post-soccer destresserizer
1. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
inhaling and exhaling by any means neccessary, finding plenty of evidence of my existence, sleeping next to a fuzzy warm cat (or sometimes just a puppy), flipping my fins to get as far as possible
2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
the four agreements, eragon, and i’m going through blankets again very slowly
3. FAVOURITE BOOK?
(favourite? i adore british spelling!) “walk two moons” by sharon creech
3b. FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?
wow, since leaving lynn’s, i haven’t seen much more than the cover of a magazine in line at the supermarket. i was always a sucker for o magazine. that’s mildly hi-larious. and domino is awesome when erin is around to share it.
4. FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?
solar quest and scrabble
5. FAVOURITE CARD GAME?
what’s in your crib?
6. BEATLES OR ELVIS?
beatles singing elvis tunes.
7. SUNRISE OR SUNSET?
sunrise, provided you stayed up all night to watch it, and you drove around an hour beforehand searching for the perfect hill to watch it from, and you have that pounding feeling in your stomach like you drank too much coffee and didn’t eat anything.
8. THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE?
#1 — take a hot air balloon ride!
#2 — learn to snowboard
#3 — hang christmas lights on the outside of my house–the cute little ones that look really classic
9. HOW OLD DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE WHEN YOU DIE?
177–so i can go with simone
10. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD DIE?
probably doing something embarrassing–ha, like on a first date. sean and i totally decided once that dying on a first date is the most embarrassing thing that could happen to you. god, i really don’t want to die in an embarrassing way. maybe i’ll die in an awesome way, like while…wow, i can’t think of an awesome way to die. i mostly just often assume i might die in any situation, and decide that i’d have to be okay with it.
11. FAVOURITE FLOWER?
snapdragons and tulips; the best part about oregon was that tulips grow naturally there. it was happiness every day in the spring. i like feeding tulips to the snapdragons, too.
12.FAVOURITE SMELLS?
recently rained on concrete, the wong’s house, simone, mellophones, jamie’s vitamin laced sweat, brown sugar
12b. LEAST FAVOURITE SMELLS?
sulpher
13. FAVOURITE SOUNDS?
cheering, amazing music, well sung lyrics, come now my wayward son as performed by the ggb, voices of friends, fish tank hums
14. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
causing someone unhappiness
15. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
did i remember to bring in my bathing suit, or do i have to change in the parking lot of the pool?
16. FAVOURITE COLOUR?
sparkly!
17. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
it’s so high school to make someone wait if you’re sitting next to the phone. i think in the age of cell phones, it’s now perfectly acceptable, if not expected, to answer the phone immediately. for some reason, that does not make one seem desperate, the way answering a landline on first ring would.
18. FUTURE CHILD’S NAME?
i think the one child of the future’s name will be: ron.
19. WHO WOULD YOU HAVE STAND FOR YOU IN YOUR WEDDING?
no one. stay seated.
20. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE?
good conversation, hand holding, swimming, and cozy feelings
21. FAVORITE FOODS?
lettuce, tomatoes, burritos, asparagus rolls, tator tots, hot chocolate, carrot cake cliff bars, dolmas, mom’s salads, broccoli and tofu in peanut sauce, a delicious macaroni casserole, hummus
22. LEAST FAVOURITE FOODS?
mushrooms
23. WORST THING YOU EVER ATE?
chicken and potato chip casserole. angie’s mom finally told me i didn’t have to eat any more of it, and i was so happy to go hungry!
25. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?
as long as i’m only endangering myself on dark roads that i know well. otherwise, i like to drive the speed limit, which makes people really angry on second street and fairview, so i often pull over and let them pass.
26. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
lately, just stitch. he’s stuffed with marshmallows.
27. BLANKETS TUCKED UNDER THE MATTRESS, OR UNTUCKED??
nothing gets tucked so i can pull it this way and that during the night–it also makes the whole bed-making process a lot nicer
28. STORMS – COOL OR SCARY?
scary if i’m alone in a big empty house, but cool if there’s someone to laugh at me jump every time there is thunder and lightening.
29. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
i’ve been with sadie for four years now. she’s a trooper.
30. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE?
read my myspace profile.
33. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?
a traffic announcer, a short story writer, a contributor to this american life, an intern for wait wait don’t tell me, a part time caterer, a speedskater, a residence hall director, and a full time camp counselor
34. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR?
magenta!
35. WOULD YOU SAY “I LOVE YOU” FIRST?
wouldn’t you?
36. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
the glass is pretty, so i don’t care about what’s inside…unless it’s hot chocolate, and then i care greatly. especically if it is from a machine hot chocolate.
38. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS
thanks to old school typing tutor and instant messanger
39. WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?
death cab’s favorite things and my sweaters, and me if anyone ever breaks in and i can’t jump out my window
40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?
nine and eleven…but not nine plus eleven. screw twenty.
43. FAVOURITE SONG?
1979 by the smashing pumpkins
45. BIGGEST FEAR IN LIFE?
god, cyndy, you know what it really is. but for the sake of this survey, i’ll say being physically threatened.
46. ARE YOU A TALKER OR A LISTNER?
i’m a snail watcher.
47. WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU HATE TO DO?
dropfile.
48. OVERALL, WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE GOING TO HEAVEN OR HELL?
i think i’ll end up in purgatory. and there will be a museum there, with lots of information and signs to read about the first ferris wheel and about the life of anne frank, and there will be a demonstration of how to wrap packages and how ribbon is made and where the dinoaurs really went, and it’s going to be awesome.
49. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN GREW UP???
a teacher, the president, a hooker (seriously…i thought they dressed cool and smoked long cigarettes)
everyone must belong somewhere 