16 More Things You Didn't Want To Know About Me
Jul 24 '03
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I was hesitating to participate, but after seeing two icons of the site (in my opinion) fall prey to this write-off, I figures I was in the clear ;-)
1. Approx how big (sq feet) is your house/condo/apartment, etc?
Oh boy. We're about 4,800 square feet. Before you go razzing me about it, we bought this house as a 1-story ranch (2,400 square feet) and added an entire second floor with an apartment for my parents. My family doesn't live in the entire square footage, and we have no basement. That means a lot of clutter in the space we have.
2. What is the coolest thing YOU think you own and would like to share with us?
A 3 foot "record" of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album which adorns the wall of our playroom. I have a lot of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica stuff as well, but none of them stand out like this.
3. Do you have any undiscovered or hidden talents? If so, what?
Well if I could tell you about them, they wouldn't be undiscovered, would they?
Weird thing: I can turn my elbows 360 degrees.
4. Using no more than 10 nouns, and ONLY nouns, describe yourself. You may explain your choices or not as you see fit.
Mom
Star Trek
Science Fiction
Chaos
Disney World
Coffee
Roller Coaster
Baseball
Friend
Wife
5. What was your first car?
A 1970-something yellow Pontiac Astre wagon. It was the same as the Chevy Vega. I had a lot of bumper stickers on the back and used to drive my friends everywhere for lunch at school. We killed it in a year driving it out to a club we knew didn't ID us.
6. Do you have any pets? If so, what?
3 cats - Lucky, Sunkist, Juliette
1 dog - Dale
1 ferret - Kira (who's dying of pancreatic cancer)
and a whole bunch of tropical fish. We don't name those, they're pretty much disposable
7. What's your favorite restaurant?
Outback! Give me a nice medium rare cut of cow and a Bloomin' Onion and I've hit nirvana. Cracker Barrel comes in a pretty close second.
8. If you could have plastic surgery right now and change anything about yourself, what would you change?
Well, it wouldn't be plastic surgery, but I'd like to add a little more hair to my head. I talked about being cursed by the hair gods before, and the one thing I've toyed with for a while has been hair restoration.
And after 3 kids, a boob-lift might be nice too.
9. What is the most you've ever eaten in one sitting?
I really can't remember one particular time where I ate a lot. Some nights after drinking we'd stop at White Castle and I'd put away quite a few cheeseburgers.
10. What has been your most scary moment in life?
Probably the time my infant son fell down the entire flight of stairs and was absolutely quiet afterward for a moment. In that moment, I was sure he was dead, but he must have been stunned and my screaming snapped him out of it.
11. Do you follow trends?
Nope. I was "doing Grunge" 10 years before it was a trend, and I'm still "doing it" 10 years late. Sneakers, jeans, a t-shirt and a flannel shirt in the winter - that's me.
12. If you were told right now that you've won a 70 million dollar lottery, how would you spend the moolah?
Pay off all our bills. 2 new cars. A vacation home in New Hampshire on Lake Winnepesaukee. But I'd make my husband keep working. That money is mine!
13. Have you ever gone toilet-papering? If so, tell us:
Nope, I was in the geek-clique. We mostly sat around discussing Star Trek, Star Wars, and Dr. Who
14. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Right now the 3 places I want to see the most are Hawaii, London and Tokyo Disneyland. I'd also like to travel to Alaska and Canada - possibly in a camper so I could really explore (and I mean a camper - something small, not one of those land-yachts).
15. Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Same place, probably answering 16 more questions prelude99 came up with.
16. Ever gotten ultimate revenge on someone?
I don't believe in it, but I do believe in "what goes around comes around" and have seen bad karma that someone tried to give me come back to haunt him. I had one boyfriend who used to hassle me all the time about my weight, and at the time I wasn't really overweight. I just wasn't a stick. He eventually got married and his wife ended up anorexic (wonder why?). His one child ended up with problems because of it. I feel bad for the kid, but I have to wonder if he ever had a moment where he realized his culpability. I only heard about this through mutual acquaintances.
That's it for now, and it's probably more than you ever wanted to know.
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