Memes from Jennifer

ABCDEFG Meme

A - Age: 35

B - Band listening to right now: Evanescence

C - Career future: University/college prof and research

D - Dad's name: Michael

E - Easiest person to talk to: Anita

F - Favorite song: Gads, I can only pick one? Sorry, can't do it.

G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Bears

H - Hometown: Grew up in Buhler, KS -- population ~1000 not counting livestock!

I - Instruments: Sadly, none.

J - Job: Graduate student/research assistant

K - Kids: No human ones, thank the Higher. We don't need no copies of me!!

L - Longest car ride ever: The trip to New Orleans in August over two days would qualify as the longest in MILES. The trip several years ago back to Wichita from Houston with a moronic, hateful bitch of a personal care attendant would qualify as the longest test of EMOTIONAL endurance.

M - Mom's name: Cindy

N - Number of Nieces & Nephews: Biological = 0. Adopted = 1 niece.

P - Phobia[s]: Spiders and not being able to move my arms when I wake up -- the latter being the worst. I will have a panic attack of clinical proportions with the latter.

Q - Quote: Groovy.

R - Reason to smile: Reba greeting me at the door when I come home.

S - Song you sang last: Ummmm, dunno. I could sing you BB King's "The Thrill is Gone" right now if'n ya want.

T - Time you wake up: In New Orleans, anywhere between 0645 and 0745, depending on whether it's a bath day (earlier rising) or not (later).

U - Unknown fact about me: I once sang a song in "very fine" Italian, according to my voice coach. I don't even speak Italian.

V - Vegetable you hate: Brussels sprouts. But I like cabbage. Go figure.

W - Worst habit: Procrastinator extraordinaire!!

X - X-rays you've had: I have muscular dystrophy and am the most accident-prone person I know after my father . . . name me a body part I HAVEN'T had x-rayed!!

Y - Yummy food: Shrimp. You can boil it, you can fry it, you can grill it . . . .

Z - Zodiac sign: Leo/Virgo



Book Meme -- because I was tagged

1. Grab the book closest to you.
2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence
3. Post the text of next 3 sentences on your blog
4. Name of the book and the author
5. Tag three people

From Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery by Larry Millett (not the book I am currently reading, but the one that was closest to me):

So many questions asked at once seemed to confuse Fogelblad, who stared down at the floor and said quietly: "I do not know. That is the truth."

Rafferty now moved abruptly to another line of questioning, a technique which Holmes himself often used to great effect during interrogations.

Kim, Suz, Jen W. -- Tag! You're It! You can post in comments, K.