Musings of a Loquacious Mind

48 Questions

Here's the deal, I am a hypocrite.  I like reading people's notes.  I even like being tagged (even if I don't carry the chain along, because I like having the notification to read the note) and the idea of writing the note.  I just don't like tagging people.  Why?  I'm not sure.  I really would love to read everyone's responses.  I sometimes check around for notes that I'm not tagged in.  But I fear becoming a pest, or being rejected from a Facebook note.  So I'm only tagging the people that tagged me.  But if you write a note, tag me so I can read it!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
As my friend Colin pointed out, "There were approximately 106 billion people who lived on this earth and were presumably named before I was born."  And if you are also friends with Colin and have not read his answers to this, you simply must, because they are all so wonderful.  Go.  Now.  This note will be here when you get back.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Shockingly, I can't remember.  Generally I cry pretty easily - stubbing my toe, a real or perceived snub, watching the ending of "Cool Runnings" or "Armageddon" (shut up!) - and having been pregnant, nursing or clinically depressed for the past 2 1/2 years exacerbates the situation, but... I really don't remember.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
I don't think it's particularly nice, but I like it because it is mine, and I love watching words flow onto paper when I journal.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Perhaps turkey?  Definitely deli vs. package.  Perhaps a better question is "what is your favorite lunch cheese?"  And then the answer would depend on the lunch meat available, but in general would be Munster.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Yes.  Two.  Both girls.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I have several friends that are so much like me in many ways that it is scary.  So have to believe that if I were another person, but still had all of my own traits, I would be friends with me.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Constantly

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
I assume so

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
If it were free

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Fresh Cheerios

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
No

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Turkey Hill Peanut Butter Chocolate

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Gee, I don't know.  Their teeth?

15. RED OR PINK?
Pink

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
That every couple of years I let depression rear it's ugly head

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Perhaps college-Katherine.  She was a very cool person, and needs to come out more.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
Yes, I do.  I am a nosy/curious/inquisitive person, plus, the more people that do it after me, the less I feel like the person that discovered Members Only jackets in 1991.

19. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
Blue jeans, t-shirt, sneakers

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
The hum of the CPU and dishwasher

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Iridescent white

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Keith's body wash, the smell of smoke that clings to my husband when he grills out, cloves, Johnson's Baby Wash clean hair and baby tummy, cured tobacco (not smoked, just cured tobacco leaves)

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Keith

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
I have had five people send it to me, and I truly like them all, and consider each of them a real friend

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
TV - gymnastics; live - Tar Heel basketball

27. HAIR COLOR
Brown, with silver white threads creeping in

28. EYE COLOR?
Brown

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
I do, and have for thirteen years now

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Bread

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
If those are my only choices... happy endings
Don't most scary movies have happy endings, though?  I mean, basically?

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
"Can't Hardly Wait", I think

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Red

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Winter.  You can always put on more clothes, but there's only so much you can take off...

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Nobody, because I'm only tagging people who sent this to me!

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
(see #37)

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Anne of Green Gables (upstairs); Joshua (downstairs); Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews (computer); Baptist Faith and Message, Esther: It's Tough Being a Woman (Bible Studies)

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD
My mouse

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
I think some Law and Order?  Not much comes on when you don't have cable!

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S)?
The ocean & thunderstorms

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
The Beatles

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Italy

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I am a wicked fast crocheter

46 WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
Everyone's!

48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
We met at Grove Avenue Baptist Church when he came to my Sunday School class on April 20th, 2003 (the day after the 80s Scavenger Hunt).  We first really talked (about his issue with shoes and my fear of squirrels, and the shocking revelation that he was a police officer after my open thumbing-of-the-nose at traffic law, among other things) when much of our class went to Deep Run Park for lunch.  We both had Arby's.  He fed french fries to the squirrels to try to get them to come closer, just to taunt me.  I fell in love with and married him, anyway.