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Random Seven

Priscilla tagged me in her recent list of seven random factoids-about-self, and since I’ve adored this girl ever since we taught math together in college (and she got me the dopest Little Kitty wallet), I’m in (with apologies to Bree for not yet having posted pictures of my work space …) -

1. I love my family. In fact, I am typing this while sitting three feet away from my little sister, who I get to see at least weekly since she works for the sister company of one of my clients my future employer.  We are intense, complicated, deep, and strong.  We yell and laugh with equal vigor, and for all the ways in which they’ve driven me crazy at different points throughout my life, I have no doubt that they would break as many laws as I would for them in order to check their six.
2. I just bought my first custom-made suit. At first I thought the jacket buttons were improperly located; then I realized I have simply never worn anything but an ill-fitting suit jacket.  And the suit is fantastic (wearing it now) — the pinstripes align at the seams, the lining perfectly matches a pair of Hanky Pankies, and it makes me feel confident and competent but not in a suffocated, conformist-sheep kind of way (with apologies to Walter Lippmann).  Ladies, if you are in need of a custom suit, holler at Dawn and tell her Anittah sent you.
3. Every day I wear a ring I bought in Aruba in 2007.  I had never before taken a beach vacation but my friend Rachel encouraged me to join her for a “NYCBABYLON and XOXOANP Caribbean Consumer Generated Media Blowout Week” a few years ago, and we’re about to have our fourth annual trip.  It is fantastic down time and Rachel and I are great travel companions.  It’s nice to be able to chill out and shut up for once, and Rach does a fabulous job of keeping me entertained so that I can put my entertainer hat / jazz hands on mute for a week.  About the ring: it’s narrow, sterling silver, fits my middle finger, and has one of those sparkly amber opals (my birth stone).
4. I wonder if I will have my own babies some day. I would like to be a foster mom if the whole sprouting-progeny thing doesn’t happen before my eggs rot.  I do wonder if I’ll regret not selling my eggs for $46K back in the day.
5. I am really excited to be an employee again.  Some entrepreneurs say that you can never go back to working for someone else once you’ve been on your own, and, I don’t know.  I feel a shift within me that suggests the chip on my shoulder that made employee-hood feel like handcuffs is no longer there.  And, I feel that I now that I am always my own boss, even if in the employ of other people.  I really can’t wait to join in on the efforts to build a truly fantastic organization and product.  Plus, cash flow has been a biznatchee — I am still waiting on tens of thousands of dollars from a couple of my clients for 2009 work.  !@#$%^&
6. I love it when my friends from different circles meet one another. This past weekend an Academite new to NYC came to a party thrown by a friend that I met through my college roommates.  And he came strong — he flew in solo, was chatting it up with everyone quite easily, and literally sparkled across the room (the gold crown and armbands that he was sporting didn’t hurt).  He did the Academy proud, and also told me, “Hey, you’ve got some pretty cool friends!”  I agree.  I do have some pretty cool friends, and I can’t wait to engineer processes that help them to meet one another (as if the cross-circle Facebook status update commenting was not enough).
7. I have worn my new leather boots pretty much every single day since they arrived. They are a bit too big for me (about 1/2 a size) but they took six weeks to arrive, cut the wind like no other, and have no heel so are easy to wear when pulling luggage and/or tromping up mass transit stairs.  So screw it - I’ll let them flop around a bit and make my feet look even more ginorm than they already are.  They are the most expensive pair of shoes I’ve ever purchased and are worth every penny.  Now if only I could get a pair in every color of the rainbow!

Et voila.

Of course, none of these random seven tidbits actually compare to that which is probably a superior assessment of my person: click here to read the Amazon.com review of ANP!

I’m not going to tag anyone because I don’t want to give anyone homework.  But please feel free to follow suit, and add a link to your post in the comments!  :)

(#8 - I like to throw people over my shoulder and/or back)