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[KappaStargirl]

1. LIVING ARRANGEMENT? much too expensive 1BR apt shared with fiance

2. WHAT BOOK(S) ARE YOU READING NOW? Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher, Jemima J by Jane Green, and The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake (leading a book discussion group on that one). I'm also on about my sixth re-reading of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

3. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? The Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, and the web address for Pitt's School of Information Sciences, which is where I got my Master's.

4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? anything but Monopoly, which I've never won in my life

5. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? Cosmo, Bride's

6a. FAVORITE SMELLS? Gasoline, Tiffany perfume, spearmint, my sweetie

6b. LEAST FAVORITE SMELLS? Ocean, freshly cut grass

7. FAVORITE SOUND? the bell that rings fifteen minutes before the library closes and I get to go home

8. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? nausea

9. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? "When do I get to take a nap?"

10. FAVORITE COLOR? white, or pink

11. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? 2

12. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME? No kids. When we adopt cats, we're going to name them Lucy and Ethel. I wanted to name them Barbra and Pantalaimon and call them Bra and Panti for short, but fiance didn't go for that.

13. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? loving what you do

14. FAVORITE FOODS? sushi, lox and bagel, Fuel and Fuddle's Smashed Potato pizza. Damn, I miss Pittsburgh.

15. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Chocolate. Chocolate everything.

16. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST? Why yes I do

17. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL? it's nicknamed Roadkill b/c it's been loved to the point where it looks like such. I think it used to resemble a cat.

18. STORMS - COOL OR SCARY? Cool, as long as I don't have to drive in it.

19. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE? My Grandma Addie, who died when I was in second grade. I wish I remember her more.

21. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? Strawberry daiquiris

22. WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN? Aquarius, but I like my Chinese astrological sign better: Dragon

23. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? I don't eat food that looks like trees.

24. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE? Opera singer

25. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR? I like it the way it is, I feel no need to dye it.

26. EVER BEEN IN LOVE? Yes

27. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL? The real question here is: What's in the glass?

28. FAVORITE MOVIE? Disney's Alice in Wonderland

29. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS? Yes, I taught myself out of a book

30. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? Carpeting. And a few storage bins.

31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 8

32. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? basketball