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1. LIVING ARRANGEMENT?

Living in the house I've lived in since I was 11, with my mother, my cat, my mother's two cats, and my late stepfather's ashes and all his stuff.

2. THE BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman. Also several self-helpish books on creativity and "fear blocks", and several art/craft instruction books.

3. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?

A black and white photo of a kitten in a hammock.

4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?

Trivial Pursuit, and I'll whip your ass at it.
Or, Quest of the Philosopher's stone, which is not as wellknown, but at which I will also whip your ass.

5. FAVORITE MAGAZINE?

The New Yorker or Real Simple.

6a. FAVORITE SMELLS?

Lavender, citrusy things, spice, indefinable smells reminiscent of certain places.

6b. LEAST FAVORITE SMELLS?

Aromatherapy of Rome's "Fleur de Rome" candle makes me violently ill, as does the smell of fish (raw, cooking, or cooked).

7a. FAVORITE SOUND?

My kitty squeaking hello, or Elizabeth Fraser's voice.

7b. LEAST FAVORITE SOUND?

The Emergency Broadcast System alert noise.

8. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

Abject terror.

9. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?

Whether or not I can go right back to sleep.

10. FAVORITE COLOR?

Blooooooo.

11. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?

The machine is set to pick up after two rings.

12. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?

Gwendolyn Rose
... a boy's name will most likely be affected by his father's family, but might contain the name James, which is my father's name.

13. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE?

Being happy. Just living.

14. FAVORITE FOODS?

Ran-Getsu's sukiyaki beef; chocolate; berries; clementines

15. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?

Duh.

16. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?

All things in moderation.

17. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?

Ummm... sometimes.

18. STORMS-- COOL OR SCARY?

Yep. Depends on the kind of storm.
(Thunderstorm - usually cool. Hurricane - totally scary.)

19. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?

A pimpmobile. Huge white boat with red trim and deep burgundy velvet interior.

20. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE?

Are they, like, rotting and stuff?
I don't usually want to meet famous ppl, I'm afraid I'd be disappointed. I never answer this the same way twice, I'm afraid.

21. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?

Midori Sour, Cosmo, Mudslide...

22. WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?

Taurus - with Gemini moon and rising. I am doomed.

23. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?

Why wouldn't I?

24. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD YOU BE?

Successful novelist and artist.

25. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR?

I can. It's red. Sort of strawberry-blonde at the moment, but will be screaming cherry again in less than a week. It has been various shades of red and/or purple in the past.

If damage and upkeep weren't a concern, I'd probably go deep, dark blue for a while, or maybe pastel pink.

26. EVER BEEN IN LOVE?

{_____}

27. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?

Half full. Of plutonium.

28. FAVORITE MOVIES?

The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski, The English Patient, Pretty in Pink, The Piano, Sense and Sensibility, Belle de Jour, Say Anything, Shakespeare in Love, anything beautiful or mysterious or transcendent or overwhelmingly witty.

29. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?

I type with them on the right AND left keys.
Um, I learned to type in chat when I first got a computer, so probably not. But I am a fast typist.

30. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?

The one I'm sleeping in, nothing much... it's a low platform futon and is only about 6" off the floor. I have a few books half-under the edge of the frame. In my own room, a few boxes of memorabilia.

31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?

Two (can be as sad as one, it's the loneliest number since the number one... hehe)

32. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH?

In person, just about anything, though I'm most likely to follow a basketball, baseball, or soccer game (and I played basketball and soccer a lot when I was younger, tho I was never very good).
On TV, ice dancing. Figure skating is OK but ice dancing is more theatrical and experimental, I think.

33, 34. (ommitted)

35. FAVORITE MUSIC GROUPS?

The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Pulp, The Smiths, Magnetic Fields, REM, Depeche Mode, The Pixies, a ton of others...

36. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SEX POSITION?

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[wow, I wish I had read this thing more closely before starting it!]
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I'm relatively asexual, really. I remember calendar dates of every single time I've gotten any action. So I don't really have a "favorite position". Sorry.

37. FAVORITE LINE FROM FAVORITE MOVIE?

"THIS is what happens when you FUCK a STRANGER in the ASS!" - The Big Lebowski (said by Walter as he beats in the windshield of a sports car he mistakenly thinks belongs to someone who has stolen from him and his friend.)

38. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GHOST?

Heard, not seen.

39. IF YOU WERE A CANDY BAR (OR ANY SIMILAR CONFECTION), WHAT WOULD YOU BE?

A Kit-Kat! crispy and sweet!

40. THE BEATLES OR THE STONES?

The Beatles, if those are the only choices.

41. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WERE 8 YEARS OLD?

I wanted to sing, swim, and be a professional smartperson.

42. HOW MANY TIMES TODAY DID YOU REGRET SOMETHING YOU DID AND WISH YOU COULD TAKE IT BACK?

Regret something I did today or regret something in the past? well... either way... none.

43. WHAT DID YOU BELIEVE AS A KID THAT YOU STILL BELIEVE IN?

Mystery, adventure, true love, being right.

44. SING IN THE CAR OR IN THE SHOWER?

Loudly.

45. WHO IS THE PERSON YOU HAVE HURT MOST?

Probably my mother, who has hurt me more, so... I don't feel too guilty there.

46. WHO REALLY CONTROLS THE WORLD?

The Feline Supervillain. He's in his blue plastic towel-padded lair right now.

47. WHAT ARE YOUR THREE WISHES?

To be well, to be happy in life and love, to be successful.

48. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU MET GOD FACE TO FACE ON THE BUS?

I'd stare it down, then buy it a cookie and tell it to behave.

49. ARE YOU THE PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO BE?

No. I'm making thumbnail sketches though.

50. WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER BE DOING RIGHT NOW?

Lying in bed reading.

now for a real entry

I never met a survey I could resist. Someone should really tie my hands behind my back when I see one of those things.

I am feeling like someone punched me in the gut, so I have settled in to read for the day with a heating pad on my lower back. Does this EVER get better? I'm drinking my "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" edition Pineapple-Ginger Green Tea, and banning TV except for Sailor Moon at 4 and Tenchi at 6. The house is quiet, and so am I.

A little bit ago I dropped a note to the friend I fell out with a couple months back. Not a reconciliation attempt (can't reconcile with a fair-weather friend except by saying "I give you permission to walk on me and make me feel crappy at will", which would be unhealthy for me - that sort of thing would have to come from her in the form of an apology, and I'm certainly not holding my breath), but a request that she mail me some things I lent her last year. It's not a "Give me back my toys, I don't like you anymore"; I had been meaning to ask her already when the unpleasantness occurred. Anyway, I had been wondering with a sort of clinical detachment how I would feel about writing this note... and it was no big deal. Polite and to the point. *sigh*

Last time I hung out with Autumn I was all worried whether she would like me or not, because of the bad experiences I'd had with several close online friends when hanging out IRL; now she's concerned with whether I'm going to like her (and her boy and such) when I'm staying with her. But I'm a very easy guest as long as I have a place to sleep and keep my stuff and food that I can eat (IE not a lot of pasta or bread; plenty of protein; no fish). So I don't think she needs to worry. It's so cute, though. (Ragdoll is worrying too, for other reasons, but we've been in enough contact for me to know that problems are unlikely.)

Me and the tea and the book are now toddling off to cozyland. We have no cookies, we have no chocolate. Wish us luck.

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The mom came home early, bearing food from Boston Market, which turned out to be strangely... cold, when it arrived. I didn't eat all of it, but so far I haven't had food poisoning yet. Knock wood. There was something I'd been planning to say here before she got home, but I was sidetracked and now I can't remember what it was.

After eating, I remembered to take my vitamins. This is a major victory, as I often forget... I have remembered for the past four nights, now, I think. I also drank a cup of cocoa spice tea (which has ginger in it) to help with digestion, and so far it all seems to be working. Not feeling as crampy as I was earlier, either.

Spent the rest of the evening knitting. I knitted a gauge swatch and then pulled it out; then I cast on a full needle of stitches and started a scarf, but I dropped a few stitches near the beginning of the fourth row, and decided to pull everything out and start over. That's where I quit. It's going well, actually (it would be better if I hadn't pulled out everything I did, but what I mean is that I am getting a feel for the mechanics of the process).

My ambition for tomorrow is to get a few inches into my scarf. When I'm up north, I'm going to be showing Autumn the basics, which will also be really good practice (at least as long as I learn to purl and therefore do stockinette stitch before I go... right now all I know is garter stitch).

Ho-hum. Not much to write home about, I guess. I have to remember that even little accomplishments are something, that I can still be proud of myself for success when it involves small things and not things that involve my name being in the paper and/or a program and/or the acknowledgements of a book.

A couple of LJ-notes: I'm really happy that the feministas community is finally taking off and people are posting to it and discussing things... intelligently, no less. I know I need to post a "get organized" project to that community, but I have to gather resources before I do that, and I just haven't had the time and inclination at the same time. & a friends-only post is coming soon, too.