Here’s one of those “things” that gets passed around. Let’s see how quickly I can fill it out.
1. Your name spelled backwards. Aliehs Neelhtak Yellamo
2. Where were your parents born? None of your business.
3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer? Oh probably some jpeg of Cary Grant’s gorgeous mug
4. Whats your favorite restaurant? I’m broke.
5. Last time you swam in a pool? I have no recollection. It was probably at my friend Mere’s.
6. Have you ever been in a school play? HA! More times than can be counted.
7. How many kids do you want? At this point, I’ll be lucky to have one.
8. Type of music you dislike most? I don’t know – there’s great stuff in all types of music. I don’t like anything that bores me. I hate Creed. I hate Jewel. I hate phonies. Period.
9. Are you registered to vote? Yes.
10. Do you have cable? No.
11. Have you ever ridden on a moped? Yes.
12. Ever prank call anybody? I’m sure I did with Jen and Katy, my partners in crime when I was a little kid.
13. Ever get a parking ticket? Sure.
14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? I’d go sky diving before the bungee.
15. Farthest place you ever traveled. Ireland. Well, had a layover in Heathrow.
16. Do you have a garden? No. But I have a ton of plants in my apartment.
17. Whats your favorite comic strip? Bloom County. I love Calvin & Hobbes. Doonesbury.
18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem? The first verse, sure.
19. Bath or Shower, morning or night? Shower in the morning. Bath at night. I am very very clean.
20. Best movie youve seen in the past month? Howard Hawks’ Only Angels Have Wings, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur. Great stuff.
21. Favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni.
22. Chips or popcorn? Chips.
23. What color lipstick do you usually wear? I like deep dark colors. Plums, reds, browns. Very into lipstick.
24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells? Uh – no, what are you – a freak?
25. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant? No.
26. Orange Juice or apple? Orange.
27. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with and where did you dine? Went out with friend Jen to new restaurant in Hoboken – Trinity. GREAT ambience, boring food.
28. Favorite type chocolate bar? Can’t do chocolate. It makes me nervous.
29. When was the last time you voted at the polls? 2002, I think. I remember setting my alarm to watch the returns coming in.
30. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato? Maybe at my friend Beth’s house?
31. Have you ever won a trophy? I don’t think so.
32. Are you a good cook? I’m all right. I have a limited repertoire, but it’s good stuff.
33. Do you know how to pump your own gas? Is there anyone who would answer “no” to this question? Besides a woman from Riyadh?
34. Ever order an article from an infomercial? No
35. Sprite or 7-up? Neither. Ick.
36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? I worked at Pit ‘n Patio – a pizza joint on the beach and had to wear a tan shirt and a white visor.
37. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy? None of your business.
38. Ever throw up in public? Probably. But I think I blocked the experience out.
39. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love? Stupid question, I hate that. But I’d have to say true love.
40. Do you believe in love at first sight? Unfortunately, yes.
41. Ever call a 1-900 number? No
42. Can exs be friends? Friends? No – not best friends. But my ex is definitely in my life – can’t be replaced. But I don’t think I’d ever just hang out with him, like I hang out with my girlfriends.
43. Who was the last person you visited in a hospital? Jeez. Maybe when Maria had Cashel – me, my mom, my dad, Maria’s parents were there – to watch my brother roll Cashel out of the delivery room, a small wrapped-up lima bean, with enormous staring eyeballs. We all were weeping, and hugging and freaking OUT.
44. Did you have a lot of hair when you were a baby? Sure. White hair, about 4 strands, all of it in a ponytail on the top of my head.
45. What message is on your answering machine? Nothing interesting. Your basic message.
46. Whats your all time favorite Saturday Night Live Character? I have a soft spot in my heart for the geek noogie couple, played by Gilda Radner and Bill Murray. You just don’t see character-driven sketches like that on that show anymore.
47. What was the name of your first pet? Louisa May, otherwise known as Widdy. The family cat.
48. What is in your purse? Purse? Ha. It’s a knapsack. And what’s in it? Tooo many books.
49. Favorite thing to do before bedtime? None of your business.
50. What is one thing you are grateful for today? Just one? I’d say I’m grateful for my health, for my family, for Cashel, for the fact I have a roof over my head. I’m grateful for all of my friends, and for the fact that it’s been a mild summer. I feel grateful to all of the people who read this blog. I feel grateful for Dunkin Donuts coffee. I feel grateful to our armed forces, for making sacrifices on my behalf, putting themselves in harm’s way. I feel grateful that Maybelline has still not discontinued their “Berry Rich” shade, even after many years – it is my favorite lipstick-color. I feel grateful for my obsessions – Nirvana, Cary Grant, Bogart, James Joyce, Central Asia … They have enriched my life. I’m grateful for my relationship to my parents. I’m grateful for my fabulous years in Chicago. Etc, etc., and so forth.
Is there something about smoking peanut shells that someone hasn’t told us?
I think they meant corn silk. And from me on that one: no comment.
I can’t help it, the smoking peanut shells thing just immediately makes me think:
“Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.”
I dunno, but it sounds more appealing than licking an eyeball, which is what I read as the ‘obscure thing’ in the last one of these lists that was sent to me.
…but I’m an asthmatic that’s allergic to Peanuts. I wouldn’t want to smoke peanut shells, anyway. To me, it’d be like licking a carpet covered in cathair.
Alright, then. off to lunch…
Sniffing peanut shells?
i’v herd ofsniffing grass, but peanut shells?
I think the person was just looking for someone else who is is as stu[pid as they are!