I need a drink, and a distraction…

I’m at work, so the drinking would be ill advised. Distraction time!!!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:50 AM

2. How do you like your steak? medium or medium well. However, my intestines and I don’t really dig beef these days.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Men Who Stare at Goats (sucked).

4. What is your favorite TV show? No Reservations with Anthony Bordain.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Probably a beach town, but not a tropical one. Or a town on some large body of water. A place where I had a community of people that I loved and loved me. That last point is really more important to me than the location.

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Asian.

8. What foods do you dislike? Watermelon (texture), milk, chocolate cake that doesn’t taste like chocolate (seriously, think about it), fried stuff, other dairy (love the taste, hate what it does to my body), eggplant, things overly spiced with nutmeg or cloves, raw bell peppers, white chocolate, macadamia nuts (texture), bacon, white bread, juicy juice, rubbery green beans.

9. Favorite Place to Eat? Out: Magnolia. At my house: on the futon w/ my stuff on the coffee table w/ the TV on. Misc: anywhere comfortable environment with people that I am comfortable with.

10. Favorite dressing? I love ranch even though I no longer use or buy it. For health purposes, it’s just not good enough to justify the fat and calories. I thoroughly enjoy central market organic balsamic vinegar.

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? The fit.

12. What are your favorite clothes? Ones that I choose for myself, in a style that I like, that make me feel confident. Ruffles or other cute details on shirts are fun.

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? I want to go to the bay area. Stargazing and aquariums and bowling, oh my! I also want to go to Greece, South America, and a tropical island some day. Oh, and Alaska and I should see Chicago. New Zealand too. Italian countryside anyone? Spain, Portugal, wherever they filmed Il Postino.

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Realistically half full.

15. Where would you want to retire? I want to be retired in many many different places. I want to retire in an Air Stream trailer, on boats, in teepees, in villas. I want to explore.

16. Favorite time of day? Mid morning.

17. Where were you born? Harlingizzle in the RGVizzle

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Baseball – thank you V-Ray for explaining pitching. It all makes sense if you get pitching.

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? N/A

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? N/A

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? I really enjoyed reading Sarah’s responses. I don’t ask her enough about herself. She’s an intriguing gal.

22. Bird watcher? What? Seriously? I do love when lots of birds are perched on telephone wires. Anytime I see that it makes me happy.

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Morning fo sho. Night sometimes makes me sad. Turning out the lights especially. Never fails, I always get slightly depressed for about 2.5 seconds when I turn out lights for the night.

24. Do you have any pets? That kind of long-term responsibility and commitment makes me anxious at this point.

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I am in week 8 of my couch-to-5k training program and will be jogging 28 minutes non-stop this week! So fun and so didn’t believe I’d ever get this far!

26. What did you want to be when you were young? A dentist, a fashion designer, a doctor, a lawyer. I’m still young and my dream job would be owning my own business – a coffee shop, bar, diner, antique store, boutique, jewelry shop, something like that – a place with a loyal customer base so I’d get to know the customers well, where the staff are all close and I’m busy but have total creative freedom.

27. What is your best childhood memory? Helping Mom bake, the few times Dad came to the Elks Club and threw us around the pool, waking up early on Thanksgiving and helping Mom make cornbread stuffing and watching the Macy’s parade on TV, decorating the glass front door with artwork from school, carving pumpkins, when cold fronts would come in, dancing in the rain on the driveway, stringing popcorn and listening to Christmas music, when Rachel would let me in her room to paint, scavenger hunts with Sarah, freeplay, school supplies shopping at Winn’s, any and everything about Christmas trees, laying on the couch in front of the fireplace with Callie, watching Nick at Night, picking the little pods off of the basil plants and throwing them around like confetti while listening to the cassette tape of the Cats music, Christmas light looking as the Roaches played.

28. Are you a cat or dog person? I like them equally. I’m sad that being a single female owning multiple cats has a stigma attached to it. I’m also sad that I’m not a better animal caretaker. I love other people’s pets.

29. Are you married? In my dreams, to a dynamic and kind fellow.

30. Always wear your seat belt? Always.

31. Been in a car accident? Yes.

32. Any pet peeves? When people’s response to a question is “don’t worry about it.” When people don’t let you know they are cancelling something and lie or make excuses instead of being honest; when people hide things from me; constant complaining or negativity; when i forget my manners; when people take and take and never give back in any way. These are more intense than your normal pet peeve.

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Pineapple and pepperoni. I miss pizza sometimes. It’s so delicious.

34. Favorite FlowerS? Magnolias, hydrangeas, wildflowers.

35. Favorite ice cream? Blue Bell peppermint will always be a fond memory. These days, it’s froyo, and even that will jack me up a little.

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? I stopped doing the fast food for the most part a few years ago. Quick food restaurant faves are subway, thundercloud, zen, & baby green’s.

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero. I was on top of that shiz. Permit at 14 or something ridiculous? Rachel took me to get my license ON my 16th birthday. Getting that car and the freedom to transport myself was such a relief as mom was too stoned to be relied on and I was constantly guilty for making Katie take me everywhere.

38. From whom did you get your last email? The account manager @ my insurance broker. Fun times.

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? This goes against every fiber of my being. But I’ll use Sarah’s scenario and say that on someone else’s dime, I would drop it like it’s hot at Anthropologie.

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Yesterday, I had already decided I wasn’t exercising, but I got up and went on a whim. Then after I’d walked for a while, I went and did stairs in front of the Main Building. I felt the burn. Not super crazy, but not planned.

41. Like your job? I don’t feel confident in my abilities yet and sometimes get lazy and down on myself, but overall, yes. Love where I work and who I work for. I like to be very good at whatever I do, or at least feel that I totally understand all facets of it. Not there yet. Meh. I still like it.

42. What's your favorite vegetable? Ok, this favorite shit is starting to piss me off too. Which is why I balk at the choose a favorite concept and give you another list: Brussels sprouts, asparagus, any and all squash (which might not really be veggies?), spinach, bok choy.

43. What was your favorite vacation? First time in Seattle.

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Chris.

45. What are you listening to right now? Miss Mary’s radio, sounds from the stairwell, people’s pocket stuffs jingling as they walk down the hall.

46. What is your favorite color? Fuck off – light shades of green, aqua, dark yellow and orange, browns and grays.

47. How many tattoos do you have? None. I want a black and white palm tree, and some text of some sort. I still like the idea of us 3 getting matching-ish ones.

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? N/A

49. What time did you finish this quiz? I finished this question at 1:06PM.

50. Coffee Drinker? Emphatic yes. I remember vividly this one time I was hangin with Sarah when she lived @ NG still. She took me to a coffee shop (it changed names so many times, but @ one point it was Peet’s?) and I took a sip of her coffee and was grossed out. She just couldn’t understand how I thought coffee tasted like liquid cigarettes. Now, I love it and like the nutty roasted flavors the best. I really love the culture of coffee – well, drinks shared as a lifestyle really. Wine, beer, coffee, tea. Every culture has a drink and a way they drink it, and it’s a comforting, enjoyable thing.