Birthday wishes and memes

[lunabee34]

Happy birthday to ana_grrl, nasty_shrew, and velvet_virago. I hope you have a brilliant time, surrounded by the people and things you love most! You're some of the most creative women in fandom, and I'm pleased to know you. (Haven't seen you around in a long while, Velvet! I miss ya)

emella tagged me for two memes, so here are my answers.

Five Weird things about me:

1. I would rather clean the toilet than vaccuum the floor.
2. I find re-reading the same books very comforting, especially if they're not "high literature." I've read Rosemary Rogers' Sweet, Savage Love upwards of thirty times.
3. I used to dress my little brother up in drag under the pretense that we were playing FBI and he had to go undercover.
4. I have to wear lip balm all the time because I have very dry lips.
5. I'm doublejointed.

My guilts:

1. Culinary: Cheese dipped in soy sauce or Dale's or some other condiment not intended for cheese
2. Literary: See Sweet, Savage Love entry above LOL
3. Audiovisual: Dawson's Creek! Much much much Pacey love
4. Musical: Ricky Martin in Espanol
5. Celebrity: We subscribe to Star. It's like crack. And my husband always reads it before me. LOL

Comments

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I would rather clean the toilet than vaccuum the floor.

Oh god, me too.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

:)

I'm just averse to work in general.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

1-4 we're almost the same person, but I'm *not* double-jointed and when my bro & I dressed in drag, it was Bible drag, because I always wanted to be Pharaoh.

Dales goes with *everything* Yes.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Bible drag! *hearts*

Dales is like the gift of the gods, if they made an alcoholic version, I'm sure I'd OD on sodium. Ha!

Some Kinda Hot Cheese Thing

[executrix.livejournal.com]

Dales whatiz? Must be some regional thing.

If you can get Maggi Sweet Chili Sauce, or any of the African brands of Banana Hot Sauce I bet they'd be great on cheese. (Banana hot sauce looks and tastes like ketchup, only MUCH BETTER--it doesn't taste like bananas.)

I too, felt the Pacey Love. And I saw Jack/Deputy Doug coming three seasons ahead, although I expected Jack to make a move on Dawson in the interim. Man, Kevin Williamson and the shark can't have been the same person on that show, because the minute he left....pffft!

Re: Some Kinda Hot Cheese Thing

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Dales is this concentrated marinade for meats and vegetables that is soy sauce based but has lots of ginger and garlic and other spices in it. I think it is a Southern thing.

Banana hot sauce sounds great. I'll check out for it next time I go to teh grocery.

I must confess, I did not see the Jack/Doug thing coming. But I love how when Jack's all afraid to be with him, the old woman on the beach doesn't bat an eye that he's gay. She's all, "That's nice, dear."

Re: Some Kinda Hot Cheese Thing

[executrix.livejournal.com]

Aha! Dales sounds like teriyaki sauce, then.

Re: Some Kinda Hot Cheese Thing

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

It's similar except that the spices and ginger and all is big enough to form a thick sediment on the bottom that you have to shake into the liquid when you use it.

[velvet-virago.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *corsetty huggles*

Of the five weird things: I'm the same as you on 1 and 2, and I laughed out loud at 3. :-D

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should form some society for the bizarre appreciation of cheese. LOL

How are you? What have you been up to lately? Is work keeping swamped? :)

[lyr]

Dawson's Creek used to be my AV guilt, too. Because Pacey! And wonderful vocabulary! I still feel a little twitchy admitting it, though.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I know! I mean, nobody *really* talks like that, but don't we all secretly wish we did? LOL

[kitty-poker1.livejournal.com]

I find re-reading the same books very comforting, especially if they're not "high literature."

I am so with you there. I've read and re-read Isaac Asimov and Georgette Heyer so many times, it's ridiculous. I could very nearly quote Heyer.

Reading one of her books is like stepping into a warm bubble-bath. I know it'll be witty, beautifully researched and have a happy ending. My idea of heaven.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I have got to read Heyer. I've never read anything by her. What would you suggest?

[kitty-poker1.livejournal.com]

Ooh, a prospective new fan. I will mention that Paul loves her writing too, and he's far from being into soppy romance. He admires her intelligence and wit and the sheer quality of writing, as do I.

I'd start with something like 'These Old Shades' and its sequel, 'Devil's Cub'. A personal favourite is 'Venetia' and 'Arabella' is great fun.

She wrote her first book, 'The Black Moth' to entertain her sick brother, from memory, and proceeded to make a very good living from her writing thereafter. This link might provide an interesting overview: http://www.georgette-heyer.com/general.html

Enjoy!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Oh cool! Thanks for the recs. When I get the chance to check them out, I'll let you know and we can talk about them. :)

[emella.livejournal.com]

Hee!

1. I would rather clean the toilet than vaccuum the floor.

Eww.

3. I used to dress my little brother up in drag under the pretense that we were playing FBI and he had to go undercover.

OMG! So cute! Hee!

5. I'm doublejointed.

Where?

1. Culinary: Cheese dipped in soy sauce or Dale's or some other condiment not intended for cheese.

Freaky.

3. Audiovisual: Dawson's Creek! Much much much Pacey love.

Coolness, I can get that, Pacey is probably the best character on that show. :)

5. Celebrity: We subscribe to Star. It's like crack. And my husband always reads it before me. LOL

Lol! You shameful shameful woman.

:P

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I'm doulbejointed in both my knees and my elbows. The elbow thing used to make for some cool party tricks until I got too fat and inflexible to do anything with it. LOL The knee thing has always been a pain in the ass as it causes my kneecaps to slide over the side of my leg where they do not go! As a result I have degenerative arthritis in both knees.

[emella.livejournal.com]

Yikes! That sounds creepy painful about your kneecaps. *hugs*