take apart a bed frame
remove unwanted stuff from Grace
paint headboard

g3 fav movies any genre

*Amelie
*Cinema Paradiso
*Waking Ned Devine

Give me three films you've seen more than five times.

Miles Davis, It Never Entered My Mind
Audrey Hepburn, Moon River
Ol' 55, Sarah McLachlan



GM3 people—famous or not, dead or alive—you would love to eavesdrop on, and who they would be talking to.

My neice Maddie in school.
Churchill and Roosevelt
Reagan and Queen Elizabeth

GM3 fav threads

• The Listening Thread
• Rndomly Posting Stuff Because You Feel Like It
• Abandoned

GM3 examples of small ways you have hurt yourself recently (trips, falls, near-misses, not realizing the water was so hot, etc.).

I bit the inside of my cheek.
I stuck the toothbrush in my eye.
I spilled hot coffee on my leg.

And that was all this morning! And I've only been awake for three hours!! ;)

GM3 of your favorite things to eat on a bagel.

Peanut butter, cream cheese and smoked salmon.

GM3 of your favorite places in the world that you have visited.

Florence, Hong Kong and Austin.

3 moments that have stopped you in your tracks.

My Mother's death
My Father's death
another moment I won't say outloud.



gm3 fav desserts

Creme brulee, strawberry shortcake and pretty much anything chocolate based (as long as there is no coffee flavored component present)

3 artists to whom you are drawn (pun possibly intended, you decide)

*Gregory Colbert
*Anish Kapoor
*Chris Ofili


Give me three of your favorite museums or galleries

The Louvre

Fine Arts Museum (El Paso) really!

Alhambra, Spain


gm 3 hat styles you prefer...

*Cloche
*Fascinator
*anything by Philip Treacy
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...-treacy-10.jpg

and again...I ::heart:: hats!

Give me three hat styles you prefer

*Elie Saab
*Vivienne Westwood
*Oscar de la Renta
and
*Blahnik,Choo,Louboutin,please&thankyou


Give me three items of clothing you dislike wearing

With my husband doing husband and wife things.....
Going to a museum. Most of them are free here!
Watching a really good film with my husband.

GM3 events that shaped or changed your life.

*Emigrating to the UK because it was the only legal option to maintain my long term relationship, going through the incredibly long and odious immigration process and discovering just how personal the political is.

*Living abroad

*My car accident

bonus event

*A message: "Tom Quinn, Adam Carter or Lucas North?"


and again....

Give me three events that shaped or changed your life

Ooops cross posted

*Coffeeeeeeee, strong, please.
*Sparkling water
*Champagne

Give me three events that shaped or changed your life

*ginormous shoulder pads
*the neon palette
*polyester as the main "fiber" in any garment that touches ones' skin


*Apples to Apples
*Scrabble
*Pictionary


Give me three of your favorite outdoor activities

Not much for cocktails, prefer butchtails....lol

I enjoy

Kahlua in my coffee with cream
Midori on the rocks, splash of pinapple juice (add vodka you have a Pearl Harbor)
Rashberry liquore over ice, splash of cream...omg yummy. (forgive spelling pls)


gimme 3 safe ways to kill bugs in the kitchen

Oh, p.s. leg warmers are wonderful to use on elbows with arthritis or tennis elbow, so don't throw them away, pass them on to someone who needs them.

or around your neck if you have a sore throat, hold a bag of frozen cubes or peas to cool an injury.

*A well made Cosmopolitan

*A Dark and Stormy

*A Sparkling Manhattan

True story about the devising of the 'Sparkling Manhattan'

know-it-all college age son says to his mother (askance):
"MOTHER! are you putting champagne in your Manhattan?!?!?!?!?"

Mother says to her son (without missing a beat):
"Yes, Darling, because Mummy knows how to LIVE!"



Give me three of your favorite dishes to order when you're at a restaurant

*put a glass/bowl/vase/box over it and leave it in the middle of the floor until someone brave comes home to take care of it.

*squash it with the September issue of vogue.

*hope at least one of your cats will do the job.

Give me three of your favorite dishes to order when you're at a restaurant

Anything Thai
Anything Japanese
Anything with chocolate

ya I'm easy

gm3 fave lotions

Black pepper chicken and steamed rice.
Angel hair pasta with meatballs and meat sauce.
3meat combo with potato salad and coleslaw.

GM3 sounds you find very comforting.

The ocean.
Children laughing hysterically.
My Mom's voice.

What? My name is Gentle Tiger after all.

Give me 3 things that wig you out.

we skipped lotions...
 

heat
cold
bugs

gm3 fav smells

Three Things....
 

:blink: People picking on "the weaker man", being mean to others because it makes them feel better (I get very protective)
:blink: Prejudice (Race, Religion, Etc. Treat me well; I treat you well. It really is that simple.)
:blink: Being lied to or accused of something I did not do (I can handle anything as long as it is given to me straight. And I'll be the first one to confess if I know I'm wrong / did something wrong, but the facts had damned well better be straight.)

Three Things You'd Fight For (Other Than Spouse/Family/Friends)

personal greatness
a mind free o' envy & guilt
honesty & truth

gimme 3 abject lessons you've learnt in your life...

What goes around comes around.
Past behavior is a real good indicator of future behavior.
If you are willing to settle for less than what you want, then you will always have less than what you want or deserve.

GM3 things you wish never happened.

Vietnam War
my orange hair
fallen in love with a fantasy

gm3 you wish HAD happened :vigil:

That polio really had been eradicated in the year 2000 as projected.

That "Peace in the Middle East" had lasted.

That the last person I was involved with had been a truth teller.

Please GM3 ways you plan to usher in the weekend.

Katniss~~

*with a mani/pedi - SO overdue!

*with a big salad

*with sleep (its been a week of far too little sleep & far too many early mornings)

Give me three ways you normally spend a Friday night