The contents of a chain email, typically exchanged among friends and family:
- What time is it?
- 6:43 a.m.
- Picking not now, the time of this post edit, but time of the birth of my son.
- Name as it appears on your birth certificate
- Revealing my first name, Lena.
- Nicknames
- Bean
- I’ve only had one nickname that stuck for many years, used by my oldest sister. I don’t have a nickname as an adult
- Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake?
- Born 1963
- One childhood birthday memory: having a birthday party when I was eight. My entire third grade class from school came over to my house. There were games and party favors in the wood fenced backyard of a house in Sacramento, California.
- Date that you regularly blow them out
- August 1st
- Pets
-
- My computer
- iPhone
- the real answer: orange tabby short hair American cat
- Height
- 5’7″
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair Color
- Brown
- Piercing
- The traditional one hole in each lobe for post style earrings.
- Tattoos
- None
- I want a tattoo. The delay is the process of picking and designing the perfect image.
- How much do you love your job
- Tremendously… at the times when I feel valued and productive.
- Birthplace
- Sacramento, California
- Hometown
- Rescue, California
- Current Residence
- South Central Wisconsin, downtown Madison
- Had the drink Calypso Breeze?
- No
- Been in love before?
- Yes
- 3 long term adult relationships. Too many infatuations.
- Been to Africa?
- No
- Been toilet-papering (rolling)?
- Yes.
- Once during the latter half of high school. Unexpectedly one night I was hanging out with group of kids I barely knew. After the event, I wasn’t especially proud of my participation.
- Been toilet-papered (rolled)?
- No
- Been drunk?
- Just a few times during a reckless self exploration period, 1993-1994.
- Have you ever blacked out?
- Yes
- I wanted to see the wallet of a guy I was dating. Late at night, we were walking across a parking lot after visiting a bar… during the silliness of his “keep away from my back pocket”, a friendly restraining arm around my neck caused me to pass out. He was shocked. It happened so fast, I had no recall of how it happened. The result: instant serious mellow drive home.
- Loved somebody so much it made you cry?
- Yes
- Been in a car crash?
- Yes
- Croutons or Bacon Bits
- Authentic Bacon Bits.
- 2 doors or 4
- Two doors – Ford Ranger.
- Sprite or 7 Up
- No thank you.
- Coffee or Coffee Ice cream
- No thank you.
- Blanket or Stuffed Animal
- Both
- Dumper or Dumpee
- Both
- Salad Dressing
- Ranch
- Color of socks
- White
- Number
- 10
- Why?
- I like even numbers.
- Place to be kissed
- Neck.
- Movie
- Too many to list.
- Favorite Holiday
- New Year’s
- Foods
- Large #9 on wheat from Gino’s.
- Day of Week
- Tuesday
- Song at the moment
- Dunno.
- Favorite Band of all time
- Genesis. Randomly picking one.
- Word or Phrase
- “Because I can.”
- “See me. Watch me. Want me. Love me. Touch me.”
- “Head up; chest out.
- Toothpaste
- Crest®
- Restaurant
- Mountain Jacks.
- Flower
- Daisy
- Chicory (Blue Sailor)
- Least Favorite Subject in School
- Math.
- The only part of math that excited me: High school senior year geometry.
- Alcoholic Drink
- At one time I liked Zina.
- Sport to Watch
-
- The five year (1999 – 2003) span of photographing my son playing youth football.
- Men’s rugby. (2007-2009)
- Type of Ice Cream
- Chocolate / vanilla twist.
- Zoo Exhibit
- Monkeys.
- Sesame Street Character
- None.
- Fast Food Restaurant
- Culver’s
- When was your last hospital visit
- April 2015
- Favorite drink?
-
- Very cold Mountain Dew.
- Water
- What color is your bedroom’s carpet?
- Small throw rug, Brown/Red/Tan
- What was the name of your childhood blanket?
- Pinky Stripes – a stuffed dog.
- How many times did you fail your Permit and/or Drivers License Test?
- Once.
- What do you think of Ouija boards?
- They are amusing as pieces to plots in movies.
- Where do you see yourself in 10 yrs?
- Making Websites.
- Who is the last person that you got mail from before this one?
- Most likely spam.
- Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
- Parking tickets and speeding.
- Which single store would you choose to max your credit card?
- If I had a credit card, R.E.I.
- What do you do most often when you are bored?
- Play on the computer.
- What words or phrases do you overuse?
- “like”
- Name the person, that you are friends with, that lives the farthest away
- Dunno.
- Most annoying thing
- Not using your turn signal.
- Best thing
- Praise, and feeling worthy of it.
- Bedtime
- 10:30 p.m.
- Favorite pokemon
- Pikachu
- …and, quote from a movie
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“Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. [pause] Goodnight.”
–Bull Durham (1988) Crash Davis