Christmas Warm-Fuzzies

Since no one reads my blog, I can talk about this.

Last night, Marcie had a very few freinds over for lovely white vegetarian lasagna. (I need the recipe, Marcie!) It was David, Toddie, Travyson, Joshie, Sarah Lockhard, & me. David brought salad he tossed (snerk) and his famous coma brownies. Travyson brought chocolate pasta (which we all agreed was interesting; the strawberry and whipped cream topping was amazing!). I brought Chinese take-out to keep David and my tradition of doing Chinese on Christmas day alive.

A few things to remember:

- At his house, David gave me the fifth season of Kids int he Hall, which means I have a full set, all given by him! I never thunk!~

- David didn't have enough salad dressing, so we went to CVS (one of the few places open) to see if they had a small bottle. I picked up a diet Coke and was waiting when it was revealed that there was no salad dressing there. So, I put the bottle of soda away and said, loudly, "Well! A drug store that doesn't carry salad dressing doesn't deserve my business!" David and Toddie thought this was very funny (see his blog at www.davidroz.com).

- At the Chinese place, they gave me this super-tacky calendar with pictures of hot women in Chinese prom gowns (do the Chinese have prom?) and cars! Every page, a new hot chink-chick and a new hot rod! It's a keeper!!!

- Travyson (Travis & Alyson) announced that they are engaged!!! Whoo hoo! I gave them my standard advice - as a guest at a LOT of weddings, the ones that sucked were the Bridezilla-Pretty-Princess-for-a-Day ones and the ones that rocked were the good parties for the guests. I also said I wanted to be the flower girl. Picture it; me in pink tulle with a fabric-covered plastic headband with flowery ribbons hanging off of it. A big basket of rose petals and a festively decorated leaf blower. I'd dump the petals at the back of the church and blow them to the front! I can't wait!!! I've never wanted to be a drag queen, but I've ALWAYS wanted to be a flower girl!!! Congrats, Travyson!!!

- We had a crap gift exchange. I finalloy got rid of those damn ducks Cathy used as a guilt-trip for me when I told her seven years ago we were NOT starting a Waterfowl Rescue Farm in our apartment and that the baby ducks she brought home without telling me would have to go!

- In the crap gift exchange, I purposefully got a laser level, but I already have a level and I don't hang that many pictures, so I think I will secretly give it to Travis.

- Everyone seemed excited about their CDs. Can't wait to hear their thoughts over the coming weeks.

Finally, I have been meaning for weeks to try my hand at a traditional sonnet (a'la Bill Shakespeare) and after Travyson announced their engagement, I came home last night and made this one. I usually hate almost everything I write, but I don't hate this one:

It has been said, and many unions prove:
Candor has no place in the success of
Marriage, nor truth a part in trusty love.
I am no sage, but I do sense, above
These sideways winks and through the tempests of
Life, love's truth stands firm and fixed and unmoved;
As Shakespeare says, unbending in the sway.
But also, loving changes and shifts like
We do ourselves – learning from day to day -
Revealing ourselves. We’re like precious stone
Worked in a sculptor’s hand, to end the way
We were meant to eternally be known.
Marble’s true sculpture, the artist removes.
True love’s nature, in due time, living proves.

More 2006 surveys

- How did you ring in 2006?
I was with David. I thought we did stuff with Joshie, Marcie et all. I remember the Sexual Astrology book.

- What news story upset you the most?
There were so many, but it was probably the shooting of the Amish girls. It just seems like the world got a little crazier this year, and not in a good way. The way the Amish leaders asked for everyone the forgive the man broke my heart. We need so much more of that.

- The best thing that happened this year?
Marcie is right – Orlando Vigilante was good

- How did you spend Valentine's Day?
I think I worked late – it’s a Hallmark holiday created by card factories, candy shops, and people who insist you’re a loser if you’re alone.

- What do you wish you had done in 2006, that you didn't do?
Exercised more, looked for another job more diligently, that’s it.

- What was your biggest purchase?
I didn’t make any big purchases – I think my couch or my TV stand, and neither of them were huge.

- Best movie of the year?
Tie between Little Miss Sunshine and The Departed

- Best song?
I am putting out a CD of them. I’ll post answers in the new year, but a lot of nothing most people have ever heard, sadly.

- Some lyrics that make you think of 2006?
“That’s just the fear talking. Don’t let it take you, like it nearly took me: Fear. Don’t let it fool you like it nearly fooled me; Fear” from Hamoa Beach by Gomez

- Something you accomplished this year:
I did a lot of stretching at work – trying things I never thought I could do and I did them well (only to be told that my contract is ending in March 07). I committed to having fun wit Orlando Vigilante and Nicoteam and on closing night of both, I actually felt for a second there that I wasn’t a bottom-rate community actor I always thought I was. I made it to the top of the mountain, slower than everyone else, but I made it.

- If you could take back any words you said in 2006, what would they be?
Almost all of them. I would've been better off taking a vow of silence...

- Best book you read?
A few I liked – I read The Last of the Savages and I thought it was wonderful and underrated. Other than that – I reread You are not a Stranger Here and I read You Don’t Need a Title… and a few others. Nothing moved me like Three Junes, The Hours, or other books have in the past.

- What celebrity story did you keep up with?
Nothing in detail. I always keep up with Duran Duran.

- The best photograph you took?
I didn’t take any photos in 2006. I would like a nice digital camera, but everyone else has one and always sends me their files, so I have other people’s photos, which is kinda nice, like my own little art gallery.

IN 2006, DID YOU...
Fall in love? Nope – I think some people are genetically incapable.
Have a crush on someone? Kinda, but not strongly
Lose any friends? Yep, though he’d probably not admit it. I’m OK with it; people move on.
Make any new friends? Yep, I’m kinda good at this.
Make any new enemies? No, but I made a couple previous enemies worse. I found out my boss hates working for my client, so he’s letting me out to hang. I have a couple coworkers – who are very similar – they are both older women, gossipy and self-centered and NEGATIVE. I am a fairly positive person, so their NEGATIVITY drives me crazy – you’d think the world was ending. Anyway, they both seem to have a thing about making my job worse these last few months. If I were their boss, I’d fire them both for bad attitude, because no one likes working with them. Maybe they sense this, and that’s why they hate me. Plus I hate Los Angeles for personal reasons.
Make much money? Less, actually.
Do something you'd never done before? Yep. Had the lead in a Fringe play, played a nelly homo onstage, climbed a mountain, a lot of new stuff at work.
Attend a wedding? Nope.
Attend a funeral? Yes…
Get older? More than I know.
Learn anything? Only shit no one ever wants to learn
Get any new tattoos? NO
Travel out of the country? No
Go bowling? No, and it’s weird cuz I have these free bowling tickets
Go golfing? Just mini-golf
Bring sexy back? Nope, I probably caused it to dig a little bit further back in its burrow.


I WANT: to get this new job!
I WISH: I could write one great play.
I HATE: worry.
I MISS: having no responsibility...
I FEAR: for Mikey
I HEAR: My 2006 CD – YAY!
I LOVE: my new acoustic guitar and my cat
I DANCE: Like a mental patient who’s been hiding his meds
I SING: like someone dropped a champagne glass in a food disposal
I CRY: a bit more these days
I NEED TO LEARN: to be more diplomatic and gracious
I SHOULD: clean the house

[ YES OR NO ]
1. KEEP A DIARY?: just this blog
2. KEEP A SECRET JOURNAL?: kinda, I have books with ideas in them
3. SET YOUR WATCHES A FEW MINUTES AHEAD?: Yep
4. BITE YOUR FINGERNAILS? Yep, but I am going to quit now I have a guitar
5. BELIEVE IN LOVE?: Kinda but not really

[ DO YOU ]
1. HAVE A/ANY CRUSH(ES)?: Nope
2. THINK YOU'VE BEEN IN LOVE?: Nope
3. HAVE ANY TATTOOS?: Nope
4. HAVE ANY PIERCINGS?: Just my left ear, but I think it’s closed now
5. THINK YOU ARE A HEALTH FREAK?: Absolutely not

[ FAVORITE ]
MONTH: Febtober
SONG: what a dumbass question!
FOOD: California atop the Contemporary Resort – serious, never had a bad meal there
SEASON: Florida winter, when it’s a little colder but sunny, not like now which is warm and wet
VEGGIE: asparagus – like you didn’t know
FAST FOOD: Boston Market, it has a drive-up, it’s fast food.

[ IN THE LAST 48 HRS ]
CRIED?: Yep.
HELPED SOMEONE: Yep
BOUGHT SOMETHING?: Yep
GOTTEN SICK?: Just a sinus headache - damn weather changes!
GONE TO THE MOVIES?: Nope
SAID "I LOVE YOU"?: Yep
WRITTEN A REAL LETTER?: Nope
TALKED TO AN EX?: Yep
WRITTEN IN A JOURNAL?: This
MISSED SOMEONE?: Yes, damn you Sarah!
HUGGED SOMEONE?: Yep
FOUGHT WITH YOUR PARENTS?: They’re both dead, so…yes.
FOUGHT WITH A FRIEND?: God, no!

[ WOULD YOU EVER ]
1. EAT A BUG?: Probably
2. BUNGEE JUMP? If I was sure the rope wouldn’t snap
3. HANG GLIDE?: If I was sure it could handle my weight
4. KILL SOMEONE? Again!?!? We’re running out of hobos
[where's 5?]
6. PARACHUTE FROM A PLANE: Again, the weight issue
[and 7 - are they off having sex somewhere?]
8. WALK ON HOT COALS?: Only if I had really thick thermal shoes
9. GO OUT TO EAT WITH A COMPLETE STRANGER?: Sure, if I felt like it was safe – not like some dirty hobo
10. HOOK UP WITH A FRIEND?: Sure, some friends
11. BE A VEGETARIAN?: For how long? I could probably handle it if it were a dead necessity
12. WEAR PLAID WITH STRIPES?: Sure – for fun
13. I.M A STRANGER?: This is a weird question. On chat lines (like duranduran.com) most people ARE truly strangers
14. SING KAROKE?: Sure
[and now 15 and 16 are gone - it's a number orgy!]
17. RUN A RED LIGHT?: Yep
18. DYE YOUR HAIR BLUE?: If I had hair to dye
19. BE ON SURVIVOR?: Nope
[this is getting ridiculous]
22. MAKE SOMEONE CRY?: No, I wouldn’t although people would guess that I would
23. KICK A BABY?: LMAO – is it a baby seal?
[Jesus! Numbers, get your asses back here!]
25. STAY UP ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT?:Sure

[ LAST PERSON WHO ]
1. BEEN IN THE SAME BED WITH YOU?: Cathy
2. SEEN YOU CRY?: Cathy
3. MADE YOU CRY?: Cathy
4. WENT TO DINNER/LUNCH WITH?: David Almeida and David Norton
[I give up!]
7. SAID "I LOVE YOU" TO YOU AND REALLY MEANT IT?: everyone I say it to, my brother recently
8. MADE YOU LAUGH? I think it was Marcie in her blog

[WOULD YOU RATHER]
2. BE SERIOUS OR FUNNY?: Funny
3. DRINK WHOLE OR SKIM MILK?: Skim
4. DIE IN A FIRE OR DROWN?: Both at the same time, the quicker the better
5. SPEND TIME WITH YOUR PARENTS OR YOUR ENEMIES?: My parents are dead, so….my parents

A Blog by Any Other Name....Smells Funny

1.YOUR SPY NAME: (middle name and current street name)
Jerome Highland – not bad, kinda geeky

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/mother on your dad's side and your favorite candy)
Eugene Dove Dark Chocolate – doesn’t work

3. YOUR RAP NAME: (first initial of first name and first three or four letters of your last name)
S-Mil – nope, another failure

4. YOUR GAMER TAG: (a favorite colour, a favorite animal)
Purple Common American Domestic Housecat – failure, again

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, and city you were born in)
Jerome Creston – With that name, I’d be the first one killed off by my evil cojoined twin.

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first three letters of your last name, first two letters of your first name; first three letters of your mother's maiden name, first three letters of the city you were born in)
Milst Evicre – sounds like something you’d hose out of a chicken-gutting plant

7. JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled backwards)
Emorej Nagive – The French sensation that reduces the appearance of fine lines AND makes a lovely salad dressing!

8. PORN STAR NAME: (first pet's name, the street you grew up on)
Kitty Blue Birch or Blue Birch – don’t know if the cat or the dog came first; they were both there when I was born

9. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favourite colour and the automobile your mom/dad drives)
The Purple Daisy-Pusher-Upper
The Violet Hearse
The Plum Dirtnap
The Purple Deathmobile
The Aborgine Slowrot-Vault
The Purple Crematorium
The Violet Maggotmeal
Take your pick…

10. YOUR ACTION HERO NAME: (first name of the main male/female character in the last film you watched, last food you ate)
Buddy-the-Elf Chicken - LMAO! Pop pow!

Munny and Honey

Saturday night, Cathy and I went to Uberbot in the Winter Park Swillage to see their “Customized Munny” Art Show. It’s where artists take these blank plastic dolls called Munny and change them. The public votes on their favorite.

Here’s a link to explain and show you what I mean:
http://www.uberbotonline.com/UberBlogPost.aspx?id=378

By the way, I just found that the one I voted for WON! Yay! And Cathy’s vote tied for third. And the other we loved was the other third place winner. We have good taste!

This is something Sarah French and I would have done if she still lived here, maybe. It depends on if she could've handled all the Japanimation and manga at the store. Japanimation and manga, Sarah has stated, fills her with "a rage." (Hehe)

Anyway, after fighting our way through the crowd of hipper-than-thous (although, honestly, everyone was really nice; It's just that Cathy and I just felt so incredibly unhip, lacking furry Ug boots, multi-colored hair, tat sleeves, or gaping holes in our ear lobes), Cathy and I went over to Borders.

Over at Borders. Whoo hoo! There was this duo of keyboard players/singers with a drum box. They both wore white suits and hats; it was like Isaac Hayes vs. Barry White. It was like two guys competing to play Eddie Murphy’s character in Dreamgirls! It was incredibly distracting to the shoppers to have this VERY LOUD music ringing through the store.

Replete with ad-libs like, “Mmm-hmmm, c’mon up and slide up right next to me, baby! You’re one hot cinnamon mama tight, OW! You’re like honey straight outa the hive!!!”

Afterwards, to dubious applause, they’d purr like Ashford dumped Simpson for Andre 3000. “Thank ya, you’re beautiful people, God bless you. Now, let’s get our funk on!”

I am not exaggerating!

You should have seen the looks on people’s faces! All over the store, white Winter Park shoppers looked like they were either completely bewildered or like they were smelling something bad – like some hobo waaay too close next to them had just farted or something. Nice clothes and expensive gifts in tow, but also wrinkled noses and nervous looks like antelope on the savannah on watch for that lion which might pick them off next.

The absolute best part, though, was the HUGE white lady at the café table next to Cathy and me chair-dancing and gushing over and over that “These guys are great! I love them! Where’d they find these guys!?!?!” 400 pounds of hot lovin’ packed into a flaming red knit dress waving her hands in the air like she just don’t care!

You should have seen Cathy’s face and she watched her chair-dancing, and then look at me.

It was lovely!!!

OK - 2006 in Review

From Alyson by way of Marcie

1) Drinking Buddy of The Year?
Well, in years past it’s been Cathy for consistency and Jimmy for sheer fun. This year, though, it’s been Dahly for both. And the dangerous thing is, she lives about 100 feet away from me.

2) Lifetime service award - Longest friend
I have some distant friends from grade school, Susan Priest, being the first who pops to mind. I am also still close with my college professor Susan Maroldo after 18 years, but for close-close friend, it would be Cathy, then David, who have 15 and 13 ½ years respectively. Satan’s been there since day 1, but I wouldn’t call him a friend, per se.

3) High Point of the year?
Orlando Vigilante and some great work I did for my major client. Oh, and the Tennessee Mountain was pretty high.

4) Low point of the year?
#1 - Mikey's recurring cancer and radiation treatment. #2 - Having this trouble with my company, and then finding out that the contract for a job I downright love ends 3/31/07.

5) Best holiday?
New Years in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina I would have to say. This was with David, David Dean, Mikey, and Michael

6) THEME for 2006?
Enjoying what I have before I lose it or “Now it also disinfects as it nourishes!”

7) Any regrets?
Wow, let’s see, shall we?
- That I didn’t use my gym membership more
- That I haven’t finished American Troubadour and I haven’t realy started Deep Trouble in ernest
- That it take cancer or moving away to make you realize you have to dilligently work on your friendships
- That I talk to Joshie more than I listen to him
- That I can get into stupid intellectual arguments with friends I’d rather just enjoy being with them, which is what I want to do, Mattie…
- That I cannot find peaceful, non-conflict ways out of certain problems, so I avoid facing them because it’s gonna get ugly
- That I didn’t win the lottery
- That I haven’t eaten out more with Larry and Marylee
- That I didn’t take pictures of Sarah’s and my off-Fridays together before they ended, so I could show total strangers in the frozen foods aisle that I spent time with a very sexy, funny woman
- That I want to go to the downtown United Methodist church, but because I am a bit of a cynical pantheist, I feel like a hypocrite at a Christian church
- Mistaking vag cream for whipped topping and ruining a good piece of pie (no pun intended)
- That I didn’t spend more time with Kim before she left
- That I can’t be less egotistical about the great job I know I am doing at work and try more to make friends
- That I haven’t made a vegetarian meal for Toddie and Marcie like I promised myself I was going to.

8) Best Night out?
New Years and later at a local restaurant in Tennessee, I-Bar was fun, Marcie’s birthday at Cheesecake Factory, the nights in the Fringe beer tent, and the afternoon I spent with Cathy’s family at the North End Brewpub Cafe

9) Worst Night out?
Fringe preview night and then SEVERAL NIGHTS with a 100-foot crawl from Dahly’s apartment

10) Who did you spend your valentines with?
My cat…

11) Best relationship?
David

12) Worst relationship?
Cathy's fiance

13) Best concert?
Shiny Toy Guns in February in the tiny, shitty Backbooth. Amazing band!

14) Best New Relationship/Friend?
My right hand and I reconnected

15) Best decision made all year?
To have fun with Vigilante, period

16) Best new album that you have listened to?
Got a few – How We Operate by Gomez, Sufjan Steven’s Christmas album, Ta-Dah! By Scissor Sisters, Deep Cuts by The Knife

17) Most proud moment?
How I handled the Forums for my client and getting to know Elizabeth Maupin a little better (honestly!)

18) Most reliable people?
David, Cathy, and actually Billy

19) Best job of the year?
The one I am losing

20) Best Film?
A tie between two very different but lovely films, Little Miss Sunshine and The Departed

21) Favorite quote(s) of the year?

“Thank you for making us intimately aware of the details of your job, but none of that sounds impossible, so could you just do it?!?!?”

“I like absurdism, just as long as it makes sense!”

“Maybe you’re right, Mary. Maybe George Lamisil can’t make a difference, but the Orlando Vigilante can!”

22) Rate 2006 on a scale of 1-10 (10=best)
6.3 – it would have been higher, except for these last couple of weeks

23) Plans for '07?
Find a stable job, finish American Troubadour, go to the mountains with the crew, find a part in a fringe show, win the lottery.

24) Funniest Friend?
David

25) Best Family Member Award
Always, my sister, Lisa

A Veritable Buttload of Quiz to Catch Up On!

This is the longest post I have EVER made!

1. I've come to realize that my ex.......will never be quite as happy as I am.

2. I am listening to......ahhh, Sufjan Steven Christmas Music!

3. I talk.......A LOT! TOO MUCH. I want to meet someone who knows how to peaceably help me be quiet.

4. I love.......Sarah French, whom i miss terribly!

5. My best friend......has taught me that my lack of family support doesn’t mean I am short on love.

6. My first real kiss.......was kind of amazing, thank you Shane, wherever you are! I think about you every so often and hope God is giving you tons of happiness.

7. I lost......my Yale Shakespeare from my college class. We read all but 5 of his plays, and I had notes all over it. When I moved from Iowa to Orlando, I couldn’t take it with me, so I left it with my friend Andrea Carr. Later, I sent her a check to mail it to me, and she cashed the check, but I never saw the book or her again.

8. I hate it when people.........are too afraid to pull me aside and be honest with me.

9. Love is.......explained in Hallmark cards. I can’t answer this!

10. Marriage is........(see the damn Dictionary!)

11. Somewhere, someone is thinking.......“I want a pickle!” (This one is for Sarah French and Kim Grey)

12. I'll always be...........thinking of people I love and admire (you’d be amazed how many times you cross my mind)

13. I have a secret crush on..........Sufjan Stevens. He’s lovely and talented and odd and alternative and folksy and cute (he’s also Christian, but he seems very liberal about it). He also has dark hair and pale skin, which is uber-sexy.

14. The last time I cried was because.....I found out Tuesday that I wasn’t going to be working with my consulting firm after March 30, 2007, no matter what.

15. My cell phone........is kinda a piece of crap, but I don’t want to spend the money right now to replace it.

16. When I wake up in the morning.......I hope I have a few minutes to stretch in bed and remember my dreams (isn’t it weird when I’m dead-honest in these quizzes?)

17. Before I go to sleep at night.........I let my mind wander wherever it may go, and I concentrate a little on making sure I remember my dreams.

18. Right now I am thinking about........what I can do tonight.

19. Babies are.......sort of ugly when they are first-born. Golem-like. They only really get cute about the time they start walking. God’s-honest.

20. I get on MySpace........not as much as I should apparently...

21. Today I......want to clean and cook and do a little work from home.

22. Tonight I will........hopefully have something to do. If not, I’ll go to the movies alone, which is something I kinda enjoy, actually. People-watching and taking up six-seats with my shit

23. Tomorrow I will.........Go to church with Mikey & David, do some cleaning in the afternoon, and then go to see a kids’ Nativity in the evening.

24. I really want.......to see first-hand that shitloads of money cannot buy me happiness (I believe this is a myth the rich tell the poor.)

25. The person who means the most to me in the world right now.......Me! No, David.

1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someone's eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone's eyes when they are telling you how they feel? Do people have eyes?

2. Think of the last time you were REALLY happy. WHY were you happy? When I won the lottery in my dreams.

3. You are on a flight from Honolulu to Chicago non-stop. There is a fire in the back of the plane. You have enough time to make ONE phone call. Who would you call? The fire department, duh!

4. You are at the doctor's office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live:
(1) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? Ooo, a part of me would just want people to be happy without remorse or oany of those pesky “Yay-He’s-Dying” parties.
(2) What do you do with your remaining days? Kill myself. Fate isn’t gonna beat me to the punch!
(3) Would you be afraid? Would there be any sock monkeys there?

5. You can have one of the following two things: trust/love. Which do you choose? Trove or Lust

6. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late even once more, you are fired. Do you save the dog?I would save the dog, because any job where a boss gave me that ultimatum wouldn’t be worth keeping, whether it be my fault or my boss’s.

7. You are unfaithful to your spouse/significant other. Do you tell him/her? Why or Why not? Yep, and I’d show the film, too.

8. Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you do/say? Ummm, David would never say this, but, as much as I love him with my whole heart, I would start looking for a hot boyfriend for him 24/7, because he’s either desperate or dying and deserves it.

9. Think of the last person who you know that died. You have the chance to give them 1 hour of life back, but you have to give one year of your life. do you give up the year? Ugh, what a horrible question! I just found out Cathy’s cousin’s boyfriend drank and drugged himself to death last Sunday (a lot like how my mom went…) Does he know he only has one hour to wrap things up? If he did, I would give up a year and film what he did with it. I think watching it would be a lesson for all of us that would be worth a year of my life.

10. Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend? Yep. I think I am great friend material!

11.Does love = sex? Nope.

12. Can you be happy in a relationship and never truly know what the other person is thinking? Yes.

13. When was the last time you told someone HONESTLY how you felt regardless of how difficult it was for you to say? I told my brother, and it was very liberating, but it didn’t really change anything except I am now totally honest with him about everything. Not sure he enjoys it.

14. What would be (or what was) harder for you to tell a friend, you love them or that you do not love them back? Ooo, having had to tell a few people I could not be in a relationship with them was awful!

15. What do you think would be the hardest thing for you to give up? Why would it be hard to lose? Eating what I want, period. I just haven’t been able to curb this.

16. Excluding romantic love, when was the last time you told someone you loved them? Who were they to you? I just told Terry Wolfe I love her, and I do. She's a deasr friend, and Cathy's aunt to boot.

17. Imagine. It is a dark night, you are alone, it is raining outside, you hear someone walking around outside your window. WHO do you wish was there with you? Chris Evans – just because I want him near me.

18. Would you give a homeless person CPR if they were dying? Yep.

19. You are holding onto your grandmother's hand and the hand of a newborn that you do not know as they hang over the edge of a cliff. You have to let one go to save the other. Who do you let fall to their death? My grandma would ask that I let her go, I know her. God, I miss her.

20. Are you old fashioned? Whereat doest thou questioning cometh frometh?

21. When was the last time you were nice to someone and did NOT expect anything in return for it? I agree with Marcie and Alyson, I do this all the time.

22. Which would you choose, true love with a guarantee of a broken heart, or never loved at all? Why? I keep telling the Universe True Love, having never experienced it.

23. If you could do anything or wish anything, what would it be? A billion dollars with no strings attached (none of this Monkey’s Paw curse stuff with it).

Your boyfriend/girlfriend?:Non-existent
Your hair?Retreating
Your mother?Dead
Your Father?Dead
Your Favorite Item:Bed
Your dream last night:seaside
Your Favorite drink:coffee
Your Dream Car:expensive
The room you are in:Cold
Your Ex:victim
Your fear:poverty
What do you want to be in 10 years:wealthy
Who did you hang out with last night?Cathy
What you're not:thin
Muffins:Puffins
One of Your wish list items:Trays
Time:unutilized
The last thing you did:Praise
What You Are Wearing:socks
Your Favorite Weather:Now
Your Favorite Book:Hours
The last thing you ate:cookie
Your Life:uncertain
Your mood:uncertain
Your friends:courageous
What are you thinking about right now?Do-over
Your car:shaky
What are you doing at the moment?:typing
Your summer:unmemorableYour relationship status?hermit
What is on your tv?CDs
When is the last time you laughed?morning
Last time you cried?Tuesday
School?Life

SNOW
1.) Have you ever had a white Christmas? Grew up in Iowa

2.) Does it snow where you live now? Copying Marcie’s answer: “Not so much. Although apparently it sort of snowed a couple of weeks ago. According to the Sentinel. For whatever that's worth.”

3.) Do you want it to? Fuck, no!!

4.) Would you rather make a snow angel or a snowman? Snowman

5.) Do you like having snowball fights? Nope.

6.) Can you build a snow fort? Yep.

7.) Have you ever been sledding? Jesus, when I was a kid, all the time!

FOOD
1.) What is your favorite food at Christmas? Egg nog

2.) Do you bake cookies? Yep

3.) Do you make anything else special? Sometimes I make a Christmas Bread Pudding

4.) What do you drink to warm you up? Tea.

5.) Do you gain weight at Christmas, then desperately try and lose it? Yep.

TRADITIONS
1.) Does your family read "Twas the Night Before Christmas?" What family?

2.) Do you leave milk and cookies for Santa? Nope.

3.) Who eats them? NA

4.) Do you watch Christmas movies? Yep, still need to see Elf again.

5.) Do you drive around and look at the Christmas lights? Yep, with David

6.) When do you open your gifts? I open them in shifts with the people I am exchanging them with.

DECORATIONS
1.) When does the tree go up? The week after Thanksgiving

2.) What kind of Christmas tree do you have? Beautiful Douglas Fir

3.) How do you decorate it? Oh, I don’t believe in designer trees. I have a lot of ornaments, most with memories.

4.) Do you use homemade or store bought ornaments? Both

5.) Is there a wreath hanging on your door? No, because the one Tommy made me years ago needs some major refurbishment work.

6.) Do you have mistletoe hung? Nope

7.) Where are your stockings hung? I don’t have therm out yet!

SHOPPING
1.) Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? Nope.

2.) Who's number one on your shopping list? David & Cathy.

3.) Do you enjoy shopping during the holiday season? Not a lot, but I am fairly good at it.

4.) Do you buy presents for your pets? Copy Marcie’s answer: “We used to, till we realized they're always more excited about playing with the wadded-up wrapping paper than they are about whatever gift we buy them.”

5.) Do you shop online? Yep

PRESENTS
1.) What do you want most for Christmas? Winning lottery ticket.

2.) Do you spend a great deal of time wrapping presents? Yes. I am a bit anal about it.

3.) Do you take part in a secret Santa? Not anymore – the politics are UGLY!

4.) Do your parents buy you ridiculous gifts? They’re dead, thanks for reminding me!

5.) What did you ask for that you know you're not going to get? See above.

6.) Do you still get a stocking? I have a stocking, I don’t know if it will be empty or if Cathy has committed to filling it.

7.) Do you open presents or eat first? See above.

8.) Favorite childhood presents? Marching Mickey

SO IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME
1.) Have you been naughty or nice this year? Mostly naughty, actually, I believe, though others would argue differently

2.) Will you sit on Santa's lap? Yep.

3.) Are you going to any Christmas parties? Yep

4.) Are you sending out Christmas cards? Nope

5.) If so, how many? NA

6.) Will you receive some? Yep

7.) Are you excited? Not really, about Christmas as a whole?

8.) If you could do anything for Christmas, what would it be? Anything? Count the millions I won from the lottery.

9.) Will you be singing any carols? Already do, constantly. Christmas songs are so catchy!

10.) What are your favorite ones? One you don’t k now – “Joseph, Kind Joseph” and then “Fairytale of New York”

11.) Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yep.

12.) Did you just try? Didn’t need to, I know I know them.

13.) What are you looking forward to the most? Time off from work to get my head settled before my contract ends permanently, so I can look for another job.

14.) What are you doing for Christmas this year? Marcie’s lasagna party!

15.) How early do you usually wake up Christmas morning? When the drunk burns off.

16.) Will you have fun this Christmas? It’ll be ok, but probably not. My friend is very sick and my job is going away, so… But then again, this could be my last one, I don’t know.

And Todd-Michaels’/Marcie’s search engine game:

Steve looks like something half human
Steve looks like a GQ model
Stephen looks like a tourist

I am OK with all of these.

1. What is the best way to get over someone? Post “pedophile” signs in his yard

2. What makeup do you wear on a daily basis? Chinese Pearl Crème…

3. Whats ur favorite resturant? California Grill at the top of the Contemporary

4. If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Golden Corral Buffet

5. What do you want for Christmas? Winning lottery ticket

6. Do you listen to music often? Yep.

7. Who on your Myspace "top 8" do you talk to the most? David

8. What time is your alarm clock set for? 6:30am

9. Have you ever bid for something on ebay? Yep

10. Do you wear flip-flops even when its cold outside? Nope

11. Where do you buy your groceries from? Publix

12. Would you rather take the picture or be in the picture? Take

13. What was the last movie you watched? The Fountain

14. Do any of your friends have children? Yep.

15. If you won the lottery, whats the first thing you would buy? Pay off my debt first

16. Has anyone ever called you lazy? Yep, my dad, mostly, no one else really, I am actually a bit of a worker, despite my dad's opinion.

17. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep? Yep

18. What CD is currently in your CD player? Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas CD

19. Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk? Duh, chocolate!

20. Has anyone told you a secret this week? Yep.

21. What was the last thing you drank? Coffee

22. What did you have for dinner? Prime rib, green beans, - Cathy’s office Christmas party.

23. What is your biggest fear? Poverty.

24. What color is your house? Beige and green (I love how Toddie calls David’s house boring – Jesus, I’d be afraid of the colors Toddie’d pick. ;-)

25. Can you whistle? Nope

26. What is your favorite Christmas/winter movie? Right now, Elf

27. Do long distance relationships work? Not really

28. Have you ever participated in a protest? Yep

29. Who were the last three people that called you? David, Cathy, and Unknown.

30. What is your favorite ride at an amusement park? The Great American Movie Ride at MGM – good and cheesy and about one of my favorite subjects

31. What is something you must do everyday? I ALWAYS do some form of personal hygiene

32. Have you ever stolen something? Yep.

33. What area code are you in right now? 321/407

34. Did you watch cartoons as a child? Still do.

35. How big is your local mall? Appropriate Toddie’s answer: “Well, the average-sized Fashion Square Mall is about 1 mile from my house, but within a 20-minute drive is the largest mall in the Southeastern United States.

36. What is your job title? Consultant Liaison until March 30, 2007

37. What do you miss most? Safety.

38. Would you ever sky dive? Yep.

39. What are you allergic to? Molds, mildews, oak pollen

40. What is your biggest regret? I don’t have a lot, but I was inattentive when a couple people wanted to sleep with me, and I brushed it off, and I should have slept with them.

41. Have you ever had Jamba Juice? Nope

42. When was the last time you laughed so hard your sides hurt? Last night at Cathy’s Christmas party – I made a joke “How does someone get through 6th grade without losing their virginity?” and this redneck Cathy works with said, “Hey, I didn’t lose mine until 7th!” dead serious.

44. Do you own any band t-shirts? Nope

45. What is your favorite candle scent? Right now, Glistening Snow by Glade

46. How many aunts and uncles do you have? I had 7 aunts and 5 uncles (and then their spouses), but now I have 5 aunts and one uncle (and they all have spouses, first or second – no divorces, just deaths, lots and lots of deaths)

47. When was your last plane ride? November 13th back from dallas
48. Do you crack your knuckles? Nope

49. How many chairs are at your dining room table? One right now

50. Do you read for fun? Yep.


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