Howdy Bookworms!
I’m running behind blog wise so I thought I’d tackle the super fun 20 questions game I saw Jen at The Relentless Reader complete a while back. Everybody loves 20 questions, right?!
20 Questions About Me:
1. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
5’3 and a half. The half inch is very important to me. I typically round up and tell people I’m 5’4 because it’s weird to claim the half inch when you’re over the age of 9.
2. DO YOU HAVE A HIDDEN TALENT?
Hmmmm. I’m actually really good at hula hooping. Not like, circus caliber hula hooping, but I’m pretty confident I could win a contest at a company picnic.
3. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST BLOG-RELATED PET PEEVE?
Like that I do or that other people do? I’ve been so awful about reading other blogs recently that I can’t even think of complaints. How about this? I spent my evening working on a post that I didn’t realize I couldn’t post until next week anyway? That’s kind of annoying. But really, I think we’re all winning, because me interviewing myself is highly entertaining. To me.
4. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST NON-BLOG RELATED PET-PEEVE?
Personal space. Lately this has been bugging me at the gym. Like, I am going to sweat and be repulsive and I really just want a three foot radius so I don’t have to worry about bumping into people. Invasion of my space (even though I KNOW I’m not entitled to it, especially when a class is full) just bugs me. Or, like, during the running track of BodyAttack there are always a couple of middle aged dudes who feel the need to run super fast and like try to win. There just isn’t any “winning” in running laps during an aerobics class, okay? Nobody is impressed!
5. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SONG?
I don’t know that I can claim a favorite song. Is that bad? How about “our song?” My husband and I claim “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot as “our song” because it’s the least appropriate and least romantic song ever. Of course, I secretly think that “our songs” are “Romeo and Juliet” by Dire Straits (because it’s pretty), “The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson (because it’s adorable), and “True Companion” by Mark Cohn (because I’m a sap and attended far too many weddings.)
6. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE ETSY SHOP?
Oh that’s easy! My pal Lily (who also writes a blog, It’s A Dome Life) has a FAB Etsy store full of hand painted jewelry and art. It’s amazing.
7. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND YOUR FREE TIME WHEN YOU’RE ALONE?
Reading, obviously. I also like to soft-shoe dance in my kitchen.
8. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE JUNK FOOD?
Nacho Cheese Doritos are my dietary kryptonite. I can’t keep the darn things in my house because I can’t just eat a few chips, I eat like half the bag. It’s highly detrimental to my quest to keep my pants fitting.
9. DO YOU HAVE PETS?
Nope. Unless you count my husband. But he’s like a super clean pet who is really fond of windex, so…
10. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE FICTION AND NONFICTION BOOKS?
Ha! No. That I cannot tell you. All time favorites are super impossible. I can give you two that I love though. Will that do?
- Fiction: Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
- NonFiction: Tiny Beautiful Things
by Cheryl Strayed (review)
Swoon!
11. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE BEAUTY PRODUCT?
I looooove EOS lip balm
and ELF eyelid primer
. Because APPARENTLY I only like beauty products by companies with three letter acronym names beginning with “E.”
and ELF eyelid primer. Because APPARENTLY I only like beauty products by companies with three letter acronym names beginning with “E.”12. WHEN WERE YOU LAST EMBARRASSED?
Oh heavens. It happens all the time. Actually, I tripped rather spectacularly last night on a stroll through my neighborhood. Thanks to my cat-like reflexes I was not injured, but it wasn’t my most graceful moment.
13. IF YOU COULD DRINK ONE BEVERAGE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Water. I’m so freaking boring. I just really like being hydrated, okay? And this is the rest of my life we’re talking about!
14. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE?
Mary Poppins. I usually turn it off before they get to the bank, though, because it used to scare me. Besides, all the best parts are at the beginning. The chalk painting? The floating laughter tea party? The dancing penguins?! Awwww yeah.
15. WHAT WERE YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL? PROM QUEEN, NERD, CHEERLEADER, JOCK, VALEDICTORIAN, BAND GEEK, LONER, ARTIST, ETC?
Hmmm… I was pretty nerdy, pretty broody, and I took ballet lessons. An enigma wrapped in a mystery swathed in very large pants was high school Katie.
16. IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU LIVE?
I am SUCH a chicken. I get sweaty palms when I think about uprooting from my current surroundings. It’s not because I’m just THAT in love with Central Illinois, but I don’t do change particularly well.
17. PC OR MAC?
I always had Macs growing up. Hubs still uses a Mac for most things (esp video things) but I do most of my blogging and whatnot on a PC.
18. LAST ROMANTIC GESTURE FROM A CRUSH, DATE, BOYFRIEND?
This isn’t the most recent romantic gesture, but it’s come up a couple of times recently and it bears mentioning again. For my 30th birthday Hubs took me to meet a penguin in real life AND bought out the whole penguin encounter so it was just the two of us and the penguin. It was pretty great.
19. FAVORITE CELEB?
Amy Poehler. She’s my spirit animal. (I am keeping Jen’s answer because it is perfection.)
20. WHICH BLOGGER DO YOU SECRETLY WANT TO BE BEST FRIENDS WITH?
Oh man. This is a tough question. Mostly because I actually met and became friends with some of the bloggers I admire most (Filing Jointly and Pocketful of Joules, I’m looking at you!). That, or I was friends with them before the whole blogging thing even happened (Quirky Chrissy.) There are a ton of book bloggers I’d love to pal around with whom I’ve yet to meet, but I feel like putting that level of creepiness out on the internet would be weird. They’re not famous per se, they’re just awesome.
Talk to me, Bookworms. Anybody else feel like over sharing? I’d love to know more about you! I also want to know if anybody wants to secretly be Best Friends with me. I’m open to the idea. You really can’t have too many friends.
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Quirky Chrissy
I love you. That is all.
Words For Worms
Ditto.
Megan M.
LOL Oh, Katie. That I want to be best friends with you is possibly the worst-kept secret in the world.
I’m 5’6″ but I feel taller. I always wore stacked-heel boots as a teen (it was the 90s OK?!) and people always made a big deal about how “tall” I was so it’s kind of jarring when I stand next to an actual tall person and realize that, wait, actually I’m just average height.
Hidden talent always stumps me. I can touch my tongue to my nose and there’s this card trick I can do that people always seem impressed by, but literally anyone can do it so it doesn’t seem like a talent.
Favorite junk food is popcorn. I love Coke and I would gladly drink it forever. Amy Poehler is just my favorite person ever, not even a contest. I was definitely a nerd in school. If I could live anywhere it would be Australia, but I feel like the reality of all those weird dangerous bugs and snakes would be too much for me and I would move to Ireland instead.
Words For Worms
Well that settles it. If I ever find myself in Texas, I will be on your doorstep demanding cookies. Because that is what best friends do, right? Show up unannounced and eat baked goods? Also, popcorn doesn’t count as junk food. It’s too high in fiber. I’ll let you have coke though, that will attack your teeth with both sugar AND acid. (All soda does, really, but. I know too much about teeth. Thanks, Mom.)
Joules (from Pocketful of Joules)
It’s no secret that you’re one of my BFF’s… thank goodness for blogging! =)
Words For Worms
Right?! I mean, the thought of a life without Joules is super depressing. I’m glad we avoided that nonsense.
Alison's Wonderland Recipes
I love that you and your husband claim the “least appropriate and least romantic” song as your song.
My husband and I have a similar tendency. When we were asked to choose a responsorial psalm for our wedding mass, my husband immediately asked for Psalm 22 (“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). The church rep didn’t think it was nearly as funny as we did and vetoed it.
Words For Worms
Haaaaaaaa! For our wedding mass, they gave us a booklet with only “appropriate” options for the readings and psalms. They really took all the creativity out of it…
Michelle
That penguin thing is just awesome. So very cool!
I have been able to avoid watching the Outlander series so far. Then you go and put a gif like that up and I feel my resolve crumble. Gah! So pretty…
Take that half-inch, girl! I know I always either round up or include it when people ask me how tall I am. I have no idea why other than pride. Go figure.
Words For Worms
TV’s Jamie is certainly a dream boat!
Amy @ Read a Latte
I (not so secretly, oops) want to be your best friend… we can fangirl over Amy Poehler together!
Words For Worms
DONE! Now. When are we going to get matching tattoos to celebrate?
Jennine G.
Was it you last year who posted the video of you walking down the driveway in bad weather and slipping and falling?! Lol! So you don’t need ice to be tripping, huh?
Words For Worms
Indeed it was. It’s a miracle I’ve never broken a bone, really…
AMB (Koiviolet)
If we ever meet in person, I challenge you to a hula hooping contest! I have no idea if I’m still any good at it (my waist is, um, not what it once was!), but I was unstoppable with a hula hoop back in the day (about 20 years ago!).
Words For Worms
Challenge Accepted!
ThatAshGirl
I’m totally 5’4″ 1/4
Because that 1/4″ MEANS SOMETHING.
And can I just say that is the BEST .gif of Sam EVER?
Julianne - Outlandish Lit
Ahhhhh I love this haha. And, no shame, I always declare myself 5’4″ and a half, because sometimes the doctors round up to 5’5″ and THAT MEANS SOMETHING. I hope nobody saw you tripping!
Words For Worms
Only my husband saw me trip, and he only heckled me mildly.