Name the Character... If You Have a Good Memory

Alright - today I'm wondering if anyone else feels this way... really really bad at remembering things.

My friend is in charge of http://namethechar.blogspot.com (check it out all you movie buffs) and each day he posts a movie quote for people to guess the character who said it. I love this idea and he even tracks everyone's answers (with their nicknames of course) and posts it for all to see who is in the lead.

The downside of this is if you are like me and can't remember lines from anything except Harry Potter :)

I love movies, and I love watching them, but for some reason single lines don't tend to stick in my head. I try to remember them, and some really famous ones I obviously won't forget, but it's the little ones that get me. I am more of a visual memory person than a verbal one. I could remember a face, but not their name.

This problem also hinders me in triva games like Jeopardy! as I love playing it when it's the Kids Show. I feel smart then, only to realize I'm basing my smarts against a 12 year old. But they are all genius kids, so I don't feel too too bad. When I play the grown up version, well I know somethings if I get the right category, but mostly I just feel dumb. I don't have time to remember millions of facts about Ancient Greece or every line of Poe. Nor would I want to. If I don't know about something I usually will look it up and do a bit of research on it so I'll better be able to contribute in everyday conversations.

So knowing loads of tidbits isn't really my forte, and props to those of you who are very good at this. I wish I could, but in the overall scheme of things, I like where I'm at, the knowledge I have, and the capacity to continue learning my whole life. Sure I may not know who conquered some country in 1567, but I do know that I have the ability to learn and discuss it if it came up. That's what really matters.

Ok - short post, but I just needed to say that as I feel bad only having a few points on the Name the Character game!

Something Interesting About Ohioans

Ok, so I've been thinking about Ohio and my OSU Buckeye Football boys (I love them), and decided to scour the web for "You Know You're From Ohio If..." things. So if you're from Ohio, enjoy, laugh, cry, whatever you feel when reading these. And if you're not from Ohio, try living here and see if you can do it for more than a week!

From Comedian Jeff Foxworthy on Ohio:

You may be from Ohio (pronounced ah-hi-uh) IF -

1. You think all Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange!
2. You know all the 4 seasons: winter, still winter, almost winter and construction.
3. You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.
4. You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for candy ones.
5. "Toward the lake" means "north" and "toward the river" means south."
6. You know if other Ohioans are from southern or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouths.
7. You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine, Tuscarawas, Wapakoneta and you know which letter is doubled in Cincinnati.
8. "Vacation" means spending a day at Cedar Point in the summer and deer hunting in the fall.
9. You measure distance in minutes.
10. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
11. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
12. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
13. You know what should be knee-high by the Fourth of July.
14. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?"
15. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
16. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
17. You carry jumper cables in your car.
18. You know what 'pop' is.
19. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
20. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
21. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown.
22. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
23. If you actually get these jokes!

Alright, so not all of them are true to me, but I'd say about 93% of those above I can relate with. Oh Ohio. How we love thee.

On another note, I'm super PUMPED for Ohio State Football to start! It's just the best when you get all geared up, head to someones house with a HUGE TV, grill out and watch the game (while either getting super excited or super angry) with a bunch of friends. I cannot wait. I am hoping to save enough money to actually go to a game this year -- tickets are REDIC expensive. I have family who get seasonal alumni tickets, and will offer tickets they can't use to family, but I never am alerted of when this happens until AFTER the other family members have claimed them! UGH. Oh well. I'm getting tickets one way or another!

"It's Round on the ends and hi in the middle
Tell me if you know
Don't you think that's a cute little riddle
Round on the ends and hi in the middle
You can find it on a map if you look high and low
The O's are round, it's hi in the middle
O-H-I-O that's our riddle
Round on the ends and hi in the middle
Ohio!"