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17 November 2007 @ 07:59 am
Getting to Know Your Friends Redux  
An old friend of mine emailed this to me this morning. I believe we did a similar meme not too long ago, but I think I never replied. Heh. It was interesting how wholly and completely I fail to fit into these meme's any longer. Behan, I challenge you to answer these in light of living on the boat as well. It's a bit daunting.

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1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:00am

2. Diamonds or pearls? diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the movies? H.P. and The Order of the Phoenix

4. What is your favorite TV show(s)? We don't watch T.V. I get Battlestar on netflix occasionally.

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Vanilla latte and an apple

6. What is your middle name? Toast

7. What food do you dislike? liver

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Hehe. There is a theme here. We don't get CDs. I listen to a lot of Pandora and iLike recommendations. Currently, I'm tooting on World music and particularly fond of Andean music as well as Sweet Forest.

9. What kind of car do you drive? I don't have a car. Um... I guess you could say I “drive” an Avon 10' dinghy with a really old Yamaha short shaft 4 stroke 9.9 HP.

10. Favorite sandwich? Sourdough bread, sharp cheeses

12. Favorite item of clothing? Fleece pullover

13. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would
you go? South. Anyplace south of here.

14. What color is your bathroom? White

15. Favorite brand of clothing? Value Village

16. Where would you retire? I'm either already retired by some measure or I never plan on retiring by another so this is a moot point.

17. Most memorable birthday? Wow, I can't remember any of them. I must have had a good time.

18. Favorite Sport to watch? You're supposed to watch?

19. Furthest place you are sending this? I'm going to post it on the Internet. This reneders distance a basically null.

20. Who do you expect to send this back to you? I wouldn't be surprised if Keet tackles this meme. Though I think she did one similar not too long ago.

21. Person you expect to send it back first? Joey. In fact, he's the only one I'll send it to. I'm posting it to everyone else on LiveJournal.

22.Favorite saying? “Everything in moderation, including moderation.” - Mark Twain

23. When is your birthday? September 17

24. Are you a morning person or a night person? Yes.

25. What is your shoe size? 8

26. Favorite food for Dinner? Sourdough bread, cheese, more apples

27. What did you want to be when you were little? Washington, DC lobbyist

28. What are you doing today? Homeschool parent, cruising sailor, wife, documentaiton consultant

29. What is your favorite candy? Frozen Snickers

30. What is your favorite flower? Gerber daisies

31. What day are you looking forward to most on your calendar? May 1, 2008 when we cut the lines

32. What church do you attend? None of them

33. What are you listening to right now? The waves hitting the shore and the boat rubbing against the fenders

34. What was the last thing you ate? Homemade beef stew and sourdough bread

35. Do you wish on stars? No

36. Do you believe in Angels? No

37. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? the broken box crumbles all melted back together into a fat, fit-for-toddler fist wedge

38. What is your pet peeve? There are way way way too many to list.

39. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Phone? You talk on them? Wow. I just use mine for text messages. Dr C of course.

40. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes. He never gives up on me even though we go for years with my being a nitterhead and not calling him.

41. Favorite soft drink? Diet Pepsi

42. Favorite restaurant? Mae Phim

44. Siblings? No

45. Favorite day of the year? Tomorrow

46. Favorite day of the Week? Yesterday

47. Spring or Fall: Summer

48. Hugs or kisses? Sex

49. Chocolate or vanilla? Rocky Road

50. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? Comments on LJ or link followups would be preferred.

51. What is under your bed? a Yanmar 26 diesel engine

52. Who is the friend you've had longest? Joey now that I think on it. Keet comes a very close second.

53. What did you do last night? Made stew, tried to heat the boat with tea candles and a kerosene lantern, read a book

54. Favorite smell? BeanPod candles, especially the Pink Grapefruit

55. What are you afraid of? rogue waves

56. How many keys on your key ring? Don't have one

57. How many years at your current job? Homeschooling: 1 year, 5 months 2 weeks, 5 days and 2 hours. But who's counting?

58. Favorite city to visit? San Francisco

59. How many towns have you lived in? 14

60. Do you make friends easily? Acquaintenances with whom I enjoy spending time, yes. Really long term, inside baseball friends, very rarely.
 
 
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behang[info]behang on November 17th, 2007 05:16 pm (UTC)
I'm game to try!
I have to email this to you. Character set exceeded comment limit, by...well by a lot. :-) Hey, I'll post it on the LJ account I never use, how 'bout that?
behang[info]behang on November 17th, 2007 05:18 pm (UTC)
Re: I'm game to try!