oloriel | Long time no meme (Reply)

So I'm snagging this one from

barbardin, because it just happened to come my way.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
Christiane
Lyra
Oloriel

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
My creativity
My hair
Erm... my vast store of useless knowledge?

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
My laziness/superficiality
My occasional lack of tolerance
My mood swings

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
Swabian (on my maternal grandmother's side)
Saxon (on my maternal grandfather's side)
Lower Rhenish (on my father's side)

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
The fragility of the human body
The fragility of the human mind
Debts

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
Oxygen
Nourishm--
oh, you mean PERSONAL essentials? Like, luxuries that I prefer not to go without? OK!
Tea
Livejournal (STFU)
Music

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
Corduroy pants
T-shirt
Pullover (it's JUNE, dammit!)

THREE BOOKS YOU LOVE (and why):
The Silmarillion (because I'm just that much of a masochist :P)
The Lord of the Rings (because sometimes, I just want characters to survive :P)
American Gods (because it's dark, edgy, clever but not in-your-face clever?)

THREE MOVIES YOU LOVE (and why):
Stardust (one of the rare cases when the movie is just as good as the book, albeit different)
Star Wars (original trilogy -- yes, that counts as one movie, shut up -- because. Just because.)
~~Star-- no wait~~ Stage Beauty (because it's just sad and lovely and has awesome dialogue and great actors and it's about the only thing that can make me like Othello)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
Queen
Vienna Teng (surely, individual artists count as well?)
P!nk (surely, ...?)

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
When I'm done with this meme, Felix will take me for a walk to the river.
In my head, I am constantly inventing stories.
I have never regretted my choice of study courses.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
Finish and polish a novel for publication
Make money in some way
Renovate the studies and a room for Felix

THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A RELATIONSHIP:
Empathy
Trust
Understanding

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
Keep things tidy
Work with tools more complex than a hand saw
Click my fingers

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
Writing
Sewing
Gardening

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
Get stuff done in the garden
Get stuff prepared for the DF
Do something that gets paid

THREE JOBS YOU'D CONSIDER DOING OTHER THAN THE ONE YOU HAVE:
a.k.a. three jobs I'm not at all qualified for, as opposed to those I might be marginally qualified for:
Pharmacist
Conservator (Yes, I know that this goes badly with my inability to handle complex tools)
Kindergarden teacher

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
only three? You must be kidding me. OK LET'S TAKE THE THREE THAT ARE FURTHEST AWAY
Japan
Canada
New Zealand

THREE KID'S NAMES:
assuming this means "names I would give MY kids"
Felix
Miriam
Clemens

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
Write all those books I've been meaning to write
Travel a lot more
See the renovation of this house complete

THREE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS SURVEY:
Oh, it's a survey now, not a meme! Serious business! Anyway, if you want to feel tagged, feel tagged.