I've been Tagged!

Now, this was worrisome at first, because after reading Vitals the word "tagged" has whole new and mind-controlling connotations. But I got over that, and am now responding to the tag. Thanks Bastya's Tall Thing. I needed a break from the papers and thesis.

10 Favorites:

Favorite Season: Spring
Favorite Sport: Hockey
Favorite Time: Nighttime
Favorite Month: I'm fond of March, though April is kind of nice
Favorite Actor: Sean Connery, Johnny Depp
Favorite Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon
Favorite Ice Cream: Cheap Strawberry (the generic is often better than the brand)
Favorite Food: Seafood, Rosa's, Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese
Favorite Drink: Water
Favorite Places: Cottonwood, Egypt, Whiterock, Wisconsin

9 Currents:

Current Feeling: 1 part anxiety, 2 parts exhaustion, 2 parts ill, 1 part frustrated
Current O/S: Windows XP Home Edition
Current Windows Open: Microsoft Word (4), Opera (3)
Current Drink: Cranberry Juice (no sense in another dr visit)
Current Time: 3:58
Current Mobile(s) Used: just the cell.
Current Show on TV: I gave my TV away.
Current Thought: What day is it?
Current Clothing: Painting jeans, orange cami, off-white long sweater, scarf, boots

8 Firsts:

First Nick: Scooter Pie
First Kiss: In high school
First Crush: Some 5th grader (was in 4th myself) whose name escapes me.
First Computer: The old Tandy desktop (late 80s, I guess)
First Vehicle I drove: 1987 Grand Marquis (ugly yellow, but very solid)
First Job: Reading tutor in 4th grade (probably didn't get paid, but it was work)
First Pet: A gray kitty cat named Tinkerbell (male, but probably with identity issues)
First Shave(men)/hairstyle(women): A girlish sort of bowl cut (teach me to play with the round brush, huh?).

7 Lasts:

Last Chai (Tea): Never
Last Movie: Monty Python's Life of Brian (sadly, for a research paper)
Last Time I Drove: 2 hours ago
Last Time Shaved(men)/Beauty parlour visit(women): Over two years ago.
Last Web Site Visited: Bastya and Vincent's blog (hey there you guys!)
Last Software Installed: Symantec Ghost (for the job, you see?)
Last Pill I Had: Lactase enzyme

6 Have You Evers:

Have You Ever Broken the Law: Probably, but you can't go the speed limit all the time
Have You Ever Been Drunk: Nope, the stuff just tastes gross to me
Have You Ever Climbed a Tree: Many of them
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Nope, it's a germ thing
Have You Ever Been in the Middle/Close to Gunfire or Bomb Blast: Yes
Have You Ever Broken Anyone’s Heart: Unfortunately, Yes

5 Things:

Things You Can Hear Right Now: JP typing at his desk, the space heater (they turn the heat off on the weekends), beating hearts as students take finals next door
Things on Your Computer Table: Water bottle, 15 books, cup of pencils, bag of yarn, cranberry juice, Fagin gloves, a lamp, a rubic's cube, a bottle of DayQuil, a box of kleenex, more sticky notes than I'd like to count, a jar of mandarin oranges, a digital camera, a herd of plastic frogs, three pictures of Charlotte (whom Idesperatelyy miss)
Things on Your Bed: Sheets, fleece blanket 1, Cat quilt, fleece blanket 2, pillow, Charlotte,
Things You Ate Today: Small handful of pecans, seven cheetos, piece of toast with butter, mandarin oranges
Things in Mind: Thrillerland paper, Drama paper, the Thesis, Thrillerland final, my next shower

4 Places You Have Been Today:

My apartment (put out food and water for Charlotte, play with Charlotte, change clothes)
The car
My office
The Boss's office

3 People You Can Tell Anything To:
God
Charlotte
Emily

2 Choices:
Black or White: Black
Hot or Cold: Cold

1 Thing You Want To Do Before You Die:
Finish grad school, with all that entails

And individuals I wanna tag-
I guess Emily, if she reads this, and
John, because he mocked me for having to do this (take that, John)

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And now, I must return to working. Fare well, all you blog-reading folks out there!

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