- She once, years ago, sat next to Kaui Hart Hemmings (author of the book on which Alexander Payne’s The Descendants was based) on a plane returning from an AWP Conference.
- There is a book called Hello My Big Big Honey on self’s desk, next to her computer.
- She just changed her wordpress.com password.
- She can watch back-to-back airings of Bourne movies on cable TV.
- She used to get very airsick.
- She has a subscription to Condé Nast’s Traveler magazine. And loves reading Vanity Fair.
- She has tickets to the Stanford vs. Oregon State men’s basketball game.
- She once tried to join a gym. She let her membership expire after three months.
- Her washing machine is, at this moment, filled to the brim with the remnants of an exploded goose down pillow.
- Her house hasn’t been painted in 20 years.
- She hasn’t mopped her kitchen floor in xx number of weeks.
- She has just eaten a hard-boiled egg (supper).
- Actors she likes: Matt Damon, Colin Firth, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Tommy Lee Jones, Edward Norton, Jeremy Renner, Sam Worthington
- Actresses she likes: Kate Beckinsale, Moon Bloodgood, Juliana Margulies, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Meryl Streep, Mia Wasikowska, Naomi Watts
- Her favorite movie of 2011 was “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” (Alas! Too true!) A runner-up might be “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.”
- She has bought three Apple products in the past few months.
- She likes reading biographies, memoirs, and war histories more than she enjoys reading fiction.
- She skimmed through Crime and Punishment — twice.
- She has read Tacitus.
- She has written a fantastic story about pig babies that she is trying strenuously to place.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Kanlaon 