See, busy time creeps up on you when you least expect sometimes. Like when your boss tells you “I need something sometime in the next two weeks.” And then a few days later he comes by and says “Oh, I know you’re leaving in 10 minutes, but could I have that thing by tomorrow morning?”
Amusingly I have tons of stuff still to write about. (Dys is famous! Concert! Assorted little life moments, etc. I mean, how often is it that your boy and his friend ask friend’s mom, “Hmm. That place over there says “adult motel” and “adult movies.” What does that mean?”) Just not much time to do it in, and my “to blog about” list keeps getting longer and longer.
Good problem to have, I suppose.
Anyway, because I think it’ll take very little time and still be fun, I’m stealing a survey from Laura. I used to be semi-addicted to these things back when I still did the Myspace thing. It’s like a license to be a smartass. Almost like running a mini-MSTing on the survey itself. I just couldn’t resist that.
What’s changed? Nothing except the frequency with which I receive them, I guess.
1. What time did you get up this morning? O-five-thirty. As in “Oh fuckin hell, why do I do this to myself?”
2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearl necklace. [Beavis and Butthead laugh]
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Iron Man, with Dys and the boy. And we didn’t even stick around for the post-credits surprise.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Probably Mythbusters, but I find myself enjoying True Blood quite a bit. I saw something about the concept and laughed that it would have goth girls everywhere swooning. Then I watched a bit and actually thought it was pretty funny. It was the humor that hooked me, and I still enjoy it most when I’m laughing, but now I just generally enjoy it. I’ll be disappointed when it’s all over for the season next week.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Lately, Cocoa Pebbles, occasionally being switched out for maple & brown sugar oatmeal.
6. What is your middle name? Hmm. What goes between “Taoist” and “Biker”? If you follow the old logic, you use a single syllable middle name between two multi-syllable names. “Damn?”
7. What food do you dislike? Name a vegetable.
8. What is your favorite CD at moment? Hmm. Honestly, I don’t know – I’ve been switching back and forth a lot. Yesterday I settled on my 80s mix disc. The most recent album I was really listening to a lot was “The Essential Iron Maiden.”
9. What kind of car do you drive? Olds 88.
10. Favorite sandwich? A chicken cordon bleu from Penn Station, although I’d really love to have a good Virginian from Stuffy’s over in Richmond nowadays.
11. What characteristic do you despise? Closed-mindedness.
12. Favorite item of clothing? Mine or someone else’s? On me/them or on the floor? Honestly I have a couple of favorites – my motorcycle jackets, one of my pairs of so-ripped-by-wear-that-I-should-retire-them jeans, the Big Dogs Poker Club sweatshirt that Dys gave me for my birthday, cargo shorts, etc.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? To the MotoGP race at Philip Island in Australia.
14. Favorite brand of clothing? Hmm. Dianese.
15. Where would you retire? To the saddle of a Gold Wing.
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? I suppose being blizzarded in in the Midwest counts…
17. Favorite sport to watch? MotoGP.
18. Farthest place you are sending this? Well, assuming that someone is reading this on a wireless connection, technically it’s being beamed out into space right now. And the physicists are still working on the “farthest” places there.
19. Person you expect to send it back first? The mailman, for insufficient address.
20. When is your birthday? The dead of winter.
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? Morning. My wife is a night person. This causes some friction at times.
22. What is your shoe size? It depends. My actual shoe size is about a 9.5; for most shoes I prefer to buy a 10.5-11.
23. Pets? My wife has a dog. You might think I have a dog, or my son has a dog, or the whole family has a dog. If you spent a day in our house you’d know otherwise.
24. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us? Besides Dys being famous? Nah.
25. What did you want to be when you were little? President of the United States of America. Nowadays, I think I’m unqualified – I think too much.
26. How are you today? Well, I don’t think I’m getting sick again, which is better than a few days ago. But I could be wrong.
27. What is your favorite candy? Reese’s. Got some? Gimme. No, see, that was not a question.
28. What is your favorite flower? You know, the pretty ones, with the colors, and stuff.
29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? December 21, start of my vacation. Wait, scratch that – 12/22. I’ll be driving all damned day on the 21st.
30. What is your favorite pastime? Sex, duh.
31. What are you listening to right now? A lawn mower outside my window. Nobody should have to mow a lawn in mid-November when it’s 40 degrees out.
32. What was the last thing you ate? Leftover pizza. Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust. Pepperoni & mushroom.
33. Do you wish on stars? Nope, but I’m loving my son’s current interest in astronomy. I was very nearly an astro-geek in college, and still carry some of the traits.
34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? The smacking-you-in-the-head color. What the hell kinda question is this? (That said, it’s better than a lot of the obviously middle-school “Who do you like?” questions you typically see in these things.)
35. How is the weather right now? The low 40’s. Could be worse, at least it’s sunny.
36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today? A pleasantly bubbly secretary.
37. Favorite soft drink? Coke, preferably paired with rum or bourbon.
38. Favorite restaurant? A little Irish bar in Richmond called O’Toole’s.
39. Real hair color? I’d have to grow it out for a while to tell you. My beard is dark blonde; I’d guess my head-hair would be light brown.
40. What was your favorite toy as a child? The Fiddlesticks I got for Christmas when I was about 6. Similar to Tinkertoys, but plastic, and they came with comic book figures.
41. Summer or winter? If I had to choose, summer. But I prefer spring.
42. Hugs or kisses? Yes.
43. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate. I’m generally too vanilla as it is.
44. Coffee or tea? Tea. I don’t drink coffee.
45. Do you want your friends to email you back? No, I want them to get together and have a huge fund-raiser for me in which they raise hundreds of millions of dollars. Then whenever they want to hear from me, they can just call and I’ll buy a plane ticket to see them in person.
46. When was the last time you cried? Honestly, don’t remember.
47. What is under your bed? I don’t know, but it’s drooling.
48. What did you do last night? As in, after the sun went down? Went to get pizza. Watched the DVD of my son’s class presentations on the solar system. (High comedy.) Helped Boy with his homework. Mainly involved using a deck of cards to illustrate what they’re asking when a word problem says “If Bob has 52 cards and he makes four equal piles, how many cards are in each pile?” Played some Rock Band. Watched Boy play racing games while I practiced guitar. Put Boy to bed. Played some MotoGP ‘07. Rubbed my inexplicably sore ankle with IcyHot and wrapped with an Ace bandage. Watched the first episode of the second season of Six Feet Under on On Demand. Went to bed.
49. What are you afraid of? Not being a good father.
50. Salty or sweet? Usually, sweet.
51. How many keys on your key ring? Okay, gotta count… 10, counting the little luggage key that I still don’t know why I carry around.
52. How many years at your current job? A little more than 5.
53. Favorite day of the week? Saturday.
54. How many towns have you lived in? This is my 7th.
55. Do you make friends easily? Not so much.
56. How many people will you send this to? I dunno. Internet, line up and count off! (I’ll get back to you.)
57. How many will respond? Somewhere between 0 and whatever number we end up with in the above question.
Filed under: Fun Stuff, Life and other states of existence
#2 – Guffaw! You’re SO twelve.
But it’s fun!
#7 – How about beer battered dipped in ranch?
A steak would still be better. Even if sliced, beer battered, and dipped in ranch.
#37 – Well, naturally!
Isn’t #30 more “natural?”
#45 – AWESOME idea.
I agree! You can start.
#47 – My favorite Calvin and Hobbes book.
I love that particular strip, heheh.
This would be good post to do completely as Beavis and Butthead.
My boy and I love Mythbusters. The marathons are cool. Last night was helium filled footballs and catching a bullets in the teeth. There is no better televison for guys…unless there was a Victoria Secret Mythbusters!!!!!
Damn, I’ve still never seen the helium footballs one.
They need to do more shark episodes. Mmm, Kari in a bikini. Smart as a whip, artistic, funny, cute as a button. I’m telling you, if she wasn’t a vegetarian I might have developed a ridiculous obsession.
47. Mine is too, yet it allows the cat to enter and leave at her own free will. We’re starting to suspect that they are really a couple.
No loyalty with these things, I tell ya.
I take it you’re not a fan of dogs!!
I am a morning person too, and Ian is a night owl. He’s so unpleasant in the morning that we don’t even BOTHER to try and talk. When we hadn’t been together very long, I used to take it very personally and used to scream down the stairs after he’d been mean to me- there is no need!
I like dogs just fine, I just like them better as visitors than as residents, I suppose. I like it when somebody else does all the 6am dog walkings when the wind chill is 15F like it was this morning. Bleagh.