1. What is your age range? Chronologically, I'm mid-40's, but all my inner children still play well together; I'm as big a fan of Sesame Street as Shakespeare

2. Gender? Not that it really matters, but my chromosomes are XX

3. Do you have a favorite color? Not really; I prefer deep, jewel and earth tones to pastels

4. Favorite authors/ type of book? non-"sword and sorcery" fantasies, "cozy" mysteries, children's picture books, word play, humor.

5. What books have you really been wanting? I haven't... I tend to grab whatever looks interesting at the time from the shelves of my public library.

6. What type of music do you like? Traditional folk, mostly, vintage musical theater, baroque, some dixieland jazz... stuff I can learn and sing for myself


7. What CDs have you really been wanting? same answer as #5

8. What movies have you been wanting? What region DVDs can you view?

Part a) same answer as #5, 6, and 7; part b) Hmmm... dunno. I just got a new computer with a dvd player... are computer players multi-region? I live in region 1.

9. What is your t-shirt size? XL, but I like oversized, too (not that I need any more shirts, sweaters, coats or other toppings, but if you have one you want to give me, that;s the size that would fit).

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what? ideas and loose scraps of paper.

11. What are some of your other hobbies? I write, and I'm just getting back into the habbit of drawing / making arts and crafts again on a regular basis.

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? I don't wear jewelry.

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like. I have two cats, so please, no fragile thing that they could bat into an inaccessible corner. I also use a motorized wheelchair with inflatable tires, so please, no antigue thumbtack collections, or anything similiar (I've had a recent run of bad luck running over sharp things), and I'm uncomfortable around candles or other open flames. You can't go wrong with chocolate or ginger. ;-)