I actually have a metric shit-ton of stuff to talk about, but every time I start to do so I get all bogged down. Instead, a stupid list! Stolen from somebody else's site! Enjoy!
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
My great-grandmother, Laura. One of my few great-grands that I never got to meet. From what I've heard, a really interesting lady, if not exactly warm and fuzzy.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
UH. Don't know. I've felt like crying a few times over the past week or so, but have yet to make the leap.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Eh. I like my signature. My handwriting is too illegible for me to form an opinion.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
EW.
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
One and a whole passel of loaner kids.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Probably not. I laugh at weird shit, I get all quiet and introspective and weird in group settings, I take things too personally and I almost never spring for a round. (Mostly because I'm broke, not because I don't want to.)
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Duh.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yep. See? aaaaaah
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Are you fucking kidding? No.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
EW.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Only my running shoes, because they're tied pretty tightly. They're also the only shoes I own with laces.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Mentally/emotionally? Yes. Physically? Sort of. I can do a lot of things that people don't think I should be able to do, but on the other hand, I have problems working a lighter and stirring cookie dough.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Plain ol' vanilla or Phish Food
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Mouths. I can recognize actors in heavy makeup by the way they move their mouths.
15. RED OR PINK?
Red. Wearing it right now, as a matter of fact.
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
My temper and my insecurity around people.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST
My dad
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?
Why bother? I know everything about you anyway - my investigators are quite thorough.
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Blue jeans, black cowboy boots.
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Marie Callendar's chicken pot pie and a Diet Coke.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Servers and an adding machine
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Black. Not an emo thing, just it's basic and simple and works with everything.
23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Jef, freshly cut grass, my grandparent's old house
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My kid
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
I stole it from JT and she seems pretty cool, yeah.
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Football, baby
27. HAIR COLOR?
Brown. I had an appointment with a box of L'oreal.
28. EYE COLOR?
Brown.
27. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No, but I blink so much that everybody offers me saline solution.
30. FAVORITE FOOD?
I don't know - what you got there? Can I have a bite?
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings. I'll sit on the couch and watch a scary movie with you, if you want. I'll be the one hiding behind the pillow, yelling warnings at the screen.
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
"Fliring With Disaster" Ah, Netflix.
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Red sweater
34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer. Winter makes me want to live under my bed.
35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Yes, please.*
36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Bread pudding, chocolate cake w/ chocolate icing, flan.
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Mom.
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND
Jane - she hates this kind of crap
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39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
The Portable Dorothy Parker. But I just finished Consider the Lobster, which was excellent.
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
A bunch of scribbles - my mousepad is a pad of yellow paper w/ grippy stuff on it.
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT?
UM..Family Guy...then My Name is Earl and then Sex and the City.
42. FAVORITE SOUND?
The little "mrr?" noise one of my cats makes, Jef's obnoxious cop knock on my door, when my kid calls me "Ma!"
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Three Dog Night
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Mexico? Nebraska? Cleveland? Somebody fetch me an atlas.
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
HEH. *cough* I can make dinner out of a practically empty pantry, cleaning my house in 30 minutes, cat snuggling, gummy worm eating and storage of totally useless information.
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
New Orleans, Louisiana
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
UM.
48. WHAT TIME IS IT NOW?
1:21 PM, CST
*OK, so I have one thing that's easy. Last week, I got a phone call on Wednesday night, about 6:30. It was R, one of my users, calling to let me know that a fairly important server was down. She and A were working late. I finished my salad, put on some shoes and drove down to work. Got it fixed pretty quickly and when I went to check it out at A's desk. Everything was fine. A says "Oh, thank you!!" and reaches out to hug me.
First of all, I'm not a very huggy person and second, I really don't like A. So I stood there, with my hands in the warding off position, just kind of repeating "oh, no. nonono" until my brain clicked in and spit out a semi-polite response.
"Oh, Uh, thank you. I'm just not all that huggy. It's not you, it's me. Um...gotta go."
ACK.
