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a meme from Dawn

Dawn Foster tagged me a while ago to tell 8 things that you may not know about me:

  1. I love to garden, but I tend to kill houseplants.
  2. My favorite wines tend to be from the Rhône region of France.
  3. I played the violin for 11 years and had a senior recital where I played a few Bach sonatas, Czardas (V. Monti), Praludium and Allegro (Fritz Kreisler), and a Mozart violin concerto. My hometown orchestra once played all of the Vivaldi Four Seasons, and I was the soloist for Spring.
  4. The smell of bananas makes me gag. I ate my first whole, raw banana in 15 years after my second leg in a the Hood to Coast race three years ago.
  5. I was vegetarian for about 13 years, the last four of which I practiced veganism. I am no longer vegetarian. I broke my veganism with a homemade hamburger.
  6. I’m an avid reader, and particularly enjoy science fiction (I know, what nerd doesn’t). I started reading Asimov as a pre-teen (Foundation series, I, Robot series) because it was around the house. I read Heinlein, Herbert, and Philip K. Dick as a teen. I’ve recently read from the Ender series (Orson Scott Card), and I’m always looking for suggestions.
  7. My cat’s name is Beda (really, it’s Беда) which is Russian for ‘trouble’. I am teased about this constantly. Typical responses when I say her name are ‘bidet’, ‘dog’, ‘belie’, ‘be-what?’, and most commonly: ‘that’s a name?’
  8. I have a BA, not a BS. I think I had to decide between taking some additional silly 100 or 200 level pre-reqs, or starting Russian. The choice was pretty easy.

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This was written by selena. Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at 6:48 am. Filed under meme. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

7 Comments

  1. Dawn Foster wrote:

    I’ve been working my way through the Ender series recently, too. I’m reading some of the later Bean books now – currently Shadow of the Giant. :-)

    Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 8:58 am | Permalink
  2. gabrielle wrote:

    I have one thing to say about #5 and that is: bacon.

    Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 10:50 am | Permalink
  3. Carlos Hanson wrote:

    I studied Russian for two years in High School and a year and a half in College.

    Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 8:15 pm | Permalink
  4. selena wrote:

    @Dawn Foster: Tell me what you think. I’m about to get the fourth book, but trying to pace myself.

    @Gabrielle: bacon and code?

    @Carlos: Maybe I knew that, but totally forgot. How awesome.

    Friday, February 1, 2008 at 6:00 pm | Permalink
  5. banderson wrote:

    You mentioned that you are looking for reading material ideas… A series that I’ve been reading recently is “Malazen Book of the Fallen” by Steven Erikson. The eight that are out are fantastic.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen

    Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 9:55 am | Permalink
  6. banderson wrote:

    Sorry, 7 books out, not 8, and it is “Malazan”, not “Malazen”

    Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 9:58 am | Permalink
  7. Lars Bartosch wrote:

    some suggestions for reading:

    Douglas Adams – The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (5 Volumes)
    Stanislaw Lem – All of Lems books (probably the most famous is “Solaris” but it’s not necessary the best)
    Arkadi and Boris Strugazki – all of their books (especially “Hard to be a God” – in English they are written: Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky)

    …hope you will have fun

    Friday, March 14, 2008 at 3:03 am | Permalink

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