#x49 speaks

[x49z]

Cris only divorced Johnny cuz she knew Johnny was a closet gay and had it set up for Kenshi to enter as soon as she left

#x49 speaks #mortal kombat #mk1 #johnny cage

[justatf2blog]

I should get back into posting tf2. I miss making the art.

#x49 speaks #been heavily invested in mw2 but i could squeeze tf2 into the mix

[lovemesomesurveys]

x1 Would you ever share a site password with a family member or partner? My mom and brother know some of mine for certain things and I know some of theirs.

x2 What if they asked you? Would you still decline? It would depend on why they wanted and what site. It’s not about having something to hide, but ya know I just don’t see why someone would need my password for certain things and look through my things. 

x3 Have you ever misjudged whether or not you could trust someone? Yes.

x4 Has anyone ever told you they couldn't trust you? I don’t believe so. I’ve been told by people that they feel comfortable talking and telling me things and that I’m easy to talk to.

x5 Who in your family has the prettiest eyes? I’m envious of my dad’s blue eyes that I did not inherit.

x6 Do you think that fishing and hunting are wrong? Why or why not? >> I don't think they are inherently wrong. I think hunting for sport is unjustifiable, but that's only one type of hunting, and not even the most common kind, I'd assume. <<<

x7 Would you ever want to go on a fishing or hunting trip? No. That’s not my thing at all.

x8 What is an odd food item you would like to try, or have tried? I’m picky and particular about my food, so I don’t know. It would depend what the odd food item was. There’s a chance I might not find it all that odd and be willing to try it. 

x9 When|If you drive, do you go the speedlimit? I don't drive.

x1o Are you an aggressive driver? Or more passive-aggressive? >> ---

x11 Describe a hairstyle you had as a little kid? My hair was in a single braid or two braids quite often. And I had bangs.

x13 Are you good at thinking abstractly, or "outside of the box"? Sometimes.

x14 What routine of yours would you most hate to break? My coffee routine.

x15 What is your favorite crayon color name? *shrug*

x16 When someone doesn't like you, do you think it's 'cause they're jealous? Ha, no. I never think it’s because of that. I can’t imagine why anyone would be jealous of me.

x17 Do you ever assume people are jealous of you? Why or why not? No. Because like I said, I can’t see why anyone would have a reason to be. 

x18 Has jealousy ever ruined one of your friendships|relationships? No.

x19 What is one restaurant you would NOT recommend? Hmm. I don’t know. I haven’t really had a bad experience at a restaurant.

x2o What would you consider an unacceptable first date? Hmm. Inviting you to a family dinner would be one. First dates should be more laid back I think and a time to be able to talk and get to know each other first. See if there’s a connection and if you want to keep seeing each other. It’s not the time to introduce you to the family and get to know them and vice versa on a first date. It would be awkward and probably intimidating. It wouldn’t give you and your date time to talk without interruptions and other people’s input. And if it doesn’t work out it would just make things awkward. 

x21 What was your last conversation about? Yesterday my mom and aunt went to visit my other aunt who lives out of town and had to have an outpatient procedure. They went to check on her at her house and visit for awhile, so she was just telling me about that.

x22 Do you believe that love exists|is true? Yes.

x23 What would you say to someone that did not believe in love? >> I don't even know how to respond to that. It really would be like saying "I don't believe in sadness", to me. Like... okay? I mean, I guess. <<< lol yeah.

x24 Does failure feel worse when you actually tried? It definitely adds to the hurt when it’s something you really put your all into and worked really hard for; something you really wanted. 

x25 Does success feel less sweet if you didn't work hard for it? There is a great sense of accomplishment and pride when it’s something you worked hard for and put your all into. Succeeding is a good feeling and it’s still going to feel good I think even if you didn’t work hard for it, but yeah I think it adds to it when you do.

x26 Would you rather listen or speak, in general? Listen, definitely. 

x27 Do you like to ask the questions, or be asked? Uhh. I guess ask the questions if I had to choose.

x28 Does smalltalk bother you? Why or why not? It’s just awkward and I get uncomfortable. I’m not good at it.

x29 Who is your favorite person to debate or discuss with? I don’t like debating. 

x3o Does the being in your reflection meet with your approval? No. I don’t like how I look or who I am right now.

x31 Are you more likely to praise or insult yourself? Why? I’m always putting myself down. My mind is full of negative thoughts about myself that like to play on a continuous loop. I’m very hard on myself. 

x32 Name a memorable character from the book you're reading|read? Autumn Trent. She’s a forensic psychologist and I find her character very interesting. 

x33 Are there any friends you won't be friends with much longer? I don’t have any friends anymore.

x34 Would you ever want to have a pen-pal? Not now, but I did have one before in the 3rd grade.

x35 Do you enjoy cloudy days? Why or why not? Yeah. I just love that kind of weather.

x36 What was the last delicious thing you ate? My ramen earlier.

x37 What does music mean to you? For so long it was a big part of my life, I listened to it everyday. I was always really into music and got excited about new music coming out. This past year, though, it started to lessen more and more. I haven’t been listening to music at all this month. It’s weird. I don’t know why.

x38 Would it bother you to be forgotten after death? It’s sad to think about. I don’t think my family would, though. But then when they’re gone I would be. *shrug*

x39 Do you tend to prefer healthy or unhealthy snacks? Unhealthy, definitely.

x4o Has anyone ever asked you for diet advice? No.

x41 What do you tend to think of those that are far overweight? I don’t tend to think anything. 

x42 How about those that are far underweight? I’m too underweight myself due to health reasons. You don’t know what someone is going through. 

x43 What was the last level of math you took? Statistics in college. It was required.

x44 To you, what is "being productive"? Working on something, getting something completed, taking care of business. 

x45 Do you feel lucky to live where you do? Why or why not? I am fortunate to have a roof over my head. I don’t particularly like the city, though.

x46 Would you ever want to trade lives with someone else? Maybe for a day. Ha, I don’t know who would want to trade with me, though.

x47 Would you rather help others, or just help yourself? I want to help others and help myself. I haven’t been doing much of either one these past few years. :/

x48 Do you like being busy all the time? No. I’m never busy now, but back when I was in school I very much enjoyed having time to just chill and do whatever. I needed to have that time because I got so easily stressed, overwhelmed, and burnt out. And when I had a bit of a social life, I wasn’t someone who had to hang out all the time. Like, I didn’t have to do something every weekend.

x49 Or would you prefer having nothing to do? Well, these past few years I haven’t had the energy or motivation to do much of anything and also due to health reasons I just haven’t felt up to doing a lot. I like doing the few activities I do everyday that don’t require much and being able to lounge around.

x5o You get one day with the world to yourself; how do you spend it? That actually sounds scary, no thanks. I wouldn’t want to be completely alone like that. It would feel too quiet and too weird and I think I’d be really anxious.

#personal #text #survey #surveys

[surveysonfleek]

955.

x1 Would you ever share a site password with a family member or partner?: the only time i have was for netflix but i used a different password than my ~usual~.

x2 What if they asked you? Would you still decline?: no one has ever really asked me for my pw apart form netflix lol.

x3 Have you ever misjudged whether or not you could trust someone?: oh yes.

x4 Has anyone ever told you they couldn’t trust you?: not straight up. it was sugar coated.

x5 Who in your family has the prettiest eyes?: me hahaaa.

x6 Do you think that fishing and hunting are wrong? Why or why not?: for recreation, i don’t believe in it. i did grow up fishing with my dad a lot, we’d either throw fish back if they were too small or keep them and eat it. if there’s an animal/fish that’s known to be endangered, i think it’s 100% wrong to go after it.

x7 Would you ever want to go on a fishing or hunting trip?: i’d do a fishing trip.

x8 What is an odd food item you would like to try, or have tried?: weirdest thing i’ve tried is turtle. never again.

x9 When|If you drive, do you go the speed limit?: yeah, usually. i’ll only ever speed 5-10km/h over and that’s only if there’s no cars around.

x1o Are you an aggressive driver? Or more passive-aggressive?: i’m assertive i’d say.

x11 Describe a hairstyle you had as a little kid?: i had reallyyyy long hair as a kid then chopped it into a bob when i was about 6. then i let it grow all over again lol.

x13 Are you good at thinking abstractly, or “outside of the box”?: i’m more logical than anything.

x14 What routine of yours would you most hate to break?: my night shift sleeping pattern. it’s going to be a tough change if i end up getting a normal 9-5 job. 

x15 What is your favorite crayon color name?: idk.

x16 When someone doesn’t like you,do you think it’s ‘cause they’re jealous?: not at all.

x17 Do you ever assume people are jealous of you? Why or why not?: haha never. maybe as a kid when i had a certain toy they didn’t etc. kids like to brag about their belongings. as an adult i have much more humility. 

x18 Has jealousy ever ruined one of your friendships|relationships?: not to my knowledge.

x19 What is one restaurant you would NOT recommend?: prego.

x2o What would you consider an unacceptable first date?: dinner at their place, especially if i hardly know them. it’d def have to be in public.

x21 What was your last conversation about?: our night.

x22 Do you believe that love exists|is true?: yes!

x23 What would you say to someone that did not believe in love?: i’d tell them i respect their opinion but i think otherwise.

x24 Does failure feel worse when you actually tried?: yes. but it can still be taken as a learning experience. it’s not the end of the world.

x25 Does success feel less sweet if you didn’t work hard for it?: yes.

x26 Would you rather listen or speak, in general?: if i’m knowledgeable about the topic, i’d rather speak.

x27 Do you like to ask the questions, or be asked?: both.

x28 Does small talk bother you? Why or why not?: it bothers me if the conversation doesn’t flow and you have to top small talk off with more small talk lol.

x29 Who is your favorite person to debate or discuss with? : my boyfriend lol.

x3o Does the being in your reflection meet with your approval?: not always.

x31 Are you more likely to praise or insult yourself? Why?: both. more insults though.

x32 Name a memorable character from the book you’re reading|read?: eh, i haven’t read anything in months.

x33 Are there any friends you won’t be friends with much longer?: not to my knowledge.

x34 Would you ever want to have a pen-pal?: no lol. too lazy.

x35 Do you enjoy cloudy days? Why or why not?: i love cloudy days if it doesn’t end up raining.

x36 What was the last delicious thing you ate?: a hot dog.

x37 What does music mean to you?: expression, emotion and good vibes.

x38 Would it bother you to be forgotten after death?: of course. but what can you do?

x39 Do you tend to prefer healthy or unhealthy snacks?: let’s be real. unhealthy lol.

x4o Has anyone ever asked you for diet advice?: haha no. 

x41 What do you tend to think of those that are far overweight?: it’s not something i go out of my way to think about. it’s their body.

x42 How about those that are far underweight?: same ^

x43 What was the last level of math you took? i changed from advanced to general lol. much less stress.

x44 To you, what is “being productive”?: constantly turning your ideas into real life if that makes sense.

x45 Do you feel lucky to live where you do? Why or why not?: yes. i’m so thankful my parents worked hard and gave me the life i have.

x46 Would you ever want to trade lives with someone else?: no.

x47 Would you rather help others, or just help yourself?: help myself first.

x48 Do you like being busy all the time?: sometimes.

x49 Or would you prefer having nothing to do?: my life is one or the other. there’s no in between.

x5o You get one day with the world to yourself; how do you spend it?: visit my favourite city in the world.

#survey #surveys #quiz #bored #questions

[lilsubspace]

Bout Lilsubspace

🦄Favorite thing to do in little space? Wiggle 🐛

🦄Do you have a caregiver? Paci 👶

🦄Favorite meal? Choc Milk 🍼

🦄Favorite flower? Sunflower 🌻

🦄Favorite Disney movie? Castle 🏰

🦄What's your favorite stuffies name? Sir Stuffz A Lot 🐻

🦄What color are your eyes? Pink 🎠

🦄What's your favorite part of your body? Ladybug 🐞 Bumble Bee 🐝

🦄Name something you can't live without. Tea ☕

🦄Something that makes you feel little. Fluffy Softy Pink Stuffiez 🎀🐰🧚‍♀️🧞‍♀️🧜‍♀️💃👯‍♀️💅💝👗👜👡👑🧝‍♀️🧙‍♀️

🦄Favorite flavor of sucker. Bubbleyum 🍡

🦄Favorite exhibit at the zoo. 🐯🦍

🦄What's your perfect date? Zoo, I Scream and a Movie 🐒🦊🐊🐙🍨🍦🍧🎭🎬📽

🦄If you could speak another language what would it be? Adult 🙈🙉🙊

🦄Favorite flavor of pancakes. 🍓🍌

🦄Do you have any pets? 🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐔(x49)🐄(x52)🐃🐃🐃🐃

🦄Do you use Pacis? Sumtymez 👶👶👶

🦄How many stuffies do you have? Too many to count 🐻🐻🐻🦄🐄🐷🦊

🦄Where would you move if you could live anywhere? In a Tree 🌳🏞

🦄Do you like to have your hair brushed? Yip 💆‍♀️

🦄Favorite Disney villain. Maleficent (not really a bad grrl tho so pioson ivy i guess) 🐐🍃

🦄Biggest fear. Growin up 🙈🙉🙊

🦄Favorite color. Sparklez 💖

🦄Who is your best friend? Kitty Kat and Sir Stuffz A Lot 🐈🐻

🦄Do you have a bedtime? Uh huh 🛏⏰

🦄Favorite memory. Dunno ⏳

🦄Do you like to color? Uh huh 🎨🖍✏

🦄What color is your hair? Pink 😻

🦄Do you do any petplay! Meow 😻😼🙀

🦄Favorite song. Carousel by Melanie Martinez 🎠

🦄Favorite juice flavor. Apple 🍎🍏

🦄Favorite breakfast food. Gigz 🍳

🦄How long have you known you're little? 19 years semi open about for 5 years meow 🖤👯‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧝‍♀️👸👶🍼

🦄How are you feeling? Exposed VERY XPOSED 🤯🤫🤢🤮

[survey1000]

72. A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world.

x1 Would you ever share a site password with a family member or partner?: I wouldn’t ever be the first to suggest it.

x2 What if they asked you? Would you still decline?: Yeah, I would just to prove that I have nothing to hide, but it would upset me that they don’t trust me enough.

x3 Have you ever misjudged whether or not you could trust someone?: Yeah, more than once sadly.

x4 Has anyone ever told you they couldn’t trust you?: I don’t think anyone has ever told me that specifically to my face, but I recall people not wanting to tell me something because of various reasons (giving me a hint that I wasn’t allowed to know those things).

x5 Who in your family has the prettiest eyes?: My sister I would say, ever since she was a baby she’s had these deep blue eyes.

x6 Do you think that fishing and hunting are wrong? Why or why not?: I don’t view them as wrong when you hunt or fish to feed yourself because you wouldn’t have anything else to eat otherwise, like Native people do for example, but if you’re just shooting animals without the intent of eating the meat, than yes I am against it.

x7 Would you ever want to go on a fishing or hunting trip?: Yeah, I’ve done both a few times.

x8 What is an odd food item you would like to try, or have tried?: I don’t think I’ve tried anything odd and I can’t think of any odd food item I would like to try.

x9 When|If you drive, do you go the speed limit?: Well since I’ve only ever drove with my drivers ed teacher or my Papa, yes all the time haha.

x1o Are you an aggressive driver? Or more passive-aggressive?: I’m probably in between right now, I curse and swear at the stupid drivers but I’ve never given someone the finger or honked the horn at them, maybe once I can drive by myself haha.

x11 Describe a hairstyle you had as a little kid?: When I was a toddler I had light brown wavy hair that kind of reminded me of what a mullet would look like lol.

x13 Are you good at thinking abstractly, or “outside of the box”?: Usually.

x14 What routine of yours would you most hate to break?: Probably my work routine, throughout the week I get up to go to work for 5:30am and during the weekend I get up for 6am, so I have to go to bed fairly early for most 20 year old’s. When I broken my ankle and couldn’t work for 9 weeks I messed up that sleep schedule so bad haha. 

x15 What is your favorite crayon color name?: The only one that I can remember off the top of my head is ‘shocking pink’ because according to mom that was my favorite as a kid.

x16 When someone doesn’t like you,do you think it’s ‘cause they’re jealous?: No haha, people usually don’t like me because I normally say how it is ad don’t take shit from no one lol.

x17 Do you ever assume people are jealous of you? Why or why not?: No not really, I knew that one girl was back when I was in grade 11 but that was because the guy that she liked took an interest in me, but he wasn’t much of a winner... anyways, I would need actual proof for me to think that someone was actually jealous.

x18 Has jealousy ever ruined one of your friendships|relationships?: It was close back in grade 7, my friend liked the same guy that I did and he paid more attention to me than her. But she got over him pretty quick, maybe after a month or so?

x19 What is one restaurant you would NOT recommend?: Boston Pizza.

x2o What would you consider an unacceptable first date?: It would be based on a few things, the guy’s behavior, hygiene, just to name a couple. Also if he tried to force any type of physical contact, that would be a definite no and either a slap or punch to the face.

x21 What was your last conversation about?: To be honest I really can’t remember haha.

x22 Do you believe that love exists|is true?: Yeah, it just hasn’t made itself known to me yet haha.

x23 What would you say to someone that did not believe in love?: Nothing. Everyone has the right to believe in what they want. I would however feel bad for them because that probably means that they’ve never experienced true love and/or have had bad experiences with love.

x24 Does failure feel worse when you actually tried?: Yeah, because when you give your all into something, your hopes are up and when it comes back in your face it hurts more than something that you never really cared enough to really try.

x25 Does success feel less sweet if you didn’t work hard for it?: Depends on the person I would think, but for me I would have to say yes.

x26 Would you rather listen or speak, in general?: Depends really.

x27 Do you like to ask the questions, or be asked?: I don’t have a preference, but I hate when people I’m not close with ask too personal questions.

x28 Does small talk bother you? Why or why not?: No, unless it gets awkward and we don’t know what to say.

x29 Who is your favorite person to debate or discuss with? : My mom or my best friends.

x3o Does the being in your reflection meet with your approval?: Rarely haha, its an uphill battle with myself and my confidence for quite a few years now, but I’m more confident than I was eight years ago.

x31 Are you more likely to praise or insult yourself? Why?: Both, depends on what I do. If I do something right then I’ll give myself a little praise, but if I do something wrong I tend to put myself down for quite some time after the incident.

x32 Name a memorable character from the book you’re reading|read?: From the last book I’ve picked up, Aria. I’ve got quite a few books on the go at the moment.

x33 Are there any friends you won’t be friends with much longer?: I hope not, only having 5 friends I’d rather not lose anymore haha.

x34 Would you ever want to have a pen-pal?: Not sure, I’m not much of a talker to new people.

x35 Do you enjoy cloudy days? Why or why not?: Meh. Not my favourite but still better than rainy days at least.

x36 What was the last delicious thing you ate?: I had a chocolate chip cookie earlier today.

x37 What does music mean to you?: Escape, comfort, relaxation. I never go a day without listening to music.

x38 Would it bother you to be forgotten after death?: I would be sad if my loved ones forgot about me, yeah.

x39 Do you tend to prefer healthy or unhealthy snacks?: I like both, depends on what I feel like eating in the moment.

x4o Has anyone ever asked you for diet advice?: I’m definitely not the person to be asked that haha. 

x41 What do you tend to think of those that are far overweight?: I understand them because I’m fairly overweight myself, I know the struggle of trying to lose the weight and keep it off. I know the disappointment when you see no changes and how it can make them give up. Its hard.

x42 How about those that are far underweight?: If they are making themselves lose weight after being diagnosed as underweight, I feel sad that they think that they need to be under 100lbs to be classified as ‘pretty’ or ‘super model material’ because not everyone is going to be the same size and everyone is not going to have the same body shape.

x43 What was the last level of math you took? Grade 11. To graduate my high school I only needed two math credits to graduate, so I only took my grade 10 and 11 math classes.

x44 To you, what is “being productive”?: Doing something useful and getting work done.

x45 Do you feel lucky to live where you do? Why or why not?: Yes, I love my town. It’s beautiful, quiet, has almost everything I need and it’s by the ocean.

x46 Would you ever want to trade lives with someone else?: At times I think that way.

x47 Would you rather help others, or just help yourself?: I think that sometimes you need to help yourself before you can help others, but at the same time you could help yourself by helping others. I think it all depends on the person.

x48 Do you like being busy all the time?: Hell no, my brain needs down time haha.

x49 Or would you prefer having nothing to do?: I would go insane if I never had anything to do. My mind could not handle that.

x5o You get one day with the world to yourself; how do you spend it?: Lately I’ve been wanting to go out and take pictures with my camera, so I would more than likely take a day to do that.

#survey

[nostalgiaispeace]

2217.

x1 Would you ever share a site password with a family member or partner? with my husband i might, depending on the site

x2 What if they asked you? Would you still decline? -

x3 Have you ever misjudged whether or not you could trust someone? Yes.

x4 Has anyone ever told you they couldn’t trust you? not that i can recall.

x5 Who in your family has the prettiest eyes? my mom

x6 Do you think that fishing and hunting are wrong? Why or why not? no

x7 Would you ever want to go on a fishing or hunting trip? no thanks

x8 What is an odd food item you would like to try, or have tried? nothing

x9 When|If you drive, do you go the speedlimit? a little over

x1o Are you an aggressive driver? Or more passive-aggressive? neither

x11 Describe a hairstyle you had as a little kid? a mullet lol

x13 Are you good at thinking abstractly, or “outside of the box”? not really

x14 What routine of yours would you most hate to break? all of them

x15 What is your favorite crayon color name? i don’t have one

x16 When someone doesn’t like you, do you think it’s ‘cause they’re jealous? uh no

x17 Do you ever assume people are jealous of you? Why or why not? lol no

x18 Has jealousy ever ruined one of your friendships|relationships? No.

x19 What is one restaurant you would NOT recommend? burger king

x2o What would you consider an unacceptable first date? going to burger king

x21 What was your last conversation about? Cas on supernatural

x22 Do you believe that love exists|is true? Yes.

x23 What would you say to someone that did not believe in love? that’s really sad

x24 Does failure feel worse when you actually tried? yes

x25 Does success feel less sweet if you didn’t work hard for it? idk

x26 Would you rather listen or speak, in general? listen

x27 Do you like to ask the questions, or be asked? be asked

x28 Does smalltalk bother you? Why or why not? sometimes

x29 Who is your favorite person to debate or discuss with? my sister

x3o Does the being in your reflection meet with your approval? lol no

x31 Are you more likely to praise or insult yourself? Why? insult

x32 Name a memorable character from the book you’re reading|read? -

x33 Are there any friends you won’t be friends with much longer? no

x34 Would you ever want to have a pen-pal? i have had a few

x35 Do you enjoy cloudy days? Why or why not? yes

x36 What was the last delicious thing you ate? hot dog

x37 What does music mean to you? not much anymore

x38 Would it bother you to be forgotten after death? no..i’ll be dead

x39 Do you tend to prefer healthy or unhealthy snacks? neither. i’m not really a snacker

x4o Has anyone ever asked you for diet advice? yes

x41 What do you tend to think of those that are far overweight? sad

x42 How about those that are far underweight? sad

x43 What was the last level of math you took? i don’t remember

x44 To you, what is “being productive”? doing what i need to do

x45 Do you feel lucky to live where you do? Why or why not? yes

x46 Would you ever want to trade lives with someone else? hmm sometimes

x47 Would you rather help others, or just help yourself? help others

x48 Do you like being busy all the time? No.

x49 Or would you prefer having nothing to do? i would prefer that

x5o You get one day with the world to yourself; how do you spend it? tumblr lol

#me #survey

[jucks72]

New Wine Books: Lewin’s Intelligent Guides, Caro Feely’s Half-Full Glass

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New Wine Books: Lewin’s Intelligent Guides, Caro Feely’s Half-Full Glass

Herewith brief reviews of a series of regional wine guides by Benjamin Lewin MW and the newest volume in Caro Feely’s series on her family’s wine and vineyard experiences in France.

Not Your Usual Wine Guide

Benjamin Lewin MW, Guides to Wines & Top Vineyards Series. Vendage Press, various dates.

Benjamin Lewin travels the world analyzing the changing character of wine and writing about it in his many books and columns.  A few years ago he decided to re-purpose some of this research into a series of “Intelligent Guides” to the world’s most famous wine regions.

Thus the research for his Wines of France became the raw material for a number of guides to individual wine regions. Satisfied with the results, Lewin moved on other regions. Here is the list of Lewin guides so far (a guide to Mosel and Rheingau is due out next year).

Bordeaux: Left Bank Bordeaux: Right Bank Southwest France Burgundy: Côte d’Or Chablis Southern Burgundy & Beaujolais Champagne The Loire Alsace The Rhône Languedoc Provence Barolo & Barbaresco Tuscany Port & the Douro Napa Valley & Sonoma

These aren’t your usual wine guides. They don’t give tourist-friendly hotel and restaurant recommendations, for example. Your smartphone can do that. But they do dig down in surprising depth given their slim size in the facts and controversies that are key to a region’s wine identity.

Each compact volume, available in inexpensive e-book or paperback formats, first analyzes the region in terms of the key characteristics, dynamic forces, and critical issues and then moves on to analytical profiles of producers and their wines.

The choice of e-book and print-on-demand paperback formats allows Lewin to keep the books up to date. In fact, he is just now releasing updated and expended editions of the guides that include both profiles of the producers he sees as most important and mini-profiles of many others.

Lewin writes that

The series is partly a response to the view that wine books are becoming an increasingly specialized niche (except perhaps for reference books), and that people are more interested in focusing more precisely rather than reading broadly. The guides are partly oriented towards people who simply want to know about a region (so the text follows a similar approach to my books) and partly for people who may be interested in visiting producers (so there are details in the profiles, using symbols à la Michelin, to help with planning, and maps to show producer locations).

I loaded a couple of the guides onto my tablet for a recent speaking trip to Spain and Portugal. I found the guide to Port and the Douro to be remarkably useful. Clear, interesting, focused, analytical — it helped me understand a region that I was already familiar with in more depth and detail, especially the controversial beneficio system of the 1930s that continues to shape the Douro wine industry today.

The Alsace guide made me sad — but in a good way. We haven’t been to Alsace in many years and reading it made me realize how much we missed on earlier visits and how urgently we need to go back! And it helped me understand the variability I have experienced with wines from different Alsace producers, too. Fascinating!

Lewin’s guides, like his other works, are clear, detailed, and analutical. Lewin constantly asks questions and drives to answer them. He doesn’t hesitate to share his opinions, but always backs up his arguments. The result, for me at least, is a deeper understanding of the region and its changing place in the wine world.

Now back home, I have had time to read several other volumes in the series and I found each to be utterly fascinating. If you want to understand one of the wine regions in the series or contemplate a serious wine tourist expendition, Lewin’s guides are the place to start your research.

France Meets the Archers

Caro Feely, Glass Half Full: The Ups and Downs of Vineyard Life in France.  Summersdale, 2017.

Glass Half Full is the third volume is a series of books where Caro Feely chronicles her family’s struggle to make a life and make a living by making organic wine on a small vineyard estate in France. Caro and her husband dreamed that vineyard dream that so many of us have, but unlike others they took bold action and moved to France with their two small daughters.

Feely’s books should be required reading for anyone thinking about taking such a big step. Really, Silicon Valley Bank and other specialist wine industry lenders should have cases of this book and the previous volumes in their offices to hand out to people who come in looking for start-up winery loans!

What emerges from Feely’s clear prose is a realistic view of the wine business from the perspective of a small French vineyard. It is a positive story: the wines are great and the effort is worth it. But the physical and emotional toll can sometimes be very high. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong at some point (I think Mr. Murphy has a law about this) and stress levels run high.

I enjoy Feely’s books, including especially this new one, on many levels. I fell like I’ve gotten to know the Feely family a bit over the years and the personal stories and accounts of learning to live in France are part of the attraction. But, wait. There’s more.

Caro Feely weaves into these accounts a good deal of practical information about life in France, viticulture, winemaking and the wine business, too. In this regard Feely’s books remind me a little bit of the long-running British radio show The Archers, with its continuing story of rural life. Listeners these days think of it as a radio drama pure and simple, but it was actually created back in the 1950s with farm education to raise productivity and feed the nation in mind. Listeners came for the drama, but left with useful information about new farming practices and technology.

Caro Feely’s books are fun, informative, and moving, too. Highly recommended.

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x1 Would you ever share a site password with a family member or partner?: Nope

x2 What if they asked you? Would you still decline?: They wouldn’t ask.

x3 Have you ever misjudged whether or not you could trust someone?: Yes

x4 Has anyone ever told you they couldn’t trust you?: No

x5 Who in your family has the prettiest eyes?: I don’t know.

x6 Do you think that fishing and hunting are wrong? Why or why not?: I honestly think hunting is wrong 100%.  I’m against it

x7 Would you ever want to go on a fishing or hunting trip?: No

x8 What is an odd food item you would like to try, or have tried?: I have no idea

x9 When|If you drive, do you go the speedlimit?: I don’t drive

x1o Are you an aggressive driver? Or more passive-aggressive?: N/A

x11 Describe a hairstyle you had as a little kid?: Long and curly

x13 Are you good at thinking abstractly, or “outside of the box”?: Yes

x14 What routine of yours would you most hate to break?: My work routine

x15 What is your favorite crayon color name?: I don’t know.

x16 When someone doesn’t like you,do you think it’s ‘cause they’re jealous?: Most of the time it is

x17 Do you ever assume people are jealous of you? Why or why not?: I don’t assume...they just do or say things that show they are

x18 Has jealousy ever ruined one of your friendships|relationships?: No

x19 What is one restaurant you would NOT recommend?: I don’t know

x2o What would you consider an unacceptable first date?: I don’t know

x21 What was your last conversation about?: Me asking Ricky if he’s going to a show with me on Monday

x22 Do you believe that love exists|is true?: Yeah.

x23 What would you say to someone that did not believe in love?: Nothing

x24 Does failure feel worse when you actually tried?: Sure

x25 Does success feel less sweet if you didn’t work hard for it?: It’s the same

x26 Would you rather listen or speak, in general?: Listen.

x27 Do you like to ask the questions, or be asked?: Neither lol

x28 Does small talk bother you? Why or why not?: Sometimes

x29 Who is your favorite person to debate or discuss with? : I don’t like debates

x3o Does the being in your reflection meet with your approval?: I guess

x31 Are you more likely to praise or insult yourself? Why?: In between I guess

x32 Name a memorable character from the book you’re reading|read?: No one in the book I’m reading at the moment x33 Are there any friends you won’t be friends with much longer?: No

x34 Would you ever want to have a pen-pal?: I do

x35 Do you enjoy cloudy days? Why or why not?: No.  I love the sun

x36 What was the last delicious thing you ate?: No idea. I just love food lol

x37 What does music mean to you?: Everything

x38 Would it bother you to be forgotten after death?: WTF....I don’t think about that

x39 Do you tend to prefer healthy or unhealthy snacks?: I try healthy

x4o Has anyone ever asked you for diet advice?: No

x41 What do you tend to think of those that are far overweight?: Whatever

x42 How about those that are far underweight?: I know I am underweight.  It’s just the way I am.  Believe me, I eat...just can never gain weight it seems LOL

x43 What was the last level of math you took?: Some business calculus class in college

x44 To you, what is “being productive”?: Doing things

x45 Do you feel lucky to live where you do? Why or why not?: I do...it’s a great place

x46 Would you ever want to trade lives with someone else?: No

x47 Would you rather help others, or just help yourself?: help others

x48 Do you like being busy all the time?: Yes

x49 Or would you prefer having nothing to do?: Honestly, I hate when I have nothing to do

#surveys

[obscurelysevere]

Airport Survey

x1 Would you ever share a site password with a family member or partner?: Maybe a family member, if I needed them to do something that I couldn’t.

x2 What if they asked you? Would you still decline?: ^

x3 Have you ever misjudged whether or not you could trust someone?: It’s rare, but I have once or twice.

x4 Has anyone ever told you they couldn’t trust you?: No, but it’s been implied.

x5 Who in your family has the prettiest eyes?: Me, duh. -bats eyelashes-

x6 Do you think that fishing and hunting are wrong? Why or why not?: Not if all of the animal is used. But doing it for just sport is fucked up.

x7 Would you ever want to go on a fishing or hunting trip?: Deep sea fishing would be pretty cool.

x8 What is an odd food item you would like to try, or have tried?: The weirdest thing I’ve ever eaten was squid. And that ain’t even that odd.

x9 When|If you drive, do you go the speedlimit?: I try to.

x1o Are you an aggressive driver? Or more passive-aggressive?: I’m not aggressive but I will speed by someone who’s going too slow, or I’ll honk my horn if someone does something stupid.

x11 Describe a hairstyle you had as a little kid?: Long, with bangs.

x13 Are you good at thinking abstractly, or “outside of the box”?: Yes.

x14 What routine of yours would you most hate to break?: My nighttime routine with either of my parents. We wind down by watching a favorite show.

x15 What is your favorite crayon color name?: I don’t like crayons.

x16 When someone doesn’t like you,do you think it’s ‘cause they’re jealous?: I doubt it.

x17 Do you ever assume people are jealous of you? Why or why not?: I don’t. Because there is nothing to be jealous of.

x18 Has jealousy ever ruined one of your friendships|relationships?: No.

x19 What is one restaurant you would NOT recommend?: Anything fast food.

x2o What would you consider an unacceptable first date?: If the person is ignorant or too arrogant in any way.

x21 What was your last conversation about?: Flying back home.

x22 Do you believe that love exists|is true?: Yeah!

x23 What would you say to someone that did not believe in love?: You just haven’t experienced it yet.

x24 Does failure feel worse when you actually tried?: No, because at least I put forth some effort.

x25 Does success feel less sweet if you didn’t work hard for it?: Oh yeah.

x26 Would you rather listen or speak, in general?: Listen.

x27 Do you like to ask the questions, or be asked?: The latter.

x28 Does small talk bother you? Why or why not?: Yes, it’s just not interesting.

x29 Who is your favorite person to debate or discuss with? : My grandma used to be.

x3o Does the being in your reflection meet with your approval?: Not often.

x31 Are you more likely to praise or insult yourself? Why?: Insult. It’s easier.

x32 Name a memorable character from the book you’re reading|read?: Depends on which book. I’m in the middle of a lot. x33 Are there any friends you won’t be friends with much longer?: Haaaaah.. Probably.

x34 Would you ever want to have a pen-pal?: I think that would be fun.

x35 Do you enjoy cloudy days? Why or why not?: Love them. It usually means rain!

x36 What was the last delicious thing you ate?: My dad’s steak & fries.

x37 What does music mean to you?: It explains things that aren’t easy to say.

x38 Would it bother you to be forgotten after death?: If I was aware of such a thing, a little bit, yeah.

x39 Do you tend to prefer healthy or unhealthy snacks?: Healthy.

x4o Has anyone ever asked you for diet advice?: NOPE.

x41 What do you tend to think of those that are far overweight?: I’m pretty judgmental. it’s my gut-reaction to be. It’s how society taught me.

x42 How about those that are far underweight?: Here, things get more lenient. It seems there are more excuses/reasons for being underweight. :/

x43 What was the last level of math you took?: College algebra.

x44 To you, what is “being productive”?: Knocking off everything on my ‘to do’ list.

x45 Do you feel lucky to live where you do? Why or why not?: I do. But at the same time, there are other places that I wish to be; that feel more like home.

x46 Would you ever want to trade lives with someone else?: Maybe for a day.

x47 Would you rather help others, or just help yourself?: Others. Makes me feel better than just helping myself.

x48 Do you like being busy all the time?: Most of the time, I like to have something to do.

x49 Or would you prefer having nothing to do?: ^

x5o You get one day with the world to yourself; how do you spend it?: Raid beauty and book stores. Lol.

#survey #questionnaire #personal

[x49z]

Bruh why is he posing like this brooo he looks so feral

#x49 speaks #my hero academia #mha #baku no hero academia #bnha #iida #iida tenya #ochako uraraka

[justatf2blog]

This was funnier in my head

As a 5'11 giant myself, I love making jokes about tall people because I can relate to them.

#i hit my head on so many things #i trip over everything too #i wear women's size 11 shoes #tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 sniper #x49 speaks #my art

[lovemesomesurveys]

x1 Would you ever share a site password with a family member or partner?: I have before. x2 What if they asked you? Would you still decline?: It really just depends on what they were asking for. x3 Have you ever misjudged whether or not you could trust someone?: Yes.

x4 Has anyone ever told you they couldn’t trust you?: No. I’ve been told that I’m easy to talk to and people feel comfortable telling me things. x5 Who in your family has the prettiest eyes?: *shrug*

x6 Do you think that fishing and hunting are wrong? Why or why not?: I’m not a fan of hunting. x7 Would you ever want to go on a fishing or hunting trip?: No. x8 What is an odd food item you would like to try, or have tried?: I’m such a picky eater, so I can’t think of anything “odd” that I want to try. x9 When|If you drive, do you go the speed limit?: I don’t drive. x1o Are you an aggressive driver? Or more passive-aggressive?: x11 Describe a hairstyle you had as a little kid?: My hair was long with bangs. It was typically up in a pony tail or braided. x13 Are you good at thinking abstractly, or “outside of the box”?: Generally so. x14 What routine of yours would you most hate to break?: Hm. I don’t know. x15 What is your favorite crayon color name?: I can’t think of one at the moment. x16 When someone doesn’t like you,do you think it’s ‘cause they’re jealous?: Ha no. There’s nothing to be jealous of me for. x17 Do you ever assume people are jealous of you? Why or why not?: No. Like I said, there’s nothing to be jealous of. x18 Has jealousy ever ruined one of your friendships|relationships?: No. x19 What is one restaurant you would NOT recommend?: I can’t think of one. I haven’t had a bad experience anywhere or ate somewhere that I especially didn’t like, so. x2o What would you consider an unacceptable first date?: Meeting the family or something. x21 What was your last conversation about?: Just random stuff. x22 Do you believe that love exists|is true?: Yes. x23 What would you say to someone that did not believe in love?: I don’t know what I could/would say to that. x24 Does failure feel worse when you actually tried?: Well, yes. x25 Does success feel less sweet if you didn’t work hard for it?: Not necessarily. x26 Would you rather listen or speak, in general?: Listen. x27 Do you like to ask the questions, or be asked?: Be asked, I suppose. x28 Does smalltalk bother you? Why or why not?: I’m horrible at it, so. x29 Who is your favorite person to debate or discuss with? : I don’t enjoy debating. x3o Does the being in your reflection meet with your approval?: No. I avoid it as much as I can. x31 Are you more likely to praise or insult yourself? Why?: Insult myself, definitely. x32 Name a memorable character from the book you’re reading|read?: Hm. I don’t know. x33 Are there any friends you won’t be friends with much longer?: It doesn’t feel like I have any friends anymore. x34 Would you ever want to have a pen-pal?: Nah. x35 Do you enjoy cloudy days? Why or why not?: Yes. x36 What was the last delicious thing you ate?: Mini glazed donuts. x37 What does music mean to you?: Stuff. <<< Same. lol. x38 Would it bother you to be forgotten after death?: That’s sad to think about. x39 Do you tend to prefer healthy or unhealthy snacks?: Unhealthy. I’m the worst. x4o Has anyone ever asked you for diet advice?: No. x41 What do you tend to think of those that are far overweight?: I don’t know? x42 How about those that are far underweight?: x43 What was the last level of math you took? Stats. x44 To you, what is “being productive”?: Doing something. Accomplishing something. Getting things done. You get the idea. x45 Do you feel lucky to live where you do? Why or why not?: I don’t like the city I live in. x46 Would you ever want to trade lives with someone else?: No one would want to trade with me. x47 Would you rather help others, or just help yourself?: Others. x48 Do you like being busy all the time?: No. x49 Or would you prefer having nothing to do?: I’m not someone who always has to be doing something. I spend a lot of my time resting and doing leisurely things, nothing too overwhelming. I like to get out and do things if I can, too, but not all the time. x5o You get one day with the world to yourself; how do you spend it?: That actually sounds scary and incredibly lonely. I wouldn’t want that.

#personal #text #survey #surveys

[surveysonfleek]

293.

x1 Would you ever share a site password with a family member or partner?: well yeah, my whole family shares our netflix.

x2 What if they asked you? Would you still decline?:  depends what it’s for. usually i wouldn’t care.

x3 Have you ever misjudged whether or not you could trust someone?:  yep.

x4 Has anyone ever told you they couldn’t trust you?:  i don’t think so.

x5 Who in your family has the prettiest eyes?: my uncle.

x6 Do you think that fishing and hunting are wrong? Why or why not?: honestly couldn’t tell you because i don’t know the facts. i grew up fishing but there’s a lot of laws here that regulates it. you need a license and the fish needs to be a certain length/weight for you to keep it. 

x7 Would you ever want to go on a fishing or hunting trip?: fishing yeah sure. hunting does not interest me at all.

x8 What is an odd food item you would like to try, or have tried?:  caviar.

x9 When|If you drive, do you go the speed limit?:  usually. sometimes faster haha.

x1o Are you an aggressive driver? Or more passive-aggressive?: not that aggressive unless i need to be.

x11 Describe a hairstyle you had as a little kid?: i’ve alway shad long hair as a kid. then in kindy i had a bob, then let it grow out again.

x13 Are you good at thinking abstractly, or “outside of the box”?: hmmm depends on the question.

x14 What routine of yours would you most hate to break?:  just my sleeping pattern if i were to ever get a day job.

x15 What is your favorite crayon color name?:  i forgot :(

x16 When someone doesn’t like you,do you think it’s ‘cause they’re jealous?: no.

x17 Do you ever assume people are jealous of you? Why or why not?:  i doubt it, there’s not much in my life they’d be missing out on.

x18 Has jealousy ever ruined one of your friendships|relationships?: not that i know of.

x19 What is one restaurant you would NOT recommend?:  hurricane’s in my area. it sucks.

x2o What would you consider an unacceptable first date?: their house as the location of the first date tbh.

x21 What was your last conversation about?:  last night.

x22 Do you believe that love exists|is true?:  yes.

x23 What would you say to someone that did not believe in love?:  you can think that but you’ll know exactly what it is if you experience it.

x24 Does failure feel worse when you actually tried?: of course.

x25 Does success feel less sweet if you didn’t work hard for it?:  yes.

x26 Would you rather listen or speak, in general?:  listen first speak after.

x27 Do you like to ask the questions, or be asked?:  depends on the situation.

x28 Does small talk bother you? Why or why not?: not at all. unless there’s bad blood between you and you’re both bullshitting each other with small talk to be civil lol.

x29 Who is your favorite person to debate or discuss with? : my boyfriend.

x3o Does the being in your reflection meet with your approval?:  sometimes.

x31 Are you more likely to praise or insult yourself? Why?:  a bit of both.

x32 Name a memorable character from the book you’re reading|read?: haha shit, already forgot the main character’s name. oh wait, it’s amber.

x33 Are there any friends you won’t be friends with much longer?: possibly.

x34 Would you ever want to have a pen-pal?:  nah.

x35 Do you enjoy cloudy days? Why or why not?:  it’s okay.

x36 What was the last delicious thing you ate?:  a truffle burger!

x37 What does music mean to you?: everything. depends on the music.

x38 Would it bother you to be forgotten after death?:  sorta. but that’s life.

x39 Do you tend to prefer healthy or unhealthy snacks?: i can do both.

x4o Has anyone ever asked you for diet advice?:  yeah.

x41 What do you tend to think of those that are far overweight?:  idk, it’s their life, who am i to say anything about it.

x42 How about those that are far underweight?:  ^

x43 What was the last level of math you took?:  general lol.

x44 To you, what is “being productive”?:  tbh having a to do list everyday and completing it.

x45 Do you feel lucky to live where you do? Why or why not?:  yeah, we;ve been here for years and it’s still a quiet and clean neighbourhood.

x46 Would you ever want to trade lives with someone else?:  nah.

x47 Would you rather help others, or just help yourself?:  tbh help myself first because i’m at a shitty stage in my life. otherwise help others.

x48 Do you like being busy all the time?:  yeah i do actually.

x49 Or would you prefer having nothing to do?:  all i need is a couple hours of me time a day.

x5o You get one day with the world to yourself; how do you spend it?: go ‘shopping’ haha.

#survey #surveys #quiz #bored #questions

[x49z]

One of these days imma wife up Johnny Cage

#mortal kombat #x49 speaks

[x49z]

I'm too lazy to post art so you are subjected to look at this

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