Thanks, Alex, for the longest meme ever.
Answers below.
THE LONGEST MEME
1. What time did you get up this morning?
5:45 am. Big snowflakes coming down thru the dark dawn.
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Munich.
4. What’s your favorite TV show?
Of all time? Or right now? Please don’t ask me right now cause I’d say something like Project Runway and that’s just absurd. So … of all time, I’d have to say …I don’t know. I can’t remember loving any show more than I loved Sesame Street when I was a kid. So … I’ll go with that and with the Muppet Show.
5. What did you have for breakfast this morning?
Yogurt, granola.
6. What’s your favorite cuisine?
Italian.
7. What foods do you dislike?
Coconut and applesauce. Ahem.
8. What is your favorite chip flavor?
Mesquite BBQ.
9. What’s your favorite CD at the moment?
Toss-up between Queen’s Greatest Hits and Metallica’s S & M.
10. What kind of car do you drive?
Sorry, I don’t speak that language.
11. Favorite sandwich?
Tuna.
12. What characteristics do you despise?
Close-mindedness. Rigidity. Humorlessness. Sanctimonious-ness. Get the picture?
13. What is your favorite type of clothing?
Anything fleece. Also these ripped Madonna-esque gloves that I have – even though I never wear them. For whatever reason, that’s why Window Boy decided to talk to me the night he made his move … and I’ll always be grateful that he came into my life. He still references those gloves, on occasion. hahaha They were good gloves – also, they were FREE – I wore them in a show, and they were falling apart, so I took them home with me when the show ended. Free gloves … brought me Window-Boy? A pretty good return on NO investment.
14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation. Where?
Iran.
15. What color is your bathroom?
White.
16. Favorite brand of clothing?
DKNY or as my mom calls it: “Dinky”
17. Where would you retire to?
Retire? What line of work do you think I’m in???
18. Favorite time of the day?
Between 5 and 6 a.m.
19. What was your most memorable birthday?
Gotta say the one described here.
I don’t even know how old I was turning … but it was a GREAT birthday.
20. Where were you born?
Boston.
21. Favorite sport to watch?
Baseball. Halfpipe.
22. Who do you least expect to send this back to you?
I don’t play that game.
23. Person you expect to send it back first?
See above.
24. What fabric detergent do you use?
Tide – although Alex’s answer is making me re-think my brand loyalty.
25. Were you named after anyone?
My mom.
26. Do you wish on stars?
Yup.
27. When did you last cry?
Last night.
28. Do you like your handwriting?
Yup. It’s changed drastically over the years. It’s now wild, and scrawling – completely not neat. I like it. It’s dramatic.
29. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
Yes. Jeez, if I said “no” that would be a pretty sucky situation, wouldn’t it??
30. Are you a daredevil?
Not really. Well – kinda.
31. Do looks matter?
I love LOVE Alex’s answer: “If you�re Catherine Zeta Jones, no.” Heh.
Uhm – of course looks matter. I mean, they’re not EVERYTHING, but they’re certainly not NOTHING either.
32. How do you release anger?
I try to get it OUT. Writing – talking it out – whatever. I have really bad habits when it comes to anger. I also go to yoga class, and I see a massage therapist once a month who … well. Dude has worked WONDERS with all that stuff.
34. What were your favorite toys as a child?
I had an elephant named Dopey that my mom made. He was soft grey corduroy and he had googly blue eyes and his trunk was always up and I loved him very much. Okay, I have tears in my eyes. Because of Dopey. Haven’t thought of him in years.
35. What class in High School was totally useless?
For me, it was Introduction to Physical Sciences. Horrible teacher who was in the process of having a nervous breakdown that year. Literally. He lost his job following that year. Horrible class. Horrible teacher.
37 Favorite movies?
Notorious, Apollo 13, Fearless, Running on Empty, Empire Strikes Back, Bringing up Baby, Postcards from the Edge, Fisher King, Waiting for Guffman, What’s Up Doc?, Reds
38. What are your nicknames?
Sheil-babe.
Silo. The story of why I am called “silo” is rather amusing. I’ll tell it some day.
39. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Yup.
40. Do you think that you are strong?
I have no idea. I have endured a lot. I’m still here. But then I think I might be like that Bonnie Raitt line: “She’s fragile like a string of pearls … she’s nobody’s girl …”
41. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?
Chocolate.
42. What are your favorite colors?
Green, purple.
43. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
How unforgiving I am of myself. No rest for Sheila from that shite. Ever.
44. Who do you miss the most?
My uncle Jimmy. Pat.
45. Do you want everyone you sent this to, to send it back to you?
Guys – get it thru your skulls: I’m not sending it to anyone!!!
46 What color pants are you wearing?
Not pants. I’m wearing a black skirt.
47. Last thing you ate?
Chicken caesar wrap
48. Favorite song?
I always come back to “Fields of Joy” by Lenny Kravitz. Someday I’ll write about what that song means to me.
49. If you were a CRAYON what color would you be?
Er … flesh?
50. Last person you talked to on the phone?
My brother.
51. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Alex has a great answer for this as well: “It depends on whether they�re walking toward me or away from me.”
heh heh
Now the wording of this question is weird, I think. I don’t find EVERYONE of the opposite sex attractive merely because they are of the opposite sex. I THINK the question is really: what do I find ATTRACTIVE – but … it doesn’t really SAY that. So I’ll assume that they mean: “IF you find a member of the opposite sex attractive – what do you notice first?”
I’d say: the person’s laugh. And hands are a close second.
52. Favorite drink?
Ginger ale.
53. Do you wear contacts?
Yup.
54. Favorite day of the year?
Oh, some random day in November or in March. Some day that is cold and blustery.
55. Endings happy or sad?
Sad. Whatever, I can live with them, and move on, but they’re sad.
56. Winter/summer?
Winter.
57. Hugs OR Kisses?
Kisses.
58 What is Your Favorite Dessert?
I don’t eat dessert. Uhm … Tom: YOU GOT THAT? I DON’T EAT DESSERT.
59. What Book(s) are you reading?
I’m reading Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton. I am also reading Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor.
60. What is on your mouse pad?
No mouse pad.
61. What Did You Watch Last night on TV?
Didn’t watch TV. I went out.
62. Favorite Smells?
The ocean.
63. Stones or Beatles?
Beatles.
64. What’s the furthest you’ve been from home?
Well. I flew out into the space-time continuum once and floated through a weird unending silvery world of love … so I’m gonna go with that one.
In Re: 12
Picture. Framed.
Re: 48
I love that entire album. Kravitz appeared in my life at a very pivotal time also. Both of my daughters came really, really close to being named Zoe because of Flowers for Zoe and how much I love that song. I adore the name, but the wife isn’t very fond of it, so …
I would love to read your post about it. In fact, I just might “All About the Guitar” Kravitz sometime in the future.
cullen – wow!! Yes – the whole album is just wonderful and comes pretty damn close, I think, to being that rarest of objects: a perfect album.
I came to it late – YEARS after it came out – and like you said, it was this pivotal moment when … I needed to hear the message of that song so badly.
Of course my post about it has to do with a man (don’t all my old nostalgic posts??) … but I will definitely write it up. Thanks for the push.
Great song. I love Lenny in general. Also – I love that that album was recorded in Hoboken, my old stompin’ grounds!
I just realized that I grew up with a crayola called ‘flesh’. This was a pinkish “flesh” tone. Uhm … wow. How … casually racist. I didn’t even realize that until now – the subtextual racism in naming the color FLESH after “white” people.
Political correctness does have its uses. Increased sensitivity to shit like that is not a bad thing. I hope there still isn’t a “flesh” colored crayola. Anyone with kids know??
Oh no, that’s long gone. It’s Peach or something like that now.
Other than Flesh being casually racist, it wasn’t very accurate anyway. All those little Crayola peoples walking around with light pink skin. All the people in my childhood drawings (yeah, mom kept ’em) look like they had chemical peels.
hahahahahahahaha
Yeah, my “flesh” didn’t look like that. You’d need a kind of milky-white sprinkled with little black freckles to be MY flesh!
Oh and Cullen – PLEASE write a post singing the praises of Kravitz’s guitar playing. You’ll be able to express it much better than I can. I’m a music doofus – I know what’s GOOD – I just can’t say why. You can!!
His guitar playing isn’t just good – it EXCITES me. You know?
Although I am a second grade teacher, and have two kids, I sadly don’t know about the flesh colored crayons. Last I checked, they did have it. So I would go with yes.
BUT, you do realize that Tom will be IMPOSSIBLE to live with now that you referenced the dessert TWO MORE TIMES!!!!!
beth – it was one of the best jokes EVER!
You’ve reminded me of a time when I was teaching sixth grade. My students and I used to close the doors and have really serious discussions about life and they would ask me all sorts of off the wall questions. The class was primarily Hispanic and Filipino and the subject of race would often come up. I can’t remember the context, but I once said something to the effect that I am white. One of the students blurted out, “Mr. Prescott, you’re not white! You’re PINK!”
Ok, Alex is now my new best friend — we are united in our hate of sushi.
Y’all, raw fish is BAIT. It is GROSS. Why do you think they serve that hot shit with it? To mask the taste of BAIT.
Alex needs to come to Arkansas — we’ll have big ol’ steaks and fried catfish.
hahahahahaha
Patrick – that is so adorable! And wise, too. I love having serious talks with kids.
I had a Ford Pinto once. It was “flesh” colored. Not tan, not pink, not ecru, ‘mkay, “flesh.” That God-awful Ace Bandage color that makes me sick every time I see it, a color still featured in chiropractic offices across the length and breadth of this great country.
Just to put the entire nightmare in full excruciating perspective for y’all, my Ace-Bandage-Colored-Pinto period was the early 80’s and I lived in LA.
Oh, the pain.
Don’t forget the Indian Red crayon. At least there wasn’t a Chinese Yellow one.
Indian Red was a reference to war paint, not to skin tone. But I do remember flesh. Bloom County had a great bit back in the mid / late 80s on that where Opus made a joke about the color, and then the strip “CEO” came on and explained that Crayola hadn’t had that color in years.
John – whatever the reason, “Indian Red” is still rather rude.
I love Opus!!! hahahahaha What a blast from the past.
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