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Oh my, this is great. You know how I posted a “7 things about me” on the weekend? Well it seems that it was the second time I’d done that meme. Oh how time flies.

The only problem with this one is that it was during my “in denial” stage where I blogged about things that weren’t true to make it seem like I was okay. So to better show you how I used to do that, I’ve used strike through quite liberally in this update. And italics are additions that I made today. Enjoy!

Originally posted: October 9, 2008

I’ve been tagged by J., and am tagging everyone!

1. I aboslutely adore making lists, especially lists about me.  I think I need to do a new 100 Things About Me list, because the old one is from a much different time.  I’m actually said that my lists category only has one entry in it.  Well two now, including this.  My love of lists expands to chore lists (I like making the lists, not doing the chores), grocery lists, lists of things I’d like to buy…the list goes on! This is all still 100% true.

2. I’m a big fan of Facebook.  I use Twitter to update my status, and I upload most of the photos from my iPhone.  I post links and pictures that I really like, and want to share.  I import this blog so that people can read my posts from there. (Hi people who read my posts via Facebook!)  I play Tiny Adventures I don’t even remember what this is, maybe Dungeons and Dragons related? and keep track of books that I read.  I just love, love, love Facebook. Facebook is mostly for stalking people. I’ve got a page there for this webpage so that people who choose to see my blog posts and if they ever get the Twitter app to work I’ll be a bit happier. But still. Ugh. Smart Twitter for Pages saves the day. After writing this post I fiddled some more and finally found a solution. This Facebook apps filters out all the @’s and the RT’s and the #hashtags so that my Facebook peeps are not subjected to Twitter clutter. /cheer

3. I used to play Dungeons and Dragons.  And I love it.  Right now I’m a 12th level monk, who is a kalashtar named Cosmaashana.  I recently realized that I accidentally removed all of my previous posts on her when I revamped the blog, so I’ll be putting those back up pronto.  You will notice that her name has a link, and all of the posts will eventually be in the Cosmaashana category. I have posts kicking around somewhere of some creative writing that I did with this character, I’m sure I’ll post them someday. I’m currently working on a related but super secret project that involves a sketchbook, some pencils, a canvas and some paint.  I’m sure you’ll hear about it soon. I’m sure you won’t hear about it soon as I have no idea what it was. I can assure you that I have plenty of sketchbooks, pencils, canvas, and paint laying around the house though. Chances are I was going to illustrate one of the adventures, but I can’t really say for sure. As a side note, I really would like to start playing again. I’m thinking maybe even trying to be a Dungeon Master. We shall see. Until then I’ve started a Draenei Priest named Cosmaashana in World of Warcraft to tide me over.

4. I love my job. I said that because I was still in it. I don’t talk about my job on my blog, but that’s because I’d rather not.  This is generally a good policy and I still stick to it. I didn’t say anything about writing about jobs I’m not in at the moment. And technically I’m just on personal leave so we’ll see. I also don’t talk about my *really* personal life either. Yes, I do. Well parts of it. I’ll tell you all anything (but not everything) I tell my Mom. In both cases it’s because things happen at work and in my *really* personal life that implicate other people, other people who might not want to be talked about on the internet.  Back to my job.  I really love it, even if sometimes It’s going terribly.  The transition between being a student and being a professional has been a hard one, but I can say I think I’m finally at the beginning of “there”.  I’ve learned some lessons the hard way, but that’s sometimes how life goes. Amen.

5.  I’m in love with James Bond, and my favourite James Bond is Daniel Craig.  Who I often get mixed up with Clive Owen.  But it’s definitely Daniel Craig that I am in love with, and not Clive Owen.  This may or may not have anything to do with this picture.  It also may or may not have anything to do the swim trunks that he’s wearing.  But let me assure you, my love of James Bond runs much deeper than any physical attraction I may or may not have to Daniel Craig. I was in love with James Bond because the ex liked it. I now think James Bond is okay to watch and more think that Daniel Craig is hot. The end.

6. I am in love with all things England.  The time I spent in London is one of the most memorable times in my life, and the people I lived with and the people I visited that I had met when they came to Canada are some of the dearest and most wonderful people on earth.  I love the tradition, I love the buildings, I love the hundreds of years of history, I love the parliamentary system, I love the Tube, I just love, love, love all things England.  I terribly want to go back when I’m not dirt poor. Still 100% true.

7. I am a terrible procrastinator.  Right now I’m procrastinating about going home and getting cleaned up for my parent’s arrival tomorrow evening.  I’ve been a procrastinator my whole life, just ask my Mom about my project about cows that I did in Grade Three.  I should really scan that sucker and post it. Once again, 100% me.

I guess that wasn’t so bad, eh?

I’m in love with memes, even though I’m pretty terrible with passing them along. This is no exception to that rule. Which means I’ve modified the rules to suit me:

• Thank the person who gave them this award/roped them into this meme. (Thanks Bad Mummy!)
• Share 7 things about myself.
• Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who I’ve recently discovered and that I think are fantastic! I’m not very good at tagging people, so if you read this…you are tagged!

I also think it’s worth noting that seven things is really too easy. The last list I did about myself (in 2005! When I started blogging!) was 100 things. Without any further adoooo, here we go!

1. I’ve got the best boyfriend on earth. He’s the brother of a friend from Ottawa and we met at her birthday party. We started talking on the phone and the Internet and quite quickly realized that seeing each other in person quite regularly was something we wanted to do. We spent almost a year traveling between Ottawa and Toronto and then I decided that I was ready to pick up and start fresh in Toronto. And we’ve been living together ever since. I love him dearly and he doesn’t even annoy me one little bit ever.

2. I love working. I’m not a workaholic as I’m way too lazy for that. But when I have work to do that’s appreciated/that makes my brain work/that makes me feel needed I am in love! The money is of course nice, but much better is being able to communicate and collaborate and cheer each other on. And for your information, I’m on a contract right now that I LOVE TO BITS. This is big because I used to be very unhappy at work. I worked for the public service and had some very emotional and psychologically moments that affected me deeply.

3. I play World of Warcraft. In fact, I’m playing as I type this. I’ve been playing Horde since October 2006 (I think…) and I just recently started playing Alliance. I love both for different reason, but am right now really digging Alliance as it’s a whole new game. I have a level 80 druid, a level almost 80 paladin and two lowbies: a priest and a shaman. As you can tell, I love playing classes capable of healing. My favourite races to play are tauren, draenei, and night elf.  I’ve been playing Warcraft since the beginning and I love everything about it: the lore, the graphics, the everything!

4. I have gained and now lost a significant amount of weight in my 28 years on this planet. My main gain happened in university and the leadup to entering the public service. Being unceremoniously dumped added the final 20 pounds. I went to the doctor and she of course wanted me to lose weight and provided a much needed push. My little sister was also getting married and I didn’t want to be the fat sister bridesmaid. I was still a chubby sister bridesmaid, but as of the wedding I’d lost almost 50 pounds. That’s been a year now and I’ve not really made much of an effort, but thanks to changes in eating patterns my weight now starts with a two for the first time in a long time.

5. I call myself a writer these days and I’m quite happy about that. In my last list I mentioned that I wanted to call myself a writer so I’m happy to say that after five years I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I am one! I had a bit of a rough go while I was working for the public service because I had a manager who pretty much destroyed any confidence I had about any of my skills, but since then I’ve had lots of opportunities to prove to myself and others that I can make writing happen with my fingers.

6. I love food and food related activities. I used to be an emotional eater and now I’m just an eater. And a maker. I love to make and eat things, or go out and eat things, or have someone make things for me so that I can eat them. I’m not a picky eater at all, but I’ve finally learned that I can say that I don’t prefer something and be okay with that. I’m not the biggest fan of some tofu related products (and soy can be pretty evil, more on that someday) but you deep fry it and chances are it goes in my belly. My favourite food are the wings of chickens: spicy or sweet or hot or saucy or not, I love ‘em all. And P.S. coffee rules.

7. I love my family more than anything. Perfect bookends: I started with Joe and for the finale I’ll talk about how awesome my Mom, my Dad, my little sister, and my little brother are. I have grown much closer to my family in the time that I’ve been away from Manitoba, and even more closer in the time since I was dumped. I realized then the importance of my support system and keeping it healthy. The phone and the Internet are lifelines to home and my visits are less far and few between.