Time for a meme

[dreamflower]

Well, it's late, and there's not much going on...

(gacked from claudia603 and baranduin

1.Lots of pillows or just one?
Two "regular" pillows, and one small squishy one that I often put under my neck or shoulder.

2.What kind of books do you read?
Mostly non-fiction: cookbooks, crafts and how-to books, gardening, history, any books about Tolkien and LotR. Fiction, well, I mostly read online now, and mostly fanfic. But when I do read fiction, I like fantasy, sci fi, mysteries and classics. I also enjoy kid's fiction.

3.What are your neighbours like?
On one side of us is an elderly retired couple, the other side is a young couple with a son who is now about 8 or 9 I think. Coincidentally both families are members of our church, making three of us in a row.

4.What's the best lesson you've ever learned?
To be polite.

5.Tell 3 things you have in your point of view right now.
My monitor. My keys that I have not put away. A pair of scissors.

6.What's your current fandom/obsession/addiction?
LotR, more specifically, hobbits. Current, past and future. I don't see another fandom ever supplanting it, though I may occasionally have a passing interest in others.

7.Do you prefer your junk food sweet, salty or savory?
Salty. But if you add the adjective "gooey" to "sweet", it's about even.

8.What websites do you always visit when you go online?
gmail; LJ; Many Paths to Tread, Stories of Arda, the MEFAs, Bubbleshooter; my bank

9.What was the last thing you bought?
A bottle of water and a half-gallon of chocolate milk.

10.What is your favorite flower?
Marigolds. They are tough, and bright, and prolific.

11.What is the most difficult thing you have ever done?
Hmm...there is a difference between experiencing difficult things (which I've done many times) and DOING something difficult, really difficult and not just something that's a challenge to learn. I guess I'd say when I flew to Scotland by myself in 2007. I didn't realize until I was actually on my way how hard and scary it was, because I have never *traveled* alone before!

12.What was the last meal you ate?
Leftover roast beef and gravy over toast for supper.

13.Do you want to learn another language?
I would love to. Unfortunately, I do not seem to have the knack for it. I've taken three languages, Spanish, French and Koine Greek. None of them stuck, and I was dreadfully bad at speaking both Spanish and French. Fortunately Koine Greek is a dead language, so my horrible accent did not matter. I am so jealous of multi-lingual people!

14.Five things you want right now:
Financial stability
Good health for me and my loved ones
A nice routine that leaves time for writing and crafting
The chance to do some of the things we need to do to our house
The world to be a kinder and gentler place

15.Find the closest book currently sitting near you and flip to page 36. What is the first sentence of the second paragraph?
*sigh* "You'll find his will and all the other documents in there, I think," said the wizard.

What? Did you expect me to have any other book lying next to my left hand? That's where it lives, on the corner of my desk, ready for consultation at a moment's notice...

16..What's something that someone said to you today that was amusing?
A mom and her two little boys checked out. One was a toddler, just barely walking age; the other, who was holding his hand, appeared to be about 7 or 8. I grinned at them, and the baby smiled back. The other one said "He's my brother," very seriously. (Aside from their ages and sizes they were about as alike as peas in a pod. I'd never have guessed.) I nodded, and then he added "I'm the older one."

(I have to confess, it reminded me of Kassiopeia's cute little!Boromir and wee!Faramir webcomic.)

17.What are you looking forward to?
The new year. I'm hoping by that time the financial fallout from our bankruptcy and the DH's temporary bout of unemployment will be ironed out.

18.Do you prefer boxers/briefs/tighty whities on a guy?
Uh...I never thought about it, actually.

19.What is your favourite electronic accessory?
My Nook!

Comments

[labourslamp.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I actually checked 15 (and yes, it was the closest book to me as well) just to see if we have the same edition or not.

...And we do. I don't know whether to be pleased or feel absurd.

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

Nice meme. I like this. :) And what's a Nook?

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

I am looking at the Nook vs Kindle now. I haven't made up my mind yet. Did you select the Nook over the others for a reason or was yours a gift?

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

haha. I never would have guessed the quote from no. 15! :)

Really good point about the going through difficult times verses doing something difficult. I think that's why I was a little stumped at that question myself...The first time I traveled internationally by myself it was not by choice and I was terrified. I had been traveling with an acquaintance (a tough Canadian girl who was used to travel by herself) and she suddenly decided she didn't want to be in Greece (that's where we were) and she was leaving. She had a Eurorail pass. I did not. She hopped on a train and abandoned me in Greece. I was terrified out of my skull, but I pulled myself together and started my own travels in Greece. I definitely ran into some bumps in the road, but I'm so glad I did that instead of curling up and cowarding in Athens and not deciding to explore other places (which I loved FAR more than Athens)

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

*grin*

It seems fitting for you to always have LotR close to hand.

The world to be a kinder and gentler place

I want this too.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Ooh, a Nook! I'm not planning on buying an electronic reader yet, but I do wonder which one to get should I decide to. They all seem to have their strong points... I really want one that's a combination of all of them!

[thunderatiger.livejournal.com]

"You'll find his will and all the other documents in there, I think," said the wizard.

What? Did you expect me to have any other book lying next to my left hand? That's where it lives, on the corner of my desk, ready for consultation at a moment's notice...

::grins:: That made me smile. I'm going to have to steal this from you, btw, since massive snow has forced massive closures and I'm happily sitting around the house today.

So is the Nook really all it's cracked up to be? What are some things you like about it?

[dreamflower]

How about both? *grin*

[dreamflower]

It's an e-reader.
The Nook

[dreamflower]

We had talked about it for a while. We liked the fact that you can "lend" books on it. And the fact that we could go to a Barnes & Noble and look at one and pick it up and see it. I like the screen better than Kindle's, too.

[dreamflower]

I was terrified myself once I got on my way. I've always traveled *with* someone if I were going far-- and this was all the way across the ocean!

[dreamflower]

I think it's not an impossible dream. *sigh*

[dreamflower]

I really love my Nook. I've put several MEFA stories on there to read-- much more convenient than having to sit at my monitor!

[dreamflower]

I love how handy it is, and that I can put fic on it! And it helps that it comes from Barnes & Noble. We had a minor difficulty with it, and took it with us to the store, and the guy there quickly showed us what we were doing wrong! Much better to have a real person to help than having to call on the phone or go online-- though we have those options as well!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

That's very helpful. See, I have access to a Kindle because I know someone with one, but unfortunately there isn't a B&N within drivable distance for checking out The Nook. In fact, I believe you are the first person that I have known with The Nook.

I am making a pro's and con's list to compare the two based on the info I can get from people. I was told The Nook has a touch screen and I'm good with that because it's like my IPhone. Can you make folders on The Nook for storing your books and do they download automatically? My friend with The Kindle pre-orders books and then at midnight on their release dates they are automatically loaded to her Kindle. I liked that feature. Sorry for all of the questions. I just don't want to purchase the wrong one for me and with The Nook, I have no way to look at it other than on line before deciding.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

#16 tickled me so. Little kids can be so cute.

[elandulin.livejournal.com]

Okay--it's been maybe 6 months since I checked Kassiopeia's website. There's a webcomic?? Where?!

This is a neat meme; I'd do it but I haven't posted for so long I'm sure people on my flist would think 'who the $%*&^ is THIS??'

:)

[dreamflower]

Honestly, we haven't checked it out on downloading new books. I've been busy putting fanfic on it (Like "If I Had a Hammer") and the DH has been busy putting all the free books or .99 classics he can find on there. He downloaded most of the Tarzan books and the John Carter of Mars series.

I'm sure ours has features we haven't even played with yet!

[dreamflower]

What really tickled me was how serious he was, as though I might not notice he was older unless he told me! And I loved the way he was holding the little one's hand, too! I could tell he was a very good big brother!

[dreamflower]

Yes, it's actually the first art of hers I ever saw:

http://www.kasiopea.art.pl/galleries/en/comic_strips

It was kind of inspired by Calvin and Hobbes, if you can imagine little Boromir as Calvin-- and really, after reading these, it's only too easy. And wee!Faramir is just too cute! I even like her Denethor! But it's Nanny who steals the show.

Oh, I think that the people on your flist would be glad to see something from you! I know I would! ((hugs))

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun, being able to put online fics on there and have them for when you want them. I'd enjoy that about it for certain.

[elandulin.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Going to have a look now.

Catherine Chmiel is my favorite Tolkien artist. I absolutely love her pictures of Boromir and Faramir, and when, every so often, she presents a hobbit, it always takes my breath away, even now after all these years of fandom! I have two of her pictures (printer copies, of course) on a little 'Tolkien Art Shelf' in my writing room. Her Silmarillion pictures are wonderful, too--very dramatic.

[lilybaggins.livejournal.com]

I really hope that 2011 is a great year for you and you can put all your financial stresses of the past year behind you. *hugs* I know how it is.