striving to better, oft we mar what's well

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:

1. Amy
2. I.B.A., which stands for "Irish Bird Assassin," which refers to my ridiculous inability to replicate an Irish accent, combined with my strange ability to attract flocks (or smaller grouplets) of birds, often on foot (them, not me), often with a vaguely sinister intent  
3. "Boss"

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:

1. gerblog
2. aimster (oh, please - just tell me you're surprised)
3. various très obvious derivations of my names

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

1. shoulders
2. tattoos
3. ability to discern celebrity voices from voice-over commercials

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

1. [redacted body part]
2. social skills, generally
3. singing voice

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:

1. Norway
2. England
3. romantic soul bogged down with Lutheran pragmatism

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:

1. big dogs
2. loneliness
3. fools and their impulses

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:

1. keys
2. contacts
3. cash

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:

• I haven't listened to new music in a while, so I've got nothing here. I think I've got a couple of things on hold that should be coming in later this week, so that might ease things up here in the near future. 

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):

1. back-rubs without expectations
2. good surprises only, please
3. spontaneous thought

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order)

1. if I were given the choice, I would probably become a squirrel
2. if I could go back, I wouldn't, because I can't change anything anyway
3. I deliberately type faster at work to impress/annoy my colleagues

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:

1. unequivocally enjoy children and puppies
2. eat ground turkey
3. math in my head

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE PASTIMES:

1. reading
2. writing
3. thinking. Just thinking.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:

1. sleep
2. field an offer
3. be "surprised by" a message

THREE CAREERS [YOU'VE CONSIDERED]:

1. writing
2. [the one I've got]
3. photography

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION/HOLIDAY:

1. Canada
2. Panama
3. Iceland

THREE FUTURE POTENTIAL KIDS' NAMES:

1. Never.
2. Gonna.
3. Happen.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:

1. be happy
2. do what I can to ensure the happiness and comfort of those I care about
3. leave less of a mess than I come across

[from The Cat {a much longer post that I divided into smaller ones}, who got it here; the title quotation is by William Shakespeare, from King Lear, Act I sc. iii]