Madame Karina wishes you the peace of the dead, the wisdom of the spirits, and the joy of the water nixies when they find a new boatload of drunken sailors to blow for nickels and candy bars.
Go quietly into the night, or Madame Karina will turn you into a treefrog in the Amazon rainforest. The spirits tell me you have the eating of many bugs in your future…
I’ve been called out by Cybele, who is one of my writing imps (her avatar sits on my shoulder and pokes me in the back of the ear with a pitchfork or some other shiny, pointy thing, possibly a pencil, but chrome and ruthless, to remind me to set words to paper, or pixels to screen, on a regular basis…all hail Cybele).
1. What is your full name now?
Kari Jane Hayes
2. What color trousers are you wearing?
black
3. What are you listening to right now?
a coworker typing
4. What was the last thing you ate?
a cinnamon-raisin bagel
5. Do you wish on stars?
the occasional falling star
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
jade green
7. How is the weather right now?
overcast, cool, misty
8. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
TGP - my Better Half
9. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
abbalutely - even if I did have to go find it so technically nobody sent it to me
10. How old are you today?
36
11. Favorite soft drink?
Dr. Pepper, orange cream soda, key lime soda… wow, I like soft drinks way too much
12. Favorite sport?
kickboxing
13. Hair color?
dishwater blonde roots with bleached ends
14. Siblings?
an older half-brother I’ve never met, several step-brothers
15. Favorite food?
yams, couscous, b’stilla, blanc mange, the t-bone steak of the gods
16. What was the last movie you saw?
Serenity - woo Joss Whedon
17. Favorite day of the year?
any day a good thunderstorm complete with lightening and wind strikes
18. What was your favorite toy as a child?
scissors - both stabby and cutty
19. Summer or winter?
winter
20. Hugs or kisses?
depends on from who - mostly hugs
21. Chocolate or Vanilla?
homemade vanilla ice cream with flecks of bean still in it, drizzled with hot bittersweet chocolate with flecks of bean still in it… smooth, gritty, sweet, bitter, hot, cold, all in one - who needs to choose?
22. Do you want your friends to email you back?
um, if they want, but this isn’t getting mailed around, and since only 3 people have ever been documented as reading my blog, not likely
23. Who is most likely to respond?
again, not likely
24. Who is least likely to respond?
a fourth reader
25. Living arrangements?
in a house - roof, four walls, windows, attack puppies
26. When was the last time you cried?
last night, mourning my ex-marriage, the children I’ll never have, how hard we both tried only to have it fall apart… nostalgia is a dangerous thing
27. What is under your bed?
better not be no dust bunnies stalking my toes - I’m afraid to look
28. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Continuously?
Anne Wohlcke the longest - continuously, not sure, as there have always been periods of silence between me and all my oldest friends, rarely on purpose
29. What did you do last night?
did the first three chapters in my Human Anatomy coloring book for my A & P test, read the first chapter in the textbook, played The Sims - Nightlife, rubbed puppy bellies
30. Favorite TV shows?
Battlestar Galactica, Monk, Stargates
31. What are you afraid of?
pain, loss, being seen - all in conflict when the imp pokes me in the ear, as then I fear losing the ear and being in pain while trying to be published anonymously
32. Plain, buttered or salted popcorn?
buttered
33. Favorite car?
only one? 1966 Mustang, Mini Cooper S, Porsche 928
34. Favorite Flower?
lilac, freesia, hydrangea, tulip, honeysuckle
35. Number of keys on your key ring?
many on two key rings - not sure how many total
36. Favorite vacations?
any trip to Big Sur
37. Three Bloggers who don’t blog enough:
TGP, Armed Liberal, DirtyFez
38. Six friends who you are tagging:
I have no spray paint thus cannot tag
This would be the “catching up on everything at once” post, for all three of you who bother to show up and read my mutterings every so often. Also, it reminds me of where I am and where I’ve been - like Cliff Notes for my life.
Cleaned up a few things. Been doing this for over five years now - my blogoversary was September 3rd - and I think it’s time for a polish on a few bits. Since the blogging has slowed to a trickly I keep thinking I’ll stop blogging altogether, but I like it. I like talking to myself out loud and onscreen. And fewer people look at me funny when I talk to myself here.
Da Goddess reminds us that it’s time for boobies again. Must remember to get good titty shot this next week for the cause. No doubt TGP will be pleased to help me. In the meanwhile, go donate:
Leaving for Hawaii in a few more days. Happy to go relax on the beach, drink fruity alcoholic drinks (note to self - avoid poking eye out with little umbrella), and celebrate my marriage to the wonderfullest man by ogling Mother Pele’s house from a helicopter.
Just started grad school at Emperor’s College of Oriental Medicine - that’s acupuncture school to you readers three. I mentioned this to Armed Liberal a few weeks back and he ever so wittily replied, “Do they know about you?” Ah, with friends like that…
Was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about a month ago. Started taking vitamins and herbal supplements and moving a bit more. One of my classes at Emperor’s is Tai Chi, which is neato… first class was last Saturday, a year to the day that I blew out my ankle. A bit of a tendonitis flare-up, nothing major, was more than compensated for by the space we practiced in - small park in Santa Monica a few blocks from the beach, under shaggy eucalyptus trees amidst drifting fog. Purty, calming, centering, verra good. Happy to get back in the saddle, even if it’s just the kiddie ride at the petting zoo. Apparently baby steps are what I’m supposed to be taking, will it or no.
Jewelry zen is. Orders come in, I can’t fill them fast enough because I keep needing more sleep than I can get, orders go out. Like breathing, that way. Jewelry zen is. I have resolved to cut back on my recent eBay spate of madness… there are so many pretty shiny things out there and so little time to gather all the precioussnessss to me…
Puppies are healthy and gorgeous and fuzzy and wonderful. Parents are coming to stay at our house and dog-sit while we’re gone next week, which should be an interesting adventure for everybody involved. Most frazzlesome stuff this week revolves around getting the place picked up enough for the ‘rents to enjoy it while we’re basking in volcano-land. Gotta write down how to use the TIVO, lock up the good scotch and hide the vibrators.