random meme

Stacy from Sassafras Mama tagged me for a meme. I decided that I was game, so here goes:

1) What I was doing ten years ago:
In 1997

• I was on the steering committee of a gay & lesbian social club/potluck group in a town I had not lived in for 7 years.
• friends of ours had new carpet put in and had a "slipper party" where we all though up the wildest slippers we could think of in order to win prizes and fame.
• We saw the Leonardo exhibit at the Museum of Science.
• Vacation was at the Casino in Long Lake, NY
  

2.) Five years ago:

• I started wearing contact lenses again
  
• We celebrated our anniversary in New York City and saw The Lion King
• We started working with an architect to draw up house renovation plans
• I was on the steering committee of my chorus
• My dad went into a nursing home
  

3) One year ago:

• We visited the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA
• I started blogging
• Attended a surprise anniversary party for my wife's parents
• We drove from Massachusetts to Arkansas and back to visit my Mom at Thanksgiving
  

4.) Yesterday:

• Enjoyed apple muffins (baked by my wife) for breakfast
• Went to meetings at work (like nearly every workday)
  
• Stayed late at work
• Send messages to my fellow chorus members (I'm President now)
• Gathered garbage and recycling for curbside pickup
  

5.) 5 snacks I enjoy:

• chocolate
• halvah
• popcorn with butter
• almonds
• cookies
  

6.) 5 Things I would do if I suddenly had $100 million:

• change the locks and the phone numbers
  
• pay off the mortgage
• quit my job & travel 1st class
  
• give generously to the charities I've always supported
• write & cook more
  

7.) 5 locations I would like to run away to:

• mountains for skiing
• tropics for sitting on the beach
• New Zealand and Australia 'cause I've never been there and I have distant relatives there
• Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island 'cause I've had great vacations there
  
• Banff 'cause it looks gorgeous
  

8.) 5 bad habits I have:

• I'm stubborn
• I stay up too late too often
• I'm really stubborn
  
• I am not spontaneous
  
• I have trouble letting go of books
  

9.) 5 things I like doing:

• reading
• cooking & feeding people
  
• singing
• writing
• soaking in a tub
  

10.) 5 TV shows I like:

• Firefly
• Farscape
  (oh! you mean shows that are STILL on?)
  
• Dirty Jobs
  
• Mythbusters
• Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
• NUMB3RS
  

11.) 5 things I hate doing:

• cleaning the toilet
• raking leaves
• vacuuming the swimming pool (ok - I haven't done that since I was a teenager, and I don't have a pool, still...)
• sitting in meetings
  
• packing (to move - packing for a vacation is OK)
  

12.) 5 Biggest joys of the moment:

• I own my car (last payment was last Friday)
• My wife and I are still a solid couple
• I still work in academia
• I've re-discovered poetry
• There are cookies in the house
  

Finally, I tag:
Well, I don't play tag any more so if you want to do this, tag yourself and leave me a comment to let me know you've done it. I promise to come read it (and comment!) if you do.