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From thefridayfive:

1. What is your favorite season?
2. Do you do anything special to acknowledge the change of seasons?
3. Planning to do any spring cleaning this year?
4. What is your favorite plant and why?
5. Hows about a poem? C'mon, it can be about anything you like.

1. Autumn! The heat of summer is over for a while, we get weather that's something other than sunny, and the holidays are coming.

2. Not usually, though Christmas (obviously) is only a few days after the winter solstice, so in a way, I celebrate that.

3. I never used to, but I have for the last few years. I'm just getting the flat up to the usual level of company-cleanliness right now (I've been spectacularly lazy this winter), and then I'll bring out the big guns and start doing the extra stuff that only happens once a year.

4. I like herbs I can cook with, but my favorite flower is a white daisy. Big or small, I don't really care; I just like daisies.

5. I can't remember the author, and I'm probably getting the words wrong, but the gist of my favorite haiku is:

In spite of my efforts to conceal my love,
It shows on my face and makes people ask,
"Is something bothering you?"

What? You didn't say I had to write it. Originally written in Japanese, obviously, since the syllables don't match up.

Ganked from celisnebula:
1) This is the 1st of September, what do you want to accomplish by the 31st?
2) What does September make you think about or feel?
3) September is the ninth month; can you name nine memories so far from this year?
4) What does September have in common with three other months and can you name them?
5) The first weekend in September signals the end of summer for many even though it doesn’t really end for weeks. When does summer end for you?

1. Finish writing and post the next chapters of Beautiful and Dear Friend. (By the way, there is no 31st of September.)
2. The hope that summer will end soon.
3. The car accident, nice chats with Professor Cutie-Pie, accounting class with the Dad as my teacher, snarkyroxy finishing Before the Dawn, constantly squeeing over subvers's His Draught of Delicate Poison, writing my first sex scene, helping Benny pack and watching her move to Texas, going to Aunt Millie's and swimming in my bra and knickers (because my swimsuit hadn't arrived yet), and suffering unrequited affection for Phil.
4. September's name is based on numbers. Sept, for seven, Oct -- 8, No -- 9, Dec -- 10. Don't remember which calendar it was; the Julian, perhaps? But the new year started on the Vernal Equinox, hence, September was the seventh month.
5. When the weather changes, and I can taste autumn in the air.

Ganked from vanityfair00"

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.

A sixteen-year-old girl who lived in Denmark met a pair of missionaries and joined a church. Her parents disowned her and threw her from the house. She worked and saved her money, and immigrated alone to America. Takes guts, wouldn't you say?

2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance?

If I have a daughter, her first name will be Elizabeth. The middle name can be negotiated, however.

3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?

Peter.

4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?

Elizabeth. You can do so much with it, and no one misspells it.

5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

You have no idea.