Oh, Why Not?

I got one of those e-mails recently. You know, this kind:

> This one is a little different than the traditional ones.
>
> Welcome to the Summer 2005 edition of getting to know your friends. What you
> are supposed to do is copy this entire e-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail
> that you'll send. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send
> this to a whole bunch of people including the person who sent it to you. The
> theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends and
> family, if you did not know them already.
>
> Don't forget to send it back to me!!!
>
>
>
1. First name: John
2. Were you named after anyone? My grandfather, who chose the name "John" because he didn't like having a last name for a first name.
3. Do you wish on stars? Yes
4. When did you last cry? Last week. I've been having a hard year.
5. Do you like your handwriting? Works for me
6. What is your favorite lunch meat? Black Forest ham
7. What is your birth date? 10 August 1960
8. What is your most embarrassing CD? Most embarrassing is the extreme paucity of CDs -- we're still into audiocassettes
9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with yourself? Hell, yes -- that guy gives really good backrubs.
10. Are you a daredevil? I'd like to think I'm more of a Howard the Duck
11. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? Yes. Shouldn't have, but I did
12. Do looks matter? Yes
13. How do you release anger? Fantasize revenge until I start to feel disgusted with myself
14. Where is your second home? Here in front of the computer
15. Do you trust others too easily? Dubious
16. What was your favorite toy as a child? Major Matt Mason
17. What class in high school do you think was totally useless? High school is useless
18. Do you have a journal? Yes. And how long has it been since I wrote in it . . . ?
19. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Certainly not. How could you even ask such a thing?
20. Favorite movie(s)? 2001: A Space Odyssey
21. What are your (acceptable) nicknames? That information is need-to-know
22. Would you bungee jump? Sure, why not?
23. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? They don't come off otherwise
24. Do you think that you are strong? Yep
25. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Dacquiri Ice
26. What size shoe do you wear? 10 1/2
27. What are your favorite colors? blue
28. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? Forgetfulness
29. Who do you miss most? Becca
30. Do you want everyone you send this to send it back? Gee, that would be cool
31. What color pants are you wearing? I'm in my bathrobe, wearing white thermal longies which I'm in the process of decorating with rainbow-colored yarn so they'll go with my famous much-mended shirt.
32. What are you listening to right now? The Mysterious Traveller, an old radio show, downloaded from themonsterclub.com
33. What was the last thing you ate? A slice of sweet potato pie.
34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Salmon
35. What is the weather like right now? Raining something awful
36. Last person you talked to on the phone? My grandmother, who stayed home from the Thanksgiving gathering because she had a cold
37. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? That information is also need-to-know
38. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes. Make of that what you will.
39. Favorite drink? Cafe mocha
40. Favorite sport? Middle-school soccer
41. Hair Color? Brown, but in my heart it's still red
42. Eye Color? Blue
43. Do you wear contacts? Only one
44. Favorite Food? Mexi-Snax hot tortilla chips
45. Last Movie You Watched? The Forgotten
46. Favorite Day of the Year? Christmas, if I have it off.
47. Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings. I am accused of liking horror movies, but the truth is I just like monsters, and it would be all the same to me if the monster was working in a hardware store.
48. Summer or winter? Summer.
49. Hugs or kisses? Food or oxygen?
50. Favorite dessert? Vanilla ice cream and Oreos
51. Most likely to respond? Peni R. Griffin will probably post a comment on my blog, but probably won't fill out the whole questionnaire
52. Least likely to respond? My dear friend Bella, who has sadly dropped out of sight.
53. Where do you want to go on your next vacation? Wherever the family is gathering for their next reunion, probably southern California
54. What books are you reading? Haber's Medical Dictionary -- it's swell
55. What's on your mouse pad? Blueness
56. What did you watch on TV last night? Some of the Firefly marathon on the SciFi Channel. I'm hoping ot watch more of it with Kathe later
57. Favorite smells? I have a feeble sense of smell.
58. Rolling Stones or Beatles? Beatles
59. What's the furthest you've been away from home? Virginia, when I was in the Navy
60. What do you have more of, pocket books or shoes? Shoes.
Who writes these things, anyway?

//The Magic 8-Ball says, "Um, did you want me to answer those?"\\