{"id":10782,"date":"2007-06-30T23:56:41","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T06:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/06\/30\/nobody-expects-the-spanish-inquisition.html"},"modified":"2007-06-30T23:56:41","modified_gmt":"2007-07-01T06:56:41","slug":"nobody_expects_the_spanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/30\/nobody_expects_the_spanis.html","title":{"rendered":"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via David<\/a> (who didn’t credit where he got them from).<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/p>\n

WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE<\/span>?
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?<\/p>\n

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

DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING<\/span>?
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.<\/p>\n

WHAT<\/span> IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT<\/span>?
Hard salami.  Mmmmmm.<\/p>\n

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DO YOU HAVE KIDS<\/span>?
I have one.  She is da bomb.<\/p>\n

IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU<\/span> BE FRIENDS WITH YOU<\/span>?
I hope so, though I can be sort of … difficult at times.<\/p>\n

DO YOU USE SARCASM<\/span> A LOT<\/span>?
Not as much as it seems.<\/p>\n

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

WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP<\/span>?
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.<\/p>\n

WHAT<\/span> IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL<\/span>?
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). <\/p>\n

DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF<\/span>?
Not usually, no.  Of course, I also prefer loafers or sandels, just for that reason.<\/p>\n

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG<\/span>?
Surprisingly more than I think I am, if that makes any sense.<\/p>\n

WHAT<\/span> IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM<\/span>?
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.<\/p>\n

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

RED<\/span> OR PINK<\/span>?
Red.  Definitely.<\/p>\n

WHAT<\/span> IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF<\/span>?
My laziness.<\/p>\n

WHO<\/span> DO YOU MISS THE MOST<\/span>?
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.<\/p>\n

WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING<\/span>?
Blue denim shorts and … barefoot.<\/p>\n

WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE<\/span>?
Some posole at an Albuquerque restaurant.<\/p>\n

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING<\/span> TO RIGHT NOW<\/span>?
The fan humming upstairs.  Margie coughing.  The wind in the cottonwoods out back.<\/p>\n

IF YOU WHERE<\/span> A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU<\/span> BE?
Brick Red.  Maybe Royal Blue.  Red-Orange (over Orange-Red).  Burnt Sienna.<\/p>\n

FAVORITE SMELLS<\/span>?
Bacon.  Fresh bread.  Fried chicken.  Jasmine.<\/p>\n

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

FAVORITE SPORTS<\/span>?
To watch?  Football.  Golf.  Rally racing.  To participate in?  Golf.  Karate.  Football. <\/p>\n

HAIR COLOR<\/span>?
Very dark brown with various highlights (and increasing amounts of silver).<\/p>\n

EYE COLOR<\/span>?
Hazel. <\/p>\n

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

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

SCARY MOVIES<\/span> OR HAPPY ENDINGS<\/span>?
Definitely with the happy endings.<\/p>\n

LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED<\/span>?
Um … no idea.<\/p>\n

WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING<\/span>?
Brownish Hawaiian print.<\/p>\n

SUMMER<\/span> OR WINTER<\/span>?
Winter.  It’s always easy to warm up; it’s rarely easy to cool off.<\/p>\n

HUGS<\/span> OR KISSES<\/span>?
Depends on the person.  Margie?  Kisses.<\/p>\n

FAVORITE DESSERT<\/span>?
See “ice cream” above.  Failing that, apple-crumble, carrot cake, plain cheese-cake, snickerdoodles.<\/p>\n

MOST LIKELY<\/span> TO RESPOND<\/span>?
If it’s someone I know.<\/p>\n

LEAST LIKELY<\/span> TO RESPOND<\/span>?
If I’m feeling stressed.<\/p>\n

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW<\/span>?
I’m in the middle of rereading the Sten <\/em>series.  Revenge of the Damned<\/em>.  In audiobooks, I’m listening to Guns, Germs, & Steel<\/em>.<\/p>\n

WHAT<\/span> IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD<\/span>?
I don’t have one.<\/p>\n

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

FAVORITE SOUND<\/span>?
Voices of my loved ones.  Laughter.  Water babbling over something.  Handel’s Messiah<\/em>, especially the last few pieces.<\/p>\n

ROLLING STONES<\/span> OR BEATLES<\/span>?
Beatles.   Definitely.<\/p>\n

WHAT<\/span> IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME<\/span>?
The UK.<\/p>\n

DO YOU HAVE<\/span> A SPECIAL TALENT<\/span>?
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).<\/p>\n

WHERE WERE YOU BORN<\/span>?
Stanford Medical Center.  As (ironically) was my brother-in-law.<\/p>\n

WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD<\/span> TO GETTING BACK<\/span>?
I don’t plan on sending this on to anyone.  Been there, done that today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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