idiosyncreant | ah, thinking about myself. So draining.

fabricalchemist is to blame. For this meme, among other things...

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
~ Bethany
~ RED
~ Nikki (my name while we were in Japan...)

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU'VE HAD:
。anachronistic_red [xanga]
。StrangerBaird [WritersDigestForums]
。gossamersong

THREE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST 33 MINUTES:
Poured cream into sorgum-coated granola (cream makes homemade granola the bestest)
and
Caught up on my Friends Page
and
Thought about mechanics' hands [thanks,

fabricalchemist !]

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
- a mind for words and meanings and putting them together
- ridiculously unique hair that brings me shallow affirmation /OR/ my thumbs
- being co-ordinated

THREE THINGS YOU DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
/so neurotic about offending people or being disliked
/being paralyzed when I feel broke
/being unphotogenic

THREE PARTS OF YOUR ORIGINS:
~ Born outside of Boston
~ Highland Dance Competitor
~ Spent my whole teenhood in rural Japan

THREE THINGS YOU'RE AFRAID OF:
- damaging my eyes
- damaging my voice
- barking, snapping dogs!

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
.my flannel "lumberjack" shirt.
.sandals I bought for camp & California 5 yrs ago.
.bedhead.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
Computer w/browser
Pens
PROTEIN

THREE IMPORTANT OBJECTS:
} Merriwether Lewis
} Spiderman
} anything my friends have given me...

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
} Falling Up
} Anberlin
} Lifehouse

THREE WAYS TO BE HAPPY:
-- Laughing with my mom and siblings
-- Writing in that falling-in-love rush time
-- Exchanging witticisms with people I like to be with

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
~ Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan
~ In the End by Linkin Park
~ Yell by Zheng Nan (Bull Fighting OST)

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
knitting
playing drums
craft fairs

THREE THINGS YOU REGRET:
- one of those teenage fits, in Japanese middle school
- always thinking I'm imposing on people
- ...? That's about it.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
In any kind of relationship-- Intelligent exchange, affection, and laughing.

THREE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE WORLD:
> some really sassy siblings who learn all the wrong things from me...sorry, World! XD
> This Carnie's Conspiracy book at least brings joy to some of my friends! That's important.
> Under the Orange Trees...tho' that's more for the Queen's Thief fandom than the world.

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in order):
+ I like sports like soccer, basketball, hockey--and I include playing them. I'm even good, for a fat, short-winded girl.
+ I refuse to practice and gain competence, but I have a knack for drawing.
= I was born a boy.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX:
gah.
___Masculine hands--and I'm not cribbing off of fabricalchemist!
___Smile lines
___Textured voices, way bass if possible

THREE EMOTIONAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX:
...I don't like to talk about their emotions. XD

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
| The splits
| Write left-handed
| Look good in candid photos

THREE THINGS YOU MISS FROM YOUR PAST:
Walking through Yonezawa
Talking with New Englanders
Living with Insight Nutcases

THREE GIFTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE:
~ fiber, oh, the want...
~ pictures of dragonflies
~ I can make you an Amazon wishlist, of course.

THREE REASONS WHY YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE:
~ everyone wants to tell me about my fabulous hair
~ I read too many smart books as a child
~ I am the latest in a long, long line of shiftless but artistic Celts

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
spinning fiber into yarn
watching people
getting excited about cool stuff of any sort

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
*have finished revising*
*have some coffee*
*pounce on Will Pan and make him talk to me for hours*

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
indie musician
yarn portrait artist
book cover critic

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO FOR HOLIDAY:
Yonezawa
Victoria, BC
Istanbul

THREE CHARACTERS:
Reino
Momo (Takeshi Gouda)
Takeru Edogawa

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
See Europe
Have books published and read
Set up my own housekeeping ^_^