1. What is your occupation? I have a job title, but I don’t remember it. Usability Professional works, I suppose.
2. What color are your socks right now? lavender?
3. What are you listening to right now? Pandora
4. What was the last thing you ate? Pizza.
5. Can you drive a stick shift? yes
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? sea green
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Chad
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? was sent it as part of a message board. I’m sure she’s a nice person, but I don’t know her.
9. How old are you today? 25 and some change.
10. Favorite drink? chai tea.
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? poker. Ha!
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? often.
13. Pets? yes, dog and cat.
14. Favorite food? at the moment? cheese danishes.
15. What was the last movie you watched? Equilibrium.
16. Favorite day of the year? Christmas — but it lasts about a week, not one day.
17. What do you do to vent anger? let it build up until I can’t stand it, then do snarky passive aggressive things until I feel better.
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? a cabbage patch named Jeremy, but I called him baby germy. I dragged him lots of places, mostly by his foot. I found him about ten years back, in a box, missing one leg (the one I dragged him by). I think my mom finally got rid of him while I was in school…
19. Fall or spring? as long as it’s warmish…
20. Hugs or kisses? depends on from who
21. Cherries or Blueberry? either
22. Do you want your friends to email you back? well… this isn’t an email.
23. Who is most likely to respond? Anybody that wants to
24. Who is least likely to respond? people who don’t read this?
25. Living arrangements? in a house, with Chad.
26. When was the last time you cried?not yesterday?
27. What is on the floor of your closet? all the stuff i need to put away, lol.
28. Who is the friend you have had the longest friendship with that you are
    sending this to? Not sending it…
29. What did you do last night? watched heroes.
30. What is your favorite smell? lavender
31. What are you afraid of? scary things (duh).
32. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? cheese
33. Favorite breed of dog? heinz 57.
34. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
35. How many states have you lived in? 8
36. Favorite holiday? Christmas
37. Who’s your favorite NFL team? I don’t keep up with it…
38. Favorite comedy TV show? I don’t keep up with the comedy’s much these days…
39. Do you own a cell phone? Yes
40. Krispy Kream or Dunkin’ Donuts? Krispy Kreme

So, a bit late, but I’m posting it nonetheless. Things I’m thankful for:

1. Good friends. Both the kind that live close enough to come eat with us, and the kind that don’t
2. Good times. And snickers martinis. And good times while drinking said martinis.
3. Dancing. (this includes happy dances of all sorts)
4. Good food. Like turkey. And pie.
5. Massages. Seriously.
6. Books. I have way too many on my to-read list. But I love them anyway.

1. Went to RenFest last weekend. Going again this weekend. It’s awesome.
2. I didn’t buy the like, eight Egyptian statues they were selling that I didn’t have… But I did buy a cool Egypt dagger. And a shirt. And a ring. But not a jingly ankle bracelet. I’m gonna hafta make that one.
3. It’s still really hot in Houston. For some reason, this is upsetting me less and less the longer I stay here Although it is a bit weird to wear shorts and tank tops out Christmas shopping.
4. Family drama is always interesting, and kind of odd. Christmas will be fun, all around. I’m just sayin’.
5. I am hopelessly behind in my writing. But I caught up a little yesterday. Sort of. We’ll see how it goes this week, as we’ll have house-guests from Thursday until Tuesday.
6. I hate NetBeans. With the fiery passion of a thousand suns. No really, I hate it that much. Even more than I hate Internet Explorer. Which is amazing.

Trying counts, no?

Habits I have already started working on:

1. Planning meals for the week, every Friday/Saturday. I totally have this one down. Plan Menus on Friday or Saturday, go grocery shopping Sunday night.
2. Getting the dishes done every night, not leaving anything until morning. Not as good as I should have been… but better?
3. Keep up with the laundry. All except the folding part.
4. Taking time to take care of me
   • Actually using the Clinique face wash system I’ve been claiming to use for like, 3 years, but haven’t actually used as I was worried about having to buy more when I ran out. not so great
   • Flossing my teeth. oh dear. Once?
   • Taking time to read/do something else just for me. Ah, one I didn’t screw up. Managed to do something for me at least 5 times this week…
   • Take my vitamins. Every day. At least twice a day. blah. Got the calcium chews, but not really doing that great on everything else.
   • Write, every day, for NaNoWriMo (so far so good, I’m only a little behind my goals…) Missed two days. But wrote all the others, yay!

New Habits for the week:

1. Spend at least 30 minutes working on a current project (otherwise I’ll never finish them all).

So Ive revamped the habits thing. Here’s where I am this week:

Habits I have already started working on:

1. Planning meals for the week, every Friday/Saturday.
2. Getting the dishes done every night, not leaving anything until morning.
3. Keep up with the laundry.
4. Taking time to take care of me
   • Actually using the Clinique face wash system I’ve been claiming to use for like, 3 years, but haven’t actually used as I was worried about having to buy more when I ran out.
   • Flossing my teeth.
   • Taking time to read/do something else just for me.
   • Take my vitamins. Every day. At least twice a day.

New Habits for the week:

1. Write, every day, for NaNoWriMo (so far so good, I’m only a little behind my goals…)

Just so as you know, I totally suck at writing. (Not that I’m giving up, I’m just saying is all). The chances that anyone will ever get to read the novel? Practically zero. I mean, really. I’m hesitant to even post an excerpt on my NaNoWriMo profile, it’s *that bad*. ~Disclaimer: I know there are worse writers out there, but I’ve also read enough to know that I wouldn’t read anything that was as poorly written as what I write. I might not be entirely objective about this. But it’s how I see it.~

Odd issues with writing… I feel the need to write an abstract. Too many journal papers. Sheesh.

Also, I have this weird desire to “get things right”, and instead of making a note to look something up, I have to drop my story and spend time in Google trying to determine which is more correct – shawabti? or shabti? Or, how far is the Valley of the Kings from Giza? How long does it take to fly from a US hub (say, Houston) to Cairo? Does it take longer if you’re on a budget?

Blah. Research.

I’m hoping to make my target word count today… somewhere around 3400 words. I’m sitting just shy of 2300 now. And I’m going out tonight, won’t be back until after 10pm.

Maybe tomorrow I can get ahead. Ha!