My google analytics tell me that I have more than 500 people per day reading my blog. So..I am curious. What kind of people read me? Three questions. All you need to do is answer them. If you don't want to tell me who you are, just sign off anonymously. But, I am curious.
1) What is one word that describes you? Just one. Ok. Two at the most. No..three.
2) Where do you live and do you like it? (You can be cagey, just say "midwest" or "yankee", etc.)
3) What is one of your favorites? (Book, movie, song, quote...you pick)
I want to know who is out there.
So...WHO ARE YOU?
And isn't it cool that we are all in this place together? Who'da thunk it just twenty years ago?
On your mark, get set. GO. C'mon. Don't be shy. No coward's soul is yours.
112 comments:
1.Discovering myself at 58. (sorry - could not fit in it 3 words :-)
2.Eastern Australia - wouldn't live anywhere else
3."The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation"- Thoreau
1) Reader. Mommy. Lesbian.
2) Deep, deep South. (As my bumper sticker says, a "bright blue dot in a really red state".)
3) Jane Eyre.
1. Wife/mom with more.
2. I live in Cincinnati, Ohio, and I love it, even though it's conservative as hell.
3. Favorite song of all time: "Sister Christian," by Night Ranger. Yes, I'm letting my age and Catholic upbringing show.
I think it's very cool how many readers you have! I need to get that for my blog! :-)
Adventurous. Rational. Liberal.
(liberal not in a political sense but in a "i don't do anything in moderation" way)
Melbourne, Aus.
Movie. Boondock Saints.
1. pragmatic
2. Amish country, Pennsylvania
3. "You're right you will not get into Law School. If you don't apply you will never get in...so why don't you apply and we will see what happens" My Dad, 1998. Now I am a public defender in a job I love. This was hands down the best advice I ever got and can be extrapolated in so many ways!
1. Protective,witty,loving
2. Long Island, New York
Do I like it?
Except for getting up to go
to work on a cold winter
morning,yes.
3. Elvis- I Can't Help Falling in
Love
1. Quirky human trying
2. The City of Detroit and yes, very much
3. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
1.33, lesbian-ish, navel-gazer
2. Atlanta, GA...born and raised Southern girl living her father's worst nightmare...with an Arab lesbian from New Jersey.
3. Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart ... And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer. ~ Rilke
1. Curious
2. Miami
3. Fave Book - Sula ; Movie - Sweetie; Song - Heavy by Collective Soul per Itunes play count, which astonishes me.
1. Extravert turned introvert
2. Houston - hate it
3. "You're My Everything"
1. Turning into a crow
2. Charlotte NC USA
3. So many but right now it is
"It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive." - The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Indian Elder
1.Curious
2.Sunny Sacramento County. It's home, and I like it.
3. Movie: Last Night written, directed and starring Don McKellar. OK,you might be able to add "odd" to #1.
1. Anxious. Funny.
2. Brooklyn
3. the movie "Velvet Goldmine"
Eh, you know who I am. I'm an open book.
1. Stubborn
2. Hong Kong and I love it :)
3. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
This internet thingy is wonderful, it has changed my life in wonderful ways.
Well, you "know" me. :-)
But I'll play.
1. Passionate writer and mom
2. New Jersey by the beach
3. "To thine own self be true" - Shakespeare, Hamlet.
It's deeply cool. I love it. I feel lucky to be here in this world at this time.
1) What is one word that describes you? Just one. Ok. Two at the most. No..three.
Weird. Sarcastic. Smiley.
2) Where do you live and do you like it? (You can be cagey, just say "midwest" or "yankee", etc.)
The greater NW Indiana/South Chicagoland area.
3) What is one of your favorites? (Book, movie, song, quote...you pick)
Sneaky Snake by Tom T. Hall. It's been my favorite song since I was a child.
1) lonely
2) pa. my family is here. i could live anywhere, i think.
3) my cat, kc
1. hopeful
2. NE of Atlanta, GA ~ too many people (I'd like to move)
3. "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes" Maggie Kuhn (my fav right now)
1. Complicated.
2. Alberta, Canada.
3. Book-A Prayer for Owen Meany
1) What is one word that describes you? Just one. Ok. Two at the most. No..three.
~Strong, but guarded.
2) Where do you live and do you like it? (You can be cagey, just say "midwest" or "yankee", etc.)
~Ontario, Canada, and hell yes, I LOVE IT!! I am so grateful to be Canadian!
3) What is one of your favorites? (Book, movie, song, quote...you pick).
~Movie: Muriel's Wedding, Book: Conversations with God; Quote: We must be the change we wish to see in the world.~Gandhi.
1. Earth loving mama
2. Alton, IL, just across the Muddy Mississippi from St. Louis. I love it here in the fall, the rest of the year is just "meh".
3. Right now my favorite quote is from a Michael Franti song, "We need to heed the words of Dalai Lama, or at least the words of your mama".
Fave book- Catcher in the Rye Fave movie- High Fidelity
I couldn't possibly pick just one favorite song!
Retired and loving it.
Northwest -Oregon
Your attitude
towards life defines not only who you are
but the quality
of life you are after.
Retired & loving it
Oregon- rain and all
Your attitude
towards life defines not only who you are
but the quality
of life you are after.
1. I am introspective and inquisitive.
2. I live in west Texas now. I love the warm winters, I hate the hot summers, I miss trees and lakes. I do not miss mosquitos. My city is just the right size for me.
3. My favorite quote is by Mother Teresa..."We can do no great things, only small things with great love." I believe that life is all about the way we treat each other.
I read your blog faithfully because you have a gift for crafting stories, and because your words resonate with my own.
Yes, it is amazing that so many people of such diverse backgrounds come together in this place. I think it is because we find a common thread that makes us feel at home here.
1. Searching for zen.
2. Southeastern US
3. "The Alchemist" Paulo Coelho
1. Artist/Teacher
2. South Central Pennsylvania - I sort of like it. I sort of hate it.
3. "You can't always get what you want"(Jagger/Richards).
I love you Maria. I haven't had time to visit in a while, but I always love to read your blog.
1. Living and Learning
2. West Texas
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my favorite books.
1. queer late-20s grad student
2. midwestern born and bread
3. You're walking. And you don't always realize it,
but you're always falling.
With each step you fall forward slightly.
And then catch yourself from falling.
Over and over, you're falling.
And then catching yourself from falling.
And this is how you can be walking and falling
at the same time.
Laurie Anderson
500 a day? i'm lucky i get 15. but i suppose if i updated more frequently at the main journal (www.amusings.net/clg) i might have some readers, eh?
1. one word: mom
2. northeast (boston area)
3. hiking, dogs, football, boy scouts, shakespeare. those are my favorites.
and i'm so glad we discovered each other about a year or so ago now. i always am happy when i see you in bold on my bloglines, meaning i have something to look forward to reading.
x0
christine
1. Newspaper editor, student.
2. The ATL... and I love it.
3. The Time Traveler's Wife is one of my favorite books... definitely not the movie, but the book was fantastic.
I've been reading your blog for over a year and I love your writing... it always pulls me in. I'm twentysomething and wondering how my life will turn out... and my picture is radically different than it was even six months ago. I can't see the progression, but I'm open to the fact that, like you, I'll end up doing something I thought I never would.
1. lonely
2. Southeastern Pennsylvania, lived here all 42 years of my life so far. It's a nice place to live.
3. Movie: The American President
Book:too many to pick a favorite,I love to read and always have a book with me.
not sure how much this really tells you about me but there you have it. Feel free to ask follow up questions.
Hi Maria. I have been reading for quite a while now, but have never commented. Since you want to know who is reading your blog, I decided to answer. I absolutely ADORE your writing style. You are a wonderful storyteller, and a person that I would enjoy knowing in real life. My name is Melanie. I have a 10 year old named Skylar, who is nothing like Liv. My daughter hates all sports, and loathes reading. However, like Liv, she is the greatest child I have ever met, and I am her biggest fan.
1) What is one word that describes you? Just one. Ok. Two at the most. No..three.
Free Chaotic Author.
2) Where do you live and do you like it? (You can be cagey, just say "midwest" or "yankee", etc.)\
I like in Greenville, SC. This is where I was born and raised. I couldn'd imagine living anywhere else. I am lucky to live in the greatest state God has made.
3) What is one of your favorites? (Book, movie, song, quote...you pick)
My favorite book is "The Prince Of Tides" by Pat Conroy. Pat Conroy is my favorite author along with Edgar Allan Poe, Neil Gaiman, Anne Rice, and Jusy Blume. That is just to name a few. I am a fan of love stories as far as movies go. I love The Crow, Man On Fire, Steel Magnolias, The Secret Life of Bees, Notting Hill, Top Gun, and Dirty Dancing to name a few. My favorite music can not be narrowed down to just a favorite song. However, I like rock, jazz, swing, blues, some pop, but my passion has always been classical music. A favorite quote of mine is from the book "My Loosing Season" by Pat Conroy, "America is a good enough country to die for even when she wrong".
1. Crazy.
2. Where ever my suitcase is. I'm from the Cayman Islands, and go to boarding school in Canada.
3. Book - Luna by Julie Anne Peters.
Movie - "Better Than Chocolate" or "Imagine Me and You"
Song - "This Time Imperfect" by AFI, "Feel It in My Bones" by Tiesto ft. Tegan and Sara, or anything by An Horse.
Quote - a bit of a long one: "Abra Fortune Chernik: As young feminists, we must place unconditional acceptance of our bodies at the top of our political agenda. We must claim our bodies as our own to love and honor in their infinite shapes and sizes. Fat, thin, soft, hard, puckered, smooth, our bodies are our homes. We must allow society to call us too big. We will understand their message to mean too powerful."
1. mom of two college kids - still astounded by that (sorry - i do have trouble following directions...)
2. new mexico - love it, but lifelong dream is to live in Tennessee
3. chocolate chocolate chocolate :o)
1. Artistic dreamer.
2. Western Australia.
3. To Kill A Mockingbird, The Wizard of Oz, thinking of something and doing it - painting, writing, working on my Kombi.
Tracer123.
1-interesting
2- Baltimore Maryland, it's quirky, and I like it that way
3- I still love Mary Poppins. I am such a dweed!
1)Knitter, wife, reader
2)Oakland,CA
3)Hard Laughter by Anne Lamott
1) Asian woman at 41
2) New Zealand
3) "What you think of me is none of my business - unknown"
Ah Maria, you know who I am and where I live. You have your holiday home in the sun just down under a bit! Just let me know when you're coming and I'll bake a cake.
Speaking of cake, my favourite movie is "Chocolat"; it's a French movie and if you haven't seen it, you must. Besides, Johnny Depp is in it.
1. granny smith w/a smile (I cheated, too)
2. Northern California born and bred. I love my geography, not necessarily my neighbors.
3. We're on a Rosemary Clooney kick for dinner music. I love watching my Liv singing "Hey Mam-bo" while she sets the table.
1. Adaptive
2. Berlin, Germany - lovin' it!
3. Movie - Titanic - for the romantic and the thrill seeker in me combined
Song - Nights in White Satin - But it MUST have the poem (Late Lament) at the end or else I will scream in frustration at the radio
Book - The Thorn Birds - Father Ralph was such a tool.
Sorry, couldn't choose.
Thanks for the chance to introduce myself. I love the Internet because it gives me access to people like you.
1. Sassy
2. Just outside of NYC in Jersey
3. Gone With The Wind. Movie
One word to describe me? I'm afraid I'll have to say "ordinary".
Where do I live? Ottawa, Ontario. I love it because it is Canada, and because my husband is here. I love living just across the river from Quebec, and all the wonderful and quirky cultural differences that means. I hate that it is not British Columbia - my true home-love.
One of my favourite songs: "Say Goodbye" (Dave Matthews); one of my favourite books: "A Prayer for Owen Meany" (John Irving); one of my favourite movies: "Shawshank Redemption" (Stephen King); one of my favourite quotes: "This too shall pass" (my Nana-Banana).
Wow, look at all these comments! Whenever I've tried the "introduce yourself" thing I've been greeted by crickets chirping.
1) Introspective.
2) Southern US.
3) Book: _Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_
Movie: _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_
Song: _Bleak_ by Opeth
Quote: "We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it." - Thomas Jefferson
1. Joyful, intuitive, intense.
2. San Francisco. Feels like my sister city. Need to live in Tropics. I am tropic living on fog-banked coast. Many good in both places. Much beauty here.
3. I not a "favorites" person. (Maybe that should have been in my first answer.) Coming to mind: Amazing Grace. May The Circle Be Unbroken. Malian music. Afro-Cuban. There is a song trying to rise out of my mind but I can't quite see it yet. Oh yes - St. James Infirmary as sung in New Orleans.
ZC
(Maybe you know me by now from my comments, anyway! I am a single mom and have 9 year old daughter. I have messy past. I have messy art-making area. I have messy child. And those three things bring much abundance to my life.)
1 Curious, sarcastic, mom.
2. Suburbs of Chicago.
3. Singing in the Rain, To Kill a Mocking Bird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Dexter, Nurse Jackie.
1. Peace loving hippie chick
2. 2 hrs from Springer Mountain
3. Dancing in the Street - David Bowie
51, Average
York, (no,not Pennsylvania, rather, the UK)
Imagine - John Lennon
How marvelous. Great idea Maria. Fantastic replies. Love the diverse and interesting collective.
Sharp. Soft.
The world is my home--and I derive great pleasure in setting up shop wherever I please.
The Sibley's Guide to Birds.
1. Description: down-to-earth
2. Location: Northwest PA I like it in the summer, and hate it in the winter.
3. Movie: Slingblade
1) Pragmatic, strong, genuine
2) Just east of DSM, Ia, on a farm. I love being a farm girl. But I loved living in the city (SF), too.
3) "I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do." Willa Cather
Hmmm...
Creative, passionate, trustworthy.
Spokane Washington. It's OK, but if it weren't for my GF I'd be in Prescott, Arizona. If it weren't for all the immigration restrictions, I'd be living somewhere in northwest Victoria, Australia.
Book: The Threshold by Marlys Millhiser.
Movie: Love Actually.
Song: Many, but Deeper Water by Paul Kelly and Lyin' Eyes by The Eagles are tops.
1)Strong, queer, feminist
2)Portland, Oregon :-)
3) I love my public library!
Mercurial.
New Mexico. I was pretty happy here until you started filling my head with thoughts of taking off on a motorcycle...
One of my favorite movies: Amelie
One of my favorite books: Lonesome Dove
One of my favorite foods: Chicken and dumplings
Hi. My name is Misty. I live in Nashville, Arkansas. Not sure what my favorite book is. I have four children so not a lot of time for reading lately.
1) Who am I: Recovering Republican
2) Where I live: Greenville, SC. Wish I'd left 25 years ago but now I have kids and its their home.
3) Favorite song: Go Your Own Way or anything else by Fleetwood Mac.
Favorite Book: Secret Life of Bees
Favorite Movie: Saving Private Ryan
PS - Thanks for turning me onto Glee. I watched all 5 episodes on Hulu yesterday. I have a new-found love for All The Single Ladies. :)
1) Love good writing
(although obviously it doesn't sum me up)
2) Russia. Yeah. We once exchanged a couple of emails. No, I don't want to stay here, but not because it's so awful here, it just doesn't feel like home.
3) My favorite movies are Italian Non ti Muovere and French Nathalie... Writers: Michael Cunningham, Stephen Fry. And I just finished re-reading Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami - yup, it's still great. Performer - Madonna (period.)
Btw.. gosh, you're so popular! Well-deserved. Obviously. Hope this encourages to write you 24/7 from now on...
1. 47, tired, lesbian
2. Los Angeles (how can you not love living here, if you ignore the cost of living, high taxes, traffic)
3. "To Kill a Mockingbird"
1) Learning, living and loving....
2)California!! A small town about 3miles south of San Francisco where I was born and raised. Loving the little town feeling and the nearness of the big city!
3)"If you asked me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud." -- Emile Zola
1. Optimist
2. Las Vegas and I love it, but I'm an Indiana girl through and through. :)
3. Love anything Disney and I don't have any children. My gf makes fun of me all the time for it!
Btw...love your blog.
Ok, de-lurking is always a challenge
1) Quirky, political, singing
2) Oakland, CA -- love it!
3) All of these qualify as One of my Favorite ____s
Book -- A Prayer for Owen Meany
Movie - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Song - Anything by Sondheim
Blog - just eat your cupcake (really, I'm not just sucking up)
1. I am a 27 year old painter that bakes to pay the bills.
2. Pittsburgh, PA, originally from the woods of Wisconsin.
3. I love Davis Sedaris, and I mostly watch foreign or independent flicks. I love cookbooks, art books, and cooking shows best!
Right now, all I can think is that I'm tired and hungry. That's how I would describe myself. Tired and hungry.
I live in the first floor of a row house...maybe in your old apartment.
You are one of my favorites.
3. favorite song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dN1WXBxuw
favorite book
Baby by Patricia Maclaghlin
2. southern new jersey - 20 miles south of Philadelphia, PA, 40 miles west of Atlantic City, NJ
1. reader, mom, wife, adoptee, school librarian, girlfriend
I'am an Aussie girl 47 in a long distant relationship with my American girl who will be with me by next year its been five long years.
I love reading your blog and many others.
I'm a mom and I'm a foster carer who came out late in life...better late than never don't you think.
Cheers.
Lisa
I'm here, Maria but you know all the answers to your questions from reading my blog. Cheers!
1) Lacking in confidence.
2) Queensland, Australia. Love it - especially our sunny winters.
3) Favourite song - "Shimmer" by Fuel.
PS. Love your blog.. you are a very gifted writer. Thanks.
1. Um...does 'blog lurker' count?
(Rats. Thought not.)
1. Teacher by Trade, Student by Life.
2. Colorado. Yep. I love it here, when I don't read too much of our local/state/national news, that is.
3. Today, running through my head, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Franklin
The running thought tomorrow will be different, probably. Could be, "Stop plate teutonics!" But, um, maybe not.
Love your blog. Thanks for it, Maria. Makes for a good way to end long days.
Ok..that does it. I am a little bit in love with all of you.
Yup. Boys too.
And I can't wait to visit all of your blogs to tell you so.
I expected maybe 30 responses, so I am delighted. But, I wonder about the rest of you guys. Shy, huh?
And I am sort of amazed at the great answers. DEXTER! I love DEXTER! AMELIE? I LOVE that movie. To Kill a Mockingbird? Yup. And all those incredibly juicy quotes. I seriously want to eat you all for breakfast. You are all french toast with good thick maple syrup.
1. unfinished yet content and happy.
2. Originally from Minnesota, but residing in Wisconsin for last 14 years.
3. Movie: Pride and Prejudice
Song: Sail on Sailor by the Beach Boys.
Latest favorite book: "Time Travelor's Wife"
Quote: "I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch" ~Gilda Radner
1. Imaginative ('cos it sounds better than "Dreamer"), analytical ('cos it sounds better than "Complex"). Obliging (but often too willing to oblige).
2. Am Dutch, currently living in Spain and hoping to grow old in Sweden or Finland.
3. The Bone People, by Keri Hulme an NZ writer). Must have read it a million times and still can't put it down once I have another go.
1. Shy
2. Right now, eastern Europe, due to pesky non gay-friendly immigration laws.
3. Slaughterhouse 5
1. Shy
2. Right now, eastern Europe, due to pesky non gay-friendly immigration laws.
3. Slaughterhouse 5
1. I am me (most of the time)
2. North East England (I'm a Mackem) and I love it - 3 very different cities, great countryside, an amazing coast and decent people.
3. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is my favourite book today, but I may well give a different answer tomorrow. Perhaps my answer to 1 should be 'indecisive'!
Moody, stitcher, interesting.
The Garden State.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...or anything by Augusten Burroughs.
So I'm a lazy sod who is only now getting around to answering your challenge...
1) Obsessive, Lazy annnd Kinky
2)I live in Trinidad in the Caribbean. I LOVE it, I can't stand the cold. You'll recognize me Maria (if I ever turn up on your doorstep) as the fat white chick who starts shivering once it drops below 18C.
3) Books - I looove a well written Beauty/Beast paranormal story. My fav right now is Ilona Andrews Magic series.
Yayy, I did Eeet !!
1. Mom. Writer. Laugher of loud laughs.
2. Originally a yankee, now live in Colorado. Gorgeous, but the people are weird.
3. Movie: Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell version). Chocolate: the darker the better. Junk food: salt and vinegar potato chips. Way to embarrass my daughters (10&12): talking about the human reproductive system.
And I read your blog because your writing is beautiful and inspires me. And your Liv is the same age as my Nikki.
mb
1. Practical, open-minded and affectionate.
2. Southeast asia.
3. Quote: "You have to see the possibilities, not the limitations" - Gro Hammerseng
Mom, Survivor, Romantic
Montana....transplated from Silicon Valley....and loving it
"I can't believe there's not another world where we will sit and read new poems to each other high on a mountain in the wind"
1."Curious" describes me best.
2. I live in the deep south and love it. It's my home.
3. My favorite quote, at least for today, comes from "Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalye. That's really the man's name and not a joke.
He says,"it is how we choose what we do, and how we approach it, that will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to a formless blur, or to something resembling a work of art."
1. old(er) lesbian-feminist, lover of nature, dogs, words, and good writing
2. in the foothills of the NC/SC mountains where I grew up...it's beautiful but I miss TN where I lived for 30+ years
3. May Sarton's journals, Mary Oliver's poetry, Terry Tempest Williams' books and essays; kd lang, "The Valley"
Love your blog, your humor, and your way with words, ideas, and introspection. Can't believe you got me to poke my head out of lurkerdom.
1. 41, shy, singel.
2. Norway's capital Oslo
3. Fave song: "The Different" with Melissa Etheridge.
Fave quote: "I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanit"
- Nelson Mandela
1) Mother, Lesbian, Worker-bee
2) The largest city in Nebraska during Husker home games
3) My undergrad was in English so--Bronte, Grabian, Lee, Shakespeare and James.
Well behaved women rarely make history.
I was referred to your blog perhaps a year ago. Keep blogging!
1. Optimistic, kind, love to laugh.
2. Chicago--I love my city! :)
3. Favorite movie--a toss-up between Annie Hall and American Beauty. But the comedy in the movie "Friday" REALLY cracks me up. :)
1. Livin' the Dream. (Mostly)
2. Montana
3. "It's psychosomatic, you need a lobotomy, I'll get a saw."
-Bill Watterson
1. Troubled
2. California - NO!!!
3. Song: That Was A Crazy Game of Poker.
1. Student, Happy.
2. Ontario, Canada.
3. Harry Potter - could read them over and over and over....
1. curious, passionate, writing-addicted
2. northern SF bay area- YES!!! (poor bob)
3. Book: Housekeeping
Song: Before the Deluge
Quote: I would like not minding, whatever travels my heart. To follow it all the way into leaf-form, bark-furl, root-touch,
and then keep walking, unimaginably further. (Jane Hirshfield)
South Bay Area here Mary
91st!
G'day,
1. Indecisive. I spent five minutes deciding between wanker & handsome :)
2. Melbourne, Australia.
3. The African Queen
Thanks for visiting my place.
Hmmm...this is going to be difficult for me to answer, but I will try. (By the way--like many others said, you know how to tell a story. they suck me in and have me wanting more!)
1. Struggling
2. Middle of Virginia. I do like it--the mild winters, beautiful fall and spring, and not too hot summers. Its perfect. Surrounded by the mountains.
3. I don't have a favorite anything. There are many things I love a lot, though.
Movie: Love Actually, because I can watch it more than once every 3 years. And it reaches some deep down place where some tiny part of my soul will allow me to believe in love.
Book: What is the What, by Dave Eggers was pretty fantastic. As well as Time Traveler's Wife. There are too many books I like!
Song: Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. I know that Leonard Cohen wrote it, but his version is so hauntingly beautiful.
1. Content, tardy, small-of-bladder
2. Suburban Maryland, between Baltimore and Washington. It's fine here - family's nearby and the job is interesting. Like it more than Dallas and less than NYC.
3. Quote: Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Book: Welcome To The Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut
Album: Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
Movie: Gone With The Wind
Hiya, Maria. And I thought the 6-word memoir project was hard!
1) renaissance-woman wannabe
2) midwesterner happily transplanted to Massachusetts
3) my dad went w/ neitzsche, "what does not kill me makes me strong." my mom tried to hammer home, "if in doubt, throw it out." but i find myself awed by "what would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?"
reading all these responses is fun!
1) In the Middle
2) South-east England
3) Paul Weller's "You Do Something To Me" makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up every time I hear it - as does KD Lang's "Constant Craving".
Now I've gotten to the bottom of the comments list I've forgotten the questions...
I think that just about sums me up.
Sx
1) Loved
2) Jasper, Alberta, Canada
3) Elizabeth Berg Talk Before Sleep
You know me but I'll play....
1. Work in progress
2. Adelaide, South Australia. I love it here but it gets too hot in summer. In summer I want to live in Tasmania.
3. Favourite quote. Don't wait for the light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself...Sara Henderson. Pastoralist and Writer.
PS You get over 500 visits A DAY?? I'm pretty sure I don't get that many in a month.
1. quirky, silly, surprising
2. Right next to the sound in the PNW - I can see Whidbey Island, the Olympics, to my west and the Cascades to the east. I moved here from California 3 years ago and absolutely LOVE IT. Would only go back to Cali under duress!!!
3. "Circumstances do not make a man they reveal him." James Allen and "It's never too late to be what you might have been." unknown.
I am a 4-year-old (sense of wonder and whimsy), a 14-year-old (insecurities and uncertainties),and a 24-year-old (full of hope and possibilities), inside the skin of a 64 year old (due to too many years working outdoors and 6 foolish years of tanning beds). All this comprises a 54 year old Hoosier nature-loving lesbian who yearns for the unpopulated coast. Favorite line: the cow jumped over the moon. Favorite movies: The Winter Guest, Chocolat, and The Graduate. Favorite Book: mmm can't decide, so many books so little time. Thank you for speaking to much that is inside of me.
1) Normal.Lesbian.Mom. That totally sums it up.
2)Outskirts of Denver.
3)Favorite Book: To Kill A Mockingbird. I couldn't pick one favorite movie, song or quote to save my life.
1) Loyal (to a fault)
2) Little Rock, Arkansas. I hate the backwards thinking of some of the South's residents but I can't imagine living anywhere else :)
3) I love the movie Clue. I could have it on in the background all day every day and never get tired of it.
1) Unpredictable.
2) Virginia and I like it, although I am looking forward to roaming after the kids grow up.
3) Favorite movie based on how often I will watch it on cable, no matter how many times they run it: Overboard. Stop laughing.
karen says: 1) mom,wife,chef
2)bay area, tahoe, vegas 3) if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.Or listen to your mother,if you have a lick of sence at all( Indigo Girls)--book--Wicked song--breath..M.E.
1) adventurous/reckless but trusting
2)Liverpool, having moved from Montana to be with my partner. It's VERY interesting here.. but the rain goes on forEVER.
3) fav books.. plant books, gardening catalogues and cookbooks :)
Your writing flows so beautifully, like it effortlessly spills from your fingers. Lovely
1) Passionate, every which way
2) Switzerland - it's okay but I won't be spending my life here. I plan to work in English-speaking countries
3) The Dune Novels and "There's no happy ending to an unhappy journey", said to me by a friend, one dark, cold, winter night back in Munich
1. Working College Student
2. Michigan, I like it because my family is here, but it's slowly starting to become an unfriendly states to college students thanks to governor Granholm.
3. "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" is a great book. I know it's a teen novel, but if you're into different types of writing styles this book is a must read. And if you've seen the movie, don't assume you know the book, the book is almost always better.
1) making BIG changes. (scary!)
2) Vancouver Island, BC - it's beautiful, and I'm starting to settle in (just moved a month ago!)
3) Francesca Lia Block (author), homemade cinnamon buns with thompson raisins, heartfelt hugs, open-mindedness, youth for change, unapologetic butches, good grammar, impeccable manners...just to name a few!
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Look at all these people! It's working! :D I was checking back here to see if I ever left a comment. Guess not.
It seems like I'm never good at these sorts of questions and I never have a quote at the ready either.
I did show your blog to a writer friend of mine once and she pops in occasionally. She told me the other day she didn't believe you were real. It kind of blew my mind that she said that but then she doesn't read ALL the time either. I know you've gotten that before but I am a believer in many things-one of them you. She did agree you are an extremely gifted writer-real or no. teehee :D xo
1) artist, genderqueer, granny
2) Bay Area, CA. I do like it!
3) Stevie Smith, Peaches, South Pacific, Marianne Faithfull, Persian food, the color orange, corduroy
1) Different, smart, caring
2) California, I love it here! My first two months so far were great.
3) Film: Girl, interruped with Angelina Jolie
1) Learner, explorer, fixer
2) NH
3) The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
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