Katherine posted this on her blog, and like her, I won’t be tagging anyone in particular, but just leave it open for others if they want to do the same…

Here’s the rules.
1. You must post these rules.
2. Each person must post 11 things about themselves on their blog.
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
4. You have to choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post. Go to their page and tell them you have linked him or her.
5. No tag backs and you legitimately have to tag 11 people.

11 Facts
1. I remember the days of filling out these surveys in huge long email chains on AOL.
2. My cats and a handful of friends in Chicago are what have kept me from doing another 3+ month stay in China. I do not hold any resentment towards them at all for this. For realsies.
3. I apparently make a really good mushroom baked brie. I’d never know because I don’t really like mushrooms, so I’ve never even tried it.
4. I have a bad habit of chewing/biting the inside of my cheek.
5. I have a really annoying allergy to both bell peppers and cilantro.
6. I also can’t/don’t drink beer—makes me sick, not drunk. I blame hops, not gluten.
7. I admire outdoorsy people, and someday hope to sort of be one. Rock climbing, camping, shooting, hiking, boating… all that. (Okay, so my terrible reaction to mosquitos and my fear of bugs doesn’t help or encourage me…)
8. I will openly admit to having too many passions and interests, and that this tends to lead to me seeming like I’m lacking direction in life.
9. I’m a terrible swimmer, but still want to do a shark dive.
10. I meow and make weird noises, along with talking & singing to my cats on a daily basis.
11. Growing up with an older brother, I love wrestling and rough housing. (Still do, even at 27.)

11 Questions for Me
1. What is it that you most want to do? Are you doing it?
Katherine’s starting out with a big one! I just want to create. I go back and forth between design and writing, and I still haven’t found a balance I like. I’m actually not doing design or writing professionally right now… but I’m thinking about writing classes, and am looking to start doing a lot of web design comps soon. Oh, and my greeting card company has a private soft-launch next week.
2. If you have a favorite holiday, what is it and what makes it that?
Anything food based. I love cooking Thanksgiving for my friends, rather than going home—Christmas is for family. It’s just nice doing something I enjoy (cooking), eating amazing food ALL day, watching football, and hanging out with some awesome friends. What could be better?
3. What’s your favorite TV show? (Doesn’t have to be currently on the air.)
I don’t think I have one. There’s nothing I couldn’t live without or wouldn’t be super sad if I’d never seen it.
4. If you could live in the fictional world of any book, which world/book would that be?
Well, given that it’s the series I’m reading now… I’d say Lyra’s world from the His Dark Materials series (aka The Golden Compass). Mainly because I want to see what my daemon would be.
5. What’s your favorite way to eat ice cream?
Spoon that I turn upside down…. though, well, cones are fun too. I haven’t had a cone in a while…
6. If you could cast the movie about your life, who would you have play you?
Uhhh… some unknown chick?
7. Do you own slippers? Do they look like an animal?
They’re on my feet now! And nope. Gift from my brother’s girlfriend. I did want animal ones, but never found ones I liked, so I asked for slippers for Christmas.
8. What are you most looking forward to in the next year?
Gonna assume this means the current 2012 year yet to come… Um. More traveling with my friends.
9. What’s your favorite Disney movie?
Well, my grandma’s was Fox & Hound… mine? … Well, probably the one I’ve seen the most is the Pirates series…
10. If you do karaoke, do you have a go-to song?
Nope. Only done karaoke twice, both times in groups. But if Africa by Toto comes on ANYWHERE, yes, I will be dancing along and singing (even if maybe just in my head).
11. What is your cocktail of choice?
Used to be rum & coke, but since I can’t do caffeine anymore… I cheap out and go with vodka cranberry. OH! Sierra Mist w/ Cranberry & vodka. Even better.

11. Questions for You.
1. Books… Rather buy & own them forever or just borrow them from a library or friend?
2. What “fashion no-no” do you commit with no shame (even if just secretly in your home)?
3. If you wear a watch, is it analog or digital?
4. What’s your favorite book-to-movie adaptation? What makes it work better?
5. Who’s the last person you wrote an actual pen & paper letter to?
6. What’s the standard, go-to meal/food you almost always have at home?
7. What’s your favorite way to reward yourself?
8. What is immediately to your left?
9. Favorite lego set/thing to build?
10. What your favorite museum and what exhibit do you like best?
11. Who’s that one person, outside of your family, who inspires you be better?