49 questions

Stolen from DeLana

1. Do you say Hi to people you don't know?

When I'm at work, I do it all the time. When I'm NOT at work, I do it very rarely.

2. What is the name of the last person you kissed?

I think it was Beast,last night at bedtime.

3. Do you still talk to this person?

Sometimes the questions in these things are so weird! Of course I do, even though we're both tired and a little crabby this morning.

4. Recite a line from a movie.

"What is your damage, Heather?"

5. What movie was that from?

Heathers, 1989

6. Do you play by the rules?

When the rules make sense.

7. What are you doing this weekend?

Company picnic/baseball game after I worked yesterday. To friends' today to help them with some projects.

8. Do you complain a lot?

I tend to annoy myself with my complaining. Not sure how much I do out loud, however.

9. Have you ever been to Canada?

Yes I have, about 7 years ago.

Hey, Amy, remember when we went bowling, in Canada?

10. Do you have a good personality?

Depends on the day. I think so, mostly.

11. What size would you say your nose is?

I got the watered-down, weakened version of the Giant Nose That Dad Shared With His Daughters. My oldest sister got the full, technicolor--well, not really--Godzilla Eats Manhattan version. It's straight and long and, as we discovered in college, not soft. hee

12. What is someone's name that begins with the letter A?

Amelia Earhart.

13. Name someone whose plastic surgery turned out poorly.

Anyone who has had more than one surgery to fix what wasn't already broken. I think plastic surgery should be reserved for people who need it, i.e. NOT Michael Douglas, Michael Jackson, et al.

14. Have you ever performed CPR on anyone?

No, thank God. I'm not sure I remember how!

15. Name something that falls from the sky.

Snow.

16. Are you polite?

Yes. At least, most of the time. In public. Not always as tactful as I could be, however.

17. Name a TV show or movie that impacted society.

To my dismay, it seems to be "American Idol" lately. In the big picture, I'd say the evening news with Walter Cronkite in the 60s and 70s.
And "Ed Sullivan."

18. Name a song that has the word 'baby' in it.

Prince: "The Beautiful Ones"

19. Name your favorite Walt Disney movie.

The Lion King. Though I like "Aladdin" too.

20. Have you ever been scuba diving?

I'd like to do this, but since I can't swim, it's not likely to happen.

21. Name a profession you would NOT like to have.

Private investigator, independently wealthy.

22. Name someone you know with red hair.

Sparky

23. Name a popular DJ.

Er, no clue. I have to go with Howard Stern, because I don't pay attention to DJs as a rule. I know their secrets, and they are 90% hacks.

24. Name something white.

The walls in my bedroom.

25. Are you better at explaining things, or performing them?

Performing.

26. Have you ever been to a boxing match?

No, thank you. [I'm practicing being polite.]

27. Did you ever stutter, or have a hard time pronouncing?

I occasionally get going faster than I can keep up with: my brain is going 90 and my mouth was only built to do 55. It gets ugly. I don't really have trouble pronouncing, though I didn't figure out "epitome" until I was in my 30s...!

28. Do you eat out or buy groceries more often?

I have a teenager in the house: we buy a lot of groceries! But we eat out a lot, too.

29. What month are many of your friends born in?

August. It's not just friends, either: four family members have birthdays this month, and there are three wedding anniversaries. Everything kicks off on August 16.
The next month with lots of stuff is November: three birthdays and a couple of "other" dates....

30. If you could have been born a different ethnicity, which one would you have chosen?

I'd like to be less pasty-white, Northern European.
On the other hand, if I were a different ethnicity, my life would be likely to be quite different. That's just the reality of race in this country.

31. Name another way to say, "Perfect."

Babies.

32. Name something you think is disgusting.

Something: Chewing tobacco.
Someone: Donald Trump.

33. What is your favorite type of soup?

There aren't too many I don't like. I'd pass up chicken noodle most of the time, but I like tomato, tortilla, vegetable (not too many tomatoes, please), chili, potato, broccoli, onion.... As long as they aren't Campbell's and as long as they aren't too salty.

34. Name [a word] that rhymes with the word, "sunny."

Funny.

35. Name a fattening food?

Culver's custard (which is my breakfast today, in malt form).
And EVERYTHING sold at ballparks!

36. Name something that you are just NOT good at.

Being political.

37. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?

One or two is all. I get my liquids elsewhere.

38. How do you usually say goodbye to people? "Bye.

See you later." If it's someone in my household, there's always a hug and kiss and "Love you" appended.

39. Does your license plate say anything on it?

It says I paid my taxes this year, and tells everyone that my vehicle is a truck. Because, y'know, most people are too dumb to figure out that the pickup is a truck.

40. Name a type of dance?

I'm in wedding mode: the chicken dance.

41. Name a type of Martini?

Are Cosmopolitans martinis? I don't like gin or vermouth, so a regular one is just not happening. I had one about 4 years ago...correction, I had a sip of one four years ago. Yechhh.

42. Would you rather do dishes or laundry?

Dishes. Once you're done, you're done. Laundry takes all day, and longer if you forget to check on the loads as I do most of the time.

43. Did you have braces?

Oh, yeah. Sigh. We all did, except my brother. We all needed them, too!

44. Name someone you are really good friends with.

Amy, Jenny, Beast, Sparky (some days), some of the people I work with, Chris, Laura...

45. Name something purple.

Why did this spring to mind: a day-old bruise. Hmmm, I'm notoriously uncoordinated, but still, that's kind of weird.

46. What is something good about getting older?

Less interest in impressing other people all the time.

47. And something negative?

In honor of my visit to the dentist tomorrow: sore teeth.

48. Name a song you really enjoy.

"Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady

Just you wait, 'Enry 'Iggins, till you're sick
And you scream to fetch the doctor double-quick.
I'll be off a second later,
And go straight to the the-ate-er,
Just you wait, 'Enry 'Iggins, just you wait....

49. Name someone with the same middle name as you.

I don't know too many people's middle names, but I'm willing to bet I share it with someone at least 10 years older than me. It's an old-fashioned name, but I like it.
Hint: four letters, and sounds like what's over your head when you're inside.