Sal tagged me ages ago, and wretch that I am, I just noticed.
7 celebrity crushes: (in my world, “celebrity” means a book character)
Mr. Darcy
Caspian
Gilbert Blythe
Almanzo
Lord Peter
the guy in The Blue Sword – can’t remember his name
Calvin O’Keefe
7 Things I’m good at:
Baking
Procrastinating
Proof-reading (although not my own writing)
Recommending books
Organizing
Dancing (as in, learning steps and keeping time – not this crazy modern stuff)
Getting along with all kinds of people
7 things I plan to do before I die:
Go back to a lot of places I’ve loved – especially the British Isles
Take a road trip
Write a book, even if it’s horrible
Parent
Become a librarian
Read a gazillion books
Write a bazillion letters
7 things I cannot do:
grocery shop and actually buy what I need for meals
make a pie crust to my liking
drive a stick shift
get out of bed when my alarm goes off
stop being sarcastic
play any sport
whistle
7 things that attract me to the opposite sex:
conversation
shoulders
hands
smile
interests
friendliness
sense of humor
7 things I say often:
I need a cup of tea
I’ll be right back (at work)
Would you like to put it on hold? (at other work)
What should I bake?
various exclamations on the weather
I don’t know…you tell me? What DO I say often? I haven’t had any phrases that I’ve been aware of using a lot latey.




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November 25, 2005 at 2:44 pm
blackbird
I love lists like this…
(and don’t feel too bad, I never know I’ve been tagged unless someone TELLS me)
November 25, 2005 at 3:53 pm
Kate
You snicker a lot.
November 25, 2005 at 11:54 pm
Jess
I do snicker. And sometimes giggle. But things I say?
November 28, 2005 at 6:34 pm
jessenicholas
A question dear reader. Mr. Darcy doesn’t like to dance. Most girls I know like a man who will dance with them. Your thoughts?
November 28, 2005 at 10:30 pm
Jess
We do like a man who will dance. I think we also enjoy the process of convincing him to dance. Mr Darcy WILL dance, he’s just picky.
November 29, 2005 at 6:53 am
beth
Hi there…I happened to come across your blog, and I knew I would enjoy reading your writing after I saw that you had both Mr. Darcy and Gilbert Blythe in your celebrity crushes list.
December 5, 2005 at 1:01 pm
wordgirl
I loved Calvin O’Keefe and have felt this way since I first read the book in the Sixth grade.
I felt it was a big positive step in parenting when all three of our boys loved A Wrinkle in Time…even though the protagonist was female. (You know what they say about male readers not being able to identify with the exploits of a female protagonist) I have a thing for Sherlock Holmes.
May 23, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Anonymous
[pushes back shoulders]
[flexes hands]
[wickedly smiles]
“Hi there.”