Letter of the Day

This is the latest pass-along meme: Pick 10 words that begin with an assigned letter. Jason over at ZenFoPro assigned me C (I'm assuming because of my name), so here goes:

1) The obvious, easy one is Cats, to which I'm allergic. I wasn't allergic to them as a child, but around the time I got contacts I suddenly developed the itchy-eyes-runny-nose-closed-lungs (in that order) reaction to my sister's cat, who developed a love relationship with me he'd never had before. Cats know frickin' everything! I actually like cats more now than I ever used to, but obviously owning one is completely out of the question.

2) "Caddyshack." Not sure why that popped into my head this morning, but I do love that movie. At least the goofy dancing gopher puppet and everything related to Bill Murray. The plot is stupid and I never understood Rodney Dangerfield's humor.

3) "Can't." I remember my dad, in one of his rare lecturing modes, telling the age-8 me that there is no such word as "can't" only "won't." I'm sure it was in response to some comment I made in fearful-child mode: "I can't [climb that tree, swim, whatever]. It's amazing what sticks in a kid's brain.

4) Curling iron. Mine is not turned on yet, my hair is still wet and I have to leave in 20 minutes. Welcome to my life.

5) C[...], my godson. He looks like an angel, but has the psyche of a sociopath. Kids are so cute, aren't they? Especially when they are lying through their teeth at every opportunity for no apparent reason.

6) Cataloging. That's my job, and a I really do love it, when I'm allowed to do it without interruptions. The unfortunate thing about my job is that there are an awful lot of weirdos and nutcases who end up doing it. It's a chicken and egg thing: did they start out weird and gravitate toward cataloging, or did cataloging make them goofy?

7) Crackpots. My favorite patrons. I don't love the gang-bangers, or the whiny people, but I (oddly) really enjoy the really strange people who use libraries. They can be annoying and sometimes downright scary, but I always think they make life so interesting it's generally a fair trade.

8) Candles. Love 'em. Probably in the extreme. It makes Beast nervous how much I love them. We probably have 70 candles in the house right now of different shapes, sizes, scents, types....

9) CSI. How could I have left this for so late in the list? Maybe I'm doing the Letterman countdown or something. Anyway. I love this show, the original, not the others (which may be good too, but I never watch them). It's such a good ensemble and I like (most of) the gooshy parts.

10) Colorado. My home state. I miss it. Would I live there again? In a heartbeat.