{"id":565,"date":"2004-03-16T15:44:56","date_gmt":"2004-03-16T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2010-07-11T09:09:58","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T13:09:58","slug":"firsts-lasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"Firsts, Lasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I just can’t get my act together to post anything original, here is a questionnaire-thingy making the rounds. I picked it up from Tony Pierce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FIRSTS<\/b>
\nFirst job:<\/b> clerk, Kingston Free Library
\nFirst screen name:<\/b> can’t remember. It was an AOL screen name.
\nFirst self purchased CD:<\/b> I’m gonna go with “first self-purchased album” because I am as old as Methuseleh. My first self-purchased album was ELO’s “Time”
\nFirst piercing\/tattoo:<\/b> Ears pierced at age 15, tattoo on shoulder, age whatever
\nFirst true love: <\/b>Antonio
\nFirst enemy: <\/b>Miss Rogers, my 4th grade teacher. She sucks.<\/p>\n

LASTS<\/b>
\nLast big car ride<\/b>: Drove to Maine with my sister, doing it again this weekend
\nLast kiss:<\/b> from a man named Erik whose nickname was “Crazy Erik”. Let’s just say that the nickname suited his personality perfectly. In the best way, possible.
\nLast library book checked out: <\/b>Damn, not in ages. I buy books. I’m nuts like that
\nLast movie seen:<\/b> Whale Rider, rented it the other night. Amazing
\nLast beverage drank:<\/b> Water.
\nLast food consumed:<\/b> Chicken with vegetables.
\nLast phone call:<\/b> With Maria
\nLast CD played:<\/b> The Eminem Show
\nLast annoyance:<\/b> how slow my computer is
\nLast pop drank:<\/b> ginger ale, last night
\nLast ice cream eaten: <\/b>don’t eat ice cream
\nLast time scolded:<\/b> drawing a blank.
\nLast shirt worn: <\/b> black sweater<\/p>\n

I….
\nI AM:<\/b> a morning person
\nI WANT: <\/b>to be published, and to get married
\nI HAVE: <\/b>2 huge boxes of index cards in my closet, where I keep detailed notes on world events. They’re crazy. A work-in-progress, obviously
\nI WISH: <\/b>that I had a time-machine and could travel about
\nI HATE:<\/b> close-mindedness, hardness of heart. I also hate hate HATE coconut
\nI FEAR:<\/b> going blind
\nI HEAR: <\/b> that Billy Bob Thornton never cheated on Angelina – his infidelity was just a rumor
\nI SEARCH: <\/b> for knowledge, for the perfect lipstick
\nI WONDER<\/b>: if I’ll have kids
\nI REGRET:<\/b> that a certain blue-eyed man and I never gave it a real shot
\nI LOVE: <\/b>the movie Encino Man<\/i>. Think it’s hilarious.
\nI ALWAYS:<\/b> screen my phone calls
\nI AM NOT: <\/b> a crook
\nI DANCE: <\/b>in front of my mirror, on occasion, with Foo Fighters or Nirvana blaring
\nI SING: <\/b>the body electric
\nI CRY:<\/b> at that commercial for the cell phones where the woman is on the bus, listening to her son play the piano at a school concert over her cell phone.<\/p>\n

YES or NO:<\/b>
\nYOU KEEP A DIARY:<\/b> Yes. More so in the past than now
\nYOU LIKE TO COOK:<\/b> No – but I do anyway.
\nYOU HAVE A SECRET YOU HAVE NOT SHARED WITH ANYONE:<\/b> Yes<\/p>\n

DO YOU…?<\/b>
\nHAVE A CRUSH: <\/b>Does Ewan McGregor count?
\nWANT TO GET MARRIED:<\/b> yes
\nGET MOTION SICKNESS: <\/b>No. I am a roller-coaster afficianado, and I love it when New York cabbies drive like maniacs.
\nTHINK YOURE A HEALTH FREAK<\/b>: Not really. But I wash my hands obsessively throughout the day
\nCURRENT HAIR COLOR:<\/b> Red
\nEYE COLOR: <\/b>Grey
\nBIRTHPLACE:<\/b> Beantown<\/p>\n

FAVORITES<\/b>
\nNUMBER<\/b>: 7
\nCOLOR<\/b>: purple
\nDAY<\/b>: Thursday is a good day
\nMONTH<\/b>: November
\nSONG(S): <\/b>At the moment, “14th Street” by Rufus Wainwright
\nSEASON<\/b>: autumn
\nDRINK<\/b>: scotch and soda<\/p>\n

PREFERENCES<\/b>
\nCUDDLE OR MAKE OUT:<\/b> Make out. I hate cuddling.
\nCHOCOLATE MILK, OR HOT CHOCOLATE:<\/b> I don’t do chocolate
\nMILK, DARK OR WHITE CHOCOLATE: <\/b>I don’t do chocolate
\nVANILLA OR CHOCOLATE:<\/b> I don’t do chocolate<\/p>\n

IN THE LAST 24 HRS, HAVE YOU…<\/b>
\nCRIED<\/b>? No
\nHELPED SOMEONE<\/b>? Held open door for old man
\nBOUGHT SOMETHING?<\/b> Yes. Yogurt. Coffee.
\nGOTTEN SICK?<\/b> No
\nGONE TO THE MOVIES?<\/b> No
\nSAID ‘i love you’?:<\/b> No
\nWRITTEN A REAL LETTER<\/b>: Yes – to my grandmother
\nTALKED TO AN EX?: <\/b>No
\nMISSED AN EX?:<\/b> Every day
\nWRITTEN IN A JOURNAL?:<\/b> No. Well, my blog, of course!
\nHAD A SERIOUS TALK?: <\/b>No
\nMISSED SOMEONE? <\/b>Yes
\nHUGGED SOMEONE?<\/b> No
\nMADE A GIRL MOAN?<\/b> Not that I’m aware of, but you never know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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