1. What curse word do you use the most?
probably "fuck," but only because it can be used in various forms as virtually every part of speech and has numerous senses of meaning.
2. Do you own an iPod?
yes, i have an iPod touch, but i rarely use it because i have an iPad and an iPhone that i use for portable audio.
3. What person do you talk to on the phone the most?
oh, probably my mom. i don't talk on the phone much. i'm a texter.
4. Do you still remember the first person you kissed?
yes. mike carter in sixth grade.
5. Do you remember where you were on 11/9/01?
yes, vividly, as it was my thirtieth birthday. though i think this question was written with the european convention of day/month/year and refers to september 11th, 2001 rather than november 9th, 2001.
on november 9th, i was at a joint 30th (me) and 40th (my friend bruce) birthday party at my former friend julie's house here in lovely st. paul, minnesota. my parents came to town and we had a cake with images of my and bruce's faces rendered in icing, and we both looked like we were black. (we are both white.) it was a really fun party. i had (and still have) wonderful friends and they were all there. some shitty friends were there, too, and i enjoyed chatting with them as well.
on september 11th, i was working at caribou coffee on grand avenue, and we were getting news reports filtered in from customers about what was happening at the world trade center. we turned off the programmed muzak coffee house blend after the second tower was hit in favor of the news on mpr. the thing i remember most about it was a conversation with a woman i secretly disliked strongly because she was cooler than me (according to my faulty self-perception at the time). that and a customer who looked like kris kristofferson, and is actually played by kris kristofferson in my memory, coming in in the middle of the extra-hectic and confusing rush shouting something about the second tower going down.
6. What was the last movie you watched?
beetlejuice. i watched it today on tv.
7. Has anyone ever called you lazy?
probably. i have called myself lazy, but at those times, "depressed" or "unmotivated" would have been more accurate.
8. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep?
yes. usually benadryl, sometimes ambien. my sleep is sort of sensitive to stress, and i almost always have terrible insomnia thursday nights because i work too much. ambien is good as far as a more serious drug than benadryl because its half-life is a few hours so i can take it even if i have to be awake for work in four hours.
9. Has anyone told you a secret this week?
ummm, well, my clients have shared things that are private and deeply personal with me, but i don't know if that counts as a secret. i gossipped with my friend kate, and though those weren't specifically secrets, i certainly wouldn't want anyone else knowing how judgemental i can be when i let my hair down, as the saying goes. so probably not in the classic sense of telling a secret.
10. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
it depends on the person. when i was single i probably focused on signals of the person's availability/interest and his intelligence, but now i just notice what's the most noticeable thing, like eye contact, social skills, and ability to process ideas and respond quickly.
11. What are you looking forward to?
work tomorrow. i love my job.
12. Do you own any band t-shirts?
yes. some sicbay shirts are probably still hanging around, and i know i have an old pike sweatshirt. i'm sure there are several others but i don't know which ones.
13. What will you be doing in one hour?
reading in bed or sleeping.
14. Is anyone in love with you?
yes. jon is madly, deeply, head over heels crazy in love with me.
15. Last time you cried?
i cried today when i was scrolling through some friends' pictures on facebook from this weekend's pride parade and festival. i cried because i was so moved by the undaunted activism of my LGBT friends in the face of such ugly hatred and institutional homophobia. the sheer joy and delight and celebration on the faces in those pictures is an amazing sight to behold considering that they are told daily, "you are bad and wrong, and you may not love who you love."
16. Are you on a desktop computer or a laptop?
laptop, baby. macbook all the way.
17. Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos?
no new ones. i still need to have my gigantic back piece finished.
18. Would you ever date anyone covered in tattoos?
no, because i would never date anyone other than jon, and he is not covered in tattoos. but i have dated plenty of elaborately-illustrated people, so tattoos were never a deterrent.
19. What were you doing before this?
reading my friend heather's blog.
20. When is the last time you slept on the floor?
well, i slept on an airbed on the floor at my parents' house last christmas. if that doesn't count, i have no idea.
21. How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
i can function for a day on four, but only for one day. i manage on about six most of the week, and on weekends sleep about ten to twelve to make up for it. ideally i would get eight or nine a night.
22. Do you eat breakfast daily?
no. i don't eat breakfast ever. unless diet coke and cigarettes count as breakfast, in which case, yes, daily.
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