Two memes and a light
posted in Blogging, Memes |
To the left is the fugly light fixture. Bleah. I happen to like Mrs. Figby’s tulip fixture and think you can do some fun deco decor with it, but this thing is…is…well, it takes me back to a certain Chicago decor that includes, say, plastic coverings on sofas.
On to more important things: Two memes from SheOfLittleBrain.
#1. Rules–You must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have. When you are tagged, you need to write your own blog post containing your own middle name game facts. At the end of your blog post you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged and to read your blog.
A–A is for, of course, adoption. Without adoption, we wouldn’t have OmegaDotter in our lives, and, as a result, we wouldn’t be stuck with the fugly light fixture. ;) I could also, of course, do Alaska.
N–Hey! How about Nanning? That’s where we met the dotter almost five years ago.
N–New…new state, new house, new environment, new adventures.
E–Exploration: The new state, etc., requires exploration. Exploration is something that OmegaDad is excellent at; he plunges into new experiences wholeheartedly, with an enthusiasm and excitement that sparks the same enthusiasm and excitement within me.
Meme #2. This meme consists of ten questions to be answered.
1. If you could have super powers what would they be and what would you do with them? (Please feel free to be selfish, you do not have to save the world!)
I suppose automagically unpacking everything and getting it all into the proper places doesn’t count. Sigh. I’m going to cheat and use SheOfLittleBrain’s answer, because I think it’s cool: teleportation. It would be so wonderful to be able to teleport myself to see my mom for an hour or two, or to teleport the dotter off to see her One And Only True Love, or be able to visit OmegaDad’s family for Christmas on a whim, instead of having to spend months persuading him we should go and then driving (or, these days, flying) forever to get there.
2. Were you to find your self stranded on an island with a CD player…it could happen…what would your top 10 blogger island discs be?
Sarah MacLachlan, Lorena McKinnett, Lyle Lovett, Mark Cohn, the Carmina Burana, some Chopin etudes, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #2, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the Rolling Stones, and John Lee Hooker.
3. If you were a smell what would it be?
Cinnamon.
4. What bird would you most like to be?
A red-tailed hawk.
5. If you were a bird who’s head would you poo on?
Dick Cheney.
6. Are there any foods that your body craves?
There are times when my body screams for meat; then there are times when it screams for oranges.
7. What’s your favourite time of year?
Autumn. I love autumn. It’s filled with a very special light, the leaves are all turning, there’s a crispness to the air, and it’s a bit melancholy and bittersweet, foreshadowing winter to come.
8. What’s your favourite time of day?
Hmmm. Afternoon?
9. If a rest is as good as a change which would you choose?
Right now, rest.
10. If you could have a dinner party and invite any 5 people from the past or present who would they be? (Living or deceased.)
My dad, Queen Elizabeth I, Eleanor of Acquitaine, Leonardo da Vinci, and Richard Feynman. Names subject to change depending on the day.
Now, to tag four people. Hmm.
Kate, at High Altitude Gardening.
Mrs. Figby, to give her a break from the culture shock of New Jersey.
Ms. Vinegar Martinis.
