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

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my five

[fletchman.livejournal.com]

five phrases/words you use:

• Exxagerated & dramatically inflected variations on "dude" (fully aware of how
  
  cliche/passe/silly this is)


• Whatzit? (serves for What? What is it? Huh? Excuse me?)


• Doggus (dog)


• 3M? (short form of "What is your major mental malfunction?")


• Holy _____ ______, Batman! (and other Robin-speak variations thereof)

five things that amuse you:

• Patrick & Liam (my sons - Patrick is allot of fun and Baby Liam's giggles are
  
  infectious)


• My brother Jake - when together we seem to create a chain reaction bouncing stories
  
  back and forth between each other until everyone is laughing so hard tears are running down
  
  there cheeks us included.


• British funnies (Red Dwarf, Black Adder, etc)


• Silly people. I saw a great truism once, it read something like: "Angels can fly
  
  because they take themselves lightly." I am amused by and enjoy people like myself who are
  
  content to be goofy.


• Dirty jokes. Not too dirty (read as "foul"), but fun dirty (read as not hurtful of
  
  anyone, but a wee bit to ripe for polite conversation).

five snacks you enjoy:

• Pita & Hummus


• Coffee (is coffee a snack? It is for me! :))


• Day glow orange cheddar peanut butter crackers


• Halva


• Evergreen rolls (sushi)

five albums that changed your life:
note: not sure any album had that dramatic of an effect on me, but some I really really

liked, in no particular order, were:

• U2 - The Unforgettable Fire


• King Crimson - Perfect Pair


• Led Zepplin - Houses of the Holy


• Beattles - White


• Talking Heads - Making Sense

five things above your desk

• Poster from last years Wooden Boath Festival


• Pokemon picture drawn by Patrick


• Action figure from Spawn comics which I've never read, but found him at Toys R Us and
  
  had to have him. He's kinda of a robot/cyborg thing. He's very poseable and is currently
  
  standing atop my tower looking skyward (ceiling-ward).


• Small porcelain cow toothpick holder one of my coworkers brought back to me from
  
  Wisconsin.


• lifesize plastic skull with purple superballs for eyes from Archie McPhee (http://www.mcphee.com/).

five things you can't live without:

• My lovely wife


• My boys


• Coffee


• Open water. I get really weirded out after a while when visiting some place like
  
  Arizona. I need the sea or at least a large lake nearby to feel at ease.


• Fiction. I gotta read. My mind needs quiet outside and action within. I gotta read and
  
  I only read fiction. Mostly fantastic fiction.

five good things to touch:

• the sand & sea with my toes


• Baby Liams little toes


• Patrick's ears (pull!)


• Erika's hand (clasped in my own)


• My keyboard (grin!)

five things you'd buy if you had a grand:

• Jewelry for Erika


• New computer for Patrick


• Used Kiln maybe.. or anvil.. I'd like to try some craft stuff. I've thought about
  
  pottery and recently of smithing


• Recumbant bicycle (http://emc2.acu.edu/physwww/5DepartmentalInformation/Faculty/DrSchulze/vision.gif) (these are really cool!)


• A getaway to Hawaii for Erika & I