For those of you still checking in here for my sporadic summer posts, I thought I'd make the visit worth your while by answering these pressing personal questions:
50 questions:1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought? "What the hell did Zach do to my hair yesterday?"
2. How much cash do you have on you? After paying for dry cleaning this afternoon, I'm left with about 42 cents.
3. What's a word that rhymes with "DOOR"? WHORE!
4. Favorite planet? Um, Uranus, of course.
5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone? Garrett, auto mechanic who recently removed the hail dings from my pretty little Passat.
6. What is your favorite ring tone on your phone? No favorite, really. Currently, the Bare Naked Ladies sing "If I Had a Million Dollars" when my phone isn't on silent.
7. What shirt are you wearing? White tank top, pink raggedy IUPUI hoodie.
8. Do you "label" yourself? Label myself? No. But if I did, I'd label myself a sometimes-princess with a black box warning.
9. Name the brand of your shoes you're currently wearing? Today - Nine West black slingbacks. Currently, Hanes cotton footies.
10. Bright or Dark Room? Depends on if I want to be able to see you.
11. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you? Nice guy, decent kisser, very funny but has anger-management issues, doesn't speak to me anymore since a falling-out over divergent political points of view. But I still check his blog occasionally, and I ganked these questions from there.
12. What does your watch look like? I don't generally wear a watch. They make me feel slightly clausterphobic.
13. What were you doing at midnight last night? Dreaming.
14. What did your last text message you received on your cell say? "Thanks 4 coming out 2day. It was like the good old days!" from E, who has un uncanny ability to talk me into exchanging responsibility for fun.
15. Where is your nearest 7-11? They still have 7-11s?
16. What's a word that you say a lot? Love.
17.Who told you he/she loved you last? Kelly P. after I talked her ear off on my way home about office scuttlebutt.
18. Last furry thing you touched? Milo's squashed face.
19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days? Does wine count?
20. How many rolls of film do you need developed? None. Really.
21. Favorite age you have been so far? 22, although 33 is giving 22 a run for the money.
22. Your worst enemy? Time.
23. What is your current desktop picture? Home - Milo, cutest dog ever. Office - A sunny beach in Grand Cayman.
24. What was the last thing you said to someone? Conversation with my mom about canned mushrooms vs. fresh. Canned mushrooms make me gag.
25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be? I'll take the million. Why would I want to be able to fly?
26. Do you like someone? Check yes or no.
27. The last song you listened to? Currently listening to old Nickelback, compliments of AJ.
28. What time of day were you born? Late morning, winter, 1973, nearly a month overdue, and not an attractive baby.
29. What's your favorite number? I hate that question. But my favorite color is pink.
30. Where did you live in 1987? With my parents. I was 15, mostly a brat and perpetually grounded, often stuck in my bedroom with my equally-mouthy Siamese cat, listening to Prince, Bon Jovi or The Cure and writing teenage-angst poetry.
31. Are you jealous of anyone? Sometimes.
32. Is anyone jealous of you? Not likely.
33. Where were you when 9/11 happened? I was at work, sitting in my office at the Chamber of Commerce when I heard about the first plane hitting the World Trade Center. I followed it on the internet and radio, and I called my mom at work. Shortly thereafter, I walked to a business down the block that had a television. I got there just before the first tower fell. I will never forget standing in the middle of a barbershop, looking up at the TV in the corner with all these other people from downtown businesses, watching the tower fall on live TV and knowing that thousands of people just perished at that very moment. The collective silence among us was a moment I will never forget.
34. What do you do when vending machines steal your money? Take it as a sign that I didn't need those animal crackers anyway.
35. Do you consider yourself kind? When I'm not being snarky, yes.
36. If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be? No. More. Tattoos.
37. If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be? J'aimerais apprendre à parler le français.
38. Would you move for the person you loved? Across the street - yes. Across the country - only for the most passionate love ever.
39. Are you touchy feely? Generally not so much unless I know you and like you, or I have been drinking.
40. What's your life motto? Work hard, play hard. And love thy neighbor.
41. Name three things that you have on you at all times? Cell phone, lipgloss and gum.
42. What's your favorite town/city? Indianapolis is a fantastic city. I also really like the rural little farm town where my parents live in central Indiana. They have a gas station (with fantastic pizza), a liquor store, a funeral home/furniture store (same building, owned by the same family, not sure if they have "bury your loved one, buy a new sofa" sales or not), a grain elevator, and a place where you can get a tan and rent a tuxedo at the same time called "Tux-n-Tan." There's nothing to do there but watch the crops grow and sit on the front porch and gossip about the neighbors. I also love Mattepoisett, Massachusetts and Georgetown, Colorado.
43. What was the last thing you paid for with cash? Diet cherry coke and a banana for lunch. And my dry cleaning.
44. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it? Um, 1992?
45. Can you change the oil on a car? No, but I bet Garrett can.
46. Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her? First true love - his birthday was yesterday, and I googled him. Apparently he is having some pitching problems with his fantasy baseball team, but he just made a promising trade. Personally, I think the fact that I still google him is not nearly as screwed up as the fact that he is still addicted to fantasy baseball and now discusses it on the internet. And yes, I still miss him.
47. How far back do you know about your ancestry? Not far enough.
48. The last time you dressed fancy, what did you wear and why did you dress fancy? I attended a formal event for our local trial lawyers association last spring. I wore a fancy black dress, accessorized by very painful but very cute shoes, pearls, and a glass of champagne.
49. Does anything hurt on your body right now? Nope. I'm good.
50. Have you been burned by love? Yes, badly. But I've since learned to be more careful. And buy more aloe vera.
