Read Across Canada: A 2013 Challenge discussion

A - Age: 25
B - Book you are reading: I'm in between books right now.
C - Chore you hate: Laundry
D - Dessert you love: Chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
G - Gold or silver: Gold, I suppose.
H - Height: 5'4-ish
I - Instruments you play: I can play simple pieces on the piano
J - Job title: Entrepreneur- I'm about to open a bookstore
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: I have roommates.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: lol
N - Nicknames: Meliss, Lissy
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: people who tailgate me.
Q- Quotes you like: Don't trust anyone who hasn't brought a book with them- Lemony Snicket
R - Right or left handed: Left-handed
S - Siblings: I'm an only child
T - Time you woke up today: 7:30
U - Unique thing about you: I'm a vegetarian.
V - Vegetable you love: Carrots?
W - Worst habit: Getting distracted easily.
X - X-rays you've had: The last one I had was to make sure I didn't break my wrist.
Y - Yummy food you make: Spinach and feta crostata.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aries

A - Age: 56
B - Book you are reading: Doomsday Book, Anna Karenina, Swann's Way, The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life
C - Chore you hate: Sorting paperwork
D - Dessert you love: Tiramisu
E - Essential start your day item: Hot Tea/Coffee/Hot Chocolate
F - Favorite author/ book: Do not have a particular favorite
G - Gold or silver: Gold, Rose Gold
H - Height:almost 5'4"
I - Instruments you play: Piano...long ago
J - Job title: Retired/Disabled Entrepreneur (Int'l Travel Agency) and Nana
K - Kid(s): 3 daughters; 6 grandsons and 2 granddaughters
L - Living arrangements: Hobo. At present staying with one of my daughters prepping for when she has to stay at work during a strike (one day I WILL get to go home)
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: bloody hell
N - Nicknames: Nana
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: plenty
P - Pet Peeve: public school curriculum or lack thereof
Q- Quotes you like: "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance." - Socrates
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: a younger brother and much younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: 7:00 am (then I went back to bed)
U - Unique thing about you: I can justify anything
V - Vegetable you love: All the veggies!
W - Worst habit: Procrastination, world champ
X - X-rays you've had: Having a bunch of medical stuff right now so it was probably yesterday
Y - Yummy food you make: Roasted Red Pepper Lasagna
Z - Zodiac Sign: Gemini

A - Age: 34
B - Book you are reading: Infidel by Kameron Hurley
C - Chore you hate: Kitchen after cooking, too bad I love to cook!
D - Dessert you love: Chocolate, anything dark and rich
E - Essential start your day item: Shower
F - Favorite author/ book: Catherynne Valente
G - Gold or silver: Hmm, silver
H - Height: 5'7
I - Instruments you play: Piano, flute, mallet percussion
J - Job: Librarian
K - Kid(s): None, unless you count the beagle
L - Living arrangements: married 12 years
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: absolutely
N - Nicknames: Jenny
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: people who don't follow through
Q- Quotes you like: "One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore." -Andre Gide
R - Right or left handed: Right-handed, but I have this weird ability to write exactly mirror-image backwards with my left.
S - Siblings: I'm the oldest of three girls
T - Time you woke up today: 6:30
U - Unique thing about you: Friends and coworkers treat me like a dream interpreter.
V - Vegetable you love: Kale!
W - Worst habit: Staying up too late
X - X-rays you've had: Arm, brain, gut (gallbladder), lungs (pneumonia) - I'm a mess! ;)
Y - Yummy food you make: I love to bake.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer

A - Age: 41
B - Book you are reading: The Tin Flute - Gabrielle Roy, The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories - Roch Carrier, Tales of the Foreign Settlements in Japan - Harold Williams
C - Chore you hate: I don't mind chores, I just have to be poked to do certain ones ... :)
D - Dessert you love: Plum crumble
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Marian Keyes
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'2
I - Instruments you play: I've not had training in any but I have my gran's piano which I play sometimes
J - Job: Medical Librarian
K - Kid(s): None, unless you count Dignity, our kitty!
L - Living arrangements: married 11 years
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: never-mind
N - Nicknames: Giggles (don't ask!)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: lots
P - Pet Peeve: hypocrisy
Q- Quotes you like: "If someone told me I could've trained to be a librarian, I would have thought, great!" -Vivienne Westwood
R - Right or left handed: Right-handed
S - Siblings: I'm the oldest of 2 siblings - girl then boy
T - Time you woke up today: 9:30am (it is Sunday)
U - Unique thing about you: Mmmm kidney transplant
V - Vegetable you love: I used to loathe eggplant and just last year, I started to love it. Must. Have. Eggplant!
W - Worst habit: Staying up too late (mine too Jenny)
X - X-rays you've had: Too many to mention
Y - Yummy food you make: I love to bake and experiment with new recipes
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo

Plum crumble sounds good, Yrinsdale. And yes, you're allowed to count pets as a kid. :)

A - Age: 17
B - Book you are reading: More than one
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Anything with chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: Food
F - Favorite author/book: JK Rowling
G - Gold or silver: Silver for jewelery but gold for medals
H - Height: 5'3
I - Instruments you play: Piano and I sing
J - Job title: Hockey referee
K - Kid(s): Not for at least 5 years
L - Living arrangements: With my parents
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "like"
N - Nicknames: Jess, Bob (don't ask lol)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Pneumonia when I was 6
P - Pet Peeve: Todays music industry *cringe*
Q- Quotes you like: "If people make fun of you, it probably means you're doing something right." - Amy Lee
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: One older sister
T - Time you woke up today: 10:00
U - Unique thing about you: I hate criticism because I am a perfectionist but I crave it for the same reason
V - Vegetable you love: None lol
W - Worst habit: Procrastinating
X - X-rays you've had: See "O"
Y - Yummy food you make: Shortbread cookies
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jessie, do you sing or play anything on Youtube I'd recognize? I listen to Celine Dion and Evanesence sometimes.

I'm a huge Evanescence fan. I have a youtube account, www.youtube.com/user/xJessG I haven't put up any videos of me singing Broadway songs yet but I will be doing that eventually.

You'd probably get along well with my best friend, then. She loves Evanesence.

I thought you sounded nice singing Good Enough, Jessie.

Jessie wrote: "I'm a huge Evanescence fan. I have a youtube account, www.youtube.com/user/xJessG I haven't put up any videos of me singing Broadway songs yet but I will be doing that eventually."

Jessie, I watched some of your videos. I love your piano playing, very nice.