Questions for a Tuesday

[SOteric]

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. Airfare
2. Books
3. Concert tickets
4. The ingredients for a really wonderful dinner with friends.
5. An annuity

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Dido
2. The Cardiacs
3. Aimee Mann
4. Chris Isaak
5. Nirvana

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. Intense need for privacy
2. I stay up too late
3. I push myself too hard

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. My ailing cat
2. My ongoing obsession with writing
3. Chatting with friends online.

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. 24
2. Alias
3. Old episodes of M*A*S*H on late night television
4. Stargate, SG1
5. The West Wing (but I am missing Sorkin’s impact on that program)

5 Places I've Lived:
1. In a small 2 bedroom townhouse in San Francisco’s North Beach.
2. In a charming mountain villa near Parma, Italy
3. In a shabby, sweltering little excuse for student housing in Houston, Texas
4. On a farm on a remote part of the San Juan Islands
5. In a loft in downtown Seattle’s Pioneer Square.

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. That my 19 year old cat, who has maybe a couple of weeks left to live, will demise in my absense.
2. That people I care for will grow impatient with the things that are filling up my life and my time these days.
3. That recent decision was too hastily made.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. incredible friends
2. The sweet purring and affection of my cats
3. Rain
4. Poetry I wrote ages ago in a similar headspace
5. My imagination


Your turn. :hi:

[VelmaD]

1. I love it when you do the question-thing

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. airfare
2. airfare
3. airfare :)
4. a weekend at a cabin in the woods somewhere
5. books

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
How about instead I list what I've been listening to lately
1. Tool
2. Poe
3. Nickle Creek
4. Jean Michel Jarre
5. Clannad

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. getting involved with unavailable men
2. picking at my eyebrows
3. running up my phone bill

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. boys
2. baseball
3. politics

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. The Simpsons
2. Law and Order: SVU
3. X-Files reruns
4. Iron Chef
5. Extreme Makeover: Home Addition

5 Places I've Lived:
1. my parents house
2. 3 different dorm rooms at Texas Tech...blech...dorms
3. My first apartment in Austin...the only apartment on EARTH that did not have beige carpet
4. My second apartment in Austin...the air conditioning was forever going out and I loathed my apartment manager
5. The apartment I live in now. It's ok I suppose. Has this great high ceiling in the living room. The kitchen is too small though.

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. That I'll never find a better job
2. That I'll never find the right guy
3. That something awful is gonna happen while I don't have the money to deal with it

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. my friends
2. the guys that are hovering around the periphery of my life
3. my neice and nephew
4. music
5. wildflowers

[SOteric]

4. Is there such a thing

as a kitchen that isn't too small? :7

[kmla]

2. Here ya go....

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. Refresh my wardrobe
2. Books
3. Dinner and a date with Mrs. kmla (sans little dudes)
4. A table saw (I'm a tool geek.)
5. College investment for little dudes

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Tony Bennett
2. INXS
3. John Mellencamp
4. Norah Jones
5. Duran Duran

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. Eat too much, not enough exercise. Damn cookies
2. Need to learn patience.
3. Procrastination.

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. Love watching CSI.
2. Watching two young boys grow up into wonderful, caring human beings.
3. Building a wooden playset for two said boys.

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. CSI
2. Forensic Files
3. The New Detectives (Case studies in forensic sciences)
4. The West Wing
5. SpongeBob SquarePants

5 Places I've Lived:
1. In a small efficiency apartment in my small hometown
2. In a non-descript Purdue U. dormitory.
3. In a swingin' singles apartment complex in Indy.
4. In a charming old part of Indianapolis, in a not-so-charming house.
5. In our new house in the 'burbs of Indy.

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. That my two boys will not be well liked by either teachers or students when they start school.
2. That something might happen to my brother, who has had some medical problems as of late.
3. That the draft will be re-instated, and my nephew could be drafted.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. Great wife and kids.
2. Puttering around the house. Really
3. That space in time right after you go to bed, and you're not really asleep, but not awake either.
4. I'm still in good health
5. The way my 3 year old son says "jello" (Jeh-wo). Way too cute.

[SOteric]

5. CSI can be a really interesting show!

I love some of the plot twists they come up with.

[wysimdnwyg]

3. Let's see...

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000 (or that I recently bought):
1. Kayak and all accompanying gear
2. Tools and other home improvement items
3. Nice vacation
4. Puppy and all accompanying gear (OK, so this didn't cost $1000, it just seemed like it)
5. Stock in a "green" company

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Foo Fighters
2. Sheryl Crow
3. Widespread Panic
4. Steve Earle
5. Pearl Jam

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. Laziness
2. I talk too much
3. I curse too much

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. Kayaking
2. My new puppy
3. Poker

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. 24
2. Stargate, SG1
3. Survivor
4. Alias
5. ER

3 Places I've Lived:
1. Small 1BR condo (and I mean SMALL - 600 sq ft) - Nashville
2. My current, 2000 sq ft house - Nashville
3. Dorm room at college - Memphis
Sorry, that's it after moving out of my Mom's house

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. My puppy will pee on the carpet
2. My puppy will chew on the furniture
3. Bush will "win" in November

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. My new puppy
2. My cat
3. Sitting at home with nothing to do
4. Playing poker with my friends - and winning, of course!
5. HDTV

[SOteric]

6. Yes but, -

how often do you win at poker? :7

[wysimdnwyg]

35. Well, in my group...

I'm decidedly better than anyone else, so I come out ahead all the time. I'm not ready to plop down 10 grand on a shot at the World Series, but I'd say I'm as good as most amateurs.

[supernova]

7. Here's mine

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. New set of front steps, the old ones were in bad shape.
2. Car repairs.
3. A nice set of patio furniture so I can enjoy the sun porch more.
4. Nice china to go with my heirloom crystal stemware
5. An inside paint job for the house.

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Audioslave
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Van Morrison
4. Marcia Ball
5. Steve Winwood

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. Intense need for privacy
2. Still too shy to network the way I really need to
3. Always thinking of the best comeback after the moment has passed.

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. Watching the changing nature of the park where I walk.
2. My ongoing obsession with writing
3. Chatting with friends online.

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. CSI
2. Angel
3. British Comedies
4. Secrets of the Dead
5. Joan of Arcadia

5 Places I've Lived:
1. In a small 50s brick ranch: 3 bedrooms, 1 bath
2. In a student dorm on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria
3. In a shabby, older apartment in Laurel, Maryland. A 4th Floor walk up.
4. In a shabby, older apartment in Charlotte NC, near the UNC annex there.
5. Back to the 50s brick ranch: :D

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. That I won't find another decent job, have to go on welfare, and never earn a paycheck ever again.
2. That I will get too old to go chasing after my dreams.
3. That I will lose control of my new body and gain lots of weight... again.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. Newfound attractiveness.
2. The oncoming of summer
3. My niece
4. Couple of new ideas for books
5. My DU friends

[SOteric]

11. I hope you never

lose you confidence, -and that spark. ;-)

[SarahB]

8. Answers

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. drywall
2. electrical work
3. a new computer
4. books
5. a trip somewhere

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Dido (I like her too)
2. Sarah McLachlan (love her stuff to death)
3. Matchbox 20 (I don't care if people here think they're lame, I don't think they're that bad)
4. Alanis Morrisette (like her latest single anyway)
5. Natalie Umbruglia (really like one of her songs anyway)

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. Stay up late (I can never fall asleep before 12:30 at the earliest)
2. Very hard on myself
3. I bite split ends I find on my hair (not in public though)

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. finding out if I get to start my clinical work this Fall
2. my assorted home improvement fiascos
3. sorting through various emotional tribulations in my life

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. Now with Bill Moyers
2. Saturday Night Live
3. Dora the Explorer
4. Crossfire (at times)
5. Six Feet Under (can't wait until June)

5 Places I've Lived:
1. Middle class suburban ranch in Connecticut
2. 2bedroom apartment in Connecticut
3. old colonial in the oldest town in Connecticut
4. townhouse in Omaha, Nebraska
5. Summers on a tiny farm in central Nebraska

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. That I will mess my children up because I can't get over ongoing marital issues.
2. That I will have to wait another year to begin my clinical work further making life more difficult.
3. Other things taking up too much space in my brain.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. brilliant children
2. clothes that fit beautifully
3. Academic success once again
4. the lovely Spring flowers now popping up
5. meeting new and wonderful people in many places

[SOteric]

13. Children are resilient,

I think. Better to give them role models of a genuine life than pretend to calm which isn't real. :hi:

[NightTrain]

15. No, they only pretend to be resilient.

Inside, they could be hurting like hell. I'm living proof.

[SOteric]

21. I'm sure that's true for you, and I'm sorry for your experiences,

but I've had some ongoing close personal contact with the children of two chaotic and disintegrating marriages and all have thrived and turned into rather well-adjusted adults. :shrug:

[SarahB]

31. My only measure is my own experience

As well as academic knowledge on it as well. My childhood would have been much better if they ended it the first time they separated when I was 4 than the ongoing off and on business for years. They need functional, satisfied parents more than anything and we both love them enough to make that happen regardless of ourselves.

:hi:

[Deja Q]

9. Cool!

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. Airfare
2. Books
3. HDTV set
4. Friendship
5. Save it for a car.

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. R.E.M.
2. U2
3. The B-52s
4. Human League
5. Soho

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. Spend a lot
2. I think lowly of myself
3. I worry too much

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. My health
2. My ongoing obsession with finding Mr. Right and failing
3. Peeps

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. Futurama
2. Doctor Who
3. Blake's 7
4. Sliders
5. All in the Family

5 Places I've Lived:
1. In a small 1 bedroom apartment
2. In a middle class home that my parents sold a few years back :cry:
3. Grandma's house (for a week) in upstate New York
4. Hotel in Arizona
5. Hotel in Spain

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. I will lose my job, and everything related to it.
2. My health, the numbness worsens.
3. What's left of my life. I'm a social clam and unable to open up to people interested... when not treated as if I don't even exist by others... :cry:

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. Watching DVDs on TV (see 5 fav shows)
2. Music (esp. REM)
3. Sleeping (I tire easily)
4. Abusing peeps (I've nothing better or more fun to do)
5. Photography season is about to begin, I'll be happy again! :party:

Thanks for letting me share.

[SOteric]

14. Peeps abuser!!!

:7

[NightTrain]

10. Since you asked....

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:

1. Several days somewhere between here and Northeastern Ohio with Lisa (liberalhistorian). NOTE: This is not to imply that I have to pay Lisa to spend time with me. :evilgrin: No, it's just that we've been trying for months to come up with the money to finally meet face to face, and it hasn't happened yet. :cry:

2. As state-of-the-art a P.C. as $1000 would buy.
3. A broadcast-quality turntable.
4. A move to a less expensive apartment in or near Storrs, Connecticut (where most of my non-Internet friends live).
5. I'd get a bunch of non-urgent things done to my car that it's needed for quite some time (like a tune-up and new shocks).

Top 5 Musicians Lately:

1. Calexico
2. Al Green (Check out his 2003 CD, "I Can't Stop!")
3. Southern Culture on the Skids
4. Tupac Shakur (I know he's dead, but he had the potential to become a great artist.)
5. Kenne Wayne


3 Bad Habits I Have

1. Intense need for privacy
2. I stay up too late
3. I talk to myself (Must be all my years as a DJ!)
Bonus 4th habit: I'm addicted to sugary foods and drinks.

Top 3 interests at the moment:

1. Obsessing over finally getting to meet liberalhistorian.
2. Making CDs on my computer.
3. Listening to Air America.
Bonus 4th interest: My ongoing obsession with music.

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:

1. All in the Family
2. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker
4. Mystery Science Theater 3000
5. Reno 911!

5 Places I've Lived:

1. Hartford, CT
2. Laughlin, NV
3. Manchester, CT
4. Melbourne Beach, FL
5. Storrs, CT

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:

1. My workplace is about to close its doors, leaving me unemployed.
2. That my soon-to-be ex-employer will come up with a reason to contest my claim for unemployment benefits.
3. That my 17-year-old car will die on me.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:

1. Talking on the phone with liberalhistorian
2. Music!
3. Listening to Air America
4. Playing with animals and children (particularly infants and toddlers).
5. I guess the most delicate way to put it woud be "self-gratification."
Bonus 6th joy: Hanging out in the DU Lounge, of course! :)

[SOteric]

16. Hanging out in the Lounge, - !

How could I forget!

[liberalhistorian]

33. BLUSH.

I feel the same way, babe, believe me! We WILL meet some day soon (maybe this would be a good time to get going on that DU fundraiser someone suggested this weekend!)

[geniph]

12. I'm sorry to hear about your cat

I hope he gets better, or at least has a peaceful passing. :hugs:

[SOteric]

19. Thank you...

The vet's pretty sure he won't get better. His kidney's are failing and he's lost 62% of his body mass. The poor little thing only weighs 5 pounds now.

[geniph]

17. Hmmm...

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. Pay off bills
2. Pay off bills
3. Pay off bills
4. Pay off bills
5. Did I mention paying off bills? I have this obsession with not being in debt anymore.

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Smokey Robinson
2. Stevie Wonder
3. Temptations (why yes, I am on a Motown kick right now)
4. R.E.M.
5. Peter Gabriel

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. I cannot get to work on time to save my life
2. Spending too much time at work on DU!
3. I'm much too antisocial

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. The choir I sing with
2. My husband's boyfriend and where that's going to lead us
3. I'm on a kick of reading books about space exploration

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. none (I really don't watch anything regularly)

5 Places I've Lived:
1. Tarpaper shack attached to a single-wide trailer north of Seattle
2. The High Point projects in Seattle
3. Brand-new house on a quarter acre south of Seattle
4. Working farm back when Bothell was rural
5. In an illegal apartment above a warehouse in Seattle

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. My fiscal discipline is awful; I'm afraid I'll get too deeply in debt
2. That they'll lose patience with my horrible attendance at work
3. I still have some debts that aren't paid off that nag at my mind constantly

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. My husband
2. My pets
3. My home
4. My work
5. It's spring!!!

[SOteric]

20. God I love Motown!

Old Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye.

[liberalhistorian]

32. Umm........ Forgive my nosiness,

but this is too good to pass up, what, exactly, do you mean by your "husband's boyfriend and where that will lead us?"

[geniph]

36. It means exactly what it sounds like

...since we're both bisexual and polyamorous...

;-)

[liberalhistorian]

37. Ah, gotcha!

Didn't know you were both bisexual and polyamorous, now I understand better. So, why don't you do one better and get a girlfriend? :evilgrin:

[gpandas]

18. note: almost all top joys can't be bought

[SOteric]

22. Good observation.

I wonder if that's true across culture.

[DS1]

23. Sleepy answers

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. Airfare
2. Information
3. Computer Components
4. Trip to a baseball game with a friend who might enjoy as much
5. A trip for two to some place remote and quiet

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Ferry Corsten
2. NIN
3. Massive Attack
4. Tool
5. Bowie and Reznor

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. Procrastination
2. Distraction
3. Last minute scrambles

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. Someone I know
2. Learning new software
3. Getting a better job and place to live

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. Daily Show
2. 60 Minutes
3. Southpark
4. Chappelle's Show
5. Monster X

5 Places I've Lived:
1. Off a large river in England
2. Squad Bay in Parris Island
3. Northern Jersey
4. Here in Mass
5. Camp Pendleton, CA

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. The continued health of a close friend
2. Finding a new place that has the same advantages this apartment does
3. I don't know

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. There's this woman I know
2. Spring weather
3. Personal improvement
4. Drawing and creating
5. The darker half of my imagination

[SOteric]

25. Looks like Lynnesin and Ramsey were wrong.

You do have a life!

[bratcatinok]

24. My answers

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. Paint the interior of my house
2. New shades and drapes for the house
3. Covered glider for the yard
4. Sandals with heels to wear with jeans
5. New sheets, blankets, comforter

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
None since I've had bronchitis and ear
infection so music was just painful noise.

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. Smoking
2. Procrastinating
3. Being lazy

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. The flower garden I planted 2 weeks ago
2. Driving the new riding lawnmower
3. Catalogs and free samples in the mail

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. Law and Order SVU
2. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
3. got caught up in the Batchelor :(
4. The New Detectives
5. Channel surfing

5 Places I've Lived:
1. In a dorm room at Houston Baptist
2. In a garage apartment in Montrose (Houston early 70's)
3. In a 2 bedroom apartment in San Antonio
4. In a 3 bedroom brick home in Austin for 8 weeks
5. In a 3 bedroom frame home in rural Oklahoma now

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. My car might need repairs since the turn signals didn't work last night.
2. My ex-husband might die soon.
3. I might have picked the wrong flowers for my garden.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. My fiance who brings a smile to my soul.
2. My little dog who makes me laugh.
3. My 2 cats who bring me peace.
4. My garden of flowers which allows me to putter.
5. Living in rural Oklahoma out of the stress of a big city.

[SOteric]

26. I think I need to spend more time in rural places than I have lately

The city just seems to raise a stress level automatically.

[Interrobang]

27. Ok, mine.

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:

1) Bras.
2) An extra payment on my one student loan.
3) A year's worth of Internet.
4) Business cards for myself.
5) New clothes.

Top 5 Musicians Lately:

1) HaDorbanim
2) Einsturzende Neubauten
3) Dead Kennedys
4) Rachel Stevens
5) Hadag Nakhash

3 Bad Habits I Have

1) Procrastination
2) Nail-biting
3) Hate to clean

Top 3 interests at the moment:

1) Politics
2) Music
3) Studying Hebrew

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:

I don't really watch tv, and certainly don't *own* a tv, so I haven't had a roster of tv shows I like for about 10 years or more.

On the other hand, my top 5 favourite websites are:

1) The Toronto Star
2) Eschaton
3) Bartcop
4) Slashdot
5) Democratic Underground

5 Places I've Lived:

1) St. Albert, Alberta, a suburb of Edmonton, in a weird little house with my parents.
2) London, ON, in several different locations
3) Cambridge, ON, in the one house that had gone to flats in a *very* posh neighbourhood full of the descendants of the textile mill robber barons who used to infest the place
4) Toronto, ON, in a small one-bedroom apartment near Broadview and Danforth, about 1.5 blocks from Danforth Station.
5) Arthur, ON, sharecropping for a friend and getting my lungs full of mould

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:

1) That this "editorial" meeting I'm having by conference call with my work tomorrow is going to be an unmitigated disaster.
2) That I won't be able to get enough done on this project by tomorrow to justify myself.
3) Getting a real, full-time job before my unemployment insurance runs out.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:

1) Spring weather.
2) Music.
3) Studying Hebrew.

[fudge stripe cookays]

28. Cool! These are fun!

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. Airfare & several days on a Turkish gulet off the Turquoise Coast
2. The structure and more stained glass for my gorgeous potting shed!
3. Lots of cool animatronic toys for my upcoming Halloween party
4. 2 weeks in the San Juans, Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver
5. A new backyard fence

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Shuggie Otis
2. The Clash
3. The Bolshoi
4. Shawn Colvin
5. American Music Club

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. biting my nails & picking at cuticles
2. overeating (sweet tooth)
3. saying what I think even when it gets me in trouble

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. Heading to Washington DC this weekend
2. My 20th HS reunion this summer
3. My upcoming not-to-be-believed Halloween party

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. Law and Order
2. Law and Order (SVU)
3. Law and Order (Criminal Intent)
4. Daily Show
5. Comedy Central Presents (various)

5 Places I've Lived:
1. A 4-bedroom ex-model home in North Austin (for most of my life)
2. An efficiency shithole near Oak Lawn when I first moved to Dallas.
3. A 1-bedroom apartment WAY north of town in Denton, TX.
4. A 3-bedroom rental house near my old HS in San Antonio
5. In the house my grandfather built in Weslaco, TX.

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. That something will happen to reprehensor.
2. That I will be arrested and held indefinitely after the rally in Washington with no access to a lawyer.
3. That Bush will "win," and we'll remember these as the GOOD OLE DAYS.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. The love of my husband
2. Incredible friends
3. The look of complete unconditional love my dog gives me.
4. My garden
5. That my dad would be proud of me for standing up for what I believe in, and doing something about it.

[ulysses]

29. hey, Julsy!

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. debt reduction
2. some decent wine
3. tuition
4. book...oh hell, debt reduction
5. books

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Lift (now-defunct Atlanta band)
2. Alison Krauss
3. Over the Rhine
4. Foo Fighters
5. Neil Young

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. the temptation to mail it in at school for the next five weeks
2. the choice of quantity over quality re: alcohol
3. a certain gloominess of late

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. adoption
2. trying to develop something resembling a career
3. education

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. Without a Trace (Poppy Montgomery!)
2. West Wing
3-5. Ok, I don't watch much tv...I liked Boomtown, but I'm not sure it's even still on.

5 Places I've Lived:
1. the familial casa in a small town in Oklahoma.
2. a series of cinderblock dormitories.
3. a small, old, crumbling adobe on a dirt road in Santa Fe, shared with Sonya The Dog, my girlfriend, my roommate and my roommate's cat Angus. Started learning to cook there.
4. tiny two-bedroom apartment in Atlanta's Inman Park/Little 5 Points neighborhood when we were first married. Best place we could have been in our mid-twenties in the mid-nineties.
5. our current, much-repaired three-bedroom woodframe east of Decatur.

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. that we will hit Christmas 2004 without a child.
2. that I'll be 40 before I get my life back on track.
3. that the house hasn't finished settling.

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. Ms Uly & my family
2. Scarlett and that bloodthirsty cat
3. friends old and new
4. silence
5. well-written nonfiction.

[GOPisEvil]

30. Mine!

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. A refrigerator (if I buy this house, I'm going to need one)
2. A new laptop
3. A trip to someplace I have never been
4. A catered party for me and my friends
5. A new television

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Centro-Matic
2. Rex Hobart and The Misery Boys
3. Drive By Truckers
4. Elf Power
5. The Who

3 Bad Habits I Have
1. I procrastinate
2. I avoid conflict
3. I'm quite lazy

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. Buying a house :scared:
2. My upcoming travel to Philly/DC/Baltimore and points in between
3. My friends

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:
1. CSI
2. Baseball Tonight
3. Good Eats
4. City Confidential
5. Forensics Files

5 Places I've Lived:
1. Suburban ranch house in Universal City, Texas
2. In Agirupolous, a suburb of Athens
3. In a dorm room on the Texas A&M campus
4. On an Air Force Base in Hawaii
5. A boring apartment in Austin (for now)

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. Applying for a mortgage
2. Actually owning a house
3. What will my future job duties be?

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. I have wonderful parents
2. I have terrific friends
3. I'm gainfully employed
4. Spring in Texas (wildflowers)
5. That DU exists. :-)

[Armstead]

34. Okay

Top 5 Things I'd Buy With $1000:
1. A laptop computer
2.Needed dental work
3.A trip for as long as $1000 will go
4.A little sailboat
5.Save it for a rainy day

Top 5 Musicians Lately:
1. Iris DeMent
2. None specific but I've heard a lot of cool stuff on the Internet

3 Bad Habits I Have
I'll take the 5th Amendment

Top 3 interests at the moment:
1. Politics
2. Lookin' fer Love
3. Wilol be gardening and yardwork as the weather gets better

Top 5 TV Shows I Like:

None that I'm wild about at the moment

5 Places I've Lived:
1.The family homestead
2. Great Apartment on Capital Hill in Seattle
3. Crappy Townhouse in Bloomfield, Ct.
4. Townhouse on Capital Hill in D.C.
5. Frat House in college in Virginia

My Top 3 Biggest Worries at the Moment:
1. Aging with grace and maintaining enthusiasm
2. Money
3. The possibility of 4 more years of GW

My Top 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. incredible friends
2. work that's satisfying
3. Sunshine and imminent spring
4. discovering my inner artist
5. maintaining passion about life