Hangin' It All Out There Quiz

I’m taking a break from some heavy, intensive writing. It's now starting to snow, which is really healthy for my Muse, and I'm eager to get back to the manuscript. I'd planned to blog about a particular character in this book, but I’m not quite ready. A while ago I nicked a bunch of questions from another blogger. I’ve tailored them a little and inevitably have given more than one answer to some questions. That’s the way I am.

WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING? Woke up--7.10 a.m. Got up--7.20 a.m. Complete consciousness restored (by caffeine)--7:46.

WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA? Pride & Prejudice

WHAT’S YOUR CURRENT FAVOURITE T.V. SHOW? House. 24. My Name is Earl. Rescue Me (on hiatus)

RECENT BOOK YOU READ AND ENJOYED? The Little Balloonist by Linda Donn.

WHAT DID YOU EAT FOR BREAKFAST? One-half a banana

WHAT’S YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Elizabeth.

WHAT’S CURRENTLY YOUR MOST FAVOURITE MUSIC? W.A. Mozart. Round here it’s “all Mozart, all the time,” in honour of the big B.D. (see previous blog.)

YOUR FAVOURITE COLOR? Forest green.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE CUISINE? Indian. French. Mexican.

WHICH FOODS DO YOU DISLIKE? Beets. Capers.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE QUICK SNACK? Pitted dates or dried apricots

FAVOURITE SANDWICH? Prawn mayonnaise.

WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU MOST DESPISE? Insensitivity to others’ feelings, opinions, beliefs.

FAVOURITE ITEM OF CLOTHING? My faded cotton camp shirt with half the buttons missing. ‘Cause if I’m wearing it, it’s summer and I’m sitting on our dock.



IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? It doesn’t matter what I say, because I’d get there via London. Which is probably my truest answer. But just for grins, I’ll say Paris.


WHAT IS YOUR BEST PHYSICAL FEATURE? No idea, really. My eyes?

WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY? When I was in grad school, friends took me out to a club. A local rock band (which included some of my friends and at least one member of R.E.M.) sang “Happy Birthday” just for me. And the other one would be the year my husband took me to New York and we stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria.

FAVOURITE SPECTATOR SPORT? Tennis or horseracing or show jumping.

GOAL YOU HAVE FOR YOURSELF? To blog about my work-in-progress.

MORNING PERSON OR A NIGHT PERSON? Neither. Used to be a night person, but now I like the daytime best. (I can party all night long still, though I don’t get the chance as often as I used to.)

PETS?

Two canines.

Countless chipmunks.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE? A ballet dancer, an actress, a novelist. (Two out of three isn’t bad.)

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? Chocolate covered marzipan, or Kit Kat Editions with Mango & Passion Fruit filling (not available in the U.S., unfortunately.)



WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? The rose. Also, lily of the valley.





WHAT DAY ON THE CALENDAR ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?

Valentine’s Day. I’ll spend the whole day with my true-love, and in the evening we'll see my totally-in-love-with-each-other parents. It'll be a love-fest for sure!


WHERE IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE EVER BEEN FROM HOME? New Zealand.

SMALL THINGS YOU REALLY ENJOY? Watching my dogs when they’re deeply sleeping, all curled up on the sofa next to me, on the floor, beside my chair, or on their beds. Lola’s yodel (when not cranked up at highest volume.) Listening to Shadow purr when I pet her. (Yes, I have a purring dog!) Laughing with my husband.

ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE? An adventurous book tour is coming up later this year. One that requires my passport.