Dear Mr. Firefox I am writing this to you....

[captainsblog]

If you really feel the need to crash, could you do it BEFORE I answer an entire 36-question meme, plxkthx?

If this keeps up, I'm gonna sell my soul to the devil and install IE 7.

No love,
Ray.

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::answering the damn thing here because at least Semagic SAVES MY FUCKING WORK::

I want to know 36 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. It can be as long or as short as you like. Be honest! Answer in the comments and then repost in your own journal so I can respond.

**You can answer what you're comfortable with** duh.

***I've left my own "permanent" answers in. The ones specific to the tagger are removed***

****Nothing. There is no third thing.****


1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
Absolutely not. We would never have lasted over 20 years if we weren't completely silly.

2) What was your dream growing up?
To be either a minister or the manager of a baseball team. The two actually have quite a bit in common.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
Playing the piana. I can never grok the each-thing-doing-something-different thing.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
At the moment, a ginger ale; I'm in one of my not-drinking moods at the moment (and no, not for Lent).

5) Favorite vegetable?
I think it's called brocollini; all the green and flowery stuff without the stalkiness.

6) What was the last book you read?
Bats- the story of the Mets 1985 season by their then-manager. Throw in any Bible I've read in the past week and I guess I'm still trying out for those two jobs.

7) What zodiac sign are you?
"One of those damn Scorpios," according to our sister.

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
I have a long scar from major surgery during my childhood. I have no desire to self-inflict any more.

9) Worst Habit?
Spending too much damn time on the.... oops.

10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?

11) What is your favorite sport?
Baseball, you'd think; my NASCAR and cockfighting blogs never really got off the ground.

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
Yes. Sometimes within moments of each other.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Somebody dying way before their time.

15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
I was born in a Catholic hospital, grew up three blocks from a synagogue and was raised (and remain) a liberal Protestant, which probably explains my theology about as well as anything.

16) Do you have any pets?
No, but the four animals in this house have three pet humans.

17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?

18) What was your first impression of me?

19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
I'm very afraid of people with bigger feet than even mine.

20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
Lose a random 20 percent of it.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
Conscience, definitely. That way I could still represent you when you got caught.

22) What color eyes do you have?
Yeux cordon bleu.

23) Ever been arrested?
Only my development.

24) Bottle or can soda?
Bottles, and please, it's "pop."

25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
Go about $9,200 less into debt (the rest would pay interest, dammit).

27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
Under this roof.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
We bought our previous home from an estate after Gertrude died in the house. Not only did she haunt that one with rattling cupboards and whatnot, we think she moved with us to this house.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
This kind of nonsense, obviously.

30) Do you swear a lot?
Fuckin 'A.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
Hypocrisy. I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it- until you say something inconsistent with it, at which point I will beat you senseless.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Unusual.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
You betcha.

34) Who took question 34 out?
Don't look at me; it was missing when I got here.

35) Do you believe in God?
Yes. He, more importantly, believes in me.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

Comments

[targaff.livejournal.com]

Did it not let you restore your session? Or did doing that not save the entry?

I've answered this elsewhere; I'm not a fan of memes at the best of times, but what's annoying about this one is that it actually has vaguely interesting questions but encourages "distribution" through repetition rather than the normal tagging approach.

[headbanger118.livejournal.com]

It's not "pop." It's "coke"! All dark carbonated beverages are "coke" in the South; heck, they don't even have to be dark, just carbonated.

[sturgeonslawyer.livejournal.com]

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
Well, our thirtieth anniv. is this June. Is that serious enough?

2) What was your dream growing up?
Um, that would be the one about the boa constrictor and the eohippus. It was really scary.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
Sight-reading music.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
Depending on time of day, either sweet iced tea or water.

5) Favorite vegetable?
Corn. Fresh sweet corn.

6) What was the last book you read?
Just finished: "The Daily Show and Philosophy."

7) What zodiac sign are you?
Loading Zone.

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
Nope.

9) Worst Habit?
Making sarky remarks about astrology and other newage.

10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
If I saw you walking down the street, how would I know it was you?

11) What is your favorite sport?
To watch: Baseball. To play: Bowling. (IS bowling a sport?)

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
No.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
First, use the damn emergency phone. Next, chat to keep all calm.

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Getting fired.

15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
1/4 of my teeth are missing, crowned, or bridged.

16) Do you have any pets?
Three cats. One rottweiler.

17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
I would ask who you were.

18) What was your first impression of me?
Some guy leaving comments in my LJ.

19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
No. I think they're funny. I've always liked clowns.

20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
Hair. Preferably on top of my head.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
No.

22) What color eyes do you have?
That odd shifting mix called "hazel."

23) Ever been arrested?
Not as such, though I have been locked in a jail cell.

24) Bottle or can soda?
Fountain.

25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
First, pay taxes. Second, fund family vacation to Ireland.

27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
Bookshops.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
"Belief" is for things concerning which you have no experience.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
Read.

30) Do you swear a lot?
Less than I usedta, but still probably too much.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
The rottweiler.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
No/yes.

34) Who took question 34 out?
Sam.

35) Do you believe in God?
See above re: Ghosts.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
Very unlikely.