From time to time, bloggers feel compelled to post a list of questions and then pass them along the blogosphere. Like Rana, I’m pretty grouchy about the whole thing. I’m just not a quiz person.

Yes, I know that the memes are harmless and all. It does jog the memory about books that we used to love. These meme things are also good for the blog business, because it always involves linking to other bloggers. Passing the traffic around is what we’re supposed to do. So, (grumble) I’ll do my thing.

I got tagged for the latest meme by Anne Cunningham, and one of the questions amused me, so I’ll answer that one.

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Oh yeah. I read too much in those formidable years of middle school. So, like Jo(e), Gilbert Blythe of Anne of Green Gables was a big one. As was Mr. Darcy, Mr. Rochester, and Peter Parker. But my first big fictional crush was animated. Okay, he wasn’t even a homo sapien. My first big fictional crush, when I was five, was on Underdog. Sick, I know, but it might explain some unfortuneate choices in boyfriends in my 20s.