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Topic: ~Brisk & Bold~ Random Thursday Questions
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| mad fingers | Posted – 8/23/2007 5:36:45 PM | show profile #7... and housecleaning. We don't have dust-mice, we have dust mastedons. |
| uneedabob | Posted – 8/23/2007 5:49:20 PM | show profile | email poster Been a loooong time since I posted anything fun on this board but I enjoy reading these Thursday questions and it's a slow day in freelanceland so here goes. 1. When do you find yourself most alone? The July 4 weekend was tough, when every single person I knew was out of town and I didn't even get any emails or phone calls 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I hate all ads, all the time, but the Simpsons/Burger King commercials are kind of fun 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? Nope 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? Well, a huge picture of me appeared in the New York Times in March (it was an article about dating) and I hopefully visited all the blogs thinking I'd see posts from ex-girlfriends but all I read were dozens of comments from people calling me "ugly" (or worse) 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? Just hit the ATM--over $100 (been a good year) 6. Are you afraid of death? Not unless I think about it. (Ever heard that standup routine, the premise of which is "words you don't want to appear in your obituary"--entries included "sudden," "lingering," "refrigerator," etc. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? I can't whistle, and I can't snap my fingers. I am gesturally mute. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? I thought I had a hernia the other week during a long walk, but it turned out my underwear had just bunched up in the heat. In my mind I was already clearing the space for a three-day hospital stay. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? See answer #4, above 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Funny, smart, good with kids, a bit too cynical sometimes ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Not people, but there's renovation going on in my building and a family of mice have moved into my oven. I sincerely hope they haven't seen me nude (while I'm asleep), but like death, I'd rather not think about it. |
| SpinDr810 | Posted – 8/23/2007 7:14:21 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? When I go to sleep. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? The Sonic fastfood commercials. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? Yes, but way back in high school...been clean ever since! 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? A drunk girl called me a "fat bitch" once. And, sadly, I really wasn't that over-weight. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? $3 6. Are you afraid of death? Never really thought about it. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Saving money! 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? Mitral Valve Prolapse, and when I shed my intestinal lining...Severe IBS. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Many times. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Funny and cute :) ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Well, I watched Californication on Showtime, so about 6 naked women! |
| SpinDr810 | Posted – 8/23/2007 7:24:21 PM | show profile Correction! On the bonus question, no one has seen me naked this week :) |
| Unemployed-gal | Posted – 8/23/2007 7:36:25 PM | show profile I love, love, love these things... Here are my answers. 1. When I'm single. 2. I don't really watch TV that much anymore (can't afford cable), so there aren't really any that I particularly like... 3. Nope. 4. Never anything truly mean, but people pick on me all the time for being short. Comments like, "I play basketball and she [meaning me] plays miniature golf." I've learned to laugh them off. 5. Ummm... can I skip this one? 6. Yes. 7. Being graceful in social situations. 8. Dehydration when I was about 3. My family lived in Singapore at the time. 9. Nope, not really. 10. Very kind, quiet, thoughtful, hard working. Bonus: None, unfortunately. |
| pholiday | Posted – 8/23/2007 11:00:51 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? When I can't sleep. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I love the Budweiser "Real Men of Genius" commercials, especially "Mr. Too Much Cologne Wearer...everywhere a splish-splash." 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? It is interesting how in another OT Post there was talk about cheating and some folks insisted that everyone cheats, but in this thread, most people have responded no ... hmmm? 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? You look really tired. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? A few twenties. 6. Are you afraid of death? No, but I am afraid of hurting the people I will leave behind. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Grammar. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? None - I am healthy as a horse. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? Yes, plenty of times. My face always gets really red and hot when it happens. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Outgoing, Martha Stewardish, crazy, talkative. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? Just the man and the dog. |
| foto | Posted – 8/25/2007 9:45:07 AM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? when I'm in the darkroom 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? all the geico ads. especially the cavemen. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? I just don't understand monogamy. Why is it so central to human nature it seems? 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? Nothing really...ever. I take that to mean that I look very average and ordinary. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? $20 6. Are you afraid of death? No. I don't know why though. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? Digital technology and a good ice breaker intro line. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? So far, so good. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? No 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Nice guy but completely amoral. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? If you asked how many noticed, the answer would be zero. |
| wineaux | Posted – 8/28/2007 8:49:56 PM | show profile 1. When do you find yourself most alone? the first few months after I move to a new place. 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? I love ones with talking animals. Afleck duck! I have the stuffed animal and it still sends me into laughing fits. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? I cheated on a couple of boyfriends in my teens and early 20's who deserved it. 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? I saw a highschool chum 10 years after graduation when I was in a wedding and the first thing he said to me was, "What happened to that skinny little girl?". Ass bag. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? 12 dollars 6. Are you afraid of death? Sometimes I feel fairly confidant, while other times I am terrified. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? MATH. struggled through college with it, and needed a tutor. I can't work a hoola hoop to save my life. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? debilitating migraines that mysteriously disappeared once I left L.A. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? A few times, and most of them were in high school by mean girls that I now hope have asses the size of trash can lids. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? Very talkative, outgoing, and annnoyingly polite. ~Bonus Question~ How many people have seen you in the nude this week? my two sons, hubby, and a guy whose trunks flew downward when he got knocked off his surfboard. Really nice bum on that one. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 8/29/2007 4:38:49 AM | show profile | email poster For the women who regularly contribute to this thread I'm working on a project about women and the creative process and I'd love to interview a few of the regular posters on this thread and others -- Janet, Mad, Wineaux, Cat, Caitlin, Angela, others (there's too many to name!) -- for possible inclusion. This would involve a brief phone interview, and an opportunity would be provided to preview the information prior to publication. It will be fun! I've enabled my email in case you'd like to be in touch. Drop me a line at your earliest convenience, as I expect to be done with interviews by the end of September. |
| pamelabeth | Posted – 8/29/2007 10:27:30 AM | show profile | email poster 1. When do you find yourself most alone? if i'm at a party but can't really relate to other guests 2. Which ads or commercials do you like? i've gotten sucked into the fun look of some of the target ads. and i laughed when the geico caveman asked his shrink if he should put his mom's phone call on speaker. 3. Have you ever cheated on a partner or spouse? yes. long time ago. but--i have never lied about it or hidden it. is that better? 4. What is the meanest thing someone has said about your physical appearance? jeez. i was dating a guy and he said he wondered what his family would make of me, as he usually dated more "conventionally beautiful" girls. ammendment to question 1: when i was just out of college and dating the above asswipe, i felt pretty alone. 5. How much money is in your wallet at the moment? don't know. not much. friend's birthday last night. 6. Are you afraid of death? i'm afraid of the things that could surround it: pain, loneliness, regret. 7. What is one thing you can't master no matter how hard you try? chatting with people i feel nothing in common with. 8. What are the most serious health issues you have had? dealing with it right now, maybe.. 9. Have you ever been publicly humiliated? i remember a time in junior high. hurt more because the boy had been my friend before. 10. How would your friends describe you to a stranger? kind and loving; maybe overly sensitive. be nice if someone said smart. |
| MsWebWriter | Posted – 8/29/2007 12:41:53 PM | show profile The MATH problem Guess there's some real truth to the whole "right brain-left brain" argument. I was impressed (hmmm ... maybe my priorities are backward!) by how many of us seemingly creative types struggled with Math. I swear, the basics are great. Necessary even. But who in their life has ever truly needed to know how to factor an equation? Or used SIN, COS, or TAN in casual conversation? Or needed to remember the Pythagorean Theorem? And my analyst/accountant friends who spend their days with columns of numbers in Excel, plotting curves, creating models and algorithms cringe at the thought of translating that data into a PowerPoint report -- or delivering the presentation to clients. Right and Left brain indeed. |
| jjones | Posted – 8/29/2007 2:01:55 PM | show profile pissed off loner I like that. I'm gonna ask my friend to start describing me that way. Maybe I'll changel my handle to "pissed-off loner." |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 8/29/2007 3:04:07 PM | show profile MsWeb--There's a scene in "Peggy Sue Gets Married" where an adult Kathleen Turner goes back in time to her high school days. She's sitting in her geometry class as the teacher drones, and she interrupts him, saying, "I know for a fact that I will NEVER need geometry in my life." |
