1. Was 2016 a good year for you?
It had its ups and downs, but mostly yes.

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A- Age: 55
B- Biggest Fear: Slow death. It's better to burn out than to fade away; besides, it's a family tradition. >:)
C- Current Time: 1342 PDT
D- Drink you last had: Diet Coke, and lots of it.
E- Easiest Person To Talk to: Pretty much anyone, really
F- Favorite Song: "Too Long In The Wasteland", by James McMurtry.
G- Ghosts, are they real: No. But spirits are.
H- Hometown: Forest Heights, Maryland - as much as any place is, I guess.
I- In love with: The modern world.
J- Jealous Of: Nobody
K- Killed Someone? You mean today?
L- Last time you cried?: You're not cleared for that information, citizen. Move along.
M- Middle Name: Thomas
N- Number of Siblings: 1
O- One Wish: A fully functional, healthy pancreas.
P- Person who you last called: A client
Q- Question you're always asked: "How do you pronounce that?"
R- Reason to smile: Still alive and living on Planet Earth.
S- Song last sang: "Rip and Tear" by L.A. Guns
T- Time you woke up: 0900
U- Underwear Color: White
V- Vacation Destination: Man, I'm living in a vacation destination.
W- Worst Habit: Indiscipline.
X- X-Rays you've had: All of them.
Y- Your favorite food: Homemade chili with cheese, onions, sour cream, dark red kidney beans, and a big-ass flour tortilla.
Z- Zodiac Sign: Libra.

Not tagging anyone since I don't work like that.

I have been tagged in a meme, and since I would like to remain in L.G.'s good graces*, I'm going to respond here instead of on the Book of Faces, for I am an exceedingly verbose person.

"Lauren G. asked me to write 3 things you don't know about me (and probably don't want to know).
If you like this status I'll assign you a number and you have to write that many things about yourself."

I'm actually allergic to tagging, so you don't have to write unless you want to, and in that case the number of your writings shall be three.

I'm also not sure how to answer this. My life is pretty much an open book, except for those things that fall under the statute of limitations and the things covered by the McCarran Act, the latter of which most of you would probably find boring anyway since all those things are at least twenty or thirty years old.




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(ht/ Ace)

This is going to be a collection of quick hits, because I really ought to be working an accounting & management stuff and not this, but right now...I want a few minutes' distraction from the treadmill.
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Yesterday was a scrambled mess of a day, and I barely got my daily linkagery for The Other McCain done before retiring to bed for the night.
So once again, I'm playing catch-up here; as a consolation prize, feast your eyes on this rare example of AWESOME COSPLAY found by psiten
at Katsucon this past weekend! (Second pic in post.)

( Most annoying anime character )
( Favorite anime couple )

Well, I did my bit for fandom by picking up onsenmark at the bus station, putting him up overnight in the burrow, and running him over to Katsucon this morning before work. Between that and sundry other domestic & foreign activities yesterday, I completely forgot to maek posts here on LJ, so I guess I'll try and get caught up...

( My anime crush )
( Anime I'm Ashamed I Enjoyed )

Ganked from deathquaker.
Bold what's true, italicize what's sorta true, and leave plain what is not true. I have added my usual supplemental comments, because those are half the fun.

APPEARANCE:
I am 5'4" or shorter.
I think I'm ugly.
I have many scars. (Most of them are pretty small, but I do have a couple of doozies.)
I tan easily.
I wish my hair was a different color.
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
I have a tattoo.
I am self-conscious about my appearance.
I've had braces.
I own glasses.
I'd get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free, scar-free.
I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
I have more than 2 piercings.
I have piercings in places besides my ears.
I have freckles.
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I last did this back in 2006, and it struck me the other day that it could use some updating.

Was kind of tempted to fold Jo's fannish meme into this, but to be honest, I haven't been very fannish this year. Due to inertia, baseball, distractions, and a general lack of money (mostly the latter) I haven't been watching any of the hot new shows or the old ones, for that matter, and that goes double for anime. Poverty has also kept me from doing much with EVE, which really annoys me. Perhaps worst of all, I've gotten way behind again in keeping up with Stipple-APA. Well, there'll be time for all that after the CPA is done. For now, on with the memeage!
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Ganked from darksumomo - better late than never. :)
( Cut to spare the f-list, again )