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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #105 on: December 04, 2009, 06:40:34 AM »

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?

Flew to New Zealand and Australia, rode a gondola and ski lift.  Also toured the Brokeback Mountain sites in Alberta.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I made none this year.  Not sure I'll make any for this coming year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

No

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No

5. What countries did you visit?

Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

I had a boyfriend this year, so I'll modify my usual answer (boyfriend) and say a permanent relationship.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

Feb. 14th.  It was the first time I had a date on Valentine's Day, thanks to the answer above.  ;D

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Losing 20 pounds I had regained when I fell off the wagon.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Falling off the wagon in the first place.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Nope.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Tickets to Canada and Au & NZ.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Anne Hathaway, for all her work to raise awarenss on gay rights.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Too many to list.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Travel, and that's just fine with me.  ;D

15.What made you really really really excited?

Brokie gatherings!

16.What song will forever remind you of 2009?

Feel Your Love - Kim Sozzi

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder?  Happier
 
b) thinner or fatter?  Thinner

c) richer or poorer?  the same
 
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

dating.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

working

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

with family

21. How will you be spending New Year's?

with friends

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?

No, but I had a great crush that gave me great times.

23. How many one-night stands?

Usual answer, none.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

The Office; Little Britian USA

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Nope

26. What was the best book you read?

Columbine by Dave Cullen

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Gloriana and Lady Antebellum

28. What did you want and get?

to see the Brokeback film locations

29. What did you want and not get?

Long term relationship

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

Were the World Mine

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I did nothing, and I was 40.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

More money, LTR

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?

jeans, button downs.  Izod.

34. What kept you sane?

Friends

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Neil Patrick Harris

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

gay marriage

37. Who did you miss?

Jari

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

Matthew (ZK)

39. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

Myself

40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:

Push boundaries.  It can be frightning, but you can amaze yourself.

41. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):


"I'm just lookin' for that one good man
the kind who'll never make me hurt or cry
the man who'll always be there by my side
I'm just lookin' for that one nice guy

"One Good Man" - Sweet Sensation


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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #106 on: December 04, 2009, 08:48:29 AM »
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?

Toured the Brokeback Mountain sites in Alberta.  Went on a long hike up there.  Also, went to two Broadway musicals and a play in NYC.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

No, I gave up making those some time ago.  I did set goals during the year, like cleaning things out of storage, and I kept some of those goals.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Not in my private life.  But we had some forum moms, especially Happy (Gres), who was my roommate in Oxford last year.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No, thank goodness.  My uncle had a close call when he had a heart attack right before his 85th birthday, but he recovered.

5. What countries did you visit?

Canada.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

More money to spend more time in New York City and San Francisco.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

September 27.  It was the Sunday before my mom's actual 80th birthday.  My brother and I flew in from out of town (from separate cities) to join my sister and mom, so all her kids were there.  And her brother (who'd had the heart attack) was able to be at the dinner, too.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Going to Alberta and driving over 1,000 miles during the Brokie tour of movie sights.  There were many things I'd thought I wouldn't feel comfortable doing, but I managed a lot of it and had a wonderful time.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Overeating, at times.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I finished up my second cataract operation in January.  And I had some colds off and on during the fall, enough to take medicine for, but nothing serious.  Not the flu.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Airfare to Canada and San Francisco, and the lodging expenses from trips to Canada, SF and NYC.  Also tickets to several symphonies by the New York Philharmonic.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Lots of them, I had one in mind in particular but my memory is going.   ;D

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Various politicians and financial bigwigs who caused ordinary people a lot of pain.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Travel.   ;D

15.What made you really really really excited?

Brokie gatherings!

16.What song will forever remind you of 2009?

Nothing comes to mind right now.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder?  Happier
  
b) thinner or fatter?  A little fatter.   :(

c) richer or poorer?  A little poorer.  (See #13  :( )
  
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

reading -- but that's just because I have a "wish list" of books I think I should be reading

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

yard work

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

not sure -- not with family because they don't get together in the winter

21. How will you be spending New Year's?

at home watching on TV

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?

No.

23. How many one-night stands?

None.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

college basketball playoffs and baseball World Series

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

No

26. What was the best book you read?

Columbine by Dave Cullen

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Actually, I heard two symphonies by the composer Mahler this year.  I was not familiar with his work before.

28. What did you want and get?

to spend Thanksgiving with some other people and have "real" turkey (but it was a total surprise, the neighbors invited me over)

29. What did you want and not get?

Another NYC Brokie gathering

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

Milk

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Went out to eat with a friend, and I was 58.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

A few more Brokie gatherings, and being able to go back to one in San Francisco, but I'm thankful for the ones we had.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?

Casual.

34. What kept you sane?

Friends

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Can't really say, but this year it wasn't Jake.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

gay marriage

37. Who did you miss?

A few Brokies who weren't able to come to this year's gatherings.

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

I'd met them before, but I enjoyed my time with Alberta roommates Sonja and Monika, getting to know them better.  And it was fun meeting Monika's friend, Sophia, for the first time, when she came to NYC twice.  I only met Sophia briefly in May, but we had a good time on Governor's Island in...July, I think it was.

39. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

My sister.  We did have more time this year, talking over our worries about our mom and her house.  Next year my sister might be coming to visit me, so that would be nice.  Also some of the Brokie women that I've started doing things with (dinners, movies) one-on-one.

40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:

I can't argue with what Chuck said:  Push boundaries.  It can be frightening, but you can amaze yourself.

41. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

Now, before anyone things this was a sad year for me, I have to say that it wasn't, but I heard this song on the radio and it really "got stuck in my head" (enough to where I printed the lyrics out and happen to have them sitting right here):

Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain
And ironing out the rough spots is the hardest part when memories remain
And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio
'cause from the lips of some old singer
We can share the troubles we already know

Turn them on, them on, turn on those sad songs
When all hope is gone, why don't you tune in and turn them on

"Sad Songs (say so much)" - Elton John/Bernie Taupin


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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #107 on: December 04, 2009, 10:30:14 AM »
My turn now...


1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?

Spent almost three months in Switzerland for research. Wrote a book I have never written before. Went for the first time in my life to Canada. Didn't have any "real" vacations this year - unheard of.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I never make any, and thus I never keep anys.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Not this year.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Yes, a very good friend in Nice, recently.

5. What countries did you visit?

Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

More vacations, less work.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

November 7 and 8: A very nice weekend in Montréal. Oct 30: the launching of my new book. The whole 10 weeks in Switzerland, where a very good friend of mine made me feel welcome and let me stay in her gorgeous flat - and in Switzerland I met many new fascinating and loveable people.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Writing a new, huge book in a very short amount of time and having it published.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Suffering from too much tooth pain (not my fault, but it felt like a punishment).

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

A terrible withdom tooth extraction, complicated and extremely painful, 3 weeks ago. But the support of my Brokie friends here was a great help!

11. What was the best thing you bought?

AMy new grand piano, 111 years old. It's magnificent. And a new digital camera, in March, with which I'm very satisfied (Lumix Panasonic).

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Can't remember.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

People who vote constantly against gay marriage, all over the world.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Everyday life. ;D

15.What made you really really really excited?

My friendships!

16.What song will forever remind you of 2009?

No song, but a lot of new music I encountered during my research.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder?  Happier.
 
b) thinner or fatter?  Same.

c) richer or poorer?  Same.  (See #13  :( )
 
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Reading, but for pleasure only. And make one big trip with my partner -- but there was simply no time for it.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Work.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

Not with family. Probably with my partner at home, just the two of us.

21. How will you be spending New Year's?

Dunno yet, probably nothing fancy.

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?

No.

23. How many one-night stands?

Won't tell.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

Never watch TV, only DVDs.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Yes.

26. What was the best book you read?

Lipshitz, by T Cooper

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

see above

28. What did you want and get?

I wanted to get my book project done and managed. Am proud of it.

29. What did you want and not get?

Vacations.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

Milk, and the new Almodovar (Abrazos rotos).

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

My birthday will take place in two weeks time only, and I'll be 47.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

A few more Brokie gatherings.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?

Casual.

34. What kept you sane?

My optimism.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

None.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

gay marriage

37. Who did you miss?

A few good friends whom I havent met this year.

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

A very special Brokie. And new friends in Basel.

39. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

Noone in particular.

40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:

Can't think of any.

41. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

None. Sorry...


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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #108 on: December 05, 2009, 12:22:36 AM »
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?

Got involved with a fan website to support The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus will end up walking around Times Square with a Sandwich board with the poster on it, answering questions and giving out a handout on the film.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I don't make a lot of New Year's resolutions--I just resent them if I do.


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

No

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No

5. What countries did you visit?

Germany--again.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

More cash and less worry

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

December 25th. Dr. Parnassus opens in NYC and LA.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Making my Mom really happy.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Procrastinated dreadfully about cleaning my house, especially filing and throwing out old bills and other detritus.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Yes. Illness and injury. Pinched a nerve in my neck and had a monster flu.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

My Sony E-reader

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

The state of Iowa, where gay marriage was legalized on April 27th

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

The New York State Legislature, who decided to return to 6th grade, en masse.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Car repairs *sigh*

15.What made you really really really excited?

Getting to see The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus in Silver Springs on November 14th.

16.What song will forever remind you of 2009?

For Your Entertainment, by Adam Lambert

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder? a little sadder  
  
b) thinner or fatter? fatter  

c) richer or poorer? poorer  
  
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Travel

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Eating

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

With my mother, husband and sister eating a big Christmas dinner and vegging out afterward.

21. How will you be spending New Year's?

 First dinner with Mom, then our friends' New Year's Eve party

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?

No

23. How many one-night stands?

None

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

Don't watch much TV, but I did see most of the World Series games and a little of American Idol

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

No. I get angry, or disappointed or aggravated, but I don't hate.


26. What was the best book you read?

Columbine by Dave Cullen is definitely the best non-fiction book. Fiction is The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson, a mystery with a detective who's a Wyoming sheriff.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Adam Lambert. I like his new album a lot.

28. What did you want and get?

My e-reader


29. What did you want and not get?

Enough money to do some renovation work on my house.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I know I had a celebratory dinner, but I'm not sure it was on the day itself. I was 55

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Having my mom's memory recover (which won't happen, alas)

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?

I don't really have one.

34. What kept you sane?

My sister and my friends

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

I don't really get into that. I do still think Jake is very lovely, though.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

Gay marriage, followed closely by health care.

37. Who did you miss?

No one in particular

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

Sonja from Sweden, also known as Sason!

39. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

Some of my fellow Brokies

40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:

Never take anything for granted.

41. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard

But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

and

Our great men have written words of
Wisdom to be used
When hardship must be faced;
Life obliges us with hardship
So the words of wisdom
shouldn't go to waste.

To us and our good fortune
Be happy be healthy, long life!
And if our good fortune never comes
Here's to whatever comes,
Drink l'chaim, to life!

To life, to life, l'chai-im,!
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!
Life has a way of confusing us
Blessing and bruising us,
Drink l'chaim, to life,

To life, l'chaim!
L'chaim, l'chaim, to life!
A gift we seldom are wise enough
Ever to prize enough,
Drink l'chaim, to life!
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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #109 on: December 05, 2009, 09:56:41 AM »

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

Sonja from Sweden, also known as Sason!


Aawwwww, Jenny.......

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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #110 on: December 06, 2009, 02:22:18 AM »






1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?

cruised to Alaska

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

yes.....yes, I will do more crossword puzzles


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

yes...one of my old boyfriend's daughter....a tiny girl :)


4. Did anyone close to you die?

yes....an old boyfriend, not the one from question 3 :'(


5. What countries did you visit?

USA


6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

a sony reader (to read more slash, my dear)


7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

I'm not good with remembering dates


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

I'm alive!! :D


9. What was your biggest failure?

didn't visit a friend before she died


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

other than the same old aches and pains, I'm still limping along ;)


11. What was the best thing you bought?

ZATB and SOG ::)


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

my sister....she has put in 50yrs of marriage ;D


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

some of those dadblasted people in government >:(


14. Where did most of your money go?

cruise to Alaska and *blush* slash novels 8)


15.What made you really really really excited?

my cruise to Alaska (I don't get out much)


16.What song will forever remind you of 2009?

don't listen to music much and when I do it's old time rock and roll ;D


17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder?  about the same
  
b) thinner or fatter?  about the same

c) richer or poorer?  poorer
  
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

gone to more dog shows


19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

bookwork


20. How will you be spending Christmas?

I'm flying to my sister and brother-in-law's place in the city



21. How will you be spending New Year's?

at home with the whippet and cat


22. Did you fall in love in 2009?

no

23. How many one-night stands?

at my age! :D


24. What were your favorite TV programs?

midsomer murders
bones


25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

hate is a waste of time


26. What was the best book you read?

the qurnsey island potato peel pie literary society


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

if I take out my hearing aid, I sound pretty good


28. What did you want and get?

a cruise to Alaska


29. What did you want and not get?

an e reader


30. What was your favorite film of this year?

I live in the sticks....we don't have a movie theater

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

had dinner in a restaurant with my girlfriends......and I'm not telling! ::)


32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

instant cure for aging


33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?

when not in my work clothes or nightgown, casual


34. What kept you sane?

my sister, my friends and my customers


35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

as in cute?   Then Jake G.


36. What political issue stirred you the most?

gay marriage in the USA


37. Who did you miss?

my parents

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

I meet people all the time....nobody stood out this year :)


39. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

a real, live Brokie ::)


40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:


people are seldom what you see

41. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

what the world needs now
is love, sweet love
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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #111 on: December 06, 2009, 02:25:08 AM »
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« Reply #112 on: December 06, 2009, 08:29:58 AM »
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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #114 on: December 06, 2009, 03:01:10 PM »


11. What was the best thing you bought?

ZATB and SOG ::)


 :D ;D >:D

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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #115 on: December 09, 2009, 10:58:04 PM »


1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?

Finished turning my screenplay into a novel!

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Nope, and that's why I don't usually make them.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

No, but a great friend is pregnant whom I never, ever thought would be.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

My uncle.  I look a lot like him.  Some things about him I'd emulate, others I try hard to avoid.

5. What countries did you visit?

Sorry, didn't even make it to Canada this year.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

A full-time teaching job with a steady paycheck, and a publishing contract.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

Probably December 21st, my birthday--they're usually memorable.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

See question #1--can't tell you how good it felt after almost 20 years to have this story in a new form.  (Now, will a literary agent go for it?)

9. What was your biggest failure?

Didn't land a full-time teaching gig; however, I did have a 6-month gig from January till June.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Burned my wrist and fingers in a couple cooking mishaps.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Surprisingly, the "(500) Days of Summer" soundtrack.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Barack Obama, who's playing a tough hand of cards with style and class.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

People who litter, people who ignore global warming and environmental issues, anti-gay haters.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Blew a good chunk on a great week in SF seeing the Gay and Lesbian film festival.

15.What made you really really really excited?

The trailer for "Nine."

16.What song will forever remind you of 2009?

"Single Ladies" (Beyonce)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder? 

A little sadder.
 
b) thinner or fatter? 

A little fatter.

c) richer or poorer? 
 
Oh, definitely poorer.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Travelled, seen more good friends, laughed, had a few hours of romping good sex with a cubby sort.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Procrastinated.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

Locally with my partner, then cooking a family get-together for the 26th.  Hopefully avoiding snow.

21. How will you be spending New Year's?

Have a couple options involving getting together with good people.

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?

I already love my partner; now, I just fall in infatuation.  (Ben Cohen!)

23. How many one-night stands?

None.

24. What were your favorite TV programs?

A few: "Cougar Town" "Glee" "The Middle" "Modern Family" "Desperate Housewives" "Mad Men" "The Office" "30 Rock" "So You Think You Can Dance" "American Idol"

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Don't think so.

26. What was the best book you read?

"White Oleander."

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Jake Walden and Tom Goss.

28. What did you want and get?

To go to SF and see my friends and do the film fest for the first time in a couple years.

29. What did you want and not get?

A literary agent (yet!)

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

"Up."

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Last year was a disaster--snowed in, everything cancelled, my dad called but forgot it was my birthday, tried to watch the "Back to the Future" trilogy for the first time but my partner conked out at the start of #3.  Very depressing.  This year, I'm looking at dinner at Izzy's buffet and Gay Roller Skating night.  (I have modest goals this year.)  And I'm gonna be the big 43!

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

A book contract first, and a full-time teaching job second.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?

Comfort rules.

34. What kept you sane?

Knowing George W. Bush is out of the White House and fading into history.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Ben Cohen, with Kris Allen a close second.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

I'd like to say gay marriage, but folks, we gotta do something about global warming and the environment--now.

37. Who did you miss?

Too many people to mention.

38. Who was the best new person(s) you met?

Crossed paths with some awesome kids during my teaching gig.

39. Side question...who would I like to get to know better?

Does Ben Cohen count?

40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:

The first part of the work (writing a novel, getting a degree) is an accomplishment, but the marketing goes on forever.

41. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year (any song from any year):

"Baby, the rain must fall/Baby, the wind must blow/And wherever my heart leads me/Baby, I must go."
"No reins on this one."

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Re: Fan Fair - Vol. 4
« Reply #116 on: December 19, 2009, 04:15:55 PM »

SEASONS GREETINGS!

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« Reply #117 on: December 23, 2009, 08:45:09 PM »
happy holidays to you too, roco! love the card!!  :)

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« Reply #118 on: February 13, 2010, 08:58:18 PM »
this guy´s so delicious...i had already seen him on an aussie movie years ago and i got really impacted by his performance and looks in "terminator 4"...he looks tough with his wrinkled face but his eyes give away so much kindness i couldn´t pay attention to anything else but his acting on the film...i haven´t seen "avatar" yet but i´m definetely looking for it...
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« Reply #119 on: February 14, 2010, 07:53:30 AM »
Remember him?When you mention this tv series from the 80´s Jon-Erik Hexum is the only hunk that comes to mind but antony hamilton replaced jon after that accident and did a wonderful job,which was,to look just as mouth-watering delicious as jon did...he looked tough,butch and tender all at once,a special blend of macho looks with a vulnerability edge that´d keep me glued to my sofa every monday night...
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