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| Janetblueyes | Posted – 8/23/2007 10:39:06 AM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? 6. Are you afraid of death? 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 8/23/2007 10:42:40 AM | show profile YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 8/23/2007 10:47:31 AM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? When my husband goes out of town, but then I get used to it after awhile. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? Louis Vuitton ads with Scarlet Johanson. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? Yes. On one of those. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? That I am fat, but it was true. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? $6 6. Are you afraid of death? I'm afraid of not living. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Math...and being skinny. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? None. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? No. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Obnoxious and self-centered. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Either just one or about 50 on the train... |
| Mag Girl | Posted – 8/23/2007 11:13:12 AM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? On election day in my red state, ha. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I like the goofy Aflack ones. And I know there are more, but I am drawing a blank right now. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? On a boyfriend- yes. When I knew I should have been ending the relationship, and I initiated the breakup very soon after that. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? Haven't heard too many really mean things. But one was related to my youngish looks - I was told that I couldn't possibly be old enough to be making authoritative decisions. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? $11.37 6. Are you afraid of death? I used to be more so than I am now. But I think most about the pain it might cause my loved ones. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? blowing bubbles with gum. Seriously. I feel inadequate as a person. I also can never make my hair look like my hairdresser does after a haircut. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? A couple of knee surgeries. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Oh yes, plenty of times. I'm a klutz. Those brick sidewalks in college gave me hell, especially. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Goofy, smart and stubborn. And some of them say I look Meg Ryan-ish. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Two- me and my husband. :) |
| GrOoVaL!c!OuS | Posted – 8/23/2007 11:48:22 AM | show profile Yipee! 1. When do you find yourself most alone? When I'm the only single person in a group of couples. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? The "Got Milk" ads are brilliant. The Washington Mutual commercials with all the stuffy, suit-type grandpas huddled together are funny. Gatorade commercials are always slick and stylish. And I really like the Apple commercials with one frumpy guy (PC) and one young, hip, cool guy (Apple). On the other hand, I can not stand Geico commercials. The little gecko thing looks icky and has nothing to do with the product. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? Never. I'm not sure I could live with myself if I did that. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? That I look like a turkey. I do NOT look like a fucking turkey. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? $23.48 6. Are you afraid of death? Yes. I avoid thinking about it. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Not getting emotional about things that are not worth getting emotional about. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Do menstrual cramps count? I've had lots of severe ankle sprains, but no breaks (knock on wood). 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? In a presentation once, I was told by the president of the company to stop, take a deep breath, speak slowly, speak louder and start over. I was mortified. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Responsible, funny, pensive, sweet, sensitive, and articulate. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? So far, zero. And that's how I'm trying to keep it. |
| MsWebWriter | Posted – 8/23/2007 12:11:14 PM | show profile Nice brain scratchers ... 1. When do you find yourself most alone? On the train coming to work/going home ... I've got my iPod, but then I realize how disconnected I am from everyone else (and how disconnected they are from me and each other.) 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I am a weirdo, I tend to like lots of ads and commercials. I love the Cingular "fewest dropped calls" commercial where a wife tells her hubby that she's pregnant -- he's screaming and yelling in excitement on the other end, but she hears nothing. Come to think about it ... all the Cingular commercials were pretty funny. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? I have, actually. My new boyfriend and I have talked about my past behavior (rather extensively, I might add), and we're working through it to ensure that the environment never gets to the point where either he or I would feel compelled to cheat. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? When I was a kid, my aunt told me I was too dark to be beautiful. Scarred me up until a few years ago, actually. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? Um, 9 dollars. 6. Are you afraid of death? I'm don't want the people I love to die because I know I would miss them -- but not afraid of it. It's inevitable. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? I can't play any instruments. Piano. Flute. Guitar. My fingers just don't work that way. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? I have asthma. It is sometimes still very hard to breathe. Had an asthma attack last week, actually. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Define humiliated ... I remember being like 14 and trying to impress this kid by doing a dance, and the push-up pads popped right out of my bra. I was mortified! 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? "She's a silly, talkative, off-the-wall dreamer. Sometimes she's flaky when it comes to hanging out, but she'll always be there to support you and your aspirations." ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Ooooh just one ... my hot, hunka burnin', buff, sexy caramel man. |
| mad fingers | Posted – 8/23/2007 12:31:33 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? Most of the time 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? Career Builder chimp ads, and the new Heineken commercial because it kind of reminds me of Metropolis. There's another one that's right on the tip of my brain, but I can't access it. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? No, but I have met Mr. Next before I've concluded with Mr. Now. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? That I had "man hands." 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? about 17 bucks, give or take 6. Are you afraid of death? yes 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Driving a stick shift. (I'm kineslexic; can't separate right from left, so I also suck at typing, playing the piano, guitar and tap dancing) 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Mono when I was 19 and a nasty fractured ankle a few years ago. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? I had a boss who used to attempt to humiliate us on a regular basis. It could get pretty scary. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? short, busty, blue-eyed, kind, funny, talented, but sad lately... maybe not in that order ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Besides me, 1 |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 8/23/2007 12:43:36 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? At a party full of strangers. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? Don't watch TV, so not up on the latest, but I like the AFLAC duck, and I heard a very clever radio ad for a pickup truck in which a father of a 16-year-old daughter was meeting the new boyfriend for the first time and talked about his new pickup that could carry something say, the boy's size, and drive to the middle of nowhere where-no-one-would-ever-find-it. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? No. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? Don't recall the words, but general put-down of my physcial shape back in high school. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? Don't carry my cash in my wallet, but I've got about 16 bucks in my pocket. 6. Are you afraid of death? No. Death is afraid of ME. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Not that I've tried much lately, but musical instruments, higher mathematics, and sports calling for strong hand-eye coordination are pretty much beyond me. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Had pneumonia twice in the past 7 years or so, but that didn't feel too bad. Had a few really high fevers as a kid that probably melted my brain, but I lived to tell. Broke my leg in 3 places and tore all the ligaments in my ankle 10 years ago, but doing fine now. And I have asthma, but a mild case. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Yup. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Kind, very funny, tall, an endless font of useless information, a good guy. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Two--my wife and myself. |
| catlondon | Posted – 8/23/2007 1:40:22 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? In a faraway place dealing with a stressful issue. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I know I like some, but I can't think of any right now. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? No. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? In high school, some jerk was calling me "ugly" and a girl said to him, "Stop that! She can't help what she looks like." The girl was truly a kind person, and I'm sure she didn't realize that what she said made it so much worse. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? $14 and bunch of change. 6. Are you afraid of death? I'm afraid of the actual dying part (i.e. I would prefer not to burn to death), but I'm not afraid of being dead. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Men. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Right now, I'm dealing with a possible "thing", so we'll see if that takes the top spot. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? I'm positive I have been, but the memories are safely repressed. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Don't know. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Too many, but I didn't have any fun. |
| Janetblueyes | Posted – 8/23/2007 2:11:05 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? Usually in a group of people. I always feel like an observer and never quite part of the crowd. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? Bush's Baked Beans with the talking dog; and the Hanes commercial for women's underwear that features the female dance group. They are so graceful and their bodies are just amazing. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? Never in a physical sense, but I have certainly strayed emotionally. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? My teen years were rough. I had bold features that were too dominant for my small face--particularly my lips, and I was called Fish Lips, Flounder Face and myriad other insults. It wasn't until years later when the whole Angelina Jolie lip thing came into vogue, that I realized how lucky I was. Women now spend big bucks to get my pout. I was also an orthodontic nightmare and before I was outfitted with braces I got the usual Bucky Beaver remarks. During pudgy teen years I was called a Fat Shit frequently. Despite being well past those events, those remarks still burn bright and are tucked into my Encylopedia of Shame. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? Exactly .23 cents. Thank god for Visa. 6. Are you afraid of death? Yes, despite truly believing that there is life after life. The dying process scares me. I see death regularly in my other gig as an EMT, and I can honestly say that it seems rather peaceful. I've witnessed more than one smile on the face of a newly departed. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Can't drive a stick shift; don't understand the stock market; I suck at math; have a hard time with new technology, particularly phones and cameras; I can't bait a fish hook, thereby making me a poor master baiter. (Sorry, that was bad, I know). 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Lots of strep throats as a kid; mono twice; Lyme disease; a torn ACL in my knee; issues with my cervix that are thankfully in the past. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Several times, but the most brutal was from my former publisher who yelled at me in front of the entire newsroom staff over an issue that I had screwed up, but had already been put to rest. He was and still is a raging asshole. The other one was when I exited a ladies room in a mall not realizing that the hem of my skirt was tucked up in the rear of the waistband of my underwear. Wondering why I was getting snarky stares, I realized the blunder right in front of the food court. My right ass cheek had been on display for close to 5 minutes. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Off-beat, funny, caring, smart, vulgar at times, ladylike at others, talented and big breasted. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Two men, one of which I had to pay to look at my junk, (the gynecologist); and my spouse who barely gave me a glance despite my bits and pieces jiggling about. |
| newbie | Posted – 8/23/2007 3:08:10 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? 3pm. I'm ready to play but all of my friends are still at work. Ah the double-edge sword of freelance life. All the freedom, no one to share it with. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I guess none... 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? Not since college... I don't think I could now. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? In high school a boyfriend told me I had a neck "like a brontosaurus." No wonder I made out with another guy ;) 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? Too lazy to look... Probably $40 ish? 6. Are you afraid of death? I never really think about it. Just appreciate each second I'm alive, or try to anyway. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? I've never been able to skip a rock or throw a frisbee. I duck when a ball starts flying my way. I can't draw and my penmanship is poor. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Food poisoning. I guess I've been pretty lucky. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? In first grade the boys made me the target of their kiss-chase game, yet my teacher made me stand up before the class to explain what had happened. Luckily there was an interruption so I didn't have to, but it was one of the worst moments. Strange to write about it, but it apparently is still traumatizing to me. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Fun. Bubbly. Cute. Athletic. Loyal. Witty. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Just me. Part of my, It's-3-o'clock-and-I'm-bored ritual involves a game of, "let's go to the big built-in mirror and see how my thighs are doing." Fun stuff. |
| Katie | Posted – 8/23/2007 3:12:22 PM | show profile | email poster I've been reading these for a while and love the answers so I'm jumping in. 1. When do you find yourself most alone? At the end of the day when I go downstairs and there is nobody there I share my triumphs with. (I office from home) 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I laugh at some but always the Windex the guy running into the door. It just makes me laugh every time. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? Yes 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? That I was short, which is true 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? $20.00 plus change 6. Are you afraid of death? I try not to be afraid of the actual passing, which I seem to associate with pain. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? I cannot whistle, suck at math and can't seem to master directions. (I can get lost easily) 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? A motorcycle accident killed a my sisters boyfriend and landed me in ICU death watch for several days and when I did get home I was in bed for about two months. I didn't get to go to the funeral which haunts me to this day. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? No 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? She is the life of the party and loyal to a fault. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Sadly, just me |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 8/23/2007 3:29:01 PM | show profile 1. I like solitude much of the time but can feel mighty alone around catty/entitled women who eye you like something smells bad and it's you. 2. I thought the Geico ads with B celebrities and real people were hilarious. 3. yes. 4. The words mattered less than their relentlessness; see item number nine. The people saying them were threatened morons but a lot of people listened at the time. Being a lifelong athlete and coming of age in the mid 1970s at the height of feminism helped a lot, then as now -- who freaking cares what people think of your looks?! Bullies are so pathetic. 5. I'd have to look. Not enough. 6. I'd prefer to avoid it. 7. Not worrying about other people, adding their fears and anxieties to my own. 8. Three days this year on an IV in the hospital with pneumonia felt pretty serious at the time. 9. For two+ years non-stop in high school, thanks to a few screwed-up boys who found it amusing, creating a daily hell of abuse by shouting names at me in class and down the hallways. You never forget such brutality or the indifference of the teachers who allowed it to continue. 10. Funny, smart, creative, fun, compassionate, driven. BQ me and him. |
| HisGirlFriday | Posted – 8/23/2007 3:39:02 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? When I can't sleep in the middle of the night. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? A long time ago there was an airline commercial where this businessman was flying somewhere and he was thinking about going home to his daughter and Rocket Man was playing. It just made me weep. I also loved that super bowl Cat wrangler one from a while back. It was for some tech start up. Oh! And the pets.com sock puppet. WE actually bought one. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? Sadly, yes. An old boyfriend. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? That I have no boobs. Which is true. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? About $30 6. Are you afraid of death? Afraid of dying - pain, dying alone, my family mourning me, The Kid growing up without me, but not of death itself. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Math. Directions. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Lucikly, none. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? When I was about 13 we went on a family vacation - there was a pool and I dove into the pool and was sitting on the side for a good 10 minutes before I realized that my suit top was hiked up. (I had no boobs then either.) ALso, during a school musical I fell down a stairway on stage during a performance. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Kind, funny, smart. About 5'8, short hair. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? 3 - The Husband, The Kid and me. |
| jjones | Posted – 8/23/2007 3:44:02 PM | show profile holy crap, I'm a cheater 1. When do you find yourself most alone? Do you mean alone or lonely? I love to be alone. My best time is Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 to 9:30, a whole hour and a half alone to write because my husband has gone to analysis and my dog has gone to day care. It's the freaking best. As for lonely, I don't get lonely much. I guess at parties because I'm not so interested in talking to people and I dread having to answer the question, "What do you do?" 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I sort of hate them all because I hate being sold to. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? I guess I have. I had a boyfriend my freshman year of college, but he had another girlfriend/wasn't into me/was just using me for sex. I ended up making out with his less-appealing roommate a couple times, but I think it was just because I wanted my boyfriend's attention. When he left school after a semester, to go live with his "real" girlfriend, he suggested that me and his less appealing roommate should get together, but he looked like a ferret and had nasty breath. I've never, never, never cheated on my husband, though. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? "You have such a pretty face, if only we could do something about your body." "Think your pants are tight enough?" "Why are you so pale?" "You look like Bette Midler." (Totally not true!) "You're ugly and you have a pointy nose like a witch." (First grade, also not true--the pointy-nose part.) 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? Actually about $80 but that is very, very rare. Not in my wallet, though. 6. Are you afraid of death? Not per se. I'm not afraid of say dying in a plane crash, but I think it would suck to die of AIDS for 10-12 years. Then again, at least you'd have time to plan and say goodbye. Afraid of leaving things undone. Of not really living while I'm here. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Writing. Social relationships. Being a team player. Moving up in my career. Making enough money. Making my home nice. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Endometriosis--had surgery for. Depression--on antidepressants. Some benign breast lumps. Severely sprained ankle, from running. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? YES! I was in a play during a summer program in high school. We were all supposed to be onstage the whole time. I was wearing a very skimpy costume and I thought I got my period, so I waited until an appropriate moment and ran offstage to go to the bathroom. I ran right into the director, so I had to tell him, "I think I have my period." After the play when he was ragging on our performance and yelling at us, he announced to everyone, "And TK left the stage saying, 'I've got my period!' " I wanted to die. I shuddered in humiliation for years and years remembering that. Worst part: turned out I didn't have my period after all. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Weird. Depressed. Emotional. Intense. Deep. Boring. Too cerebral. Thinks too much. Heavy. Too serious. Not exactly light or fun. But has a wicked sense of humor. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Me, my husband, and anyone who might be peering in our window. |
| catlondon | Posted – 8/23/2007 4:13:02 PM | show profile I want to amend my answer to #7-- 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Snapping my fingers. It's sooooo cool and I so can't do it no matter how hard I try, and believe me, I've practiced secretly. I just get some sort of weird, muted thud-type sound. |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 8/23/2007 4:19:10 PM | show profile I can snap with my right hand, but not my left, cat. Don't know why. And I've always wanted to do that really loud whistle with two fingers, but never been able to get it right. I can do a darn good imitation of a freight train whistle with cupped hands, though. |
| Iron Eagle | Posted – 8/23/2007 4:21:41 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? When I'm deep in sleep - even then there are occupants running amuck. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? There's one for I think is a raspberry candy that has the young woman walking around a corner then she morps into four of five of herself. It's a vintage sixties mod kind of look. It brightens my day. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? No 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? It's been so long I can only guess that it must have been how skinny I was at ten or eleven. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? Ten dollars 6. Are you afraid of death? I don't know what to make of it. Had a heart attack last summer and laid on the operating table and was incredibly calm and confident. I thought a lot about it and convinced myself if this the will of the world then it will be - if not I prefer living. I lost my young sister to MS last summer and she assured me she was fine with dying and it was an improvement over the debilitating disease. That was tough wrapping my heart around. We were so very close. Since then, I'm on a mission to push myself to clean out the creative vault inside and see what comes of it. I heard her choking and suffering when the day came and it still rings in the head. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Painting - not that I try that hard. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Heart attack. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Just by my dad when I was a kid. He made fun of me when I was a child calling me to clumsy to play sports in front of his friends. I messed his head up by winning a world championship in basketball at the age 39. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Sociable... ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? The family dogs... |
| Mag Girl | Posted – 8/23/2007 4:28:19 PM | show profile crimedog I think there's a story here: " I messed his head up by winning a world championship in basketball at the age 39." Care to share? :) |
| writesonwater | Posted – 8/23/2007 5:01:43 PM | show profile | email poster 1. When do you find yourself most alone? Late at night and I love it -- I can work without phones, kids, anyone but the dog and even he gives me my space in a loyal sort of way. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? Hands down, I love the Cingular dropped calls ones where people are mortified because they think the people at the other end are being silent because they're upset. All of them. I think I identify with the social awkwardness of it! ;) I also love the GEICO caveman commercials, all of them, and quote them when I think I'm having an "existential meltdown." 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? No. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? When I was pregnant, someone told me I looked like a tick. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? Four crisp 20s. 6. Are you afraid of death? No. Some kinds of dying are kind of unappealing though! 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Whistling through my teeth. Playing any sport that requires good eye-hand coordination -- although I play piano and guitar. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? After I lost a twin and was in danger of losing the other, hospitalized for 47 days with critical pregnancy, 10 hours away from husband and toddler son. Now I hate bedpans, air ambulances, blase nurses, dirty hair. My baby was in hospital for 71 days after he was born. We both lived to tell. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Um, wasn't that was high school was all about? ;) I can think of a couple of school bus incidents that sear like brands on my memories. School buses are like little torture chambers on wheels, and the only adult on board is not aloud to look at his charges because he has to watch the road. I have moved rather than make my kids ride the bus. Also, in school, on a windy day, my skirt flew up in my face right in front of a boy I liked. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Funny. Smart. Intuitive. A good listener. Idea person. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Me and me hubby. |
| WinonaWriter | Posted – 8/23/2007 5:04:12 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? Either in the middle of the day when I'm working from home, or late at night when my husband's out of town, or when my husband's passive-aggressive tendency rears its ugly head. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? The one where the guy's sketching out the SUV plans and he keeps crumpling up the papers, which morphs into SUVs falling out of the sky and crashing to the ground. (Found out later that my friend's company made that ad.) 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? When I was a teenager, I cheated on two different boyfriends by kissing someone else. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? That my feet are ugly. Or that I really need to wax my lip. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? I think about 56 cents. 6. Are you afraid of death? Not death itself, but afraid of what I might leave undone before then, and where I'm going afterward. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Playing the guitar (at least so far). 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (chronic inflammatory bowel disease) almost two years ago. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Yes. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Smart (but probably not "intelligent"), quiet, hard to get to know, a good mom, a workhorse. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Fully nude? Just one (my husband). Other folks (my daughters and the women in the locker room at the gym) have seen "bits and pieces." |
| Iron Eagle | Posted – 8/23/2007 5:07:40 PM | show profile Mag - sure! Since I was a kid I've played basketball nearly everyday. My old man would never let me play completive during my school years for fear of damaging hands. I'm a conservatory trained pianist. He couldn't get a handle on the sports thing. When I left home I began playing streetball - early on in Greenwich Village then on the streets of Los Angeles. The playground ball toughened me up and helped me develop skills. As the years moved by I found myself playing pickup ball and league games seven days a week all over the place. In 1985 a good buddy of mine invited me to join a team from Buffalo, New York and play in the first World Master's Games. Play we did. We had an amazing team led by former NBA All Star Randy Smith and a few small college players. We went undefeated! Twenty-two years later the tournament is a big item for athletes who can no longer compete professionally or in major amateur sports and moves from one exotic locale to another every four years. When you invest the amount of time and energy as I did in something you love this much - the tournament win was most satisfying and life altering. Dad knew about it. I sent him a Photostat from the sport section of USA Today. |
| WinonaWriter | Posted – 8/23/2007 5:09:05 PM | show profile Oh yeah...and I can't whistle! |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 8/23/2007 5:28:36 PM | show profile Well my high school humiliations pale just a little knowing I have a skill keltoi and winona don't....I can whistle ear-blastingly loud with two fingers, able to snag a speeding NYC cab from blocks away, even in the rain, or get the tender to come from the dock to pickup a crew after a long day of sail racing. It's annoying to some but a useful skill and really good at baseball game and concerts. I learned it at 10 or 12 at boarding school. |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 8/23/2007 5:36:31 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? I know when I found myself feeling most alone. That was when I returned to America after living in Europe (in a place where there was a great sense of community) for a couple years for grad school. I ended up returning to N. Virginia and felt like I was from another planet. God I hate that area. I hope it gets crushed by a meteor. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? None. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? No. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? Don't like to think about stuff like that. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? $200? 6. Are you afraid of death? Not any more. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? I've played the guitar, piano, and drums for about 15 years and yet I find it nearly impossible to write a decent song. Good songwriting is one of the most impressive things to me, whether it's Erik Satie or Arcade Fire. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Lost a kidney. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? No. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? A pissed off loner? |
