Mosaic

1. favorite food - Sushi
2. hometown - San Jose, CA
3. favorite color - Orange
4. celebrity crush - Johnny Depp (it's ok, Richard knows that Johnny is totally my celeb free pass)
5. favorite drink - Red wine
6. dream vacation - Barcelona
7. favorite dessert - Brownies
8. what I want to be when I grow up - Traveler (not the gypsy kind, just a person who travels)
9. name - Sara
10. what I love most in the world - Family
11. one word that describes me - Crafty
12. username - Handy C

Want to do this yourself?
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. (An addition from Annika: please, please go to Advanced Search and choose Creative Commons images only. Otherwise you are stealing.)
b. Pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into this mosaic maker.

Photo credits:
1. sushi roll, 2. "Historic El Camino Real" display, below I-280, San Jose, July 10, 2005, 3. Orange Explosion, 4. Depp at the oscars, 5. red wine... mmm. (day 164), 6. gaudí pedrera barcelona, 7. brownies (higher), 8. 1977 Scout Traveler with Terry Camper in the Mountains, 9. E il Futuro sarà tanto Grande, 10. The Löbmann Family, 11. Crafty beaver, 12. Handy Package Dyes c. 1890

Taking Stock

taken from Dad Gone Mad:

1. There’s something you’ve always dreamed of doing, but you haven’t done it because you think you lack the time, money, or support to do so. What is that something? And what are the REAL roadblocks keeping you from it?

Hmm. I have a lot of dreams, so it's hard to narrow down which one to write. I guess the most salient one is my dream to own a house. The real roadblocks to that one are: the current economy/tightening of loan standards, lack of a down payment, and the expense of the LA housing market (even with the downturn). We're hoping to make some progress on this front in the next year or so, but for right now, it's on hold.

2. Name something you would eat more of if health, cost, allergy, and caloric intake were of no concern.

Steak. Rare steak. Ooh, and blue cheese. And red wine.

3. What is the one singer/band, book/author, painting/painter or author artist/work of art that “speaks to you” most? Why?

"Persuasion," by Jane Austen. I think it speaks to me because it touches on not only the importance of knowing your own mind, but also the value of listening to others, and not making rash decisions. It explores themes of responsibility and maturity, which I appreciate more as I get older.

4. If your country’s government handed you a check for $10 billion and empowered you use that money to support a single program, cause, or organization, where would you send it?

Comprehensive sex education for middle school children. Giving young women (and men) the opportunity to make educated choices about their sexual and reproductive lives allows them to get higher education, get better jobs, be happier and more productive, which strengthens the economy and provides growth and stability for the country.

5. What really, genuinely pisses you off?

Closed-minded people who believe that their way is the only way. The only way to God, the only way to happiness, the only way to fulfillment, the only way to prosperity.

6. Describe your current level of happiness and contentment in your life. Are you living the life you imagined for yourself when you were younger?

On a scale of 1-10, I'm probably about an 8 1/2. I finally have a good job that I enjoy where I feel valued and challenged. I have a loving family and am financially secure enough to enjoy some of life's pleasures. I don't have a house yet, but it will come eventually. No, I'm not living the exact life I thought I would (in junior high, I thought I would go into politics!), but it's a life that I think my younger self would appreciate.

Feel free to answer all or just few of these questions in the comments. Or, if you prefer, contemplate your answers privately.

Mash Game: Predict Your Future at eSPIN-the-Bottle

		I will marry Johnny Depp.
		After a wild honeymoon, We will settle down in Rome in our fabulous Apartment.
		We will have 2 kid(s) together.
		Our family will zoom around in a silver Suburu Outback.
		I will spend my days as a lactation consultant, and live happily ever after.

Movie meme

stolen from k8

AFI's top 100 movies. Bold the ones you have seen. Strike out the ones you couldn't finish. * the ones you have seen more than once. (Found via kmkat)

1. Citizen Kane (1941)

2. Godfather, The

3. Casablanca (1942)

4. Raging Bull (1980)

5. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

6. Gone with the Wind (1939)* one of my favorites

7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

8. Schindler’s List (1993)

9. Vertigo (1958)* "I look up, I look down, I look up, I look arrgghh!" Seen at cinespia.

10. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)*

11. City Lights (1931)

12. Searchers, The (1956)

13. Star Wars (1977)*

14. Psycho (1960)

15. Sunset Blvd. (1950)* Seen at cinespia.

16. 2001 : A Space Odyssey (1968)

17. Graduate, The (1967)* Plastics.

18. General, The (1927)

19. On the Waterfront (1954)

20. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)*

21. Chinatown (1974)

22. Some Like It Hot (1959)* Seen at cinespia.

23. Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)

24. E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)*

25. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)*

26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

27. High Noon (1952)

28. All About Eve (1950)

29. Double Indemnity (1944) Seen at cinespia.

30. Apocalypse Now (1979)

31. Maltese Falcon, The (1941) Seen at cinespia.

32. Godfather Part II, The (1974)

33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)*

35. Annie Hall (1977)

36. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)

37. Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)

38. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)

39. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

40. Sound of Music (1965)*

41. King Kong (1933)

42. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

43. Midnight Cowboy (1969)*

44. Philadelphia Story, The (1940) Seen at cinespia (I think...)

45. Shane (1953)

46. It Happened One Night (1934) Seen at cinespia.

47. Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)

48. Rear Window (1954)

49. Intolerance (1916)

50. Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)*

51. West Side Story (1961)*

52. Taxi Driver (1976)

53. Deer Hunter, The (1978)

54. M*A*S*H (1970)*

55. North by Northwest (1959) Seen at cinespia.

56. Jaws (1975)

57. Rocky (1976)*

58. Gold Rush, The (1925)

59. Nashville (1975)

60. Duck Soup (1933)

61. Sullivan’s Travels (1941) Seen at cinespia.

62. American Graffiti (1973)*

63. Cabaret (1972)*

64. Network (1976)

65. African Queen, The (1951)

66. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)*

67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

68. Unforgiven (1992)

69. Tootsie (1982)*

70. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)

71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

72. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)*

73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

74. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)*

75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

76. Forrest Gump (1994)*

77. All the President’s Men (1976)*

78. Modern Times (1936)

79. Wild Bunch, The (1969)

80. Apartment, The (1960)* Another of my all-time favorites.

81. Spartacus (1960)

82. Sunrise (1927)

83. Titanic (1997)*

84. Easy Rider (1969)

85. Night at the Opera, A (1935)

86. Platoon (1986)

87. 12 Angry Men (1957)

88. Bringing Up Baby (1938) Seen at cinespia.

89. Sixth Sense, The (1999)*

90. Swing Time (1936)

91. Sophie’s Choice (1982)

92. Goodfellas (1990)*

93. French Connection, The (1971)

94. Pulp Fiction (1994)*

95. Last Picture Show, The (1971)

96. Do the Right Thing (1989)

97. Blade Runner (1982)*

98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

99. Toy Story (1995)*

100. Ben-Hur (1959)

Ok, 55% isn't too bad. It leaves room for improvement. If it hadn't have been for cinespia, it would have been much lower!