Archive for June 6th, 2010

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Disney comes up with their own version of Rapunzel called Tangled.

After a retooling, the film will be based again on the literary origins of the famous fairy tale, in the veins of Classics like "Snow White" and "Cinderella": described as a traditional, character-driven fairy tale it will speak to a modern audience, with a different new style of its own.

Mandy Moore plays the lead – I have to reserve judgment on that one!

1. It’s 2AM and you are not home. You are more than likely:
At my parents’ house.

2. What’s the last thing you spent more than $100 on?
A pair of Nike running shoes.

3. What do your bank checks look like?
We don’t have a checking account. So I dont know.

4. Where did the shirt you are currently wearing come from?
My Mom

5. Name something that will be on your Christmas wish list:
A new car.

6. What color is your toothbrush?
Pink.

7. Name something you collect and tell us about it.
I collect notebooks. I just love hoarding them. I dont necessarily write on them. I also hoard pictures. I love taking them.

8. Last restaurant you ate at. Who were you with? How was it?
Conti’s – with friends. It was filling!

9. Who was the last person you bought a birthday card for?
Oh gosh I dont even send out cards anymore.

10. What is your worst bad habit?
Procastination.

11. Name a magazine you subscribe to?
Nothing

12. Your favorite pizza toppings?
Cheese + Peppers + Cheese

13. Whose number were you looking up the last time you used a phone book?
My husband’s – I forgot his other number.

14. Other than family, who is the person that you love most?
That’s a difficult question. I’m a very loving person *sarcastic tone here*

15. What is the last thing you cooked?
Pancakes.

16. Name something you wouldn’t want to buy used?
Underwear. Que horror right?!

17. Which shoe do you put on first?
Left

18. What is the last thing you remember losing?
A bet

19. What is the ugliest piece of furniture in your house?
Our dining chairs

20. Last thing you bought and ended up returning?
Nothing so far

21. What perfume/cologne do you wear? If none, why?
Bath and Body Works

22. Your favorite board game?
Scrabble

23. What was the last board game you played?
Scrabble

24. Where did your vehicle come from?
From my father-in-law

25. If a movie was made about your life what would the theme song be?
I seriously cannot answer that right now.

26. You’re sad, who can cheer you up easily?
Paypal notices of money coming in.

27. What was the color of the bridesmaid dresses of the last wedding you went to?
Pink and green

28. What house cleaning chore do you hate to do the most?
Laundry

29. What is your favorite way to eat chicken?
Fingers!

30. It is your birthday. You hope the cake is?
Chocolate + Caramel.

How extremely important is it for you to register a newly-bought car? Or even renew your car’s registration when it expires? Well, it is extremely important as you are liable to get imprisoned or fined when you use your car on the road with expired or no registration papers.

During the early years, when the use of cars were restricted to affluent and wealthy families, car registrations were not required or even thought of. Around the twentieth century, governments all over the world brought in measures to control and regulate traffic with the increasing number of cars on the road. This was how car registrations came to be, to serve as a protection for car owners and as a way for the government to regulate and screen unsafe cars from travelling in public roads. In the UK, the Motor Car Act 1903 required motor vehicles to be registered, with car registration plates to be displayed prominently.

Car Registrations mean that for paying a set fee you are now free to drive your car on public roads. It is provided only if you have insurance for the vehicle and is based on several factors including the year, make and model of the car. You also need to renew this on a yearly basis so that a government official can inspect of your car is safe to travel on the road.

If you ask me, whoever invented the car number plates is a genius. How else can you identify millions of cars with the same type and build but with them? Number Plates are what you can consider names of specific cars as names are with people. Notice how customer service in hotels identify cars with plate number to bring attention to their owners? That is how important number plates are. They also track down and serve as registration for a newly-owned car, which functions like a birth certificate to a person.

And there have been too many an instance where cars are really treated like babies. We care for them bring them for maintenance and even “dress them up”. Car number plates have long been popular among car owners as a way to enhance or dress up the look of their prized car. Of course, there are always country laws and regulations to consider before a it can be fitted out with such an accessory. In the UK, cars have to have registration plates both at the front and back of the vehicle, with a white plate on the front and a yellow plate at the back. Strict rules are also enforced regarding the font size and type that is to be used, which is determined by the following criteria: clarity, visibility and uniformity. The height, width and thickness of the numbers and letters have to be of a specific type, which is determined by number plate registration companies.