first, gacked from LiveJournal userinfo mizmoose:

* Name a CD you own that you think no one else on your friends list does:
hmmm. “Silly Songs,” a compilation of kids’ songs i bought expressly for Napoleon XIV’s “They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Haaa!”

* Name a book you own that you think no one else on your friends list does:
Hospital: An Oral History of Cook County Hospital, a bargain-bin find on the sidewalk outside of powell’s on 57th.

* Name a Movie/DVD/VHS that you think no one else on your friends list has:
slightly tougher, as i think i’m relatively pedestrian in terms of film taste. um, going to guess Stephen King’s Creepshow.

* Name a place that you have visited that you think no one else on your friends list has:
brighton pier (not the west pier; that was already in complete disarray, unfortunately, though i have photos and antique postcards).

Name a tool/piece of technology that you think no one else on your friends list owns:
an atomic warhead! (hah! this question neglected to specify that it was an object that i had.)

and next, inspired by LiveJournal userinfo dargie‘s why not?:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Noted Insomniac Gets Adequate Sleep; Bakes Bread

Chicago, Illinois — Local frequent insomniac S. Downard recently slept for eight consecutive hours, uninterrupted by cats protesting recent cuts in food allotments or surrealist dreams. Downard reported, shortly after her five a.m. wake time, “That was really great. But I still don’t want to go buy TurboTax and run errands today.”

Instead, the Printer’s Row resident and amateur slacker chose to continue work in the exciting field of sourdough, completing the long and exacting process of baking two loaves of bread, from dough created yesterday and left to rise overnight. However, further research into a second sourdough culture, as Downard intends to continue her work to create a sourdough culture which does not require aggregated 36 hours of proofing/rising time from the outset to delicious delicious bread. Results are anticipated by the end of this week, assuming that flour procurement is completed in a timely manner.

Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, when asked if Downard’s impending tax filing will conflict with the sourdough research project, had no comment.

Kiyoshi and Tiger, also of Printer’s Row, were provided with tinned food on their regular schedule, and a representative for both cats says that their research into finding warm sunny spots in which to sleep shall continue unaffected by Downard’s foolish human bread-baking nonsense.