4. Probably 4.
24. Do you have any pets : yes. they're turds
25. Do you want to change your name: no.
27. What did you do for your last birthday: did a power hour, went to Nomad and had champagne on the house and Patrick poured a bottle of Ketel One down my throat. It was a wonderful morning the next day.
28. What time did you wake up today: 6:50
29. What were you doing at midnight last night: watching Last 10 Yards and doing laundry
30. Name something you CANNOT wait for: graduation
31. Last time you saw your father: 2 weeks ago
32. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: i kind of wish i could afford to live alone.
33. What are you listening to right now: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (cover) - Eddie Vedder. great song, excellent version
34. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: yes. multiple people named tom
35. What's getting on your nerves right now: my ex
36. Most visited webpage: lately, www.justfinish.com
37. Whats your real name: Megan Roxanne Ring
38. Nicknames: Meg (but don't call me meg if we ain't friends), Megger, Meggie, many variations of Meg
39. Relationship Status: married to PT school
40. Zodiac sign: Capricorn. [why can't he let that damn GK thing go...]
41. Male or female? female
42. Elementary: Garden City
43. Middle School: Cedar Hollow
44. High school: Northwest High School
45. Hair color: auburny brown currently. natural blond tho [hair color only. cognitive status is that of an intelligent person]
46. Long or short: long, as always
47. Height: 5'6"
48. Do you have a crush on someone: not currently
49. What do you like about yourself: I'm stubborn and determined
50. Piercing: (s) - ears, naval. former piercings: tongue, eye brow
51. Tattoos: yes
52. Righty or lefty: right

FIRSTS
53. Surgery: tubes in my ears
54. Piercing: other than ears, tongue
55. Best friend: Andrea Larson (now Boyle)
56. Sport you joined: t-ball
57. Pet: turtle
58. Vacation: the cabin
59. Concert: something at MN state fair, i'm sure
60. Crush: oh bloody hell, matt? maybe someone else before him? i probably had a crush on one of my best friends when i was little, but i just thought we were zelda playing buddies.

RIGHT NOW
61. Eating: nothing
62. Drinking: nothing
63. I'm about to: go to bed, or at least attempt to
64. Listening to: k this is the third time you've asked what i'm listening to. thankfully my iTunes is on. Collide - Howie Day
65. Waiting for: Somnolence

YOUR FUTURE
66. Want kids: someday. i went to a baby shower today, but managed to resist the baby fever
67. Get married: yes
68. Careers in mind: physical therapist. spending enough time/energy/money on it, so i better damn well like it.

WHICH IS BETTER
69. Lips or eyes: eyes for sure. i could stare into my friend Dave's eyes forever. the rest of him ain't bad either
70. Hugs or kisses: hugs
71. Shorter or taller: taller, much taller
72. Older or Younger: older
73. Romantic or spontaneous: both, definitely
74. Nice stomach or nice arms: can't i have both?
75. Sensitive or loud: jeeze i don't know. a healthy mix i suppose
76. Hook-up or relationship: unfortunately, i'm only in it for relationships. and my standards are extremely high, although a dirtbag skeezball snuck under my radar once.
77. Trouble maker or hesitant: trouble maker

HAVE YOU EVER
78. Kissed a stranger: yes. NYE last year in Breck
79. Drank hard liquor: yes, though i prefer beer
80. Lost glasses/contacts: yes. i've also faked losing my contacts to go home in high school. i forgot something at home and didn't want to take a tardy. i was a nerd in high school
81: Dated? yes
82. Broken someone's heart: yes. the dirtbag skeezball's
83. Had your own heart broken: yes. twice.
84. Been drunk: yes
85. Been arrested: no, but i have ridden in the back of a cop's car and gone to court twice.
86. Turned someone down: yes
87. Cried when someone died: yes
88. Liked a friend that is a girl: well i'm a girl and i like all my friends. but if you mean like-like then no. i like boys.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN
89. Yourself: some days
90. Miracles: yes
91. Love at first sight: lust at
92. Heaven: yes
93. Santa Claus: of course. he brought me the best burt's bees gift set last year!
94. Karma: yes
95. Kiss on the first date: yes
96. Angels: i don't know.

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY
97. Is there one person you want to be with right now: no one in particular. i'd like to be asleep.
98. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time: no
99. Told someone you loved them when you didn't: no
100. Posting this as 100 truths: no... its DAMN YOU LORENZO!!! except not with all that emphasis. and only because i copied it from that guy.

wow, I am bad

I have not updated in like a year and a half. Probably because I started PT school (which was heinous, I might add) and a new blog. A blog for runners who have girls. Anyway you can find it here. Fantasticness. 

I've got pretty much nothing exciting going on, but my hair is a different color now:

I dig it. Went dark at the beginning of November. Will likely head back to blond here very soon. I have to decide if I want to be blond for my graduation photo. Anyone have thoughts?

Newohlins

That is kind of how I saw it after being down here a few days.

This is going to be short, with bullet points, which will be extended once I have had a decent night's rest and haven't worked hard all day.

-The gym is beautiful.
-Arabi Food Store has great food.
-Someone needs to start calling on their congresspeople. No, everyone does. New Orleans and its surrounding parishes need help.
-Charissa and I are writing to big businesses and asking them why they can fix the backwards Taco Bell on Dodge Street but not the one in St. Bernard Parish.
-All you need is love. And with that will come Faith and Hope. (I Corinthians 13:13)

Peace,
Megan

the roof was nearly on fire.

Our house caught fire today. Not our side of the duplex, but all the same, it is one house. Apparently, a cigarette was put out on a stump generally used as a stand, where it smoldered for an hour or so and finally got hot enough to catch the couch next to it on fire. This fire burned for awhile, melting the siding of the house. Luckily for me, two guys from up Webster about 4 houses saw the fire, and ran over to put it out. They grabbed the garden hose and started dousing everything. Got the couch and the log off the porch and sprayed water on everything for about half an hour. I was in the living room the whole time, completely oblivious to what was happening on my front porch. The fire department came and checked everything out, and the guys did the right thing. They were quick to respond and I owe them my life. TJ and Justin - you guys are amazing. Thank you so much for saving my life and our house.

Other than the few bad things that have plagued us, the house is amazing. I will photograph it once things are put away. It has high ceilings, tons of wood molding, wood floors...I love it. I got my room put together, for the most part, and things are slowly moving toward normalcy.

New Orleans in 2 days. I cannot wait to return to the city I love. I have missed her so. Have some photography plans for while I'm there, and looking forward to exploring possibilities with my new camera. Going to have to read the owner's manual on the way down I'm afraid.
But that's okay. Hopefully it will result in some amazing views of the French Quarter, Ninth Ward, Slidell, etc. Yeah buddy.

That is all for now I suppose. It is late and I've been up since 7. Good night.

absence

I thought I was going to start this blog. I got busier than I could have ever imagined over the last semester of college. Things have changed. I've learned a lot. And yet, here I am. This post will be short.

I am addicted to New Orleans.

Currently, I am reading "The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast" by Douglas Brinkley. It is a history of the week following the Hurricane, and it has been a great read. I have learned a lot about the events leading up and following the hurricane in the city as well as all along the gulf coast.

I am done running for a while. I hurt my knee and have had to take time off. But this weekend I will be getting a bike and biking everywhere.

Saturday we move to Dundee. I'm very excited.

Thursday of next week, we head back to New Orleans. Caitlin has been lucky enough to receive the funding to stay down there for a month, volunteering with Operation Blessing. Without PT School, I'm pretty sure I'd be looking to do the same. Perhaps for longer. The first trip we took, I looked into doing AmeriCorps, but with school and the time frame I'm on, it wasn't possible. In any case, New Orleans is my second home and I will take care of it best I can. I am hoping to get a rotation down there, perhaps at LSU Med School or at a PT clinic in the city (if there are any). Very cool.

So for now, that is all. Pretty much everything I wrote in my last entry has changed. Alas, life goes on. Do what you want and love what you do.

first blogger post

I wanted to step away from my LJ, wanted to have a blog for me, and if someone reads it, sweet. If not, its all right.

I have many goals right now. I am going to re-read the bible, alongside this blog on Slate. I was perusing Slate and came across it one day and decided to start reading it, again. I think this will be an interesting step in my faith. I have pretty strong convictions, I like to think that my faith is strong, but I also think it is important to continue to explore. And so there I am. I will probably use this blog to post my reflections.

Another goal of mine is this marathon. I have wanted to run in this marathon for a few years now, and have finally gotten up the nerve to train and prepare. I ran in a half marathon in September, and it went well. I think I can finish an entire 26.2 miles. I have two tentative training partners (I like to think of them as "partners in crime") in Brandon, who wants to run the marathon with me, and John, who wants to train for a half marathon (perhaps the one I ran). Having a running partner is exciting for me. I usually run alone and it will be fun to share some of the same experiences with someone else. So here we go boys. See you at Zorinski.

Another of my goals is to be more involved. I took a big step this past fall by integrating myself into the UNO College Democrats. I have become a pretty active member, helped out with the biggest and best GOTV effort in Omaha (and probably Nebraska), volunteered for a number of Democratic campaigns, and became more involved in politics than I have ever been before. I have always been a "non-meeting" member of the UNO College Dems, but I am having more fun as an active member. I won't be running for any offices any time soon, but I will be helping head a campaign to inform women of the HPV vaccine and helping with Yellow Dog University, to be held March 31, 2007.

For now, that is all. I will continue this as I continue walking (or sprinting) through this thing called life.

Peace