Nicole
1. The phone rings. Who do you want it to be?
Well aside from the fact that I want it to not ring in the first place, I guess I’ll say I want it to be Fred or the spud or Debbie.
2. Do you take compliments well?
I try to smile and say “Thank you”, but a lifetime of scoffing at compliments is a hard habit to break.
3. Do you like to ride horses?
Unfortunately, I don’t. I wish I was a horse person, because we’ve got enough land for one or two of them, but I’ve just never been into horses. Though when I was a teenager I was, and when we were on a family vacation we went horseback riding where my horse kept walking so close to the horse in front of us that the horse in front of us kicked and his hoof caught my knee. And it fucking hurt. And then later, I was sitting in the saddle and it started going sideways and I’d never really been on a horse before, so I had no idea I could have stood up in the stirrups and put my weight on the other side so the saddle would straighten out, and I fell onto the ground.
4. What was your favorite game as a kid?
DOCTOR DEATH AND MISTER ALIVE! It was a dorky game my brothers made up wherein one of them was Dr. Death and the other was Mr. Alive, and if Dr. Death got us we were “dead” and could only come to “life” and rejoin the game if Mr. Alive came along. Or something like that.
5. Can you speak another language?
I know very few words in French. Not even enough to carry on a conversation. So, no.
6. What is your favorite children’s book?
The Little House series. I saved up my allowance for ages to buy those damn books, and I still have them all.
7. When was the last time you were at Olive Garden?
I… don’t know. Maybe around Christmas time? Debbie and Brian and my mother picked us up and we went out to lunch. I don’t know if that was at Christmas time or last Summer or just exactly when the hell it was.
8. What are your keys on your key chain for?
One to the house, one to the car, one to the PO Box, and one to the new house. I think that’s about it.
9. What’s your favorite color?
Yellow, though I have a definite fondness for blue, too.
10. Where is your current pain at?
I’m feeling no pain.
11. Do you look like your mom or dad?
My Dad, at least according to my mother.
12. What movie do you want to see right now?
At this point, I can’t think of a single movie I want to see. Mostly because I don’t know what’s out, I guess.
13. Do you put lotion on your dog or cats?
We used to put lotion on Spot (they make a hydrocodone hydrocortisone lotion for animals) because he was overgrooming his stomach and we thought it might be because of an itching issue.
14. What did you do for New Year’s?
I… don’t know. Went to bed before midnight, I’m sure.
15. Do you think The Grudge was scary?
Not terribly so.
16. What was the cause of your last accident?
My incredible clumsiness, I’m sure.
17. What do you buy at the movies?
Usually just a bottle of water. I sneak weight watchers candy in with me, and steal some popcorn from whomever’s with me.
18. What do you wear to sleep?
Not a damn thing. Unless you count the inevitable cat draped over my hip.
19. Anything big ever happen in your hometown?
Stephen King grew up across the river and went to my high school. It hosts the Moxie Festival every year. I think that’s about it.
20. Do you use cuss words in other languages?
No, but that sounds like something that would be fun to take up. Y’all teach me how to say fuck, shit, and goddamnit in other languages, eh?
“Hahahah! Ha! Ha! Mom, you are SUCH a dork!”
“Hahahahah! Ha! Ha! Mom, you are SO funny!” (Maddy learns the art of sarcasm)
“Bring your hand down here. I won’t bite. Promise!”
More pictures hither.
Nothing makes him happier than airin his harbl.
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