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In keeping with the advice of my blog buddy Wil, I present to you Three Things That Make Me Feel Cheerful, by Diana (age 29):

1. Our one-year-old cat, Mei, has finally begun to mellow out and not attack my hands and/or feet under the covers. Instead, she tends to curl up behind my knees and purr contentedly until she falls asleep. Whenever I move or roll over, she wakes up and begins purring again, despite the fact that I’ve just made her rearrange her sleeping position.
2. My husband and I work opposite shifts, so he comes to bed around 4am or so, smack in the middle of my night’s sleep. Sometimes, though, I’m lucky enough to wake up when he climbs in beside me, and I get a few minutes of cuddly snuggly half-asleep happiness before I drift off again. And, yes, sometimes the cat is still there.
3. Weekends. Weekends make me happy. And not because I’m not at work; like I mentioned, my husband and I work opposite shifts, so I only see him for 25 minutes every weekday. Weekends are when I get to have quality time with my soulmate, which is cool. Whether we go to a concert, an art fair, or just go thrifting, those two days really recharge me and make me a much happier person.

Now it’s your turn. In this time of WTF-ness, what makes you happy?

[Note: Wil Wheaton is not really my buddy. Even though he likes The Pixies, and even though I thoroughly enjoy his writing style, and even though I feel as if we would get along (again, reference the familiar writing style), I have not actually corresponded with Wil, nor have I met him. — Hey, Wil? Are you ever planning to do that Star Trek Convention in Vegas…?]

Well, nobody’s specifically tagged me to do it, but I haven’t done it yet, and I thought it might be fun. So, here I go: the “20 Things You May Not Know About Me” Meme. I may go through some basics that my closer friends already know, just because it’s interesting “me” stuff, but I’ll try to keep it relatively new and as surprising and interesting as possible.

1. I was born to a single mother.
2. My biological father offered to put up the cash to have me aborted.
3. I qualified for free lunches in elementary school.
4. I went to three different elementary schools in three different school districts from Kindergerten through 6th grade.
5. I lived in Florida for three years.
6. I grew up Mormon, and am technically still a Mormon.
7. My mother didn’t get married until I was 12 years old.
8. I took ballet lessons for four years, and tap for one year. After we moved to Florida, my mom made me quit because it was too expensive.
9. I was in Girl Scouts for two years. After we moved away from Florida, my mom made me quit because it was too expensive.
10. I was in the Gifted program in elementary school, and the Advanced classes in middle and high school.
11. I got a 4.4 GPA my first quarter of high school.
12. I got put on Academic Suspension after my first year of college.
13. I can play (or could once play) the piano, clarinet, saxophone, flute, trumpet (and soprano bugle), mellophone, guitar, and various odd instruments like the nose flute.
14. I have never smoked a cigarette.
15. I have smoked pot. Once.
16. I voluntarily sang in school choir for seven years, starting in sixth grade. (In elementary school, no one has a choice — everyone has to be in the school musical extravaganza.)
17. When I was in fifth grade, I wanted to be a computer programmer for NASA when I grew up.
18. The only person I have ever had sex with is my husband.
19. I now own five 35mm cameras, and one digital point-and-shoot
20. My eyes are hazel-blue.

Feel free to ask for clarification on any of these, or to do the meme on your own blog. Leave me some love either way.