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Friday, April 09, 2004

short survey

I nicked this from the wickedly humorous Kristin and I can guarantee you that it won't be as funny as hers.

1: grab the book nearest to you. turn to page 18, find line 4. write down here what it says:
"overnight guests. The bedroom she shared with her son was di-" (this is actually from a REALLY GOOD BOOK called A Catch of Consequence by Diana Norman. I just finished it yesterday.

2: stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
and...? Thin air. (?)

3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?:
The opening days of the Iraq war, more than a year ago. I mean it.

4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is:
Um, 10:30?

5: now look at the clock, what is the actual time?:
10:08

6: with the exception of the computer, what can you hear?:
My kids playing a game

7: when did you last step outside? what were you doing?:
About half an hour ago, and I was going down to the tire place to deliver some tires to have them balanced. (it's a beautiful, beautiful day)

8: before you came to this website, what did you look at?:
mom-on-roof's diary

9: what are you wearing?:
My Eddie Bauer jeans (most comfortable jeans in the WORLD), a pink ribbed tank top, a white button-down blouse, unbuttoned

10: did you dream last night? what about?:
I don't remember

11: when did you last laugh? why?:
A few minutes ago, because my daughter was being silly

12: what is on the walls of the room you are in?:
This is shameful. We have lived in this house for, what, eight years almost? And one wall has built-in shelving which is cluttered up with DVDs, videos, pictures, and stuff, but the rest of the walls have NOTHING. We even own prints which we want to put up but we never get around to getting them framed. Because we are lame.

13: seen anything weird lately?:
Just the guy across the street -- it's possible that he's totally normal but I get a really WEIRD creepy don't-trust-him vibe from him every time he talks to me. He said hello to me when I walked out the door and I said a very quick no-eye-contact hello and got in the car.

14: what do you think of this quiz?:
It's more interesting than a lot of quizzes. And I love quizzes.

15: what is the last film you saw?:
The Passion of the Christ and The Return of the King on the same evening in the theater.

16: if you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?:
Property and a house.

17: tell me something about you that most people don't know:
Well, my life is pretty much an open book, except for some things that most people don't know because I don't WANT most people to know them -- which means I'm not going to post about them here either.

18: if you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
I am torn between being sincere or smartalecky here, so I'll do both. Sincere: Everyone would consider each other's needs and be courteous. Snotty: Nobody would automatically go into squeaky-voice mode when talking to children; that drives me utterly bananas.

19: do you like to dance?:
Only when I'm alone.

20: George Bush:
...is a good man whom I admire who has also done some things I'd rather he hadn't.

21: imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Well, my first child wasn't a girl. My second child was, and her name was Natalie. Or if I had another girl (which I never will) I'd name her Elizabeth Anne after my two favorite Austen characters.

22: imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
My first son was a boy, and he has a name so unique that I'm afraid if I put it in this diary you'd be able to track us all down and stalk us. So I'm not going to mention it. Sorry. :)

23: would you ever consider living abroad?
Maybe in the short term.

24: will you pass on this survey?
Well, I'll post it in my diary, which is pretty much the same idea.

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