1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read the player’s blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.
What were you doing ten years ago?
I’d just started taking acting classes again after reading The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. I’d given up acting after college (BA in Theatre!) and was allowing myself to play around with the idea once again. Eventually, I ended up acting professionally for a while.
What are five things on your to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
1. Listen to the Cubbies game while I work on my sweater that I’m knitting.
2. Finish writing an article I’m doing on how listening to audio books can help your writing.
3. Rewrite my author interview questions so I can interview Julie Buxbaum.*
4. Go for a walk because I’ve been pretty sedentary this week.
5. Okay…I know all you busy people out there are going to hate me for this, but I don’t have a to-do list and I had to make up 1-4 just to answer this question, and I can’t think of anything for #5. *This one I really have to do!
What are some snacks you enjoy?
Smoked apple wood cheddar cheese from England
Avocados/guacamole
Artichoke parmesan dip with water crackers
Doughnuts (cake)
Cadbury Orange Milk Chocolate
Tortilla chips with pepperjack cheese melted over them in the microwave and topped with Frank’s Red Hot sauce
All of these snacks, yes, even the chips and cheese, should be paired with a pot of English Breakfast tea with milk. Weird…I know…
What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Buy up a whole bunch of land for the Nature Conservancy
Create many small grants ($500-1000 each) for writers just to throw into their living expenses pot
Buy lots of Smoked apple wood cheddar cheese
Get regular massages
Travel
Live on the water again
Get my husband a banjo-uke because he wants one
What are three of your bad habits?
Not finishing projects or clean-up (my report cards as a kid always said, “Does not complete assignments”)
Forgetting that the cat is just a cat and yelling at him for jumping on the table
Meaning to go for a walk and then just making a pot of tea and grabbing a book instead
What are five places where you have lived?
Portland, Oregon
Watermillock, Cumbria, England
Forest Park, Illinois
Crossville, Tennessee
British Columbia, Canada
What are five jobs you have had?
Actress in Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding – by far the most fun I’ve ever had working
Souvenir seller in the baseball stadium – climbed 50-60 flights of stairs a night, carrying 20lbs! Made a fortune and was in great shape
Concierge at a country club – kind of fun, but I knew I only had to work there for four months before I moved to Chicago, so it was easy to enjoy it
The Easter Bunny on an Easter Dinner cruise – totally SUCKED
Bridesmaid in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know? – very fun, made some money, and ended up with my husband because of it
Like Kerry, I’m not going to actually tag anyone, but offer it up to any of you who would like to be tagged. I know y’all have lives of your own and I don’t want to be a pain. Oh, shoot, I just admitted right here that Kerry didn’t technically tag me, but that I volunteered…oh, well! Have a great day.
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