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36 Things Meme (from Delany)

  • Oct. 13th, 2008 at 4:29 AM
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
Yes


02) What was your dream growing up?
To have my own house and dogs -- still working on it.

03) What talent do you wish you had? 
I wish I were a really fantastic dancer.

04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
Screwdriver, or a really dry chardonnay.

05) Favorite vegetable?
Tie between asparagus and artichoke.

06) What was the last book you read?
Hard Times, by Charles Dickens.

07) What zodiac sign are you?
Scorpio.

08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
Just ears.  I'd like to get a couple more.

09) Worst Habit?
Procrastination and--not unconnected--staying up too late.  Why do you think I'm doing this meme?

10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
Honestly, not unless I knew you.

11) What is your favorite sport?
Figure skating.

12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
I'm an optimist who tries to control her optimism by talking a good pessimistic game.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
Play "would you rather" and, if all else failed, hangman.

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
I got pregnant at sixteen and it changed my relationship with my parents forever.  Not in a good way.

15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
I love it when people play with my hair.

16) Do you have any pets?
Three evil cats.

17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
I'd die of horror when you saw the amount of cat hair on the sofa.

18) What was your first impression of me?
That you were worth getting to know, and that getting to know you would take time.

19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
Neither, but if I had to choose just one, then scary.

20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
I wouldn't turn down perkier boobs.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
Partner in crime, unless I thought what you were doing was seriously ethically wrong.

22) What color eyes do you have?
Green.

23) Ever been arrested?
No, but I was taken home once in the back of a police car.

24) Bottle or can soda?
Can.  Bottle soda tastes like plastic.

25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
Pay off credit card debt.

27) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
The coffee place nearest my house.  I like to pretend I live there.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
It depends on whether you ask me in the middle of the night.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
Read, poke around the internet, and make plans for the future.

30) Do you swear a lot?
Fucking A.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
People who are really invested in their own coolness.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Reflective.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
Not really.  It's nice in theory, but it tends to boil down to cliches.  If someone did something unusual and surprising and thoughtful, I would think that was romantic.  A dozen roses, though, meh.

34) Favourite and least favourite food?
Favorite: for junk food, chocolate, and for healthy food, asparagus.  Least favorite: is horseradish a "food"?  Because I think it's really gross.

35) Do you believe in God?
I am taking God under consideration.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

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  1. Buy a house or condo

  2. Go to England, Europe, Argentina, or Mexico

  3. Pay off all the credit card debt

  4. Take a solo road trip

  5. Publish ten poems [1/10]

  6. Find somewhere to volunteer on a regular basis

  7. Get to goal weight of 160 lbs

  8. Spend a year in therapy

  9. Shoot a gun

  10. Ride a jetski

  11. Do another photography project in a professional or academic context

  12. Host a party

  13. Make three new good friends [2/3]

  14. Take dancing lessons

  15. Sew an entire outfit

  16. Get highlights

  17. Pierce my eyebrow or get second set
    of ear holes

  18. Get a tattoo

  19. Take an art class

  20. Learn to knit

  21. Embroider something

  22. Print some fabric

  23. Make and sell some jewelry

  24. Learn to make three great salads [0/3]

  25. Learn to make three great desserts [1/3]

  26. Learn to make three great entrees [0/3]

  27. Learn to make three great
    veggie/fruit sides [0/3]

  28. Learn how to use an elliptical machine

  29. See the Grand Canyon

  30. See White Sands New Mexico

  31. Go to San Diego

  32. Spend the weekend in Austin

  33. Participate in a charity walk

  34. Sell an ad for my shopping blog

  35. Go to the wolf sanctuary

  36. Go ice skating

  37. Get passports for me and C

  38. Wear a great Halloween costume

  39. Decorate for Halloween

  40. Carve pumpkins for Halloween

  41. Re-set my wedding diamond in silver or platinum

  42. Complete a beginner’s yoga class

  43. Send A a signed book of poetry

  44. Help build a Habitat for Humanity house

  45. Choose one scholarly journal; subscribe for a year; read every issue

  46. Choose one poetry journal; subscribe for a year; read every issue

  47. See a play

  48. Buy a decent couch

  49. Fix tires on bike and buy lights

  50. Meditate every day for a week

  51. Get five great massages [0/5]

  52. Ride bike to the coffee shop 25 times [2/25]

  53. Go pottery painting

  54. Go to Moody Gardens Aquarium + Rain Forest in Galveston

  55. Go to every art museum in Houston

  56. Learn to do a handstand well

  57. Go to CPR class with C

  58. Get cloth grocery bags to use in
    place of plastic

  59. Donate blood

  60. Find one new favorite alcoholic drink

  61. Find one new favorite
    non-caffeinated, sugar-free drink


  62. Learn how to use five new ingredients with confidence [2/5]

  63. Go to a financial planner

  64. Create a plan to save for retirement

  65. Sell ten articles

  66. Go on a girl-only road trip

  67. Buy a new pothos plant

  68. Start an herb garden, even if it’s only in a windowsill

  69. Organize books by subject and author last name

  70. Buy slips & undershorts for wearing dresses

  71. Go to and complete a beginner’s kickboxing class

  72. Buy a pair of prescription sunglasses

  73. Cook marshmallows at a campfire

  74. Get good at rock-climbing at the gym

  75. Ride a horse

  76. Buy a box a.c. for the bedroom (so I can stop making the whole house freezing at night when I just need one room to be cold)

  77. Get eyebrows professionally shaped or waxed

  78. Take four interior design courses at HCC [0/4]

  79. See five tourist attractions in Texas [1/5]

  80. Go to a classical music concert

  81. Do karaoke

  82. Master five easy crock pot dinners

  83. Get a new mattress

  84. Go to an arts festival

  85. Decorate for Christmas

  86. Go to a pagan ceremony

  87. Go to a Quaker meeting

  88. Go to a religious retreat

  89. Read a good book on Buddhism

  90. Print and frame five of my photographs

  91. Participate in an art swap

  92. Devote one full day to hedonism

  93. Automate a savings plan from our paychecks

  94. Learn to speak and read Spanish nearly fluently

  95. Begin to learn a second foreign language

  96. Bring cookies to work for no reason

  97. Learn to make one really fabulous vegan meal

  98. Read 10 memoirs [3/10]

  99. Read 100 new books of poetry [9/100]

  100. Find a reliable source for premade California rolls

  101. Get a new Canon lens and a new flash [1/2]



due date: February 15, 2011

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