Meme

Jan. 23rd, 2014 12:44 pm
shipperx: (OUAT Regina)
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Gakked from [livejournal.com profile] molliemole

1. How old will you be in five years?
It'll be a double-digit anniversary of my 30th birthday. (I don't post my age).

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?
co-workers.  So mostly Peter, I guess, since we have parallel cubicles

3. How tall are you?
5'-10"

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
Warmer weather!!

5. What's the last movie you saw?
Oblivion with Tom Cruise (it was...eh)

6. Who was the last person you called?
A structural engineer about going to a job site.

7. Who was the last person to call you?
A plumbing engineer about his not going to a job site.

8. What was the last text message you received?
A string of sobbing emoticons from my sister when Bama lost the Sugar Bowl

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voice mail?
Car salesman

10. Do you prefer to call or text?
call

11. What were you doing at 12am last night?
sleeping

12. Are your parents married/divorced?
Married. 56 years and counting.

13. When did you last see your mom?
When I dropped off my dog at her home this morning (she's Zoe's doggie daycare.)

14. What color are your eyes?
Blue-gray-green. Is that a color?

15. What time did you wake up today?
6:30 am

16. What are you wearing right now?
ivory corduroys, ivory racer-back camisole, blue hip-length Free People wrap-around sweater-jacket, green glass 'jewel' choker, gold stud earrings, and 4" heel dove-gray shooties (shoe/boot...-ies)   {Yeah, that effectively makes me 6'-2".  Whatever.  On the rare days when I wear ballet flats, aforementioned co-worker Peter has the surprised re-realization that he's actually taller than I am even if it doesn't feel that way most of the time.}

17. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Most Wonderful Time of the Year

18. Where is your favorite place to be?
beach

19. Where is your least favorite place to be?
under stress

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
Santorini or Fiji

21. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 years?
If I'm lucky, not far removed from where I am now.

22. Do you tan or burn?
I usually break out into welts and burn.  I'm the pale sensitive skin type.

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
snakes

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?
Ichabod Crane's flip phone rant on Sleepy Hollow

25. How many TVs do you have in your house?
4

25. How big is your bed?
Full {which is a double but smaller than queen-sized}  The story: I designed my bed in college and my dad {who was teaching cabinet making/wood working at that particular time} made it for me... by the wrong dimensions. It's long enough to be a queen but only wide enough for a full. So the mattress is a full. And since full size mattresses and sheets are cheaper anyway, I've never felt compelled to change it).

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?
laptop at home. Desktop at work.

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes?
tank top and panties mostly

29. What color are your sheets?
Pair 1 - White cotton percale with spring green banding. Pair 2 - soft gray-blue cotton percale

30. How many pillows do you sleep with
Have 4. Sleep w/ 2

31. What is your favorite season?
Spring

33. What do you like about winter?
Christmas vacation.

34. What do you like about the summer?
Long days.

35. What do you like about spring?
The first blooms and all the green.

36. How many states/provinces have you lived in?
1 (I studied abroad in college, but have only ever lived in one state).

37. What cities/towns have you lived in?
Auburn, Monroeville, Birmingham (U.S.)  {though I did spend 4 months in London and 3+ months in Florence, Italy during college}

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Yes?

39. Are you a social person?
Not particularly, no

40. What was the last thing you ate?
Conecuh sausage and collard greens.  Oh, and a hand full of black cherries.

41. What is your favorite restaurant?
Surin ( It's Thai.    Duck in red curry, yum!)

42. What is your favorite ice cream?
Talenti Gelato's  Southern Butter Pecan

43. What is your favorite dessert?
Yes, please?
I have a terrible sweet tooth. Almost all of them.

44. What is your favorite kind of soup?
Pacific Roasted Red Pepper Tomato

45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Apple

(Though if you want a freaky but shockingly tasty weird combo. Try: marmalade, siracha, basil, and peanut butter (pan grilled). Yes, all of it. I know. I know it's BIZARRE. But I got it from some gourmet specialty PB&J place and as bizarre as it sounds... it's really good!)

46. Do you like Chinese food?
Yep.

47. Do you like coffee?
Addicted to the stuff

48. How many glasses of water a day do you drink on average?
2+

49. What do you drink in the morning?
Coffee, then coffee again, then probably one more coffee (Keurig K-Cups mostly on week days. Usually "Donut House", "Gevalia," or "Tully's House Blend" depending on which was on sale when I last went to the store.

50. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Not really

51. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes, though not well.

52. Have you ever been to Canada?
Three times. Lake Louise, Banff, and Whistler

53. Do you have an addictive personality?
Not as it's usually meant, but I do have a way of getting REALLY INVOLVED with things

54. Do you eat out or at home more often?
Home  (or taking lunch FROM home)

55. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
I have two LJ pals who do

56. Do you want kids?
That's almost certainly never going to happen.

57. Do you speak any other languages?
I used to have a very small smattering of Italian (from study abroad days). It's long since faded from memory.

58. Have you ever gotten stitches?
Nope

59. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Nope

60. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
Pool. I was traumatized by seeing Jaws as a child.

61. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?
I'm 5'-10."    No question -- aisle.

65. Do you know how to drive stick?
Nope.

66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
Plants or clothes

67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
24/7? No. I don't wear any to bed. I wear earrings and a watch most of the time though

68. What is your favorite TV show?
Cyclical. Lots of faves.  Changes regularly.  It's obvious from the LJ.

69. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes

70. Who is the funniest person you know?
...?

71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
I have a real live one (real live animal has taken to bringing stuffed animals to bed though, so I guess now I do by proxy)

72. What is the main ring tone on your phone?
"Stairway"...?  I don't know, beats me.

73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
My mom has kept a few

74. What red object is closest to you right now?
red markers and the Alabama Crimson Tide logo on my water tumbler

75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
No

76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Used to be open.  Since acquisition of puppy (who likes to eat shoe soles)  closed.

77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
Bees.

78. Do you flirt a lot?
No

79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
Honey mustard

80. What is your favorite food?
chocolate

81. Can you change the oil on a car?
Nope

82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
Three.

83. Have you ever run out of gas?
No.

84. What is your usual bed time?
11:30pm +/-

85. What was the last book you read?
Other than the sparkly pink princess monstrosity (Husband Trap.  Ugh).   Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas

86. Do you read the newspaper?
Online.

87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Architect, Veranda,  and Southern Living

89. Do you watch soap operas?
Used to.  Still keep up with the boards occasionally.

90. Do you dance in the car?
Dance?   No.  Sing, though.

91. What radio station did you last listen to?
Jox 94.5 Sports Talk

92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you?
If you're talking about my desk... panoramic shot of the Spanish Steps in Rome (sans people.  I wonder when in the hell they could've taken the shot). At bedside at home, though, a triptych of Zoe (Dog) , Carly (late cat), and my people family

93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper?
"Rick @ 1pm,  water fountains in cafe -- 1, not ADA,  new property line Sain or Gonzales?  Aerial of park - identify structures to relocate + walking path"

94. What is your favorite candle scent?
Lavender.

95. What is your favorite board game?
...?

96. When was the last time you attended church?
Niece's christening (she recently turned 18)

97. Who was your favorite teacher in high school?
Mr Johnson, AP Biology

98. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent?
5 days

Date: 2014-01-23 07:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com
Blue-gray-green. Is that a color?


My Dad had that color and he called it hazel.

Date: 2014-01-23 11:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] molliemole.livejournal.com
I should have given petzipellepingo credit for passing this on.

Date: 2014-01-24 02:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadowkat67.livejournal.com
Yep, it's the same eye-color that I have. Although to me it's green, to everyone else it is blue-gray-green or "hazel". My grandfather had it.

Date: 2014-01-24 02:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] txvoodoo.livejournal.com
I had no idea you were so tall! Also, I have never seen a photo of you.

Date: 2014-01-26 04:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
I hate, hate, hate pictures of me.

But I was 5'-8" ... in sixth grade!

Date: 2014-01-26 11:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] txvoodoo.livejournal.com
You're like my husband.

But how shall I ever recognize you? :D

Holy moly. I hit my max height in 6th grade. All 5'2-ish of it. :D

Date: 2014-01-24 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadowkat67.livejournal.com
Some of these answers are similar to mine:

1) bed time - 11:30am

2) favorite tv shows - cyclical, lots of favs

3) pool or ocean - pool, I was traumatized by Jaws as a child. LOL! (I love that one, I may steal that...)

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