Curse you, netizens, for your infernal, distracting, navel-gazing memes! I got this one from Helen. (No curses for you, sweetie!)
- Never in my life: have I left the US.
- When I was five: I cut my own hair because I wanted Farrah Fawcett wings just like my cousin.
- High School was: a blur.
- I will never forget: the time I dislocated my shoulder. And the time I dislocated my knee. And then the other knee.
- I once met: Eric Utne.
- There’s this girl I know who: loves to dress up as a fairy and do a little dance.
- Once, at a bar: I dressed up as a fine Victorian lady, and my date wore horns.
- By noon, I’m usually: deep in a manuscript and nibbling on a piece of fruit crudite chocolate.
- Last night: I woke up to thunder and rain.
- If I only had: finished my honors thesis.
- Next time I go to church: I hope to feel uplifted.
- What worries me most: is my children suffering something painful.
- When I turn my head left, I see: a 6-inch brass cricket, a tiny plastic fox, stacks of papers and books, and pictures of my kids.
- When I turn my head right, I see: my dear husband.
- You know I’m lying when: I don’t lie.
- What I miss most about the eighties: is hearing Duran Duran without it being a marketing ploy targeting my generation.
- If I were a character in Shakespeare, I’d be: Beatrice.
- A better name for me would be: She-Who-Blogs-Too-Much (Alternatively, She-Who’s-Behind-on-the-Laundry.)
- I have a hard time understanding: why people kill other people. And wear high heels. Not necessarily together.
- If I ever go back to school, I’ll: get a master’s degree, probably in art history.
- You know I like you if: I give you my home address.
- If I ever won an award, the first person I’d thank would be: my husband, for always supporting me.
- Take my advice, never: substitute for butter.
- My ideal breakfast is: bagels, cream cheese, and lotsa lox, with good coffee. And quiet.
- A song I love, but do not have is: “Kiss” by Prince.
- If you visit my hometown, I suggest: heading south to the beach.
- Why won’t people: get over themselves and think about others for once.
- If you spend the night at my house: you will receive numerous crayon drawings and leave covered in cat hair.
- I’d stop my wedding for: Mr. Darcy.
- The world could do without: television.
- I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: eat uni.
- My favorite blonde is: Napoleona.
- Paper clips are more useful than: twist ties.
- If I do anything well, it’s: finding yer spelling mistakes.
- And by the way: if I were a cat, I’d be this one:
more cat pictures
stealing this
Ooh, I used to subscribe to Utne…what’s he like?
That was so fun to read. I know I’ve misspelled words in your comments before and was unable to fix them after pushing send. Knowing you’re an editor…that’s so embarrassing!
We must be about the same age because I remember wanting Farrah Fawcett wings around the age of five also.
I love the cat picture. I am resisting the meme, probably unsuccessfully.
Alida: Eric Utne is nice, laid back…we didn’t speak for very long. He is on the board of the college where my husband works.
Dawn: Please do not think I edit blog comments, even in my head! I pretty much let that side of me go when reading blogs. That’s one nice thing about Blogger: the comment preview option.
HMH: That’s pretty much exactly what I’d look like if I were transformed into a cat at this moment: nearsighted and squinting (because my glasses would fall right off those kitty ears!), surrounded by books, and a wee bit zaftig
That was great! Do you mind if I steal it for my blog? Happy packing…with wine…or stronger.
I am relieved that I survived 3.5 years in Japan without having to eat uni (although I did once have an unpleasant “surprise” with natto!) Heh heh, I always have these sober intentions of sitting down to write with a plate of chopped apple or carrot, then think, ooh maybe I’ll just have a bit of this doughnut first…! One day I’ll get healthy. Definitely.
I hope your packing’s going well.
I don’t know what uni is and I don’t want to know. I’m remaining intentionally ignorant after reading Helen’s comment.
Your list is such fun to read!
And I want to let you know that I found a mistake of yours on another blog today; you used an word inappropriate to your intention.
And I’m intentionally leaving you ignorant at the moment because I feel ornery today. ;o)
This is very fun, it is always so tempting to play along with these memes.
I am an organic farmer with secret chocolate stashes all about (organic, fair trade, of course!!), it is the only way I can survive.
Oh, and…WE would have to have a little fight over Mr. Darcy, he is SOO mine.
And me, I think I would eat just about anything rather than lick the belly of a cockroach.
I was more into the Dorothy Hamil look than the Farah Fawcett when I was five and totally in love with Shaun Cassidy (the Doo Run Run, the doo run run).
Helen: I will try anything once. I was with someone at a sushi bar and he ordered uni. I should have suspected, since he also dosed everything with literally tablespoons of wasabi!
Eve: As I mentioned to Dawn, I try to turn off my editor brain when blogging…but you did catch me in a careless moment with my own words!
Lisa Anne: Well, we’d be in a three-way fight with Charlotte Otter then! I am so dating myself, but I did have a Shaun Cassidy poster over my bed at one point (though I secretly preferred Parker Stevenson
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message for Eve: please read the third paragraph of your comment
unlike my daughter, I unintentionally edit (in my old, tired brain) every thing I read and have tried unsuccessfully to bypass that hard wiring >: arrrrgh!
it is most annoying to find errors in newspapers and books
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