<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Blog Around The Clock]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://blog.coturnix.org]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Bora Zivkovic]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blog.coturnix.org/author/coturnix/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Dirty Thirty&nbsp;Meme]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Who is going to blog serious stuff over the holidays?  It&#8217;s time to eat and drink and be merry.  So, a silly meme is in order.  Seen on <a href="http://gonesavage.blogsome.com/2006/11/21/my-turn-on-the-30-when-im-29/" target="_blank" title="">Cyberspace Rendezvous</a> (and a couple of other science blogs) (under the fold):</p>
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1. In two words, explain what ended your last relationship?<br />
I moved 13000 miles away.<br />
2. When was the last time you shaved your legs?<br />
Never.<br />
3. What were you doing this morning at 8am?<br />
Sleeping<br />
4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?<br />
Writing a blog post and eating brownies.<br />
5. Are you any good at math?<br />
Used to be, 15 years ago.<br />
6. Your prom night?<br />
It is different in Yugoslavia, but our party was fun.<br />
7. Do you have any famous relatives?<br />
My grandfather designed and built the first skyscraper in the Balkans, as well as several other buildings now protected as cultural monuments.  His wife &#8211; my grandmother &#8211; was studying in Prague at the same time and in the same dpertament with Max Brod and Franz Kafka.<br />
8. Have you ever taken out a loan to pay for school?<br />
I owe millions by now.<br />
9. Do you know the words to your MySpace song?<br />
I am not sure, but I don&#8217;t think I have it &#8211; my profile is super-bare.<br />
10. Last thing u received in the mail?<br />
Bills, of course.  But yesterday I got a book: &#8220;Special Topics in Calamity Physics&#8221;<br />
11. How many different beverages have you drank today?<br />
Classic Coke, green tea with tangerine<br />
13. Who did you lose your concert virginity to?<br />
I am not going to count various small local groups in Belgrade, and I do not remember exactly which one of these two was first (both were within a couple of nmonths of each other), but both are my earliest Big Concerts: Dire Straits and Joan Baez.<br />
14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?<br />
No<br />
15. What&#8217;s the most painful dental procedure you&#8217;ve had?<br />
A root canal.  The pain from wisdom teeth extraction started only after the surgery was over and I woke up.<br />
16. What is out your back door?<br />
Children&#8217;s plaground<br />
18. Do you like the ocean?<br />
Love it<br />
19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorn for Christmas?<br />
Yes (grrrowl)<br />
20. Have you ever been to a planetarium?<br />
Yup, in a couple of places (Belgrade, Chapel Hill, etc.)<br />
22. Something you are excited about?<br />
Biology and blogging.<br />
23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO?<br />
I hate jello.  As for the JELL-O brand of pudding &#8211; chocolate.<br />
24. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive?<br />
No.  Not even grandparents.<br />
25. Describe your keychain?<br />
Large carabiner, large car-key and a bunch of grocery-store cards.  The other keys are on a separate chain with the &#8220;Bodies&#8221; exhibit and a universal tool (screwdrivers, pliers, etc.).<br />
26. Where do you keep your change?<br />
Jeans pockets: pennies in the left front pocket, the rest in the right front pocket.<br />
27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group?<br />
My classes and labs are small, so it&#8217;s been a couple of years since I spoke to a larger group &#8211; a guest lecture in a huge Intro Anat&amp;Physio class, and leading a session at ConvergeSouth blogging conference.<br />
28. What kind of winter coat do you have?<br />
Navy-blue down jacket I bought for my New Years trip to Chicago in 2000.<br />
29. What do you think of the person you copied this from?<br />
Best undergrad science blogger<br />
30. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?<br />
Open</p>
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