The fabulous Mandira of Ahaar tagged me with a cool Three Things Meme. These memes are nice because it makes you sit down and really think about what you like and dislike. Go over to Mandira's and see her choices. Then do one of your own!
Three Things that make me laugh
1. Dr. Strangelove, Or How I learned to Stop Worrying And Love the bomb.
2. Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot.
3. Bringing Up Baby/His Girl Friday/The Philadelphia Story
Honorable Mention: Absolutely Fabulous, Wedding Crashers.
Three Things that make me cry
1. Madame Butterfly. (As soon as I hear the music I start to cry.)
2. Vittorio de Sica's film Umberto D. ( It's sad! Really sad!!!)
3. The Velveteen Rabbit.
Three Things that scare me
1. Certain politicians in office right now.
2. Viruses and bacteria that make me sick.
3. Cruelty. (They all go together.)
Three Things I love
1. Yosemite.
2. Family, friends (human and non-human)
3. Spring
Three Things I'd like to learn
1. To speak Italian.
2. Patience. (And a lot of the people around me wish I would learn that.)
3. Really good cake decorating skills.
Three Things on my Desk
1. My camera
2. My iBook computer
3. A big pile of magazines.
Three favorite foods
1. Tuna
2. Tomato sandwiches
3. Polenta
Three beverages I drink regularly
(I have GERD, so a lot of my favorite beverages, that I would like to drink regularly, are now forbidden--like wine, orange juice, coffee, etc!) So, most of the time it's:
1. Water (Yawn)
2. Water (Yawn)
3. Water (Yawn
Three TV shows/Books I watched/read as a kid
1. The Black Stallion. (I was one of those horse crazy kids.)
2. Black Beauty. ( I told you!! I wanted to be a horse.)
3. The Pokey Little Puppy. (My mother said I made her read this children's book to me each night for months, until she wanted to throw it away. Apparently, I knew every word and would get upset if she tried to skip any of them! So, I think this qualifies as my first "reading.")
Now, I tag everyone who would like to do this!
The Velveteen Rabbit!! Oh that book made me cry too! I did this meme but apparently forgot (or blanked out) the Cry category.
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Posted by: Kate | January 28, 2007 at 05:02 AM
Good choices, I had fun reading reading your list. I want to visit Yosemite too, I've heard so much about it.
Posted by: Mandira | January 28, 2007 at 07:59 AM
Loved the line about people around you wishing you would learn patience. That was hilarious.
Posted by: Glenna | January 28, 2007 at 09:14 AM
I'll go a step further and say politics in general scare me nowadays. I used to be big into politics in 2004, but I have been so apathetic towards it (but I still vote!!!) as of late.
I have GERD too...and I miss my pineapple juice. Water here too. *Sigh*.
Thanks for posting this, it's great to get to know you better! :)
Posted by: Jennifer | January 28, 2007 at 10:32 AM
I used to love horse books when I was a kid too and I think I read every horse book Marguerite Henry ever wrote. Although in truth I preferred books about horses and ponies to actual horses and ponies.
And I love your movie choices!
Posted by: Julie | January 28, 2007 at 11:55 AM
for your tuna:
dried cranberries
red onion, chopped
red apple, chopped with skin
stir into your tuna/mayo...a little pepper.
voila! 3-reds tuna salad.
trust me, you may never eat tuna any other way after trying this.
Posted by: whaleshaman | January 28, 2007 at 05:57 PM
Pokey Little Puppy makes me think of my grandmother. This was one of teh Golden Books that she had on her closet shelf. I would ALWAYS read this book when I went over there. Anyway, the book became quite "loved" and some of the pages were missing. My mom found it and got it for me last year for Christmas...kind of different gift for a 22 year-old but I loved it! This year she bought Corderoy for me...gotta love children's books!
Posted by: Claire | January 28, 2007 at 07:22 PM
Oh, my I had to read both the Pokey Little Puppy and the Velveteen Rabbit so many times to our two boys I learned both by heart. I know how your mother wanted to throw it out but now I'm glad I didn't.
Posted by: Tanna | January 28, 2007 at 09:34 PM
I loved Black Beauty, too! Although I actually wanted to be a wild brumby in Australia, lol.
Sucks about the gerd, I would go bonkers without wine and coffee!
Posted by: s'kat | January 29, 2007 at 06:03 AM
Seeing what you drink, have to remind myself to drink more water... Enjoy reading your meme... darn, forget to do mine!
Posted by: gattina | January 30, 2007 at 03:11 AM