Meme time again ...
1. Story behind your LJ Layout? It’s a pretty basic default, because I am lazy with the tech-tweaking. Purple background, because purple is one of my favorite colors, and the shade compliments the purple in my profile picture. Profile picture is a crop of a Junko Mizuno piece. Her art has just the right combination of cute and gruesome, which really appeals to my (somewhat twisted) sensibilities.
2. What's bothering you right now? The extreme messiness of my living space, and the fact that I’m exhausted this week. Also my chubbiness and feeling that I have been greatly neglecting my body. Summing up: Getting myself to overcome my tendency toward sloth and apathy.
3. Do you close the door when you pee? Only when we have company.
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4. Wallet? It’s a home-made tape wallet that I made about 3 years ago. The layered-collage under the tape is a drawing of a monarch butterfly over photography of peacock feathers and pansies and macro photography of butterfly wings with the words “Eternal Spirit”. I are the crafty.
5. Wallpaper on your computer's desktop? Work computer: A photograph of the Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey) at twilight. Home computer: A photograph of a brilliant blue ocean wave, taken from the side so the perfect curl, curves and foam of the breaking wave are captured.
6. Background on your cell phone? The cover of Jhonen Vasquez’s “Filler Bunny in My Worst Book Yet!” I love that little bunny! I love Jhonen! (Poor, poor Filler Bunny.)
7. Jewelry worn daily? Silver Mani bracelet, white gold wedding ring, silver art nouveau flower engagement ring, two silver hoop earrings, one silver ear stud, pair of silver and black opal earrings.
8. Where your default icon was taken? The original Junko Mizuno piece that it is cropped from was published in “Hell Babies”.
9.Eyes: Blue sparkles
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12. Doing this weekend? Cleaning house! Enjoying some beautiful September daze, probably drinking too much, hopefully making some progress on my massive “To Do” list and spending some time being creative. We will most likely go out to brunch somewhere too, after sleeping in and doing the Saturday morning snuggle-ups.
13. Wearing: Vintage 1970s polyester, knee-length dress of cobalt and turquoise blue daisies on a black background, worn over a ankle length black skirt with sheer black socks and clunky heeled shoes.
14. Wanting? The day to be over. It’s been one of those weeks. Generally speaking, my wants are passing fancies and hopeful daydreams. I will want a sparkly thing I saw in a shop. I will want a new comic book or art book. I will want to go out to dinner someplace different and fancy. I want to visit Istanbul. I want to go back to Europe. (stari secret: I want to live up to my daydreams and creative and compassionate ideals.)
15. Where are you? At work in Portland, Oregon on the banks of the Willamette River.
16. Listening to? Currently on my i-River:
Adham Shaikh & Uwe Neumann - Jadur Madur (Dreamtree Project)
Felix Da Housecat - Virgo Blakto and the Moviedisco
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Pitch Black - Rude Mechanicals
Tegan and Sara - The Con
UNKLE - War Stories
17. Have you ever kissed anyone named John? Yep!
18. What do you smell like? Amber
19. Eating? Had five pepper hummus with veggies and bagel chips for supper last night, VISO Energy and blackberry yogurt for breakfast today … planning to slam a vanilla slimfast for lunch. Tonight’s supper is still a mystery to be determined.
20. Besides your bed, what is your favorite thing? Hmmmmm … I don’t have any favorite physical objects right now. Good food and seasonal flowers are favorites while I’m experiencing them. I will occasionally become enamored of an object and carry it like a talisman (glass marbles, shells, ocean rocks), but I haven’t done that in awhile.
21. Do you believe in a soul mate? I can has soul mate? Yes, I can!! (I’m incredibly lucky to have the sol of my soul as my best friend, lover and soul mate.)
22. Do you sleep naked? On occasion.
24. Do you believe dreams come true? If you make the effort to manifest them in reality and the Green-eyed Lady smiles on your efforts, of course dreams can come true.
25. Do you believe in miracles? I believe that everything is a miracle. (As defined by wordnet.princeton.edu: Miracle - (Noun) any amazing or wonderful occurrence.)
26. Do you burn easily in the sun? The sun makes me red and crispy. Sunscreen and floppy hats are essential for me.
27. Do you speak another language other than English? Unfortunately, no.
28. What's something you wish you could understand better? Yoga, nature, art, science, computers, Sanskrit, the romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish), cooking, gardening, world mythologies, basically everything that sparks my intellect or enlightens my spirit.
29. What did you do last weekend? Slept in, snuggled with boy and kitty, made a beaded dragonfly, ate delicious fresh blueberries and raspberries, watched thousands of swifts whirl in a mating vortex and disappear down a school chimney, shopped for new bras, cleaned the kitchen and helped the boy do the laundry.
30. Who do you miss? My family in Wyoming. It would be nice to see them more often than every five years. Also missed are lost and misplaced friends and loves.
31. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant? Yeah, right …
32. Orange or apple juice? Apple, but I really prefer peach, mango and berry juices.
34. What was the last instant message you received? “heehee” from da sol man at 9:58AM, Friday, September 21, 2007.
35. Last text message you sent: I can’t remember, and I forgot to bring my phone today, so it was probably a message to friends meeting us downtown for tapas. You know that type. “we’re here. What is your eta?”, etc …
36. Last time you ate a home grown tomato? If the tomatoes from the local farmers’ market count, it was last Monday. Deep Roots Farm grows the nummy veggies!
37. What is the closest thing to you that (is?)blue? Clothes, mouse pad, VISO bottle.
38. Whose house did you go to last night? Stari, Sol and Rasil’s house.
39. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital? Happily, I don’t remember any hospital visits within the last decade.
40. Do you like someone right now? I like lots of people!
41. What do you wear more? Tank tops, tee shirts, skirts, stripy knee socks and funky sweaters.
42. What is the last movie you watched? Muppet Treasure Island!!
43. Have you ever heard of the band Our Lady Peace? Not that I know of.
44. Where did you get the shirt you're wearing? I’m wearing a 1970s vintage dress. I bought it for $5 from a porch sale on Belmont Street.
45. Coach Purse or MLB game tickets? I honestly don’t know what either of these things are.
46. Do you believe that you can change someone? No. I think you can have an effect on someone, but I don’t think that you can change someone. People have to choose to change themselves.
47. Do you want someone you can't have? No. I have the best someone ever. I don’t need anyone else.