Lambiedog

The character I most identify with in Bleak House

Probably Esther Summerson:  Sweet, observant, responsible, and loving, and with mysteries surrounding her parentage. 

Yes, Lambie, there really is a Santa Claus [forgot to post this last week]

 

                                Apparently he came while I was dozing on the sofa.

Secret of my success

    People sometimes ask me how it is that I am so attuned to bluff goings-on.

 

    I don't want to brag, but the answer is that I have super-sensitive ears.

Celebrity I am told I resemble

Really we have nothing in common except for our prominent tongues and white faces.

I don't even play the guitar.

   

 

   

My favorite sports

I have several:

1. Basketball 
2. Cross-country 
3. Track 

Track is distinctly in last place.  Really, I am only enthusiastic about those middle distances.

If selected, I would not have served

One member of my retinue thought that we should offer me up to the Obamas as the First Dog, in the nation's service.  He thought I should do it for my country. Everyone else, me included, thought that was a terrible idea. 

It's nothing personal -- I'm a huge Obama supporter. But this is where I belong.  My family needs me here. 

Anyway, the guy who got the nod, Bo, seems to be doing a fine job.  Also, he's a puppy, and I think that the position is best-suited to a younger man.

My gender

People often think I'm a girl.  But I'm not.  I'm a boy.  Maybe it's my small stature and curly white hair that confuses them.  Sometimes I think I should wear a blue barrette to make my gender clear.

The character I most identify with in Anna Karenina

That would have to be Konstantin Levin.  His agrarian impulses are similar to my own.