( It's not news that I hate cubist art )

Also: keep your eyes peeled (tomorrow morning? Or evening?) for a picture of what I'll be wearing tomorrow. I don't think it's that daring, but my mother keeps giving me funny looks every time I mention it. Keep in mind that it's COLD in that casino.

[Obligatory meme statement: Comment and I'll give you a letter. You'll then have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. After that, post this meme in your journal to give out letters of your own.]

Things I'm thankful for that begin with the letter E:

(Now I'm curious why I reminded mrs617  of an E. Very, very curious.)

1. Everybody on my friends list. :)

2. E. Nesbit, Edward Eager, and Edgar Allen Poe; all fantastic authors who have the letter E in their name.
 
3. Egg, bacon and cheese sandwiches. There really are no words to describe how wonderful these are.

4. Etiquette, proper. I like when people behave nicely.

5. Enter and Exit, two things I do a lot, mostly in and out of doors.

6. Email makes me happy.

7. Elevators, jumping up and down in. Or riding express elevators all the way to the 65th floor.

8. Earnest, the Importance of Being. A most excellent play.

9. Eyebrows and the ability to raise them.

10. Evening. I am a creature of the night. Which is probably why I volunteered to work three-to-midnight tomorrow.

1) your handle/name/username
2) left or right handed?
3) favourite letters to write
4) least favourite characters to write
5) write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
6) tag 5 people

I don't seem to have the gumption for anything else quite yet? Pretty soon now, pretty soon.

I can't remember the exact meme now, but windandtherainasked me to explain the following, which she picked from the interests I have listed on my profile:

bohemians: Uh. Well. I like gypsies, the orginal bohemians. I sometimes dress in bohemian hippie-chic styles. As far as other definitions, "a person whose paramount interest is literary or artistic in nature" fits pretty well. I can be unconventional, although probably not in the ways bohos are usually thought of as being.

conspiracy theories: I believe in them! Okay, not really. But they're always fun to speculate over (I've told you my theory on why coffee is addictive, right? Not that I myself am addicted. Nuh uh. But if I was, it wouldn't be my fault.) Also: the movie is great.

libraries: Fairly obvious, I should think; I live and breathe libraries. I work in one and come home to surround myself with my home library. When I grow up I'm going to have a separate library room with a floor-standing globe and a library ladder. I still would like to have a sleepover at the library.

sebrings: This one is a good reminder that it's time to go weed out old interests, heehee. My dream car used to be a Chrysler Sebring. Why? Beats me. Now I have one much better looking. *pats the Sir Galahad*

crypic sisters: Aaaand this one is far too classified to discuss in public, unfortunately. Here's a hint: there's only one other person on LJ who lists this as an interest.

I believe this is how the rest goes: comment if you'd like me to pick some of your interests for you to explain to the world. :) 

I am so going to find something to eat for supper now.

unpoedic asked these questions of violetvale , and I thought that they were such interesting and unusual ones that I wanted to answer them myself. So I did.

What vacation did you take last?
A road trip to see windandtherain and ransomedsea ! What good memories that trip holds. :)

If you could spend three days exploring a location in the continental U.S., where would you go?
New York City. Although three days would hardly be enough ...

What films have you recently enjoyed? what books?
I haven't watched enough movies recently to say - lol, now that I think of it, Braveheart was the last one, and it was what, at least three weeks ago? I did enjoy it, though! As for books, right now I'm reading two that are very good and thought-provocing, if disturbing: My Mother's Wedding Dress and Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: the frightening new normalicy of hating your body.

What do you want to be remembered for when you die?
I would like to be remembered as someone who was there to provide whatever was needed. And as someone who lived joyfully and found beauty everywhere.

Do you have a favorite type of tree? If yes, which?
Weeping willow. :) Or aspens ... beautiful aspens.

What was the last dish you baked?
Rosemary focaccia.

What is your favorite pasta dish? quick-fix meal?
Favorite pasta, hands down, is baby shells with a lemon creme sauce. YUM. Quick meal: a sweet potato with lots of butter.

How much do you enjoy cooking?
I would love to spend my days puttering about the kitchen.

How adept are you at sewing?
Pretty good. I've been using mom's sewing machine since I was a wee lass (my first projects were all blankets for my dolls, I think). I can hand quilt, embroidery, stuff like that. I'm not so great at sewing clothing, but I've made some costumes (am working on a medieval one now) and with mom's advice here and there that's taught me a lot. I can alter clothes pretty well; a very needed skill when you have a body like mine!

How well do you sing?
I don't think I have a clear enough voice to sound good solo, but I blend in harmonies very well. I grew up singing with my parents, and we sound good together. Haha, no false modesty here!  I love singing harmony (I can sing everything but bass!), and although I can also read music, I can do it by ear very well. It's so much fun. I owe it all to my parents, who sang constantly when I was little.

What painkillers do you take?
More at a time than I should. =P (But they don't do anything otherwise!)

What is something you have always wanted to do, yet doubt you ever will do?
Hm. I can't really think of anything that I really, really want to do that isn't likely to happen. I guess I don't have very many real goals or something. I want to go to Europe, but when I decide that I really really want to go ... well, then I'll go.

I wouldn't really want to be a musician "for real" because of the constantly traveling lifestyle, but I would love to have the skill to play with a Celtic band. Or I could just marry Nelson and be part of such a band by proxy. Hm.

Did you ever write out a list of desirable characteristics in a spouse?
Not as such. But I have a few ideas in the back of my mind. *wink*

If not the piano, which instrument might you play?
Bodhran!

What are some activities you enjoy doing alone? with Jason? with girlfriends?
Okay, ignoring the Jason part -- lol -- I enjoy doing most things alone. Is that terrible of me? Especially reading and cooking, but also eating out, shopping, pretty much anything you can think of. Now picnicing: that's a two-or-more-person event. And I love doing a great many things with other peope; it's just that I'm rarely unhappy doing them alone.

What weblogs do you enjoy?
I cruise news sites more than I do blogs.

To what fictional character do you relate?
Impossible question! I relate to some part of most of the characters I read about. I suppose the one that is most like me would be Ayn, from the novel I wrote several years ago for NaNoWriMo. Because I based her off of myself. :D

What trivial things irk you? (e.g., grammatical errors or toilet lids left up; possibly a.k.a. "pet peeves")
People who talk just to hear the sound of their own voice and say nothing useful or needed. Bad grammar. Typos in newspapers that should be able to afford editors. People talking about "PIN Numbers" or "ISBN Numbers". Redundancy! People who use a fancy word when a small one would do perfectly well.

Are you where you saw your 23-year-old self being?
As a very young child, I figured I'd be married by now -- but I'm thankful that I didn't have the power to make things happen when I thought they should. :) Other than that, I never had many dreams of what I would be or do when I grew up. Even if I had, I never would have imagined it being as wonderful as it has turned out to be. :)

What would make you a better person?
Never having PMS! 

(from ransomedsea and savetheolives)

Head to IMDB.com and look up ten of your favorite movies. List three plot keywords for each movie, and then see which of your friends can guess what movie you're talking about.

1. No opening credits, Adopted son, Car bomb
2. Adversity, Death of Hero, Birthday Party
3. Unwanted Guest, Swimming, Bed Jumping
4. Whimsical, Senior Citizen, Zoo
5. Plate Glass, Piano, Fiancee
6. Navel Officer, Corset, Anti-Hero
7. Hidden Corpse, New York, Honeymoon
8. Rhyming Slang, Elevator Shaft, Mormon
9. Quicksand, Arranged Marriage, Funny Accent
10. Lyrical, Mockery, Presumed Dead

My guess? 

savetheolives figures them all out right off!

 

 

1) Bold what is true about you.
2) Italicize what you wish was true about you.
3) Add one true thing about you to the end of the list.

( WHY am I doing this? )

Technically this should be posted in _bibliotaph_ but I'm too lazy to log in under another user name.

1. Total number of books owned:

As close as I can remember, I'm up to 470, not counting the stacks of at least another 30+ that I've bought recently and haven't had time to catalog yet. Eeep.

2. Last book bought:

The Encyclopedia of Philsophy, all four volumes. My mom is going to KILL me.

3. Last book read:

It's Only a Movie, a biography of Alfred Hitchcock. You'd like it, savetheolives.

4. Five [favorite/impressionable] reads:

This is really hard...
1. Gone With the Wind
2. Lord of the Rings (so I'm cheating and it's three books plus the Hobbit plus the Sil, who cares?)
3. Rebecca
4. C. S. Lewis (cheating again!)
5. The Pendragon Cycle (which has, incidentally, seven books. Mwaha!)

So we have GWtW, which is the size of at least two books, a series with arguably 3-6 books, Lewis who wrote multitudes of books, and a seven book series. Pretty good for only five spaces.

5. Currently reading:

Voices from the Front, The Sunday Philosophy Club, The Illiad, and literally--yes, literally--a stack of books two feet high by my bed which I can't remember all the titles of because it's late and I'm tired.