happiness is a form of courage

April 14: sternutation

I'm prone to sternutation on days like today, when I've left the windows open; it's a reasonable tradeoff.

---

1. You have 10 bucks and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you get?
   depends upon whether I'm driving or not. If I am, then I'll get something salty but "clean" (like pretzels), something sweet but easy (like peanut M&Ms), and a Coke. If I'm not driving, then the possibilities open up to such delicacies as nacho cheese Doritos, Milk Duds (terribly hard to get out of the container), or KitKats.
2. If you were reincarnated, what do you think you'd be?
   
   something small and sneaky, like a meerkat
3. Who's your favorite redhead?
   
   Sparky, of course
4. What do you order when you're at I.H.O.P.?
   pancakes, with a side of meat, and orange juice. Pretty much what I'd order at any diner.
5. Last book you read?
   I'm still chugging through The Science of Sin: The Psychology of the Seven Deadlies (and why they are so good for you) by Simon M. Laham.
6. Have you made out with anyone on your blogroll?
   uh, yeah
7. Describe your favorite pair of underwear.
   uh, no
8. Describe the last time you were injured.
   
   a couple of weeks ago I badly bruised the middle knuckle of my left middle finger and also slit the pad of my left pinkie nearly in half on a raised nail, both in one day. Never clean while under the influence of, er, distraction.
9. Of all your friends, with whom would you want to be stuck in a well?
   the Hiker
10. Rock concert or symphony?
    depends. There aren't too many rock concerts I'd really like to see anymore, but some symphonies would bore me to tears, too.
11. What is the wallpaper on your cellphone?
    
    a photo of the River from Lock & Dam #7
12. Soda?
    
    Coke, please.
13. Flavor of pudding?
    
    milk chocolate
14. What type of shirt are you wearing?
    
    a long-sleeved white t-shirt with "Dominican University" printed in purple and orange letters
15. Any buttons or blinkies in your sidebar?
    
    I don't think so, not anymore. No blinkies, regardless. Blinking is bad.
16. How many people are on your blogroll?
    
    probably around 70. I don't know. Enough that it's a hassle to catch up with reading everything on Sunday mornings, and every damned week I think I should bail on about half of them. (If you're a real person, then I'm NOT talking about your feed!)
17. How many people in your list do you know in "real life"?
    
    no more than a handful, ten at the most.
18. What are you listening to right now?
    
    "Hollow Sounds" by Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room, from Hurricane Season. It's my favorite song off of what is a really good solo record by the bassist of Alkaline Trio.

[from The Cat, who got it here; the title quotation is by Holbrook Jackson]