Meme time!

[gridlockjoe]

1. PICK OUT A SCAR YOU HAVE, AND EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT IT.
There's a six-inch long one on my back. I got it in the summer of 2003 when I had a pleural empyema removed.

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
A couple of art prints, a couple of calendars, a small painting.

3. WHAT DOES YOUR MOBILE PHONE LOOK LIKE?


4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
Folk, soundtracks, comedy, vocal, "easy listening"

5. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT DESKTOP PICTURE?
Arches National Park.

6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
Inner peace.

7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
Hilary. Also being with my friends in Dallas.

8. WHAT TIME WERE YOU BORN?
7:35 am CST.

9. WHAT TRAIT IN THE OPPOSITE SEX TURNS YOU OFF QUICKER THAN ANYTHING?
Game-playing.

10. WHAT ENDED YOUR LAST RELATIONSHIP?
A medicine cabinet. It fell off the wall, and its mirror shattered and punctured Hilary's femoral vein.

11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
Nope.

12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?
I can't remember.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOGNE / PERFUME?
For myself, Polo or Grey Flannel. For her, Ciara.

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE/SAME SEX?
Doesn't really matter.

15. DO YOU LIKE PAINKILLERS?
When I'm in pain.

16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS?
No, thank you.

17. FAVE PIZZA TOPPING?
Pepperoni.

18. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
A slice of key lime pie.

19. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?
Won't say. This person reads my LJ.

20. DO YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE?
Oui.

21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU?
I'm sure there are plenty from early childhood which I do not remember.

22. DO YOU LIKE SOMEONE?
You mean LIKE like? There are a couple of someones I have a crush on.

23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
Nope.

24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
Target.

25. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM CAR?
The car I wanted to get was the Dodge Caliber, but my old car gave up the ghost before the Caliber came out.

26. WHAT'S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE FASHION TREND?
Wearing pants so low that a gust of wind will pull them off.

27. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MARRIAGE?
It's OK.

28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
Probably.

29. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
Directly.

30. A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED:
47

31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
Sure!

32. WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL MOST OFTEN?
My office voice mail.

33. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?
Lack of courtesy.

34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE US?
Yes. Mexico 5 times and Canada, annually since 1994. The actual number of USA-CDN border crossings cannot be determined thanks to my trips to Estcourt Station ME and Derby Line VT.

35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
I like food a bit too much.

36. WHAT WAS THE LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?
It was supposed to have been Tales of Dog River: The Complete Corner Gas Guide, but thanks to Amazon.ca, I got a different book. It's being sorted out now.

37. FIRST JOB?
Writer for my college newspaper.

38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
Nope.

39. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED THIS OUT?
Burning a DVD of episodes 11 & 12 of Torchwood and IMing someone.

40. IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Get rid of the gut!

41. WHAT BODY PART DO YOU HATE MOST BUT WOULDN'T CHANGE WITH SURGERY?
The gut. (See, I'm chicken about surgery.)

42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
My intelligence and knowledge of Toronto. :)

43. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL?
COntinue to live my life as before.

44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Anything from my Amazon wish lists.

45. BEST MONTH TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY?
The one it's in.

46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Yes, my great-grandfather.

47. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
I have done. I can't see many of them now thanks to light pollution from Houston.

48. WHICH FINGER[S] IS YOUR FAVORITE?
Right index.

49. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?
Thanksgiving morning.

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Ugh, no. I write horribly.

51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE VEGETABLE?
Italian-cut beans.

52. ANY BAD HABITS?
Yes, but I won't enumerate them.

53. WHAT IS THE MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON YOUR SHELF?
The Macarena.

54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
If we shared the same interests, probably.

55. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL?
No, never.

56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
I wish they didn't.

57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE YOUR ANGER?
I rarely get angry enough to have to release it.

58. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
Dallas.

59. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY?
Yes, until given a reason not to.

60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
I really got a lot of use out of my Legos.

61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
Three for the area code and seven for the num--- you mean stored? Maybe 50.

62. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Yes I do.

63. HAVE YOU READ THE CLASSICS?
Yeah, a long time ago.

64. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?
No.

65. WHAT NON PHYSICAL TRAITS DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
Kindness and courtesy. Sense of humor.

66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
My grandfather always called me "Barefoot Joe, the boy from Tallahassee". I had never been to Tallahassee until last year.

67. WHAT IS THE MOST PAIN YOU HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED?
My aneurysm.

68. DO YOU UN-TIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Nope, sure don't.

69. LAST THING YOU SPILLED?
Iced tea on the kitchen counter.

70. LAST THING YOU WATCHED ON TV?
Whose Line is it Anyway? on BBC America.

71. WHAT'S THE LAST FURRY THING YOU TOUCHED?
My mom's cat, Bandit.

72. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS?
Used to be green, has morphed into blue.

73. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS?
Barenaked Ladies, Kate Wolf, Moxy Früvous, Roger Whittaker, Weird Al Yankovic.

74. HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?
Four too many, according to my dentist.

75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Yes! Everyone in the world must respond!

76. WHO ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Some classic WABC radio jingles.

77. LAST THING YOU ATE?
A bowl of Special K cereal.

78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Insurance salesman.

79. WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE or SAME SEX?
Her smile.

80. FAVORITE THOUGHT PROVOKING SONG?
Dear Friend by Union.

81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE?
Sexism, racism, all the isms.

82. FAVORITE VAMPIRE?
Jack Fleming.

83. FAVORITE ZODIAC SIGN?
Leo!

84. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT?
Baseball.

85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?
Dark brown with bits of gray.

86. EYE COLOR?
Green mostly.

87. FAVORITE HAIR AND EYE COLOR FOR YOURSELF?
Never really thought about it.

88. SIBLINGS?
One sister.

89. FAVORITE MONTH?
March

90. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
No.

91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED ON DVD?
Episode 10 of Torchwood.

92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
My birthday.

93. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
Yes, but I'm working on it.

94. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Winter.

95. KISSES OR HUGS?
Yes please!

96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
Had both. Relationships are better.

97. WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
locknestra

98. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
ladycrim, because she already did.

99. BIGGEST FEAR?
Dying alone.

100. IS ANYONE IN LOVE WITH YOU?
If so, and if she's reading this, would she please contact me!