Here's this year's update. (Yay, I finally learned how to copy-and-paste!)
1) 56, but don't let that limit you.
2) Female, but don't let that limit you.
3) Depends on what the object is. My mother says I got my color sense in a Crayola crayon box. I tend to wear blues, greens, rose shades, and black.
4) Mostly fantasy and science fiction, for fiction. Mostly folklore and storytelling for nonfiction, plus whatever I'm pursuing at the moment. History, nature, oddities in language, humor, the list goes on and on.
5) Used books are wonderful, as long as all the pages are there. If you give me something you instinctively think I'd like, I'll never tell you if I already have a copy. However, a nice used copy of Secret History of the Mongols would come in handy. Or R. J. Stewart's agan Imagery in English Folksong. And I just gave away my beloved copy of Post Wheeler's Tales from the Japanese Storytellers; come to think of it, anything by Post Wheeler is a Good Thing.
6) Traditional English-language, first and formost. Especially ballads. But I also enjoy opera, novelty/humor songs, spoken word (history, humor, or both). Used is good.
7) Ooh. T.S.Elliot's reading of Old Possom's Book of Practical Cats (fat chance). Or, if you're in England, Taffy Thomas's Take These Chains From My Heart (A do-able one at last!). Casettes are fine,or used recordings, likewise anything you think might be interesting.
8)Songcatcher, Topkapi (with Peter Ustinov), Sword of the Valiant (with Sean Connery) Macumba Love. Again, used videos/cd's are fine.
9) extra large (alas!)
10) Nothing cutsey! I seem to have an accumulation of dragons, bells, and nature themed figurines.
11) Embroidery, cross stitch and latch-hook. Reading, camping, cooking, baking, eating, and drinking. Nature. Cats. And a bit of medieval re-creation
12) I have both, but tend toward silver-tone.
13) Unless you actually run across something on this list, don't break your neck sticking to this list. My tastes cover a broad enough range that I'll probably be ecstatic with whatever you choose. In the past SS exchanges, I;ve been delighted with (among other things) local candy, Christman tree decorations, and cd's of local bands from my kind and perceptive SS's. No live animals, please, though; I'm up to capacity. Don't be scared, just have fun.