My wonderful friends have posted memes, so I must jump on that bandwagon also… *grin*

From the Imperial Princess of Cute:

ARE YOU :
1. A cuddler?: More than most, I’d say
2. A morning person? Not unless I’ve been up all night
3. A perfectionist? Sometimes
4. An only child?: Nope
5. Religious?: I’m devout in my faith
6. In your pajamas?: I wish
7. Left handed?: Nope

LAST FRIEND :
1. You drove somewhere with: Geoffrey
2. You talked to on the phone: Lyse
3. You texted: Karel
4. You messaged over myspace: Nobody, ever
5: You instant messaged: Geoffrey

TODAY :
1. You wore: Black skirt & hose with red, white, & black sweater
2. Was today better than yesterday? SSDD
3. Did you wake up early? Negatory
4. Any plans? Going shopping with Claire to get my bridesmaid dress

FAVORITE :
1. Number: 13 or multiples thereof
2. Color: Purple, duh
3. Season: Spring

Q’s AND A’s :
Q: What was the first thing you did this morning?
A: Drank a lot of iced tea

Q: Last thing you ate:
A: Bagels & cream cheese

Q: Do you have anything bothering you?
A: If I didn’t, I guess I’d be dead

Q: What’s the last movie you saw?:
A: The Lake House (ohmygawd, it was so darling!)

Q: Where is the last place you went?
A: Winco

Q: Do you smile often?
A: Yes!

Q: Do you wish upon stars?
A: Always on a falling star, sometimes on the first star of the night

Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: Friendly is as friendly does

Q: Where did you sleep last night?
A: In my bed

Q: What color shirt are you wearing?
A : Black, white, & red sweater (the one with the freaking snowflake pattern)

Q: Do you have more guy or girl friends?
A: Girls, which is very different than it used to be!

Q: When was the last time you hung out with a close friend?
A: Not counting the time I spend with Geoffrey, the week of Yule when Lyse was visiting

Q: What was your last thought before you went to sleep last?
A: Glad the kitten stopped licking my ear

Q: What are you about to do?
A: Go shopping for my bridesmaid dress, I said

Q: Rate life as of right now 1-10?
A: 8.5 (the only thing that could make me happier would be more time with loved ones & more money!)

Q: What do you hear right now?
A: Microwave going, compy fan going, muted sounds from offspring watching TV

Q: If you could drink anything right this second, what would it be?
A: My favorite coffee

Q: Anything hurt on your body right now?
A: Shockingly, no

Q: What’s your favorite month?
A: June, if it’s not too hot

Q: What was your elementary school’s mascot?
A: We had a mascot in elementary school?

Q: What’s your favorite bottled water?
A: I hate bottled water, love Portland’s tap water

Q: What are you doing at 9pm tonight?
A: Hopefully done with shopping for that fraking bridesmaid dress!

Q: How much French do you know?
A: Enough to get me laid, or to announce that I have a purple crayon.

Q: Ever had Dippin Dots?
A: No, looks icky

Q: Ever make fun of a homeless person?
A: No

Q: Have you ever been married?
A: Several times, depending on your definition of the word

Q: How many kids do you have/want?
A: I have 2 (planned) daughters, I’d seriously consider adopting one more if circumstances work out for it

Q: Ketchup or Mustard?
A: Depends on what I am eating

And from my Number One Internet Fanboy…

Bold the ones you’ve read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Was bored before Chapter 3)
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
3. Dune, Frank Herbert
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein *
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
7. Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley *
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett (Just can’t get into Pratchett)
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey *
22. Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card *
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
27. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams *
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice (Boring and depressing *rolls eyes*)
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein *
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer

The problem with all the sf/fantasy book memes I’ve seen is the lack of female authors — there are only 5 women on this list, a lousy 10%, and I guarantee women write (and write very well indeed) a lot more than 10% of the sf/fantasy out there! What, have people never heard of Jennifer Roberson, Tanya Huff, Mercedes Lackey, Esther Friesner?

Also, there’s a terrible lack of authors who’ve published new stuff within the last decade. How about David Weber, John Ringo, Eric Flint, and the incomparable Spider Robinson? I need to make my own book meme…