100 Things

1. Are you an innie or an outie?

Innie.

2. Have you ever worn bell-bottoms?

Sure, I wore them as a kid in the 70s.

3. Have you ever written a song?

In 5th or 6th grade my friends and I wrote a song for a school assignment:  Killer Marshmallows.  I can still play it on the piano.   It is M-Day and we're all gonna die.. here come the marshmallows to eat you and I... catchy.

4. Can you make change for a dollar right now?

Yep.

5. Have you ever been in the opposite sex's public toilet?

Yes.

6. Have you ever smelled your own feet?

Sure.

7. Do you like ketchup on or beside your french fries?

Beside!  Otherwise half the fries end up with no ketchip, and half are drowned in ketchup.

8. Can you touch your tongue to your nose?

No.

9. Have you ever been a boy/girl scout?

I was a Bluebird and a Campfire Girl.  I remember liking the Bluebird stuff, but Campfire Girls was pretty boring.  All we did was sit around and eat cookies.  We didn't learn anything useful like how to make a fire or tie knots.

10. Have you ever broken a mirror?

Not that I can remember.

11. Have you ever put your tongue on a frozen pole?

No.  Poles don't freeze around here.

12. What is your biggest pet peeve?

People who don't use their turn signals, and people who take their small children to horribly inappropriate movies.

13. Do you slurp your drink after it's gone?

Sometimes.

14. Have you ever blown bubbles in your milk?

Sure!

15. Would you rather eat a Big Mac or a Whopper?

Well, since I don't eat beef anymore, neither, but back in the day I was a big McDonald's fan.

16. Have you ever gone skinny-dipping?

I don't think so.

17. When you are at the grocery store, do you ask for paper or plastic?

These days we bring our own canvas bags, but when we don't have those we usually get plastic, which we re-use for garbage cans at home, and recycle the rest.

18. True or False: You would rather eat steak than pizza.

False.

19. Did you have a baby blanket?

Yes, and one time we were in Canada and I left it in a hotel, and we had to have the hotel mail it to us.  They also mailed us a red jacket which didn't belong to me.

20. Have you ever tried to cut your own hair?

I think I've cut my own bangs a few times but I try not to.

21. Have you ever sleepwalked?

I don’t think so.

22. Have you ever had a birthday party at McDonalds?

No.

23. Can you flip your eye-lids up?

No, yuck.

24. Are you double jointed?

No.

25. If you could be any age, what age would you be?

27.

26. Have you ever gotten gum stuck in your hair?

I don't think so, but maybe I've forgotten.

27. Have you ever thrown-up after a roller coaster ride?

No way.. I love roller coasters.  The scarier, the better.

28. What is your dream car?

I don't really have one.  I still like my car a lot, which is a black '96 Nissan 200SX SE-R.  Except I wish it were green.  I'm also partial to the Honda Prelude.

29. What is your favorite cartoon of all time?

Well, I like Bugs Bunny, but if you count the Simpsons I'd go with that.

30. Would you go swimming in shallow waters where, one year earlier, a shark had attacked a child?

Probably, except it would probably be cold, so I wouldn't be in the water because of that.

32. Have you ever eaten a dog biscuit?

I have this vague memory as a child of eating some dog food (one of these patty-type things that needs refrigerating but I might be making that up.

33. If you were in a car sinking in a lake, what would you do first?

Roll down the window!  Roll down the window!  Man, whenever we're watching TV and this is happening to someone, Chris is always yelling at the TV "don't try and open the door!  Roll down the window!"  

34. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?

No.

35. Can you pick something up with your toes?

Yes.

36. How many remote controls do you have in your house?

Well, we used to have about 8 in the living room, but Chris got me a Universal Remote for my birthday and now we just have the one.  Plus one for the TV upstairs.

37. Have you ever fallen asleep in school?

No.

38. How many times have you flown in an airplane in the last year?

In April:  4, during my trip to Minnesota/Florida.  In July, 4, for my trip to Washington.  Then 6 for our honeymoon to the British Virgin Islands, plus 2 on a little plane while we were there.  That's actually less than usual for me.

39. How many foreign countries have you visited?

Romania, Hungary, Holland, Britain, Canada, Mexico.

40. If you were out of shape, would you compete in a triathlon if you were somehow guaranteed to win
a big, gaudy medal?

Well, I was out of shape and I did a triathlon earlier this year, and I didn't get squat!  

41. Would you rather be rich and unhappy, or poor and happy?

Poor and happy.  

42. If you fell into quicksand, would you try to swim or try to float?

Float.

44. Do you ask for directions when you are lost?

Well, I would, except I don't like talking to strangers.  So really I'd raher have whoever I was with ask for directions.

45. Have you ever had a Mexican jumping bean?

No.

46. Are you more like Cinderella or Alice in Wonderland?

Uh, neither, really, but probably more like Alice.

47. Would you rather have an ant farm with no ants or a box of crayons with broken points?

Ants?  Why would anyone choose this?  Crayons can always be resharpened.

48. Do you prefer light or dark bread?

Light.  Not a fan of the rye and the pumpernickel.  Sourdough!

49. Do you prefer scrambled or fried eggs?

I would choose fried, but I'd choose poached or hard boiled over both of those.

50. Have you ever been in a car that ran out of gas?

No.  Not while I'm in the car, buddy.

51. Do you talk in your sleep?

I don’t think so.

52. Would you rather shovel snow or mow the lawn?

Having done neither, I can't say.  No grass or snow in our yard.

53. Would you rather be bitten by a poisonous snake or constricted by a python?

I'd rather be bitten than constricted.

54. Have you ever played in the rain?

Yep.

55. Which do you think is more dangerous: an angry bear or a hungry white shark?

Uhhh?  Both? At least with the shark you can get in a boat or out of the water.

56. Would you climb a very high tree to save a kitten?

Depends how high.  Maybe.

57. Can you tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator?

Sure.. if I'm in North America, it's an alligator.  

58. Do you drink pepsi or coke?

I guess I like Coke marginally better, but I don't really care.

59. What's your favorite number?

5.

60. If you were a car, would you be an SUV or a sports car?

A sports car?  I don't know.

61. Have you ever accidentally taken something from a hotel?

No, though I have certainly taken shampoo samples on purpose.

62. Would you blow your nose at the dinner table?

If it's just me and Chris eating dinner in front of the TV, sure.

63. Have you ever slipped in the bathtub?

No.

64. Do you use regular or deodorant soap?

Regular.. Ivory.

65. Have you ever locked yourself out of the house?

I don't think so.

66. Would you rather make your living as a singing cowboy or as one of the Simpsons voices?

Simpsons voice.

67. If you could invite any movie star to your home for dinner, who would it be?

Does Bill Nye the Science Guy count?  If not, Harrison Ford, so I could beat him over the head and say "Whyyy? Calista Flockhart?  Whyyy?".

68. Have you ever gotten a truck driver to honk his horn?

Yes.

69. Which would you rather live with: a huge nose or crossed eyes?

The nose, I guess.

70. Would you hang out with someone your best friend didn't like?

Sure, but hopefully not all together.

71. Would you hang out with someone your best friend liked, but you didn't like?

For things that mattered to my best friend, yes, but I would try not to make a habit of it.

72. Have you ever returned a gift?

Only duplicates.

73. Would you give someone else a gift that had been given to you?

Hmmm.. probably not as a nicely wrapped present.  But if it was something I didn't want and I knew they did, sure.

74. If you could attend an Olympic Event, what would it be?

Luge!

75. How many pairs of shoes do you own?

A lot.. probably at least 20.

76. If your grandmother gave you a gift that you already have, would you tell her?

No.

77. Do you sing in the car?

Oh yes.

78. Would you rather jump into a dumpster or into a vat of honey?

Errr, honey, I suppose.

79. What is your favorite breed of dog?

I don't have one.

80. Would you donate money to feed starving animals in the winter?

Sure.

81. If you were a bicycle, would you be a stingray or a mountain bike?

I don't know what a stingray is.

82. What is your least favorite fruit?

Probably kiwi.

83. What kind of fruit have you never had?

I don't know.

84. If you won a $5,000 shopping spree to any store, which store would you pick?

I have no idea.  Best Buy maybe.  Or Ann Taylor.  

85. What brand sports apparel do you wear the most?

What does that even mean?.

86. Are/were you a good student?

Yep.

87. Among your friends, who could you arm wrestle and beat?

Uhhh?

88. If you had to choose, what branch of the military would you be in?

Yuck.  The Air Force perhaps.

89. Would you ever parachute out of a plane?

Only after my mom isn't around, because if I died or got paralyzed or something she'd be pretty upset.

90. What do you think is your best feature?

I don't know.  My smile?  How dorky.

91. If you were to win a grammy, what kind of music would it be for?

Errr.. I don't know, a funny song in a kid's cartoon.

92. What is your favorite season?

I don't really have one...I like them all, but then again, they're pretty mild around here.  I didn't like living in a place that was so cold for so long during the winter, though the fall was beautiful.  For about a week.

93. How many members do you have in your immediate family?

Me, my sister, my mom and my dad.

94. Which of the five senses is most important to you?

Sight.

95. Would you be a more successful painter or singer?

Neither!  But since I can't even draw, perhaps I'd have to go with the singing.  Shudder.

97. How many years will/did you end up going to college?

I went for four years.  Going for longer wasn't really an option.

98. Have you ever had surgery?

Wisdom teeth and some other oral surgery.

99. Would you rather be a professional figure skater or professional football player?

Figure skater, I guess, though I can't skate.  If it were flag football I'd do that..

100. What do you like to collect?

Well, I have lots of dinosaur stuff.  I also like having lots of books, though I wouldn't call it a collection.  In college I used to collect these plastic swords they put in the sandwiches, but I got rid of those.  When I was kid I collected lots of stuff.. bones, Star Wars figures, matchbox cars...