Donatella is doing fine. I think maybe the engine flooded when we were trying to start it up the other day, and that’s why it was running all rumply-pumply. Mr. Car Dude said the spark plugs look fine (as they should; I got them replaced right on my maintenance schedule), so we should just drive it and keep an eye (ear) on it. So far so good.

Here’s a survey I copied off my friends’ pages. Don’t worry, the answers are all mine.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Aprille
2. Apry
3. Bootsie

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Avenue Player
2. Aprillepetunia
3. Mucha Muchacha

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Smart brain
2. Nice smile
3. Tell good jokes

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Socially awkward
2. Take things too personally
3. Overcritical

THREE GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY:
1. Enthusiastic
2. Empathetic
3. Loyal

THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY:
1. Snobby
2. (didn’t I just do this?) Socially awkward
3. Shy in a way that’s hard to describe

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. English
2. German
3. I don’t know what else, but I may have bombed myself in WWII.

THREE THINGS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND:
1. Why they can’t make a pump lotion that doesn’t get lotion boogers
2. How microwave ovens work
3. Why it is so much easier to eat 600 calories than burn 600 calories

THREE THINGS THAT ANNOY YOU:
1. My phone ringing
2. Strangers who want to talk to me
3. When the lady at the fabric store asks what I’m making. None of your damn business!

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Heights
2. Shots (at the doctor, not at the bar)
3. Death

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Black coffee
2. Toothpaste
3. Hand lotion

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Dark grey ribbed turtleneck
2. Light grey pants
3. Shiny sparkly earrings

THREE THINGS ON YOUR DESK:
1. Coffee mug
2. So many pads of paper and loose papers
3. Two monitors

THREE THINGS YOU SAY THE MOST:
1. “Don’t tell Denny” (mostly said directly to Denny when I am mock-confessing something)
2. “Arfnabougin Augustine” (said while stretching)
3. “Oh my crap”

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
1. Pixies
2. David Bowie and the Bowie-rifics (I made up the Bowie-rifics part)
3. King Toad

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITES SONGS AT THE MOMENT:
1. The “This Is Techno” ringtone on my phone
2. “Tiny Cities Made of Ashes,” Modest Mouse
3. “Heaven,” King Toad

THREE PEOPLE YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH:
1. Denny
2. My coworkers (Angie, Ken, Kyle, etc.)
3. My computer (she is a human to me)

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS:
1. They love me exactly the way I am, and vice versa
2. They are brainiacs
3. They are trustworthy

THREE THINGS YOU WOULD WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. An alliance against the forces of evil
2. The ability to take care of me sometimes
3. The ability to be taken care of by me sometimes

THREE THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Smartness
2. Kindness
3. Smiley face

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU:
1. I have very healthy fingernails
2. I like to sing songs and substitute the word “cheesecake” for regular words in the song
3. I always nudge the thermostat lower than Denny would like it

THREE THINGS YOU CAN’T DO:
1. Speak any non-romance languages
2. See those stupid Magic Eye pictures
3. Dance hip-hop style

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Cooking tasty food
2. Sewing outfits
3. Reading and writing stories

THREE THINGS YOU WANT REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW:
1. Nice dining room chairs
2. Bridesmaid dresses that are beautiful and affordable for my friends
3. A baby! Denny says not yet 😛

THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING:
1. Writy McWriter
2. Computer Lady
3. Professor Lady

THREE PLACES YOU WOULD GO ON VACATION:
1. Spain
2. Nevis
3. Portugal

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Publish more writing
2. Be the amount of famous where one person per week asks me for my autograph or otherwise looks happy to see me for no good reason
3. See one of those stupid Magic Eye pictures

THREE PIECES OF ADVICE YOU CAN SHARE:
1. Don’t put water in your melting chocolate! It will seize up! And for the love of god, DON’T melt it on high heat! (Are you reading this, former roommate Aimee who stunk up my kitchen?)
2. Ballroom dancing is fun. You should learn how to do it.
3. “Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer you a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate–and quickly.” — Robert Heinlein