An Alphabetical Catalogue of Fanciful Facts Pertaining to an Authoress of Sorts

Ladies and Gentlemen, after a prolonged absence, due in part to overwork and in part to illness, I have returned, but only because a fellow "blogger,"by which I mean a fellow writer, has "tagged" me, as they say in the "cybernetic" sphere, by which she means for me to undertake a kind of questionaire, which is purely for amusement and not really intended to provide any kind of useful information.

Therefore, without further ado, I introduce to you all, my beloved reading public, An Alphabetical Catalogue of Fanciful Facts Pertaining to an Authoress of Sorts.

A - Available or Taken: I am available in all respects but one, in which I am very much taken; although I do object to the term "taken" as it implies a kind of ownership.

B - Best Friend: Fabi, Amanda, Kate, and Lindell.

C - Cake or Pie: I like both, to be honest. Who can say no to a deliciously delicate chocolate cake or a perfectly golden apple pie with ice cream on the side?

D - Drink of Choice: iceless water, hazelnut capuccino, tea, sherry (amontillado).

E - Essential item you use everyday: Chapstick. Whenever I'm without it, which is quite rare, the day is absolutely ruined.

F - Favorite Color: I like to have green around me, i.e. in "things". But I prefer to wear black, which leads people to believe that I am "goth," which I am not, though wearing black does make me feel mysterious.

G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Worms, I find the bears are ususally hard.

H - Hometown: Not Applicable. I have transcended the need for such things.

I - Indulgence: hazelnut capuccinos and sherry...though not together.

J - January or February: February.

K - Kids & ages: They do not exist.

L - Life is incomplete without: sex. Oh yeah. (Hi Kate's grandpa!)

M - Marriage Date or Most Memorable Date (and why): I could just enter a date (08-06-06), but I'll include another memorable date as a bonus. I remember the day I got my first, official, full-time job pay check May 15, 2003. Those were the good old days. Don't ask me what it was like to have money, I don't remember.

N - Number of Siblings: one. a brother.

O - Oranges or Apples: Orange juice, orange soda, orange sorbet, apple pie, and apple crisp.

P - Phobias or Fears: needles.

Q - Fave Quote:

"graduate of indiscipline
post-graduate of procrastination

a prophet of Babble-on"

by Mina Loy

R - Reason to Smile: Finishing each paragraph of my thesis is cause for celebration at my house.

S - Season: Spring and Fall, I like the temperate seasons.

T - Truth or Dare: I always pick truth. I guess I'm chicken...or am I?

U - Unknown fact about me: I have a fetish for men's ties. If you EVER need to go shopping for a man's tie, let me know. They are beautiful. I wish chicks could wear them past age 15. Sigh.

V - Vegetable you don't like: That would be the pea. I hate a pea under any circumstance. They are mushy, flavorless excuses for a vegetable and I see no reason to include them in my diet, thank you very much.

W - Worst Habit: Worrying. I can get quite morbidly obsessed with worry, and it's almost never useful.

X - X-rays: Hmm. Not sure what's being asked here. It seems lazy to just throw in the first "x" word that occurred to you. I checked my Webster's and I can tell you that there are a good many "x" words that could have been used here to make the "question" (as it were) a bit more interesting. For example: Xenophile--I would answer, "Yes, I do enjoy foreign things and people."

Y - Your Fave Food: Now, while this is a straightforward question, I feel like I've already answered a lot of food questions. Therefore, I hereby change this question to: Yacht-- To which I would answer, "Yes, I have been on a yacht. It was quite nice. There was a butler too."

Z - Zodiac Sign: I belong to the greatest, most communicative, changeable, and flexible of zodiac signs. That's right, I'm a gemini and I'll have none of this two-faced nonsense, we are lovely people with multiple personalities, which is quite different from being duplicitous. So there. Did I mention we talk a lot? I guess that means we write a lot too. Imagine. I will stop now. I promise. Now. Now. Sigh. ... now.

*** By the way, I hereby challenge Kate, Lyla, Tanya, Amie, and Calysta to follow suit with a list of their own.**