in which she answers with questions more often than not

1. nice to meet you, I'm... recovering nicely from my sinus infection. Thank you for asking.
2. okay, who was the last person who held your hand? God knows. Maybe the Punkin?
3. have you ever had braces? Yes. Life's so oddly cyclical.
4. who is the fourth received call? Dad
5. if you could change your eye color what would it be? brown
6. what is the wallpaper on your phone? Sharks, circling
7. how many pillows are on your bed? Four
8. who was the last text message you sent to? Ulysses
9. is there someone you can't stop thinking about? Oh yeah
10. what was the best thing that happened to you this year? That remains to be seen. I'll leave it open for the time being.
11. have you ever had a surprise birthday party? Yes, unfortunately. It wasn't the worst thing ever, but it was moderately uncomfortable at times.
12. who is are the first through fourth people on your contact list/speed dial? 1=Fluffy, mobile. 2=Nick (REALLY have to change that). 3=H (that could be changed without sadness, too). 4=Fluffy, home.
13. when is the last time you cried? I don't know. It's been a while. There's some stuff simmering, though, so it shouldn't be long.
14. what school do did you attend? there were six of them
    
15. do you have a crush on somebody? I wouldn't call it that, no.
16. who was the last person to make you laugh? The big red supervisor.
17. who do you make fun of the most? Er, apart from people at work...probably Nick.
18. who was the last person to make you cry? Life & circumstances make me cry. People happen to be there at the time.
19. how many 20 dollar bills do you have on you right now? In the pocket of my bathrobe? Zero. In my wallet? 3.
20. have you seen your best friend cry? Yes. It seems to be a prerequisite.
21. where did you last go out to eat? I have no idea. It's been ages. Maybe Egg Haven with Roberto?
22. do you dance in the car? I don't think so.
23. what is the one thing that you cannot stand? extra spaces around h in the 245. {shudder}
24. does your mom vacuum early in the morning, when you're sleeping? No, but my dad LIVES for this sort of thing. When we lived in the house with a fireplace, he often cleaned the chimney (if you've not heard that, you're a lucky soul) early on Saturday mornings. He once started the lawn mower and left it idling in the yard right under my window. He turned on his electric shaver and ran the back of it up and down my [hollow-core] bedroom door, vibrating the almighty fuck out of it. He dragged our electric organ down the hallway, plugged it in, and started "playing". He doesn't know how to play a keyboard of any kind. Need I go on?
25. are your parents in love? I really don't want to think about it.
26. how did you get your last bruise? I was dismounting my bed after putting away some nail polish (which lives on the bookcases behind the head of the bed) and clipped the corner of the nightstand with the inside of my right knee. It happened nearly 2 weeks ago and there's still a bruise - a ring - surrounding the point of impact. It hurt like I cannot even describe.
27. who are the people you trust? Mom & Dad, my brother, Fluffy & spouse, college BFF, the Cat, and r. There are others, too, but those are the biggies.
28. who is in your house right now? Just me and those chickens.
29. what do you smell like right now? Reconstituted hairspray. It was raining buckets when I walked to my car after work, so I got soaked to the skin. I'm drying in the hothouse that is my apartment, in a puddle of [somewhat annoying] sunlight.
30. do you have a hard time admitting you're wrong? Only when I'm not. Had a lesson in that earlier this week...stupid coworker....
31. what makes you lose your appetite? [I'm laughing at my initial response to this question, which is not repeatable but funny enough that I have to allude to it.] Um, how 'bout the White Sox?
32. what color is your laundry basket? Blue
33. does your mom make you wear a winter coat? Oddly, yes. She's very much of the "are you going to be warm enough?" school of mothering, despite insisting on keeping the internal temperature of their house at roughly 58° year-round.
34. does it contain fur? Their house? Oh, the coat. No, I've never worn fur of any kind, except when my brother tried to freak me out by plopping skins on my head when I was little. Charming, eh?
35. do you own any Hollister polos? Nope. Nothing from Hollister yet - le sigh! - thanks to The Cat's compelled fiscal prudence.
36. do you think those stores are too expensive? No, but some of their products are exorbitantly priced.
37. where do you shop at most? the grocery store. Target. Clothing-wise, it depends on how flush I'm feeling. At the moment, I can afford castoffs and paper grocery bags.
38. can you go on MySpace from school or work? Can. Don't. Have been known to toil away in the dungeons of OkCupid, taking tests, when I'm "in meetings" online, though.
39. do your parents have a MySpace account? The very thought has me quaking.
40. what's your favorite season? Autumn
41. what's your favorite number? Seven
42. do you get along with your parents? Most of the time. Occasionally even both of them at the same time.
43. what are you listening to? "Amy Hits the Atmosphere" (Counting Crows) - hear a clip here.
44. what are your favorite colors? Black, blue, gray
45. have you ever thought that your life was so bad you wanted to give up? Hell yeah. That's my adolescence, in a nutshell.
46. do you have any tattoos? Yup - 2 and counting.
47. how many piercings do you have? Four and counting.

[#187, from the Cat - I wrote it a couple of days ago]