Welcome to the eleven new people insane enough to add me to their f-lists in the past month. A couple are writers adding me to filters but I don't know what excuse the rest of you have. *grins*

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Took my younger dog, Brinkley, to the vet today for his semi-annual eye exam. We have drops for his eyes and this joyful time where I muzzle him and carry him across town to a hole in the wall where the supremo opthamalogist for dogs insists on working. Brinkley's eyes are good (well, good considering he really needs surgery but isn't a candidate) but he seems to have a low grade ear infection. Huh.

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In response to the latest suspected pseuicide, there's a meme going around of "who on my f-list could verify that I'm real." So...

abydosdork, bassfingers, bleekabyebye, comtraya, drelmo, fizzwilliam, greeneyes_rpi, hwrnmnbsol, immlass, jalabert, janiekins, katiedammit, la_directora, majorsamfan, mcroft, moonshayde, mrkamikaze, msjudi, nicoleallee, opinionatedmuse, rickj, roundrockronin, selmak, stacy_l, superl99, triciabyrne1978, tubin,vibrant_daphne, zencohen

Soon to add juliabk to the list people I've met. Weirdest case? The person I don't *think* I've met but really, really should have is ciaracat. We have the same real life friends, go to the same real life functions, we're even both archaeologists! (Well, used to be.) I expect, when formally introduced, that I'll be like, "Oh! You're that person!" because my memory for names is for shit.

Clearly, I know too many people for real and will have to devise an alternate LJ identity if I ever decide to fake a miscarriage, off myself digitally, or milk a hospital stay for loot. :|

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Last year's "post the first sentence from each of the first posts of each month" meme is making the circuit again. I can participate this time because I've had an LJ for the entire year.

Jan - "Quick note to say I'm playing with layouts and colors for the LJ now that I've gotten a paid account."
Feb - "I hate days when it seems like the day will just. never. end."
Mar - "I'll post some long comment later."
Apr - "Now that I again feel human, I've been diving back into the depths of my f-list after losing the past couple of weeks to poisoning by fish."
May - "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, paddies!"
Jun - "Awww...some kind soul anonymously sent me an LJ yellow flower in sympathy."
Jul - "From the fanthropology community, a survey about how and why people do - or don't - use icons."
Aug - "Last Sunday, I took the train downtown to see the better half's band play a showcase of talent nominated for 'The Best of Houston' Music Awards."
Sept - "I've been fatigued for a while now."
Oct - "For those outside the U.S.: Foley, a 50-something Republican member of the US Congress, is alleged to have sent admits sending e-mails and explicit IMs to a 16 y.o. kid who worked in the Capitol."
Nov - "I'm home."
Dec - "Welcome to the eleven new people insane enough to add me to their f-lists in the past month."

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Everybody wants to know my music tastes -- or else I'm the last one to be tagged. I was tagged first by mlspikie (Thanks forreminding me. Sorry to have spaced it) and then again by riverfox. Seven songs I'm listening to and really enjoying, no matter how embarrassing. To which I wail, "Only 7? How do I choose?" I've always been obstinate and I don't imagine anyone will care so I'm going to list the 7 albums I'm enjoying. Nothing new and exciting here.

RULES: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your live journal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.

1. Compilation -- Queer as Folk Season 1 CD
2. Austin Lounge Lizards -- Highway Cafe of the Damned
3. ZZ Top -- ZZ Top's Greatest Hits (or whatever it's called)
4. Madonna -- Dick Tracy Soundtrack
5. Elton John -- Greatest Hits (the one where he's wearing the white suit and sitting at the piano)
6. Beatles -- Rubber Soul
7. Beatles -- Help!
8. Flying Fish Sailors -- Give Me Coffee

Yeah, I snuck an extra one in but that last one is a CD by Joe's band. I love their music and that's my all-time favorite album of theirs. Of course, it's the one not available on Amazon. Pfft. Also, I've been on a nostalgia kick of late and a bunch of pop-y, New Wave-y, 80-era tunes and some 70s disco have seen some currency on my iPod. Alas, Marvin is at the house so I can't get it to remind me which are my most played, but Blondie, Tears for Fears, Billy Squier, and A-ha feature strongly as do the odd Abba, Village People, and Donna Summer disco hits.

I'm supposed to tag 7 people. I don't normally tag folks because hey, I'm sooo not into the peer-pressure thing. However, I have several people on my f-list who have deep and abiding passion for music and I figure they wouldn't mind an excuse to talk music. Feel free to just ignore this if you'd rather not participate. I tag:

mcroft, immlass, bassfingers, mrkamikaze, greeneyes_rpi, la_directora, tubin