May 09, 2008

99 balloons 56 Questions

Stolen from the Lovely Ricki.

UPDATE: Shit. Had to shut this down already because of the f*ckin' spammers.

1.ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
I love this one. I have several minor scars from various mishaps over lo these many years, but the worst scar I have is one that didn't even bleed. When I was about ten, I hopped over the chain link fence we had and scratched my wrist. Didn't even bleed, the blood just kind of seeped to the surface. It's a question-mark (or fishhook, depending on your perspective)-shaped scar on the inside of my wrist.

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Bedroom? Wallpaper. Many years before we put it up, the Sainted Bride and I heard that one sure route to divorce is to hang wallpaper together. So she made me put it up by myself.

3. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
Yes, 2:32 p.m. When I turned 30, I celebrated by bringing a Guinness to work, and at 2:32 p.m. I walked out the back door and drank it.

4. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
Free time

5. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
Certain relatives. My parents. My Auntie and Uncle. My grandparents. Ricki, dammit, you made me cry.

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?
One that is not even "mine". It's "ours". All those pictures I'm still not finding time to scan and send to family.

7. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
Five foot, ten inches

8. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DAY?
Um, no.

9. WHAT’S YOUR WORST FEAR?
That Hillary, Obamalama, or McCain will be elected.

[sigh]

10. WHAT KIND OF HAIR COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Any

11. WHAT ABOUT EYE COLOR?
Any

12. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK?
Coffee. To paraphrase Ricki, you wouldn't like me when I'm decaffeinated.

13. FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?
Sausage.

14. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Pizza. You should have waited before asking

15. FAVORITE COLOR OF ALL TIME?.
Blue

16. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A GOLDFISH?
No. I'm not THAT old.

17. WHAT WAS THE FIRST MEANINGFUL GIFT YOU EVER RECEIVED?
Well, I think it would probably have to be this one.

18. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?
On the Sainted Bride.

19. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
Three-way tie. Levi's, Lee, and Wrangler.

20. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU WANT?
I want to retire so I don't have to commute. Then I want a full-size, 4WD pick-'em-up truck.

21. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING
Not a clue. I don't know that we have control over that.

22. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE USA?
Yes.

23. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
I tend to take on too many things at one time.

24. MET ANYONE FAMOUS?
These guys.

25. FIRST JOB?
Pulling weeds for 50 cents an hour. I was about 10.

26. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
Yeah, many years ago.

27. DO YOU THINK EVERYONE OUT THERE HAS A SOUL MATE?
Probably not.

28. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED THIS OUT?
Reading Ricki's blog.

29. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SURGERY?
Yes.

30. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
Good judgement.

31. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Another birthday.

32. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
The ones I already have, thank you very much.

33. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Yep, after my Dad's best buddy in the Navy.. Got some very nice comments about that, too.

34. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST TURN OFF WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Those who are so damned full of themselves that they act like arrogant, prima donna snotburgers. I don't care what they look like, that is utterly unattractive.

35. WHAT IS ONE THING YOU MISS ABOUT GRADE SCHOOL?
Childlike innocence.

36. WHAT KIND OF SHAMPOO DO YOU USE?
Head and Shoulders. I know, boring.

37. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
No. Looks like the chicken had a seizure when it scratched.

38. ANY BAD HABITS?
Yelling at stupid drivers.

39. ARE YOU A JEALOUS PERSON?
No.

40. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yes.

41. DO YOU AGREE WITH FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS?
I have no idea what this means.

42. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
Yell at stupid drivers.

43. WHAT’S YOUR MAIN GOAL IN LIFE?
To retire young enough to enjoy it. Ain't happened yet.

44. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
A rifle. Shot actual, factual plastic bullets (spring-loaded).

45. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
Couple dozen, I suppose. Not sure.

46. WERE YOU A FAN OF BARNEY AS A LITTLE KID?
I think my kids were too old for Barney.

47. MASHED POTATOES OR MACARONI AND CHEESE?.
Mashed potatoes, with gravy. Not that I don't likes me some mac 'n cheese.

48. DO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR FINGERS AND TOES?.
So far.

49. DO YOU HAVE A COMPUTER IN YOUR ROOM?
Not in the bedroom, if that's what you mean.

50. PLANS FOR TONIGHT?
Fill out silly internet memes.

51. WHAT’S THE FASTEST YOU’VE EVER GONE IN A CAR?
About 120 mph. Middlin' long story, but it was on the autobahn between Mannheim and Frankfurt.

52. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
The whine of the fan on the computer.

53. LAST THING YOU DRANK?
A Sierra Nevada.

54. REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
Small-l libertarian. Registered Democrat (Truman Democrat) but leaning Republicans these days because the Dembulbs have largely drunk the Kool-Aid, and the capital-L Libertarians seem to be mostly frickin' nuts.

55. DO YOU HAVE A LOW SELF ESTEEM OR A HIGH SELF ESTEEM?
High.

56. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
On CD, just finished Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Just started "Mirth of a Nation" – not spectacular so far.

Posted by Ken S at May 9, 2008 09:59 PM | TrackBack (0) |
Comments

1. Scar between thumb and index finger, right hand - accident with a seam ripper.

2. Posters of the torn-down Berlin Wall, and the this book.

3. 23:52 GMT (5:52 PM CST).

4-6. Money

7. 6'1"

8. No

9. Driving in the rain at night

10-11. Any

12. Coffee - with French vanilla creamer.

13. Candian bacon

14. Orange chicken w/ fried rice

15. Blue - no, yel - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

16. No

17. Don't remember

18-19. None

20. 1940's era Rolls Royce, complete with chauffer. Like the one in Indy Jones and the Last Crusade.

21. no

22. Yes - high school field trip to Nuevo Laredo

23. Money

24. George Takei, Richard Armey, Virginia Postrel

25. Grocery store sacker, before checkout scanners and plastic bags

26-27. No

28. Reading In The Agora blog

29. Yes - LASIK, dental bone implant

30. Intelligence

31. Money

32. At least one

33. No

34. Won't respect men

35. Nothing

36. Pert

37. Sometimes

38. Oversleeping

39. No

40. Yes

41. No - the benefit is meaningless without marriage

42. Yell

43. Companionship (Shouldn't this be Question 42, Douglas Adams significance and all?)

44. Major Matt Mason astronaut action figures

45. I'm too single and childless to have need for a cell phone

46. I turned 18 in 1978, long before childrens TV's Jurassic Period

47. Mac 'n cheese

48. Yep

49. It's in the dining room.

50. Gonna play some Civ4 in a bit.

51. 85 mph

52. Same as Ken - computer whine

53. See #12

54. Default Republican - the Pro-Interventionist Libertarian Party hasn't been founded yet

55. Moderate

56. None currently - last one was Ender's Game

Posted by: Alan K. Henderson at May 10, 2008 03:20 AM