Ignorant Historian

1.  What is one thing you always have with you?

Anyone who knows me in real life could probably answer this one, as I frequently pull it out or have to go get it if I’m at a social function: my Lipsmacker (well, one of them!). I can’t even begin to think how much I’ve eaten in my lifetime…

2.  What did you last use a sticky-note for?

For Christmas I got these slightly-wider-than-a-post-it ones that are perfect for editing.  When the margin is too small for me to add what I want (and I have been adding a lot), I stick a Post-it and write on it.  So far I’ve edited most of the first chapter of my NaNoWriMo book, and I’ve used several of those Post-its.

3.  What’s your favorite kind of sandwich?

I’m actually not a big sandwich person.  Actually, thinking about sandwiches reminds me of when I’d make ham, cucumber, and onion sandwich (with ranch, of course) on croissants the last summer I lived at home.  I so need to do that again…so delicious! Mental note: make sure to plant enough cucumbers this spring!

I don’t like most traditional sandwich ingredients, only the concessional roast beef or ham sandwich (light on the meat and heavy on the onion and ranch). I do like a good peanut butter and honey sandwich on wheat every now and then, but I rarely make those either.

All this talk about sandwiches makes me think I should plan on taking sandwiches to work next week instead of the usual leftovers.

4.  When did you most recently turn on your vacuum cleaner?

I plead the fifth.  Okay, truthfully, I have never vacuumed upstairs at the new place (though it’s been vacuumed a time or two by slave labor helpful children earning a few bucks), though I’ve vacuumed the living room rug a couple of times.  My mom can attest to how much I dislike vacuuming stairs, and I tend to avoid thinking/looking at floors.  Just one more of my weird things.

I have been planning on vacuuming the upstairs this weekend, though.

5.  Some people read the endings of books before they invest time, energy, and emotion into the rest of them. What are your thoughts about this practice?

I wouldn’t even think to do that (how do you know if it’s a good ending if you don’t yet know the story and characters?).  I think the only time I’ve done it is when there are a lot of characters at the beginning of the book, and I take a peak at the book as a whole to see what names are actually important to the story.

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