celebrate good times

so this post is about a month delayed so now i'm even older. :) i turned 26 on october 17 and whitney helped plan some fun times with friends to celebrate! we also went to see taylor headline a show in chattanooga and it was great! it was fun to see all the little girls (and boys) singing along to all of her songs.

the week before whitney couldn't keep her secret gift for me a secret anymore and surprised me with a flipcam! i had been looking at them a little before and i told her NOT to get me one but she's the best and did anyway. so i put the flipcam to use on my birthday weekend and put my film editing skills to the test! so here's my video of my birthday dinner, lunch and taylor road trip. i included my favorite part of taylor's show...the trash can bit with her fiddle player caitlin (who's wearing the coolest sneakers ever!). :)


26th Birthday from Lindsey Jackson on Vimeo.

i've been tagged...again

apparently i'm an easy target for blog survey tags. shai got me this time. so here we go...

1. What time did you get up this morning?
7:50...it was a hat day

2. Diamonds or pearls?
diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
umm....the house bunny! i even blogged about it.

4. What is your favorite TV show?
that's a very tough question for me. i'll have to go with grey's. i said today it was like being home again when it came back on. i got a pitiful look. oh well!

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
whatever i can find at work. lately it's been peanut butter crackers that don't last nearly long enough.

6. What is your middle name?
ruth

7. What food do you dislike?
chinese. yuck.

8. What is your favorite CD at moment?
good question. i'm loving what i've heard of taylor's new album. 11.11.08 (hint hint)

9. What kind of car do you drive?
honda accord. the first car i bought on my own (well, with a little help from dad)

10. Favorite Sandwich?
it's been chicken salad lately

11. What characteristic do you despise?
when they refuse to put themselves in other people's shoes

12. Favorite item of clothing?
my seven jeans and pretty much any hoodie

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
back to australia i think

14. Favorite brand of clothing?
forever 21 i think. they've done me well the past couple of trips there

15. Where would you retire to?
i don't think i'll ever be able to retire :)

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
i certainly remember 25.

17. Favorite sport to watch?
football!

18. When is your birthday?
october 17th

19. Are you a morning person or night?
why is middle-of-the-day person never an option?

20. What is your shoe size?
7ish

21. Pets?
my little man

22. Any new and exciting news you would like to share with us???
i turn 26 in 10 days. ah!

23. What did you want to be when you were little?
a teacher i think. or a graphic animator (is that what you call it?)

24. How are you today?
worn out for no reason

25. What is your favorite candy?
mmm...i think skittles - anything sour. and reeces pieces

26. What is your favorite flower?
those bright colored gerber daisies (is that what they are?)

27. What is a day on your calendar you are looking forward to?
my birthday i reckon. and 11.11.08 (hint hint) ;)

28. What is your full name?
lindsey ruth jackson

29. What are you listening to right now?
obama...blahbity blah blah...but we just saw todd!

30. What was the last thing you ate?
rice for dinner...i think it was broccoli cheese or something

31. Do you wish on stars?
not seriously

32. If you were a crayon what color would you be?
orange!

33. How is the weather right now?
wonderful. we've have the windows open for 2 weeks i think.

34. The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
hmm. i have no clue. i do most of my interacting online or in person.

35. Favorite soft drink?
coca-cola classic please. don't bother messing with that diet mess!

36. Favorite Restaurant?
i have no clue. i've been trying to decide that today. i can always eat at o'charleys!

37. Real Hair Color?
buh-rown.

38. What was your favorite toy as a child?
according to a video of 1985 christmas, i really liked cabbage patch dolls and the muppets

39. Summer or winter?
summer please

40. Hugs or kisses?
that's a tough one. hugs.

41. Chocolate or vanilla?
i think vanilla.

42. Coffee or tea?
tea...sweet only please.

43. When was the last time you cried?
last monday at bible study. i had a moment. :)

44. What is under your bed?
boxes of random stuff, sweaters, shorts and pj's

45. What did you do last night?
went to crossroads with taylor swift and def leppard!

46. What are you afraid of?
i haven't always been but heights give me the willies sometimes

47. Salty or sweet?
i'd say salty. who am i to judge though? :)

48. How many keys on your key ring?
my house, my screen door, my parent's house, my office, my car...5?

49. How many years at your current job?
half today!

50. Favorite day of the week?
i like tuesdays. and saturdays too of course.

51. How many places have you lived in?
not many...murfreesboro (2 houses, dorm, another house, an apt and a townhome) and nashville

52. Do you make friends easy?
i think so.

i got tagged.

whit posted me on this "blog forward" so i'm following the rules. :)

Here are the rules..
1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Write 6 random things about yourself.
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post.
4. If you’re tagged, DO IT and pass on the tag.

1. i can cross my pinky toe over my other toe (ring toe?) without touching it.

2. i have a brown streak in my right eye...and my mom does too!

3. i won the "best actress" award my senior year in high school for a comedy monologue i did. it was the same year julia roberts won her best actress oscar.

4. i have been a huge gigantic fan of julia roberts for years! i saw runaway bride in theaters 4 times and i think i own every magazine she's ever been on the cover of. :)

5. my room is BRIGHT orange, and my room before that was horizontal stripes. i love stripes.

6. if i had any ounce of singing talent whatsoever, i would want to be on broadway.

k. i'm supposed to post links to 6 people but i think most of my blogging friends have been tagged. so i'll just say grab it and post it if you want!!

last night, whit, jo and i had a silly movie night and went to see the house bunny. i know...it sounds (and looks) pretty goofy and maybe like a waste of money. or at least that's definitely what whitney thought! :) anyway, we decided to go anyway because we all needed some "no-brainer fun." 

let me tell you, it was DEFINITELY worth the money! this movie went far beyond my expectations as a comedy (not that they were that high in the first place). i can't remember the last time i've laughed so hard in a movie theater! yes, this movie comes with your typical "happy madison productions" stunts that i could have done without but it was really really funny!

so i wanted to include a clip of my favorite part of the movie. normally when they show a funny part in the trailer, it's way less funny in the actual movie. that was not the case this time! about 45 seconds into this trailer comes the part where shelly (the house bunny) does her little "trick" to remember names. i had seen this part a ton of times in trailers but i laughed so hard i cried during this scene in the movie! (and whitney does a wicked impression of it, i might add! i can't do it to save my life. i sound like a frog trying to whisper when i do it. ha!)

anna faris did an great job too. i hope she doesn't get typecast as this type of character her whole career but she sure knows how to play it! and while this movie may not be the most family-friendly of all, it's definitely a perfect addition to a fun girl's night out! hi-freaking-larious!

wordle wordle

inspired by anne, i decided to paste what i've written in my blog so far into wordle.net and see what came up.

i love these things. graphically, they really appeal to me for some reason but i also like making sentences out of the random placement of the words! you know, like those little magnets with words on them that you put together to make sentences?

see..like "now good video makes well house night machine since stuff" haha. or "share much lady heart" i know. i'm a nerd! :)

i also think this says a couple of things about how i write too. i say "little" more than anything. hmm. didn't realize that. and i say "whitney" more than "whit" and apparently i talk about paisley more than rocket. :) anyway, just thought i'd do something for fun!

a quick recommendation

so i just finished reading the shack. i don't think i've processed exactly what i think about it yet. the best way to explain it is that it's a lot to take in. it completely challenges everything about how you picture God and his role in our lives. i've heard that it's been a little controversial but i haven't really read much into that. obviously, it's not meant to be taken as solid fact but it's thought-provoking nonetheless. i almost want to go back and read it and take it more slowly...maybe find a study or commentary on it!

anyway...i highly recommend it and if anything, hope you finish it knowing somebody is "especially fond of you."

sarah's virtual birthday card

so after my very touching virtual birthday card to whitney, (she reminded me tonight that she has yet to get an actual card!), my friend sarah reminded me that her birthday was coming up soon and considering she's one of like 6 people who read my blog, i decided to give her a virtual card as well!

sarah sarah sarah...where do i begin? :) sarah and i moved next door to each other in 4th grade and soon became best of friends while we swam in the creek, started a new school, built countless "projects," and founded even more "businesses" and "clubs!" soon enough, there were 4 of us that became a little group...me, sarah, jenni and rachel. i've known jenni and rachel since we were itty bitty babies in church and sarah fit right in! i call them my "grown up friends" because i've always known we'd be friends forever even if we didn't get to see each other very much (we actually all live in the same state now - first time since we graduated high school). we've always made plans to see each other when everyone was home for holidays and our shopping trips to the mall (when our parents dropped us off) have now turned into christmas dinners in each of our own homes.

here we all are at sarah's wedding...she was the first of us to get married! (rachel's on the left...jenni's on the right)

and here's a very very typical picture of sarah and me. we always have a habit of reverting back to 4th grade when we get together!

sarah has always been a wonderful friend and i know we will be friends forever. even if for some reason i don't see her...i have a nice little scar on my wrist i got at her house so i really will remember her forever!!! she's come a long way from her pink sweatpants and yellow sweatshirt days of 6th grade and is now a wonderful advisor at mtsu and grows a mighty fine little garden in her backyard! that's something i'm very impressed by because i can barely keep a fake plant alive! so...to sarah...happy happy birthday! don't forget you'll always be the oldest too!!!!! :)