Alex did the world a remarkable disservice by tagging me to perform my rendition of Bono’s Swan Lake in D Minor (with accompaniment from eight random facts.) Before I begin, I have to remind you that my last three audiences for such a tremendous feat of musical power died from the sheer energy in the manner that I walked on the stage — the truth was, unfortunately, that some brilliant and about to be hog-tied individual decided to put gum on my dancing cleats. Said dancing cleats ended up causing the death of the two ghosts in the theater that night who remarked, as they went their ghostly ways, “I really never expected that to happen twice.” “Of course not, Kathy, but you insist on coming to the same damn performance every time!”
Well Alex, I’m sorry but, you did ask for it.
- I make the world’s best guacamole — which one day, I will teach you how to make!
- My favorite writing pen is a Pentel RSVP. You know, other than my whale-bone squid-ink turkey-feathers contraption.
- I wish I knew some scripting languages so I could write entries with lots of
<code>tags in them! - I have yet to improvise a piano solo for the instrumental bridge of Let It Be when my brothers and I jam out.
- I wish I ended up being better on trombone, or that my suppressed proficiency for the instrument had kinda peeked through a little bit.
- I love colors so much that I’ve been indulging my “color-capturing” obsession since I was very little by collecting different colored beads (I’d examine them for differences under a bright light) and paint samples (I still do). It’s like Pokémon-collecting without the rabies.
- I hate people who bring religion into politics.
- I name all of my monkeys after communists; my little green ape, however, is named McCarthy. He’s sneaky, that one!
This has been the most productive thing I’ve done all day.
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Michael said:
I share the joy with you regarding the Pentel RSVP pens. A resonably large barrel, good ink (forget gel pens, they truly stink) and general overall quality make it one of the best pens ever.
Posted on June 26, 2007 9:17 PM; Permalink
Ranjani said:
My only problem with the pens is that they tend to leak; my purse is living testament to both their kickass-ness and their … inferiority :(
Posted on June 26, 2007 11:38 PM; Permalink
David said:
I prefer whale ink over squid myself. First it comes in really big quantities so it isn’t all that expensive, and second it smells a bit like broccoli which is much better than what emanates from the squid stuff…
Posted on June 28, 2007 4:43 PM; Permalink
Ranjani said:
Whale ink now? Hot-diggity, that’s just as much of a luxury as snake-nose soup!
Mmm…noses…
Posted on June 28, 2007 7:00 PM; Permalink
Alex said:
Thanks for responding to the tag, I will have to try some of that Guacamole sometime. Anyway, I’ll have to recommend the legendary Parker 51 fountain pen with Quink. You have monkeys?
Posted on June 29, 2007 5:58 AM; Permalink
Ranjani said:
Well, they’re not technically live monkeys…
Also, I like my cheap multi-colored ballpoint pens. It’s like a rainbow in my hand!
Posted on June 29, 2007 10:11 AM; Permalink
Jasmine said:
Lovely site. You are an amazing graphic artist! Miss ya lots!!
—JASMiNE :]]
Posted on June 29, 2007 9:15 PM; Permalink