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Tagged by fabrisse

Five people I love who aren't family:
jdulac,
cvirtue,
marysdress,
Cat Crow,
KGracey
...and many more... Hmm... this is a good way to count my blessings, thinking about my friends, both old and beloved and those I hope to grow to know and love better in the future.

Five things I can't live without:
I'd put friends and family first, but they don't count as things, so I'll second fabrisse's choice of :
Conversation about life the universe and everything. Fortunately for me, LJ counts toward this or I'd really be in trouble living out here in the isolated suburbs as I do. Anybody want to come visit? I'll feed you!
My dishwasher,
My camera,
Computer,
Music

Five foods/drinks I love:
Drinks:
(Besides good water, which doesn't count)
Milkshakes/Frappes! Favorite combinations: coffee-fudge ice cream and vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup, or black raspberry ice cream with chocolate ice cream and chocolate syrup!
Organic freshly-squeezed orange juice--ooo...
Tea with a dash of honey and lemon or herbal straight up, or rich hot chocolate (made with milk) with a dash of coffee and cream in it.
Wine, especially German Riesling and Alsatian Gewurztraminer, or a rich smooth red with a fruity nose.
Raspberry cordial

Foods:
I am the dessert monster, remember:
Homemade fruit pie: apple pie, cherry pie, blueberry pie, peach pie, or any homemade pie that doesn't have seeds (blackberry or raspberry is too seedy) or homemade lemon meringue pie, or key lime pie, or pecan pie, or... heck. I just love pie! But it's gotta be homemade, good pie; the filling has to be fresh and not from a can or it's not real pie.
Any poultry dish with fruit sauce or in fruited stew, like duck al'orange, or chicken in cherry sauce
Any Thai curry dish with meat, veggies and pineapple (or grapes, fruit, you get the idea)
Indian chicken Korma with sag (I know I'm cheating by listing two dishes here, but they're both classic Indian and nobody's gonna stop me... muhahaha)
Lamb, roasted medium-rare in dijon-mustard/ginger coating, or stewed with onions, tomatoes, herbs and cinnamon...
Barbecue, um... anything.
(...and that's leaving out things like fresh-baked bread eaten warm with melted butter, and chocolate mousse, and melted cheddar cheese, and fresh pasta, and... and...)

Five things I always have with me: (except while I sleep)
A fan,
my eyeglasses,
water,
my watch,
shoes ;>

Five things I will forever hate:
Lies (all kinds, but especially deliberate ones)
Violence (especially war)
Militant religious fundamentalism and self-righteous intolerance (of differences, lifestyle, religion, sexual orientation, race, birth control, etc...)
Clothes without pockets
Faithless lovers

Five people to be tagged:
cvirtue
dauphin1974
antoniseb
alexx_kay
lucianus