Meming on a Crappy Day

This came from Yvonne, among other places.


1. Spell your name as it sounds
No, thank you.

2. Are you available?
For what?

3. What ís your favorite number?
42

4. Favorite color?
purple

5. Least favorite color?
pink

6. When is the last time you cried?
When I listened to the end of the last Harry Potter audiobook.

7. What should you be doing right now?
Working.

THE CANS:

1. Can you blow a bubble?
Not anymore, not since the brain surgery.

2. Can you touch your toes?
With a stick.

3. Can you whistle?
Not since my two front teeth grew together (age 12.)

4. Can you wiggle your ears?
No, I thought only men could do that. My father was great at it.

5. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes, but since the brain surgery, only half of it rolls; the other half just lays there.

6. Can you tie a cherry stem with your tongue?
It has never occurred to me to try such a foolish thing. I bet it would hurt.

THE DIDS:

1. Did you ever want to be a doctor?
No, ick.

2. Did you ever receive an engagement ring?
Yes, August 25, 1976.

3. Did you ever want to be a fire fighter?
No, not at all. I seriously considered cowgirl at one time, however.

THE DO'S:

1. Do you believe in God?
Not in the conventional sense.

2. Do you know how to swim?
Not so much.

3. Do you like roller coasters?
I like they way the look. Oh, scratch that, I don't even like looking at them.

4. Do you own a bike?
I did for a long time, but I gave it away a couple years back.

THE DOES:

1. Does your car get good gas mileage?
I don't think it gets what it should get, but it gets about 19-20 mpg.

2. Does your family have family picnics?
No, not anymore.

3. Does your home have a bookcase?
My home is lousy with bookcases.

THE HAVES:

1. Have you ever been to Canada?
I went to Expo '67, which was in Montreal, I think.

2. Have you ever gone fishing?
Yes, the Hubs was a big fisherman in his pre-vegan does, and I fished with him once in a while.

3. Have you ever seen a celebrity?
Certainly. I saw Alan Alda buying ties in Bloomingdales once, and have seen a variety of politicians on my various visits to Congress.

4. Have you ever been on a motorcycle?
Only out in front of the supermarket where you put in your quarter for a ride.

THE HOWS:

1. How much money do you have on you right now?
I think about $25 at the moment.

2. How many cars have you owned?
Wow. The first car we owned (as opposed to driving our folks' cars) was a 1977 adorable tiny green Honda Civic. Then I had an 81 Chevy Cavalier little red wagon, a Chevy Astro van (gray) for three years and then a teal Chevy Astro van with all the bells and whistles and which I never liked. I got my first Tracker, the late lamented Buddy, on Labor Day 1997, and my new(ish) black Tracker, a 2003, last month.

3. How many jobs have you had?
I had a few fill-in type jobs as a kid: in a fabric store, in an office for three summers, in the office of a friend's store for one summer, and I worked as a camp counselor for four years in the late 80s. Other than that, I've had the same real job since 1977, high school librarian.

THE LASTS:

1. Last person you hung out with?
Do my kids count? On Tuesday night, K and I brought dinner over to R's and ate there and hung out.

2. Last thing you said out loud?
"Guys! GUYS!" to a table of freshmen to whom I'd already spoken several times about their excessive noise level.

3. Last time you ate at McDonald's?
Last week some time. I get a salad or a chicken wrap. I can't eat broiled hamburgers any more.

4. Last grade completed?
I have a Masters in Library Science (M.L.S.) from 1977 and a Master's in Education in Curriculum (M.Ed.) dated 2001.

5. Last thing you bought?
I bought a new watch battery yesterday. Then I bought some other stuff online when I got home (vitamins, a book for the library, a relaxation CD.)

THE WHATS:

1. What is the temperature outside?
The weather bug thing on my browser says 64.

2. What time did you wake up?
My alarm goes off at 5.40 am, but I was awake and drifting for an hour or so before that.

Number Two Survey:

1. What ís the last mistake you made?
Who, me? I make plenty of them, but I work hard at letting them go. I'm sure I've made at least one today, but I don't know what it was.

2. Is the sun shining?
No, it's overcast today.

3. Can you successfully blow up and tie a balloon?
I can't blow up a balloon or anything inflatable anymore, and I doubt I still have the dexterity in my fingers to tie a balloon. If I can actually do it, it'll hurt.

4. Do you like text messaging?
Oh, I am terrible at this. And I don't get cell phone reception in my house, so there's kind of no point in practicing.

5. What do you eat the most at your best friends house?
I rarely eat at anyone else's house (except the aforementioned food I brought to R's.) Sometimes I will have coffee or tea at my sister's.

6. Boyfriend/Girlfriend?
Married

7. Are you wearing any make-up right now?
Yes.

8. What are your plans for later?
K's car is in the shop, so I have to go right home from school so she can take mine to class tonight.

9. What is your favorite DDG song?
Huh?

10. Is there any drama within your life?
There is always drama of some kind, but I am definitely NOT someone who thrives on drama or needs it in my life, so I do my best to eliminate when I can.

11. What is a song they need to stop playing on the radio?
I'm in a kind of radio limbo, so I don't have a radio issue at the moment.

12. Are you happy with life right now?
More happy than not.

13. Does anyone like you?
So they tell me.

14. What is your current obsession?
DISNEYWORLD!

15. Do you have a dog?
Sadly, no.

16. Ever been kissed under mistletoe?
I have no recollection of such an event.

17. Would you ever smile at a stranger?
Doesn't everybody smile at strangers all the time?

18. Ever pulled your pants down in the street?
Oh, there's that nightmare again ....

19. Do your toenails have nail polish on them?
Indeed they do.

20. When ís the last time you wore eyeliner?
Not today. Last week sometime, or maybe Monday this week.

21. Last curse word you said was?
Ah, pick one. I am free with my mouth outside of school.

22. Are your lips chapped?
Often.

23. Are you currently jealous?
I don't think so, unless it's of people who are already in DisneyWorld. Or lottery winners.

24. Do you own an ipod?
I do.

25. Did you have a dream last night?
I always dream, but I don't remember them much any more.

26. Are you mad at anyone?
Not today. (Edited response after lunch: Yes, I am. I am mad at whichever person is responsible for no one coming up to cover the library so I could go to lunch.)

27. Who is the loudest person you know?
Every member of this year's freshman class.

28. What ís going on this weekend?
No plans yet, other than the normal cleaners-supermarket-Target thing.

29. Done any spring cleaning lately?
Cleaning is not one of my hobbies.

30. Anything bothering you?
I always have a variety of physical complaints bothering me, and little things that irk me all the time, but other than wanting to have a million more dollars than I have, nothing is actually bothering me at the moment.

31. Do you do cheerleading?
Hardly. I can barely walk across a gym floor.

32. Did you wish for anything last night on 11:11?
I was asleep.

33. Do you drink coffee on a regular basis?
I heart coffee, but I only drink decaf because caf interferes with my blood pressure med. I have two cups every day, with an occasional third.

34. Do you wish you were someone else?
No, but I'd change a few things about me if I could.

35. What jewelry are you wearing?
Diamond stud earrings, not terribly big. The lovely diamond necklace the Hubs gave me for our anniversary, my wedding ring which was my mother's, and a Mickey Mouse watch.

36. Funniest thing that happened last night?
I was amused by Pushing Daisies. Also, I saw an obituary for someone we used to know and I called my sister to tell her that so and so had died and she paused and then said "The son?" because he was only a few years older than she is, and I got to say that no, it was so-and-so senior, who we thought was dead for years, and who was 93. I was amused that he played the saxophone in a band that performed at the opening ceremonies for the George Washington Bridge.

38. Are you easily amused?
Yes, I think I am. Anyway, I love to be amused and to amuse other people.

39. Can you lick your elbow?
Oh, come on, what do you take me for?

40. Do you know this song, we stay fly no lie you know this?
Not even at all.

41. What piercings do you have?
Both ears, and one ear twice, although I don't use the second hole anymore. My original ear holes were badly placed, and I could never get a second hole to look right on either ear.

42. Do you have a crush right now?
Other than my semi-permanent crush on Patrick Stewart? No.

43. What are your plans over the summer?
During the summer I practice for retirement.

44. How's life going for you?
All in all, okay.

45. What is on your mind just this second?
Nothing. My mind is a blank.

46. Favorite vacation spot?
DISNEYWORLD!

47. Do you have on chap stick?
No, but I probably should.

48. What hurts right now?
My hands and my feet.

49. Do you like school?
Oy. I'm not crazy about it today. I like education and learning and stuff, but I did not always enjoy being in school.

50. Is this survey good?
I like several of the questions.

51. Sneak out lately?
From what?

52. Last thing you had to drink?
Coffee.

53. Do you want a tattoo?
I have two and I want a third. I've been working on it for some time, and I may finally have it. I have to live with the idea for a few months and see if I change my mind.

54. Want any more piercings?
Nah.

55. Single or taken?
Most certainly taken.

56. How long have you been single/taken?
All my life. Oh, okay, the Hubs and I started dating on August 25, 1975.

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