Angel wings in China

Child wearing inflatable "angel wings" in China, one of the places I'd most like to visit. Photo by Marie-Claire Holmes

UPDATE JULY 13 - This post has been republished, after vanishing during Typepad's service outage on Wednesday, July 12.

This meme has been popular lately; I read BB's (Becoming Amethyst) take, then Susan's (Soozphotoz), who challenged me to join in the fun.

10 Favourites

Favourite season: Fall, followed closely by spring
Favourite colour: Aqua blue like the ocean; red is a close second
Favourite time: Midnight
Favourite food: Bread - multigrain baguettes; San Francisco sourdough
Favourite drink: For day, tea; for dinner, Burgundy wine; for celebrations, champagne!
Favourite ice cream: Italian gelato or Pralines n' Cream
Favourite place: Must I choose just one? Impossible! San Francisco, Santa Fe and Seville enchant me.
Favourite sport: Bicycling and swimming; to watch, rugby!
Favourite actor: Gabriel Byrne (I met him in San Francisco)
Favourite actress: Diane Lane and Catherine McCormack

9 Currents

Current feeling: Anxious
Current drink: Iced Chai tea
Current time: 12:01 p.m.
Current show on TV: BBC World News
Current mobile used: Nokia
Current windows open: All of them - it's hot in Paris! As for the computer, BBC and Typepad windows
Current underwear: Victoria's Secret cotton
Current clothes: Cropped jeans and gauze shirt over tanktop
Current thought: I have too many things to do today!

8 Firsts

First nickname: I don't remember
First kiss: Allen in first grade
First crush: Jamie
First best friend(s): Angie and Marianne; in college, Pam, Dinah, Marci and LaJuan
First vehicle I drove: My parents' champagne-gold Buick LeSabre
First job: Babysitting, picking pecans, picking tomatoes
First date: I don't remember a real first date - we tended to hang out in groups
First pet: My dog Allen (named after first kiss guy)

7 Lasts

Last drink: Water
Last kiss: My husband, goodbye this a.m.
Last meal: Dinner - Spanish pork dish with red peppers and tomatoes
Last web site visited: Soozphotoz
Last film watched: Matchpoint
Last phone call: My daughter
Last TV show watched: CSI Miami

6 Have you evers

Have you ever broken the law: Technically, yes
Have you ever been drunk: Yes, in my early 20s
Have you ever kissed someone you didn't know: Yes! We do it all the time in France (kisses on both cheeks, when greeting)
Have you ever been in the middle/close to gunfire: Yes, as a reporter
Have you ever skinny dipped: No
Have you ever broken anyone's heart: Sadly, yes

5 Things

Things you can hear right now: Traffic, computer whirring, television news
Things on your bed: Summer-weight Rachel Ashwell quilt, sheets and pillows
Things you ate today: Watermelon
Things you wouldn't want to live without: Reporters' notebook and Waterman pen; laptop; digital camera; books; music; art; moisturizer; eyeliner; smiles, kisses and hugs.
Things you do when you are bored: I'm never bored.

4 Places you have been today

A bicycle ride
Home
Market
Post office

3 Things on your desk right now

Books
Arts and Crafts inkwell
Writing paper

2 Choices

Black or white: Black
Hot or cold: Cold when it comes to drinks and the weather; hot and spicy for food and music

1 Place you want to visit

Asia (I'd love to see India, Thailand, Bali, China and Japan) and South America - well who can choose just one??!!

Now, what about you??

Comments

[boliyou]

I love that picture! Great meme, too. While I'm in the midst of catch-up, I may take a stab at it myself.

[Tammy]

I really enjoyed reading this and getting to know you even better :)

[jennifer]

loved reading this :) - I hate watermelon though!

[Willie]

10 Favourites

Favourite season: Fall (cause I was born then)
Favourite colour: Red
Favourite time: sunrise
Favourite food: Mom's cajun cooking, followed by sushi
Favourite drink: Water
Favourite ice cream: hot fudge sundae
Favourite place: Paris, San Francisco, Sawtooth mts in Idaho, Barcelona.
Favourite sport: Basketball
Favourite actor: Robert Duvall
Favourite actress: Meryl Streep, but Diane Lane is good too :-)

9 Currents

Current feeling: content
Current drink: nothing
Current time: 5:57 p.m.
Current show on TV: no tv
Current mobile used: Treo
Current windows open: this one and outlook
Current underwear: let me check...
Current clothes: camo shorts and t-shirt
Current thought: I should be organizing my office instead of writing this.
:-)

8 Firsts

First nickname: willie
First kiss: Gloria
First crush: Denise in 3rd grade
First best friend(s): David
First vehicle I drove: parents LTD station wagon
First job: short order cook at Jack's Inn.
First date: too embarrassing to recount
First pet: guinea pig

7 Lasts

Last drink: Water
Last kiss: Tanya, this morning
Last meal: Lunch- thai food with Leigh
Last web site visited: Bloglines
Last film watched: Devil wears Prada (eh)
Last phone call: client
Last TV show watched: The office

6 Have you evers

Have you ever broken the law: yes
Have you ever been drunk: Yes
Have you ever kissed someone you didn't know: Yes
Have you ever been in the middle/close to gunfire: Only when hunting
Have you ever skinny dipped: Yes
Have you ever broken anyone's heart: Sadly, yes

5 Things

Things you can hear right now: my cat, the AC, birds
Things on your bed: A pile of sheets and pillows, a cat
Things you ate today: pancake, eggs, thai soup, chocolate covered cashews.
Things you wouldn't want to live without: sketchbooks, friends, love,
computers
Things you do when you are bored: I'm never bored.

4 Places you have been today

thai restaurant
friend's office
masonbaronet
the west end

3 Things on your desk right now

scanner
phone
tampon (it's a long but pretty funny story)

2 Choices

Black or white: Black
Hot or cold: Cold when it comes to the weather; hot and spicy for food and
music (almost copied you on this)

1 Place you want to visit

Africa!

Thanks for the diversion!! :-)
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[jinxthegypsy]

:) This is really nice and fun to read.

[madeleine]

Another sneaky insight into the life of a fab blogger. :)

[Jessie]

This says a lot about you! And it was fun to read.
:)

[diana]

me too... I want to go to China... someday...someway
love Santa Fe

[ms*robyn]

I visited China a few years ago! amazing place. I would love to go back for longer next time. I would also love to travel to Peru & Wales.