The NOW quiz

You notice very few of these quizzes fill us all in on what's happening in each other's lives? So I invented this one. If you have a question you'd like to add, please feel free to leave it in comments. I'll answer and credit the originator here.

If not, then paste this one at your web site or just enjoy reading...

What’s happened recently that’s made you happy?
Over at David’s, introducing Marcie to Scrubs, which is still a very good show and which she had never watched before. And then seeing a shirtless JD (Zack Braff) trying to enter a freezing ocean by splashing a little water on himself while sing-songing “There’s a little, there’s a little more.”

What’s happened recently that’s made you sad?
The voices in my head are mad at me; they’re giving me the silent treatment, and it’s DRIVING ME CRAZY!

What’s happened recently that’s made you mad?
See above.

What happened the last time you were turned on?
Umm, this is terrible. But at the Jeff Horn campaign kickoff, there was this guy Garrick. Great name, friendly person. He went out of the way to introduce himself to me. He’s not typically the type I like; he has quite a bit of facial hair, he’s thinning, he’s a red-head, and his small glasses are so thick, it’s hard to see his eyes. But there was something about Garrick’s confidence, his charm, his pouty lower lip and the little bit of hair showing on his nicely defined chest that really turned me on to the point that I got nervous and tongue-tied. Which is what happens whenever someone really turns me on.

What are you wearing today?
That people can see???
Black polo and grey wool slacks.

What are you listening to right at this moment?
Imogene Heap – Have You Got in You?

What’s your current favorite song?
Imogene Heap – Daylight Robbery

What are you reading right now?
Christopher Rice’s The Snow Garden. I know he’s the son of Anne Rice (whom I don’t personally like, but everyone else loves, so what the fuck do I know?), but he take a plot premise with lots of potential and makes it as gay-trite as possible. I’m not enjoying it.

How’s work?
It just got VERY busy. Lockheed is switching from the current, very-user-friendly online Training System to a terrible one that’s going to cause us lots of grief.

On top of that, the program we started here in Orlando got picked up and reshaped by corporate as a corporate initiative that now even affects employees’ performance reviews. We have to figure out how to migrate from the old version to the new one.

And then my consulting company lost a part of its contract with Lockheed. The assessments are now going to be DDI and not De La Porte. And then I just found that even though my company won't make profit off of it, Lockheed wants me to direct and coordinate the new assessments. It looks good for me, and it offers me job security with Lockheed, which is my biggest client. But it doesn't make me or my company any new cash. And I don't know how it affects my standing with my company...

And I just found out my two-day trip to Dallas is now four-day (at the end of this month).

And this month is National Mentoring Month, so I am very busy, and will be for about 18 months.

How’s your love life?
Ehh…
My hands are very soft, but the pulp porn novel I bought in North Carolina kinda sucks. And not in a good way.


How much sleep did you get last night?
5 ½ hours. I’ve been having insomnia about some personal things and how work is going to be grueling for the next 18 months.

What’s the last dream you remember having?
I had a dream Tuesday night I was 15 or sixteen, and I lived in a house on the ocean that was constantly changing. The walls, floors, windows, stairs. It was not so much scary as it was fascinating.

It seems my step mom was cured of her paranoia and schizophrenia, so I was proud and happy for her. I was living with her in this beautiful strange house, and I was happy to be there. But I was also aware I was going to get in trouble with my step mom for something I don’t remember, but also knowing someone else – that sexy Garrick I just met - was going to get into more trouble with her for something entirely unrelated.

Then John Taylor, the bass player from Duran Duran showed up, and I knew my step mom would forgive everything, because John was going to be our guest. I knew she’d know how excited I was to have him staying with us. Also, I knew she’d find John kinda sexy. My plan was to get John Taylor to flirt with my step mom and distract her, so Garrick and I could run up the ever-moving stairs to my sunlit bedroom to have sex while the wind blew off the ocean through my open windows.

Then I woke up, dammit.

But still, it was a good dream.

What are you currently looking forward to?
- Working on Orlando Vigilante.
- Getting the book about the subject I am considering for my next play.
- Sleeping in tomorrow.
- Seeing Brokeback Mountain
- The possibility of a Democrat president
- Going back to Tennessee on vacation