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Do you believe in 'love at first sight'?

Do I believe it in it? Yes. Have I or do I expect to experience it? No. I'm not wired that way.

Everyone remembers where they were on some momentous day (the Challenger disaster, 9-11, Lennon's death, etc.). So the question is...Where were you on one of those days?

The earliest 'big' tragedy that I remember is the Munich Olympics. I remember Mark Spitz swimming and being interviewed (so sexy). I remember suddenly not having any sports to watch and all the TV coverage turning into the same sportscasters sitting around talking very seriously about guys on a balcony with pointy hoods...and guns. Frankly, it was boring, so I lost interest.
That was the summer my next-oldest sister, The Cool One, got married, so her in-laws were at our house while the Olympics were going on. I was 8.

Now for something a bit more upbeat. What is your fondest birthday memory?

I had a really good time on my 16th: Mom drove me with a couple of friends to a movie ("Time After Time") and then back to our house for cake and ice cream, and gossip. I can't remember if they spent the night, but I remember sitting around the dining room table dishing about Se@n P00le having his stomach pumped in 7th grade, and so forth.

You've been given 3 parachutes, but there are 4 people who need them. Who will you not give one to: Pamela Anderson, Charlie Sheen, Courtney Love, or Hugh Grant?

(Of course, all 4 of them are up really super duper high in the air, and the parachute is truly the only way to save them. You are safe on the ground, so there is no need to give yourself a parachute.)

I'm giving Hugh Grant a parachute and throwing the rest of 'em outta the plane.

Where are you going and where have you been?

In the big picture, I'm going back to where I came from.
In the minutiae of life, I'm going to work today, and I've been sitting on the couch meming for an hour since I got up.

You're stuck on a desert island, miles from anywhere.

One morning an old fashioned steamer trunk washes up on the shore. Phew!!! Inside are 5 items & amazingly they are just the 5 items you would choose to be in a trunk if it was bobbing by! Quelle coincidence! So, there's a book, an iPod with 1 album on it, 1 flask of beverage, 1 meal and 1 luxury item.

So, tell us, what would your 5 items be?

First of all, let me say that "stuck" doesn't mean stranded to me. I'm just staying there for awhile until I can handle being around people again (like 6 months?).
The book would, of course, be a Bible (preferably NRSV), the iPod would have to be Bach (not sure which specific album, but something including "Joy" and "Eroica"), the flask would have Stoli in it, the meal would be pizza (not likely to find that on a deserted island!), and the luxury item would be a full set of linens with an inflatable mattress.