Short Political Quiz

The political description that fits you best is...
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CENTRIST

CENTRISTS espouse a "middle ground" regarding government
control of the economy and personal behavior. Depending on
the issue, they sometimes favor government intervention
and sometimes support individual freedom of choice.
Centrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind,
tend to oppose "political extremes," and emphasize what
they describe as "practical" solutions to problems.

The RED DOT on the Chart shows where you fit on the political map.
Your PERSONAL issues Score is 60%. Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 40%.

Take this short politial quiz.

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Blog Meme Deluxe

Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Warm Apple Crisp a La Mode
Favorite Month: June or October
Favorite Song: Goldfrapp - Ooh La La
Favorite Movie: The Muppet Movie
Favorite Sport: Baseball
Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite Day of the week: Saturday
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Coffee
Favorite Time of Day: Morning

9 CURRENTS

Current Mood: Content
Current Taste: Hot, strong, sweet & creamy coffee
Current Clothes: Coral summer nightie
Current Desktop: A recent photo of my beautiful and well-dressed sister and her fiancé from their member/guest dinner
Current Toenail Color: Razzberry
Current Time: 8:25 AM
Current Surroundings: My sunny bedroom
Current Thoughts: I need to shower and go to the park for a long walk

8 FIRSTS

First Best Friend: Kate Walsh
First Kiss: Brook Moyer
First Screen Name: Jessica1028
First Pet: Levi, a small white pekapoo
First Piercing: Earlobes, forth grade (only piercing)
First Crush: Brook Moyer, the baddest boy in first grade.
First CD: Don’t remember

7 LASTS

Last Cigarette: I quit smoking at 21, after smoking since I was 15.
Last Drink: Three days ago, coconut Caribbean rub w/slice and lots of ice.
Last Car Ride: Last night, I went to pick up my son after he helped his friend set up at church.
Last Kiss: I kissed both of my kids on their sweet cheeks before they left for school this morning.
Last Movie Seen: Hollywoodland
Last Phone Call: My dad
Last CD Played: I rarely play CDs. I use my MP3 player or computer.

6 HAVE YOU EVERS

Have You Ever Dated One of Your Best Guy/Girl Friends: Yes
Have You Ever Broken the Law: Unticketed speeding has been the extent of my unlawfulness.
Have You Ever Been Arrested: No
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: Yes
Have You Ever Been on TV: Only in private home videos with my family and friends or in naughty ones with my husband.
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Yes

5 THINGS

Thing You're Wearing: Pretty peach, cotton nightie
Thing You've Done Today: Handed out lunch money and helped my daughter get ready for school.
Thing You Can Hear Right Now: Diane Sawyer interviewing Joy Behar
Thing You Can't Live Without: My laptop
Thing You Do When You're Bored: Blog

4 PLACES YOU'VE BEEN TODAY

1. My house….
I’ll be heading out shortly.

3 PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO

1. My husband
2. My sister
3. My kids

2 CHOICES

1. Black or White: White
2. Hot or Cold: Hot

1 THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:

Raise happy and healthy children

Erogenous Zones

My Pleasure Erogenous Zones Quiz

You got 9 questions out of 9 correct.You're an erogenous zone expert! We're impressed!

Female Erogenous Zones

Male Erogenous Zones

How Kinky Are You?

The Hotlanta Kink Test (ver 2.1)
Congratulations!
Your Hotlanta Kink Test score was 528!

Here is the chart so that you can see how you are rated:

100 or less You need to lighten up and live a little!
101 to 200 You have an average sex life in need of kink.
201 to 300 You have sweet hints of a kinky nature.
301 to 400 You have kinky playful tendencies.
401 to 500 You are definitely a kinky player.
501 to 600 You are kinkier than most!
601 to 700 You are a major league kinkster!
701 to 800 You live and breath kinky!!
801 to 900 Wow! You're too kinky for most!!!
901 or more SUPER FREAK ALERT! You da BOMB!

The maximum score for this test is 1000.
If you're looking for fun loving and interesting people who
score well on tests like this, join us at Club Hotlanta

Kink is a term used to refer to unconventional sexual practices such as bondage, domination and submission, and sadomasochism (known collectively as BDSM), and sexual fetishism.

Yum!

Meditation & Mudras

Rodney Yee has a gorgeous masculine yoga physique. My first beginner yoga classes were his beginner DVDs. I have moved on to try intermediate and advanced yoga classes with different instructors in live classes at my gym and with other DVD teachers.

Yoga is different than most other forms of exercise in that you are relaxing and breathing deeply and evenly at the same time as strengthening and lengthening your muscles. It feels really good.

After I arrived home from my three mile walk in the park this afternoon, I did a simple yoga for meditation DVD, which really helped me relax. I haven’t spent much time doing meditation other than during the last few minutes of yoga class, which is usually spent on conscious relaxation techniques. However, I tried various meditation poses today using different mudras, which were refreshing, so I’ve decided to try and spend more time learning how to meditate. I love finding new ways to help the body/mind strengthen and unwind.

Meganames

Jessica's Aliases

Your movie star name: Peach Ice Cream Raymond Your fashion designer name is Jessica Stockholm Your socialite name is Jessi Paris Your fly girl / guy name is J Har Your detective name is Poodle Abington Your barfly name is Cherries Lemon Drop Your soap opera name is Dawn Arnold Your rock star name is Swedish Fish Red Volvo Your Star Wars name is Jesjos Hargen Your punk rock band name is The Content Mirror

The Amazing Meganame Generator

I copied Pax's post this morning.

Go Birds!

The air wafting into my windows is just cool enough to feel and smell sweet. The breeze from my kitchen is gently blowing the spicy scent of hot Italian sausages, which are simmering in my crock pot. They are waiting to be eaten on fresh rolls with lots of sauce and provolone cheese at game time! The Eagles will Host their NFC East Rival Giants this afternoon at 1:00 PM. You watching?

Wandering

I just finished reading an older book called The Street Lawyer by John Grisham, which depicts homelessness. It really left an impression on me. I tried to imagine what it would be like to lack a permanent cozy haven. It inspired me to start looking for a way to help homeless people in the Philadelphia area. I have occasionally left bags filled with food and toiletries with vagrants -- or in recently vacated places where I have seen their sadly weathered, gaunt and dirty faces.

I wonder how many people are roaming sans shelter in the Philadelphia area.

Maybe I can wear my Burrell t-shirt...

...without getting teased today.

Watch it, read it...

Burrell's slam lifts Myers, Phillies

On Politics

Is this what political parties are really all about?

A real DIRECTORY OF U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES

Fishing and Football

I spent last Saturday watching Season 2 of Desperate Housewives, while my husband took our kids fishing on a party boat in Ocean City, NJ. I used to enjoy fishing on the sea, until I tried my first eight hour excursion sans breakfast. I was powerfully nauseous the entire time, which stole my normal enthusiasm for baiting and hooking anything with scales and fins.

My prior experiences with fishing had been on private boats with friends and family. We braved some rough surf, but I never got sick. I had also gone on public four hour tours, which were thrilling. I have allowed one rough and rainy day to ruin my previous excitement for trolling wrecks and reefs.

In my defense, the eight hour trip felt like an eternity. During the choppy ride back to the dock, the clouds poured drops onto our heads that were much heavier than any shower I’ve ever enjoyed. The first mate was kind enough to dress me in his raincoat, which became covered in fish guts as the crew cleaned the catch, since the wind was whipping at my back.

I’d like to give it another go on a mild, sunny and clear day. I miss reeling in my line and finding a salty, flopping, tasty treasure on the other end.

Last Sunday, our family went to see the movie Invincible. The stadium seating theater was electric, since the audience was comprised of local Eagles fans. It made us eager for football season. My son wants to buy a new fog horn to blow outside after every Eagles touchdown.

I also threw a bridal shower luncheon for my sister at Scoogi's restaurant. It was lovely. She is getting married to a nice guy/golf pro next month at a local country club. She looks like a little doll in her simple and elegant wedding dress. I hope that their special day will be spectacular.

Sneaky Slips and Sips

As I was driving to the movie theater yesterday after brunch to see Hollywoodland with my husband, I began wondering about the freshness of my breath. I popped a wintergreen mint into my mouth, which is my favorite refreshing flavor. I usually keep some kind of mint or cinnamon gum in my handbag to combat coffee breath, which I happen to actually enjoy since I’m weird. However, I decided that I was more interested in being kissable than savoring the stale flavor of coffee beans doused with lots of sugar and cream.

I tend to choose wintergreen or cinnamon gum. My son likes spearmint and my daughter prefers peppermint.

What’s your favorite mint flavor?

I didn’t make out with my date during the 1950’s period film, but I slipped my hand into the waist of his pants and under his boxer briefs. Sneaky touching is hot, even when your spouse is making grunting noises like a hog at you for stealing two sips from his bucket of soda.

Sexy Friday Random Ten

1) The First Taste – Fiona Apple
2) Your Wildest Dreams – The Moody Blues
3) Sweetest Sin – Jessica Simpson
4) In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
5) Closer – Nine Inch Nails
6) Wicked Game – Chris Isaak
7) This is Hardcore – Pulp
8) I Want You To Know – Depeche Mode
9) Turn Me On –Norah Jones
10) I Touch Myself – The Divinyls

Getting Informed

I am a registered republican who tends to choose who to vote for based on getting to know the candidates. Reading the websites of both Lou Guerra and Josh Shapiro has been helpful. Seeing them both march and wave with their families in the local July 4th parade was nice, but it wasn't enough to help me make an informed decision.

My Lust is High

Greed:	Medium
Gluttony:	High
Wrath:	Very Low
Sloth:	Medium
Envy:	Very Low
Lust:	Medium
Pride:	Very Low

This quiz wasn't as accurate or fun as I had hoped.

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Romantic Friday Random Ten

1) Complainte De La Butte – Rufus Wainwright
2) They Can't Take That Away From Me – Frank Sinatra
3) Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra
4) Let's Get It On – Marvin Gaye
5) Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe – Barry White
6) My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
7) La Javanaise – Madeline Peyroux
8) Sympathique – Pink Martini
9) The Prettiest Thing – Norah Jones
10) Love Me Some You – Harry Connick Jr.

Cute Clipart

I saw this picture while browsing blogs this morning. I like it.

Ten of my Guilty Pleasures

1) Romance novels
2) Manicures and pedicures even if I just had one a week ago
3) Hair Dye (I’ve tried virtually every shade.)
4) Lots of lingerie, especially pretty bras and panties
5) Watching E and listening to bitches bust on bad ensembles (Actually, I wish they would shut up, so I could gaze at gorgeous gowns and jewels on stars from shows I’ve never seen.), anything on the Food Network or America’s Funniest Home Videos
6) Sleeping with a stuffed elephant and my silky
7) Viewing porn and envying fake breasted sluts like Pam Anderson for reasons other than coveting their unmoving, gigantic implants and long acrylic nails.
8) Silky, sweet and smooth Häagen-Dazs chocolate chocolate chip or coffee ice cream, steak nachos with lots of guacamole, cheese, sour cream and hot salsa--and warm, frosted apple pie. Oh, and cinnamon Churros!
9) Wishing to be the intelligent, blue-eyed version of Jessica Simpson. Her voice and appearance are breathtaking.
10) Criticizing women (in my head) who are skanky rather than sexy. I think that tongue, belly button, nose, eyebrow or more than two ear piercings are trashy looking. I think that multiple tattoos (most tattoos) on women are déclassé. Tacky is the word that comes to mind for women who try so hard to be hot that they wind up looking like an overly decorated Christmas tree rather than naturally beautiful.

Rainy Weekend Fun

We planned on taking a two day trip to the NJ shore over the weekend, but the weather curtailed that idea. We settled for indoor activities.

On Saturday, we went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The masks and the make-up in the film were mesmerizing. Otherwise, don’t believe the hype. I don’t think that the two and a half hour film was fantastic, but my family enjoyed it. It also turned us off to the idea of seafood for dinner. A live squid head and muscles attached to barnacles on a moldy human cheek were two reasons to have cheeseburgers instead.

On Sunday, we returned to Dave & Buster’s in Northeast Philadelphia. My kids wanted to play pool and shuffle board—and lots of video games. We played for three hours and then cashed in over 3000 tickets for a handful of prizes, which we could have bought at the 1-5 dollar store for about twenty bucks. We spent about seven times that in the arcade alone. I mentioned it to my husband, but he said it was okay since we had fun winning the stuff.

I sipped a sweet, strawberry/banana margarita, while my son, daughter and husband beat me in shuffle board. Then my husband beat me in pool. It makes me proud when my children’s skill/luck exceeds my own. I have learned to expect to lose most games of skill to my husband, but I’m usually a very close second. I was too full and lazy from our diner brunch to feel competitive.

I am not embarrassed to say that I had fun playing several games of skeeball in lanes next to my kids. My final scores were much higher. Moms have to win once in a while. I was even happier when I realized that they were playing 80’s music in the place. Hearing tunes from my teens brought me back to my boardwalk arcade with my best friend days. I miss them.

Dahlia & Josie Meet

Lavender Love Dahlia

Our new blue-eyed kitten, Dahlia-Rose

8 weeks old

Wonderful Weekend

On Saturday, we spent part of our day in the park, after my husband and I stole an early breakfast date alone and delivered breakfast sandwiches to our sleepy kids. Activities included fishing for my daughter and husband and walking the nature trail for my son and me. My daughter caught lots of sunnies and my husband caught “a bass, a big fat bass”, as he sang over and over to our daughter. He also caught a snapping turtle. I swapped MP3 players with my son and we listened to each other’s noise and had a pleasant chat about things.

We watched the movie Benchwarmers when we came home. It was silly and somewhat amusing if you’re into watching nerds/underdogs pick boogies, get fart faced and suck then win at baseball.

On Sunday, we went to Nifty Fifties for brunch and then took the kids to Dave and Buster’s at the Franklin Mills Mall. We went neon bowling and then played cool video games. We had fun!

The kids followed up the afternoon with two hours of swimming at the local pool while my husband and I chilled on the sofa playing new downloads of the classics, Pacman and Joust, on Xbox 360--and he did Soduko. (Numbers nerd puzzles)

Then I finished a fairly boring book called Time and Again by Nora Roberts, while my husband played Ghost Recon with his “Live” buddies.

Overall we had a sunny Saturday and Sunday. (Except for the fact that I dyed my sun-bleached blonde hair with a darker semi-permanent color—Coastal Dune, which rinsed out after four shampoos and made my gold hair look slightly green. Then I dyed it Cinaberry, which started rinsing out after about five shampoos revealing pinkish strands of once yellow hair. What a mess. Now I think I’ll have to try Nutmeg, which is much darker. I want to tone down my locks for September, which I did last year, too.)

Pink!

You scored as Pink. Pink represents the love for youth and this describes you very well. You have never taken life seriously and do not intend to. Instead you want to see where it leads you and just want to go with the flow. You love flirting, having fun and making the most of everything. Pink 83% White 78% Green 72% Blue 72% Orange 67% Yellow 67% Purple 56% Red 50% Black 33% Which Colour Represents You??? created with QuizFarm.com

Green

You scored as Green. <'Imunimaginative's Deviantart Page'> Green 100% Democrat 83% Anarchism 67% Socialist 58% Communism 33% Republican 25% Nazi 8% Fascism 8% What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In? created with QuizFarm.com

Tasting Wine

Whenever I try to buy wine, I tend to choose the same bottles. I have tried to educate myself on the subject by watching wine courses and reading about it. However, I am not usually brave enough to deviate from buying familiar fruity flavors. I decided to do a little reviewing today before I head out to buy something special to go with my delicious dinner. I don't want to become a Sommelier or a wine snob, but I'd like to discover many beautifully balanced bouquets.

I love all of the adjectives used to describe the taste of wine.

A Few of My Food Network Chef Crushes

Inspiration from these professionals gives me many reasons not to call for pizza.

• Alton Brown

• Bobby Flay

• Dave Lieberman

• Emeril Lagasse

• Giada De Laurentiis

• Mario Batali

• Michael Chiarello

• Paula Deen

• Peter Marr

• Rachael Ray

Fascinating and Frightening

I love watching the Discovery Channel. I recently saw most of an enlightening special called Global Warming, What You Need to Know with Tom Brokaw. I hope that it re-airs soon, as I wasn't able to watch the whole program. I hope that it re-airs often to remind people of the precariousness of our environment--and to facilitate major changes to improve it.

My Bossy Blonde Playlist

1) OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
2) Justin Timberlake “SexyBack”
3) Angels and Airwaves “Do It For Me Now”
4) Outkast “Idlewild Blue”
5) Kelis “Bossy”
6) Christina Aguilera “Ain’t No Other Man”
7) Blondie “Rapture”
8) The Cure “Friday I’m In Love”
9) Rhymefest “Fever”
10) Mayday! “Groundhog Day”

The Trendy Green Drink

• The Miracle of Green Tea

• Does decaf green tea have the same benefits as green tea with caffeine?

• In U.S., Green Tea Ranks Last

Tantalizing

Our family of four ventured out for an early breakfast yesterday. Afterwards, my husband suggested a Sunday drive up to a quaint shopping village on the Delaware River. I decided to go despite the pain in my face and chest. We walked around in the super clear sunshine until we were glossy with sweat and our bags were filled with preppy fashions. My darling daughter wined the entire trip, since I wasn’t in the mood to suck in steam from the old fashioned engine, while chugging around the surrounding towns.

Later that afternoon, an ice cream coned soothed her tongue and our tortured ears. Then we made the mistake of wasting two hours watching Talladega Nights. We chilled in the impressively air conditioned theater and I laughed twice. My husband and my son thought it was a funny film. I wish that I hadn’t exposed my ten-year-old daughter to this moronic spoof.

I love the idea of poking fun at racing, shallow nonsense and product placement. I was just hoping for more than a couple of chuckles. Ricky Bobby (Will Farrell) strips down to his tighty whities and runs around like a maniac. He also kisses his nemesis, Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen), on the lips. I was happy to see them smooch only because Jean’s annoying fake French accent was silenced for a few seconds.

My life hasn’t been too eventful this summer other than my visits to doctors and specialists, watching my daughter’s swim meets and my husband’s softball games--and waiting for my son to return from a week in Disney World and then five days in Nashville.

I took my daughter to the grocery store today, while waiting for my husband and my son to return from a volleyball tournament. A tall, attractive black man who was wearing a stunning suit approached me, as I pushed my sparsely filled cart out of the store. He smiled at me and said, “You know those scenes in a movie when you see a beautiful woman having her hair blown back from her face?" I probably had a surprised expression as I replied, “Yes.” He continued, “Well, It felt like one of those moments when I saw you walk out of those doors.” I felt a smile licking my lips, as my eyes glanced down at the floor. I whispered, “Thank you”, as my daughter followed me to my car. My posture improved a little, as I felt the strength of my long stride and the feminine sway of my hips. A full smile bloomed, as I loaded my groceries into the car.

The next time I cross the threshold of the air blasting vents, I’m sure that I will remember his handsome visage.

Now I’m drinking a leftover light beer from a poker tournament that I recently hosted for my husband and his pals. I don’t even like beer.

Mountain Laurel

Pennsylvania State Flower

King Kong

Giant Gorilla/Blonde Female