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Monday, July 03, 2006
questions & answers
This originally had 100 questions. I deleted all the ones that I'd answered multiple times in various memes over the past three years (I've been importing old entries from Diaryland to here, partly so that I had my whole backup in one place, and oh my gosh have I done a ton of these. Another thing I discovered during the import process is that it's nice to have this as a record even if I don't feel like writing in it at the time. So I'm going to try to be better about writing more often, instead of figuring that I never write here so why pay money to keep it around).
ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
This is actually hard to choose. I'll go with my biggest non-surgical scar which is on my shin, and I got it in 1993 when I was visiting Jenn in LA. We were waiting for a bus, only we were waiting on the opposite side of the street from the bus route we actually wanted because there was a bench in the shade. So when we saw the bus coming, we jumped off the back of the bench where we'd been sitting to dash across the street. Except that I smacked my shin against a fire hydrant on the way down, and when I looked at the wound you could see through the thin layer of fat on my shin (I'm sure it's thicker now) down to the muscle beneath it. I didn't get it stitched because I was 300 miles from my insurance card and my mother; when I got home a couple of days later we went to the doctor but he said it was too late to do anything about it, other than do cosmetic surgery after it had healed to get rid of the scar. Which obviously we never did, or I'd be telling you about the time I drove my bicycle into a pole when I was four, instead of telling you this story.
WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE?
Um. It's silver, with a swoopy blue shape on the front of it and a little square LCD display that lights up in different colors. It's two years old now so I'm sure it's completely outdated.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
12:15 AM, although the hospital staff put 12:45 on my birth certificate so that my parents wouldn't have to pay for the extra day in the hospital (they tried to hold off going in until after midnight but they gave in at around 11:30).
WHAT DO YOU MISS?
3 br 2 ba on 5 acres for $100K. Definitely.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?
THE NIKON.
DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
When I'm under a lot of stress I feel kind of claustrophobic, and being in a small space makes it worse, but that's different, isn't it.
WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?
I assume it was T. Or maybe one of the kids.
DO YOU SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE?
Sometimes I feel like I definitely do.
(I know, I know, not what was meant. I can hold a very basic conversation in French as long as the other person speaks slowly and I can stick to present or present perfect tense; because I know French and live in California I can read very basic Spanish but don't expect me to understand it when it's spoken).
WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU (OF THE OPPOSITE SEX)?
I had a boyfriend when I was fourteen or so who gave me a ludicrously furry stuffed cat for Valentine's Day, with a little heart between its paws that said "I love you." I cherished this singularly stereotypical early-teen-boy gift; I hugged it and cried when he broke up with me. In other words, no, there wasn't an original bone in my hormone-laden body.
WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR DREAMS?
Lately I have this recurring nightmare where I find out that people have been making fun of my children -- at Sunday school, Awana, their friends' house, etc. Gee, the dream analysis on THAT one is just a stumper, isn't it.
WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL MOST OFTEN?
Probably home, from my cell.
YOUR WEAKNESSES?
I think I've pretty much spent the last three years or so blogging about them; you should be able to find them out for yourself without too much effort.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS SURVEY?
Posting pictures to my photo blog and waiting for the ibuprofen to kick in and give my poor gluteus maximus some relief. I hadn't quite fully recovered from moving a refrigerator down a flight of stairs a couple of days ago when I went for a loooong hard walk today, which I should either do more often (definitely the smarter answer) or not at all. THE PAIN.
WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
The way my children behave in public, and now my car.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL?
Remarkably, my life would be unchanged. Shocking, I know.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
happy fantasy: A trip to Morro Bay and a replacement 70-300mm macro lens (mine only works at 300mm now). Reality: some nice solid refrigerator magnets, books, and a ducky key chain. And, well, maybe the lens? :) (it IS nearly six months away).
WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
I was named after a Dolly Parton and Porter Waggoner song called "Sweet Rachel Ann". But my middle name's not Ann.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
When I take my time with it. I'm out of practice, though, so my hand gets tired fast.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Salsa turkey, yum yum.
ANY BAD HABITS?
It's not so much that I have bad habits (except interrupting) as it is that I don't have enough good ones.
DO YOU UN-TIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Depends on the shoe. If I don't have to in order to get it off, I generally don't.
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
The fishtank bubbler, my own raucous typing, and blessed, blessed silence.
LAST THING YOU ATE?
A banana.
LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Jenn. I was talking on the cell phone with the hands-free attachment and my son walked into the kitchen to stare into the refrigerator, growing-boy-style. I heard him kind of grunting, and after wondering what was up for about three sentences (I was relating a story about something but I can't remember what it was now), I asked him if he needed my help. It turned out that he thought I was talking to him, so he was making little "mm. mm-hmm" noises. I found this enormously funny at the time. Maybe you had to be there.
LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
The sunset. Oh, on the TV? The kids were watching the Gumby Movie this morning and now I totally have the theme music to it in my head.
WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
I'm reading Vanity Fair right now. I'm really liking it, which shows that my practice of putting a classic book aside if I can't get into it and trying it again later works at least some of the time.
Comments
I like your survey!!
Posted by: debi at July 3, 2006 02:34 AM
This made me LOL. It is true, your kids are gifted at public displays of good behavior...With which I am immensly impressed. What is Salsa Turkey? My hands get tired fast when writing too...Probably because I type too much...And I was still laughing about our phone conversation today too :-) That WAS funny. lol.
Posted by: jenn at July 3, 2006 02:33 PM
this is a test.
Posted by: Rachel at July 4, 2006 01:19 AM
I don't think you had to be there...I found the thing about LT in front of the fridge hilarious.
Posted by: Kristen at July 4, 2006 08:17 AM
