7 Fact Notes
A little while ago, 100 Scope Notes tagged me for a 7 Things About Me meme. Here are the rules (from the source):
1) Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
2) Share 7 facts about yourself.
3) Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
4) Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
I’m much overdue, but here I go … Here’s a holiday themed list of facts about me, mostly focused on literary products that have left an impression on me over the past few months. I’m not calling it my literary-themed holiday gift list, but you could…
# 1 I am a huge fan of quotable cards! If I can’t get around to buying them, at least I scour the website for quotable quotes I can add to my own holiday cards.
# 2 If there’s one chair in the world that I’d wish for, it would be this BiblioChaise, designed by Italian company Nobody and Co. It can hold five metres of books!
#3 The most delightful writing gift I ever received (thanks Beautiful Soup!) was this bottle of Pinot Noir made by Steele Wine. It’s called Writer’s Block and has the most incredible label. More about it here at winewaves.
#4 I’m tickled pink by this 2008 101 Reasons to Stop Writing calendar, which is a genius reversal of the motivational calendars we’re all familiar with. More about the creator of this calendar at Paper Cuts.
#5 One of my favorite smells in the world is that of old books. At Salon’s holiday shopping guide, I learned that there’s a perfume maker, CB I Hate Perfume, in Brooklyn who has supposedly bottled this scent in “In the Library.”
#6 I loved Wired magazine, both for its content and design. No wonder I was thrilled when I came across their “Create Your Own Wired Cover” site. You pick a template, color for the masthead, and upload a picture, then write your own cover slugs … and voila, you have your own customized Wired cover. I made one for my husband just as a PDF, and he loved it. (I also liked Wired’s gift guide.)
#7 My all-time favorite writing poster is Leonetto Cappiello’s vintage advertisement for the Remington typewriter. Hard to find; I got mine at eBay.
I’m going to tag The Gourmet Cartographer, Sanjay, Bookish Desi, The Slush Pile Chronicles, and Beautiful Soup.
