Circle (Sarah McLachlan)

I stole this from Average Jane to use on a rainy day.

Most of January has been rainy or snowy.

Directions:

1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, iPod etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? -- Steaming (Sarah McLachlan)
2. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF? -- Suede (Tori Amos)
3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? -- Sister (Creed)
4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? -- Tonight, Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins)
5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? -- Pieces of You (Jewel)
6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? -- Good Enough (Sarah McLachan)
7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? -- Baby Girl (Sugarland)
8. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? -- Perfect Girl (Sarah McLachan)
9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? -- By My Side (3 Doors Down)
10. WHAT IS 2 + 2? -- Switch (Will Smith)
11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR EX? -- Mr. Zebra (Tori Amos)
12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? -- Good Enough (Sarah McLachan, different album)
13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? -- Sugarhigh (Coyote Shivers)
14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? -- Too Fast Driving (Lisa Loeb)
15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? -- Frozen Charlotte (Natalie Merchant)
16. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? -- Amber Waves (Tori Amos)
17. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? -- Daddy (Jewel)
18. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? -- Furious Rose (Lisa Loeb)
19. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? -- Life is Sweet (Natalie Merchant)
20. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? -- Ophelia (Natalie Merchant)

Now press Next one more time and use it as your title.

If you decide to do the meme, let me know in the comments and I'll link you into the post.

What Stacie Means

Seriously, how do they do this stuff?

What Stacie Means

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do. You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life. You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home. You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Thanks, Kelli and Barb. I needed an easy one.

Meme of Months

Judy and PJ Gardner had a lovely meme that I wanted to copy.

Rules: Paste the first line of the first post for each month, starting with January 2007. That's it. I decided to link, also, in case anyone was feeling nostalgic.

January -- Summary: A young lady has been sent pearls. Sherlock and Watson investigate their origin, along with a cryptic letter that promises to explain all. (a bookreview for The Sign of the Four)

February -- Word of the Day calendars, emails, websites, etc. seem like a good idea to increase vocabulary, but are they?

March -- Even though we've been buried in snow, I haven't been curled up with good books.

April -- Lovely that Spring is peeking her head around the corners.

May -- I love waking up to thunder storms.

June -- My allergies have kicked into high gear.

July -- LA Weekly got the scoop on the most mis-understood novel of the last century.

August -- This was a banner month of reading for me.

September -- No posts

October -- No posts

November -- Time to catch-up and start posting again.

December -- It is so cold here, that I'll I want to do is hibernate.

Whew, that's a lotta first lines. But fun (for me, at least) to look back over it.

If you decide to do the same, leave me a comment and I'll link to yours, just like Average Jane did.

How Old Are You?

You Are 26 Years Old

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

What Age Do You Act?

World Domination

Stacy at Welcome to the Confessional started her own meme:

The World Domination Meme:

You are offered one superhero power to help you take over the world (or the country of your choice). What would your superpower be and why?

The ability to see through things, both physical and non-physical. Of course, eventually, I would be driven nuts by my ability as I would constantly be walking into walls and doing damage to myself. But my ability to see through lies would be extremely helpful.

Where will you establish your capital and why?

Somewhere in California. I'm pretty sure that their economy could support itself once splintered from the US. They are considering it too, after all.

What would be your first official decree as a brand new dictator? Why?

All corporations would need to evaluate their salaried employees and stop chaining them to desks. Let their performance be based on outcome, not hours tied to a desk.

As a Great and Fearsome Leader, you will need to have the best people working for you. Who would work for you? (Feel free to use famous people, fictional characters, friends and family, or other people from the blogosphere in your answer.) What would their jobs be?

• Thursday Next, Political Adviser
• Word Nerd, Grammar Police
• Albus Dumbledore, Rule Maker
• Dooce, Director of Entertainment
• Naturally, I reserve the right to add more when needed.

If you could make one annoying habit illegal in your empire, what would it be? Either bad grammar or private conversations in public areas on cell phones. It's a tough choice.

In all, I'm sure my country would collapse in no time, as I'm more interested in reading than ruling the country. But it's fun to imagine, just for a day.

Stacie Needs...

I picked this up from another Stacy, but our needs are different.

The idea is to Google your name and "needs" to discover what the internet things you are lacking in your life. Post the top five.

1. Stacie needs to let people know that the reason she is what she is is because of God and his help for her. (This is Stacie Orrico, who pops up all the time as a search keyword for my page. Who the heck is she?)
2. Stacie needs her own forum!
3. Stacie needs to be the perfect roll model.
4. Stacie needs a new computer.
5. Stacie needs to gain cycling confidence

When I checked the URL for any of those, it all feed back to a "Stacie Orrico" site.

Maybe I should check out who this chick is and why people are telling her what she needs.

Have You Read...?

I got this meme from Word Nerd who stole it from Kelli Parra. I love arbitrary measuring sticks so I decided to give it a go.

It was also stolen by Page Smith, another bookish type I know.

Instructions: In the list of books below:

• Bold the ones you’ve read
• Italicize the ones you want to read
• Mark in RED the ones you won’t touch with a ten-foot pole (this is kind of drastic, but there are books I probably won't read)
• Put a cross (+) in front of the ones on your book shelf
• Mark an asterisk (*) beside the ones you’ve never heard of
• Seen the movie (#)

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. +#Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. +To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. +Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. +The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. +#The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. +The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. *A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. +#Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. +Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. +Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. +#Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling)
17. *Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. +#Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. +Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. +The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. +Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. +Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. +The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. *Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. +The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. +Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. +1984 (Orwell)
35. *The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. *The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. *The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. *The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. *The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. +Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. +Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. *The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. +#Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. +The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. +The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. *Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. +Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. +Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. +The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. *The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. +#Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. *Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. +Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. *Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. +Emma (Jane Austen)
86. +Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. +Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. *The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. *Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. *Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. *In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. +Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. +The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. +The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

If you decide to play along, leave a comment! It great to see what people read.

My Ten Names

I stole this from Michelle who was tagged by Karmela. It's a case where stealing is good.

C'mon, Kelli, admit it. That gave you a nasty flash back.

MY TEN NAMES

1. YOUR REAL NAME: Stacie Penney
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first three letters of your name, plus izzle) Staizzle (eww.)
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three of your last) S-Pen
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal) Purple Hamster (wtf? it sounds like a porn name)
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, Street you live on): Lynne Lark
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name) Pen St Pai
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (favorite color, favorite drink) Purple Brandy Old Fashion (the drunk all-inclusive superhero)
8. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dad’s middle name, 1st letter of a sibling’s first name, last letter of your moms middle name) Tnyanje
9. YOUR STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/body spray) Raspberries
10. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother & father’s middle name) Joyce Lynn

Thursday Thirteen #6: The Lipstick Chronicles

The Lipstick Chronicles is probably my favorite blog in the blogosphere. It's either them or Dooce. Post for post, Lipstick Chronicles has me laughing outloud.

My 13 favorite posts from the Lipstick Chronicles:

1. Seven Deadly Sins.
2. Celebrity Therapy
3. Of Babies and Boardrooms
4. Measuring an Inseam
5. How to Proofread the Pages of Your Novel
6. Never Ski with Your Doctor
7. Another "F" Word
8. Sluts
9. Guerilla Signings
10. My Big Fat Outrage
11. What Questions to Ask Before Getting Married
12. Sexy Hair
13. Insomnia

My previous Thirteens

• Word of the Day (#5)
• I am not Delighted (#4)
• Thirteen Things about Writing Books I Would Recommend
• Thirteen Things about Editing with Small Children (#2)
• Thirteen Ways to Deal with Writer's Block (#1)

Thursday Thirteen #5: Word of the Day

Word of the Day calendars, emails, websites, etc. seem like a good idea to increase vocabulary, but are they? The following list was developed from the one I receive daily, subscribe to through Bloglines or found in my calendar.

1. oleaginous: 1. resembling or having the properties of oil : oily; also : containing or producing oil; 2. marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality.
2. cudgel: 1. A short heavy stick used as a weapon; a club; 2. To beat with or as if with a cudgel.
3. eonism: 1.Adoption of female clothing and manners by a male.
4. miscible: 1.Capable of being mixed; specifically : capable of mixing in any ratio without separation of two phases
5. cadge: 1.beg, sponge
6. pettifogger: 1. A petty, unscrupulous lawyer; a shyster. 2. A person who quibbles over trivia. .
7. nonce: 1. Occurring, used, or made only once or for a special occasion.
8. hesternal: 1. Of yesterday.
9. looby: 1. An awkward, clumsy, lazy fellow.
10. athenaeum: 1. A library or reading room. 2. A literary or scientific club.
11. insouciant: 1. Happily unconcerned; carefree; nonchalant.
12. invious: 1. Pathless; untrodden; inaccessible.
13. rhinorrhea: 1.A runny nose.

My previous Thirteens

• I am not Delighted (#4)
• Thirteen Things about Writing Books I Would Recommend (#3)
• Thirteen Things about Editing with Small Children (#2)
• Thirteen Ways to Deal with Writer's Block (#1)

Thursday Thirteen #4: I'm No Longer Delighted

Thirteen Things: I'm no Longer Delighted

via VocabGrapher

Instead, I am...

1. pleased.
2. enraptured.
3. gladdened.
4. entranced.
5. satisfied.
6. gratified.
7. having a ball.
8. having a good time.
9. revelling.
10. amused.
11. enchanted.
12. transported.
13. enjoying.

Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

1. Alyssa Goodnight
2. Qtpies
3. Writing Aspirations
4. Mert
5. Raggedy's 13 Church Bulletin Announcements
6. Rose's Thirteen Strange Holidays
7. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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My previous Thirteens

• Thirteen Things about Writing Books I Would Recommend (#3)
• Thirteen Things about Editing with Small Children (#2)
• Thirteen Ways to Deal with Writer's Block (#1)

Thursday Thirteen #3: Writing Books I Recommend

Thirteen Writing Books I Would Recommend The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss Mugging the Muse by Holly Lisle Telling Lies for Fun and Profit by Lawrence Block Flirting with Pride & prejudice : fresh perspectives on the original chick-lit masterpiece by Jennifer Crusie Write great fiction : plot & structure : techniques and exercises for crafting a plot that grips readers from start to finish by James Scott Bell Ten Percent of Nothing by Jim Fisher Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maas On Writing by Stephen King Create a Character Clinic by Holly Lisle How I write: secrets of a serial fiction writer by Janet Evanovich The Writing Clinic by Kelly Nickell Links to other Thursday Thirteens! Something Baby Blue Almost Somewhat Positive Jenny Ryan My Many Colored Crayons (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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My previous Thirteens

• Thirteen Things about Editing with Small Children (#2)
• Thirteen Ways to Deal with Writer's Block (#1)

Thursday Thirteen #2: Editing with Small Children

Thirteen Things about Editing with Small Children Editing with small children means... ...sharing your pens and ruining the color-coordination. ...crayon drawings over the top of text, and not just on the deleted pages. ...lowering your page quota. ...listening to Pixar's Cars twice in one night (once to make supper, once to edit.) ...sharing your iPod ear buds with someone who "wants to listen to the songs too." ...explaining to your critique partner which marks are proof-reader marks and which are unwelcome contributions from a wanna-be editor. ...not eating cookies at 9 pm even though I want to. ...listening to your kids instead of your characters. ...losing the threads of your story (and your thoughts) frequently. ...taking breaks to read their stories. ...searching for lost toys, instead of better verbs. ...answering questions without listening to them. ...lots of laughter that isn't directed at your writing skills. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! Mommy, Inc. by Shannon It's a Raggedy Life (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
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My previous Thirteens

• Thirteen Ways to Deal with Writer's Block (#1)

Thursday Thirteen

It's really a meme thing that lots of bloggers do, partly as promotion, partly as a way to get the wheels turning in a different fashion. Page Smith wants some useful writer things.

So I poked around in the hidden recesses of my computer and came up with "Thirteen Ways to Deal with Writer's Block."

In a previous life, I was a teacher. I was the mean teacher that would make you write. I didn't care if you wrote "I have nothing to say" millions of times because I truly believe that at some point your brain will rebel and give you something interesting to say.

Plus, waiting for a muse doesn't really work if you are writing 50,000 words in one month (aka NaNoWriMo.org.) Yes, I did it. Three times. But I'm not nearly amazing as a woman I met from Green Bay. Her word count was over three times the required amount.

So, without much further ado, Thirteen Ways to Deal with Writer's Block!

1. Have an outline before hand. Use the outline time to think of all the the wild "What if" scenarios, instead of trying to work it out during the story.
2. Stop in the middle of a sentence. It's really easy to pick up and keep going.
3. Stop when you know what it coming next. Again, if you know what to write next, it's easy to keep going afterwards.
4. Do the unexpected. "Suddenly, a penquin appeared in the room..." is a great way to shake things up, remind yourself that this is supposed to be fun and get more words out of your characters' mouths. You can always fix what doesn't work with editing.
5. Keep your butt in the chair and write anyway. Painfully, one word at a time, until blood is streaming down your face from the exertion. Or, until it is easier.
6. Open a new document. List all of the reasons you can't write. When the page is full, you're characters will look pretty damn enticing to write about again.
7. Invite your character to lunch and ask what should happen next. Yes, I have conversations with people I've created. Both the real ones and the imaginary ones.
8. Muses don't exist. Writers write. Waiting for a muse is like waiting for the boy (or girl) you had a crush on in 6th grade to notice you. Unless someone gives one of you a kick, nothing is going to happen. Writing is the kick.
9. Allow yourself the freedom to make mistakes. If necessary, turn your font to white so it matches the background. If you can't see it, you can't edit it.
10. Figure out what motivates you. I love seeing my word count meter go higher and higher and higher. I'm motivated by the numbers.
11. Make it a habit to open your manuscript first and email last. If you always answer email first, you'll always check it while you write. If you have to wait, you'll zoom through your word count quota.
12. What? You're still stuck? Then tell the story from a different character's point of view. No, I don't care that it is currently first person. Just do it and see what some else thinks of whichever event that's already happened. Who knows what you'll come up with until you do it.
13. It doesn't exist. Most people who experience writer's block have other issues. One thing that NaNo really opened my eyes to was the maxim, "When you have time, write." I have a full time job, two small kids (6 and 3) plus a household to run. You train yourself to write regardless of how you feel. Even if it's crap, it's crap that gets you back in the grove. Plus, if you use the tricks above, you don't get stuck. It may or may not be crap. Take care of that during editting.

These are the things that keep me going. I don't remember when I last had writer's block.

Procrastination block. Well, that's a whole 'nother post.

Six Weird Things About Stacie

Here are the rules - Each player of this game starts with the "6 Weird Things about You." People who get tagged need to write a blog entry of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says 'you are tagged' in their comments and tell them to read your blog!

This is way harder than it should be. I can't think of anything weird about myself. I'm feeling quite mainstream today.

1. I am fanatic about the order of my books. I can tell with a glance if one is out of order. Since I have kids who like my books (not that they can read them, but it's cool to play with my books instead of their books) this happens frequently.
2. I collect Mini-Coopers. Not the full sized ones, but the Matchbox/Hot Wheels ones. I steal them from my boys. I currently have six of them: yellow, blue, blue on a platform, red, red with a British flag on the roof, and green.
3. I have last year's calendar hanging on my wall at work because I like the pictures. And to see if anyone notices.
4. I have a poster of the front page of the Mason City, Iowa, newspaper hanging on the wall next to my bed. It's the headline from the Buddy Holly crash.
5. My clipboard at work is purple.
6. I know way too much about UPS billing systems. Thankfully, someone pays me to have that knowledge.

I'm tagging Page Smith, Kelli, Kelly, T Cannon, Prime Looper and Jaimie. I'm skipping Word Nerd 'cos I got her last time.