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Sunday, January 01, 2006

And While We're At It...

Poppy Z. Brite (whom I affectionately refer to as the NOLA goddess--in an in-awe sort of way...I don't personally ~know~ Poppy) has a fun meme on her blog today, so for want of some procrastination, let's dive in, shall we?

Last of 2005 Meme (with thanks to Doc Brite)

Last Book Read: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

Last Live Music Show Seen: The Jolly Rogers

Last CD Purchased: Gorillaz, Demon Days

Last Thing Cooked: I baked a cheesecake--it was evil and good and wonderfully loaded with a zillion calories.

Last New Thing Eaten: Tandoori chicken...yum.

Last Thing Bought: (collectively) AA batteries, Resolve carpet cleaner, and a roll of paper towels. (I'm such a party animal)

Last Gift Received: A Pentax 35mm camera--my old camera broke during a move and I've always wanted a Pentax. It was a very good Solstice. :)

Last Piece of Clothing Bought or Received as a Gift: Black fingerless gloves with purple buckles. I have such a crush on them...and they go nicely with my wool trench coat.

Last Embarrassing Experience: Hmmm...I don't really get embarassed.

Last Totally New Experience: Watching fireworks from beneath a giant metal arch...that is, watching them explode off of a plane that was flying overhead. (St. Louis knows how to party)

Last Foreign Country Visited, if any: Canada--the stereotype is right. They really are the nicest people on the planet.

Last Big Achievement: Signing with my fabulous agent.

Okay minions, enough procrastinating!

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