I Know, I Know... Another Tag

Someone told me today that I should start doing something "other than all those tagging posts!!" but I can't help myself... people keep tagging me; and I'm certainly not complaining. :-) It's fun!

My friend Ella tagged me, and I am to list fifteen things that I am not afraid to admit about myself! This tag seems a bit more difficult than the others, but I'm up for the challenge! 

So, without further ado... Fifteen things I am not afraid to admit:

1. While I love blogging, and blog often, I do not ever remember spending more than thirty minutes actually writing blog post; when the idea hits me, I mull over it and hash it out in my head before putting it on paper; though my editing can be a bit shoddy (as you've no doubt, seen -I'm sorry! :-), what you see on paper is the result of hours of contemplation. 
2. Though I love analyzing films, I know very little about the art of making them, besides what I've researched through biographies and filmmaking books. No hands-on experience here. 
3. Though I get horrible stage fright, I love acting! Public speaking is something I don't enjoy preparing for, but, by the middle of my speech, I'm usually enjoying myself; towards the end, I can't wait to get off the stage. 
4. Like Ella, I am not a fan of Charles Dickens. I suffered through Great Expectations, and, although I love the story line, A Christmas Carol, as well as sifting through a bulk of Hard Times to no avail... I don't like it. 
5. I love Shakespeare and Jane Austen (not surprisingly, I know). A Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite Shakespearean work, and Emma is my favorite Jane Austen work. 
6. I love -absolutely adore -the men's lines at Banana Republic, Express, and J. Crew, but my brother playfully calls them sissy clothes and refuses to let me dress him up in them. :-) 
7. I knew I was going to vote third party way before Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain won the democratic and republican nominations, but I still rooted against all hope for Ron Paul. 
8. I enjoy listening to radio dramas from the 40s and 50s, especially Suspense and The Lux Radio Theater. 
9. I'm watching Summer Stock right this minute. 
10. When Daddy and I are running errands, we either listen to Fox news or ESPN on satellite radio. I don't watch sports, but I love to listen to the sportscasters on ESPN; and of course I love learning more about politics (in case you hadn't guessed). 
11. Like Ella, I hate to fly, even though, in this household, it's often necessary. Whenever I step onto an airplane, I'm sure I won't make it off in one piece. 
12. When I was a little girl, my favorite book was Where the Wild Things Are. I still read it for old time's sake, and, despite the fact that Max is a very bad little boy, I have it in my hopechest. :-)
13. I love the old tradition of men standing up whenever a woman leaves the dinner table; I don't know anyone that does it anymore, but I like to see it in the old movies, and hope my  husband does it, because it seems so gallant to me. :-)
14. When I was ten, I told all my friends at school that I'd be married by the time I was nineteen... Well, at an official eighteen and a half, I suppose I'll have to retract that statement. :-)
15. I love to have that old "Confederate" vs. "Union" argument, even though the war's... well... over. I like books like "The Real Lincoln," "War Between the States," and "The Jefferson Davis Memoirs." 

All-righty! I tag anyone who wants to participate!