1. How tall are you barefoot?
5′5″ although apparently I have either been measured wrong my whole life or shrunk half an inch at my last physical
2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
Ew, no. If you have ever read Junky or Naked Lunch by Bill Boroughs, you’d cut off your hand before doing heroin
3. Do you own a gun?
nope, I won’t stay in any domicile that contains a firearm
4. Who’s your best friend?
they know who they are.
5. Do you get nervous before “meeting the parents”?
Parents never like me, I’m always too old, too young, too Jewish, too something, so I’ve become quite comfortable with meeting them and knowing I’ll probably be automatically be disliked for some reason or other
6. What do you think of hot dogs?
I love turkey dogs. I know that hideous things lurk inside that pretty pink casing, but I just can’t help myself.
7. What’s your favorite Christmas song?
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Herbal tea or water, sometimes pomegranate juice if I’m feeling particularly wild and crazy
9. Can you do push ups?
yeah, but only like, two and they’re lame when I do them
10. Ask a question:
“How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”
11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
I stopped wearing most jewelry when I started working in daycare. I have a glass pendant my parents got me in Murano that I’m fond of
12. Do you like painkillers?
I have a bad back…pain killers are sometimes just a must
13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
If I had some secret weapon, don’t you think I’d be in a relationship by now?
14. Do you own a knife?
to eat and spread stuff to eat.
15. Do you have A.D.D.?
My mother has told me on several occasions that I have two speeds, slow and stop. I agree with her, and sometimes my slow speed even lags.
16. Middle Name?
Michelle
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
1. i need to stop chewing this gum.
2. my nose is itchy.
3. why does the hallway smell like bleach and garlic?
18. Name the last 3 things you have bought:
Febreze, paper towels, shampoo
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink:
water, herbal tea, coffee.
20. What time did you wake up today?
6:50 ish a.m.
21. Current excitement?
Cabana Boy arrives in less than 48 hours
22. Current worry?
The cat will take a mega shit right before aforementioned Cabana Boy and I enter my apartment, thereby giving a really foul olfactory association.
23. Current hate?
stagnating in my diet for some unknown reason (most likely from quitting smoking).
24. Favorite place to be?
usually anywhere but where I am at any given time
25. Least favorite place to be?
definitely the E.R.
26. Where would you like to go?
randomly point anywhere on a globe outside of the continental United States.
27. Do you own slippers?
slippers are for pussies.
28. What shirt are you wearing?
teal V-neck t-shirt.
29. Do you burn or tan?
On purpose?
30. Favorite color(s)?
green and purple. More specifically and according to Sherwin Williams I like “Ionian” green and “Queenly” purple
31. Would you be a pirate?
Yarrr!!!!.
32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
um, I think sometime in February.
33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I’ve honestly never sung in the shower. My brother used to sing Phantom of the Opera in the shower…that was always pretty entertaining
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
For a while I was afraid of Jaws coming out of the toilet and/or shower drain and eating me and after reading Pet Sematary (I was 10) I checked my closet every night for a homicidal zombie toddler until I left for college
35. What’s in your pockets right now?
nothing actually
36. Last thing that made you laugh?
definitely this morning’s description of fire drills at Ghent University.
37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
The Garfield sheets I got from my Aunt Karen.
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had?
injury? hrm, I haven’t had any severe injuries to my recollection. I sprained my ankle very badly playing soccer in high school, but most of my other major ouchies were from surgeries or illnesses
40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
just one.
41. Who is your loudest friend?
probably my brother.
42. Who is your most silent friend?
you ask these questions like I have an abundance of friends to choose from…
43. Does someone have a crush on you?
heh heh heh
44. Do you wish on shooting stars?
i think i tried it once after seeing Pinnochio when I was little
45. What is your favorite book?
Neverworld, Parable of the Sower, King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub (amazing illustrations)
46. What is your favorite candy?
semi-sweet chocolate chips.
47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding?
I won’t even take this one seriously.
48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
If I should Fall from Grace with God, by The Pogues.
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night?
sleeping.
50. What was the First thing you thought of when you woke up?
oh crap, what time is it….dammit…too early…..