because I should be fucking asleep

[verbicide]

10 years ago: Wow. I was living with Amy in the Bay Area, finishing my undergraduate degree in Biology, dreaming of med school.
5 years ago: I had just started to work for Netopia, doing network support. I was making good money, but going broke paying exorbitant rent in the ghetto. It was the beginning of the end of my IT career, but it's where I learned about tech writing and subsequently two years later quit my job cold and started to pursue something that I wouldn't eventually hate.
1 year ago: Stuck in a bad relationship; terrified I would never get my career off the ground; tired of being broke.
Yesterday: Started to write a case study, giddy with the thought of imminent home ownership and financial security, had a gleeful dinner with one of my very best friends, Sarah.
Today: Had my ass-kicked during training, had dinner again with Sarah (because you can never have enough Sarah), ffwd'd through Tripping the Rift--in search of a scene that didn't suck. (And failed).

5 snacks I enjoy: I don't tend to snack much during the day, but when I remember to pack a sensible snack...
Soy crisps (esp: the cheddar ones)
Oranges
Cheese with crackers (esp: Ak-Mak crackers with light Havarti or Triscuits with Laughing Cow Light Cheese)
Yogurt
Luna bars

5 artists that I know the lyrics of most of their songs:
Beatles
Violent Femmes
Eagles
Dido
Maroon 5

5 things I’d do with $100 million:
Take care of every member of my family and all of my friends.
Buy a condo in Seattle without any stress. And a beach house somewhere exciting. And a cabin in the mountains!
Fly to NY and have that guy on What Not To Wear give me a fabulous haircut, because he rules and my hair does not.
Finally replace all my VHS tapes with DVD.
Be even more of a consumer whore. (Helllllllo to the shiny electronics!)

5 locations I’d like to run away to:
Seattle, oh wait--did that.
Kaua'i
Tuscany
Paris
Mykonos

5 bad habits I have:
Chickenshit
Neurotic
Impatient
Procrastinator
Sleep-deprive-y

5 things I like doing:
Writing
Reading
Cooking
Tormenting my long-suffering cat
It's silly, but I love making my friends wheeze with laughter.

5 things I would never wear:
A denim or corduroy 'jumper' as favored by elderly educators the world over.
Jeans that fall below my freaking ass-crack.
Anything purple. Hiss.
Yellow can go, too.
Fur. Excepting that which Hobbes imparts onto my wardrobe daily.

5 TV shows I like:
Firefly!
Firefly!
Firefly!
Firefly!
Firefly!

5 TV shows I like, which are not Firefly:

Veronica Mars
House
West Wing (pre-season 4 when everything went to hell)
Amazing Race
Scrubs
Also, bonus round for guilty pleasures: Grey's Anatomy (Because omfg Patrick Dempsey. RAWR.)

5 movies I like:
Lord of the Rings
When Harry Met Sally
Sliding Doors
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sense and Sensibility (and Much Ado About Nothing, and Howard's End, and A Room with a View, and Pride and Prejudice, and Emma...)

5 famous people I’d like to meet:

I have to agree with rimrunner here. For me, meeting famous people is slightly pointless unless you can have a meaningful interaction beyond 'OMFGSQUEE!' Having said that, it was very cool to watch some of the panels at ComicCon, but that's not really meeting the famous people so much as gazing at them slack-jawed. As much as I want to rip off all of Karl Urban's clothing, what I'll really cherish is the time Terry Moore took to talk to me.

5 favorite toys:
Desktop PC
Laptop
PDA (shiiiiiiiny)
Digital camera
My iPod, when I eventually buy it.


I would like to add that Hobbes has no problem whatsoever with the fact that my mouse is practically under his ass and that with every tail twitch, he hits the right mouse button and has it do something I am not inclined for it to do. But he's quite comfortable where he is and has no intention of moving. Except for when I grab him and rocket his ass onto the bed. Mrh.