I don't typically do surveys, but this one seemed more meaningful than others.
Seven things that scare me:
personal failures when people depend on me
the idea that Reed could get run over by a bus
financial ruin late in life
spiders
having a birth defective child
debilitating ill health that doesn't kill me
excessive amounts of physical pain
Seven things that make me laugh:
Theo
Reed
Irony Central
Black Adder
Terry Pratchett novels
B Movies
uh -- that's not 7??
Seven things I love:
Reed
Theo and Senior Grande
Civ 2
Gardening
Cameras
Bicycles
Spain and Thailand (ok, so that's 10)
Seven things I hate:
lima beans
brussel sprouts
fingernails on a chalkboard
the novels of mercedes lackey
people who write Darkover fan fiction
sitcoms that spend 10 minutes setting someone up to look dumb
shopping for clothes
Seven things I don't understand:
the humor in making anyone look stupid
the people who made mercedes lackey a bestseller
calculus
why i don't have Reed's fabulous navigational sense
what dyslexia feels like
what my dad used to do for a living
why i'm not independently wealthy
Seven things in my computer area:
An intel inside doll
Burts Beeswax
Playmobile wolves and a moose
A guerilla theater mug
A ripe banana
A pair of good headphones
A stack of CDs
Right now I am:
Trying to decide what to do about some new code I'm about to start
Considering going home early for no good reason
Feeling like I haven't gotten anything done today
Unwilling to contemplate anything as horrifying as a maternity bra
Horrified at the DC housing market my poor friends are shopping in
Just sure I'd think of better things to do with my free time if I had more of it
Wondering if my parasite's flailing was actually the snoopy happy dance it looked like in the sonagram yesterday
Seven facts about me:
I am terrible about getting regular haircuts
I am easily entertained.
I vote democrat, but refuse to belong to the party
I am having a baby and I believe in abortion. Thank you.
Once at my aunt's house, in front of my aged grandmother, a very religiousi and intolerant woman corned me demanding to know whether I had accepted Jesus as my savior and if I weren't afraid for my immortal soul because I'm living in sin with my then-fiance. After she left (without my having been rude to her --and you KNOW what that cost me), my grandmother made me feel incredibly accepted, loved and respected for my politeness. I have never been more proud of myself.
I don't hate people who believe in things. I hate people who believe it's their job to make you conform to their beliefs.
I am probably a moral relativist. I think.
Seven things I plan to do before I die:
Hike the appalachian trail (immediately upon retirement)
Participate in the civic life of my town
See a garden I planted grow for at least 20 years
Learn to work on old cars
Go back to school forever and maybe never get another degree
Write a little for money. I will not say a novel.
Feel like I belong in one place in the universe utterly and irrevocably
Seven things I can do:
Make a garden
Throw a good party
Bike 100 miles in a day
Write
Cook
Read a novel in one sitting
Procreate (aparently)
Seven things I can't do:
Race mountain bikes
Run a marathon
DJ
Finish drywall professionally
My finger nails
Sustain interest in other people's life melodrama
Draw
Seven favorite movies:
The Usual Suspects
Bladerunner
The Great Escape
Contact
Gentlemen Prefer Blonds
The Godfather
A Room with a View
Seven favorite books:
Lord of Light -- Roger Zelazney
The Disposessed -- Ursula LeGuine
Grass -- Sheri Tepper
The Dark is Rising -- Susan Cooper
The Wonder Clock -- Howard Pyle
The Custom of the Country -- Edith Wharton
In Harmonium -- Wallace Stevens
Seven favorite music artists/groups:
-- I don't really have musical loves that are thorough and deep loves of an artists whole career. I just like individual CDs a ton.
U2 -- the Joshua Tree
Paul Simon -- Graceland
Die Warzau -- Engine
Buena Vista Social Club -- Eponymous
random bits of old metal and hip hop
KMFDM
David Bowie
Posted by karen at April 17, 2002 12:00 AM
