Tell me 36 things about yourself.
1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm…careful!)
A.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
27) What’s your favorite place to hang at?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe in/appreciate romance?
A.
35) Do you believe in God?
A.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.
1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A. Is 36 years of marriage serious?
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. Most of the time I couldn’t tell the difference between my dreams and what others consider real, so everything was a dream and nothing real. When I learned what was happening, I regretted having to learn to differentiate between my dream world and the exterior world others were trying to force me to inhabit. I still have problems and issues.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. Being intelligent is a great burden. Sometimes I wish I was stupid. I think that as I grow older, the wish is coming true.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Depends on how cheap you are. I would usually be happy with water but any wine or strong beer would make me happier. I love Spumanti and I like porters and stouts.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Vegetables cause me severe intestinal issues and frequent diarrhea. The one that seems to do the least damage is the potato.
6) What was the last book you read?
A. With any luck I haven’t read my last book. I’ve started “Writers’ Workshop in a Book” after having finished Angie Sage’s “Physik,” the third tale of Septimus Heap.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Sag.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. No.
9) Worst Habit?
A. Grinding my teeth. I drove the roots of two molars up into the nasal sinus cavity and they had to be extracted.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. Not unless I was driving something, which is becoming less likely as my vision continues to fail.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Watching football on television.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. I am a Meliorist.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Fart.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Being told I would have to ride a submarine from Australia to India to find out why an experimental sonar I predicted wouldn’t work wasn’t working and, likely, to take the blame for the problems.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I am Derek’s father.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. My daughter has a dog named Rocky but I, personally, do not.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I would offer you a decent wine or a beer, your choice.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm…careful!)
A. I wondered why a stranger, thousands of miles distant from me, would offer sanctuary to my son.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. No.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. Well, losing over a hundred pounds would be nice. Not all at once, though. A pound a month for the next eight to ten years would be nice.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Depends on the crime, but you couldn’t trust me anyway.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. They vary from hazel to gray.
23) Ever been arrested?
A. No, mostly because they never caught me.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Having suffered aluminum poisoning, I don’t trust canned soda.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Almost all of it would go to pay taxes on the $10,000.
27) What’s your favorite place to hang at?
A. At home, mostly, especially when I can chase my family away.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. Only to a slightly greater extent than ghosts believe in me.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Daydream.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. No, I reserve swearing for times I want to make a point.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. That the more powerful somebody becomes, the less they exercise their brains.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Obese.
33) Do you believe in/appreciate romance?
A. Romance is a concept invented by the troubadours in the period slightly before Chaucer. Those who believe in it seem to be able to live as if it is real. I haven’t made up my mind.
35) Do you believe in God?
A. Not the little tiny hierarchically alpha beings portrayed by most of the religions of the world, no. The force I believe in is much greater than that and far less human. But I believe he has a really sadistic sense of humor.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. No.
1) A. No.
2) A. To be a cosmologist, studying the origins and evolution of the universe.
3) A. Complete fluency, with perfect accent, and comprehension in every language and dialect in the world. Or, in lieu of that, in order of importance and not counting English and Spanish, the same in Italian, German, Russian, French, Latin, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, Greek, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Polish, and Hebrew.
4) A. Right now, water is fine. If I weren’t trying to watch my diet, a Strongbow or Magners would be nice.
5) A. Onion.
6) A. Last finished Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday. Currently reading three different books.
7) A. Aquarius
8) A. No.
9) A. Not answering. Too many bad habits to choose from.
10) A. I’m not as strong as I used to be, so I wouldn’t be able to carry you very far.
11) A. American football.
12) A. On the whole, optimistic.
13) A. I’m sure we’d have plenty of things to talk about to pass the time.
14) A. Not sure. There have been some pretty bad things, but far more good than bad.
15) A. I helped set a SCUBA world record in 1989 that Guinness later refused to acknowledge despite having them onboard beforehand.
16) A. Only peeves.
17) A. You might not find me at home. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to come here, though.
18) A. You’re asking me to remember too far back!
19) A. They can be both, but seem to have an underlying sadness.
20) A. The belly.
21) A. Depends on the crime.
22) A. Blue.
23) A. Yes. Charges later dismissed and stricken from my record.
24) A. Bottle.
25) A. Take two months off of work to focus on my music and language.
27) A. The gallows? Hmm, that’s a bit morbid. Don’t really have a favorite place.
28) A. Is seeing believing?
29) A. Read, listen to music, watch movies, or play games, either on the computer or sport.
30) A. Occasionally.
31) A. Depends on my mood and how “triggerable” I am.
32) A. Derek
33) A. Yes.
35) A. Yes.
36) A. Would you fill it out if I posted it?
36a) A. Up to you.