The Sheila Variations

Weekend survey

From RTG ... (and I'm not just doing this survey thing cause she linked to me!!)

1. What movies would you like to live in?

First and foremost, Only Angels Have Wings. Full list here.

2. Name one thing you do better than anybody else.

Wow. I have no idea. You'd have to ask my friends and family who love me. I can't answer that.

3. What's your background?

Artistic. Small town Rhode Islander. Bohemian, I guess. Brought up in a university town.

4. If your friends would be completely honest and tell you what they think about you, would you want to know?

I actually did that once with some really good friends. I called a couple of them up, one by one, and asked them some REALLY hard questions, like:

"Have I ever let you down?"

and

"What do you think I need to work on?"

and

"What do I do that really annoys you?"

I gave myself the rule, too, that I couldn't talk back to them, when they answered - even if I felt like defending myself. Just LISTEN, Sheila. Shut up and listen. These people love you. And they love you even though you HAVE let them down once or twice. It was not easy to hear the truth, but I always hung up the phone feeling rich and BLESSED.

5. What's the last good book you read?

I just finished Tracy and Hepburn by Garson Kanin. It's awesome.

Also The Great Terror by Robert Conquest. Still processing that one.

6. If you were a cartoon character, what would your name be, what would you look like, and what would you do?

Fenian Fly-Girl. I would have long flaming red hair, and I would wear Celtic jewelry, like something out of Mists of Avalon, and I would most definitely fly - because I've always wanted to do that. And ... er ... I guess I would fight crime. Yeah. I would fly about the world, and kill bad guys. My sidekick would have to be Stretchy Colorado.

7. Are you going to buy a copy of my new book?

Title, please?? Of course I will!

8. Tell me one thing you are glad you finished.

"The Enchantment of Things", a book I wrote. Also, that I got closure with P.M. Took a lot of work, but I finished it. In a good way, a healthy way. I bludgeoned him in a dark alley. (No, just kidding.)

9. Give me one piece of wisdom your mother told you.

"It was the second call that made the difference." Story here.

10. Name a few overrated blogs and a few underrated blogs.

Oh boy. Time to make some enemies.

Overrated: Wizbang. Wonkette. hahaha I'm not linking to them. They get enough UNDESERVED traffic.

Underrated - and this list is not exhaustive, just the first that come to mind: Ann Althouse, Truly Bad Films, No Such Blog, Fortuna ... and many many many more spectacular blogs - go look through my blogroll for more!

Posted by sheila