Three screen names that you have had: rowanf, adder, roannaflowers

Three things you like about yourself: my sense of humor (mostly wicked), my creativity, and my ethical center (not unlike the center of the tootsie roll tootsie-pop)

Three things you don't like about yourself: my quick discouragement trigger, panic, and envy of anyone ever published

Three parts of your heritage: Cherokee, Irish, Italian

Three things that scare you: death, creepy movies with kids in weird Japanese stop motion effects (The Ring et al), The Shining

Three of your everyday essentials: Giving cuddles to the silverpuss, walking, internet access

Three things you are wearing right now: Nike dry weave jogging suit, new red t-shirt from American Apparel, VS undies.

Three of your favorite songs: Current favorites are: Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones, Un Jour Comme Un Autre by Brigette Bardot, This Guy's In Love With You by Burt Bacharach

Three new things you want to try in the next 12 months: Dating, doing a < 8 hour marathon, buying a house

Three things I want in a relationship: equality, fidelity, spontaneity

Two truths and a lie: I want to win the lotto and move to France, I want to find a mentor, I am a democrat

Three things you can't (can I say "won't"?) do without: writing, traveling, laughing/finding humor in life

Three places you want to go on vacation: Paris (next birthday), Florence, Vegas

Three things you just can't do: eat oysters, juggle, smoke

Three kids' names: Sabrina, Audrey, Tristan

Three things you want to do before you die: the Peace Corps, marriage (again), tango in Paris

Three Celeb crushes: Clive Owen, Ewan MacGregor, Ben Kingsley

Three people you want to know these things about: Shakespeare, St. Augustine, Einstein