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uawildcatgrl. I can’t resist answering
questions…
1. What's your favorite candle scent?
I’m allergic to pretty much anything air born, so I’m afraid all of them
make me sick.
2. What female celebrity do you wish was your sister?
One that is rich and likes to show off their wealth by sharing with their
siblings.
3. What male celebrity do you wish was your brother?
See #2…
4. How old do you think you'll be when you get married?
I was 6 weeks shy of turning 30.
5. Do you know a hoarder?
I’m a bit of one myself. Do I know myself? Oooo, a philosophical question!
I do know others who are much worse.
6. Can you do a split?
Nope. If I ever could I don’t remember that time.
7. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike?
Somewhere before 2nd grade, but I don’t remember exactly when.
8. How many oceans have you swam in?
Just the Atlantic. I have waded in the Pacific, but not actually gone
swimming.
9. How many countries have you been to?
6. US, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Japan & China. Japan was only to change
planes, so maybe it doesn’t count.
10. Is anyone in your family in the army?
I’ve got two cousins in the Navy, but none in the army.
11. What would you name your daughter if you had one?
Katherine.
12. What would you name your son if you had one?
Frank.
13. What's the worst grade you got on a test?
Zero. I walked into a mechanical engineering class one Monday morning to
discover we were having a test I had totally forgotten. I hadn’t studied,
brought my calculator or anything else. I wrote that on the test and
walked out.
14. What was your favorite TV show when you were a child?
Star Trek.
15. What did you dress up as on Halloween when you were eight?
4th grade…1972… Not a clue.
16. Have you read any of the Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Twilight series?
I’ve read the Harry Potter books.
17. Would you rather have an American accent or a British accent?
Doesn’t make a difference to me.
18. Did your mother go to college?
Yes.
19. Are your grandparents still married?
Not if you go by that till death do you part stuff. The last of them died
19 years ago. Two of the others about 35 years ago and the first to die
was 77 years ago.
20. Have you ever taken karate lessons?
Self defense, yes. Karate, no.
21. Do you know who Kermit the frog is?
Yes. Old friends.
22. What's the first amusement park you've been to?
When I was very young a traveling carnival used to come to town each year.
That’s the first place I remember going on rides. Other than that it would
have been the one at Nantasket beach or Lincoln park down near New Bedford.
23. What language, besides your native language, would you like to be
fluent in?
All of them.
24. Do you spell the color as grey or gray?
I have used both.
25. Is your father bald?
He died 12 years ago and was cremated, so that’s hard to answer. After his
first big stroke he did lose a bunch of his hair. So, by the end he was
fairly bald.
26. Do you know triplets?
Not to the best of my knowledge.
27. Do you prefer Titanic or The Notebook?
I don’t know what The Notebook is, so I guess it would have to be Titanic.
28. Have you ever had Indian food?
Yes. There is a good little place in Framingham that has good food. But,
I only order Chicken Tika Masala, which I’m told was actually invented in
Scotland. So, I don’t know if it counts.
29. What's the name of your favorite restaurant?
O’Connor’s.
30. Have you ever been to Olive Garden?
Not that I remember.
31. Do you belong to any warehouse stores (Costco, BJ's, etc.)?
Nope.
32. What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?
Probably after my mother’s mother, Beatrice, or my mother’s sister
Virginia. My mother claimed to hate both names but would have been
pressured to do one of them.
33. If you have a nickname, what is it?
Don’t really have one.
34. Who's your favorite person in the world?
My wife.
35. Would you rather live in a rural area or in the suburbs?
I like being near stuff, so I guess the burbs. But, I certainly like the
look of rural areas better.
36. Can you whistle?
Sure. Well? No.
37. Do you sleep with a nightlight?
Not normally. We do have glow in the dark dragons in our bedroom. Does
that count?
38. Do you eat breakfast every morning?
Most mornings, not all. I missed it yesterday and haven’t yet had it
today. Today I plan on chocolate cake.
39. Do you take any pills or medication daily?
High blood pressure pills. (Or, maybe they’re low blood pressure pills as
they are to prevent high blood pressure.) And, Prilosec for my stomach
problems.
40. What medical conditions do you have?
High blood pressure. Not sure that counts.
41. How many times have you been to the hospital?
I have only been to the ER and have never been admitted to the full
hospital. I’ve been to the ER 4 times that I can remember. Twice when
young, once in college and 6 years ago when I was worried about a heart
attack. (Turned out to be a pulled muscle in my chest due to an
enthusiastic arm lock in a sword fight.)
42. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo?
Nope.
43. Where do you buy your jeans?
Don’t wear them.
44. What's the last compliment you got?
My wife said nice things about me last night.
45. Do you usually remember your dreams in the morning?
Usually not long enough to write them down.
46. What flavor tea do you enjoy?
Green.
47. How many pairs of shoes do you currently own?
5 or 6.
48. What religion will you raise your children to practice?
Don’t have kids. Don’t know what it would be if I did have any. My
godchildren are Baptist and I have sworn to help them in that. But, that
usually is a bible from time to time.
49. How old were you when you found out that Santa wasn't real?
Some point in early grade school. First or second grade. So somewhere
between 5 and eight.
50. Why do you have a blog?
A complicated question that would involve things about which I do not write.
I have kept a journal since 1994, but until 2007 it was just a Word file I
kept on several different computers over the years.
The shortest answer was that in 2007 I found that what people thought I
thought was very far from what I really thought. And, as much as I really
didn’t like the idea, I decided I needed to share what I was feeling to put
the record straight.
uawildcatgrl. I can’t resist answeringquestions…
1. What's your favorite candle scent?
I’m allergic to pretty much anything air born, so I’m afraid all of them
make me sick.
2. What female celebrity do you wish was your sister?
One that is rich and likes to show off their wealth by sharing with their
siblings.
3. What male celebrity do you wish was your brother?
See #2…
4. How old do you think you'll be when you get married?
I was 6 weeks shy of turning 30.
5. Do you know a hoarder?
I’m a bit of one myself. Do I know myself? Oooo, a philosophical question!
I do know others who are much worse.
6. Can you do a split?
Nope. If I ever could I don’t remember that time.
7. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike?
Somewhere before 2nd grade, but I don’t remember exactly when.
8. How many oceans have you swam in?
Just the Atlantic. I have waded in the Pacific, but not actually gone
swimming.
9. How many countries have you been to?
6. US, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Japan & China. Japan was only to change
planes, so maybe it doesn’t count.
10. Is anyone in your family in the army?
I’ve got two cousins in the Navy, but none in the army.
11. What would you name your daughter if you had one?
Katherine.
12. What would you name your son if you had one?
Frank.
13. What's the worst grade you got on a test?
Zero. I walked into a mechanical engineering class one Monday morning to
discover we were having a test I had totally forgotten. I hadn’t studied,
brought my calculator or anything else. I wrote that on the test and
walked out.
14. What was your favorite TV show when you were a child?
Star Trek.
15. What did you dress up as on Halloween when you were eight?
4th grade…1972… Not a clue.
16. Have you read any of the Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Twilight series?
I’ve read the Harry Potter books.
17. Would you rather have an American accent or a British accent?
Doesn’t make a difference to me.
18. Did your mother go to college?
Yes.
19. Are your grandparents still married?
Not if you go by that till death do you part stuff. The last of them died
19 years ago. Two of the others about 35 years ago and the first to die
was 77 years ago.
20. Have you ever taken karate lessons?
Self defense, yes. Karate, no.
21. Do you know who Kermit the frog is?
Yes. Old friends.
22. What's the first amusement park you've been to?
When I was very young a traveling carnival used to come to town each year.
That’s the first place I remember going on rides. Other than that it would
have been the one at Nantasket beach or Lincoln park down near New Bedford.
23. What language, besides your native language, would you like to be
fluent in?
All of them.
24. Do you spell the color as grey or gray?
I have used both.
25. Is your father bald?
He died 12 years ago and was cremated, so that’s hard to answer. After his
first big stroke he did lose a bunch of his hair. So, by the end he was
fairly bald.
26. Do you know triplets?
Not to the best of my knowledge.
27. Do you prefer Titanic or The Notebook?
I don’t know what The Notebook is, so I guess it would have to be Titanic.
28. Have you ever had Indian food?
Yes. There is a good little place in Framingham that has good food. But,
I only order Chicken Tika Masala, which I’m told was actually invented in
Scotland. So, I don’t know if it counts.
29. What's the name of your favorite restaurant?
O’Connor’s.
30. Have you ever been to Olive Garden?
Not that I remember.
31. Do you belong to any warehouse stores (Costco, BJ's, etc.)?
Nope.
32. What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?
Probably after my mother’s mother, Beatrice, or my mother’s sister
Virginia. My mother claimed to hate both names but would have been
pressured to do one of them.
33. If you have a nickname, what is it?
Don’t really have one.
34. Who's your favorite person in the world?
My wife.
35. Would you rather live in a rural area or in the suburbs?
I like being near stuff, so I guess the burbs. But, I certainly like the
look of rural areas better.
36. Can you whistle?
Sure. Well? No.
37. Do you sleep with a nightlight?
Not normally. We do have glow in the dark dragons in our bedroom. Does
that count?
38. Do you eat breakfast every morning?
Most mornings, not all. I missed it yesterday and haven’t yet had it
today. Today I plan on chocolate cake.
39. Do you take any pills or medication daily?
High blood pressure pills. (Or, maybe they’re low blood pressure pills as
they are to prevent high blood pressure.) And, Prilosec for my stomach
problems.
40. What medical conditions do you have?
High blood pressure. Not sure that counts.
41. How many times have you been to the hospital?
I have only been to the ER and have never been admitted to the full
hospital. I’ve been to the ER 4 times that I can remember. Twice when
young, once in college and 6 years ago when I was worried about a heart
attack. (Turned out to be a pulled muscle in my chest due to an
enthusiastic arm lock in a sword fight.)
42. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo?
Nope.
43. Where do you buy your jeans?
Don’t wear them.
44. What's the last compliment you got?
My wife said nice things about me last night.
45. Do you usually remember your dreams in the morning?
Usually not long enough to write them down.
46. What flavor tea do you enjoy?
Green.
47. How many pairs of shoes do you currently own?
5 or 6.
48. What religion will you raise your children to practice?
Don’t have kids. Don’t know what it would be if I did have any. My
godchildren are Baptist and I have sworn to help them in that. But, that
usually is a bible from time to time.
49. How old were you when you found out that Santa wasn't real?
Some point in early grade school. First or second grade. So somewhere
between 5 and eight.
50. Why do you have a blog?
A complicated question that would involve things about which I do not write.
I have kept a journal since 1994, but until 2007 it was just a Word file I
kept on several different computers over the years.
The shortest answer was that in 2007 I found that what people thought I
thought was very far from what I really thought. And, as much as I really
didn’t like the idea, I decided I needed to share what I was feeling to put
the record straight.
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Date: 2012-12-04 03:04 pm (UTC)It amazes me how many people can't whistle. You must have the same hate of ER's as I do. I think I went on a date to O'Connor's once! I have glow in the dark jelly fish (dragons are way cooler and I think they totally count!) though not in my bedroom. Nantasket beach!!! I miss that place!
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Date: 2012-12-04 05:50 pm (UTC)I doubt I've done it since I was 10.
I only remember the rollercoaster and the haunted house. I'm sure more must have been there, but that's all I can recall.
The last time I was there was in Junior High. I went fishing with my friend Pete in the bay behind the park. I haven't seen Pete since 1977 when he went off to private school...
The O'Connor's I mean is in Worcester. I don't know if that's the one you mean as I thought you were more east than that. But, it's only an hour drive, so it could be that one.