I'm taking a break from the gardening.
I found this meme on someone's blog which I happened to click on from
http://www.hackingnetflix.com/ (These lists are in no particular order!)
13 random things I like:
My Hello Kitty underwear
My Zojirushi rice cooker
Walking around my neighborhood in Venice, looking at flowers and trees
Playing Scrabble on my Treo 650
Tivo
Morning coffee
My outdoor shower
Watching my dog swim
Alt.country
Pseudodictionary.com
Wikipedia.com
Depression glass
Jeffrey Steingarten
12 movies I like:
Withnail and I
Kicking and Screaming
Defending Your Life
The Royal Tenenbaums
When Harry Met Sally
Annie Hall
Local Hero
The Producers
Amelie
The Thin Man
Harold and Maude
The Lady Eve
11 bands/artists I like:
Belle and Sebastian
Modest Mouse
Whiskeytown
Yo La Tengo
The Velvet Underground
Stars
Le Tigre
Magnetic Fields
Old 97's
Cibo Matto
Bright Eyes
10 things about the physical me:
Polish with coloring similar to Martha Stewart/Meg Ryan (both Polish)
Everyone tells me I look like Meg Ryan
20/20 vision
120 lbs.
5'5 or 5'6 - I am not sure
Flintstone feet (also been called duck feet)
Pierced ears - but I never wear earrings
Had my nose pierced once (in college)
A lot of fillings, one crown
I wear polish on my toes but not my fingers (too much gardening, cooking, and typing -- plus it's too girly for me)
9 good friends:
Rick
Staci
Vivi
Erik
Marcello
Jennifer (JE)
Chris
Mieke
Poonam
(Only 9?)
8 foodstuffs/drinks I like:
New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc (tastes like grapefruit)
Fiddlehead ferns (almost in season!)
Heirloom tomatoes
Meyer lemons
Single malt Scotch whisky
Manchego cheese
Dirty martys (Ketel One, up, dry, slightly dirty, extra olives)
Prosecco
(Only 8?)
7 things I wear every day:
Underwear
Bra
My plastic tortoise shell ring
The silver ring I bought last Christmas
Shoes
Cetaphil moisturizer
Bedhead hair product (the one in the tall, slender orange can - "for way out rock stars")
6 things that irritate me:
Your/you're (Paris Hilton got caught wearing a t-shirt that said, "I'm hot, your not" -- actually that didn't irritate me; I thought it was funny)
Actually, all kinds of grammar/spelling infractions (such a turn off)
The fact that there is no semi-colon on my cell phone (for text messages)
Mainstream music - mainstream anything, really
People who think they are funny or have good taste when they really don't ("Everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humor, but they can't possibly all have good taste and a sense of humor." - Carrie Fisher in "WHMS")
Pushy drivers
5 things I touch every day:
Computer keyboard
My dog
My body
Car keys
Soap
4 things I watch on TV:
Iron Chef America
Desperate Housewives
Ground Force
What Not to Wear (the British version; the American one sucks)
3 celebrities I fancy:
Wes Anderson (mmmmm)
Jimmy Stewart
Malcolm Gladwell
2 people I’ve kissed:
My ex-husband (duh)
I kissed 2 girls in college (at the same time - racy!)
1 wish:
Wes Anderson