knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification

June 7: suffrage

I wonder what it would be like to be granted suffrage in a realm that really matters? (No, I'm not gettin' political here.)

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• A better name for me would be: Gemma Galgani II, but I would prefer something more luminous and yet more direct. I'm not coming up with anything at the moment, so I'll put it up to suggestions from the gallery. Anyone...?
• I have a hard time understanding: native Spanish speakers from Latin America; how ATMs work; why bad people continue to succeed in our society; and the appeal of certain fish-lipped actresses who shall remain nameless.
• If I ever go back to school, I'd: seek either an MFA in Writing, an LL.M. in Intellectual Property, or a Ph.D. in European History. Or, y'know, some combination thereof.
• You know I like you if: I look you in the eye and generally suffer your presence for more than a few moments at a time. If I actually seek you out—for a meal or another sort of 'outing'—that's a clear signal. You might also get some sort of physical clarification; I tend to churn out handwritten correspondence at a surprising rate (at times), without realizing how anachronistic it is.
• If I ever won an award, the first person I'd thank would be: ...germane to the specific award I'd won
• If I could bring back a TV show for a reunion it would be: ReGenesis, or maybe Homefront. I loved that show. It would be kinda awesome if it would ever show up on DVD.
• Take my advice, never: fracture a molar
• My ideal breakfast is: eaten at leisure, somewhere around noon
• A song I love, but do not own is: not yet known to me. I'm a music junkie and I feed my urges with iTunes gift cards!
• If you visit my hometown, I'd suggest: dieting in advance, and packing a camera with a large memory card. It's impossible to spend much time there without eating fried-something (which is usually delicious), and the whole place is packed with gorgeous views and charming quirkiness, nestled between bluffs, lakes, and the River.
• If I could meet a couple of my blog buddies, I'd include: the Cat (because she'd want to meet them, too), and Molly, and Robert
• Why won't people: stop treating library books as if they're disposable? Treat them as if they're NOT yours - as if you borrowed them from someone. Give them back in the same condition as they were when you got them!
• If you spend the night at my house: bring something to cover your eyes, because it's like sleeping on the surface of the sun in here. Every wall is painted bright glossy white and there are windows in the most inconvenient places. It's ungodly.
• I'd stop everything for: a full night's good sleep, a half-dozen bacon-topped cupcakes, a long back-rub from someone who likes me enough not to talk nonstop through it, and/or a peek at the 6th book in the Song series!
• The world could do without: so many people self-diagnosing mental illness. It's not helping a damned thing.
• The last time I got drunk I: was too out of it to take advantage of the situation, which I very deeply regret
• My favorite blond is: going to be eleven this year
• Paper clips are more useful than: blood, when it comes to sticking papers together anyway
• If I do anything well, it's: stretching ridiculous analogies far past the point of logical usefulness
• And by the way: my head is freakin' killing me, so if any of this doesn't make sense: don't blame me, blame the drugs!

[from The Cat, who got it here; the title quotation is by Martin H. Fischer]