Whoever you are: step out of doors tonight,
Out of the room that lets you feel secure.
Infinity is open to your sight.
Whoever you are.
With eyes that have forgotten how to see
From viewing things already too well-known,
Lift up into the dark a huge, black tree
And put it in the heavens: tall, alone.
And you have made the world and all you see.
It ripens like the words still in your mouth.
And when at last you comprehend its truth,
Then close your eyes and gently set it free.

- Entrance by Dana Gioia

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Jenny Ziegler wants to know 15 of weird, random things about me. I decided to match her post point for point, using her list as the basis for mine.

1.) I have never been to Alaska.

2.) I have not heard Paul McCartney's song Little Willow. I know I will at some point, when the time is right.

3.) I like my hair.

4.) I have been given multiple shirts that say Rock Star and another that says Rock Angel.

5.) I rarely doodle. I tend to write full words and sentences instead.

6.) I mentioned geodes in a conversation two days ago.

7.) I like Sylvester simply because he's a cat. I also enjoy Bugs, Wile E. Coyote, and Gossamer.

8.) I enjoy intelligent wordplay.

9.) I like making lists. I like crossing completed tasks off of lists.

10.) I read one Alias book six years ago. It turns out that Jenny wrote it.

11.) I am a dancer who wishes she were more flexible.

12.) I have never been overseas.

13.) I have always had an active imagination, but never an imaginary friend. I didn't need one. I had Twinkie.

14.) I like accomplishing things.

15.) I've never been to a creek.