nobody wants more than I want you

bruit

There is no need to bruit about invented nonsense; the truth is plenty damning enough to make it clear what sort of people they really are.

lugubrious

I do love this lugubrious weather, but a twenty-degree drop in temperature in one-half hour seems a bit much, even for me.

tenacious

One man's 'tenacious' is another man's 'stubborn'--and thank heavens for the stubborn, who are some of my best friends of all.

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1. Do you like someone?
   I do! Today, I particularly like Farmer E & Andy.
2. The last song you listened to?
   "Weightless" by Black Lab (from which comes the title quotation)
   
3. What time of day were you born?
   12:29 PM
4. What’s your favorite number?
   13
5. Where did you live in 1987?
   in my childhood home, with my parents--I was in high school in 1987
6. Are you jealous of anyone?
   off and on, here and there: sure
7. Is anyone jealous of you?
   not that I know of. Not that they've mentioned, anyway.
8. Where were you when 9/11 happened?
   driving to work at the current place, listening to NPR
9. What do you do when vending machines steal your money?
   that doesn't happen
10. Do you consider yourself kind?
    generally, yeah: I suppose
11. If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
    "If I had to"?
    *snort*
    Stupid question.
12. If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?
    Spanish--it would be inordinately helpful with a temporary project upon which I'm working
13. Would you move for the person you loved?
    maybe so; maybe not. There's really not much point in debating the question, though, is there?
14. Are you touchy feely?
    with the right person, sure. Overall I'm probably pretty hands-off. I don't like to be imposing.
15. What’s your life motto?
    Sola gratia--although prehaps not for the obvious reason
16. Name three things that you have on you at all times?
    a toe ring, keys, and my phone
17. What’s your favourite town/city?
    meh. It seems pretentious to spend a lot of time talking about a place that I don't choose to live as my "favorite"--as if it's some sort of geographical pet--and God knows the place where live now wouldn't be it in any case.
18. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
    a prescription and some groceries at Target, yesterday. I tend to shop with cash now and then. Convenient, that.
19. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?
    the 13th
20. Can you change the oil on a car?
    can, yes. Do, no.
21. Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?
    I suppose it depends upon what you consider "first love"--but I think he's living in Los Fresnos, TX now, with or without the wife who may or may not remember her promise to make my life an eternal hell
22. How far back do you know about your ancestry?
    five hundred years or so
23. The last time you dressed fancy, what did you wear and why did you dress fancy?
    I wore a black, relatively form-fitting dress with white accents, to my big brother's wedding in July
24. Does anything hurt on your body right now?
    my upper back, shoulders, and neck feel like the weight of the world's been resting on them for the past six months, which is basically true
25. Have you been burned by love?
    yep, but mostly because I'm too stubborn and foolish to pull myself away from the flame

[from The Cat, who got it here]