Straight No Chaser

Campbell Leilani

one last survey, because i can't turn down such an earnest request, particularly not when it comes from christina. commentary where it strikes my fancy, because that's what i do. then a real post tomorrow. for you, christina! many happy returns of the day. real post tomorrow.

three names you go by:
1. shannon
2. shanzi
3. li'l girl

three screen names you have had:
1. jayceless85
2. ellingtoni210
3. [secret, to avoid certain folks at certain times of day]

three physical things you like about yourself:
1. my hips
2. my lips
3. my...(thinks, redirects) eyes

three physical things you don't like about yourself:
1. my heel, which hurts like the dickens right now. that cut happened days ago. i really think something's wrong
2. my hair
3. my nose

three parts of your heritage:
1. we went over this last week. first and foremost, sweet slave-descended african-american mutt
2. irish
3. cherokee

three things that scare you:
1. the ocean
2. the future
3. the mariana trench, the murky depths of which should not exist in nature

three of your everyday essentials:
1. two spare car keys, because i tend to lock the door prematurely
2. my silver hoops
3. my kate spade messenger bag

three things you are wearing:
1. thigh-length denim skirt
2. ribbed white tank top drawn up with a blue ribbon
3. aforementioned silver hoops

three of your favorite bands:
1. whiiiiiiine i hate this question can't i just remind you that i love jazzzzz
2. frown. okay, the original miles davis quintet
3. jamiroquai, circa the release of "traveling without moving"
4. since i skipped number one, i'm a big fan of 101 strings (cringe)

three of your favorite songs:
1. also hard and unfair. i love music. period. three songs i love, chosen at random, include: "superwoman (where were you when i needed you)," the stevie wonder and quincy jones versions,
2. this question is really unfair. i could list three thousand without coming up for air. anyway, "dear old stockholm," my favorite davis/coltrane collaboration, and,
3. to give the impression that i have any interest in music produced since i was born, "talk to me," by jill scott, and "she lives in my lap," by andre 3000. and "sweet love," anita baker. i swear i could do this forever. "to love you more," celine dion. a great many disney classics. woe is me

three things you want in a relationship:
1. love
2. depth
3. connection

two truths and a lie (in no particular order):
1. i'd marry marcus tomorrow if he asked me
2. i never lose at scrabble
3. i intend to lose my virginity somewhere outdoors

three physical things about the opposite sex that appeal to you:
1. expressive eyes
2. gentle hands
3. hangman: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _           _ _ _ _ _

three of your favorite hobbies:
1. reading/writing
2. playing the piano
3. swimming

three things you want to do really badly right now:
1. sleep
2. write something that ends with the word "SPLAT" to express my all-encompassing frustration
3. anyone up for more hangman? no? we'll skip this one then

three careers you're considering/you've considered:
1. obstetrician
2. securities attorney
3. award-winning novelist

three places you want to go on vacation:
1. my room
2. shreveport
3. the suez canal

three kids' names you like:
1. miles
2. caden/sheadon (they rhyme)
3. funny story: i remember deciding i wanted to name my first son "imhotep." long long ago. he would have had a sister named "campbell leilani." i tend not to like boring names. i like marcel, for a girl, and taylor, for a boy, and i've considered naima, for the song, and if my name weren't taken i'd list that as well. but all the names i really like tend to sound like stripper names, or worse. oh, i know, i like tara

three things you want to do before you die:
1. write something wonderful
2. watch a baby be born
3. swim in the rainforest

three ways that you are stereotypically a boy:
1. i think clothes are stupid
2. i like to be physical
3. i curse

three ways that you are stereotypically a girl:
1. i like to look pretty
2. i like to act coy
3. i like to sound like a lady

three celeb crushes:
1. hill harper
2. johnny depp
3. (ack! peer pressure!) david duchovny. and morris chestnut

three people that you would like to see take this quiz now:
1. katrina, because i like to see when we have things in common
2. grim, because he could use it as twenty-three (or sixty-nine) items on his list, thereby bringing us closer to island euphony
3. highly evolved, because i just found out she reads my journal and am still duly excited. doesn't seem like her cup of tea, though; a little vapid. grim might not either. oh well, anyone who's up for more surveying fun

now i need to go listen to some nina simone, because cappucine reminded me of her "mood indigo." i'm sad. maybe if i stroke the purple ribbon with my cursor some i'll feel better.