Silly Questions

OK — I do enjoy all those email thingies that ask you to answer and then forward it on to your friends. I never forward them — mainly b/c I’m afraid I would lose all my friends if I did that 🙂

This one I thought was a little silly, and a lot of fun. I’ll do it here and then you can decide if you want to waste some time this afternoon playing. If you do, you can cut and paste & email it to everyone you know or post your answers here — pssst: I won’t tell anyone 😉

**Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your Friends. ***
**Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you. ******The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!*** (I tend to think conversation works better, but hey it’s a start)

1. What time did you get up this morning? 4:30 am

2. Diamonds or pearls? aquamarines

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Wall-E

4. What is your favorite TV show? Robin Hood on BBC-America or The Daily Show

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Yogurt most days, but Saturday scones

6. What is your star sign? Leo

7. What food do you dislike? Beets

8. What is your favorite CD at moment? I always have my Ipod on Shuffle, but the Wicked soundtrack has been in heavy rotation and a friend turned me on to Joan Armatrading’s new album, Into the Blues.

9. What kind of car do you drive? Sonata, but I pretend it’s a convertible

10. Favorite sandwich? BLT or fresh tomato on homemade dill bread.

11. What characteristic do you despise? cruelty, little or big & lying

12. Favorite item of clothing? earrings or lingerie

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you
go? after Wales, I’d see at least one place on each continent

14. Favorite brand of clothing? don’t have one

15. Where would you retire? Gettysburg, PA

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? Bruce Hornsby concert at the Biltmore, looking over the mountains

17. Birthday ?? 14th August

18. Are you a morning person or a night person? sunset or night when it’s raining!!!

19. What is your shoe size? 7.5

20. Pets? 1 fat cat

21. What did you want to be when you were little? Thoracic Surgeon/Concert Pianist/Adventurer (1 of 3 isn’t bad)

22. How are you today? delightful

23. What is your favorite flower? roses, peonies & tiger lilies

24. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Thanksgiving

25. What are you listening to right now? John Mellencamp, the storm that’s blowing up, and people wandering by

26. What was the last thing you ate? a scone and my once a week BIG cup of coffee

27. Do you wish on stars? and bunnies!

28. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? A mix of midnight blue and bright turquoise

29. How is the weather right now? there’s a storm breeze beginning to push the humidity away

30. Last person you spoke to on the phone? a friend in town for the day

31. Favorite soft drink? fizzy water

32. Favorite restaurant? Indian, sushi or mexican — there’s a spicy theme going on

33. Hair color? blonde

34. What was your favorite toy as a child? Dr. Theodosia Strawberry, a big old red & white teddy bear

35. Summer or winter? both — but spring & fall usually win

36. Hugs or kisses? kisses

37. Chocolate or Vanilla? deep, dark chocolate

38. Coffee or tea? tea, mostly

39. Do you want your friends to email you back? always

40. When was the last time you cried? hmmm…. a couple of days ago, I was reading Slavery By Another Name by Douglas A Blackmon. I’ve explained to the girls, that’s why I can’t do horror movies — there’s enough of it in history.

41. What is under your bed? cat toys, a sweater box and reference books I want nearby.

42. What did you do last night? went to a neat little pizza place, played with deer, watched a movie, wrote for a while, and read until really late

43. What are you afraid of? something happening to my girls or to anyone I care about

44. Salty or sweet? sweet with salty

45. How many keys on your key ring? 3

46. How many years at your current job? 11 years as a mom; shouldn’t a writer truly say always

47. Favorite day of the week? Friday nights — usually it’s adventure night of some sort

48. How many towns have you lived in? 3, or 4 if you count my summers researching

49. Do you make friends easily? most of the time

50. How many people will you send this to? kind of a zen, it’s just an out here kind of thing

51. How many will respond? everybody, of course, they all have Saturdays waiting for the laundry to dry so they can answer nosy questions 🙂

52. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? sure, everyone has incredibly rich stories that make them who they are

Answer music: All Downhill (Lyle Lovett); My Way (Frank Sinatra); Nothing (Edie Brickell); Too Much Information (the Police); Nothing ‘Bout Me (Sting); Write your Own Songs (Willy Nelson); Who are You (the Who); Valley Vista (Wendy & Lisa); This is not a Test (She & Him); My Life (Billy Joel); La Danse de la Vie (Beausoleil); Tell me more ’bout my baby (Duke Ellington) and Mi Vida Loca (Pam Tillis)

A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. –> proverb

Take care,
Aly