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Nine Places I've Been

1. La Paz Bolivia

2. Cochabamba, Bolivia

3. Uppsala, Sweden

4. Boschenhoofd, Netherlands

5. London

6. New York City

7. Montevideo, Uruguay

8. Buenos Aires, Argentina

9. Pittsburgh, PA

Eight Ways to Win My Heart

1. Enjoy reading books

2. Tidying up after yourself

3. Opening the door when my arms are full of parcels but leaving me be otherwise

4. Like to cook

5. Have traveled outside of the US

6. Be a native English speaker with a non-USian accent (Australian, Scottish, Irish, Northern English, Southern English...I find them all very charming)

7. Like dogs

8. Be self-confident without arrogance

Seven Things I Want to Do Before I Die

1. Get out of debt

2. Finish graduate school

3. Visit Antarctica

4. Visit El Salvador

5. Visit Iceland

6. Visit New Zealand

7. Visit Japan

Six Things I'm afraid of

1. rats

2. dancing in public

3. my car catching on fire

4. getting laid off

5. having nothing but Lipton's tea or Folger's coffee to drink

6. something terrible happening to the animals in my care

Five Things I don't like

1. goat cheese

2. dill weed

3. ill-tempered, little yappy dogs

4. home repair 

5. mowing the lawn

Four Things Ways to Turn Me Off

1. own an ill-tempered, little yappy dog

2. talk on a cell-phone whilst driving

3. tell me to "just Google it" if I ask you a question

4. not tidy up after yourself

Three Things I do everyday

1. knit

2. read

3. take a walk

Two Things That Make Me Happy

1. a freshly made pot of good tea

2. a day at work where there is plenty of work to keep me busy and all of it interesting

One Thing on my mind right now

1. I'm glad Seamus is going to be all right.