Lost Brilliance

Multiple times today, brilliant thoughts have popped into my head from conversations and observations by others. I did not write them down, however, so they are forever lost. Don't you hate that? Instead of this randomness, I would actually have a couple of good blogs to post.

Tag! You're it!

This is my first blog tag!

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Copy and paste the questionnaire, and post with your answers on your blog.
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Refer and link back to me.
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Tag four bloggers and leave them comments to let them know they have been tagged.
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Answer honestly!

What is your blogger name?
Southerner Out Of Water/Just Call Me Dorothy

When is your birthday?
June 24

How long have you been blogging?
I have started and stopped a couple over the past few years. I don't tend to be consistent in posting.

Who tagged you?
Kenlie at http://www.sweettorts.com/

Tell me your five most favorite body parts.
5? I like my super curly hair and my green/hazel eyes that reflect my moods.

What do you wish most for your birthday?
To relax and have the best birthday yet.

What color are you nails right now?
Natural

What’s your plan for the next month?
Work and school make up the bulk of my life right now.

At what age did you have your first crush?
I don't know but there were many.

Have you attended any school reunions?
Yes. It was good to see where people were, but the people I really wanted to see weren't there. People really don't change much sometimes.dd

Have you ever passed gas in public and pretended like you didn’t smell anything?
LOL

Are you a clean freak?
Usually not, but I can be.

What era do you wish you were born in?
There are many fascinating points in time like the Golden Age of Hollywood, but I don't think I could take the outdated female stereotypes and roles of the period.

Are you a vegetarian?
No, I love meat.

How many pillows do you sleep with at night?
4 or 5

Are you a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper?
It is hard to go to sleep and slow down my mind. Once I am asleep, I am like the dead.

Do you secretly wear granny panties when your man is not around?
What man?

What is your ultimate dream job?
Not sure yet.

What does your husband do that annoys you the most?
Again...what man?

What is your dream car?
Something really fast and vintage

Do you wake up easily in the morning?
Nope, but I do it when I have to.

Do you like hairy men?
No back hair!!! Maybe a little chest hair.

How about a man with a goatee?
Depends on the guy...

Which would you prefer: a two-hour spa massage, a two-hour Thai massage, or a two-hour foot massage?
I have never had a Thai massage. A two-hour spa massage would be heaven. I really don't like my feet being touched much at all.

Have you ever wished you had a different name? If so, what name?
A while ago, yes. Vivian Leigh Laurens

What is the most extreme sport you have ever done?
Mud volleyball, paintball, capture the flag.

Do you prefer traveling in Europe or Asia?
Europe is preferable, but Asia would be fun.

What is your favorite food?
Chocolate and cheese

What is your most embarrassing moment while out on a date?
I have plenty of those from all of my life, but I am not telling.

Now it's my turn to tag, and I am going to tag the following friends:
http://www.sweettorts.com/

"Hey! I have been there before!"

I love those moments when you can say "Hey! I have been there before!" I was watching the Linear U2 Video last night. They show a shot of Morocco at the end, and I have been at the landmark they show. It is a really cool feeling to see some unique destination that you have been fortunate enough to explore.

Envisioning the Vision

Sometimes we have to see past the things that are blocking our vision into the brilliant possibilities that lie beyond. What we can't see, we can imagine. What we can imagine, we can hope for. What we can hope for can cause us to believe in something greater in ourselves and than ourselves. If we can't believe, we have no chance at success. Our circumstances and realities can become a springboard for success rather than a rope meant to trip us up.

The Power to Change

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.
Robert Anthony

This is a thought provoking quote. We either grow or we begin to die. We cannot continually occupy a singular place for a undetermined amount of time. That said, if we don't change, we can't grow. If we don't grow, we become less and less. Both growth and shrinking causes changes in our nature and appearance. I guess it just comes down to whether you want to be more, bolder, braver, and better or smaller and less of a person.

The things that don't quite kill us...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche

This quote may be used quite often, but it holds a great truth at its heart. Adversity and hard times can lead us to defeat and death or to strength and toughness. We can survive far more than we give ourselves credit for most of the time. We can be as tender and as elegant as a blooming rose no matter how tough the environment that surrounds us.

Another source of inspiration (I love this poem!):

Rudyard Kipling
If

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!