Some random questions answered from the summer round:

Leather? The only leather I wear is for my shoes (and I feel kind of bad/hypocritical about it, but there isn't really much selection for vegan shoes). I have to wear shoes with good arch support too, so that narrows the field even more. I did finally find some good vegan sandals from Earth that are really comfortable, so that makes me glad...

Do you like hair things? I do!

Disney? No.

Plants: I love plants, but I am terrible at watering them. My house is actually plantless right now, since they were all dying/dead and I had to give them a mass funeral...

Do you wear nail varnish? Yes, but more often on my toes- I like having my nails painted, but can't do my right hand to save my life.

Homebaked goodies? Sure, but I don't like coconut either (and no dairy please)

Insects: I don't mind insects at all (and actually I really like the more interesting ones), except for spiders, which I wish would vanish from the face of the earth.

First concert? I went to a bunch of shows of boys I was dating in HS before I ever saw a "real" concert, but the first big show I ever went to was REM in '96 I think.

lip balm? I have a lip balm and lip gloss and lip stain obsession. It's ridiculous- if I'm out somewhere and I realize I don't have any lip balm in my pocket I kind of freak out... I guess it's almost how people are with cigarettes or something.

favorite books as a kid? Gosh- I read so much when I was little- I was always in those reading contests at the library. I loved The Velveteen Rabbit and Where the Sidewalk Ends, and then later The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (I wanted to live in a museum SO badly after that book) and I think I read all the Babysitter's Club Books, and so many others.

Do you still read any children's books? Well, to my sometime embarrassment, I still read YA books (even though I turned 30 this year- gasp!). I read the Twilight books for the first time last month and have kind of become a bit obsessed about them (lol)...

Phobias: Spiders. Oh my, I am terrified of them- it's really bad....

Hot beverages? Can I answer "all"? I LOVE tea and coffee and apple cider- what else is hot... I've recently been accumulating tea from Republic of Tea (I made us get it at the health food store I work at, so I could buy it at a discount)...

Bath stuff: I like actual soaps more than shower gel, and a mixture of scrubby (as long as it's fine grain bits of scrubbiness) and smooth, although I guess I slightly lean towards liking smooth soaps a little more. I love lotion and have bottles of it everywhere- I only use bath oils in the winter, and never powder.

Flavored hard candies: I LOVE hard candy- especially random candy store hard candies that I usually only get on vacation- root beer barrels, those cinnamon hard candies, coffee flavored ones...yum!

If I could live in another time: I don't know if I'd like to live permanently in another time, although I'd like to be able to time travel to several times/places (as long as I had lots of money- it almost seems like every time in the past seems romantic or wonderful, although most often it was only wonderful for a small minority, with the rest being slaves/servants/peasants- which I wouldn't want to be). I love the Anne of Green Gables books/movies, and it seems like such a simpler time, which would be nice (for awhile), I think living in the 20's during prohibition would be fun- going to speakeasys and the like, although I guess if I had to choose, I might say to live during the Civil Rights Movement- to be a part of that and make a difference would be really amazing. Ideally, I'd like to be someone like Kivrin in The Doomsday Book (without things going wrong though), where I could be sent to the past, having been inoculated against whatever diseases everyone died from, and where I could be pulled back out to go back to my own time).

Strangest dream you've ever had? I wouldn't say strangest, although it is probably one of the most vivid dreams I had- and it prompted me to get my bunnies: I had this bunny, and the two of us were on a long journey- we were going over mountains, crossing rivers, traversing the world- just the two of us- this bunny and me against the world! lol! It's kind of hilarious, but it really stuck with me, and so we got Romana.

Any mysteries in your family? Not anymore- just drama...lol. I'm adopted (and have since met my biological parents), but growing up I always wondered about them, and imagined they were famous, or royalty, or just exactly like me...

Daily websites:

-gmail

-bpal.org

-my LJ friends page to read the different community posts

-accuweather- (I'm kind of OCD about having to know what the weather will be like)

-shirt.woot.com- they have one (American Apparel) shirt on sale for $10 (including shipping) each day, so I usually check it in the morning to see if it's my style or not

Do you like spicy/asian food? I do.

Teen Crush-

Well, actually pre-teen (way preteen I think) was Joey from New Kids on the Block...

Then when I was a freshman I had a huge crush on Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon- I think I watched the No Rain video a thousand times because he was so gorgeous.

What was your wedding song? Firehouse's Love of a Lifetime

Shoe size- 9-9.5 or 39-40 narrow.

Audiobooks- I love them, although I have a LOT of them, so my Witchie probably shouldn't send me any (not that I wouldn't want them, but because I may already have them).

Alternative medicine? yes

Defend your position on Coke vs Pepsi- I don't drink them often, but when I have a choice, I choose Coke.

What gift do you want to give everyone in the world? Man, that's a hard question... hope maybe?

Are you lactose-intolerant? no, but I don't do dairy

What do you find lucky? shooting stars

Beauty secret? Probably trying not to worry what other people think and to just please myself (not that I succeed in that all the time).

Some random questions from the Winter 2007 round:

Any unusual hobbies?Meh, not really...

Fairies or gnomes?

Gasp! I love them both- how could I ever choose? I guess I'm partial to gnome things however, because I'm kind of picky about the faeries I like- I don't like the sexy DDD cup faeries (I kind of think they're tacky *ducks*), and I hate the country Mary Engelbrite looking faeries too...

Favorite book genres?

Good historical fiction.

Video games?

Meh. My husband is trying to convince me that we need a Wii, but the only games I really like to play are Mario Party (that must sound ridiculous, but it's true) and board game type games- Monopoly, etc.

Beer?

I think my favorite right now is Red Stripe. I do like hard cider a lot too.

College?

No. Things were crazy at that time in my life. Life was crazy, I was crazy, I'm lucky to be alive I guess...

Girl Scouts?

I actually loved girl scouts- we went camping and rambling through the forest all the time- it was awesome!

Do you cook? Any cookbooks you want?

I kind of hate cooking. I like eating (lol), so I see cooking as a means to an end.

Best concert:

Nightwish with Tarja Turnen. It was their first concert in the US, and their last tour with their original singer. It was amazing, and I'm so glad we were able to go.