The Liberal Avenger has passed this on to me and it seems like a nice distraction after this weekend’s events.
Three things you are wearing right now:
* Plain white t-shirt
* Rust-colored skirt that my grandmother made for my mom in the mid-70s
* Wooden clogs
Three favorite bands / musical artists:
Ever? That’s hard.
* The Stooges
* Beth Gibbons and Portishead
* Johnny Cash
Three favorite songs:
* Lover, You Should Have Come Over by Jeff Buckley
* Sixteen Tons, Johnny Cash version
* Just One More Day by Otis Redding
Three things you want in a relationship:
* Shared interest
* Shared ambitions
* An open and thoughtful ear
Three physical things about the preferred sex that appeals to you:
* Shameless individuality
* Confidence to the point of arrogance (like myself)
But both have to be balanced by
* Unabashed kindness and compassion
[Update: Oops, that was supposed to be “physical things.” We’ll go with brown eyes, shapely hands, and… hell I’ve never cared much about particular looks as much as the things listed above. But for some reason I’ve never dated anyone who didn’t have brown eyes. One study suggests that brown-eyed animals appear more trustworthy because it appears to the viewer that their pupils are always dilated. Whatever.]
Three of your favorite hobbies/interests:
* Reading
* Knitting
* Music
Three things that scare you:
* Fish and other sea-stuff
* Fundamentalism
* The inability to admit that one might be wrong on any subject
Three of your everyday essentials:
* Water
* Eggs and Toast (I’m trying to cut back on the eggs, but by god I love them)
* Naps
Three drugs of choice:
* Grey Goose
* Nicotine
* Good red wine
Three favorite toys:
* Pablo and Doug’s catnip bubbles
* Legos
* Computer
Three careers you have considered / are considering:
* Writer
* Teacher
* Social Work
Three places you want to go on vacation:
* South Africa
* Central American tour
* Scotland
Three kids’ names you like:
* Ethan (which started as a mini-joke and stuck, i.e. Ethan Allen)
* Jude (I’d always liked this name but just found out it was the name of my father’s brother who died at birth)
* Mia (which Ethan would have been named had he been a girl, Mia Heather)
Three things you want to do before you die:
* Write a book, preferably published, perhaps autobiographical in nature
* Travel the world
* Get a Ph.D. in something marketably frivolous
Three celeb crushes:
* Sam Rockwell
* Billy Bob Thornton
* Viggo Mortenson
I’m supposed to pass this on, but if you want it you’ve got it. Play on, playa.