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Dec. 9th, 2005
Snowy Day Meme
Dec. 9th, 2005 10:02 am1. You have $10 and need to buy snacks at a gas station; what do you buy?
Fritos, Ben & Jerry's and Pepperidge Farm cookies, and a six-pack of a microbrew.
2. If you had to be reincarnated as some sort of sea dwelling creature, what would you be?
A lean, sleek, shimmery fish of some kind. Or a mermaid.
3. Who's your favorite redhead?
My mother. I like redheads in general.
4. What do you order when you're at a pancake house?
Mmm...chocolate chip pancakes with sausage, and strong coffee.
5. Do you own any "naughty" toys?
I have--don't think I have any now.
6. Have you made out with anyone on your friend's list?
Of course.
7. Describe your favorite pair of underwear:
I have a rose-mesh set, trimmed with embroidered roses, that I ordered from a British company. I also like my Calvin Klein bra with the matching boy-cut briefs--it feels very trim and sexily utilitarian.
8. Describe the last time you were injured:
Err....can't really remember. I broke my leg when I was 10.
9. What type of shirt are you wearing?
White turtleneck, under a old Abercrombie Fitch Nordic pattern sweater (back from when they made nice clothes and weren't this trendy company for teens).
10. Prescription medication?
If I need it.
11. If you could use only one form of transportation for the rest of your life what would it be?
Only one--jeez, I love walking everywhere, but I don't want to give up the motorcycling!
12. How many people are on your friends list?
I guess about 30?
13. How many people on your list do you know in real life?
Almost all of them.
14. What are you listening to right now?
Nothing...at work...
15. Most recent movie you watched?
I think it was Return from Witch Mountain. I have And the Band Played on waiting at home, though.
16. Name 3 things you have with you at all times:
Cell phone, wallet, keys.
17. Would you rather give or receive a foot massage?
Oh my God, receive. I love getting massages--I am a very tactile person and love to touch and be touched.
18. Name a teacher you had the hots for:
In college I had a crush--a very enjoyable, preppy English-lit geek crush--on my professor, Mr. Tamburr. He was so cute, in an English-lit geek way, with green eyes and brown hair and had a great sense of humor (we watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail when I was taking Medieval Literature). He was a tough as nails grader, and I could never get more than an A- on any paper I did for him, until senior year, in seminar, when I finally got an A for my paper on Their Eyes Were Watching God.
19. Kinky sex?
Maybe...if you're good.
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Happy.
Fritos, Ben & Jerry's and Pepperidge Farm cookies, and a six-pack of a microbrew.
2. If you had to be reincarnated as some sort of sea dwelling creature, what would you be?
A lean, sleek, shimmery fish of some kind. Or a mermaid.
3. Who's your favorite redhead?
My mother. I like redheads in general.
4. What do you order when you're at a pancake house?
Mmm...chocolate chip pancakes with sausage, and strong coffee.
5. Do you own any "naughty" toys?
I have--don't think I have any now.
6. Have you made out with anyone on your friend's list?
Of course.
7. Describe your favorite pair of underwear:
I have a rose-mesh set, trimmed with embroidered roses, that I ordered from a British company. I also like my Calvin Klein bra with the matching boy-cut briefs--it feels very trim and sexily utilitarian.
8. Describe the last time you were injured:
Err....can't really remember. I broke my leg when I was 10.
9. What type of shirt are you wearing?
White turtleneck, under a old Abercrombie Fitch Nordic pattern sweater (back from when they made nice clothes and weren't this trendy company for teens).
10. Prescription medication?
If I need it.
11. If you could use only one form of transportation for the rest of your life what would it be?
Only one--jeez, I love walking everywhere, but I don't want to give up the motorcycling!
12. How many people are on your friends list?
I guess about 30?
13. How many people on your list do you know in real life?
Almost all of them.
14. What are you listening to right now?
Nothing...at work...
15. Most recent movie you watched?
I think it was Return from Witch Mountain. I have And the Band Played on waiting at home, though.
16. Name 3 things you have with you at all times:
Cell phone, wallet, keys.
17. Would you rather give or receive a foot massage?
Oh my God, receive. I love getting massages--I am a very tactile person and love to touch and be touched.
18. Name a teacher you had the hots for:
In college I had a crush--a very enjoyable, preppy English-lit geek crush--on my professor, Mr. Tamburr. He was so cute, in an English-lit geek way, with green eyes and brown hair and had a great sense of humor (we watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail when I was taking Medieval Literature). He was a tough as nails grader, and I could never get more than an A- on any paper I did for him, until senior year, in seminar, when I finally got an A for my paper on Their Eyes Were Watching God.
19. Kinky sex?
Maybe...if you're good.
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Happy.
Dispatch from the holidays...
Dec. 9th, 2005 05:20 pm...from my message board, in a thread about holiday music:
"Silent Night" gets on my nerves a little because I feel like somehow the powers that be decided it's the ultimate Christmas carol, and all other carols bow before it.
BTW--I totally agree with that. I've never cared much for that one, a little too slow and stodgy, and then I hear from John Denver on the Muppet Xmas album that apparently it's the world's most beloved carol! Methinks your German is rearing its head, John ;)
and
From a traditional standpoint, I have to agree with others - "O Holy Night" can just destroy a room if done properly.
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Yep. If you got someone really belting it out, when they get to "FALL on your knees!" you almost feel obliged to do just that, lest the angels strike you down for your impudence.
and the best:
A few years back, someone at my old office decided that it would be nice for a bunch of us to gather in the lobby on the Friday before Christmas and sing carols as people came in for the work day. Not only that, but he hooked us up to the P.A. so that the entire building could be delighted by our dulcet tones.
One problem: none of us could sing. Another problem: we hadn't rehearsed. No-one had thought it necessary. After all, everyone knows the lyrics to "Jingle Bells", right?
Oh my GOD, did we suck. But the worst was yet to come.
Someone had the bright idea for us to sing O Holy Night. I nearly fainted. "Are you NUTS?" I hissed, but it was too late - we were off. I knew what was coming - we probably all did - but it was like a car-wreck in slow motion. And there it was - the High Note to End All High Notes. Except when we did it, it sounded like a bunch of cats being strangled while somehow managing to croak out "Ohhhhh niiiiight, DEEEEVIIIIIINNNNNE!!!"
We all straggled back to our desks afterwards and tried to act nonchalant, but no-one ever let us forget it.
"Silent Night" gets on my nerves a little because I feel like somehow the powers that be decided it's the ultimate Christmas carol, and all other carols bow before it.
BTW--I totally agree with that. I've never cared much for that one, a little too slow and stodgy, and then I hear from John Denver on the Muppet Xmas album that apparently it's the world's most beloved carol! Methinks your German is rearing its head, John ;)
and
From a traditional standpoint, I have to agree with others - "O Holy Night" can just destroy a room if done properly.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yep. If you got someone really belting it out, when they get to "FALL on your knees!" you almost feel obliged to do just that, lest the angels strike you down for your impudence.
and the best:
A few years back, someone at my old office decided that it would be nice for a bunch of us to gather in the lobby on the Friday before Christmas and sing carols as people came in for the work day. Not only that, but he hooked us up to the P.A. so that the entire building could be delighted by our dulcet tones.
One problem: none of us could sing. Another problem: we hadn't rehearsed. No-one had thought it necessary. After all, everyone knows the lyrics to "Jingle Bells", right?
Oh my GOD, did we suck. But the worst was yet to come.
Someone had the bright idea for us to sing O Holy Night. I nearly fainted. "Are you NUTS?" I hissed, but it was too late - we were off. I knew what was coming - we probably all did - but it was like a car-wreck in slow motion. And there it was - the High Note to End All High Notes. Except when we did it, it sounded like a bunch of cats being strangled while somehow managing to croak out "Ohhhhh niiiiight, DEEEEVIIIIIINNNNNE!!!"
We all straggled back to our desks afterwards and tried to act nonchalant, but no-one ever let us forget it.