I had a wonderful weekend with my family, followed by a smashing holiday Monday with friends. And that leaves me a little bit...
So all week, you'll find my usual daily series one day behind. (Except Friday, because I'm skipping Theme-Free Thursday.)
I'm kicking off this week with...
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FMMT: ABC's of Me
Here's how it works...you'll choose topics about yourself, your likes, dislikes, etc. according to each letter in the alphabet, and share a little with us. Oh shhh...you know you love it. ;)
A is for aqua. I will shortly be painting my bedroom walls aqua. It will be so nice to get our bedroom decor together... we've been putting it off for a couple of years. For me, a well-decorated and organized room leads to a well-decorated and organized brain.
B is for backyard. I don't have one and I have been desperately wanting one. For tending to a garden full of beets & blossoms. For sipping tea and reading (or writing!) a book. For catching a waft of jasmine on the breeze. Can I come and visit yours?
C is for citrus fruit. I love to cook with it. I love to eat it. And my kitchen is decorated with it.
D is for drama club. My high school drama club was the first group to which I felt like I truly belonged. I still treasure each one of the friends I met there. I imagine that those around us found us tremendously geeky. But the beautiful thing about us is that we didn't really care what everybody else thought - we loved each other, and we weren't afraid to be unapologetically ourselves.
E is for even numbers. I prefer to leave the television volume on an even number. I don't know why this is, but I feel very strongly about it.
F is for freestyle. I've been swimming for exercise for years now, but I've finally mastered freestyle/crawl recently, thanks to my awesome snorkel.
G is for Greek yogurt. It's one of my favorite foods.... and I put it in everything lately. If you're a regular reader, you probably knew that already, though.
H is for Hollywood, where I live. I love it here. I love our local Farmer's Market. I love easy access to movies and culture. I love that the subway runs through it!
I is for inches. I am surprised how many I've lost since January. Just yesterday, I was laying on the grass in a friend's backyard, and realized I was feeling the bones at the top of my ribcage. For the first time I can remember.
J is for jewelry, which is one of the only things I collect. I love hand-made and vintage pieces especially. But really, I enjoy anything that is kind of unique or unusual. I'm not into fancy gems or stones (outside of my sapphire engagement ring and sapphire-diamond wedding ring) but I love me some bakelite or some vintage Czech beads.
K is for kitchen. We spend so much time in there these days, creating our own recipes or testing out others'. The food we've been eating makes me feel satisfied and healthy.
L is for listening. I love to listen... to friends' stories, to all kinds of music, to podcasts, to my kittens' purring. Ironically, I'm nearly deaf in one ear.
M is for movies. Since the lights went down in the theater where I saw my first one (Cinderella) to the one I saw on Sunday (Pirates) I've had a lasting love affair with cinema. I watch all kinds of them - and obsessively. I worked in the industry, and I have aspirations to have my own screenplays hit the big screen someday.
N is for nieces and nephews. I have ten. It is all kinds of awesome to be an aunt, though I wish they weren't all so far away in NorCal, Indiana and Michigan. (At least nobody's in Milan anymore!)
O is for obliques. Richard Simmons has told me that I am particularly good at oblique crunches. My obliques just keep getting stronger and stronger!
P is for Powers Waterworks, the name of my production company, should I ever own one. I got the name from something my father used to say when he picked up the phone: "Powers Waterworks! Which drip would you like?"
Q is for quest. I still need to post the most recent stage in Cake Pop Quest 2011. And you need that recipe, because these babies are only 58 calories per pop!!
R is for retro. I don't know quite how I stumbled into my personal aesthetic, but I just love things that look... how to say?... out-of-date. I don't mean "Shaw Report" out-of-date. I mean really out of date. You kids enjoy your 80s neon stilettos. I'll be over here in my circle skirt and ballet flats.
S is for Sondheim, my very favorite musical theater legend. I harbor a secret desire to be a lyricist, though I fear I wouldn't have half of Sondheim's cleverness. Someday perhaps I'll try it.
T is for television. I'm not a couch potato, but I do watch a fair bit because I also aspire to write television. My favorite current shows are Modern Family, 30 Rock, Community, Parks & Recreation, How I Met Your Mother, Mad Men, and Glee. My favorite of all time is Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
U is for urban-dwelling. I've known I should be a city girl since I saw my very first skyline. I was probably seven and it was probably Detroit.
V is for Venice, one of my favorite cities on Earth. Particularly Murano Island, where the community of glass-blowers create the prettiest objects d'art. I am nuts about blown glass. I am still mourning the loss of one of our bags after our honeymoon, which held the Murano vase - our big souvenir of the trip.
W is for writing. I try to do a couple of hours every day. It is simultaneous the easiest and hardest thing I ever do. And I love it.
X is for exes. I don't do well with exes of any sort. Ex-boyfriends. Ex-bosses. Ex-friends. I am unspeakably awkward once a relationship is through. I don't mean to be, but alas, this is a shortcoming of mine.
Y is for yellow. I love so many colors, but yellow is probably my very favorite. It was the main color theme for our wedding. You'll see some pictures of it soon.
Z is for zen. The tenets of Buddhism really speak to me, so I do what I can to gather zen in my life.
All right! I'll be back tomorrow for a Weigh-In Wednesday with an alternative to a fast-food summer "treat" without the chemicals and crap calories. Hope you're all recovering from wonderful holiday weekends - and that you're taking care of you!
I didn't realize that you love blown glass! I feel the same way. Someday I want to have a bowl by Dale Chihuly, my favorite artist.
ReplyDeleteI fell in love with his work when I lived in Oklahoma years ago. His largest permanent exhibition is housed in the OKC Museum of Art, and it was so much fun to see it again in '07. I brought a friend from NYC, and we walked around for hours because we just didn't want to leave.
I am making a wreath now based on things that I saw in your kitchen..your wreath, of course. ;)
Loved all of your answers!
Your Twitter name was just demystified! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteWe were such geeks back in our drama club days, but they were some of my favorites times of my life as well. Good memories!
ReplyDeleteLoved reading your ABC's :)