Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Via David (who didn’t credit where he got them from).

WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
I don’t think so — certainly not anyone in the family.  I suspect that, given my birth date, “David” was inspired by the previous president (Eisenhower) as anything else.  Mom, Dad, care to clarify?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Serious soul-wrenching tears?  Can’t recall.  Less serious ones?  Every time I see the end of Willow, fergoshsakes, and the title character’s reunion with his wife.

DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
I think my signature is classily illegible (someone once told me it was the most pretentious signature they’d ever seen).  I don'[t handwrite (cursive) as a rule (and so am very proud of my nearly pristine handwriting); my printing scrawl is idiosyncratic, and thus something I can like except to the extent that others can’t read it when I want them to.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Hard salami.  Mmmmmm.

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
I have one.  She is da bomb.

IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I hope so, though I can be sort of … difficult at times.

DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Not as much as it seems.

DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yup.  I always vaguely regretted that (in a stupid way, along with regretting never breaking something that required a cast).

WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
I wouldn’t go out of my way to arrange such … but … yeah, I can see myself doing that.  Though the whole blind-withoiut-glasses glasses-flying-off-face thing would need to be addressed to make it properly terrifying/thrilling.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
I don’t eat a lot of cereal, but I like various granolas (especially the unhealthy ones), or oatmeal (with lots of white sugar) or cream of wheat (with lots of brown sugar). 

DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Not usually, no.  Of course, I also prefer loafers or sandels, just for that reason.

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Surprisingly more than I think I am, if that makes any sense.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Under ordinary circumstances, a very strong vanilla.  If we’re getting exotic, H-D Rum Raisin is my standard, though anything with a strong caramel, cinnamon, ginger, and/or coconut flavor will grab me.  Especially if praline pecans are involved.  Actually, let’s be real — as long as it’s not fruity, I adore ice cream in general.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Their hair and their eyes.  Then their voice/vocabulary/accent.  If female, their figure.

RED OR PINK?
Red.  Definitely.

WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
My laziness.

WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Hard to say.  I tend to take people as they appear (or disappear) in my life.  I guess I miss most the people I’ve lost contact with — but it’s not something I dwell on.

WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Blue denim shorts and … barefoot.

WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Some posole at an Albuquerque restaurant.

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
The fan humming upstairs.  Margie coughing.  The wind in the cottonwoods out back.

IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Brick Red.  Maybe Royal Blue.  Red-Orange (over Orange-Red).  Burnt Sienna.

FAVORITE SMELLS?
Bacon.  Fresh bread.  Fried chicken.  Jasmine.

WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My daughter, who’s out in California with the grandparents (and having a faboo time).

FAVORITE SPORTS?
To watch?  Football.  Golf.  Rally racing.  To participate in?  Golf.  Karate.  Football. 

HAIR COLOR?
Very dark brown with various highlights (and increasing amounts of silver).

EYE COLOR?
Hazel. 

DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
You want me to poke what onto my eyeballs?  Are you insane?  Next thing you know, you’ll be suggesting I let people taking frickin’ lasers to my corneas!

FAVORITE FOOD?
Bacon.  Carrot cake (savory, not spicy). Ice cream (see above). Cottage potatoes sauteed with onions, bacon fat, garlic (or, alternately, hash browns).  Steak. 

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Definitely with the happy endings.

LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Um … no idea.

WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Brownish Hawaiian print.

SUMMER OR WINTER?
Winter.  It’s always easy to warm up; it’s rarely easy to cool off.

HUGS OR KISSES?
Depends on the person.  Margie?  Kisses.

FAVORITE DESSERT?
See “ice cream” above.  Failing that, apple-crumble, carrot cake, plain cheese-cake, snickerdoodles.

MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
If it’s someone I know.

LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
If I’m feeling stressed.

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
I’m in the middle of rereading the Sten series.  Revenge of the Damned.  In audiobooks, I’m listening to Guns, Germs, & Steel.

WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
I don’t have one.

WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT?
Um … haven’t watched TV in over a week.  Before that … probably something Katherine was watching. 

FAVORITE SOUND?
Voices of my loved ones.  Laughter.  Water babbling over something.  Handel’s Messiah, especially the last few pieces.

ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatles.   Definitely.

WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
The UK.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I can read and speak in front of a crowd.  People seem to think that’s pretty special.  I can also whistle in three distinct ways (though not that ear-piercing get-everyone’s-attention way).

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Stanford Medical Center.  As (ironically) was my brother-in-law.

WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
I don’t plan on sending this on to anyone.  Been there, done that today.