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Meme-age

Another meme! oh, the narcissim and procrastination! thanks to Literaticat.

1. Elaborate on your default icon.
On LJ, my icon is Curious George, wondering if a large beach ball will fit in his mouth. I like it because it is children's books AND a little bit dirty, both.

2. What's your current relationship status?
I am married and I like it.

3. Ever have a near-death experience?
No.

4. Name an obvious quality you have.
I am excessively verbal.

5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
All About Ruprecht, from the soundtrack of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The lyrics are diiiiiisgusting and very amusing.

6. Any celeb you would marry?
I would hate to be married to a celebrity.

7. Who will cut and paste this first?
Sara Zarr, maybe?

8. Name someone with the same birthday as you:
Roald Dahl!

9. Do you have a crush on someone?
No.

10. Have you ever vandalized someone's private property?
Nah.

11. Have you ever been in a fight?
Arguments, of course. Physical fights, no.

12. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
Yes. I was, for 4 years, a member of the BMI musical theater workshop, and we had to perform our own songs on a regular basis. Plus I went to musical theater camp.

13. What's the first thing you notice about people of the OPPOSITE sex?
Quality of movement.

14. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
I don't usually order Starbucks, but I'm a straight-up black coffee lady.

15. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
No, I would never do that.

16. Say something totally random about yourself
I have very good teeth.

17. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
People used to tell me I looked like Kelly McGillis, but now no one has ever heard of her and I don't seem to look like anyone else.

18. Do you wear a watch? What kind?
I do not wear one often, but when I do it is Betty & Veronica.

19. Do you have anything pierced?
3 ear holes.

20. Do you have any tattoos?
Why, yes.

21. Do you like pain?
No.

22. Do you like to shop?
Only in particular situations. I prefer to shop alone.

23. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
A yoga class.

24. What was the last thing you paid for with a credit card?
Stuff from the drugstore.

25. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
my friend Eva.

26. What is on your desktop background?
Small child in snorkeling gear.

27. What is the background on your cell phone?
No cell phone.

28. Do you like redheads?
I don't criminate or discriminate on the basis of looks.

29. Do you know any twins?
Yes.

30. Do you have any weird relatives?
Absolutely, but none really weird enough to make a good dinner party anecdote – although my grandmother was in the CIA.

31. What was the last movie you watched?
Match Point. Very good though I predicted the entire outcome after ten minutes of the film.

32. What was the last book you read?
Private by Kate Brian.

33. Did you or are you planning to go to college?
I went to college and eight years of grad school, too.

34. What is your favorite pair of pants that you own?
I have ambivalent feelings toward my pants, but I have a pair of charcoal brown trousers that I like pretty well.

35. Do you like to party?
Frankly, no.

36. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Here, in my office. But that ain't bad.