Yes, this is another attempt to post more regularly, but if I fail yet again, please visit my cousin Zee. We’re blood related, so if you like my stuff, you’ll be sure to like hers. She’s as kooky as I am, if not more.

I meant to post the magazine illustrations last night but got caught up in a print cover layout involving a guy with a sword in a monastery. Sheesh! What a guy will do once he swears off women.

But I saw one of Zee’s old posts and realized I should respond. So here goes:

3 screen names that you have had: agem, aprilgem, aprildesign (to reveal only the most obvious ones)

3 things you like about yourself: the mojo I seem to have with my art, my voice, and my way with words—the eyes and smile don’t hurt either.

3 things you don’t like about yourself: the too dark tan, the endless self-doubt, and the way I always seem to forget that there are at least three things I like about myself.

3 parts of your heritage: Filipino, Spanish, and English/German (the last a result of some marriage to an American soldier)

3 things that scare you: a life with no H.E., absolutely no way to express my art, and spiders (though not really)

3 of your everyday essentials: my “eyes”, my purse, and my H.E.

3 things you are wearing right now: a polar bear swim event t-shirt from Korea, a pair of size 4 Gap stretch boot cut jeans, and a pair of size 7 very comfy slip-on shoes

3 of your favorite songs: “Our Love Is Here To Stay” by Gershwin (to sing), “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by The Proclaimers (to get me up and dancing), “Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott Joplin (to play on the piano)

3 things I want in a relationship: love, laughter, and that feeling of “home”—all of which I have

2 truths and a lie: All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. I always know what two truths and one lie I should put in these things. Right.

3 things you can’t do without: my hands, my head, and my H.E.

3 places you want to go on vacation: Europe, Australia, and the Caribbean

3 things you just can’t do: kiss my elbow, pee my name on the wall, and come up with a third thing that I just can’t do

3 kids’ names: Rachel, Kaitlyn, and Conner (my co-workers’ kids)

3 things you want to do before you die: publish as an author/illustrator of a children’s book, travel some more, and maybe get married and have kids

3 celebrity crushes: Brendan Fraser, Nicole Kidman, and Keith Olbermann/Jon Stewart

3 people you want to know these things about: Since I already know Zee’s answers … H.E., Minnie, and Janine

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