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Rebecca tagged me! Note: I had this thing almost done and accidentally closed my browser window and lost.it.all. Ah, reminds me of my college days when I did that kind of thing all the time--and still I haven't learned to save regularly. What's wrong with me?!? (Don't answer that!) I never feel as good about the recreated work, but nonetheless, here we go again:
10 years ago: Ugh. An ugly, ugly time. I had just returned from Europe and graduated from college. I had a degree in English and history, but because of nasty circumstances (which I won't go into), I thought that the direction of my life was wrong, wrong, wrong. So I tried to find the opposite. And what's opposite of a liberal arts degree? Agricultural engineering, of course. This line of thinking lasted just long enough to get me to Lincoln (living in an apartment by myself) and through one day of classes. Then I realized I just didn't belong in school and turned around and landed a job in the.most.abusive.work.environment.ever. Good times. Don't worry, it does get much, much better...
5 years ago: Phew. I was living at 2025 with Brook and Lou. I had finished my master's degree and was just getting rolling at the press. Loved my roomies and my job, enjoyed my church (New Covenant at the time). Life was just fine...
1 year ago: I was living in the Grand with Brook, Joie, and Charity. I had just returned from Seattle, and Jason had even more recently returned from the Toronto Film Festival, so I am quite sure I was revelling in being reuinted with the boy. If I remember right, it was sometime during this week that Charity got "the Call" from Andy asking her to visit him in Carrboro (woot woot!).
Yesterday: I churched with my husband; ate leftovers with Brook and Joie (and Jason); quilted a bit; hung out on the rooftop porch (Brook's and Joie's) with Nathaniel (bringer of the uh-mae-zing homemade pumpkin pie), Brook, Joie, Jason, and the Tredways (including now-older, clean-shaven Jeremy); quilted some more; watched The Woodsman with Joie, Brook, Rebecca, and Bianca; quilted a bit more; and spent some quality time with Jason. A good day indeed.
5 snacks I enjoy: Girl Scouts' Thin Mints, tortilla chips and that sour-cream-salsa-cheese business ala Julie Fletcher, good fruit (plums, peaches, grapes, oranges), string cheese, candy corn
5 songs I know all the words to: "You're the Inspiration," "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," the Millard North Mustangs' fight song, "Running to Stand Still," "You You You You You"
5 things I'd do with $100 million: Finish the attic into an art studio, buy Jason the three computers he wants, start my own publishing house, fund someone else's dream project (or many others' dream projects), travel the world
5 places I'd run away: Seattle, Prague, the Cinque Terra, Réunion, Salzburg
5 things I'd never wear: fanny pack, bikini, halter top, leather pants, fur coat
5 favorite TV shows: Freaks and Geeks, Firefly, Friends, Buffy, Spaced
5 biggest joys: Being pursued by God, being pursued by my husband (ah, see what I did there? I just changed "desired" to "pursued" and stole from Rebecca), laughing with friends, discovering new places/people/things/food, autumn
5 favorite toys: sewing machine, PowerBook, digital camera, Trivial Pursuit Lord of the Rings DVD edition, KitchenAid mixer
5 people I want to pass this on to: Brook, Joie, Christina, an Inkler (any Inkler), Keith
That makes two votes against halter tops...out of curiousity (to both Renae and Rebecca), is the aversion one of personal taste (e.g. it's fine for some but I just do'nt like them) or a deeper vendetta against the very concept of the halter (e.g. they're immodest/look good on no one)? Just out of curiosity, as they wouldn't make my top 5 things I'd never wear list. :)
You know, now that I think about it, what I actually meant to say was "tube top"--I don't think that needs any explanation at all. I probably wouldn't wear a halter top either, but it's personal taste...
[clarification] B, I was thinking of the midriff-baring halter top (circa 1980's). I'm all for the types of halter tops that tie around your neck as long as they cover up other areas... In fact, I have a tankini and a tank top that are technically halter tops. [/clarification]
Ahh, gotcha. Makes sense. :)
I, for one, would like to take this opportunity to defend the fanny pack. They seem like the dorkiest things on the planet, but they are indispensible when you go to an amusement park. I didn't have one when I went to 4 amusement parks in California in May, but then remembered to bring one when I went to Worlds of Fun in July. They are totally worth it... you can put your glasses in there during roller coaster rides, people you travel with have tylenol or something to store in there, money, a map of the park, etc. Just *try* to carry all of that stuff in your pockets...
Anne, I will come to your aid and defend the fanny pack for folks with medical needs. I have a fanny pack (though I would never call it that; the name alone sounds ridiculous!) and I'm not afraid to use it. I've had it ever since I went to camp during high school and needed something more rustic than a purse to carry my glucometer, juice boxes and insulin. Wasn't fashionable then, isn't fashionable now. Practical? Definitely, just as practical as wearing tennis shoes with long skirts (which you will NOT find me doing ever if I can help it!!!).
They're called bum bags in England. You'll get a strange look if you refer to them as 'fanny packs' there. Just warnin' ya. ;)
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