1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18 and find line 4.<\/p>\n
cigarette and still another, until the Kraut across the way,<\/p>\n
[That’s from A Very Long Engagement<\/i>]<\/p>\n
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, what do you find?<\/p>\n
Empty air<\/p>\n
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?<\/p>\n
The Big Love<\/i> premiere last night. Yawn.<\/p>\n
4. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?<\/p>\n
Ah. My iTunes. On Shuffle. Glory. I am now participating in the technological revolution.<\/p>\n
Last 10 songs on the shuffle were:<\/p>\n
Peacherine Rag – Scott Joplin
\nGo Away – Lorrie Morgan
\nForgiveness – Patty Griffin
\nCity of Blinding Lights – U2
\nLet Love Rule – Lenny Kravitz
\nYou Can’t Hurry Love – Stray Cats
\nLucky – Radiohead
\nHercules Unchained – Pat McCurdy
\nWorld of Two – Cake
\nAbout a Girl – Nirvana
\nOne Day I’ll Fly Away – Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge soundtrack)<\/p>\n
5. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?<\/p>\n
Uhm – walking. Whatever. I was outside. Dumb question.<\/p>\n
6. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?<\/p>\n
I looked deep within my soul.<\/p>\n
7. What are you wearing?<\/p>\n
Brown skirt with little beaded embroidered flowers on it. A camisole-y top of a deep plum color. A brown jacket.<\/p>\n
8. Did you dream last night?<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
9. When did you last laugh?<\/p>\n
Last night, watching Dave Chappelle’s HBO comedy special. I was howling.<\/p>\n
10. What is on the walls of the room you are in?<\/p>\n
A huge map of Ireland (an old map – it has sea monsters on the side of the map, stuff like that). Also my shadow box thing I bought at a flea market. I put all my knick knacks in there. Also the painting my mom did of maple-syrup buckets on the side of a tree. Also my two framed things from Trinity College in Dublin: the 1916 Proclamation and a page from the Book of Kells. Also the photograph by Sam Shaw of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands. Oh, and also a world map above my desk.<\/p>\n
11. Seen anything weird lately?<\/p>\n
I tried on a top yesterday that looked really good on the hanger and looked absolutely heinous on me. That was pretty weird.<\/p>\n
12. What do you think of this quiz?<\/p>\n
Not too wacky about it, to be honest with you.<\/p>\n
13. What is the last film you saw?<\/p>\n
Hustle and Flow.<\/i> I need to talk about Terrence Howard. I’ll get to it someday.<\/p>\n
14. If you turned a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?<\/p>\n
A house. A car. A DVD player.<\/p>\n
15. Tell me something about you that I don\u0092t know.<\/p>\n
I am very freckled – and apparently the freckles on my left cheek look like the constellation for Libra. Or so I’ve been told.<\/p>\n
16. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt and politics, what would you do?<\/p>\n
Are we talking magical powers here? Like wave a magic wand? I’d make my friend Beth’s MS disappear.<\/p>\n
17. Do you like to Dance?<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
18. George Bush.<\/p>\n
He seems a little dehydrated these days. Drink 8 glasses of water a day, dude. Very important.<\/p>\n
19. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?<\/p>\n
Moira.<\/p>\n
20. Imagine your first child is a boy, what would you call him?<\/p>\n
I like Ciar\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
21. Would you ever consider living abroad?<\/p>\n
In a heartbeat.<\/p>\n
22. What would you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?<\/p>\n
“Yes. There are aliens living on other planets. You’ve always wanted to know, and I am now confirming it.”<\/p>\n
23. 4 people who must also do this theme in their journal.<\/p>\n
I just don’t do that. Sorry.<\/p>\n
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