20 (more) Things About Me

Morgan tagged me for this little meme... awhile back I was doing the 100 things about me in small chunks. Seems like a good time to see what else I can tell you. Forgive me if some of these have come up before.

1. I am more or less painfully liberal when it comes to political views.
2. The only protest I have ever participated in was in college where they were going to move the tennis team from Division 1 to Division 3. Yes, I went to a school with a rather well-to-do demographic.
3. I am terrible at getting on the phone. But I will send email any time.
4. The smartest thing I ever did was marry my husband.
5. I will stay up all night to play a computer game. Or finish a book.
6. I have a bean bag frog, a molded plastic frog, a frog squeaky toy and a Beanie Baby cat (Pounce) sitting on my 21" monitor at home.
7. I am trying to grow a Giant Sequoia in a pot on my back porch. I promise never to plant it in my postage stamp sized back yard.
8. I would rather not have coffee if it isn't good coffee. I will almost never turn away a good skim latte.
9. I don't like horror movies.
10. If I could be a teenager again, I'd try to be nicer to my younger brother.
11. I really like being in my 30's. I can honestly say I wouldn't want to go back to being in my teens or twenties. I feel like the older I get, the better life gets.
12. I can tell the difference between Polish and Russian but I can't speak either language.
13. I am stubborn, impatient and goal oriented. I am not a perfectionist, but I have reasonably high standards for "good enough". I have a strong sense of what I consider ethical but I am not at all religious.
14. My favorite jewelry involves black pearls. I would rather have a pearl than a diamond. I wouldn't say no to a little bling-bling, but when it comes to presents, I would usually rather have consumer electronics than jewelry.
15. Sometimes I regret not doing my graduate work in the history of science.
16. The only other "languages" I speak are computer languages. I'm modestly fluent in Perl and Java, and can hold my own in C++. I wish I had my husband's understanding of how to use pointers.
17. Someday I would like to own/run my own business.
18. I am not happy unless I have the latest in computer mouse technology -- I currently have a Logitech MX1000 Cordless Optical Laser Mouse. I love this mouse!
19. I am completely disturbed by the fact that the Kansas Board of Education thinks that biology teachers should have to teach Intelligent Design alongside Darwin's Theory of Evolution. I have no issue with people believing anything they want about how the earth and it's species came into being. I have a serious issue with religious ideology in a science classroom in our public schools.
20. And, just because this *is* a knitting blog... I am mysteriously drawn to all silk yarns. Let me loose in a store, and if it has silk in it, I will almost certainly run my hand over it.

Who to pass this onto? Hmmm... most certainly Julie and Claudia if Igor can be convinced to allow her to play along. If anyone else wants to play, by all means. I'm always interested in seeing what sorts of things people use to create a picture of themselves with.