Friday 5

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Risk

1. What’s something you’re particularly bashful about?

   I don't like to be credited for things I do as a matter of course. I actually have a lot of trouble with being thanked in a organized way, in public.

2. What’s something that recently caused you personal shame?

   I keep losing my shit all over the place at work lately. Both physically losing things from/at work and letting my mouth run with my gut instead of my brain. It's embarrassing.

3. Who or what keeps you humble?

   I trip and run into things a lot. Also, kids.

4. In what way did someone recently violate your privacy?

   Getting FOIA'd by some idiots who (short version) were breaking fair use rules and didn't like when I reported them to Facebook. These morons found me on LinkedIn, wrote up an Enquirer-level hatchet job on their personal blog (which they call a public watchdog site) about me, and forwarded the link to my boss and several members of city government. Embarrassing and literally infuriating.

5. What’s something you don’t trust yourself with?

   Sugar cookies. They aren't safe around me--I can't not eat them!

The Queen's Meme

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The All Over The Place Meme

1. Pretend you are making a passion quilt. What would be on the center square?

OK, so it pretty much has to be a book, innit? Nice that they're easy and rectilinear....

2. One of those traffic cameras catches you running a red light and you get a ticket in the mail. What else did the camera catch inside your vehicle that you might not want everyone to see?

Me filing my nails or at least biting them? Talking back to the book on CD.

3. When is the last time you had to cancel plans?

Seems like almost everything I've planned has been cancelled for the past several months. I can't even remember what was the most recent. The biggest, for me overall, was the couple of days Elizabeth & Wayne & Justin were supposed to stay here last month which blew up in the biggest possible way.

4. What is your favorite magazine?

Entertainment Weekly.

5. What is the riskiest thing you have ever done?

Staying. Don't know yet how it's all going to play out.

6. Have you ever worked in an office with someone who drove you crazy? What did they do and how did you handle it?

Uhm, yeah. Have you read my blog, like ev-ah?

7. What is the weirdest or most unusual thing you've ever done in an elevator?

Nothing very interesting, that I can think of right now.

Manic Monday

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How did you decide to live where you do?

Beast found a job in the vicinity. And 9 years later we built this house because our former house SUCKED.

Do you like risks, or do you avoid them? What major risks have you taken in your life?

I'm not 100% risk-averse, but I tend toward planned risk, if that makes sense. Risks I've taken: traveling to the Soviet Union in college, getting married at 22, moving here. Risks I'm not liable to take: traveling to Russia now, getting married ever again, moving to Haiti.

If you had to choose, which could you live without: TV, the internet, a telephone, or friends?

TV.