Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Divorce- American Style



Saw this interesting clip in October's segment of 'Watching the World'. So crazy!

Divorce: Bad for the Environment

The surging divorce rate worldwide is huring the environment, since it results in increased consumption of limited resources. Divorce leads to more households, decreased household size, and higher consumption per head, says a study printed in the 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Divorced households in the US could have saved more than 38 million rooms, 73 billion killowatt-hours of electricity, and 627 billion gallons of water in the 2005 alone if their resource-use efficiency had been comparable to married households." In the year 2000, there were 6.1 million 'resource inefficient' households of this kind in the United States.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

My Many Layers

I saw this on another blog...looked worthy.

LAYER ONE:
– Name: Ashley
– Birth date: 1975
– Birthplace: Memphra Tn
– Current Location: The Boonies
– Eye Color: Brun
– Hair Color: Platinum blonde currently
– Height: 5 ft 6, I think
– Righty or Lefty: Righty tighty
– Zodiac Sign: Cancer, I think...not interested in that pagan stuff :)

LAYER TWO:
– Your heritage: Anglo Saxon
– The shoes you wore today: Ryka trainers
– Your weakness: pretty things that I simply MUST have
– Your fears: none, really
– Your perfect pizza: mmmm, black olives and pepperoni
– Goal you’d like to achieve: saver not a spender, pioneer, and more patience

LAYER THREE:
– Your most overused phrase on AIM: lol...I really don't do it that often when I'm typing. And it really looks silly.
– Your first waking thoughts: Usually my boys.
– Your best physical feature: I don't know...my nose maybe?
– Your most missed memory: I miss the desert

LAYER FOUR:
– Pepsi or Coke: Coke zero please
– McDonald’s or Burger King: Burger King!
– Single or group dates: I like both.
– Adidas or Nike: neither...I really like vans and rykas
– Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
– Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla
– Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino

LAYER FIVE:
– Smoke: No
– Cuss: Sometimes
– Sing: All the time
– Take a shower everyday: No
– Do you think you’ve been in love: for many years now
– Want to go to college: nah
– Liked high school: not especially
– Want to get married: not again! hee hee
– Believe in yourself: sure...i am certain i exist.
– Get motion sickness: yes i do
– Think you’re attractive: somewhat
– Think you’re a health freak: not at all
– Get along with your parent(s): yes
– Like thunderstorms: yes, when i am not driving
– Play an instrument: no, i wish i did though.

LAYER SIX: In the past month…
– Drank alcohol: yes
– Smoked: nope
– Done a drug:alcohol counts, I'm sure. And I've taken benedryl
– Made Out: yes
– Gone on a date: yes, actually. wow.
– Gone to the mall?: nope
– Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: are you kidding? who can do that??
– Eaten sushi: yes
– Been on stage: yep
– Been dumped: no
– Gone skating: no
– Made homemade cookies: yes i did
– Gone skinny dipping: nope
– Dyed your hair:yes
– Stolen Anything: not unless you count 'time'. yikes

LAYER SEVEN: Ever…
– Played a game that required removal of clothing: yes, my shoes
– Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: i don't believe so.
– Been caught “doing something”: what??? i'm not sure what that means.
– Been called a tease: not that i know of
– Gotten beaten up: no
– Shoplifted: i took some face powder once but i didnt know it until later
– Changed who you were to fit in: yeah, i did

LAYER EIGHT:
– Age you hope to be married: i was the right age, i think-for me
– Numbers and Names of Children: 3
– Describe your Dream Wedding: i had it. but i really loved misty and michael's wedding
– How do you want to die: i don't want to die
– Where you want to go to college: n/a
– What do you want to be when you grow up: i don't want to grow up either
– What country would you most like to visit: Italy

LAYER NINE:
– Number of drugs taken illegally: none
– Number of people I could trust with my life: one
– Number of CDs that I own: about fifty now
– Number of piercings: just two
– Number of tattoos: one
– Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: once or twice when i was in elementary school -oh and in some obituaries i think
– Number of scars on my body: four that i know of
– Number of things in my past that I regret: lots of things but there's a reason it's called the 'past'.