The Twenty-three Questions

Jenny has referred me to an interesting survey along the lines of my car inventory via Tvindy, so here are the results, which I wrote down this morning as I read through the quiz:

1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:

“1. Define the goals of your site.” It’s Carrie Bickner’s Web Design on a Shoestring.

2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?

The telephone wire.

3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?

A soccer match, one of the U.S. leagues, that was playing in a restaurant where I had lunch on Monday. (We don’ t have a TV. I wasn’t really “watching” this, either.)

4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is:

6:30 AM.

5: Now look at the clock; what is the actual time?

6:40 AM.

6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

A freight train, our noisy fridge, the ticking of the clock, and yellow-billed magpies quarrelling. (I can’t hear the computer; it’s basically silent.)

7: When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

6:05 this morning, when I dumped the contents of the teapot onto a spider plant that’s lived in that same spot ever since we moved in here in February 1999. It seems a bit forlorn. So I give it yesterday’s tea.

8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at?

Mulubinba Moments.

9: What are you wearing?

A light blue brushed cotton nightie.

10: Did you dream last night?

Probably. No clue about what, though.

11: When did you last laugh?

About 40 minutes ago when I saw the photograph of Little Max that Numenius posted last night after I’d gone to bed.

12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?

A faux Arts-and-Crafts mirror, a couple of pastel paintings by my great-great-Aunt Nenna, an oil painting of persimmons by my cousin Gainor, and far too many cobwebs.

13: Seen anything weird lately?

Yes, me holding a plastic see-through keychain with a transparent teddy bear at the end of it so Numenius could photograph it in front of the sign of the California Raptor Center. (It’s a geocaching travel bug.)

14: What do you think of this quiz?

Fun, a good segue to what’s in my car piece.

15: What is the last film you saw?

Lawrence of Arabia.

16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?

The services of an accountant.

17: Tell me something about you that I don’t know.

I’m a new, very reluctant, convert to flossing twice a day.

18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

Have it be a requirement that anyone who’s thinking about starting a war get stuck in a room talking to like-minded nitwits for all eternity.

19: Do you like to dance?

Yes. It has cost me dearly in the past but I still do it.

20: George Bush: is he a power-crazy nutcase or some one who is finally doing something that has needed to be done for years?

He’s an arrogant moronic puppet. Which makes him far more dangerous than anything that’s come this way in a long time.

21: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

Not sure. When I was eight I thought it would be Laura, because that’s what I wish I’d been called. I don’t want, and have never wanted, children, however.

22: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?

No idea. Not Sue, though.

23: Would you ever consider living abroad?

I have extensively and might again if this upcoming election goes the wrong way…