As requested...

[fatesfolly]

from grail76 :

(A) First, recommend to me:
1. a movie:
2. a book:
3. a musical artist, song, or album:
(B) I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.
(C) Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything.

replies will be screened, only because I'm really not expecting any and no one will ever know otherwise!

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[archway.livejournal.com]

(A) First, recommend to me:
1. a movie:
The Triplets of Beauville (animation!)

2. a book:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

3. a musical artist, song, or album:
Nina Simone

(B) I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.

How do you define beauty?
What do you love about your favorite poet's work?
Do you enjoy experiencing safe fear?

(C) Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything.
Will do...~G~

[fatesfolly.livejournal.com]

How do you define beauty?
Defining beauty.. that's as tough as catching smoke. Quick answer? Beauty is anything that makes me smile... art, a child's smile, a line from a song, the grain in wood, a manicured lawn, the curve of a satin corset, the grace and underlying muscles and tendons of a foot, friendship, a perfect meal, a clean car, ...

What do you love about your favorite poet's work? I don't have one favorite poet. As chaotic as my life is, I tend to go for the metered poems. I was in someone's home the other day and was touring the house. One of the bedrooms had twin beds and on each bed was an embroidered pillow with familiar lines from a poem stitched into them. They were from Annabelle Lee by Poe. I loved that poem in high school. Other than that, I think I'm drawn to poetry that speaks for my unworded thoughts, no matter the poet.

Do you enjoy experiencing safe fear? Yes. I don't usually live on the edge so my occassional forays to the edge with safety net are my escapes.

[archway.livejournal.com]

Yes, Wednesday would be great! About what time?

[fatesfolly.livejournal.com]

anytime after 7 is good for me. what about you? where do you want to meet?

[archway.livejournal.com]

Oh, I realized you might need a description of me.~G~

I am about 6 ft tall. This is my picture (points to the icons.)

I generally wear a burgundy trenchcoat.

[fatesfolly.livejournal.com]

The Daily Grind is good.. I've never been there so it will be an extra treat!

I guess you've seen enough photos of me here, but I suspect we'll find each other.

And I'm excited to finally meet you face to face. I've got approximately a million and a half questions for you.

[msruth.livejournal.com]

1. Angels and Insects, 1995
2. The Secret Life of Bees
3. Big and Rich - "Holy Water"

1. Have you ever lived alone as an adult, as a single person?
2. What brings you to complete calm and rest?
3. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose and with whom?

[fatesfolly.livejournal.com]

1. Have you ever lived alone as an adult, as a single person? Yes, after college, I had a cute little one bedroom apartment. I loved the freedom of doing what I wanted when and knowing that something that I put down in one place would be there when I went back to it.

2. What brings you to complete calm and rest?
Good question. I have a hard time quieting my inner voices. In the morning when I first wake up would be the time when I have achieved complete calm and rest. But that's a little involuntary, isn't it? I like yoga. It is relaxing moving muscles I don't normally move. And I'm aware of my breathing then moreso than any other time. But I guess the sure-fire anxiety reducer is listening to music.

3. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose and with whom?
Home is where the heart is, right? As a girl who lives in the house she grew up in, I'm having to redefine what home is as I look at selling and moving elsewhere. I'd love to live briefly in a wide variety of big cities from NYC to Washington DC, but I think I'd like to stay on the east coast. I don't think I'd stay in a big city though.. my heart cannot take the traffic and sheer amount of people. And with whom? Someone I can count on, someone I consider a friend, someone who understands me and whom I understand right back.