losing love Is like a window in your heart Everybody sees you’re blown apart Everybody sees the wind blow

1. What's the last lie you told? on Friday, I turned down an awkward date request with a slight exaggeration of my continued illness
2. What celebrity has the sexiest voice of...
   ...females? Elizabeth Perkins
3. ...males? Conrad Pla
4. You are having a party and can invite three celebrities of your choice. They WILL come. Who do you invite? Ryan Stiles, Anthony Bourdain, and Graham Norton
5. Where did you come from? sugar + spice?
6. Where are you now? where I've been for too long, and miles from where I want to be
7. Where are you going? I'm on my way; don't know where I'm goin'
8. What would you imagine the Playboy Mansion is like? just like every other think-tank
9. Do you blow your nose loudly in public? if it needs doing, then yes
10. Do you help others every day? I don't set out to be unhelpful, if that counts
11. Bono or Chris Tucker? uhm?
12. Is it lonely being alone in your head? hardly
13. Add a sentence to the story:
    Once upon a time there was a man named Arthur and he was brushing his teeth when all of a sudden he saw a bright rainbow outside. So he goes out the back door to take a look and he finds an elf who says... "Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, and future. The past is used to describe things that have already happened (e.g., earlier in the day, yesterday, last week, three years ago). The present tense is used to describe things that are happening right now, or things that are continuous. The future tense describes things that have yet to happen (e.g., later, tomorrow, next week, next year, three years from now)."
14. Be honest: do you generally listen, or wait for your turn to talk? it depends with whom I'm in conversation, and the purpose of the interaction
15. How many fingers do you type with? eight, and two thumbs
16. What does 'you think you know, but you have no idea' mean? it means that the other person has only a superficial understanding of the subject at hand
17. Do you think it's important to give up liberties in order to protect freedom? ...what???
18. Do you think George Bush was elected in a legal way? I think that he was elected in a legalistic way, which is not the same thing at all
19. Imagine you were dying of a disease...you only had a certain amount of time left with your mate, parents or children. What would you leave behind for them to remember you by? it's not the last little bit that matters, but the totality of the relationship. And anyway, I've made an effort to leave a 'legacy' of sorts for when that happens.
20. How would you feel if there were drugs to help you live, only you couldn't afford them? I would feel SAD. Very sad. (Duhhhhhhh)
21. How would you feel if people were trying to sell you the drugs at a lower cost but the drug companies made sure they couldn't because that would cut their profits? I would feel MAD. Very mad. (Duhhhhhhh)
22. Would you ever BUY a new ringtone for your cell phone, a couple of notes of your favorite song? no, because I can (and do) make them with iTunes
23. What has completely moved you? various cars, trucks, planes, boats, a couple of people, etc.
24. If for your next birthday you had a novelty kids birthday party, what games would you play at it? ugh. Exercises in Hell.
25. How can you keep open-toed sandals from rubbing against your toes and making them blistered and raw? buy them in the proper size
26. What happens to socks when they disappear in the drier? they magically appear in the clothes basket, waiting to be folded and put away
27. What is the quality of humanity all about? the quality of humanity. It's all about the individual, I suppose?
28. True or false - all homophobes are inherently evil. false. Homophobia is inherently evil.
29. Is there anything, besides love, that money can't buy? honesty
30. How is your soul? eh. I guess we'll see, right?
31. What are you committed to? personal truth
32. Are you photogenic? not particularly
33. Can you define these words off the top of your head as if you were talking to someone who didn't know what they were?
    ...rain ...cold ...green ...sand probably, depending on the person and given enough time
34. Why aren't you naked (or are you)? because it's not very warm in my house - and the drapes are open
35. Do you think anyone is all good or all evil? no
36. Go outside. How many animals are in your yard? one
37. Did you count yourself? Why or why not? no, because I don't think of myself as an animal
38. Which of the following doesn't belong with the others and why?
    a. garden
    b. love
    c. magazine
    d. death magazine. The others are concepts more than tangible items.
39. How old are you? I am older than I once was, but younger than I'll be (that's not unusual)
40. What age do you feel...
    ...mentally? much older than I am
41. ...emotionally? probably my own age?
42. ...spiritually? ancient
43. Do you kiss on the first date? I don't date
44. Would you ever want to be on:
    ...a dating show (which)? uh, no
45. ...a game show (which)? I always wanted to be on High Quiz Bowl when I was wee. I don't think it's still a thing.
46. ...the news (why)? no, thank you
47. Who deserves an apology? probably each of us, for something
48. Where do you most like to be massaged? in a quiet, dark place
49. Is your face clear? it's not bad
50. Finish this phrase: Friends don't let friends... wear shorts when there's still snow on the ground
51. What present would you bring to the birthday party of an acquaintance? I'm really not the birthday-party-of-an-acquaintance type
52. Is your game on? not really, no
53. What is a sure-fire way to get noticed? I have never been able to answer that question...

[From the 5000-question meme; this is the second half of the thirtieth part (questions 2850-2900). The title quotation is from "Graceland" by Paul Simon]