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[nolly]

(ganked from all over the place)

I know very little about some of the people on my friends' list. Some people I know relatively well. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes spinach."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal, if you feel like it.

Comments

[snippy]

I like spinach, sauteed with garlic and butter and then dressed with rice wine vinegar.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Yum!

that's so sweet!

[roobug.livejournal.com]

I am one of those girls from Seattle (a native), working in a nice office job. I sew sometimes (including quilts), and some other bits of crafty things. I wear glasses, am omnivorous, and hopefully a whole lot more. I put "bringing hope to the universe since 1972" in my signature file because I hope the world is a better place because I'm in it (and it reminds me to try and do more than just exist. :)

Re: that's so sweet!

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Seattle has natives?!? *grin* I croshet, knit, and occasionally tat.

[meep.livejournal.com]

I own copies of =The Little Prince= in English, French, Japanese, and Esperanto. I hope to eventually get it in Latin.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Which of those languages can you read? (Presumably English...) I have far more books in Russian than I should have, as I have not maintained even the low level of fluency I once had.

[txtarheel.livejournal.com]

I love brussel sprouts, especially when they are oven-roasted with pancetta.
I own way too much yarn and my current knitting passion is socks.
NCSSM '92, 2nd Hill East.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

There no such thing as too much yarn, only too little space. It's like books. '92...we probably have mutual friends, since your juniors were my seniors.

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

I was in an Ukrainian dancing & singing troupe from the age of 6 until I was 16. I was also in Ukrainian "girl guides/scouts" and went to Ukrainian school once a week.

I can't speak Ukrainian worth a damn.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I took Russian for 2 years in college, but I've lost most of the vocabulary and grammar.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

My first thought on seeing your name was, "oh, good, I'll finally have a definitive pronunciation in mind for that name!"

[nolly.livejournal.com]

One of these cons, I'm going to walk up to Todd McCaffrey and ask "How would your mother pronounce my name?"

[yesthatjill.livejournal.com]

I have been a Girl Scout pretty much all my remembered life. I can't tie a bowline to save my life as I'm left-right challenged.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I was a Scout for 10 years, but never got my 10 year pin, and never learned many knots. My troop was slightly lame. Though I did learn some useful things like how to turn off the water before doing plumbing work, and some basic carpentry.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

I gave up fast food a little over a year ago and have been 99.8% pure about it. Now I seem to be giving up corn-syrup sodas. I don't do these things with pre-planning; they just happen.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

*nod* I do similar things. While not entirely gone, I eat a lot less sweets than I used too.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I have had stitches from head to toe. (Scalp, face, hand, torso, legs, foot.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

The last time I had stitches (jr. high, mole removal), I had an allergic reaction to them.

[heisenfeature.livejournal.com]

I tried out for college jeopardy and made it, but had moved home from college and didn't get the paperwork in time. :(

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Doh! I never tried out.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Some people will attest that when they get an album that they like, they will listen to it over and over until they're sick of it. Some people will attest that when they find a song that they really like, they'll put the song on repeat until they get sick of it. I do both of these, but I also obsess over song fragments. I've been known to record songs, find teeny chunks, loop them, and leave that on repeat. As an example, I once sampled the chunk of "Egypt," from Future Sound of London's 'ISDN' album that contains the sample: "Come, fly at the teeth of the wind. Share my wings." (and then repeats it, slowed down). It represented a total of about ten seconds of audio. I made a very smooth loop of it, and left it on repeat day and night, even when I slept, for almost four days before I put on something else.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Wow.

I'm glad I don't live with you. :) I don't think I ever put less than a full album on repeat.

Two for One

[mysterix.livejournal.com]

#1- (The G-rated one) I am obsessive about my Xmas tree. I randomly rearrange ornaments to achieve an aesthetic balance, all the way up until the holiday itself :)

#2- (The NC-17 rated one) I love 20-strand soft suede floggers.

Re: Two for One

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I haven't even put up the tree the past couple of years. Not enough room, really.

I have very little (basically no) experience with floggers.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I lived in San Diego county for six years, back during the 70's.

[shipofools999.livejournal.com]

Hey, I've seen you on sailorjim's posts. The LJ world seems to be getting smaller.

[shipofools999.livejournal.com]

I am a costume nut. I dress in costume for the fun of it and look for events as excuses to wear a costume. For halloween, it has to be a different costume for each event. It was a slow year this year, there were only 4 costumes (admittedly, this is stretching the definition and the biggest year was only 6 different costumes). I work LosCon where we can't wear a costume while working. So I get around this by wearing formal wear.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I like dressing up, but am handicapped by not sewing. It's fun to assemble costumes from found items, though -- most of my piratey costume came from Ross or my closet, for instance.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

either i'm extraordinarily unlucky about food poisoning or newly allergic to something in ethiopian food, as the last two times i've had it (widely spaced in time, at two different restaurants) i've been very very very sorry a few hours afterwards.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I wish I could find decent Ethiopian food in a safe neighborhood here.

[dreamwell-ali.livejournal.com]

I have a 30 lbs cat.

[farmount.livejournal.com]

Very impressive! The largest I've seen as a vet tipped the scales at 27 lbs.

[benevola.livejournal.com]

I have the old Calgon commercial memorized in its entirety ("How do you get shirts so clean, Mr. Lee?"), though I usually have to be drinking before I'm inclined to recite it. :) Oh, and I live in Seattle.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

You're weird, sir. :)

I swear there are only 250 people in Seattle and I know at least 100 of them.

Geeky Me

[chiendarrendor.livejournal.com]

Ever since I graduated from University back in '92, I have been playing around with Artificial Intelligence as a hobby....Motion Planning, Logic Puzzle solving, Game Theory, Genetic Adaptation, Neural Networks.....

And, for the first time in my career, I have finally found a job where they'll pay me to do Research and Development on an Artificial Intelligence system.....

Being paid for what I was doing anyway... How cool is that?


Oh, I also Juggle, and have 80+hours of flight time towards my private pilot's license.... :-)

Re: Geeky Me

[nolly.livejournal.com]

You, geeky? Nah....I don't believe that. :)

Is flying yourself cheaper than a commercial airline? Could be an interesting way to get to cons.

Cool idea...

[lirrin.livejournal.com]

I'm a nerd girl who lived in Seattle for 13 years but now lives in Vancouver, Washington. (No, not Canada.) My first Con was Rustycon 12, the Year They Shut Old Rusty Down. Despite that, I've continued to go to between 1 and 4 per year, and occasionally put stuff in the art shows.

I just got married in November, too, in a Renaissance/Medieval/Fantasy themed wedding. Whoo!

Re: Cool idea...

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I've only been to one con outside California, the most recent Chicago Worldcon. It was my third con. I'm planning to go to the upcoming Arizona Westercon, though.

Fun!

[thespatula.livejournal.com]

I am allergic to clove, the happiest of holiday seasonings.

I have a fish named さしみ　

Re: Fun!

[nolly.livejournal.com]

How annoying!

How is the fish's name pronounced, and what does it mean?

[farmount.livejournal.com]

I think we've met perhaps once, via meowse, at a Baycon. Part of me is wondering "what, if anything, does she really want to know about me?"

I'm a veterinarian, cat lover, and human being by genetic definition, with two X chromosomes. I live up in the middle of the Santa Cruz mountains in the cabin that my father inhabited after my parents split up when I was 6. I vowed that I would never go through a divorce, and spent 10 years with the same guy before finally getting over my commitment issues to marry him. 5 years later, we divorced. Yes, I'm still bitter about it all.

I despise the flavor and texture of mushrooms. I would gorge myself sick on Almond Roca and fresh strawberries if I didn't know any better. When I was young, I once made myself violently ill when I overate chocolate candy one Halloween, and anytime I eat rich foods I need to take care to not overeat lest I spew.

I try to be responsible about finances, especially since I'm the main wage-earner of my tiny family unit (1 boyfriend, 1 miniature horse, 3 cats). I've actually socked some away in a IRA and pray that I will have enough when I get too old to work. I do not get along well with babies unless they are sleeping, and sometimes have to quash my urges to kick young children until they stop breathing. I would not make a good parent, and realize this, and plan to have my tubes tied sometime in the near future. As I'm in my mid-30s, I figure the medical establishment shouldn't have a problem with this.

I've had a fun time doing free-association on your journal entry.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I think we'd actually met at a couple of cons before that, via caprine or patgund.

I am allergic to strawberries; they used to be my favorite food. I made myself sick on Easter candy once.

I've occasionally thought I'd like to have a miniature horse, but I don't know if that's realistic for me or not. I do know I won't have appropriate space for many years, if ever. I'd like to know more about them, though.

I like kids, and wouldn't mind being more involved in the raising of one or more, but I'm a bit scared of the whole pregnancy process, enough that I'm not 100% sure I want my own biokids.

[lcohen]

i have one of the worst trilogies of allergies you can imagine for a lesbian: cats, smoke and perfume.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Oh dear :)

[sisterfish.livejournal.com]

I sing silly songs to my cats, usually to the tune of something else.

"How much is Sophia in the window?
The one with the big bitey teeth?"


"na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na BAT CAT!!!"

[nolly.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

[moonchsr.livejournal.com]

I'm a fellow PM'er.. and I really really enjoy eating either Broccoli or Artichokes with mayonise and soy sauce!

Also, hiked up Mt. Whitney (14,497ft.) 2yrs. ago! Great hike, great view :)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I can't stand broccoli. The smell and taste remind me of paper mills.

[trysha.livejournal.com]

I am the nap dragon. You will nap. growf!

I like dragons and naps, and mangos. Although i don't eat much.
I hate spinach.

:)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I wish I could nap! I am at work; they tend to frown on napping.