Say, but seen in many journals and blogs. 1. What year was the best year of your life? I don’t know that I could choose. 1988, when the spud was born? 1996, when I met Fred? This year? Next year? Who knows? 2. One animal or insect that Noah should have left off the ark? Everything in the creepy-crawly family. Oh no, wait. Wasps. Definitely wasps. Those big ugly red ones with the long legs. ::shudder:: 3. Do you make a wish before blowing out your birthday candles? Always. 4. Do you generally open your bills on the day that you receive them? Yes, just to make sure everything’s as it should be. And then I stuff them in my desk drawer and put off paying them until the last minute. 5. How many pillows are on your bed? Four. Two for my head, one to lay next to me to hug, one for Miz Poo to lay on. 6. Favorite ice cream flavor? I’ve always had a soft spot for french vanilla. 7. What is the most dominant color in your wardrobe? Probably blue or purple. I don’t own many yellow items, surprisingly. 8. Have you ever seen a ghost? Nope. 9. Would you rather go to a carnival or circus? Carnival! 10. Favorite meal: breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Usually lunch, but it depends on what’s for dinner. 11. Your favorite fictional animal? Wilbur. 12. Have you ever flown first-class? I wish! 13. Would you go on a reality show? Hell yeah. Well. Depends on the show. 14. Are you more optimistic or pessimistic about the future? Optimistic. I’m an optimist, y’know. 15. Pancakes or waffles? Pancakes. 16. If you could own a home anywhere in the world, where would it be? The coast of Maine. Preferably with very few people around. 17. Your favorite Soup of the Day? Eh. I don’t really care for soup, except lobster stew. Which is a stew, not a soup. 18. What site is a must see for all visitors to your city? Probably the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. 19. Can you recommend a good restaurant in your city? I haven’t been in one that totally blows me away, no. 20. You go to the zoo; What is the one animal that you want to see? The cats, of course. 21. Potatoes, rice, or pasta; Which is your favorite? I don’t actually care for any of them. If the pasta was included in a creamy cheese sauce, I might go for that. 22. What is the best movie that you’ve seen this year? 21 Grams. 23. One of your favorite books when you were a child? The entire Little House series. I saved my allowance every week for those books, and still have them. When I was a little older, I liked the Sweet Valley High series, at least the first several of them. 24. What in your life are you most grateful for? I’m grateful for everything in my life. 25. You are home alone and use the bathroom; do you close the door? No, why on earth would I do that? 26. What is your favorite small appliance? ::snicker:: 27. Salty snacks or sweet treats? Sweet. I’m a sugar fiend. 28. Are you usually a little early, a little late, or right on time? A little early. Sometimes way early. 29. What is the most daring thing that you have ever done? Packing up the spud and moving 1500 miles to Alabama to move in with Fred after spending less than a week, combined, in each others’ presence, with no guarantee that it would work out. Craziness! 30. Have you ever met someone famous? Stephen King when I was a teenager. I was awestruck and could not speak. 31. What was one of your favorite games as a child? Doctor Dead and Mr. Alive! Heh. I bet Tracy doesn’t even remember this game – it was one we made up when we lived in Guam and we’d play when my parents went out for the evening, and Tracy was in charge. I don’t remember exactly how it went – I think one person was (duh) Dr. Dead and one was Mr. Alive, and if Dr. Dead touched you, you had to fall over and be dead until Mr. Alive found you and touched you, whereupon you became alive again. I’m not sure if that’s exactly right, but most of the elements are there, I think. 32. At what age have you looked your best? Uh. 19? 33. One person that never fails to make you laugh? Fred. Also, Debbie. 34. What was the first music that you ever bought? I have no idea. I know that I bought the John Lennon/ Yoko Ono album that was out when he died (“THIS is going to be worth something someday!”), but I know I bought music before that. I’m sure it was Top 40s stuff. 35. If you could change one thing about your family life when you were a child, what would it be? Everyone else would have recognized that I was the Queen of Everything and given me the proper respect. 36. What is the one thing that you cook that always receives compliments? Everything I cook receives compliments, because Fred’s just grateful he’s not cooking that night. 37. From what news source do you receive the bulk of your news? Fred and The Usual Suspects. 38. In the last calendar year, how many people have you told that you love them? Less than 10, I’d guess. 39. Who received your first kiss? My first boyfriend, when I was 16. He was a HORRIBLE kisser, came at me with a wide-open mouth. ::shudder:: 40. The single most important quality in a mate? The ability to make me laugh. 41. What do you value most in a relationship? Honesty (and the ability to make me laugh). 42. Do you believe that you have a soulmate? Yes. 43. Do you consider yourself well organized? Uh. No (but I know where everything is…) 44. On average, how many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror? Once in the morning, when I’m putting moisturizer on my face. Whenever I use the downstairs bathroom, I sit and make faces at myself, too. 45. Did you ever make a prank phone call? Years and years ago, when Debbie and the kids and I lived together on Goddard Street, Debbie and Liz and I were home one night. Debbie had seen some guy once or twice, and she talked to him on the phone, and for some reason I can’t recall we decided he was a dickhead. So we called him REPEATEDLY and played the part of The Thanksgiving Song where Adam Sandler says “Love to eat turkey!” into the phone, then hung up. I know, a total psycho move, but I laughed so hard I cried. 46. What one quality do you seek in a friend? The… ability to make me laugh? 47. Have you ever killed an animal? When I was 18, I briefly lived in a very crappy house in the country with three or four guys. I was driving down the road to go to my parents’ house, and a dog – a yellow lab – was sitting in the middle of the road. I couldn’t avoid him, and I slammed into him. He went flying into the ditch, and I got out to see if he was okay. He wasn’t – he was dead. I still feel awful about that, not least because the family was sitting on their front porch when it happened, and the kids freaked out. 48. When you were twelve years old, what did you want to be when you grew up? A veterinarian (and then I found out how much school was involved…) 49. Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes. 50. What would you like to accomplish with the remaining years of your life? I’d love to get my ass in gear and get Brady‘s story actually written, instead of flying around in my head.
That’s Miz Poo’s pillow on my desk… but that ain’t Miz Poo! (The nerve of the little bastard!)