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1. What time did you get up this morning? i forgot to turn off the alarm. so i heard the Drive play at 8 am. but i didn't get out of bed until almost 12:30. i only had to go to one job today, so i got to sleep in.
2. Diamonds or Pearls? pearls. not that i wear much jewelry. but i am waiting for a necklace with a white and onix pearl in it. stunning. i suppose that's the kind of ring i'd like, too. did you ever read the pearl by Steinbeck? i think it changed my young life.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Little Miss Sunshine. Well worth the trip.
4. What is your favorite TV show? i am currently making my way through the the West Wing on DVD. on my nights off i used to crash on the couch and watch the Simpsons, King of the Hill, That 70's show. i will probably track down the DVD set for Boston Legal as James Spader makes me want to do naughty things and William Shatner actually *is* a talented actor. And i adore cop/hospital drama and spoof: ER, NYPD Blue, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy. ... and i thought i didn't watch that much TV...
5. What did you have for breakfast? i had the last of the banana chocolate chip bread. i should have had eggs.
6. What is your middle name? it comes from a Simon and Garfunkel song. i'm a twin. my parents had four names, two for boys, two for girls, but i didn't have a middle name until my mom was in labor and they drove over the Rhine River while this song played. .... kind of a nice story.
7. What is your favorite cuisine? i'm a sucker for maki and sushi, will roll over for indian and love making anything over open fire outside.
8. What foods do you dislike? there are very few things i don't like. my mom raised me that way, although i never really cared for the texture of lima beans. mom didn't like them either, so i never had to eat them growing up. oh, and tuna. i was burnt out on tuna as a young child. we ate it every tuesday night on our weekly budget meal plan. monday: meatloaf [which i still love]; tuesday: tuna; wednesday: chicken; thursday: leftovers; friday: pizza. weekends were up in the air and usually involved making something chocolate with and for dad from scratch.
9. Your favorite Potato chip?

Jay's. Hands down. Although there is a company that makes kettle salt and vinigar chips i woud eat all of the time if i allowed that kind of thing in my house. doritoes are perfect for putting on PB&J. but i don't eat that stuff any more.
10. What cd have you been listening to lately? Friend's have been playing a lot of Tori Amos in the house. Portishead was on the other night. i do love me some Portishead.
11. What kind of car do you drive? whatever my friends drive. i don't own a motor vehicle, and i kind of like it that way, for now. in highschool i drove a Volvo. boxy, grey, and beaterish. it was perfect.
12. Favorite sandwich? jimmy john's Vito, or a fresh Rueben, turkey or corned beef.
13. What characteristics do you despise? stupidity, intolerance, bigotry, small mindedness.
14. What are your favorite clothes? sweats and hoodies that i can't wear in public at night around the house. to go out, usually jeans and a tight t or nicer hoodie. i love working in scrubs.
15. If you would go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? right now i would go to guatemala to see one of my most favored tree-hugging, globe trotting companions. there or NYC.
16. Favorite brand of clothing? GAP for men's jeans, shirts, girls undies, bras and and boy panties [they make excellent boxer briefs. champion for sweats and sports bras and bathing suits. prana for yoga clothes. thrift stores for anything but socks and undies.
17. Where would you want to retire? The world is at my feet so the road may be home.
18. Favorite time of day? close tie between the quiet moments in bed when the sun is up and i can just stretch and be grateful and the moments when my house is full of boisterous chaos and i'm cooking or cleaning around it all.
19. Where were you born? germany
20. What is your favorite sport to watch? anyone where someone i know is competing. otherwise most of them, but i've been officially turned on to futball [i can't wait for the next World Cup]
21. Who do you think will not send this back? i didn't do it for people to answer back.
22. Person you expect to send it back first? see above
23. Pepsi or Coke? nothing beats a tastey diet Coke
24. Beavers or Ducks? i can't say as i ever considered it. i have an affinity for ducks, but given my sense of humor, i can not pass up the opportunity to say i am pro-beaver.
25. Are you a morning person or night owl? hoot. hoot.
26. Pedicure or Manicure? whichever one you feel like administering to me or paying for me to get.
27. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? i wish.
28. What did you want to be when you were little? invisible.
29. What is your best childhood memory? giggling. trying to keep up with my big sister on my bike. i think she was trying to run away. we got really far and then she stopped to see if i was okay. she told me she wasn't tired until she stopped and then it all hit her. i think i was six. she was eleven. we were still allowed carte blanche of the neighborhood back then. not too many creepy people stealing kids and doing bad things with them. at least it wasn't something our parents were paranoid about. i have a lot of good childhood memories, like Christmas with my extended family in Cleveland and how my auntie's living room seemed absolutely huge because i was so small...
30. Ever been toilet papering? yes. i was sister of a band geek and then i was in the color guard while my twin marched the trumpet. it was a right of passage.
31. Been in a car accident? yes. i was with my dad, in the passenger seat of our keely green 1978 Volvo. i was sitting sideways and talking to him about Lord knows what. we rear-ended someone. it was just before air bags and no one got hurt. in the grand scheme of things, not too hairy.
32. Favorite restaurant? oysy [oh-ee-she] and New Tokyo for sushi. raj baran[?] and hewa's kitchen for indian. andrea's in NYC for italian.
33. Favorite flower? whatever my mom grows in her garden and the african violets i got from my dad's mom when she passed away that bloom all the time because i have angels watching over me. that and orchids. i love me some orchids. and anything else you want to bring me.
34. Favorite ice cream? i currently have a pint of Half Baked and a pint of Heath Bar Crunch i'm working on.
35. Favorite fast food restaurant? chipotle, subway and jimmy john's
36. How many times did you fail your drivers test? people fail their driver's test?
37. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Uncle Dan's [hiking store]
38. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? anyone at this point. i'm known to be a curious kind of girl.
39. Last person you went to dinner with? went out to dinner with the House Mate and my Sister when she was in town last weekend. sushi. shocking, no?
40. How many tattoos do you have? none, yet.
41. How many people are you sending this to? how many people are reading this blog?
42. What time did you finish this e-mail? it isn't an email and i'm not done with it, although i did save it and leave work to return home and finish it after a shower while the HM is laying on the floor with her newly died shoe polish black hair listening to emo. music she knows little to nothing about. she needed a change. her running theory is that the black die kills your brain cells and allows one to be sullen and morose without hesitation. she's a keeper.
43. Favorite magazine? details for men, the new yorker, time, newsweek. i miss picking up zines from little coffee shops in the Twin Cities. those were romantically morose times.
44. If you could meet any famous person, who would it be? at the moment i'd love to be in a room with emilou harris, melissa etheridge, ellen degeneres, rosie o', Leslie Feinberg ... and it has been a long standing dream of mine to be in the Late Show with David Letterman.
46. If you could change your profession right now, what would you be doing? i'm working in the profession i want to be working in: healthcare. i'd love to be practicing nursing under my own legal license, like i'm supposed to be right now, but i'll accept the learning curve, enjoy the adventure and keep on keeping on. i honestly can't imagine being a fifteenth as happy as i am right now in any other field. really.

okay. now you.