Five things . . .

[pegkerr]

So for lack of a better idea, I'll do what Kij Johnson calls a Princess Moonbeam entry:

five phrases you use:
* You can make different decisions than I do
* Watch me not care
* Oddsfish!
* I'm going to write a cookbook someday called Cooking for Ingrates
* Close the damn door!

Five things that amuse you:
* cassieclaire's Very Secret Diaries
* A different take on Hamlet
* A page to go to if you've been cruising too long on the Internet
* Georgette Heyer
* Jane Austen

five snacks you enjoy:
* Starbucks espresso brownies
* microwave chocolate cake
* a banana with chocolate chips, microwaved for two minutes, then slathered with Bailey's Irish cream
* popcorn with parmesan cheese
* butterscotch microwave pudding

five albums that changed your life:
* Sting Dream of the Blue Turtles
* Loreena McKennitt The Mask and the Mirror
* John Williams Star Wars
* The soundtrack to Cyrano de Bergerac
* Indigo Girls Swamp Ophelia

five things above your desk:
* A button that Joel Rosenberg gave me that says "So I haven't been writing lately. Neither has Shakespeare."
* A braid of my hair, about six inches long
* Sam and Frodo action figures (on top of my computer monitor, actually. They keep orcs away from my office)
* A complete set of Shakespeare from 1844 that belonged to my grandmother
* A picture of Kij Johnson, wearing a plastic dog nose

five things you can't live without:
* books
* computer
* chocolate
* coffee
* a microwave

five good things to touch:
* my daughters' tummies
* Rob's beard
* silk
* beads
* velvet

five things you'd buy if you had a grand:
* Eileen Fisher designer wear. I always loved how it looks in the store, and I've never bought a single piece because it's so damn expensive.
* a gift certificate to a good bookstore (one with a coffee shop attached)
* The original painting for my second novel (if he'd sell it for that low a price, which I doubt!)
* a professional massage every month for a year
* more of Elise Matthesen's necklaces