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| Janetblueyes | Posted – 10/3/2007 9:19:04 PM | show profile | email poster The plan was to ask "gross" questions this week, but I fear offending some of the faithful posters. Perhaps Halloween week will be our ick-fest, with a disclaimer that those questions will not be for the faint-of-heart. With that in mind, here are some new ponderings. 1. Have you ever been stalked? 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 10/3/2007 9:49:10 PM | show profile I'm FIRST!!! 1. Have you ever been stalked? Yes! By a gay guy who had a severe crush on me. No...really. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I don't trust people. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My husband or my BFF. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Sudafed, Benadryl, NyQuil, Tylenol PM, pain killers I never took for my eye amd gum surgeries. My birth control pills are in my purse. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? 5 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Tori Amos 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? About $50, not including my fashionista shopping sprees. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I want to stop doing something that no one knows I'm doing. But I can't. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) I worry that my Spanks will ride up my thigh while I am walking. I think about going to the grocery store, but never get there. 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I need to lose about 20 to 30... ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? My sesame street blanket... |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 10/3/2007 10:04:08 PM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? There was a girl in college who I found sleeping (uninvited) in my bed when I returned from class. And like a week later I saw her coming to my door and I was boiling water on the stove but ran and locked myself in the bathroom. She entered my apartment with a friend and found my boiling water and started pounding on the bathroom door yelling, "I KNOW YOU'RE HERE!!! YOU'RE WATER IS BOILING!!!" as I sat in the bathtub with my fist in my mouth. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I don't really need people. And people who don't need people, are the unluckiest people in the world. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? Nada. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Nothing unusual. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? 2 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? That guy who starred in The X-Files. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? I spend too much money on books and movies. I go out to the movies a few times a week. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. Nope. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) None 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I'm 6'2" 200 lbs., I excersize a lot but would still like to be at around 190 lbs. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? Just a celtic cross necklace I got in Ireland in 1998. I lost it 3 times and somehow I keep finding it. |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 10/3/2007 10:16:42 PM | show profile back to me again Okay... I swear...this is exacty what I look like, and I've nearly had every single one of these hairstyles: http://everythingtori.com/pm/uploads/music/Strange_main.jpg Right now I'm blonde-ish. When this album cover came out, it freaked my mom out when she saw it sitting on my coffee table. She thought it was me. But I have light brown eyes, not blue eyes like Tori. |
| mad fingers | Posted – 10/3/2007 10:30:59 PM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? One of my ex-boyfriends had an ex-girlfriend who offered to have me "taken out" when I was with him. I think that counts. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? indecisive, procrastinator, enabler 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My mom or BF (personal crisis). If I needed someone to drive me to the emergency room or get me out of jail, my lawyer who is also a good friend 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Nothing unusual. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? 4 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? yes, and it wasn't very flattering.... 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? Most of the money goes to dog/cat expenses, decent beer/wine and groceries. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. Too tempting, but at least I've lost my desire for donuts. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) What would I do if I won the lottery... 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? My weight is fine, but I could tone up some muscles. I'm really lucky that way. Always have been. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? My Uncle Milt's belt buckle from his Cleveland Indians uniform, an antique bed I found in the basement when I was 4 with an angel carved in the headboard, a bunch of my mom's paintings (she is so gifted) and my tarot cards |
| foto | Posted – 10/3/2007 10:38:53 PM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? not yet. maybe soon though. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? pick my nose frequently and wipe it under my chair at work, spend too much time looking at women's breasts, obsessive compulsive 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? 1-800-JESUS 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? toe nail fungus medicine 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? 1 shampoo and a broken up bar of soap. toothpaste is smeared all over the sink. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Everyday I'm told I look like Brad Pitt (not). Seriously, people used to tell me I looked like Ron Howard back when he had hair. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? tooo much on snickers, milky ways, 3 musketeers, m&ms, twizzlers, twinkies, ding dongs, ho ho's and who knows what else. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I hate living in fucking suburbia, mowing the damn lawn, taking care of the stupid rhododendrons, spending all my time fixing shit. Raking fucking leaves. Oh, NJ is fun! I actually look forward to monday morning, when I can get on that train into the city. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) "clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right and here I am stuck in the middle..." 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? could lose a few. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? The Nikkormat FTN I bought when I was in high school. Bought it in 1974 and I'm still using it. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 10/3/2007 10:55:22 PM | show profile | email poster 1. Have you ever been stalked? kind of -- a guy used to threaten to blow up the radio station I announced at because I didn't play the music he liked. Jerk. I also have an anti-stalker -- a former friend and her daughter who turn around and run the other way when they see me because my son broke up with her daughter. weird. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I am not always good at confrontations. I can be oblivious to things I should pay attention to. I get frightfully absorbed in projects. I can be bossy. I could go on and on. With this list, I mean. ;) 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My husband. A good friend who would also call me if she had one. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Nothing. I'm boring. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? eight. Also, I have just discovered Aura Spa salon shampoo and conditioner in rosemary mint. heaven. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Marie Osmond is pretty much the only one I've gotten. A family friend told me I sing like Alison Krauss, but I don't hear it. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? Books are a vulnerability. Lately, I've stocked up on clothes from J. Jill. Love that. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I need my husband and kid to pitch in more at the house -- they seem to think I do nothing all day so should have loads of time for it. I don't. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) I wonder how names are spelled, or if they're written, how they're pronounced. 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I'd love to lose 20 pounds. THat doesn't seem like too much to ask/do. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? A book signed for me by Rosa Parks. A book signed by Tommy Douglas that I bought for my late father. A picture Prime Minister Jean Chretien autographed to me. My grandfather's war journals and letters. A framed map from the 1790s. Two watercolors by a famous artist. A collection of federal mirrors. A champagne bottle signed by John Connally. My childhood A.A. Milne books. A picture my mother sketched of me at 18 months old, and I essentially haven't changed. |
| Mag Girl | Posted – 10/3/2007 11:34:29 PM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? Yes. A guy in college somehow figured out my schedule (or, the geek he was, hacked into the registrar's computer system) and would be "casually" hanging outisde my classes to talk to me. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I'm impatient and I am nearly always right. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My hubby. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Hemorrhoid suppositories. Left over from last year when I had the heinous boss who stressed me to death. I felt like a freak. I also have one percocet left from my surgery last year, saving for a rainy day. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? 5, I think. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Meg Ryan. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? Random beauty stuff, gas, maybe a book or something and lunches out- maybe $75? 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I am feeling quite sad lately and I feel ridiculous- it's been 4 years almost since my dad's death, but the soon-to-be-settled estate is like the final closure, and it's taking a toll on me emotionally. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) I really don't know.... 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I want to lose about 10 and then I think I'll be happy. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? A really great hand-carved urn from Jamaica, my wedding and engagement rings, a ring from my mom with sentimental value, my grandfather's baby bracelet, and a poster-sized photograph of the oil rig named after my dad. It reminds me of him and makes me feel like he's still with me. |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 10/4/2007 12:11:09 AM | show profile back to me again Okay... I swear...this is exacty what I look like, and I've had only this one tassled hairstyle: http://home.comcast.net/~conlondw/1.jpg |
| keltoi | Posted – 10/4/2007 12:20:57 AM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? I was nice to a universally disliked kid in high school gym class cause I felt bad for him, and he became my shadow for the year in that class. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? Procrastinate too much, not too good with managing money in the past, but much better now. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My wife first, then my best friend and my older brother. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Nothing too scary. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? My 1 shampoo and my wife's 4 or 5 bottles. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? I get it all the time; guess I have one of those faces: Timothy Hutton, Michael Keaton, young Jimmy Stewart, 1970s singer Steve Forbert, Bowzer from Sha Na Na, Paul McCartney, others. In college a few of my friends swore I was the exact double of their friend Smitty in Boston. But my goatee of the past 3 years has drastically cut back on people seeing a celeb in my furrier face. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? Not including monthly bills, I spend about $100 a week on gas (I know--sad), and $20 a week on incidentals. Not sure how much we spend on food per week because my wife mostly does the food shopping. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. Not enough space for a political rant here, so I'll leave my rant to people who think the left lane is theirs: it's not. Move the hell over and let the cars stacked up behind you pass. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) How did all these people get drivers licenses? What if Dick Cheney is really an android? Does Helen Reddy ever tire of singing "I Am Woman"? Who was the first person to actually open a clam and say, "That looks good enough to eat"? 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I'm 6'4", 235 lbs. I'd be OK dropping down to 215. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possessions? Talking strictly objects I'd say my Dad's rolltop desk, my 6,000 or so photos I've taken over the years, my teddy bear from age 2 (named Growly--sits in my curio cabinet), some cards and gifts my wife has given me, my 900 or so books, a July birthday angel statue my folks got me as an infant. |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 10/4/2007 1:13:37 AM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? Yes, in 1970 a band member we lived with in the city and on then on a farm, this guy was okay when we met him and then took acid twice, started reading the Satanic bible, threw out his hound's-tooth pants, put on a pair of jeans and off his rocker he went. It involved police, arrest, and a life spent in a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane. Yeah, it was scary. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I am short on patience AND a procrastinator, go figure. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My husband and son. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Vicks Vapour Rub, Q-Tips, sun screen, cough syrup, toothpaste, soap, perfume, Chinese back patches, toner, band-aids, nothing exciting. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/body wash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? 2, shampoo and conditioner 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Often, Catherine O'Hara. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? Not much, normal things, coffee, magazines, movies, etc. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. It really bothers me that Americans do not protest the Bush administration enough, that there is not an investigation into the voting machine debacle and why are US citizens NOT doing enough to ensure an honest vote/count for the 2008 election just around the corner. Why don't Americans care more about making this administration accountable; for the loss of civil rights and privacy. Why are Americans so apathetic when these times are far worse than any time that has come before? Bush is getting ready to start a war with Iran. The world is melting every single day, yet just one person gets into their car and drives around the corner, or a couple of blocks when they could walk, or bike. Drivers, talking on their cell phones while they are looking left and turning right, coming very close to killing me as I cross with the right-of-way. Why do people go to a hospital emergency room for non-emergency issues? Whew.... glad you asked, thanks. ;-)) 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) See above. 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? 10. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possessions? My puppies, wedding rings, and things I have saved over the years from my son and husband. My bike, my Cameras, the thousands of photographs I have taken over 23 years. My great-grandmother's teapot from Sweden. |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 10/4/2007 3:15:08 AM | show profile >>>It really bothers me that Americans do not protest the Bush administration enough That's been on my mind for a long time. I wonder why it was that in the 60s and 70s so many people were involved in protesting government corruption, but now very few are. I agree about the car thing too. I ditched mine last year and get around on foot 90 percent of the time now. Chistopher McCandless style. |
| keltoi | Posted – 10/4/2007 8:30:45 AM | show profile Nikongirl--ditto on your "where's the outrage?" I think the lack of a draft is a big part of it, ie, "hell, it's not MY son who'll be dying in Iraq...", and I think the GOP has been masterful in manipulating 9/11 to create an environment of fear and hate. Those too smart to get sucked in by that are bought off with tax windfalls and rising stock prices. And to add a few treasured things: my wedding ring, my house, and the Chinese redwood, baby sugar maple, and big old red maple in the backyard. |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 10/4/2007 9:44:54 AM | show profile Though I live in Oh Canada, I am still and always will be a born and New York bred American, so while I feel the pain from a distance I do not have to live under the Shrub's regime...but I do get insane with anger at what happens there. With the 2008 election approaching, I think one of THE most important issues right this very moment is to ensure a clean and honest vote. It seems to me that absolutely NO one is doing anything about this extremely important issue. As I have said since Bush/Cheney stole the first election - America is now controlled by a dictator. If there is not an honest vote, there is no democracy. Period. This is exactly why they WERE allowed steal the second election with skewed voting machines. It is a travesty that no one seems to care enough to do something about this before it is too late. So oops, there I go again. |
| GrOoVaL!c!OuS | Posted – 10/4/2007 10:00:33 AM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? Yes, and like and idiot I was flattered at first. Then it got kinda scary. I *almost* had to have the police involved. It wasn't Lifetime TV movie-of-the-week stalking, but it left me very unnerved. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I'm a bossy, impatient neatfreak. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My mama. She lives a thousand miles away, but I still call her when I'm in bind, even if she can't really do anything. If my toilet backs up, I call her for a plumber. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Nah, there's nothing out of the ordinary. Toothpaste, dental floss, facial moisturizer, deodorant, cough syrup, etc. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? See #2 re: my neatfreak-ishness. I have one bottle of shampoo, one bottle of conditioner, one bottle of leave-in conditioner, one bottle of bodywash, one bottle of facial cleanser, one razor, a wide-toothed comb and a pumice stone. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? One dude told me I liked like Halle Berry. He was just trying to screw me, though. I don't look like anyone really. I'm an original. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? On average, I spend about $60 on food, $25 on alcohol, $10 on toiletries and household stuff (i.e. toilet paper, paper towels, light bulbs, trash bags, etc.), and about $30 on entertainment. I'm cheap. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I don't like my brother all that much. He's a bit of a schmuck. Sweet guy. But still a schmuck. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) How many times do I blink a day? Is that guy checking me out? Why doesn't NY have Krispy Kreme? 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I am twenty pounds heavier than I'd like to be. If I was being really honest, I'd say twenty-five. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? A headscarf that my mom gave me years ago. My passport. A pillow my mom knitted for me when she was pregnant with me. Postcards my siblings sent me while I was in college and they were still in elementary school with exclamations like "I hop you like colage!" |
| Unemployed-gal | Posted – 10/4/2007 10:14:29 AM | show profile 1. In the fourth grade, by a girl who didn't seem to like me very much, which was why it was so weird. 2. I'm extraordinarily shy; I can be very stubborn. 3. My parents. 4. The usual stuff; nothing truly embarrassing, unless I was a 12-year-old girl and tampons were something I didn't want anyone to see. 5. Just mine, or my roommates? Just mine--five; my roommate--three. 6. A younger Sandra Bullock; Kristin Davis. 7. Mostly on food and clothes, I'd say around $500/ week. 8. I have this extremely painful neck ache that hurts so much I can't turn my head, esp. to the left. It began this morning and won't go away; don't know if I just slept on it funny. Any solutions on how to make the ache go away? 9. I worry about laundry a lot. 10. After losing 20 pounds in the past year, I think I'm at the weight I want to be. Bonus: my books; my clothes; my college ring. |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 10/4/2007 10:39:59 AM | show profile Bleak, you're hot. |
| nika | Posted – 10/4/2007 10:40:35 AM | show profile The plan was to ask "gross" questions this week, but I fear offending some of the faithful posters. Perhaps Halloween week will be our ick-fest, with a disclaimer that those questions will not be for the faint-of-heart. With that in mind, here are some new ponderings. 1. Have you ever been stalked? Nope. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I am a notorious procrastinator. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My mom, my brother, my best friend. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Hmm....not too big on medicine, but you might find a bottle of Tylenol stashed away somewhere. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? I finally convinced myself to clear out all those empty bottles that were lying around in my shower! So, now I only have three: shampoo, conditioner, and bodywash. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Hmm....I used to get Topher Grace a lot. Recently, I got Adam Brody, which is odd. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? $500 - 600? On food, clothes, and entertainment. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I must be in a good mood today, cause I can't think of a thing! 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) I wonder what 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I think I'm good, for now. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? My grandfather's ring. My iPod. |
| Janetblueyes | Posted – 10/4/2007 10:45:18 AM | show profile I'm with Angela--Bleak you are very attractive. I remember you inferred last week that you are one of the best looking loners around. I'd have to agree. |
| pholiday | Posted – 10/4/2007 11:35:51 AM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? No 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I laugh too loud and snort sometimes. And, on occasion, I get too drunk. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? Depends which kind of a crisis - everyday, my boyfriend, about the boyfriend, my best friend, and all things health related, my mother. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? I don't have one. But you would find Tea Tree Oil in my medicine bag - it is a cure all. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? 7 - Shampoo, conditioner, his dandruff shampoo, gentle face wash, harsh face wash, bar of lavender soap and a razor. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Tara Reid ... when I lived in New York I would often have people say "oh my god, that is Tara Reid" when I walked by. Personally, I see no resemblance. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? Sometimes $20 - other times $200, depends on how much shopping I do. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I wish my boyfriend wanted to have more sex. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) Why is he/she wearing that? 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? If I was to be honest I would say 25 and then I would look like Nicole Richie. But since that will never happen (I do love good food) I think 10 would suffice. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? A trunk from the 1800's that my mother gave me when I turned 21. My grandmothers fake diamond necklace that my mother gave me when gram passed. My fujitsu computer. |
| HisGirlFriday | Posted – 10/4/2007 11:46:28 AM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? Nope. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? I'm judgemental and impatient. I hate saying I'm sorry. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My husband. Or my mom. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? The usual pain medications, cough syrup, pepto bismol, etc. Vagisil, hemmeroid cream. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? Far too many - probably 6 -7 (oooo - I love aura peppermint rosemary too!) 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Meg Ryan. Before the creepy lip job. But can I brag? My husband looks exactly like Russell Crowe. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? Mostly food, groceries. I don't like to think about it - I spend too much on doo-dads at Target. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I love my husband to death but I am amazed that a man who went to an Ivy league school, can build a house from the ground up, quotes Plato, writes poetry and fixes cars cannot: Get one 4-year old breakfast, dressed, make her lunch and get her out the door for school. Oh and the Bush fiasco mess too - but I don't want to get my ulcer going .... 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) I spend hours thinking about how would I re-organize our house if we occupied the whole thing (it's a 2-family with a tenant.) 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I'm 5'8 and 130 now. I'd like to be 120. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? Love letters from husband from when we were dating, photo albums, my grandmother's dishes from the 1950's - which we use every day. A painting from a friend who is a fantastic pop/modern/political artist. A newspaper from the time when Lincoln was shot. |
| jjones | Posted – 10/4/2007 11:46:45 AM | show profile Why is this so much fun? 1. Have you ever been stalked? Sadly, no. Unless you count when I was 10 years old and in a children's theater group and this fat kid, Aaron, liked me, so he used to follow me from one side of the stage to the other during warmups until my sister yelled at him, "Leave my sister alone!" 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? Selfish, self-centered, self-interested, self-absorbed. Too interested in money. I like to fart in my office. At home, I like to smell my own farts. Boring. "Too serious." "Too cerebral." "You think too much." 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My husband. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Lots of Body Shop skincare products. Boudreau's Butt Paste--never used. Some spermicide that I put the date-of-purchase on because I wanted to see how long it would take to use it up--I think it's dated 2001. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? Eight. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Laraine Newman, Carole Kane. And Bette Midler (so not!) 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? My husband and I each get $250 a week and we both usually go over. Mine primarily goes to doggie daycare/walkers ($123-$132/week--ouch) and the cleaning lady ($60 every other week). His goes to feeding himself and taking cabs home since he works late. Financially things are tough! 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I NEED MORE TIME TO MYSELF TO WRITE AND LESS TIME IN THE OFFICE WORKING AND COMMUTING TO THE OFFICE. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) Thank you for using my question! Where do I begin? I don't want to go to work today. It would be so nice if I could stay home. Please don't make me go there. Oh, coffee. Yes, coffee. Must have coffee. Mmm, coffee. Can I go home now? What should I eat? What should I do? How much longer? Is this day over yet? Where's my dog? I want some melon. I wish I had a million dollars. My thoughts have improved dramatically on antidepressants. Used to be all: Move, bitch. Let's go, princess. Can we go now? Is this over yet? Let's go, retardo. 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? For the number alone, and to be camera-ready, I would like to lose 40. But I would settle for 20. I don't think I could go much lower at my age. I've lost about 6. Another 10 would be pretty good, I think. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possessions? I am seriously not that into possessions. I'd love to live like a monk. Just a mattress on the floor and a book. Nothing is more important to me than my husband and my dog, but I don't consider them possessions. |
| Katie | Posted – 10/4/2007 12:02:51 PM | show profile | email poster 1. Have you ever been stalked? Yes, by an ex boyfriend. Twice...go away already! 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? Impatience, procrastination and lack of organization. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My son 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? there is dental floss, deoderant, sunscreen and a valium 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? Let's see...shampoo, conditioner and a face scrub. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Kate Jackson when I was younger. someone told me not long ago that I looked like Reba. I couldn't see it. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? Around $60.00 on wine and mini stops to the grocery. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. I am so sick to death of hearing about everybody who is anybody and then some who is helping rebuild the fucking ninth ward after Katrina. What about Lakeview, what about Chalmette, What about Grand Isle, how about the lakefront???? The fucking ninth ward is NOT NOT NOT the only place that got annihilated. Thanks I feel better. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) What foundation I would create if I won the lottery. Musings on getting married again (or not) how the sun feels on my skin when I'm on the lake... 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? none ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? All Souls Day, a painting by my dad, autographed books to me by Winston Churchhill lll, Bob Ballard and Robert Kennedy Jr., my beloved dog and cat and my Z3. |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 10/4/2007 1:04:46 PM | show profile 1. yes, by a career criminal. 2. A clean freak, although messy; sometimes fatally candid; hard to let go of insanely high standards; will lose it when bullied. 3. My fiance, several close friends, my mom. 4. The usual. 5. Six, maybe. 6. Many times I've been told I look like Bette Midler and a few times like Rachel Griffith (?), the Aussie actress now on Brothers and Sisters who used to be in Six Feet Under. 7. $70-200; groceries, gas, meals out, home repairs. 8. Oy. That could take all day. Why are so many people rude to one another, especially in this industry, as though aggressiveness/incivility/nastiness/lack of basic consideration for another's feelings is "normal" and something we all should just ignore and shrug off? It's toxic and takes energy to pretend it isn't. What is it going to take for American politicians and voters to FINALLY muster the political will to make sure that every single person who cannot afford health insurance will find a way to have it, cradle to grave, as in Canada, France and many other nations? Why is Bush happy to drop billions and billions more on a useless war while this week happily denying health coverage to poor children? HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE. What is it with NY labor laws, where you can be legally fired for no reason at all? How can so many Americans ignore the huge, growing divide between the insanely, obscenely wealthy -- and the rest of the nation? Hedge fund managers earn $26,000 A WEEK, and some kids can't see a doctor unless it's in the ER. Give me a break! 9. What's for dinner and who's going to cook it? 10. A lot. BQ: My passport and green card. My health (not a possession, but dearly treasured.) My journals from my 20s. My drawings and photographs. A funny photo of fiance and I on the White House podium. A small, well-worn bear from early childhood who travels the world with me. We're not big on keeping or passing on sentimental/family stuff in my family. I do love the ring and bracelet that belonged to my great-grandmother who I barely knew. I still miss my most treasured possession, a red Civic del Sol that was stolen and scavenged for parts in August 2002. (I envy the Z3 mentioned above!) |
| ElC | Posted – 10/4/2007 1:14:07 PM | show profile 1. Have you ever been stalked? Yes. One guy would be driving around my neighborhood everytime I happened to be walking my dogs. He would always drive slow and chat with me as I walked. Didn't mind it until I saw his car parked out in front of my place. Luckily I was moving soon after that started happening. 2. What are some of your less flattering character traits? Stubborn. Impatient. A bit shallow. 3. Who is the first person you would call in a crisis? My husband. If I can't get a hold of him it's my brother. 4. If we opened your medicine cabinet right now, what would we find-- and is there anything in there you would not want us to see? Lots of Nyquil, usual over-the-counter stuff and a partial bottle of antidepressants to remind me how good it is to be off of them. 5. How many bottles of shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/shaving cream and other potions are cluttering your shower stall or bath right now? I'm a minimalist. There's a bottle of shampoo and a bar of soap. 6. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a particular celebrity? Jennie Garth and Diane Lane. 7. Not including rent/mortgage or utility expenses, how much money do you spend each week, and on what items? About $100 on groceries, $30 on gas (thank you carpool!), and about $75 on dogs, entertainment and incidentals. 8. What would you like to get off your chest? Permission granted for a full-blown whine/bitch/sob/pity fest if needed. Why, why, why does the editor of our local paper think rail is such a bad idea for our community?!?! Single-use auto travel is not sustainable. Oh, and neither is suburban sprawl, that's another annoyance. It's harder on the environment than dense development and it costs more in terms of trying to maintain the infrastructure of sewers, streets, bridges, schools, water systems, etc. 9. What are some of the mundane thoughts you have every day? (Courtesy of jjones) If I died on the way home from work today, how would my husband find out? Who would he call first? If he died, who would I call first? 10. How many pounds do you need to lose/gain in order to feel good, or are you at your perfect weight? I forget who said they probably didn't need to lose weight, more just tone the muscle, that's the scenario I'm in. ~Bonus Question~ What are some of your most treasured possesions? My dogs. A bracelet passed down from my great-great grandmother. A gold cross my dad had given my aunt after he got back from Vietnam. |
