Tuesday, December 9, 2008

And Then There's Me

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
My dad’s favorite cousin, who I met for the first time in 2001.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Yesterday. I cry a lot.


3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Usually. I especially like my teacher whiteboard writing. Impressively neat.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
I used to really, really like a French dip sandwich with horseradish, but I
don’t eat meat anymore (you know, the whole dead cow thing) and there
just isn’t a suitable replacement.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
No, thank God.


6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yeah, I like me.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Me? No, never.


8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yep.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Not unless I was forced at gunpoint or was paid an obscene amount of
money.


10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Raisin anything.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
I don’t have any shoes that tie, but when I do I always untie them, which makes me a good person.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Oh, yes. Physically? No, I can’t even open a jar of peanut butter. However, I think of myself as resilient.


13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Soy Delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter and Coconut Bliss Chocolate
Fudge. Heaven.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Teeth (if they’re smiling, if not, then hair).

15. RED OR PINK?
Red!

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
I keep holding on to a good 50 extra pounds even though I know how to
lose them. The good news is I’ve been holding steady for years and not
gaining, which was my custom in my twenties.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
That’s easy---my mom, greatest woman who ever lived.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO DO THIS?
That’s really not necessary.

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Black fuzzy slippers, but only because my feet are cold. If I had my druthers, I’d never wear shoes again, much as I love them as a fashion statement.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
A small piece of chocolate and an apple, in the car on the way home. (Why do I still drive? This is ridiculous. I should be taking the bus for crying out loud.)

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
That obscenely loud kitchen exhaust fan from the restaurant down below.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Burnt Umber.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Cigarette smoke in my non-smoking building. I love it. (I think I forgot to take my happy pill today.)

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Mr. Karin

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
I do. Rebel Rocks!

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Gymnastics, figure skating, almost any Olympic event.

27. HAIR COLOR?
Well, blonde, but only because I color it.

28. EYE COLOR?
Hazel: green brown, with flecks of gold

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
I wish, but can’t, try as I might. What I’d really like is corrective surgery!

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Linguine with sautéed veggies and parmesan cheese. I live on that.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Suspense, but not horror. I just rented the remake of Amityville Horror even though it traumatized me when I watched the first one at a far too young age when it first came out. As my brother ran out the door on a date, my mom yelled, “Take your sister with you!” So he and his girlfriend watched 10 with Bo Derek and I was thrown into Amityville Horror. Scarred me for life. Amityville is a town not far from where I lived at the time. But I rented it this time just to see Ryan Reynolds sportin’ a seriously cut 6-pack. O.M.G!

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Amityville Horror, a waste of a talented cast; however...Ryan Reynold's seriously cut 6-pack!

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Karin is wearing a multi-colored halter in jewel tones of fuchsia, orange and umber.

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer, please.

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
No A-frame hugs, but full on hug-me-like-you-mean-it hugs. My brother’s are the best.

36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Cheesecake (there are even some outstanding vegan ones out there!)

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
No idea.38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Well, half my fan base has already done it. (That is, Rebel has.)

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. Fascinating!

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
No mouse pad.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
I heart Chuck and Dexter.

42. FAVORITE SOUND?
My mom saying, “Hey, Sugar.”

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Oh, the Beatles!

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
8,000 miles away in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. Woot!

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Oh, I sing and act and play with color. I want to be in a show with Liev Schreiber someday; he’s brilliant. Not likely to happen as I don’t live in LA or NY and don’t audition, but eh, these are mere details.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Catskill, NY and 2 months early.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
I always like to know more about M5K.

3 comments:

Michael5000 said...

Oh Hell.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
"Michael" was a neutral compromise between my mother's "Elmer" and my father's "Aleric." So, lucky me.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
When Yoyo died.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Couldn't care less.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
What an odd question.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
No.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
We might be too shy to ever realize how much we had in common.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
I'm not really sure.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
I think so.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Why would I do that?

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Granola, baby!

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Nah.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
I'm afraid not.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
I try not to eat quite as much these days.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Kind of a gestalt impression. ("Teeth"? really? weird.)

15. RED OR PINK?
For what?

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
How averse I am to conflict and being thought wrong.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
[abstain].

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO DO THIS?
Everyone. Absolutely everyone.

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Navy slippers.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
I'm eating some soup even as I type.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
My "Yuletide" station on Pandora.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
WTF?

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Home, and other places I find comfortable.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Mrs. Chuckdaddy.

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
I do.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
College football, baby!

27. HAIR COLOR?
Thin.

28. EYE COLOR?
Blue.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
I did in high school and a year of college. Fuck that.

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Beans and cheese!

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Eh.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
"McCabe & Mrs. Miller"

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Tan

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer.

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Who's offering?

36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Ice Cream

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Me, apparently.

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
President-Elect Obama, who is far too busy right now.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Several different ones at the moment.

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
What is it, 1997?

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
I don't understand the question.

42. FAVORITE SOUND?
Music is nice....

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Stones.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Depression.

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I have lots of talents, none of them particularly special.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Emanuel.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
Oh, I don't know. Maybe Tereza will check in.

Tereza said...

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
I don't think so... but I should know the answer to that, shouldn't I?

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Last night.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
No opinion.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
When I still ate pork, it was artisan ham... the real stuff.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
You know the answer to that one.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Hard to say. I'd like to think I like myself enough to. I can be a bit flaky though...

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
You've got to when you're a Czech. It's in your blood.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Do I have tonsils? Read my latest blog post about my "tonsil adventure."

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Not unless my (or a loved one's) life depended on it.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
I'm not really into cereal. I eat cornflakes once in a blue moon.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Why bother?

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Emotionally.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
I'm not a huge fan, but I guess in the summer gelato: either hazelnut, pistachio or strawberry.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
body shape, walk, hair, eyes.

15. RED OR PINK?
My first impulse: red. Does that make me a Commie?

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
How lazy I am and how difficult it is for me to initiate confrontation.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Lots of people.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO DO THIS?
By law.

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
No shoes.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Pop corn last night.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
My child coughing.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
I don't know... gold maybe? Since that's the color of Leos.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Bonfire, lavender.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My grandmother

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
Karin? Why, of course!

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
If I had to watch a sport on TV, it would be tennis or gymnastics??? I'm not into sports... or TV.

27. HAIR COLOR?
Graying brown. You already know this one. Never HAVE died my hair.

28. EYE COLOR?
Hazel.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No. But I should wear my glasses more often.

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Soup.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Not really into either. Happy endings are nice once in a while.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Some crazy conspiracy documentary. Can't remember the name though we watched it last night.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
brown.

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer.

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Depends

36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Chocolate cake?

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
?

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
?

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
The Shock Doctrine, mainly. But a few other books too.

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Don't have one.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
the only thing I watch on TV is a 5-minute nightly Czech cartoon with my son every night.

42. FAVORITE SOUND?
Crackling fire, water flowing, ocean, bird song, flute, mbira...

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Depends

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Thailand

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
That's for other people to judge.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Prague.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
I don't know if anyone else will answer....

Michael5000 said...

Tereza checked in!