2005-10-13 - 9:00 p.m.
1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
My mom. Kate Bush. Buddy Guy. Jean Reno.
2. Where was your first kiss?
In a downstairs rumpus room, in the arms of a cheerleader.
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
No. Never saw the point in it, and too scared of getting caught. I’d much rather mess with their karma.
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
Only in training sessions, and never did any permanent damage. The paybacks were quite memorable, though.
5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?
Never solo, only as part of choirs. Biggest crowd was in Auckland, NZ as part of a Christmas show.
6. What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex?
Eyes and face. I’m too classy to stare at a woman’s boobs right off. I’ll get down there eventually, though, give me time…
7. What really turns you on?
Witty conversation. And a weed-whacker, a live chicken, and some PEACH PRESERVES!
8. What do you order at Starbucks?
Starbucks bad. Starbucks evil. Starbucks overpriced. Occasionally, though, a cup of the drip coffee with a shot of espresso.
9. What is your biggest mistake?
I never make mistakes. I have many many very painful learning experiences, some that must repeat themselves over and over again before I get the point, but no, I never make mistakes.
10. Ever hurt yourself on purpose?
No. Much rather hurt someone else, or go sulk in a corner for a while.
11. Say something totally random about you.
I can quote Bill Cosby routines from memory.
12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Christian Slater, when I was younger. Now, not so much.
13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?
Oh, yes I do. Sometimes by choice, sometimes not. One I watch by choice is Oobi, on Noggin. This is seriously cool stuff. It’s a bare-hand puppet show, done by puppeteers from Sesame Street. (Kevin Clash, aka Elmo, occasionally shows up.) It’s amazing how a hand with a pair of googly eyes and a few accessories can be so expressive.
14. Did you have braces?
Oh yes. I was a real snagglepuss back in the day.
15. Are you comfortable with your height?
Yep. Weight, not so much, but that’s an ongoing battle.
16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you?
Aside from agreeing to put up with my weirdness for the rest of her life and have my children? Are you kidding me?
17. When do you know it's love?
When the other person’s happiness is essential to your own. (Heinlein was right about a few things.)
18. Do you speak any other languages?
Spanish, fluently. Some French, a fair bit of Catalan, a smattering of Italian and Latin, and the ability to get bitch-slapped in Arabic.
19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
Nope. Don’t like beaches. You get sand in your naughty bits.
20. What magazines do you read?
Newsweek, National Geographic, Saveur, Mother Jones, The Progressive
21. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
Once. We didn’t have one at our wedding, because the reception was in the same building.
22. Has anyone you were really close with passed away?
Not yet.
23. Do you watch MTV?
Wha…? Oh, that channel that used to show music videos. No.
24. What's something that really annoys you?
People who are absolutely assured of their omniscience.
25. What's something you really like?
Cooking. My family. Reading. Learning stuff.
26. Do you like Michael Jackson?
No. The guy’s weirder than snake shoes.
27. Can you dance?
Yes. I can do some basic swing and salsa, and I can pavane with the best of ‘em.
28. What's the latest you have ever stayed up?
Asking that question of a parent is unfair.
29. Have you ever thought that you were honestly going to die?
Thankfully, no.
30. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
No.
31. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out?
Yes. I’m insatiably curious about other people’s private lives.
