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1. Where do you live? Dorchester, MA
2. How old are you? 27
3. What is your occupation? Librarian
4. What is your favorite color and why? Purple because it is the color of flowers
5. Do you have pets? No
6. What is your favorite classic book? Mrs. Craddock - W. Somerset Maugham
7. What is your favorite modern book? Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman
8. Who is your favorite writer? Dorothy Parker
9. Where are you right now? In bed
10. What are your hobbies? Reading, making origami, writing
11. What are your favorites? Food, tv, movies, people, anything - Howl's Moving Castle, ice cream cake, Stephen Colbert, 30 Rock

Super good idea and I will add it!

I discovered Parker about 2 years ago and I fell in literary love. I read everything of hers I could find as fast I could find it.

1. Where do you live? Caseyville, IL (near St. Louis)
2. How old are you? 29
3. What is your occupation? grad student
4. What is your favorite color and why? Grey. It's soothing.
5. Do you have pets? Two cats.
6. What is your favorite classic book? If I can only choose one, probably Great Expectations.
7. What is your favorite modern book? Lolita
8. Who is your favorite writer? Nabokov
9. Where are you right now? In my home library.
10. What are your hobbies? Reading, writing, knitting, crochet, sewing, roleplaying games.
11. What are your favorites? Food, tv, movies, people, anything. Arsenic and Old Lace, Little Miss Sunshine, cheesecake, chocolate, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Office,

My degree is going to be in Rhetoric and Composition with a focus on classical rhetoric. I'm currently trying to decide on whether to continue for a PhD, most likely in 18th century/gothic literature, or a second MA in library science.

Hi everybody!

Where do you live? San Diego, CA
How old are you? 36 going on 16
What is your occupation? Professional Slacker
What is your favorite color and why? Black, purple, red and silver. Because they're purrrrrty.
Do you have pets? two spoiled kitties
What is your favorite classic book? Pride & Prejudice
What is your favorite modern book? The Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey
Who is your favorite writer? Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Neil Gaiman, Alice Walker, William Faulkner
Where are you right now? bedroom / sanctuary
What are your hobbies? reading, writing, history, knitting, games, listening to music and geeking out on the internet
What are your favorites? Tim Burton movies, vampires (non-sparkly only), comics, cats, Firefly, chocolate, Dexter, The Tudors

I'm really excited for his Alice in Wonderland. *squeeeee*

I can totally relate with the love / hate relationship there. For me, it's Laurell K. Hamilton. Her books are so terrible and yet I keep reading them.

Yes indeedy! http://www.ravelry.com/people/dreamingviolet Rather sparse at the moment but I'm workin' on it.

Not at all! :)

I don't mind at all and I added you back!

1. Where do you live? Tennessee
2. How old are you? 26
3. What is your occupation? I am currently unemployed
4. What is your favorite color and why? Purple. It's such a pretty color lol!
5. Do you have pets? I have 2 cats and 2 dogs.
6. What is your favorite classic book? Jane Eyre
7. What is your favorite modern book? The Harry Potter series and Watchmen
8. Who is your favorite writer? J.K. Rowling
9. Where are you right now? In my house, watching Order of the Phoenix
10. What are your hobbies? reading, writing, blogging, spending time with my husband
11. What are your favorites? Food, tv, movies, people, anything. Food-guacamole. TV-Biggest Loser & American Idol. Movies-Forrest Gump & Shine.
12. Would you like to be friended, added to the circle, granted access, whatever Dreamwidth is calling it? Yep!!!!

YAY! :D

1. Where do you live? Texas
2. How old are you? 26
3. What is your occupation? Analyst
4. What is your favorite color and why? Grey bc it's oft-unloved.
5. Do you have pets? One dog
6. What is your favorite classic book? I hate choosing favorites, but I'll go with Crime and Punishment.
7. What is your favorite modern book? The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
8. Who is your favorite writer? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9. Where are you right now? At my desk
10. What are your hobbies? reading, writing, cooking, making graphics
11. What are your favorites? Anything from the 1980s (music, movies, tv), old cheesy sci-fi like Star Trek TOS and classic Doctor Who, all of Jim Henson's work, Celtic-rock, vinyl albums
12. Would you like to be friended, added to the circle, granted access, whatever Dreamwidth is calling it? Sure, the more the merrier.

Yes, Peter S. Beagle wrote the screen play for the movie so it follows the book rather closely. He has an amazing grasp of language, certainly one of my favorite writers of all time. And a very nice guy :)

1. Where do you live? Temporarily in Middlesboro, KY, but I'm moving back to hometown of Knoxville, TN in a few months.

2. How old are you? 21

3. What is your occupation? Former office monkey; currently unemployed due to relocation.

4. What is your favorite color and why? Brown because it's earthy, warm, and soothing.

5. Do you have pets? A Shih-Tzu/Cairn Terrier puppy named Jude.

6. What is your favorite classic book? Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, but Great Expectations and The Count of Monte Cristo come close!

7. What is your favorite modern book? Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

8. Who is your favorite writer? Neil Gaiman

9. Where are you right now? In my computer room/office of sorts, sitting at my desk.

10. What are your hobbies? Reading, watching movies, playing video games, cooking, baking, hiking, bicycling.

11. What are your favorites? The X-Files, The Office, Tori Amos, Edgar Allan Poe, Star Wars, green tea, chocolate mousse.

12. Would you like to be friended, added to the circle, granted access, whatever Dreamwidth is calling it? Sure!

Thanks! I added you back. :)

1. Where do you live? Huntsville, AL
2. How old are you? 25
3. What is your occupation? Choir director/stay-at-home mom
4. What is your favorite color and why? blue because it's calming
5. Do you have pets? No
6. What is your favorite classic book? Right now, probably Sense and Sensibility, although if you asked me tomorrow, it would probably be something different.
7. What is your favorite modern book? Tamsin or American Gods
8. Who is your favorite writer? Jane Austen, Peter S. Beagle, and C.S. Lewis
9. Where are you right now? Home
10. What are your hobbies? reading, singing, crafting, knitting, and costuming
11. What are your favorites?
Food - dark chocolate, sushi, indian food
TV - Classic and modern sci-fi shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek (but not Enterprise), Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Dollhouse, Buffy, etc.
Movies - sci-fi and cheesy action movies like Iron Man, The Mummy, etc.
12. Would you like to be friended, added to the circle, granted access, whatever Dreamwidth is calling it? Sure.

You absolutely need to see it in the theater. I mean, I'm definitely going to buy it when it comes out on DVD, but it's just one of those epic movies that seeing it on the big screen is the only way to do it justice.

Hi. :-)
1. Where do you live? New Zealand
2. How old are you? 45
3. What is your occupation? Part-time bits of everything, interspersed with caring for my family.
4. What is your favorite color and why? Blue. I couldn't really say although psychologically it's a colour associated with authority and calm.
5. Do you have pets? Two cats
6. What is your favorite classic book? Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge
7. What is your favorite modern book? Mary Renault's The Persian Boy
8. Who is your favorite writer? Terry Pratchett
9. Where are you right now? At home, eating a tinned pea and ham soup which contains too much sugar.
10. What are your hobbies? Reading in general, reading history in particular, cult tv, gardening, music
11. What are your favorites? Favourite flowers - I count my username amongst them, and it references a favourite song also. :-)
12. Would you like to be friended, added to the circle, granted access, whatever Dreamwidth is calling it? If people like the look of me - fine. However, there's not much to see right now.

Hibiscus Song by Greg Johnson. It has the refrain 'She smelled like red geraniums, wore hibiscus in her hair'.

1. I live in NH
2. 27
3. Teacher
4. Blue because of it's calming tone
5. Goldfish
6. Mrs. Craddock
7. Call Me By Your Name
8. W. Somerset Maugham
9. Being Tired
10. Reading, Writing, and Scrabble
11. Chinese food, Sister Wendy, Tudors, and my Tempurpedic
12. Yes, please!

I just joined up, so hello people.

1. Where do you live? Israel
2. How old are you? 20
3. What is your occupation? writer of tongue in cheek SEO articles
4. What is your favorite color and why? Yellow is bright and it calms me down.
5. Do you have pets? A kitten called Tony.
6. What is your favorite classic book? Jane Eyre, Rebecca, Bright Young Things, The Waves and The Picture of Dorian Grey.
7. What is your favorite modern book? American Gods and Everything is Illuminated.
8. Who is your favorite writer? Woolf, Gaiman, Wilde, Pratchett, Maguire, Jonathan Safran Foer
9. Where are you right now? Sitting on my bed.
10. What are your hobbies? Reading, writing, shopping, drinking, etc
11. What are your favorites? Sushi, Mad Men, Arrested Development, Weeds, anything Cohen brothers or Clooney directed. As for people, Dylan Moran is pretty awesome.
12. Would you like to be friended, added to the circle, granted access, whatever Dreamwidth is calling it? For sure :)

1. Where do you live? California
2. How old are you? 23
3. What is your occupation? Senior Library Page (the book processing kind) and freelance artist.
4. What is your favorite color and why? Maroon or burnt sienna. Something about deep reds are so passionate, vibrant, yet understated at the same time.
5. Do you have pets? Yep, two cats and a crazy parrot.
6. What is your favorite classic book? Jane Eyre
7. What is your favorite modern book? Wicked or Carrie
8. Who is your favorite writer? Stevenson, King, Poe, or Bradbury
9. Where are you right now? Sitting in the kitchen.
10. What are your hobbies? Reading, drawing, writing, going to the theatre, painting.
11. What are your favorites? Lebanese cuisine, boba, tea, Mary Cassatt, Aladdin, Sweeney Todd, musicals.
12. Would you like to be friended, added to the circle, granted access, whatever Dreamwidth is calling it? Sure!