Because Billie says I hafta. And I'm counting it as part of the 100 Freakin’ Things list that I still haven't finished.

A- Available or Single? Neither.
B- Best Friend? Ev0r? G! (Best Minnesota Friend? C!)
C- Cake or Pie? Pie. Peach in the summertime. Apple any other time. Or rhubarb. Rhubarb’s quite good. (Cake or death, though? Cake!)
D- Drink of Choice? Generally water, since I get dehydration headaches. But lately Saturday mornings have become a snotty beverage festival: loose-leaf Irish Breakfast tea, French-pressed Costa Rican coffee, fresh-squoze juice. I also went on a root beer tear a couple of weekends back, but that's unusual.
E- Essential Item? Jacked-up white MacBook.
F- Favorite Color? It shifts. Right now I'm in a green mood, I think. But we just bought a deep purple bathroom rug (selected by Mister Husband), and it's pretty awesome. (It's the background in this photo.)
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? Bears. The red ones. All the best candies are red, unless they are chocolate. Red is a flavor.
H- Hometown? Little Rock.
I- Indulgence? Coffee ice cream with hot fudge and roasted pecans. Hot baths with bubbles. Reading novels on Saturday mornings. (Does any of that not sound hopelessly bourgeois and 30-something? Grrrr. Or maybe as you get older you just notice that simple things are what make life good.)
J- January or February? Totally January, because it's fresh and loaded with possibilities. And it's not plastered with sparkly hearts and teddy bears.
K- Kids and names? No.
L- Life is incomplete without...? books. In quantity.
M- Marriage Date? July 29th. Or October 25. Or February 9. Three dates for someone who has only been married once to one person? Lemme splain. I had always planned to get married in the fall, and the date I observe as our Real Anniversary is October 25, which is when we first went out. But being academics, we wanted an anniversary that wouldn't fall in the middle of a semester, so there you go. (An explanation of the February date is here.)
N- Number of Siblings? One.
O- Oranges or Apples? Oranges. Especially lately, since I bought a marvelously simple stainless steel juicer and got to work:

P- Phobias/Fears? Sea Monsters. Bugs with many legs. A centipede sends me shrieking from the room; a millipede would probably make me spontaneously combust. (We finally watched the Peter Jackson King Kong last night, and I had to hide for the bug and worm scenes.)
Q- Favorite Quote? "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." Anais Nin
R- Reasons to smile? New orchid plant. Learning to make spring rolls. Conference proposal acceptances. Cold, cold winter, finally. Dissertation prospectus is starting to fall into place. The video for "Listen Up!" by The Gossip.

S- Season? Fall. Oh, fall. Crisp and new and full of promise and sweaters and leaves. Part of the reason I love Minnesota so much is because fall starts so soon. (And also because winter is my second favorite season.)
T- Tag 3 people? If this seems like a fun gig to you, consider yourself tagged.
U- Unknown Fact About Me? I think the most recent five are the best I can do at the moment.
V- Vegetable You Hate? Turnips.
W-Worst Habit? What's any grad student's worst habit, aside from procrastination? Imposter syndrome.
X- Xrays You've Had? Better question: what part of my body hasn't been x-rayed? I don't think my upper arms have. But that's about it. The ankle has been xrayed more than most other parts, of course.
Y- Your Favorite Foods? Dark, dark chocolate. Sushi. Gus's Fried Chicken in Memphis. McClard's BBQ in Hot Springs, AR. Fried green tomatoes. Glow foods.
Z- Zodiac? Pisces. But an atypical, ornery pisces.