what are your hobbies?
Hmmm, I don’t really have a lot of hobbies right now. I’ve been so busy. Does traveling count? I don’t have the monies to do it as often as I’d like but I love to research and plan itineraries.
fav color?
I seem to be partial to the green family.
do you have any allergies?
I’m mildly allergic to kitties – not to the point that I have to avoid them completely, but bad enough that I have to be aware of how I’m handling them (no face rubs!) and make sure I wash my hands afterwards.
known languages?
I was pretty fluent in French while I was in college but I haven’t used it much since then so I’ve probably forgotten everything. I’m working on my Korean fluency. I tend to pick up languages fairly easily whenever I travel, and while I wouldn’t say I’m fluent, I can get by pretty well.
happy lotto num…
I’m not sure what this means, but it does remind me that our manager gave everyone a scratch-off lotto card in their Christmas cards and I had to have someone literally show me how to use it. I didn’t win.
OVERSHARE a random fact
Hmmm, a random fact…
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress (elected – there were women who essentially inherited the position when their husbands died during their terms) and she was also a die-hard pacifist. She was the only person to vote against the US going to both the First World War and the Second World War – while there were others who voted against joining WWI, she was literally the only one who voted against the US joining WWII. It was quite a shocking move on her part and lost her the respect of her constituents, and it was her last term in Congress. (Note: these terms were not concurrent, just coincidentally at the same time as the wars.) She was instrumental in the women’s suffrage movement, helping to convince her state to give the women the right to vote and then fighting for women’s right to vote once she was in Congress. However the 19th Amendment wouldn’t be ratified until after she was out of office.
The Obsessive Dilettante 