Friday Five: place and preference

1. have you ever really lived outside the country of your birth? why or why not?
I lived in Sussex, England for six months on foreign study, during which time I was haunted by the ghost of Virginia Woolf (depression, getting crushes on statuesque women, dealing with abuse issues... seems as good an explanation as any; of course, I'd just finished reading her complete journals, letters and novels, too). I did wrangle a place in an adult students flat, despite being an undergrad, which was a good way to live barring the week when one idiot flatmate almost got us busted.

2. what was your first record/cassette tape/cd?
That... was kind of a long time ago. *thinks* I believe it was Styx's Paradise Theater. The vinyl record with the laser etching. Oh, no wait! If you count 45s is would have been the "More Than A Feeling" single! *thinks some more* Did that come before the Disney Robin Hood record or not? I don't remember.

3. what do you think of your parents?
Not talking about that, thanks.

4. what is your relationship with your hair?
Some days I love it, some days I want someone else's. Someone with much thicker, stronger hair, so I could grow it out really long again. But most days, I like my fine, short hair with the unpredictable body.

5. what kind of pens do you like?
Roller ball. Thick ones with some weight to them. I'm fond of my Waterman green enameled job. But I also really like a wood barrel. I used to love Cross pens but they're really too thin for comfort despite being pretty.