Thursday, July 31, 2008

"My Different Names" Tag

If you're not sure what character to use in your latest story, novel, or chat session, why not use your life? No, not your entire life - just bits and pieces.

Copy and paste this tag onto your blog. Tag 4 of your friends who love name generators. All you need is a good memory!

1. Your Telenovela Name. Your first name is your favorite thing to order at a Mexican or "South of the Border" restaurant, and your last name is your favorite brand of beer.

Ex: Burrito Tsingtao (Not very Mexican, I know)

2. Your Chihuahua Name. Your first name is your favorite ice cream flavor, and your last name is the first pasta dish you ever loved to eat.

Ex: Vanilla Marinara (hey, that's one cute chihuahua!)

3. Your Famous Arm Wrestler Name. Your first name is your least favorite sauce or salad dressing, and your last name is your favorite vegetable.

Ex: Thousand Island Broccoli (fear me for I have very green hands!)

4. Your Drag Queen Name. Your first name is the name of your current pet that you love the most (just in case you have more than one), and your last name is your favorite cheese.

Ex: Oreo Brie (I can't imagine what I'd look like!)

5. Your B-movie Screen Name. Your first name is the name of your favorite pastry, and your last name is the name of your favorite fruit.

Ex: Cupcake Grapes (ew!)

6. Your Assassin Name. Your first name is the name of the element in the periodic table that corresponds to your current age (see here for reference: http://www.webelements.com/) , and your last name is your favorite number.

Ex: Copper Twenty-Three

7. Your Mermaid/Merman Name. Your first name is the name of your favorite fish to eat, and your last name is the name of your favorite beach.

Ex: Mackerel Boracay

8. Your Romance Writer Pseudonym. Your first name is your LEAST favorite color, and your last name is the first name of your favorite actor.

Ex: Orange Anthony

9. Your Sci-Fi Alien Ship Captain Name. Your first name is the name of the street on which you live right now, and your last name is the name of the last tablet/medication/pill that you took.

Ex: Wood Multivitamin

10. Your Sports Star Nickname. Your first name is your favorite sport, and your last name is the name of your favorite fast food restaurant.

Ex: Figure Skating Burger King (All hail!)

Monday, July 28, 2008

The "I Love My Teachers" Tag

Pay your memories a visit, and pay homage to your teachers. They deserve a bit of love.

Copy and paste this tag onto your blog. Tag your school friends - tag as many people as you want, and if you can, tag a former teacher who's blogging too! All you need to do is answer with the names of your teachers who are best described by the questions. You can explain your answers a little, but you need to keep it short.

Which of your former teachers/professors/teaching assistants is/was:

1. The most likely to get married to a billionaire?

2. The class clown in your class?

3. The most likely to forget your name within seconds of knowing you?

4. The most mysterious?

5. The most irrational at giving grades, whether absurdly high or abysmally low?

6. The person that you learned from the most, whether about the subject at hand, or about life in general?

7. The most likely to have a movie made about his or her teaching career?

8. The most likely to star in a gangsta rap music video?

9. The one you want to be stuck with on a desert island?

10. The one most likely to actually answer a tag like this?

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The "I Want to be a Blog Superstar!" Tag

Everyone wants to be part of blogosphere royalty. Can you make the cut?

Cut and paste this onto your blog. Blog five of your closest blog buddies. Now, start talking promotions!

1. What's your blog's name?

2. Time to rhyme. Think of a tagline that you can use on TV, something that rhymes with your blog's name. Ex: Jane's Thoughts would be I wake up all the Crawlers and Bots with Jane's Thoughts!

3. Have some celebrities. Who would you pick to endorse your site?

4. You have only one billboard to promote your site. Where on the planet would you place it?

5. You have only one product to promote your site. It can be as fancy as a fountain pen and as simple as writing pad. What will you use to promote your blog?

6. Now, pick a catchy .com address for your blog.

7. A movie will be made about your blog's success. This movie's title would be...

8. Who would direct the movie?

9. Who would star as you?

10. It's time to take a vacation from your blog and all your promotions. Where will you run off to?

Monday, July 21, 2008

The "I Get SO Mad When..." Tag

Rage can be your friend if you control it. Here's one step: talk about it before expressing it.

Copy and paste this tag onto your blog, answer it, and then tag 3 people whom you 1) know have blogs and 2) have gotten into fights with. Be as truthful as possible in answering this tag. The more articulate you are, the better. Feel free to use photos or videos to express yourself. As long as you aren't punching bathroom tiles or drop-kicking innocent dogs, you'll be fine.

1) what is the one habit that you can't stand in anybody you meet?

2) what is the one habit that you can't stand in YOURSELF?

3) what is the one thing that you can't do properly if you'r boiling with rage?

4) when was the last time you got really, really angry? why were you angry?

5) what is the biggest fight you got into? did you ever regret anything that you did or said?

6) how do you cope with anger?

7) it's one thing that annoys everybody else, but it doesn't seem to faze you. what is it?

8) have you ever been so angry, you couldn't even react? when did it happen and why were you angry?

9) has anyone ever been angry with YOU, and you didn't understand why? do elaborate, please.

10) my alternative to getting angry is....?

Thursday, July 17, 2008

The First Letter of Your Name Tag

Whether you're a Jimmy, an Antonia, or a Captain Nemo, this tag is for you! Just be sure you know how to spell your name, and you're all set.

Copy and paste this tag to your blog. Use the first letter of your name when answering (and make comments if you like). In other words, all your answers need to start with the first letter of your first name. Now choose 5 friends to tag. Have fun!

1. First, what is your first name? No nicknames, please

2. A sandwich filling, or just anything that you'd eat between two pieces of bread.

3. An actor you'd want to star with in a movie about your life.

4. An actress you'd want to star with in a movie about your life.

5. You have a band, and you're the lead singer. What's your band's name?

6. The theme song of your life.

7. A word that would NEVER describe you

8. An animal you'd like to have as a pet.

9. A vegetable that you wouldn't want to eat too often.

10. The name of your future child.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Another Song Tag: Getting Through Your Day

Hum your way to happiness. All you need is a little music in your head.

Copy the following tag onto your blog. Answer the questions. Now, tag your friends and tell them to hum along with you. All you need are the song titles, and maybe a short explanation of your answer, if you like. Songs really can get you through the day - do you know what your inner music sounds like?

1. This song would be the song I'd never like to hear on my way to work or school

2. I want this song to play in my head while I walk to school or work

3. I like listening to this song as I get settled into school or work

4. This is the song I start thinking about when I look at myself in the mirror every morning

5. My mom was probably thinking of this song when she was carrying me

6. This song plays in my head at noon, when work reaches its peak

7. I wish I could hear this song over and over throughout my day

8. Watching the rain outside makes me think of this song

9. I'd really hate to hear this song over and over if I'm put on hold

10. This song makes me smile even when I'm under stress at the office or in school

Thursday, July 10, 2008

The "I'll Write Away my Sadness Tag"

Feeling sad? It's time to write a poem - but you'll be getting some help!

Inside everyone is a poet, and it's time to set yours free. All you need to do is to copy and paste this tag onto your blog. When you're done answering it, copy and paste all your answers to each question and put them all together into a single paragraph at the end of your entry. This is your poem - your ode to sadness, as it were. Now, tag five of your friends and get your poems started!

1. What single word comes to mind when you hear the word "sadness"? Make this the title of your poem.

2. It's time to get your poem started! From here on, you can answer with one word, a phrase, or a sentence. Now, answer this: Where does sadness begin?

3. What happened on the saddest day of your life?

4. What did you do to try to keep yourself happy?

5. How did your day end?

6. If you could re-live that day, what would you change?

7. If you could re-live that day, what would you NOT change?

8. What do tears mean to you?

9. What does a smile mean to you?

10. What will you do to keep yourself from getting too sad?

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The Lover's Tag

Remember all those tags you once got, where you had to randomly put people's names into slots? Well, you're in for a weird tag session!

Copy and paste and following tag onto your blog. Tag five of your friends, and be sure to share your results with each other so you can get a good laugh!

1. Write down the name of any man in your life, whether a relative, friend, acquaintance, or celebrity

2. Write down the name of any animal

3. Write down the name of your closest friend

4. Write down the name of any woman in your life, whether a relative, friend, acquaintance, or celebrity

5. Write down the name of any woman in your life, whether a relative, friend, acquaintance, or celebrity

6. Write down the name of any man in your life, whether a relative, friend, acquaintance, or celebrity

7. Write down the name of any friend, as long as it's the opposite sex as yours

8. Write down the name of any friend, as long as it's the same sex as yours

9. Write down the name of your favorite teacher or professor

10. Write down your favorite hangout while you were in elementary school

And now, the answer key!

The person in #1 will wash your windows for you if you serve him some home-made soup

The person in #1 will eat a soup made up of #2

The person in #3 will help you make the soup made up of #2

The woman in #4 once got into a catfight with #5 because she thought #6 liked #5 more than her

You want to be more than friends with the person in slot #7, but you won't admit it

#8 is your best buddy for life, and may help #1 wash your windows, but will not eat the soup made up of #2, which was made by you and the person in #3

All your life's lessons come from #9

You have got to go back to #10 to relax yourself before you make the soup from #2 with #3 that you will serve to #1 and #8

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Create Your Own House Tag

Your house is just around the corner - of a few brain cells!

Tag 5 of your closest friends and copy and paste this tag to your blog. Answer away! (It's considered cheating if you have a copy of Architectural Digest or any other construction and design related literature next to you) Don't think about your budget - just dream as you answer.

1. Where would you like your dream house to be? Be as specific as possible - a hill overlooking Florence, at the corner of East and 23rd Streets, etc.

2. How many floors will it have, and what rooms will be on what floors?

3. Will you plant a garden? What will you grow in it?

4. What color will your bedroom (or bedrooms) be? And why that specific color (or why those specific colors)?

5. What will your kitchen look like? Will it be small and cozy for tiny meals, or big and expansive for cookouts?

6. Pool, pond, or both? In an inner courtyard or outside the house?

7. What's in the attic? Is there even one?

8. What's in the basement? Is there even one?

9. What special room would you like to have in your house?

10. Who would your first guest(s) be?

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

A Song Tag: Waking Up

Wake up to music and meet the sunrise! If your mornings were cast in song, what would they be like?

Copy and paste this tag onto your blog, and then tag 5 of your friends. All you need to do is name the song that fits the descriptions below, and add a brief explanation, if you like. Happy singing!

1. The song that you want to wake up to on a sunny morning

2. The song that you want to hear every morning, just to get you out of bed, ready to face the day

3. The song that you DON'T want to hear when you open your eyes

4. The song that you want to wake up to on Christmas morning

5. The song that you want to wake up to on your birthday morning

6. The song that would come to mind when you wake up and see your beloved sleeping beside you

7. The song that you want to wake up to on a lonely, cold, snow-filled winter morning

8. The song that would put you back to sleep again

9. The nursery rhyme that would make you laugh as you wake up

10. The song that you want to wake up to on your first morning at the beach, during a nice, quiet, fun vacation

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The Around-The-World Tag

Ready for a trip around the world? All you need is your imagination!

Copy and paste this tag onto your blog. Now, answer it this way: if you were give only ONE day to spend in these vacation spots, what would you do and where would you go? Would you even WANT to go the destination? When you're done, tag 3 of your friends whom you'd like to travel with. Ready? Get your virtual passport and start traveling!

1. Venice, Italy

2. Amsterdam, the Netherlands

3. Johannesburg, South Africa

4. Macchu Picchu, Peru

5. Sydney, Australia

6. Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, USA

7. The South Pole

8. Mumbai, India

9. Tokyo, Japan

10. The Moon