{"id":5068,"date":"2011-05-24T23:11:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T05:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=5068"},"modified":"2011-05-24T23:11:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T05:11:30","slug":"tag-and-such","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/tag-and-such\/","title":{"rendered":"Tag and such"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So my cousin <a href=\"http:\/\/my-poetry-place.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Angela <\/a>tagged me in this cross-linking truth-or-dare blog game, and it looks fun so I figured I&#8217;d participate.\u00a0 Here goes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think you&#8217;re hot?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I suffer from no illusions as to my ability (or rather, lack thereof) to carnally attract the opposite sex.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not to say I&#8217;m ugly, but when you apply the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pareto_principle\" target=\"_blank\">Pareto principle<\/a> to dating (and let&#8217;s be honest, it&#8217;s really more of a 90\/10 split), I don&#8217;t make the cut.<\/p>\n<p>And you know what?\u00a0 I&#8217;m fine with that.\u00a0 Because it only takes one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is\u00a0 your current desktop wallpaper?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap110517.html\" target=\"_blank\">This glorious image<\/a> from APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day).\u00a0 It&#8217;s enough to make me want to move to Iceland, and that&#8217;s saying something.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When was the last time you ate chicken?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I made some awesome fajitas last week, and the chicken was on sale at Maceys.\u00a0 I always cook my own chicken; I hate the precooked frozen stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were you thinking as you were doing this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who comes up with these things anyway?\u00a0 Hmm, I wonder if I could start one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have nicknames?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have two internet screen names, which are probably the only nicknames of mine that are still in use (besides the ones people use behind my back).\u00a0 The first is &#8220;onelowerlight,&#8221; and it&#8217;s all over the place.\u00a0 The second I use only on deviant art and a certain fan-fiction site, and it is and shall remain a closely guarded secret.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tag eight blogger friends&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alright, let&#8217;s do this.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU\" target=\"_blank\">LEEERRROYYY&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lachristensen.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gods, Witches, Space &amp; Stars<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kateinkaty.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kate in Katy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/myselfaswritten.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Myself as Written<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onemodernmormon.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">One Modern Mormon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/landlockedinutah.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Truthiness<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/platmeusa.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fertilizer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/navcomic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Not A Villain<\/a> (technically a webcomic not a blog, but hey she&#8217;s an old friend)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/porangzen.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u0633\u0641\u0631\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0623\u0646\u062b\u0648\u0646<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who&#8217;s listed as number one?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My old writing friend Laura, who just got back from an LDS mission in Armenia.\u00a0 Has a lot of interesting and insightful things to say, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/lachristensen.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/23\/women-on-pedestals-women-in-footnotes\/\" target=\"_blank\">her last post<\/a> on the difference between strong female characters who are independent vs. strong female characters who are interdependent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Say something about number five.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sarah is one of my little sisters, and she just had a baby!\u00a0 Also, she worked for a couple years in a survivalist-oriented wilderness therapy program, and knows how to make traps, kill and eat animals, and make fire with sticks and a bow.\u00a0 Oh, and she&#8217;s also hilarious.\u00a0 If I&#8217;m ever stranded on a desert island, she&#8217;s my first pick for who I&#8217;d want with me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get to know number three?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chuck?\u00a0 I think she showed up at a writing group meeting when I was VP of Quark.\u00a0 She was never really active in the club, but we also took Sanderson&#8217;s 318 class a couple times and went to CONduit in 2008 together.\u00a0 Meh; she&#8217;s alright, I guess (jk!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>How about number four?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(who comes up with these questions?)<\/p>\n<p>Mykle is my geekiest brother in law, at least in terms of books and sf&amp;f fandom (linux, that would be Danny).\u00a0 He married Sarah two months after meeting her and I think it was the best decision either of them ever made.\u00a0 He doesn&#8217;t blog much, but when he does, it&#8217;s always thoughtful and interesting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave a message for number six<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks Kindal for the feedback on <em>Worlds Away!<\/em> Blunt as always but quite helpful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave a lovey-dovey message for number two<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For my sister?? Ewwwww&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Seriously Kate, I love your blog.\u00a0 And you have the freaking cutest daughter on the face of the planet.\u00a0 Thanks for making me an uncle!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do number seven and number eight have any similarities?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, in fact.\u00a0 Aneeka (no. 7) spent a couple years teaching English in Japan; Anthon (no. 8 ) hasn&#8217;t spent more than a week or two in the same place (or more than a month or two on the same continent) for the last two years.\u00a0 Let me just say, I am in awe of these world travelers and hope to do likewise at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it folks.\u00a0 At least I have chicken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So my cousin Angela tagged me in this cross-linking truth-or-dare blog game, and it looks fun so I figured I&#8217;d participate.\u00a0 Here goes: Do you think you&#8217;re hot? 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