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Friday five

Friday Five: How much do your dreams cost?

1. What would you do right now, if money were not an issue?

That's such an open-ended question...how can I answer that?  I would pay off every debt in the world and feed every person in the world, and give every person a home and the necessities of life.  I mean, c'mon.  There is no way to really answer that question.  lol

Same answer as above.

The same as always, my family, my dogs, Jesus, my friends, reading, watching Smallville.  Honestly, I can't really think of anything (at the moment) that costs money that gives me 'joy'. 

lol  Uh, this would be a huge list.  All the best joys in life don't cost money.  Love, music, art, friendship, reading, writing, snow, the wind, trees, rain, my dogs...I could go on and on.  :)

Fix my car.  It needs some work, but I just don't have the cash.  I guess I'll have to skip my other bills one month and just fix the car.  I dread the late fees and stupid, annoying phone calls from bill collectors though.  I'm not a loser who doesn't feel like paying my bills, you jerks.  Get a real job and stop harassing me.  I DO pay my bills.  I'm a poor person.  I'm trying to live my life and get by, you know?  It's tough.  *sigh*

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Friday 5 for January 9: The Lucky Ones

Thirteen quotes from Twilight (the movie)

• "I know what you are."
• "I had an adrenaline rush. It's very common.  You can Google it."
• "You don't know how long I've waited for you."
• "The lion fell in love with the lamb."  "What a stupid lamb."  "What a sick, masochistic lion."
• "How long have you been 17?"
  
• "I don't want to be a monster."
  
• "Bella, I was standing right next to you."
• "I don't have the strength to stay away from you."
• "You really should stay away from me."
• "Would if I'm not the good guy?  Would if I'm the bad guy?"
• "I just want to try one thing.  Stay very still."
• "I'm not afraid of you."
• "You are my life now."

Prom

I don't want to be a monster

I just want to try one thing

Biology

Port Angeles

I know what you are

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Friday 5 for December 5: Childhood Indulgences

Friday five

The Friday Five

Ear Worms!
Ear worms are those annoying little songs that get stuck in your head. Sometimes they are the last song you hear on the radio before you go into the office, sometimes they just randomly pop in.

What is a common ear worm that you get?

"Glorify Thy Name" and "Greensleeves"

I'll hum Glorify Thy Name for hours...usually when I'm doing some sort of physical labor.  I'll sing Greensleeves when I'm in the car driving and the radio isn't on.  I'm not sure why...it gets annoying.  I won't even realize I'm singing until I'm halfway through the song...and then it's on repeat in my head until a good song comes on the radio.

I don't try to get rid of Glorify Thy Name...although sometimes I do switch to other praise songs.  I like singing praise songs.  :)  Sometimes I'll just sing Greensleeves in the car and let it happen.  Sometimes it's better than anything on the radio.  But, other times I'll turn on the radio and find something catchy and listen to that.  But, the moment I turn off the radio, it will go back to Greensleeves in my head.  I don't hum Greensleeves any other time.  I wonder why it's so attached to me and driving?  lol

I got that song "Kissed a Girl" stuck in my head one week.  It was on the radio like crazy.  I don't like that song and the lyrics are pretty stupid.  But, it's one of those songs.  I had to keep trying to blast something else on the radio to ignore the tune in my head.  I remember clearly sitting in traffic, in a construction zone...constantly catching myself singing that stupid song.  Ugh!  I couldn't blare my radio either, because of the traffic and construction.  It was very annoying!

LOL  No, I've never purposefully done that to anyone.  I worked with a gal who used to sing 70's rock songs while she worked.  She got those songs stuck in all our heads.  We always had a good laugh about it.  :)

Thirteen dishes often found on a Thanksgiving dinner spread:

• Turkey
• Stuffing (or 'dressing')
• Mashed Potatoes
• Sweet Potatoes
• Dinner Rolls
• Corn
• Cranberries
• Green Bean Casserole (or just Green Beans)
• Pumpkin Pie
• Apple Pie
• Ham
• Pheasant (ok, maybe that's not 'common'...but we like it.)
• Marshmallow and Fruit Salad

Autumn

13 Countries I'd like to visit (or visit again):

• England
• Italy
• Denmark
• Iceland
• Australia
  
• New Zealand
• Japan
• Egypt
• India
• Antarctica (ok, not really a country..lol)
  
• Canada
• Argentina
• Germany

Like I said, I've been to some of these places before, but I'd like to spend more time there.  Really, I'd like to go everywhere!  :)

Since I am in the middle of writing homework assignments and tests for my college class, I'll do a list of 13 important things to do to effectively complete a good research paper.  :D  (Doesn't this just sound exciting?  LOL)

Let's assume that we have been given this topic: "The Pawnee Tribe"

1. First, think about the broader topic...Native Americans (or possibly American Indians)
2. Find a good reference book (encyclopedia, dictionary, etc..) dealing with Native American Tribes
3. Read the article on The Pawnee and answer these 5 inquiries: Who, What, When, Where, Why (this is called 'gaining a working knowledge'.  You just want to have a basic understanding of the topic.)
4. Look at all the possibilities of how to narrow this topic down (The broader your topic, the more shallow and uninteresting you paper is.)  Here's a good narrow research topic "The economy of the Pawnee Tribe".
5. Think about a way to go beyond just listing facts about the topic (good research papers discuss and inquire, not just list facts.)  Maybe, "How the Pawnee Tribe's economy affected the tribe's survival."  Now we are discussing and inquiring...not just listing facts that are in every reference book out there.
6. Now, create a preliminary outline.  This outline will probably change, but you need to organize your thoughts in order to effectively and efficiently research your topic.  Choose about 5 or 6 ideas to search about.  Such as: Pawnee economy (how do they create sustenance...do they hunt, farm, trade, etc...); The Pawnee location and climate; The Pawnee's neighbors (other tribes in the area); Pawnee's interaction with the 'white man'; changes in economy - did they change how they acquired food? did they suffer at times? why?; Pawnee economy through history - early times, strongest time, affects of interactions with white settlers, current situation (do they even have an economy now?).  These small topics will allow you to search for information.  During the search, you might find some good things to include...or find that one of your focus points isn't going to work...then you can edit your outline a bit.
7. Decide on good keywords and terms for your topic.  Native Americans, American Indians, Pawnee Tribe, Pawnee, sustenance, economy, hunting, gathering, farming, agriculture, etc...
8. Take keywords and make good search strings - these keywords are only going to be useful if you combine them in the correct way.  Computers are not smart, they do not know what you want...you have to tell them, in the computer's language, what you want.  You wouldn't want to just search for economy.  You would want to combine it with either Native Americans or Pawnee Tribe...so we only get results for economy relating to this group of people.
9. Take these good search strings and search the catalog in the library. Start by reading books on the topic: Books often are more comprehensive and have established knowledge. Articles often are more experimental...discussing possibilities.  AND...books give you awesome bibliography lists of articles where you might find more information on the topic.
10. Now search in the databases for articles - both articles you found in the bibliographies of the books and search with your search strings to find more articles about the topic.  Remember, articles often cover more specific topics.
11. Look for research that has been done, such as case studies, surveys, and other statistics.  These add depth to your paper and help you to back up your arguments.
12. Organize your notes.  Everyone will have a different method that works for them.  I'll tell you mine:  As I'm reading through the books and articles (many times, I'll do a quick read through and then go back and read with the intention of pulling out good pieces of information), I keep a Word document open, with a landscape grid on it.  I color code the information.  Each piece of info goes into a separate cell on the grid.  All the stuff that is statistics is in one color and all the stuff about Pawnee farmers is in another color and so on.  I also list what book and page that piece of info came from.  (often I'll just come up with a key or legend to follow...like on a map.  Everything from book #1 has something like this attached to it: RS-B.pg3-5  It tells me the title (Research Strategies), the author (Badke), and the page numbers the info was on (pg 3-5).)  That's helpful to me...but could be complicated to others.  Maybe just typing the whole thing out every time is better for you.  :)  After I've read everything and have my color coded notes, I can pull all the green stuff out and just work with it to write up a little blurb about that part of the topic and then the same with the next.  This also helps in determining what part of the topic you need to find more information on.
13. Now you can start putting that paper together.  I work in parts...each piece of the topic (like, all the green stuff first and then all the red stuff, etc..) and then I think about what points should be in the introduction and conclusion and then I connect the different parts with nice transitions.  And then it's all about the reference list and editing until it's perfect.  :D