Kitanzi's Colloquium

a. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
b. Tag seven people to do the same.
c. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it".

1) I have a scalloped tongue, and I don't know why. (I know I've mentioned this before. It baffles me.)

2) By the list I had to do for my first full time summer job (a canteen job at the local VA), I had had 14 "permanent" addresses by age.... 16 or 17, whichever I was then.

3) I had a stepbrother for over a decade that I never met. I still haven't met him, but he's no longer my stepbrother, so I doubt I will.

4) I read. A lot. But I read a lot less than I used to - I remember back in junior high school, when people in general baffled and confused me (more so than now, I mean) I would often read 3-4 books in a weekend.

5) I am currently growing my hair out to see how long I can get it - it's something around halfway down my back just now - but I'm getting fed up with it because, though I can braid ACat's hair perfectly well, any braid I put in my own hair twists and kinks within 10 minutes, even if it seems picture perfect when I tie it off. I have no idea why.

6) I once managed to not only roll the truck I was driving all the way over and back upright, but land it straddling a creek in the field next to the road. No, I have no idea how and only a fuzzy memory of the whole thing. I'm pretty sure I slalomed between some trees and a stopsign there, too. I am convinced that if I hadn't been wearing my seatbelt, I would have wound up in the hospital if not the morgue. As it is, nothing but stiff muscles from too much adrenaline.

7) Although I have plenty of maternal instinct when it comes to dealing with kids (or even people who seem to need nurturing) I've never had the slightest interest in having kids of my own.


Right - I don't usually tag people for memes, but it was part of the rules on this one, so... davehogg, kyttn, celticdragonfly, filkertom, quadrivium, robin_anadrith, and singing_phoenix. (Disclaimer: No one so tagged is obligated in the slightest to meme against their wishes, nor is failure to be tagged any indication that I don't think you have seven interesting things to say! Plus, I've lost track of who's already done this, so if I've been redundant in my tagging, I say sorry!)

1. I will not mulch the downstairs neighbor.
2. I will not mulch the cats.
3. I will not mulch any politicians, even the ones who would be more useful that way.
4. I will vote.
5. I will read lots of books.
6. I will find something physical that’s fun to do – and yet legal to do in public.
7. I will continue to practice sanity and happiness, now that I have the stepstool I need to let me reach the shelf they’re on.
8. I will celebrate the people I care for, and the people who care for me, and be grateful for how closely those sets match.
9. Any ants I find in my house I WILL mulch without hesitation.
10. I will not set the cat on fire – that only will annoy it.


(I've seen this idea in a couple of variations on my friends list. I like it.)

Since I'm asking other people questions on this, I suppose I'd best play fair.

1 question...
1 chance...
1 honest answer...
That's all you get...

Ask me 1 question.
Any 1 question, anything,
no matter how crazy it is.
An honest answer.

No catch.
Except one. All comments will be screened so your question stays private between you and me, and only you will get to see my answer to your question.

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(The stupid things I do to pass time when I can't manage to sleep in on weekends...)

Seen too many places to recall, and I'm too tired to answer any of them, but I'll toss this out anyhow:

Nicked from all over my flist.

How many times has someone on your friends list posted about something and you were really confused, but you didn't want to ask because you knew you SHOULD know? How many times have you felt 'guilty' asking a close LJ friend a question that should be 'obvious'?

Well, here's your chance. If you've missed a few things, missed an entry and are confused, ask me anything. Even something EXTREMELY basic, like where I live! I'm not allowed to get even slightly irritated at any of the questions - we've all missed things before.

If you like the idea, feel free to post in your journal.

[Yes - this can be as basic as 'who the heck are you again and how did you end up on my friends list?']

Kind of late, but here it is:

1. If you could live in any other city, which would it be?

There are several possibilities, but San Francisco is definitely near the top of the list lately. *G*

2. How often do you get people pointing out what "kitanzi" means in Swahili?

You are the first, though I found out what it meant on my own well after "inventing" it. (I am assuming you do know?)

3. With unlimited access to all the world's libraries, in which direction would you go first?

Oooo! Assuming also unlimited time, probably go back towards genetics. That's always fascinated me, and that's what I originally meant to major in. It's hard to get back into cold, though. If I'd stuck with that I think my life would probably be very different, given how much that field has grown since I left college.

4. If you have access to control exactly what you're like in 5 years, describe what would be different.

Hrrrm, that's a hard one. Definitely with a chunk of lost weight, for health as much as anything, and a permanent job that interests me, and hopefully ACat and I would have a house at that point but in many ways I wouldn't want to change things. If I'm controlling in more detail, I am kinda hoping I will find some other relationships, but I'm wary and picky on that these days, and I'm not going there just to "prove my poly credentials" (or my bi credentials), so that's hard to specify.

5. If you could never have cats or kittens again, what kind of pets would you have?

I would actually like to have a boa constrictor again. I had one once - about as much personality as a rope, but a surprisingly interesting pet.

The second set of questions:

1: Why filk?

I love music, and love singing, but once I moved away from the church where I was in the choir, I didn't really know any other people who liked to sing. I found filk through a concert and some tapes at a Boskone long, long time ago. I didn't find out about filksings until many years later, and when I did it was a wonderful thing, even though I stayed shy and didn't actually sing where anyone could hear me for a long time!

2: What accomplishment are you most proud of?

Odd as it sounds, learning to deal pretty comfortably with people in general.

3: I can't remember hearing you sing. Is it because of my bad memory of the sensory overload of a filk con, or is it because you always end up in a different circle, or is it because you are a listener?

I sing along on things a lot, but I think you mean on my own? I do sometimes, but it's mostly at the housefilks so you probably wouldn't have heard me. I'm also not a night owl, so I rarely stick around long at the OVFF circles. I'm perfectly willing, if you ask some time. I'm still rather shy in many ways.

4: What is your role in running GaFilk?

I am currently treasurer, though I started out as sort of a general "tell me what you need done and I'll do it" person. That may have been a mistake, as eventually the answer to that turned out to be "take over as treasurer"!

5: What is the silliest thing you have ever done?

Um, there are a lot of small silly things, but silliest? Neither ACat or I can think of a good silly story. On the other hand, arguably marrying ACat was the silliest since we're both silly people and we certainly encourage that in each other.

Looks like this one's going around again, but it's generally fun!
Ganked, this time around, from aiela

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