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.
I think that Sam Rockwell rules, too!
Oh these are so fun…
Three things you are wearing right now:
* White prairie skirt
* Coral tank top
* Gold juties (jewel-encrusted ballet flats from India)
Three favorite bands / musical artists:
* Bob Dylan
* Rolling Stones
* Ani Difranco
Three favorite songs:
* Visions of Johanna or Just Like a Woman by Bob Dylan
* Paint it Black by the Stones
* Moondance by Van Morrison
Three things you want in a relationship:
* Mutual support
* Independence
* Honesty
Three physical things about the preferred sex that appeals to you:
Physical things? That’s harder.
* Dark eyes
* Big (or medium) white teeth. I hate small teeth.
* Strong arms (but not super-muscled)
Three of your favorite hobbies/interests:
* Reading
* Writing
* Arguing
Three things that scare you:
* Commitment/attachment
* Fundamentalism (ooh good one Lauren… I’m keeping it)
* Snakes
Three of your everyday essentials:
* Burt’s beeswax chapstick
* Dior Show mascara (I swear, it’s amazing. No other make-up necessary)
* Grande vanilla nonfat no water extra hot Chai lattes (aka “breakfast”)
Three drugs of choice:
* Red wine (currently addicted to a few kinds of Nero d’Avola from Siciliy)
* Mojitos
* Granda vanilla nonfat lattes (“lunch”)
Three favorite toys:
* My computer (p.s., thank God it is not a mac, because I hate macs)
* Uh… I don’t own many toys, apparently. So… my diffuser.
* A Rabbit Pearl counts as a toy, right?
Three careers you have considered / are considering:
* Writer
* Senator (I swear, it’ll happen!)
* Human rights attorney
Three places you want to go on vacation:
* Goa
* Brazil
* Nepal
Three kids’ names you like:
* Ava
* Chiara
* Preston/Prescott (Yes, I like super-preppy boys names)
Three things you want to do before you die:
* Run for office
* Publish a book
* Travel everywhere
Three celeb crushes:
* Josh Hartnett
* Brad Pitt (cliche, I know, but he is fine)
* Rob Lowe (but only in his role on West Wing)
the “three things thingie” stolen from Lauren
an open pass (going long!) from Lauren: Three
Can’t…resist…meme…
Three things you are wearing right now:
* Carpenter jeans
* TCU 2003 Jazz Festival t-shirt
* Zell Millers (better known as flip-flops)
Three favorite bands / musical artists:
(subject to change a couple of times a week)
* Trivium
* Charles Mingus
* Cradle of Filth
Three favorite songs:
(also subject to frequent change)
* “A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation” by Trivium
* “Swamped” by Lacuna Coil
* “Haitian Fight Song” by Charles Mingus and a few of his friends
Three things you want in a relationship:
* Intelligent conversation
* Friendship
* Mutual respect
Three physical things about the preferred sex that appeals to you:
* Bright blue or green eyes
* Tallish
* A mouth
Three of your favorite hobbies/interests:
* Music
* History
* Politics
Three things that scare you:
* Telling a girl that I like her
* Wasps
* The things my idiot, fundamentalist step-dad believes and does
Three of your everyday essentials:
* Blogs (especially this one… :) )
* Food
* People
Three drugs of choice:
* Caffeine, in the form of sodas and tea
* Shiner Bock
* Effexor
Three favorite toys:
* My cellphone, which doubles as a daily planner
* The TCU library’s laptops, which they are generous enough to check out to us for a couple of hours
* My bag of many dice, good for Dungeons & Dragons
Three careers you have considered / are considering:
* Government and history teacher
* State representative
* Sports broadcaster
Three places you want to go on vacation:
* Spain, especially the southern part
* India
* Grand Canyon (I already took this trip, but god it was gorgeous…I want to go back)
Three kids’ names you like:
(I’m going to cheat, and do 1st & 2nd names)
* David Alex (pronounced EH-lick), after my father and my best friend
* Melissa Noelle, because it’s pretty
* Kathryn Elizabeth, after my sister and grandmother
Three things you want to do before you die:
* Beat the shit out of Joe Barton (in a free and fair election, of course)
* Learn how to play both jazz and rock bass guitar
* Fly in a space shuttle (no one said these had to be realistic)
Three celeb crushes:
* Keira Knightley
* Mia Hamm (Yeah, yeah, I know she’s married, but still…)
* Matt Heafy of Trivium (no, he’s not that much of a celeb, and yes, I’m about 95%-99% straight, but he’s gorgeous…and plays guitar)
Thus endeth my part of this game.
I saw this in a different form some weeks ago:
http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/index.php?p=3221
For an more arduous and, perhaps, intriguing meme, try this:
http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/index.php?p=3274
Jill, do you have coffee with dinner as well? ;)
Because it’s paper time, I have no will.
Three things you are wearing right now:
* the gap jeans with the holes and patches
* the little black tshirt, inside out, because the outside says “Real Boobs Rock”
* Faithful black zip-up hoodie.
Three favorite bands / musical artists:
* The Arcade Fire
* Elvis Costello
* Ella Fitzgerald
Three favorite songs:
(for the moment…)
* “Hallelujah,” the Jeff Buckley version
* “Valentine’s Day,” the Hem version
* “Indiana,” David Mead
Three things you want in a relationship:
* Loyalty
* Love
* Challenges and the safety to change
Three physical things about the preferred sex that appeals to you:
I don’t really have a preferred sex, as such. Either way, then,
* expressive eyes of any color
* androgyny
* a certain bearing or walk. I can’t put my finger on it.
Three of your favorite hobbies/interests:
* Letters
* Drinking
* Thinking
Three things that scare you:
* the future
* having crushes
* failure
Three of your everyday essentials:
* tea or coffee
* conversation
* quiet
Three drugs of choice:
* whiskey
* wine
* cigarettes
Three favorite toys:
* my mac, only mac, ever. her name is Franny.
* my iPod. (i am a sucker.)
* Does my messenger bag count as a toy? Because I love it.
Three careers you have considered / are considering:
* actor
* teacher
* “philosopher” (pff, whatever *that* is.)
Three places you want to go on vacation:
* London, mostly.
* Northern Ireland
* Iran
Three kids’ names you like:
(no babies. nonetheless,)
* Oliver
* Alethia
* Alex(andria)
Three things you want to do before you die:
* write a really good book.
* learn ancient Greek (god I’m such a geek)
* start a ridiculously good girl band.
Three celeb crushes:
* Johnny Depp, esp. of ‘Crybaby’ era (or of now, ‘weird artsy French dude’ era.)
* I don’t know. Sam Seabourne?
* Still don’t know. Audrey Tatou? Selma Hayek? Selater-Kinney?
The Trifecta Meme
From Lauren by way of the Liberal Avenger comes a meme about threes.
Three things you are wearing right now:
a Schrödinger’s Cat is Dead t-shirt
fisherman sandals (size 16)
a cheap sterling silver ring (soon to be replaced by a lovely tit…