“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”

Four jobs I have had in my life:

   1. Phone book delivery
   2. Trivia show host
   3. Cafeteria cleaning crew
   4. Writer (I've got the first tiny check to prove it!)

Four movies you would watch over and over:

   1. Serenity    
   2. Final Fantasy VII - Advent's Children
   3. Princess Bride
   4. Galaxy Quest

Four places you have never gone, but want to:

   1. International Space Station
   2. Alaska
   3. NW (Washington State, Oregon, Canada)
   4. British Isles

Four songs on my iTunes or in my MP3 player (or CD player) right now:
    (It's Billy Joel week here, thanks to the concert)
   1. The Entertainer
   2. Angry Young Man
   3. Always a Woman
   4. Creep - Radiohead

Four TV shows I love/like:
    I had trouble thinking of 13 last week - 4 should be much simpler -
   1. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
   2. Heroes
   3. Numb3rs
   4. NCIS

Four places you have been on vacation:

   1. New York City
   2. Paris
   3. New Orleans
   4. Las Vegas

Four of my favorite foods are:
    This one is really not so easy :( - I do love food -
   1. Red sauce on anything
   2. Red wine.  You have your food standards (solid), I'll have mine.
   3. Sushi.  Not a big snob on what goes in it, although I am a fan of the sauces.  
   4. Pizza.  The more sauce the better!  With a glass of red.

Four places I would rather be right now:

   1. Washington courtroom, watching Scooter squirm
   2. In Joss Whedon's head, so see what he's got planned next
   3. In bed getting another hour of sleep
   4. Hong Kong in the year 2100

I'm breaking the chain and cutting out the "Tag, you're it" section of 4's.  Because, if you haven't done this yet, Tag, you're it. And if you already did, leave me a link to it!

Link: Find someone on Vox who has the same name as yours.  Any similarities?

Not sure if this person is named Karen or not - but she popped up when I did a search for my name, and she's not in high school (as the first three people I found were), and doesn't post gross pictures of things that I wish I hadn't seen, so yay!  She's most like me.

And really we do have some similarities - she has a husband, I have a husband.  She has kids, I have kids.  She plays RPG's, I play RPG's.  She lives in Colorado, my hubby is a huge Bronco's fan.  And maybe her name is even Karen.  OK, I'll stop there :) 

(Want to see what I'm up to?  I'm mostly over at http://ksteele2.authorsabode.com )
By way of
Annalee Blysse
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain - then rappelled down a rope into a very long, dark cave. Then climbed back out again many hours later. Sometimes I really miss the mountains.
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula - amazingly soft and silky
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea - I'm cheating on the definition of "at sea" here - on the beach, by the ocean.
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars Now I really, really miss the mountains.
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer - This thing is not like the others..
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud - One word - College.
64. Played in the rain - 64a - Played touch football in the rain and mud
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage - I think it was 4th grade. Long, long time ago
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Been to the Great Barrier Reef
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication [Do books count?]
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

How about you?

NaNo started today.  I tell you this not so you'll "ohhhh", but to make a rather lame excuse for not posting for the next 30 days.

Happy writing!

What's the nerdiest thing about you?

My nerdiness exceeds the boudarys of "most" and "least". 

What albums are in heavy rotation for you right now?

Totally depends on where I am.

The car still has the 6 cd's from my road trip in it.  Because having a cd changer in the back of the car means you never think to change it til you're already driving down the road, and by then it's too late.  The 6 cd's are - Phantom of the Opera disk 1; PotO disk 2; a Madonna mix cd that has mostly her older stuff (nothing more recent than American Pie, which always makes me hit the "change cd" button); Billy Joel Greatest Hits Vol. 3; Dokken Under Lock and Key; Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell.

Looking at that makes me realize why I haven't been listening to the cd player in the car since I got back from my trip...

The pc playlist has a lot of Beatles, Stones, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Gomez, and Porcupine Tree on it.

And my writing playlist has Enya, Enigma, and ... Amy Grant's Christmas album. 

Aren't you glad you asked?

Show us something interesting in the sky.

TheSky081206

This was the sky last weekend when I came out of the store.  Taken looking east - the worst of the storm was to the north of us.

We raced home and barely beat the rain.

stripes

This is the vertical blinds in the office - turned horizontally.

What was the last wedding you went to?  Were you in the wedding?

Last one was my baby sis's wedding  almost two years ago!  They had the ceremony in a classy ballroom, and the reception was in the same room immediately after.  Great wedding!  Major points for food, bar, music, and all the family making it to the event with no drama.   

Bonus points for the 3 year old that got 'lost' and started a security lockdown of the entire hotel and galleria who was found 10 minutes later going potty.