a sort of esoteric version

• HOW WAS YOUR DAY? Very quiet. [I'm writing this on Friday evening, 7-4-08.]


• DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO CONCENTRATE SOMETIMES? Definitely


• WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON TO HELP YOU? Debbie - we did a trunk-to-back-seat swap yesterday afternoon.


• PLANS FOR TONIGHT? Watching the rest of the Cubs game, then taking a cool bath in the dark, and probably ending the evening with a book in my lap.


• WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO? No music: Cubs v. Cards.


• ARE YOU A PART OF STUDENTS.AGAINST.DRUNK.DRIVING? Never was.


• DOES SCHOOL IN GENERAL PISS YOU OFF? No. I find it an excellent method of social control, and when the inmates occasionally learn something, it is even more valuable.


• DID YOU TAKE SCIENCE ALL 4 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL? Not even close. I took 2 years of Chem and a year of Physics, and if it hadn't been for Andy - my best friend and almost-love - I'd have failed the lot of it.


• DO YOU WANT ANYONE TO DIE? No, but the alternative is a little freaky.


• ARE YOU HOME ALONE? Yes


• HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU HAD YOUR FIRST ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE? I drank myself sick when I was about 9 or 10, with my friend Jennifer. We probably had 2 sips, but it happened to be one of those "they won't notice if we take a little from each bottle" concoctions (including a healthy dose of Creme de Menthe - {shudder}). Drunk for real, I was probably 16.


• WHO TOOK YOUR DEFAULT PICTURE? Mom or Dad, I suppose.


• WHAT FAMOUS BANDS/ARTISTS HAVE YOU SEEN IN CONCERT? no comment


• CLOSEST THING TO YOU THAT IS WHITE? The envelope from a hand-made thank you note from Coworker T.


• EVER TRIED COCAINE? No


• HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT? I don't know. Maybe three? Maybe none?


• DO YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH OF YOUR PARENTS? We get by. It comes and goes.


• ARE YOU ITALIAN? No


• GERMAN? Maybe 1/200


• IRISH? No


• JAPANESE? No


• DO YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT? I haven't in a long time. I could probably still struggle through on a piano.


• WHY DO YOU LIKE MYSPACE? I HATE MYSPACE, and EVERY QUESTION THEREABOUT.


• HAS IT EVER OCCURRED TO YOU THAT YOU'RE AN UGLY SHIT? Only when my siblings have pointed it out.


• EVER LAUGH FOR NO REASON? Sure


• FAVORITE TEACHER THIS YEAR? Still Seymour


• HAVE YOU CURSED YET TODAY? I don't think so, but that's not too surprising considering that I've been by myself all day.


• SKIP ANY CLASSES TODAY? No, but it would've been a good day for it.


• LAST THING YOU ATE? Chicken and potatoes, for dinner


• ARE YOU SKINNY? Not so much


• WANT ANY TATTOOS? Yup - at least one more.


• DID YOUR LAST KISS MEAN ANYTHING? Oh, hell yes.


• WHAT DO YOU SMELL LIKE? Just me.


• TEXT OR CALL? I'd rather text. I find it less intrusive. Still, a call every now and then....


• HOW MANY COMPUTERS ARE IN YOUR HOUSE? Two


• IS YOUR MOM'S NAME ANN? Not unless the people I've always thought were my 'rents have been lying for 37 years.


• ANYTHING INTERESTING HAPPEN TODAY? meh. It's been pretty quiet.


• WHAT DO YOU ENJOY DOING? Writing, reading, beading, walking in the cool air.


• DO YOU OWN AN IPOD? Yup


• DO YOU CRACK YOUR KNUCKLES? Occasionally. Always before a back rub.


• HAVE ANY HOMEWORK? Yes. I need to write my 260/300 field explanation, and try to dash off a couple of evaluations that don't look like every other evaluation I've ever written.


• EVER LIED? Never. Not even right now.


• WERE YOU A CHUBBY KID? As a baby, I was roly-poly. By the time I hit toddlerhood, I was a little more svelte. As a child, I was downright skinny - the point at which I stayed until 9th grade, when stuff started popping out in all directions. I stayed at that level (what's the word for it? Probably "teenager-y stacked") until I was 24, at which time I started eating a lot. Incidentally, at that same point I stopped drinking. Huh.


• LAST TIME YOU RAN? Wednesday morning, with Sam. I actually kept up the running for more than half the route, which was an awesome improvement.


• WHAT COLOR IS YOUR KEYBOARD? Medium gray


• ONE THING THAT CAN ALWAYS MAKE YOU LAUGH? My brother's odd, quiet, sneaky sense of humor.


• WHO CAN YOU CONFIDE IN? Debbie. The Cat. Deb. And various other people, depending.


• DOES IT TAKE A LOT TO LOSE YOUR TRUST? I have no idea how to gauge this.


• WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? Gray cami, white lawn PJ pants. I'll be in this until I have to scamper outside to take the garbage out...unless there's not much traffic. It's a very lazy day.


• EVER STEAL ANYTHING? Yup


• WHO IN YOUR FAMILY DO YOU MOST RESEMBLE? The whole lot of them. In all seriousness, I probably look more like two of my cousins on my mom's side (there are 42 cousins in my family, so...) than I do like my sister. I personally think that I look a lot like my brother. Oh, and my niece - who gets called by my name a whole lot of the time.


• TAKE ANY MEDICATIONS? Yup


• 4 THINGS YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT? Music, writing, kisses, and bacon


• WHAT COLOR ARE THE STAIRS IN YOUR HOUSE? I honestly can't remember. Maybe brown?


• ANYTHING GOOD IN THE MAIL LATELY? Nope


• DO YOU READ FOR PLEASURE? Yes. Current titles:
  
  • Panama Fever: The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time-- the Building of the Panama Canal
  • Early Poems [of Edna St. Vincent Millay]
  • The Rich Part of Life
  • Rapture
  • Bead Simple
  • Bejeweled
  • The Bad Wife Handbook


• LAST BOOK YOU READ NOT SCHOOL RELATED? See above. The Rich Part of Life is ostensibly work-related, but I would read it again for pleasure so that doesn't really count.


• ANY UPCOMING EVENTS YOU'RE EXCITED FOR? I don't know. My mind is muddy.


• HOW MANY PAIRS OF UGGS DO YOU OWN? I would not buy those things - or accept them as a gift - under threat of death.


• IS PURPLE REALLY THE NEW PINK? This is just the stupid sort of statement made by people who wear Uggs.


• WHAT ABOUT 40 THE NEW 20? BLEARGH


• WHAT DO YOU THINK OF GETTING HIGH OFF OTC DRUGS? You do what you gotta do.


• WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR LOWEST WEIGHT? 8 lb., 7 oz.


• ARE YOU A VEGETARIAN? Ha. HA HA HA HA HA!


• WHAT IS YOUR BEST PHYSICAL FEATURE? My feet are so fucking hot!


• WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? I am a student of life.


• WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU IM'D? Probably The Cat. That's a safe bet, anytime.


• DO YOU CRY OFTEN? No. Hardly at all anymore. It's starting to worry me.


• WHERE IS THE LAST PLACE YOU WENT ON VACATION? MN


• WHO DO YOU MISS? Robert.


• DO YOU WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT IN THE CAR? Yes, always.


• REGRET ANYTHING? Of course. Who among us...?


• EVER HAD PNEUMONIA? Not of which I am aware.


• WEARING ANY MAKEUP? No


• HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE? Yes. Quite so.

[borrowed, in the eternal sense, from The Cat]