Two More

Just thought of some other things I want to add to my tagged list below.

8. Gilmore Girls is one of my favorite recent tv programs. Started watching during my pregnancy and early days of Jared's life. The rapid fire dialogue and cornball humor initially made me wonder "What the...?" but I was all in after about three or four episodes. Some of the many reasons that I like it are that it deals with family love alongside generational conflict and ambition alongside simple, basic human values. Also, it inverts the stereotype of what/who a teenage mother is and what she is able to ultimately achieve.

9. The tejana negra in me would love to have a well-cared-for, early 1970s GMC truck (with a new engine) as a second vehicle.

Tagged

My Hurston-Wright Writers' Week classmate and e-mail buddy, Isunji Cardoso, tagged me and so I'm posting seven trivial facts about myself:

1. I was born on a Sunday.

2. My shoe size is 6.

3. I was once a debutante.

4. One of the best gifts I ever gave myself was my Declaration of Independence Road Trip. It actually happened during Christmas of 2003 and I drove solo from Atlanta to Houston, with a stop in New Orleans in between.

5. I find it hard to throw away keys, even if I've forgotten what they unlock.

6. I One of my all-time favorite meals is gumbo-- with okra, please, cher! On the flip side, I detest the smell (not to mention the taste) of beets!

7. Though I sometimes use it to clean, the smell of bleach (especially mixed with food aromas), nauseates me.