Surveyish thingie

[senoritafish]

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
“Sparrowhawk nodded once. His face had gone rock hard.”
Ursala K. Le Guin – The Other Wind (latest in her Earthsea books)

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
A pile of papers on my desk that I need to go through and file, throw out, etc. My folder for meeting notes is on top.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
I believe runsamuck was watching Airplane while I was getting ready for work.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is?
My stomach says almost lunch time.

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
12:03 – yay, it is! *runs to breakroom*

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
About three people typing madly away, someone walking down the hall, someone’s desk chair creaking.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
Walked from the bus stop to my office at 7:55 this morning. I noticed a skein of smoke in the sky and wondered what wilderness was burning down this time.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
Nambroth:’s journal on painting feathers and laws concerning feathers, and my Interjurisdictional Fisheries report that someone wanted some information from.

9. What are you wearing?
From top to bottom: Laurel Burch knockoff barrette holding my pony tail (a row of cats), purple glasses, earrings (two cloisonné emperor penguins and a silver mermaid), purple mock turtleneck, braided leather belt, khaki Levis, ankle high athletic socks (white with grey heel and toe), blue Salomon leather clogs that have really seen better days, actually meant to be worn in the snow. I may or may not have a hole in my underwear (actually at least three holes – how else would I get them on?) And the underwire in my bra is poking me – ouch! More than you wanted to know, huh?

10. Did you dream last night?
I often do, but I don’t remember last night’s.

11. When did you last laugh?
People at lunch always make me laugh.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
See my current desktop image. Also posters of various fish species.

13. Seen anything weird lately?
The guy on the bus the other day who seemed to be talking on a cell phone, but there was nothing attached to his ear. I couldn’t hear all of what he was saying, but I distinctly heard the words “harassment”, “CIA,” “NSA,” and a few other government acronyms. He had a large bag with a sign held on with an overabundance of tape, saying “Military Scandal Victim” and lists of various phone numbers of politicians and government agencies. More this guy needs help than that’s weird really.

14. What do you think of this quiz?
Kills a few minutes. And maybe you can list under Seen anything weird lately? when you do this survey...

15. What is the last film you saw?
I watched The Doctor on Cinemax yesterday; I've always liked William Hurt.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
Buy out my brothers from my dad’s house, add on a mother-in-law so my husband’s mom and grandmother can move in, and maybe help my brothers get houses too. Donate money to PBS, NPR and various other organizations I’ve always supported but been too poor to.

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I have big feet?

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Tolerance. Not every believes the same things you do, and they are no less people becasue they are different.

19. Do you like to dance?
Yes, but not a lot of opportunity; and I always feel self conscious. I’d love to take some kind of dance classes with runsamuck, maybe ballroom…

20. George Bush:
is an ass. People overseas didn’t used to be afraid of us.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?:
My daughter’s name is Avalon.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?:
Our firstborn’s first name is MacKenzie, but we call him by his middle name; Angus.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
I did live in Australia for a year as an exchange student in college; I’d move back there in a heartbeat – but then again there’s a lot of places here in the States I haven’t seen yet.

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
“You know, I think I’m going to pass that course this time…” *

…alternatively....

She pokes me in the nose and says “Beep!”

25. 5 people who must also do this in THEIR journal:
You can if you want to, I won’t twist your arm… ;)

*From a joke an instructor of mine used to tell – When the world finally goes to hell and we completely destroy ourselves, the bombs fall, life no longer exists and the planet is a nuclear wasteheap, God cusses, kicks the wall and says, “Shit! Now I have to take this course again next semester!”