Grownup Meme
Sat., October 10, 10:13 AM
They call it grownup. Well, no high school angst and no texting questions. But I’m still playing with my entries…
- What bill do you hate paying the most?
Interest. I never feel that I am getting anything of value for my money if I have to pay interest on my bills, so I either pay in full or don’t buy. It was an early lesson that has probably kept me out of the poorhouse. - Do you miss being a child?
Not at all! I would not say I had an bad childhood, but the lack of control — of just about anything — was frustrating. - Chore you hate the most?
By definition, if it’s a chore, I hate it! The hardest thing these days is trying to make sense of our finances so that I can provide for Husband… - Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
Can’t remember a romantic anything. Not in this century. - If you could go back and change one thing what would it be?
I usually say “nothing,” since we can’t undo the past. However, I am beginning to think that sometimes doing “the right thing” is not the right thing. There were times when I bit my tongue and said nothing when I should have spoken my mind, even if it made somebody mad. - Name of your first grade teacher?
Miss Lavoie. Strangely enough, I remember all seven of the K-6 (as well as the substitute we always had), but not all of the junior high and high school teachers. - What do you really want to be doing right now?
Sitting quietly and reading a good book. - What did you want to be when you grew up?
Something scientific, probably a nurse. I now know I would have been a very bad nurse, with no patience for patients. - How many colleges did you attend?
Just one, University of Connecticut, with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. I earned a bachelor of arts, which has not had a whole lot of influence on the rest of my life. - Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
It’s a plush shirt; I was cold. - What are your thoughts on gas prices?
When I was twenty, gas was about 30 cents a gallon. When I got my license, it was about 80 cents a gallon. The idea that we are paying more than two dollars a gallon to countries like Iran and Venezuela angers me enough to keep me home more often than not. - First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
I have stopped using the alarm. Usually my first thought is, is it light enough to get up? If not, I just turn over… - Last thought before going to sleep last night?
I wonder whether I will stay awake until the timer turns off the television. (I did not.) - What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
How can you ask for just one? Barack Obama — and Michelle. Barbra Streisand. Barbara Walters. Thomas Jefferson. The very existence of bright people is sunshine in my life. - Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
No, but others have done it for me. - If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer?
I don’t work any more. I still would like to volunteer again, but I don’t see the right opportunity yet. - Get up early or sleep in?
Still fairly early. I no longer get up at 5:30 a.m. (There may be a post in that.) - What is your favorite cartoon character?
Thumper, I guess. Maybe Snow White’s dwarves. I do like the classic Disney better than newer cartoons. - Favorite thing to do at night with a guy/girl?
Talk. - When did you first start feeling old?
I didn’t really feel old — helpless — until my eyes went bad. - Favorite lunch meat?
Pastrami. (I have been asked that before, and I still don’t know why.) - What do you get every time you go into WalMart?
I don’t go there if I can possibly avoid it. - Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
Maybe the legal stuff, the paper trail. But there is still something very beautiful about two people who love each other enough to stand up before witnesses and promise to take care of each other forever. - Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
I am not enough of a movie fan to have any idea about that one. If you know me, you know I am unlikely to keep quiet about something I like. - What's your favorite drink?
Coffee when I’m chilled, or diet Coke when I’m warm. Or plain water. I can think about fruit juices or a nice dry red wine, but they are prohibited now. - Who[m] from high school would you like to run in to?
Penny (but she lives in Sweden now). Jeff or Mike, two guys who were part of our “gang” and who kind of disappeared. - What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
WQUN. That is a local AM station that plays my kind of music. And yes, I often sing along. - “Sopranos” or “Desperate Housewives?”
Neither one suits my tastes. - Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
There haven’t been that many important relationships, y’know. I can’t think of any that I would take back. - Do you like the person that sits directly across from/next to you at work?
When did I last sit near anyone at work? When you’re the only Indian in a bunch of chiefs — pardon the old-fashioned phrasing — you sit alone by the door or the staircase. When I had more important tasks, I had my own office, all by myself. - Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purposes?
Husband saw to it that we always had one in the house, but I never had to use it. - Last book you finished reading?
Deja Dead, the first Temperance Brennan novel by Kathy Reichs. She improved as she wrote new ones. - Do you have a teddy bear?
I believe I gave any teddies I had to the kids years ago. - One thing you couldn't live without?
Go back two posts! - Do you go to church?
Not since my synagogue moved away from me. I will find another one someday. - How old are you?
69 — another “secret” revealed. - Can you take apart a motor, put it back together, and have no extra parts?
I wish I could. The concept is wonderful, but the hands are not strong enough. Can’t change a tire either, although I do know how. - Are you for or against the death penalty?
Against. My mother used to say that there are some people so evil (she used that word) that all you could do was put them to death. But I would rather give them life without parole than coddle them for years while they go through endless appeals. - If there is a God and you could ask him/her one question what would it be?
What did we do wrong, and can we fix it? - Do you think it’s possible that there is life on other planets?
Not only possible but probable.
I haven't got it worked out yet, but I'm getting there. If I can’t learn Spanish or Japanese, at least I may be able to learn a little more html.
