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Did I know any of these things about myself before I took the quiz?  Yeah sure, but I hadn’t thought about all of them in one go.  Now that I have them, I’m not sure what I’ll do with them, but I definitely see a few patterns.  Then again, when don’ t I see patterns?!

What patterns do you see?  And for those who know me, does any of this surprise you?

1. What part of the newspaper do you read first?
Don’t read the newspaper; I use Netvibes to collate the RSS feeds I’m interested in.
To rephrase the question in terms of my Netvibes, below are the 3 tabs I check every day and their corresponding RSS feed (from first read to last):
1. News – GeneomeWeb Daily News Articles, Pharmacogenomics Reporter, SFGate, New Scientist
2. People – Gmail, friends Delicious and blog feeds
3. The Black Hole* – Apartment Therapy San Francisco, Stereogum, Decor8
* So named because I often get lost in the intertubes once I open this tab

2. What are three books you’ve read in the past year?
Because I lurve so many, here are 5:
St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories (Karen Russel)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome (Kathy Hoopman)
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Children’s Hospital (Chris Adrian)

3. As a child, what did you do in your free time?
I read books and played with my imaginary friends in the large expanse of the backyard.  Summer was spent inside the cool darkness of our big house; I’d sit silently near a window, warming my toes in puddles of sun on the carpet.

4. What’s a goal that has been on your list for a few years?
To write and publish a book, story our journal (i.e. peer reviewed) piece

5. What do you actually do with your free time?
I read.  I play with my blessing of a dog.  I’m often at the dog park, walking through plants.

6. What types of activities energize you?
Writing a list.  Spending time alone in my home when it is clean and well-organized.  Waking early while the birds are still participating in the dawn chorus, knowing I have so much free time ahead of me that I can’t imagine the end of it — for this reason I love staycations.

7. What famous people intrigue you?
I’m not really intrigued by famous people so much as wild animals and children.

(from The Huffington Post)

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House horoscopes? Who knew.

House Number 2
Here is a house that creates peace, harmony and balance in anyone’s lives. It is a house suited for relationships, and people who are laid back and friendly. This is a great home for new lovers or people who have lived together for a long time. It will aid in the balancing of any relationship.

However sometimes we are so laid back that one may call it laziness. So don’t forget to get off the sofa and DO. Do what needs to be done to fix the creaky floorboards and cracks in the pavement with this house.

Positive Colour Suggestions: Cream, Green and White.

Interestingly enough, the hubs and I moved into our house soon after we were married. It’s been a great spot for us, and we’re already famming it up with the addition of a pup. The house is a decent starter nest; being both structurally sound and somewhat generic, all sorts of creative remodels are under discussion as ways to personalize our abode.

(via Apartment Therapy)

I can’t remember where I first saw Belgian Farting Pig. If only life were full of farts so amazing as to merit a catchy tune, a singing pig, a chorus of hens and a large quantity of baked goods.

Needless to say, it was an instant hit with me. And yes, I did see that the YouTube tags include “stupid”, “dumb” and “video”.