1) Personality-wise, I’m such a guy. I love playing the xbox (the sword-and-sorcery games mostly, where I can kill lots of stuff), action movies with explosions, hate girly chick-flicks, love hiking and camping, love ice hockey, never really outgrew being a tomboy… yeah, sometimes it’s like my parents have a really funny-looking second son.

2) Yet I also dearly love getting all dressed-up and prettified. Love having my hair done, love doing the special “evening makeup,” love wearing fancy dresses, sparkly jewelry, and pretty shoes. As long as I only have to do it a couple times a year, I get a big kick out of it.

3) I am the absolute WORST at decorating my house. For instance, right now? I have no art or photos on my walls at all. I do, however, have a huge fabric bat over my computer with EEK! painted across its chest. (Blame Laura Hamby, she gave it to me.) The only other thing hanging on my walls is a clock, and it’s not exactly where I want it but there was already a nail in the other place, so I just stuck it there… Martha Stewart, I ain’t.

4) I am very political and really have to bite my tongue sometimes to keep it off online forums so I don’t offend anyone. The thing I miss most about my recent move across the state is that I can no longer listen to my favorite public radio station and get all the news. *sniffle*

5) I would lie, cheat, steal or kill to go into space. Man, I’d love to go into space! Can you imagine anything cooler than that? Weightlessness! Wish they’d hurry up and make it affordable (ha) for us regular people, cuz I wanna go SO bad.

So, there’s 5 things about me! Thanks for tagging me, Meg, only next time maybe tell me you did it, you sneaky bat, you! *snicker*

1. My husband and I met at a wedding. His best friend married mine. He was the best man, and I was the maid of honor. I thought I looked fat and ridiculous in my bridesmaid’s dress, and that he was so handsome, I had no chance in the world with him. So I was utterly and completely myself — goofy sense of humor and all. And wouldn’t you know it? He liked me anyway.

2. I would rather eat a cheeseburger than a steak. To clarify, I’d rather eat a GOOD cheeseburger than a steak. I sort of have this secret ambition in life to find the world’s most perfect cheeseburger.

3. I am shy when it comes to getting up in front of a group of people I don’t know. I’m Little Miss Sunshine Social on the internet, and I used to be in plays and musicals in my youth — had no stage fright at all. Just the opposite, really — I loved performing. But performing was the key. When it comes to just being me, I wilt. I think other people are far more interesting. Which is why I create them in my writing.

4. My brother-in-law owns a restaurant, The Burger Lounge, in Lake Tahoe, California. Convenient for me, considering #2.

5. My car’s radiator leaked all over Karen Robards’ drive way. Yes, Karen Robards, the NY Times best-selling author. My radiator didn’t just leak a little bit. It leaked EVERYWHERE, the veritable Biblical flood of antifreeze all over her blacktop. (And she is the most gracious person in the world to tell me it was no big deal.)

This was fun! Thanks for the opportunity, Meg!

Sara