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Write-Off: Getting to Know Each OtherJan 04 '04 (Updated Feb 13 '04) Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line Good job, Sarah, on this Write-Off - keeping the questions simple and clean, and your own answers interesting in a charming innocent way.
Questions: -Birth date: Winter 1969 -Height: 5'11" -Eye color: Gray, blue, mixed -Hair color: Light brown -What does your name mean: Defender (in Greek) -High school graduation year: 1986 -Favorite relatives: no favorites, I love them all. -Summer memory: working at a sea resort -Favorite TV shows: Don’t watch TV anymore, but used to enjoy The Simpsons, Frazier and occasionally Friends -What's on your mousepad: At home: Credit Union logo. At work: DELL -In the car- ac or windows: AC. Windows are noisy at highway speeds. -Do you believe in yourself: not always. -Favorite game: Scrabble. -Favorite drink: Orange juice, grape juice, carbonated mineral water -Favorite food: Sashimi, chili, borscht, thai duck curry -Favorite colors: Blue, black, green. -Favorite cigarettes: I have a pipe but has not smoked it in years. -Favorite sounds: Temperate forest in summer -Favorite smell: clean laundry -Favorite thing to do on a weekend: read, play with my kid -Favorite soundtrack: Local Hero, Cabaret -Where do you see yourself in 10 years: advanced in my career, wife staying at home, another kid -First thought in the morning: Life Is Beautiful -Do you get motion sickness: not as far as I know -Rollercoasters - deadly or exciting: disgusting -How many rings before you answer the phone: depends on who is calling -Are you a good friend: fair-to-middling -Chocolate or Vanilla cake: chocolate (Belgian white with raspberry sauce) -What do you drive: a manual-transmission Chevy Prizm -Do you sleep with a stuffed animal: my 2-year old does, and since he shares the same bed… -Thunderstorms cool or scary: scary and expensive to clean up after -If you could meet one person in the World, who would it be: myself 10 years from now -What is your zodiac sign: Capricorn -What do you wear to bed: that’s private -Do you eat stems of broccoli: Usually -Guys- If a girl ever asked you for the shirt on your back, would you give it to her? Absolutely no way -Girls- -If you could have any occupation when you get older, what would it be: I would not mind to teach at a college if I were independently wealthy -If you could dye your hair one color, what would it be: black -If you could have a tattoo, what and where would it be: no tattoos for me, thanks. -Favorite brand of gum: anything sugarfree -What is your favorite quote: Fare thee well, and if forever, than forever fare thee well. -Have you ever been in love: ah, that warm fuzzy feeling… -What's on your walls in your room: silk paintings my wife picked -Is the glass half-empty or half-full: if one could just understand there is no glass in the first place… -Which do you prefer- Cool Ranch or Nacho Cheese Doritos: both are junk food -Favorite flavor Snapple: never tried Snapple, as far as I know -Which one, Coke or Pepsi: neither. Both are evil. -Which kind of milk is your favorite: organic non-homogenized -If you were to kill someone, which method would you use? Tickle to death -Are you a righty, lefty, or ambidextrous: righty -Do you type with your fingers on the right keys: Almost always, except when it is an important message that I do not proof read. -When you meet a person of the opposite sex, you notice their: eyes, hands, complexion -What's under your bed: Unfortunately, quite a bit of dust -What's the best number in the World: 28. It’s just perfect. -What is your dream car: not having to drive a car every day -Who is your biggest crush right now: -Nickname: nobody dares -School: University of Minnesota -Bacon Bits Or croutons: Croutons -Favorite Salad Dressing: homemade: lemon juice, olive oil and vinegar mixed -Do you Drink: table wine and good beer -What type of Shampoo/Conditioner: don’t know -Have you ever been skinny dipping: a few times -Do you make fun of people: all the time – but gently -Have you ever been convicted of a crime: do traffic violations count? Still, have not. -One pillow or two: One, but has to be a quality one. -Pets: G-d, no – not warm-blooded ones, at the moment. Fishes are nice. -Favorite Movies: Local Hero, Avalon, Tin Drum, Red, Lolita. -Favorite type of music: good music in any category. -Hobbies: reading, computer games, epinionating, cars. -Word or Phrase you overuse: bloody -Toothpaste: don’t know -Piercing or tattoos: no, but thanks for offering. -Do you get along with your parents: most of the time -Favorite beer: Kwak, Zywiec. -Favorite song at the moment: Mark Knopfler - The Ragpicker's Dream -Most humiliating moment: terminal diarrhea on a commuter train -Favorite Holiday: New Year I conclude with one of my favourite poems - Joseph Brodsky, from A Part of Speech: From nowhere with love the enth of Marchember sir sweetie respected darling but in the end it's irrelevant who for memory won't restore features not yours and no one's devoted friend greets you from this fifth last part of earth resting on whalelike backs of cowherding boys I loved you better than angels and Him Himself and am farther off due to that from you than I am from both of them now late at night in the sleeping vale in the little township up to its doorknobs in snow writhing upon the stale sheets for the whole matter's skin- deep I'm howling "youuu" through my pillow dike many seas aways that are milling nearer with my limbs in the dark playing your double like an insanity-stricken mirror.  |
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