It’s about time
A whole lot of precious time, that I really should be using accquiring more sleep.
Instead, you get this here meme, all self revelatory and stuff. Pass on the fun, if’n you so desire.
1. NAME? The great and powerful Bhagwan
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Sir Walter Scott, and my father, in that order. I do not have a middle name.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? not quite cried, but I got teary last month when I realized that I had received something I wanted, without any direct sign that my desire had been fulfilled.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? No. I hate it, and it makes me sad. My handwriting has not improved in any way since 1977. Coincidentally, I suffered a traumatic head injury and stopped pumping blood to my brain for a while that year.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Pastrami
6. KIDS? 1 down, 5 to go. But I gave up on that dream about 10 years ago. I am content with the family I have, for now.
7 . IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I don’t think so. I am frequently amazed that the friends I have now have lasted as long as they have.
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Other than these pages, no. I do, however, make frequent notes about the world around me in a never ending internal monologue. Someday, those notes will be collected for another novel.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? I call them my infection detection system. There were a couple years where I swear they were keeping me alive. Sometimes, I feel as if I’d like to install another set, but since healthy ones are frequently not available, I’m going to be content with the ones I have.
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I honestly don’t know. I consider most of my life to be borrowed time, and since I plan to run that out at least another few hundred years, Bungee jumping seems (to me) a reckless and unwarranted risk.
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Honey Nut Cheerios. Followed closely by Frosted Mini-wheats
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Yes.
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes. I am invincible. I am wo… never mind. Yes.
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Mint Chocolate chip (both varieties)
16. SHOE SIZE? 10 1/2 Double D. P.S. I hate Shoes.
17. RED OR PINK? Red
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? No comment. However, please reference # 4 for a hint.
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? . . . . No comment. However, in my mind there is a name attached to that person that they were not born with.
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Only if they feel like it. I’m not “that guy”
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? I’m wearing neither
22. LAST THING YOU ATE? Tuna Salad. Day 8 started with a Roast Beef sandwich (8 AM), followed by Instant Oatmeal (three packets, 12:45 PM) 2 Diet 7-ups (2 PM and 3:30 PM respectively), .3 lbs of pasta salad and .4 lbs of fat-free cottage Cheese (7 PM), A glass of Cabernet-Savignon from Papio (Monkey Wine represent!, 8 :45 PM), and then the aforementioned Last Meal (10:20 PM) I don’t count the water I drink all day, but there is a lot of it.
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23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The hum of fans and heat exchangers. However, the opening credits to Ghost in the Shell: Stane Alone Complex are on the internal soundtrack
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I have always been partial to Burnt Umber
25. FAVORITE SMELL(s)? Rain. Baking bread, Fresh Pizza right from the oven. The scent of a woman in love (or deep like).
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? A business contact in New York (city and State)
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO: Everthing. But the color, length, and style of their hair are a prime factor in the full analysis.
28. WHAT BELONGS IN THIS SPACE: (make up yer own damn question. I did)
29. FAVORITE DRINK? I no longer know. So many things taste good to me these days. If I could drink but one thing for the rest of my life, I would choose clean H20.
30. FAVORITE SPORT? Boxing. But this is a trick question. I do not define my favorite Pastime (Baseball) as a sport.
31. EYE COLOR? Hazel
32. HAT SIZE? 7 5/8, although without the hair they fit differently. Not loose or wrong, just different.
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? yes
34. Favorite FOOD? See # 29. Although I loveLove LOVE Rice.
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy Endings. I like Stories with resolution.
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED AT THE MOVIES? A Scanner Darkly. It contains neither of the attributes referenced in #35. Guess whether I liked it or not.
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? See #21. Although when I started this entry, the answer was Yankee Blue.
38. ASIDE FROM THE PERENNIAL AGE EVASION, WHAT QUESTION WERE YOU HOPING TO SEE ANSWERED HERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN (SO FAR): (insert leading response here)
39. HUGS OR KISSES? One thing leads to another. But I dislike the casual hug, especially when initiated by a person with whom I would not otherwise make or initiate contact. It’s a thing, I’m dealing with it.
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Once upon a time, I would have done nearly anything for a Chocolate Mousse. I absolutely love Flan, it reminds me of my childhood. I worked for an Ice Cream company for three years.
So I’m going to come back to you with the surprise answer of Cake.
41. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? To what?
42. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? To what?
43.WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Just finished Book 5 of Harry Turtledove’s World at War Series, and volume six sits at my elbow. I got 30% through Guns, Germs and Steel, but then put it down. The Last Witchfinder was/is engaging, but is the least entertaining, and most commercially viable of all James Morrow’s works to date. I’ve not cracked its cover in over 2 months There are also the Comic Books, which technically do not end until the volume resets (series over, begin again with #1).
44. WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Radio Shack. And my mouse.
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? 7 Days, The Closer, Mariners vs Yankees. Monday was John Doe, 7 Days, and Mariners vs Yankees.
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Rain. Music, particularly horns, woodwinds and strings (guitars and pianos count). Children playing. Waves.
47. The Rolling Stones OR BEATLES? Yes.
48. THE FURTHEST YOU’VE BEEN FROM HOME? What direction? I think London and Maui are about the same distance from Seattle. (edited. Maui is farther, by about 700 miles)
49. WHAT’S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Besides always being right (or at least not afraid to express my opinion forcefully in a fashion that appears both authoratative and wise), I’m not sure I have one.
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? La Mesa, California, Monday. Time of my birth matches the date (year nonwithstanding).