March 31, 2006

Fill in the Blank

I don't even remember where I got this survey, but I saved it, and now I'm filling it out.

1. Elaborate on your default icon.

I'm not sure what that is.

2. What's your current relationship status?

I have a lovely boyfriend with whom I was lucky enough to wake up this morning at which time he spoke to me in French. Yeah. Oui.

3. What exactly are you wearing right now?

Jeans! Oh, glorious casual Friday.

4. What is your current problem?

Fruit on the Bottom yogurt with pineapple is just not as good as Fruit on the Bottom yogurt with strawberry, to which my disappointing breakfast just now attested. Also, I woke up to pee approximately eight times last night, which means I'm quite sleepy. ALSO, I wish I had HBO, because I would really like to see All Aboard because let me tell you something, I loved The Rosie O'Donnell show, and I still love her very much.

5. What do you love most?

Loved ones, pets, ice cream.

6. What makes you happy?

Ever-present reruns of Sex & the City even though I've seen every episode multiple times.

7. Are you musically inclined?

Somewhat.

8. If you could go back in time and change something, what would it be?

I would like for the universe to reconsider the need for cockroaches and mosquitoes.

9. Ever have a near-death experience?

Not that I know of. I guess the closest thing would be near-wrecks on the road, which I have had, but I guess everyone has had those.

10. Name an obvious quality you have.

Dark under-eye circles.

11. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?

"It Ain't Me, Babe" from the Walk the Line soundtrack.

12. Any celeb you would marry?

I don't know about marry, but I do love Anne Lamott more than is probably sensible.

13. Name someone with the same birthday as you.

Bernadette Peters!

14. Do you have a crush on someone?

I have dueling crushes on McDreamy and McSteamy. Also on Captain Malcolm Reynolds, but who doesn't?

15. Have you ever vandalized someone's private property?

I don't think so.

16. Have you ever been in a fight?

Not really, unless you count with my older brother and younger sister when we used to try to beat each other up regularly.

17. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?

Yes. In The Pirate of Penzance as Ruth the Pirate Maid in the eighth grade and in Carousel as Carrie Pipperidge in my senior musical. Neither are very happy memories, and I am still kind of mortified by the experiences in general.

18. What's the first thing you notice about the OPPOSITE sex?

Smile, butt.

19. What do you usually order from Starbucks?

Skinny decaf: caramel macchiato, caramel latte, hazelnut latte, white chocolate mocha. I know it's the devil, but I love it all.

20. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?

Nope. I'm not very tolerant of pain as a rule.

21. Say something totally random about yourself.

I am very sensitive to noises, to the point where they make me jump out of my skin, because they seem really loud to me, when nobody else seems to notice the noises.

22. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?

I don't think I look like any of these people, but I've been told Alanis Morrisette, Anthony Keidis, and the love child of the two. There is a parking guard at work who insists on calling me Jamie Lee after Jamie Lee Curtis. He greeted me the other day with, "Heeeeeey, Jamie LEE!" Embarrassed, I said, "STOP!" because he was telling another parking guard, "Doesn't she look just like Jamie Lee Curtis looked back in the day?" Oddly, a guy at my high school used to tell me this all the time. Bizarre. (Not that I don't love Jamie Lee Curtis, because I do.)

23. Do you wear a watch?

Sometimes. Mine is too big and slips around too much so it bugs me. I have very disproportionately skinny wrists.

24. Do you have anything pierced?

Ears.

25. Do you have any tattoos?

No.

26. Do you like pain?

Um, no? Please.

27. Do you like to shop?

Not really, unless it's for things like cards and stationery and soap that smells good.

28. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?

Daisy's diarrhea medicine.

29. What was the last thing you paid for with a credit card?

New pantyhose for work.

30. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?

Boyfriend.

31. What is on your desktop background?

Work computer: picture from New Year's Eve. Home computer: picture of Lake Arenal.

32. What is the background on your cell phone?

None. I do not have a fancy shmancy cell phone.

33. Do you like redheads?

Sure.

34. Do you know any twins?

Yes. One of my very first "boyfriends" was a twin, and there are several sets in my family. (My mom's mom had twin sisters, my dad's mom had twin brothers, and my cousin has twin daughters.)

35. Do you have any weird relatives?

You have no idea.

36. What was the last movie you watched?

I'm not proud, but You've Got Mail. It was on this weekend, and it draws me in every time like a moth to a flame. I think it's because it's the last time Meg Ryan looked normal, and I'm sad that she is kind of a freakshow now. Oh, and I'm also in the middle of Long Day's Journey into Night, but it's three hours long, and I can't lie. I might not finish it but will probably just read it instead.

37. What was the last book you read?

I'm in the middle of The Grey King.

38. What is your favorite pair of pants that you own?

I like some striped black pants from Old Navy a lot. I really REALLY need some new work pants, but I feel obese right now and nothing fits me right at the stores.

39. Do you like to party?

That depends on your definition of "party." I don't drink much anymore, and I certainly don't stay up late. I guess the answer is no. No, I do not party. I am thirty-one. How did this happen?

40. Where do you see yourself in five years?

No idea. I've never been a "where do I see myself in five years" sort of person. You go where life takes you. Kevin Arnold said that on the last episode of The Wonder Years, and I believe that it's true.

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About this time in ...

2004

3/31 (#2):

Today I saw you being born.

3/31 (#1):

Did Marlena really just kill Alice by force-feeding her one of her famous donuts?

3/29:

My sister and I took him to eat steak last night, and we actually embraced in the parking lot and once again joked about how the four of us are going to end up in a sibling commune one day and we might as well not fight the inevitable.


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