Saturday, November 22, 2008

A List

Here's a meme that I got from Outside Voice that she got from Faemom. I still need to do the list about books I'm supposed to like that I don't. See Outside Voice's unloved books list here.


1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Yes. Paternal and Maternal grandmothers.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Two weeks ago when my son got an award at school for his interest in science (He's five, and I was so proud).
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I used to think about it a lot in high school. After so many years of grading, I hardly care.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Pastrami. But it's bad for me, so I'll say turkey.
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Two awesome kiddie-poos.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes, but I would probably get annoyed at myself for not being more reliable.
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Not much.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS. Yep. Intact.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No thank you.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Now, hemp granola. As a kid, Apple Jacks!

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? If I have to.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically? Less so since having kids. But I did give birth without meds. Twice. So I can't be too much of a puss.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Homemade vanilla.
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Smile. Apparent intelligence.
15. RED OR PINK? Red. But for what? Can't wear it much because of the damn rosacea.
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? That would take another list.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Grandmommy (paternal grandmother I'm named after).
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? In comments? On blogs? Sure!
19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Barefoot.
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Tea and wheat toast.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Finding Nemo.
22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I'll have to study the box and get back to you (sorry for the Palinesque answer).
23. FAVORITE SMELLS? The kids in the morning when then wake up, especially after a good bath the night before.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? GoodEnoughCousin!
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? She seems great!
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Olympics.
27. HAIR COLOR? I think it's finally turned brown. Thus, I will get highlights soon.
28. EYE COLOR? Well, I would say bluish-grey, but these days, they just seem RED.
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Too lazy. Glasses.
30. FAVORITE FOOD? Yellow tail sashimi, port and chocolate, homemade mac and cheese, sweet potato fries, strawberry-rhubarb pie . . . Shall I go on?

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Both! Or Happy Movies with Scary Endings? But mostly I love happy endings. I'm a sap.
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Get Smart--on the airplane, and it cut off before the ending, which I will assume was happy.
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Tan and green T-Shirt from the 1994 International Women's Day, says "Women and War"
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer.
35. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Port and Chocolate. Or pie.

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Maybe GoodEnoughCousin? But no pressure.
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND. No pressure.
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? City of Thieves by David Benioff
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I don't have a mouse pad, so I'll leave Outside Voice's answer, which was cool: A blurry collage from Fight Club that says In Tyler We Trust and Use Soap
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Washington Week
42. FAVORITE SOUND. Rain, thunder, ocean, my family laughing
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles!
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME??? Not sure. Maybe Austria?

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? According to my son, it's using my legs to push on the side of the playpool to make big waves.
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Sweet Home Alabama.
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Anyone who's game!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love your list! And hemp granola? You must be pretty relaxed... ;)

baxie said...

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? last week some time.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Happily, keyboards have made it irrelevant.
I do like my (completely illegible) signature.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Good ham. Not the crummy stuff encased in plastic in the deli case, but the real thing.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? one.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Hell no.
I'm misanthropic, asocial, unpredictable and moody.
And those are my good traits.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Not as much as I used to, I've lost my taste for it.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS. Nope.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Hells no.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Life

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
no

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I'm large, which usually amounts to the same thing. My stamina has gone to hell, though.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? a good vanilla- nothing beats it.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Whether they're a good person or not. My Spidey Sense is infallible.

15. RED OR PINK?
I have two pink shirts, so I'll go with that.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
See the answers to #6 above.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Everybody I'm close to is still around (knock wood)

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?
i generally hate memes, so no- that's why I'm mooking Sally's comments with this reply.

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? barefoot.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? a hot dog from Costco.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Rumpole of the Bailey

22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? flesh (which doesn't exist any more)

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Baby hair.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Teresa

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
Sally rules.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
basketball

27. HAIR COLOR?
blond on top, reddish-brown on the sides.

28. EYE COLOR?
a crazy mish-mash, mostly blue.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Gah, hell no.
Love my glasses.

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
sushi

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
both

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
My Man Godfrey
William Powell is untouchable.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Red shirt with white graphics showing the correct method for cracking an eating a lobster (one of Kai's holiday shirts)

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
winter

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
hugs

36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Taco Temple's bread pudding, which they make with croissants.

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
null.
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND.
null

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker, Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the last great era of boxing by George Kimball, Last Call by Tim Powers (re-reading)

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
clear plastic, showing the wood grain of the dest.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
Nothing, we went cold turkey when we moved. Nothing but DVDs and videos.

42. FAVORITE SOUND.
baby babble

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles!

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME???
Holland

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I can read people at a glance.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Ventura, California

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
null

Good Enough Woman said...

Thanks, Baxie! Okay, I love bread pudding and have not had the Taco Temple iteration. Sounds as if I must get me some.

Anonymous said...

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Yes, mom and several aunts.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Watching Tim Gunn's Guide to Style. Fashion makes me weep.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Not at all.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Pulled turkey from Bread & Co.
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Nope.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes, but I would probably get annoyed at me for being so bossy.
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Yes, but generally with people I can't stand. It's a way to be rude and get away with it. Sort of.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS. Yes.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No, but I'd sky dive again.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Kashi Honey Sunshine.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Only if I have to.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes, mentally and physically.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Whatever the Candyman happens to be eating.
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Hands, teeth and attention to detail.
15. RED OR PINK? I've been into pink recently.
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Hypocrisy.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Local girlfriends who moved away.
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Nah.
19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Light blue fuzsy slipper with little embroidered baby chicks that say "Chicks Rule!"
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Ten-cent-a-bag-left-over-from Halloween candy corn.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The unusually loud TV downstairs.
22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Burnt Sienna
23. FAVORITE SMELLS? Freshly bathed babies and cloves.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? The Candyman.
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Always.
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Olympics, Chicago Cubs.
27. HAIR COLOR? Very expensive.
28. EYE COLOR? Muddy hazel.
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Nah, eyes aren't that bad.
30. FAVORITE FOOD? Ahi poke, pepperoni picked off a hot pizza, chocolate milk and a well-balanced sweet/savory tuna salad.
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Both! Happy! Happy!
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? We saw "W" at the theater.
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? I'm in my nightie.
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer.
35. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? I like the chocolate.
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? No one, because this is AGEW's blog, yo.
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND. See above.
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Sadly, I'm swimming through magazines right now.
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Rocket and Less, singing.
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Nothing.
42. FAVORITE SOUND. Thunder storms. The Candyman's voice, when he's relaxed.
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles!
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME??? I think China is the furthest.
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can clap behind my back.
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? I'm a Tar Heel.
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Nah.