because I had already answered the questions

I figured I’d post these on my blog since it took me forever to do IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Twelve places you want to see before you die.

1. Stonehenge (My top three list was Stonehenge, Taj Mahal and Pyramids);
2. Patagonia to see the other edge of the world;
3. Tokyo for the crazy Japanese and sushi;
4. Siberia.
5. Alaska, or wherever I need to go to see the Northern Lights;
6. the Panama Canal;
7. Easter Island;
8. Australia;
9. New Zealand;
10. Thailand
11. South Africa
12. Baja New Mexico

Eleven most personally important or moving books you’ve read

1. Great Game Trilogy – Dave Duncan
2. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
3. His Dark Materials trilogy – Phillip Pullman
4. Black Jewels trilogy – Anne Bishop
5. The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery (in french *and* english for bonus points!)
6. American Gods – Neil Gaiman
7. Wheel of Time series – Robert Jordan
8. Kushiel’s Dart series – Jaqueline Carey
9. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
10. The Tipping Point and Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
11. Hitchhikers Guide books and Long Dark Tea Time Of The Soul – Douglas Adams

Ten things you like most about yourself

1. that I pick up languages easily
2. that I’m insanely creative
3. that I’m really perky and happy most of the time
4. that I express my emotions freely
5. that I’m sensitive to other people’s needs
6. that I’m a great hostess at parties
7. that I’m a great cook
8. that I have a really nice smile.
9. that I make friends easily.
10. that I’m genuine.

Nine most exciting things you’ve ever done.

1. horseback riding through the mayan ruins in cozumel.
2. moved to a new city where I didn’t know anyone, by myself.
3. traveled to a foreign country alone, then traveled with people i met there.
4. spent time in an ashram meditating and taking courses.
5. did yoga on the taj mahal at dawn.
6. walked on the Columbia Ice Fields
7. driven my car on an empty road going 120+mph.
8. ridden a camel around the pyramids
9. had some of my columns published

Eight foods currently found in your refridgerator

artichoke dip, roasted beef tenderloin, sesame chicken, garlic cheese log, balogna, swiss cheese, blue cheese, carrots.

Seven interesting things about living wherever you live

1. there’s a really fun amusement park very close to my house
2. my family is here, and they’re all about ten miles apart.
3. we have professional sports teams, but I rarely go to events
4. It’s brutally hot in the summer and wet and cold in the winter
5. I’m about ten minutes, tops, from where I work, but I have to start commuting to New York again in March.  I’m not looking forward to it.
6. some really amazing food can be found here, you just have to get past the chain restaurants to find it.
7. It has the mountains within two hours and the beach in three.

Six phrases you could limit your life to uttering only, forever

1. Please
2. Thank You
3. How much?
4. What is that?
5. Can you help me?
6. May I have coffee with milk and sugar?

Five things you will never, ever do again.

1.  eat shellfish, because of my allergies
2. smell burning human flesh (i hope)
3. skinny dipping in dangerous waters. the skinny dipping I’ll do again!
4. go in the tunnels under the great pyramid. it was horribly claustrophobic.
5. answer these damn questions, because they’re actually harder than I thought!

Four best meals you’ve ever had

1. Chicken fried chicken in accra, ghana
2. roasted whole trout in georgetown, guyana
3. street kebabs and cheap beer in moscow, russia
4. Calamari in sitges, spain after a day on a topless beach

Three worst habits

procrastinating interrupting people, getting frustrated too quickly with people or something I’m doing.

Two most recent breakups

most recent was the guy I dated for ten months.  broke up with me after I got back from india.  It wasn’t terribly serious at all, we hung out for a few days each month playing video games, drinking, cooking and going out for sushi.  so, when he broke up with me saying ‘he wasn’t ready for a commitment’, I was a little surprised.  and I called him on it, saying ‘what kind of commitment have I asked you for, since we don’t spend that much time together and I’ve been in another country for over a month?’  He didn’t have a good answer, so I laughed at him.  I wasn’t heartbroken, for sure.

Previously, was my husband and I getting a divorce.  It wasn’t exactly amicable, but it wasn’t contested.  I refused to file since I wasn’t the one that cheated.  So, all I did was sit on it.  Legally separated in South Carolina means I can do whatever I want.  So, for a year and a half, I was technically married (from Jan 2008 to July 2009), but the divorce was final August 30, 2009.  The only reason I remember is because that’s my dad’s birthday.

One wish for where you want your life to go in the new year

I wish for excitement and contentment.

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Is it out of line to hope for?

Randomly played songs on my itunes. This song came up, and frankly, this is what I want. I want to be important enough to someone who loves me, whether or not they will write a song about me.

Jack Johnson – Angel

“I’ve got an angel
She doesn’t wear any wings
She wears a heart that can melt my own
She wears a smile that can make me wanna sing
She gives me presents
With her presence alone
She gives me everything I could wish for
She gives me kisses on the lips just for coming home

She could make angels
I’ve seen it with my own eyes
You gotta be careful when you’ve got good love
Cause the angels will just keep on multiplying

But you’re so busy changing the world
Just one smile can change all of mine
We share the same soul
Oh oh oh oh oh ohhh
We Share the same soul
Oh oh oh oh oh ohhh
We Share the same soul
Oh oh oh oh oh ohhh
Oh oh oh oh oh ohhh
Umm umm umm uhhhhhhmm”

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I have seen some awesome today

But this is the best of it.

Cutest Cat Ever.  Of the day, that is.

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