It's so High Fidelity

And I get to play the John Cusack role, thanks to the well-coifed Scrivener’s tag.

Three people who make me laugh
1. Paige
2. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart (they count as one, dammit)
3. David Letterman

Three things I can do
1. Make you laugh
2. Tell you way too much more than you want to know about R.E.M., any great album, any musician I adore (as Dale will attest)
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Three things I can’t do
1. Sing (but that doesn’t stop me)
2. Whistle
3. Say “no”

Three things I’m doing right now
1. E-mailing back and forth with the Northwest doppelganger
2. Eating a spiked watermelon
3. Enjoying R.E.M.’s New Adventures in Hi-Fi

Three things I want to do before I die
1. Fall madly in love one more time
2. Have a short story published
3. Live in the mountains

Three things I hate the most
1. People so close-minded in their extreme beliefs — Republican or Democrat, Christian or agnostic — that they won’t stop and listen to your views
2. Dubya’s (attempt at a) presidency
3. When someone doesn't e-mail back after you’ve asked a question or are in the middle of an e-conversation

Three things that scare me
1. Rats
2. Neo-cons
3. Michael Bolton

Three things I don’t understand
1. Econ 101
2. Neo-cons
3. Michael Bolton

Three skills I’d like to learn
1. Playing the guitar
2. Water skiing
3. Writing a short story

Three ways to describe my personality
1. Flirty
2. Funny
3. Fiercely loyal

Three things I think you should listen to
1. R.E.M.
2. Nina Simone
3. Gram Parsons

Three things you should never listen to
1. Someone who tells you your beliefs are wrong or naïve or utopian
2. Fox News
3. Michael Bolton

Three favorite foods
1. Very rare ahi tuna
2. Sushi
3. Salmon with béarnaise sauce (but only in Paris)

Three beverages I drink regularly
1. Dasani bottled water
2. Triple grande nonfat latte
3. Margarita swirls (the swirl is sangria!) from Casa Grande

Three shows I watched as a kid
1. “That Girl”
2. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
(Believe it or not, both of these shows influenced who I am today; look for a column about that in the near future)
3. “The Partridge Family”
(I loved David Cassidy; I had the most photos of him in the sixth grade, and I'm still proud of that accomplishment.)

Three blogs I’m tagging
1. Eclectic Tales, because she always has a great story to tell and she tells them well
2. The Road Goes on Forever, because he understands what’s important in life and has so much joy in his
3. KulturFluff, because I like how her mind works

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