Breaking the monotony of a day spent writing with….you guessed it, MORE WRITING!
A – Age: 35
B – Best feature: based on what I’ve been told? My wit. (and apparently, my hair, when it’s long)
C – Car I first owned: 1981 Toyota Corolla
D – Depeche Mode song: Blasphemous Rumours
E – Easiest person to talk to: Laura
F – Farthest from home that I’ve traveled: Las Vegas (when I was living in NYC)
G – Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Bears, and preferably Haribo
H – (Real) hair color: Brown
I – Instruments: Keyboards, drum machines, samplers, Irish whistle, fife.
J – Jellybean flavor: Cinnamon.
K – Kids: Three–one who lives with me (daughter, 15), and two who live with the Ex (daughter, 11, and son, 9 1/2)
L – Longest car ride ever: Moving from NYC area back to Lawrence in August of 2003. 1128 miles, in a moving truck incapable of safely traveling over 45-50 mph.
M – Mom’s name: Eileen
N – Name that was almost given to me: Amy, had I been a girl.
O – Oldest living relative: My Great-Grandmother on my father’s side, who is 100.
P – Phobia[s]: spiders, claustrophobia, bathophobia (fear of depths–but this stems from a childhood event. Ask about it sometime.)
Q – Favorite Quote: Far too many. But to name one: “If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.”–Dorothy Parker
R – Reason to smile: Completing a project.
S – Song I sang last: Caanan’s Land, on 10/17, during the close of KCRF.
T – Time I wake up: 10-ish.
U – Unknown fact about me: I sometimes feel like I’m not a “real writer”, since I haven’t had a novel published yet.
V – Vegetable I hate: Damn near all of them.
W – Worst habit: Procrastination.
X – X-rays I’ve had: Tons, including a full-body CAT scan in 1995.
Y – Yummy food: Lobster
Z – Zodiac sign: Gemini