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		<title>Playing tag &#8211; and I&#8217;m it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After three weeks away with the faeries, I came back to find I&#8217;d been tagged in a meme by Pannonica. Who am I to not answer the call? Here&#8217;s the fine print and rules and all that: Link to your original tagger and list these rules in your post. Share 7 facts about yourself in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After three weeks <a title="Rambleicious - Away with the faeries" href="http://www.rambleicious.ca/away-with-the-faeries/" target="_blank">away with the faeries</a>, I came back to find I&#8217;d been tagged in a meme by <a title="Panonnica - The Scremeing Mem(i)es" href="http://pannonica.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/the-scremeing-memies/#more-2586" target="_blank">Pannonica</a>. Who am I to not answer the call?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the fine print and rules and all that:</p>
<ul>
<li>Link to your original tagger and list these rules in your post.</li>
<li>Share 7 facts about yourself in the post.</li>
<li>Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names and links to their blogs.</li>
<li>Let them know they’ve been tagged.</li>
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<p>Seven facts about me:</p>
<ol>
<li>I enjoy getting these &#8220;all about me&#8221; sort of memes. Where else is it so acceptable and even expected to talk about yourself incessantly. I don&#8217;t know too many people who truly hate talking about themselves and these let you rattle on and on!</li>
<li>I enjoy cleaning messy things &#8211; stoves, bathrooms, bedrooms&#8230;whatever. I like seeing things well organized and clean. It gives me warm fuzzies that are second only to putting on warm socks fresh out of the dryer.</li>
<li>I am usually pretty generous with my things except for popcorn and books. I DO NOT share popcorn. Period. Get your own and keep your greedy eyes away from mine. I will share my books, but I am the nastiest librarian ever. When I say I want that book back in <em>exactly</em> the same condition I lent it out in &#8211; I really mean it.</li>
<li>I have an absolute horror of being late for things. If we&#8217;re meeting at 6 for dinner, you can bet I was in the neighbourhood at 5 (and sitting in nearby coffee shop checking my watch obsessively) and I will be no less than 15 minutes early for our date.</li>
<li>My book collection is organized like Chapters. Children&#8217;s books in one section, classic literature in another etc. I tried putting them on the shelves in alphabetical order by author, but I could never find anything. I expect to find Dickens and Austen keeping company and that my collection of hard cover <em>Twilight</em> books will be in general fiction.</li>
<li>Which leads to&#8230;I liked the <em>Twilight</em> books. No, I do not have any shame. I mean sure, they are silly and obsessive and even creepy at times &#8211; but the 16 year old girl in me LOVED them! The adult I was supposed to become thinks they&#8217;re ridiculous, but I never listen to her much anyway.</li>
<li>I believe that being a kid for the rest of my life is an honourable aspiration. It allows me to still believe in things I can&#8217;t see, own crayons and a couple of colouring books, play with toys when I&#8217;m feeling silly and adore cartoons. Plus, I still think that Sugar Crisp cereal with chocolate milk is fantastic!</li>
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<p>Now for the dreaded tagging &#8211; but you don&#8217;t have to participate if you don&#8217;t want to (or Pan got to you first):</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="The Daily Dish" href="http://thedailydish.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The DailyDish</a> &#8211; because now that she&#8217;s moved and got her pretty blue garbage bags out for collection, I feel OK about being nosy.</li>
<li><a title="Collection of Little Processes" href="http://natering.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nate</a> &#8211; anyone who can write about Guitar Hero as science is someone I need to know more stuff about.</li>
<li><a title="Lens Impressions" href="http://lensimpressions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lens Impressions</a> &#8211; I&#8217;m hoping she&#8217;ll write one on Waldi&#8217;s behalf because honestly, that dog is ridiculously adorable. And I want photos too.</li>
<li><a title="Romi" href="http://romimoondi.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Romi</a> &#8211; I&#8217;m just nosy &#8211; her site is more entertaining than People magazine and her facts will be hilarious.</li>
<li><a title="Free and Flawed" href="http://freeandflawed.com/" target="_blank">Free and Flawed</a> &#8211; She already shares lots about her life &#8211; but the public need to hear more is not so easily sated. Plus, she draws stick people too!</li>
<li><a title="CurlyWurlyGurly" href="http://curlywurlygurly.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">CurlyWurlyGurly</a> &#8211; Come oooonnnnn &#8211; all the cool kids are doing it!!</li>
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<p>OK, that&#8217;s only six people, but I never said I would follow the rules.</p>
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		<title>You found my blog how??</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, it&#8217;s been done a million times &#8211; the old &#8220;search term&#8221; blog post; the post that proves you had nothing to say to anyone but felt the need to talk anyway. I never said I was a creative genius. So, here they are; the search terms that have led people here since my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know, it&#8217;s been done a million times &#8211; the old &#8220;search term&#8221; blog post; the post that proves you had nothing to say to anyone but felt the need to talk anyway.</p>
<p>I never said I was a creative genius. So, here they are; the search terms that have led people here since my first post (and my comments in parentheses):</p>
<ul>
<li>cthulhu whore (wtf?)</li>
<li>using Valtrex instead of condoms (not a good idea btw)</li>
<li>stick people</li>
<li>facebook ettiquette, ex-girlfriends (so much I could say, so little time)</li>
<li>erotic stories</li>
<li>peeing -dog toilet &#8220;stick figure&#8221; (and again&#8230;wtf?)</li>
<li>french stripper names</li>
<li>darth vader&#8217;s penis (&#8220;Hey baby, wanna see my light sabre?&#8221; &#8211; oh come on, YOU were thinking it too!)</li>
<li>&#8220;his dirty bare feet&#8221;</li>
<li>wie spritzt der same aus dem penis (Google translate says it means: &#8220;such as injecting the same from the penis.&#8221;)</li>
<li>addicted to pens (Whoever you are, me too! And I love you!)</li>
<li>sneaky blueberries</li>
<li>can you still get an STD after a vasectomy (Yes. Wrap it up you moron.)</li>
<li>barbarian screaming</li>
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<p>These are just the ones I found amusing. Anyone else want to share some of the more amusing (or horrifying) search terms that have brought them traffic?</p>
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		<title>How Literate Are You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a better post prepared today.&#8221; post. Still, I did have to bold a lot of stuff, so I think I get a few points for a little effort (a very little effort). I found this meme over at Trixfiend&#8217;s blog (hi Allison! I&#8217;m stalking your old entries!) You&#8217;re supposed to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is my &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a better post prepared today.&#8221; post. Still, I did have to bold a lot of stuff, so I think I get a few points for a little effort (a very little effort).</p>
<p>I found this meme over at <a title="Trixfiend - A Meme" href="http://trixfiend.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/how-literate-are-you/" target="_blank">Trixfiend&#8217;s</a> blog (hi Allison! I&#8217;m stalking your old entries!) You&#8217;re supposed to bold all the books you&#8217;ve read &#8211; and I&#8217;m going to add a few little comments too.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve read 75 of the 100 books on this list. I suppose I qualify as reasonably literate.</p>
<p>1. <strong>The Da Vinci Code</strong> (Dan Brown)<br />
2. <strong>Pride and Prejudice</strong> (Jane Austen) (Mr. Darcy is my literary boyfriend.)<br />
3. <strong>To Kill A Mockingbird</strong> (Harper Lee)<br />
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)<br />
5. <strong>The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King</strong> (Tolkien)<br />
6. <strong>The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring</strong> (Tolkien)<br />
7. <strong>The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers</strong> (Tolkien)<br />
8. <strong>Anne of Green Gables</strong> (L.M. Montgomery) (I still cry over Matthew when I re-read this book)<br />
9. <strong>Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood</strong> (Rebecca Wells)<br />
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)<br />
11. <strong>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</strong> (Rowling)<br />
12. <strong>Angels and Demons</strong> (Dan Brown)<br />
13. <strong>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</strong> (Rowling)<br />
14. <strong>A Prayer for Owen Meany</strong> (John Irving) (Owen Meany is a fascinating character)<br />
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)<br />
16. <strong>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone</strong> (Rowling)<br />
17. <strong>Fall on Your Knees</strong> (Ann-Marie MacDonald)<br />
18. <strong>The Stand</strong> (Stephen King)<br />
19. <strong>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban </strong>(Rowling)<br />
20. <strong>Jane Eyre</strong> (Charlotte Bronte)<br />
21. <strong>The Hobbit</strong> (Tolkien)<br />
22. <strong>The Catcher in the Rye</strong> (J.D. Salinger)<br />
23. <strong>Little Women</strong> (Louisa May Alcott) (I still get teary over Beth in this book)<br />
24. <strong>The Lovely Bones</strong> (Alice Sebold)<br />
25. <strong>Life of Pi</strong> (Yann Martel) (I couldn&#8217;t finish it. Not a big fan.)<br />
26. <strong>The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy</strong> (Douglas Adams)<br />
27. <strong>Wuthering Heights</strong> (Emily Bronte) (love, love, love this book)<br />
28. <strong>The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe</strong> (C. S. Lewis)<br />
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)<br />
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom<br />
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)<br />
32. <strong>The Notebook</strong> (Nicholas Sparks)<br />
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)<br />
34. <strong>1984</strong> (Orwell)<br />
35. <strong>The Mists of Avalon</strong> (Marion Zimmer Bradley)<br />
36. <strong>The Pillars of the Earth</strong> (Ken Follett) <br />
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)<br />
38. <strong>I Know This Much is True</strong> (Wally Lamb)<br />
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)<br />
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)<br />
41. <strong>The Clan of the Cave Bear</strong> (Jean M. Auel) (My ex&#8217;s mum lent me a copy of this &#8211; I&#8217;m so glad she did. It was awesome!)<br />
42. <strong>The Kite Runner</strong> (Khaled Hosseini) <br />
43. <strong>Confessions of a Shopaholic</strong> (Sophie Kinsella) (I wanted to smack the main character.)<br />
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)<br />
45. <strong>[Bible]</strong> (I read the whole thing in university)<br />
46. <strong>Anna Karenina</strong> (Tolstoy)<br />
47. <strong>The Count of Monte Cristo</strong> (Alexandre Dumas)<br />
48. <strong>Angela’s Ashes</strong> (Frank McCourt)<br />
49. <strong>The Grapes of Wrath</strong> (John Steinbeck)<br />
50. <strong>She’s Come Undone</strong> (Wally Lamb)<br />
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)<br />
52. <strong>A Tale of Two Cities</strong> (Dickens)<br />
53. <strong>Ender’s Game</strong> (Orson Scott Card) (I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d like this book &#8211; but I ended up loving it)<br />
54. <strong>Great Expectations</strong> (Dickens)<br />
55. <strong>The Great Gatsby</strong> (Fitzgerald)<br />
56. <strong>The Stone Angel</strong> (Margaret Laurence)<br />
57. <strong>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</strong> (Rowling)<br />
58. <strong>The Thorn Birds</strong> (Colleen McCullough) (bloody fantastic book!)<br />
59. <strong>The Handmaid’s Tale</strong> (Margaret Atwood)<br />
60. <strong>The Time Traveller’s Wife</strong> (Audrey Niffenegger) (In my top 5 of all time favourites.)<br />
61. <strong>Crime and Punishment</strong> (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)<br />
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)<br />
63. <strong>War and Peace</strong> (Tolstoy) (I&#8217;ve only read half, but I&#8217;m counting it anyway.<br />
64. <strong>Fifth Business</strong> (Robertson Davies) (Didn&#8217;t like this one. I know, I&#8217;m a cretin.)<br />
65. <strong>Interview With the Vampire</strong> (Anne Rice)<br />
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)<br />
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)<br />
68. <strong>Catch-22</strong> (Joseph Heller)<br />
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)<br />
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)<br />
71. <strong>Bridget Jones’ Diary</strong> (Fielding)<br />
72. <strong>Love in the Time of Cholera</strong> (Marquez) (I did NOT enjoy this book. The main characters are ridiculous)<br />
73. <strong>Shogun</strong> (James Clavell)<br />
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)<br />
75. <strong>The Secret Garden</strong> (Frances Hodgson Burnett)<br />
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)<br />
77. <strong>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</strong> (Betty Smith)<br />
78. <strong>The World According To Garp</strong> (John Irving)<br />
79. <strong>The Diviners</strong> (Margaret Laurence) (I love this book, even though it sort of depresses me)<br />
80. <strong>Charlotte’s Web</strong> (E.B. White)<br />
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)<br />
82. <strong>Of Mice And Men</strong> (Steinbeck)<br />
83. <strong>Rebecca</strong> (Daphne DuMaurier) (Has the best opening line of a book ever.)<br />
84. <strong>Wizard’s First Rule</strong> (Terry Goodkind)<br />
85. <strong>Emma</strong> (Jane Austen)<br />
86. <strong>Watership Down</strong> (Richard Adams)<br />
87. <strong>Brave New World</strong> (Aldous Huxley)<br />
88. <strong>The Stone Diaries</strong> (Carol Shields) (I hated this book. What is all the fuss about?)<br />
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)<br />
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)<br />
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)<br />
92. <strong>Lord of the Flies</strong> (Golding)<br />
93. <strong>The Good Earth</strong> (Pearl S. Buck)<br />
94. <strong>The Secret Life of Bees</strong> (Sue Monk Kidd)<br />
95. <strong>The Bourne Identity</strong> (Robert Ludlum)<br />
96. <strong>The Outsiders</strong> (S.E. Hinton)<br />
97. <strong>White Oleander</strong> (Janet Fitch)<br />
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)<br />
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)<br />
100. <strong>Ulysses</strong> (James Joyce) <br />
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