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1. Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 123. Find the fifth sentence.Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
“In Sydney, Butcher used his remaining funds to buy new paint and he must have got a bargain price. Those tubes were so old he had to unscrew the caps with pliers. I hold my nose. Sure enough the bacteria had been feasting on the extenders in the paint, bless me, we had this trouble before. The reds were now all related to the CESS PIT family, the blues smelled like rotting peaches. Soon the development site was very WHIFFY, hot and rotten, the chemistry of BODY ODOUR was brought in to assist.”
from peter carey’s(one of my top 5 favorite authors) new book about an art thief called “theft”. it is written from two alternating point of views a bit like the sound and the fury, except it actually makes sense. peter carey wrote oscar and lucinda (one of my most favorite books ever ever ever, and a lot of other wonderful books. i can’t say enough about him. and he does so much research, this book is so on the money with all of the artist and art materials references, like the paint going off and smelling like mouldy peaches. brilliant.

2.stretch your left arm out as far as you can…what do you touch first?
a sleeping jake.

3. what was the last thing you watched on tv?
general hospital on tivo

4. without looking, what time is it?
12:38a

5. what is the actual time?
12:13 a…i am good!

6. with the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
jake’s breathing, pavel knocking something around in the hall, the massage pad underneath me humming.

7. when did you last step outside?
we came back from the farmer’s market at about 5p

8. what are you wearing?
an olive green tank top and blue plaid boxers.

9. when did you last laugh?
whilst i was in the tub earlier and pavel was on the side splashing around in the water.

10. seen something weird lately?
in this town…you always see something weird. at the farmer’s market they had purple okra. i saw a really bowlegged man with cowboy boots on. not that it is so weird. hm. that may be it. lame!

11. what did you dream last night?
i always have nightmares, since i was a little kid. i had this strange dream about working for hulk hogan’s family at a resort in florida and when i went to the bathroom, there was a giant spider on the ground with an old man/vampire-ish head on it. i put a can of cleaner i found in the bathroom on top of it, and it lifted it off and scuttled away. i was trying to carry a bunch of stuff and a dude said he would help me carry it, after i accepted his help, he asked what i would do for him and jake was standing behind him when he said it, so he looked at me like i was a ho, even though i hadn’t said anything yet. way more happened, but i can’t remember it at the mo. and i always have freaky dreams like that. every blessed night.

12. what’s on the walls of the room you’re in?
i had a shelf beside my bed that fell down, so it is now propped against the wall, and we made an upholstered pleather headboard when we first moved in that is mounted to the wall. our bedroom is an utter wreck.

13. what do you think of this survey?
not too shabby.

14. what was the last film you saw?
i watched a really sweet (no, literally sweet, no like “sweet, dude”) french flick called the chorus. it was a bit of a mr. holland’s opus, but french and a bit darker, but really sweet. i highly recommend it.

15. if you became a multi-millionaire overnight what would you buy first?
actually, i would pay off all of our bills, give my in-laws some payola to pay off theirs, and give my folks some payola. lame, eh? and then, we would be forced to move to a place by the beach, or maybe a place in pdx and place by the beach. a nice nice beach. and the friends and family could visit. and my blog friends, of course. and i think i would want to get an engagement ring that has a champagne diamond in it. and maybe another wedding on the beach. like we originally wanted.

16.tell me something about you that i don’t know.
i am a hermaphrodite. just kidding. i was a nanny for about 8 months after i graduated from high school and before i went to college. also, i wanted to be a marine biologist, or a vet. and i wanted to go into art restoration but my asthma (dust, anyone?) and other maladies, in addition to my lack of chemistry skills killed that dream. plus, someone needs to die for you to get a job.

17. what would you change about the world?
i would take men out of positions of power (presidents, etc) and replace them with women. think that if women were in charge there would be no wars, okay, maybe wars, but not physical ones, and there would be more concern for our environment, and for families and small businesses, etc. i think that women have a more practical view of things, in a lot of ways. i am not saying that men are bad and women are good, there are shit people of every race, creed and sex, but, i think that things would be really really different. and i wish you weren’t allowed to get a gigantic car if a)you don’t need it (like people who have loads of kiddies, etc. or b)you don’t know have to drive it, if you get caught on the cell phone in a car driving like an ass, they should take away your license.

18.do you like to dance?
yes! i don’t do it very often anymore, and i am as white as white can be, but i enjoy it and i don’t think i do any dumb raver moves/herky jerky moves like some people i know. i hope.

19. imagine your first child is a girl, what do you name her?
i love kiki (i named my wheel kiki), i love eva, i love ophelia, but it has such a negative connotation. i am sure i have loads more.

20.boy?
something biblical, i think. i love noah, oooh….anselm, although he might get picked on for that,

21. would you ever consider living abroad?
oh yeah! i always thought i would. i never thought i would live here, not that i don’t like it. my biggest issue would be the cats, my in-laws, my friends and my doctor, who i love.

consider yourself tagged if you want to be!

also, whilst trying to catch up on blogs, i read this cool post on erica’s blog about whiskers and felt the need to pass it along. it is crazy! i wonder what dog whiskers do? but check it out, and check her blog out, it is always really fun and interesting. somehow, she is always upbeat no matter what mayhem ensues. also, she has a good post about how to get your cats to stop wizzing all over your house. i wonder if it would work with ms. peeps? hers is sheerly bratty, jealous behavior. she wants to be the only cat and that isn’t really possible. jake threatens to make her live outside. yeah, right. he is less likely to chuck her out than me. plus someone would take her in no time because…well she is such a thoroughly adorable creature. she is around 10 years old, believe it or not, and doesn’t look or act any different than she did when she was a kitten, although, she is more cuddly. she is so outspoken and full of attitude and friendly (unless you are a cat, in which case she is a total brat) she comes when you call her, or more often, when you call someone else, she looks huge, but actually weighs about 7 lbs, and has always had a muscular little body. her fur glows it is so white and is soft like angora (actually, i collect it to spin at some point. it is easily 4 inches long. for real. and despite her insanely long and thick fur, she never has furballs. how odd is that? her sister, who is shorthaired and compulsively licks all the time has had such bad hairball problems that she has been operated on, in critical condition in the hospital for weeks. not good. and still licks, anyway. no clue why.

ok, it is after 2a, i am going to try to knit through the cramps and into sleepiness. i have two cats on me because of the massage pad thing vibrating, they love it, oddly enough. must. go. to. sleep.

smooooooooooooooooch a pooch. or kitty. or hamster. whatever.
xo,
n.