{"id":2841,"date":"2003-11-21T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2003-11-21T19:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2003\/11\/21\/five-things\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T22:03:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T05:03:58","slug":"five-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2003\/11\/21\/five-things\/","title":{"rendered":"five things&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because I don&#8217;t have anything else to talk about&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/fridayfive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Friday Five<\/a>! (Unless of course you all want to hear about the Christmas presents I bought today&#8230; heh, I thought so. ;))<\/p>\n<p><b>List five things you&#8217;d like to accomplish by the end of the year.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Damn, this one is hard! There&#8217;s only a month and a half left of the year&#8230;<br \/>\n1. Finish <i>Angels and Demons<\/i>&#8230; I&#8217;ve only read about 50 pages and I started it over a month ago!<br \/>\n2. Rip my CDs. I have 14GB left on my iPod &#8212; I need to do this!<br \/>\n3. Finish purging my closet&#8230; I have so many clothes\/bags\/random things that I haven&#8217;t used in AGES. They all need to go.<br \/>\n4. Buy a new cell phone. I&#8217;ve had my Nokia since 1998. It&#8217;s ancient. And huge. And I want a new one. \ud83d\ude1b<br \/>\n5. Send out Christmas cards on time. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p><b>List five people you&#8217;ve lost contact with that you&#8217;d like to hear from again.<\/b><br \/>\n1. Michael L. A friend from high school\/college. He&#8217;s off in New York working for a magazine and going to fun Calvin Klein parties. I&#8217;m so jealous. \ud83d\ude1b<br \/>\n2. Cindy. A good friend from college. She went off to grad school in Hawaii and though we communicate via email occasionally, we always have such a fun time when we actually hang out together!<br \/>\n3. Sara. A net friend I made on the DC boards, specifically the Dawson\/Pacey thread on FF. I miss you!<br \/>\n4. Shar. My &#8220;big buddy&#8221; in college. Damn, so many memories &#8212; tough times, sad times, happy times &#8212; we went through so much together. *sniff*<br \/>\n5. Amy. Another net friend whose blog I used to frequent. She just disappeared. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><b>List five things you&#8217;d like to learn how to do.<\/b><br \/>\n1. Cook. I know how to operate the microwave but the stove? Not so much.<br \/>\n2. Sew, specifically hem pants. I&#8217;m so short that I always have to get my pants\/jeans hemmed. If I knew how to do this, I wouldn&#8217;t have so spend so much money getting my pants tailored!<br \/>\n3. Learn PHP.<br \/>\n4. Use PhotoShop proficiently.<br \/>\n5. Drive. (This has been on my &#8220;to do&#8221; list forever).<\/p>\n<p><b>List five things you&#8217;d do if you won the lottery (no limit).<\/b><br \/>\n1. Call-in sick from work. Permanently. Hehe.<br \/>\n2. Send some money to my family in the Philippines.<br \/>\n3. Pay my credit card bills.<br \/>\n4. Travel around the world.<br \/>\n5. Buy a house.<\/p>\n<p><b>List five things you do that help you relax.<\/b><br \/>\n1. Light candles.<br \/>\n2. Go shopping.<br \/>\n3. Listen to music.&gt;<br \/>\n4. Clean. Weird, I know&#8230; but it&#8217;s soothing somehow.<br \/>\n5. Drink peppermint hot chocolate. Mmmm.<\/p>\n<p>wow, this took forever&#8230; time for bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because I don&#8217;t have anything else to talk about&#8230; The Friday Five! 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