From Emmy

Never did a survey before, and now Emmy and Giu give me two good ones. Emmy first (chronological thing), Giu tomorry.

1. What are you wearing, right now?

loose black cotton pants, white t-shirt, black Phish t-shirt my brother gave me for Xmas one year. barefoot. the epitome of comfort.


2. If you could buy one thing, with no concern to money, anything at all, what would it be?

Small country with hills and pretty blue lakes. comes complete with bookstores and lesbian bars.

3. You can destroy or kill one person, who would it be, what would you do to them, and why?

Randall Terry. Bill Maher. guy from high school who's been sucking up valuable oxygen for far too long. Emmy's boyfriend. Katherine Harris. that big guy.

4. What's the meanest thing you've ever done?

I was a really rotten shit of a kid. once i wrote notes to the unpopular kid in class making fun of her and signing myself "your secret unadmirer". I'm still working off the karmic debt; i know kids are mean, but that's cruel. also, saying things in anger to people i care about.

5. What's the nicest thing you've ever done?

Being able to calm people down, getting them to relax, being a shoulder, bolstering spirits, things like that.

6. Pet peeve?

people who call into talk radio shows, are told they have 30 seconds to say what they have to say, but always take it to mean, "tell us about your life story starting from fucking *birth*." I hate that. people who clear their sinuses in that really disgusting snorting way and never ever blow their schnozz.

7. What movie do you *wish* were reality so that you could live in it?

Harold and Maude. Everything except the sad part.

8. What's your job title?

Bio Lab Tech. ESOL teacher. Shithead.

9. Would you cheat on your taxes? Why or Why not?

Nope. I don't even itemize since it's such a pain in the ass, so i end up giving the gov't more.

10. If you could resurrect one person from the dead, who would it be?

My Mom's Mom. She died too young, and suddenly, and i always wanted to know what she would've thought of me and my brother and sister now that we're grown up.

Choices:
11. Survivor or Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Neither

12. Diet or Regular?
Regular 20 oz, 2 liter Diet. i like to mix and match. i can't live off the diet all the time, but 2 liters of the sweet stuff is too much.

13. Paul or Callum?
Paul. I have this fantasy that one day we'll meet, get drunk, he'll tell me he's read my stories, and offer up one piece of advice: Mary? For the sequel? Make him as *baaaad* as you want. Then we'll play darts and hit Callum on his nonexistent heinie and fall over laughing.

14. Xander or Spike? one of the few eps i've seen of Buffy was the Halloween ep, so Bad Spike, no biscuit.

15. Desktop or Laptop? Desktop

16. Black/White or Grey? Grey

17. Depeche Mode or the Cure? The Cure. You'll dance to anything by Depeche Commode... (Dead Milkmen, yeah!)

18. Riley or Angel? neither

19. Xena or Wonder Woman? Wonder Woman. I want it all: the bracelets, the tiara, the star-spangled bloomers, the magic lasso that ties you up and makes you tell the truth, the invisible plane, a baby Debra Winger, all of it. Except Steve Trevor, and she didn't want his tired bearded ass anyways.

20. Radio or CD? both. radio when i'm using the cigarette lighter.

It's a long way, to Tipparareee, to the sweetest gal i knoooow!

I'm coming to get her. She just doesn't know it yet.

Evil, i say. Evil!

From Giu

Would you rather be hanged or beheaded?

Well, if i *have* to pick, it'll be beheading. Just make sure your blade is sharp and your aim is true.

Lindsey McDonald or Alex Krycek?

I don't really know Lindsey, and Krycek...? Where would i keep him? He'd clash with the furniture!

Who is your favorite Beatle?

John, just because he was one of the first famous people that i really was sad that they died. But for someone who seems accessible and fun to hang out with? Definitely Ringo.

White rice, brown rice, or Spanish rice?

Brown.

Ewan McGregor or Jude Law?

I've seen more of Ewan's movies, but i'm picking Jude. Don't know why.

What was the last book you read?

The Caveman's Valentine by George Dawes Green. What happens when the dectective investigating a murder also happens to be a paranoid schizophrenic living in a cave in Manhattan? Great story, not too crazy about the Scooby Doo-like ending, but it's a quick read and overall i liked it a lot.

Okay, do you consider boyband slash to be real person slash, or not?

Yep. Sorry, guys!

Emmy may not want to know, but I do. What color of underwear are you wearing? If your not wearing any, just say "flesh."

underwear? On my day off? I think *not*.

Drama or Comedy?

comedy

Buffy or Cordelia?

Buffy

If you went to Caritas, what song would you sing?

Revealing my own ignorance, i don't know where Caritas is, but i'd say "Flower" by Pansy Division.

What was your favorite cartoon when you were a kid?

Bugs Bunny

What is your favorite cartoon now?

I just saw Invader Zim on Nickelodeon last night, and if the guy from Lenore isn't involved in some way, i'll eat my hat. Supremely fucked up! After that, Animaniacs.

Gold or silver?

silver

Lipstick or lip gloss?

frosty pink lipstick once a blue moon.

_Raiders of the Lost Ark_ or _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade_?

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Who broods more: Angel or Duncan MacLeod?

Crow voice: MACLEOD!!!

Charles Dickens or Ernest Hemingway?

I haven't read any Hemingway (yeah, i know) so Dickens.

For love or money?

If i love you, love. If i don't, money. It explains my recent housesitting gig.

Nails: Long or short?

severely bitten

The 60's or the 70's?

70s. the decade i was born in. i'm partial.

B&W or Color photos?

B&W

Impressionism or Cubism?

Can i pick Kandinsky instead?

Cats or Dogs?

cats all the way!

Shower or Bath?

shower. baths take too long.

What's your favorite movie?

Mitchell, the MiSTed version. Watch this movie, ladies, and feel your Kinsey score rising...

What was the best concert you've ever been to?

The Kinks, the weekend before a monster exam, 1994, in a small bar in Charlotte. Seeing Ray Davies drunk and kicking ass was amazing.

What is your biggest guilty pleasure?

Takeout. Scalp massages. Sleeping till noon.

Reelaxin

For once i'm not writing a train wreck entry, and it feels good.

Yesterday i went for that walk down by the place where i was housesitting this week. Nice, quiet if you don't count the boom boom boom of someone's music in housing, the air smelled good, and it helped clear the cobwebs.

Sat down in a clearing and watched birds of prey get takeout fishies from the lake, watched baby deer playing hide and go seek with their brothers and sisters, and even scared a fox. for a place that used to be a chemical dump in WWI, it doesn't seem to affect the wildlife any.

Even got my journal paper for class written last night. Usually they take forever, but last night i cranked it out in no time at all. Maybe it's getting easier to write the more i do it.

Woke up this morning at 8am to my alarm going off. it took me about 3 hits on the snooze before i realized i didn't have to drive Kim and Giu to the airport today. My dream about Ben Affleck as Matt Damon's enthusiastic bottom was at least more interesting and less "oh my god i'm late to go to the airport!" than it was "Oh my *god* Ben's loud in bed..." Maybe Joanne and I switched dreams last Monday? It was a funny start to a hellacious week.

Doing great now. i know i should work on ESOL stuff and the research paper right now, but i'm not. I'm writing this and watching "The Watcher", which isn't too bad, even with The Keanu Factor-- James Spader will cancel out any mediocrity.

I just need to keep my head above water until the first week of June, that's all.

Weird0Rama

Watching Billy Idol on VH1's Behind the Music.

something was bugging me and i couldn't figure out what it was until the very end, when i saw him and Steve Stevens play in their 2000 tour (where the *fuck* was i for that one??? i would've loved that shit), and it hit me: Billy Idol and Steve Stevens ARE Billy Tallent and John Oxenberger in the post Joe years. It was uncanny.

I love how these "specials" are just really big commercials for their latest projects, but i don't care. I love it all.

And Journey's next! I'm a very late convert to the miracle that is Steve Perry's high pitch, but i'm making up for lost time.