I ran away with this from Kimber's blog, who shamelessly ripped it from Me's blog.
10 Favorites
Favorite Season: Spring...no, Summer! Waaaahhhhhhh! (that's for the Python fans)
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Time: 7:30pm
Favorite Food: Boiled baby red skin potatoes, kissed with butter, salt and pepper
Favorite Drink: Wine
Favorite Ice Cream: But I don't LIKE ice cream!
Favorite Place: Broad arms of a heavy leafed maple tree, hard to find, but so divine.
Favorite Sport: Pool. Does that count as a sport?
Favorite Actor: Does this mean, 'who will I pay money to see in a movie?' That's so hard to say. John Malkovich springs to mind, but so does Kevin Spacey. And Harrison Ford. OH! Let's not forget about Hugh Jackman. (yeah, that's so shallow.)
Favorite Actress: Again...money is involved here. Uma? uh huh. Kate Winslet? And of course, Dame Judy Dench.
9 Currents
Current Feeling: Excited about the weekend
Current Drink: Champagne. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin.
Time: 8:57 pm
Current Show on TV: TV? What's that?
Mobile used: Eh?
Windows Open: Que?
Current Underwear: ~Ahem~ I don't need to answer that, do I???
Current Clothes: Gray sweat pants, camouflage t-shirt with the logo 'Honey'on the arm.
Current Thought: "I'm so NOT looking forward to the 2 hour ferry ride to Vancouver Island."
8 Firsts
First Nickname: Tai
First Kiss: Uh...Grade 1. Joe.
First Crush: Same Joe as above.
First Best Friend: Rachel and Rene W. Kindergarten/Grade 1.
First Vehicle I Drove: 1979 Ford Pinto.
First Date: Lordy lordy...uh...grade 1. The infamous 'Joe' had a birthday party when he turned 7.
First Pet: A crow rescued from certain death. Name? Crow. Yes,yes, very inspired.
7 Lasts
Last Drink: Champagne.
Last Kiss: Oh so long ago.
Last Meal: A 'caprese' sandwich from Burgoo...a lovely filoni, stuffed with teeny tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic pasted and gently melted boccincini concoction of YUMM.
Last Web Site Visited: Kimber's...of course!
Last Movie Watched: "Ronin"
Last Phone Call: A good girl never phones and tells.
Last TV show Watched: "House".
6 Have You Ever...
Have You Ever Broken the Law: It's interesting to me that this question doesn't ask 'How many TIMES have you broken the law'; but I guess I'm glad it doesn't actually ask that.
Have You Ever Been Drunk: Same as above! And by the way, is this a serious query??
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: ~ahem~ Who are you again???
Have You Ever Been in the Middle/Close to Gunfire: Well, OBVIOUSLY!
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: Uh, NO!! That's right, I've NEVER SKINNY DIPPED. Yes, it's as amazing to me as it is to you. Weird. I think I might have to fix that.
Have You Ever Broken Anyone's Heart: Generally my own, but that's a whole other story.
5 Things
Things You Can Hear Right Now: My computer whirring, and BeBe purring.
Things You Can See Right Now: Books, pictures of friends and family, and a giant killer rabbit puppet in a spam tin.
Things On Your Bed: My P.J.'s!
Things You Ate Today: A 'Quaker Instant Oatmeal' (apple and spice if you must know!), a Subway deli tuna sandwich, and 'see question called Last Meal' for answer. (hint, it includes tomatoes, basil and boccincini)
Things You Do When You Are Bored: A teacher once told me, "Only boring people are bored." And by jove, I live to that inspiration every day. EVERYTHING is interesting!!
4 Places You Have Been Today:
'Tim Horton's' for breakfast.
'Work' for torture.
'Subway' for lunch.
'Burgoo' for dinner!
3 Things On Your Desk Right Now:
A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (I think it's Michelangelo!)
A Killer Rabbit in a Spam Tin
A lovely glass of Champagne
2 Choices
Salt or Pepper: Pepper
Hot or Cold: Hot.
1 Place You Want To Visit:
Myself in 40 years.
What...!? You've never skinny dipped? You haven't lived...! Best place to skinny dip - Little Qualicum River on a hot summer night.
ReplyDelete(1) Hey, that was my t-shirt! It's super comfy!
ReplyDelete(2) Whadaya mean, you've never been skinny dipping? You went skinny dipping with me, in the Courtenay River, ages ago! (at least, I was naked... weren't you?)
uh-huh... eeeenteresting....
ReplyDeleteTim Hortons' I know that place now. When in Toronto we got the scoop on that place.
ReplyDeleteI think Michelangelo is the orange one....Could be wrong. :)
ReplyDeleteFun answers.
You don't like ice-cream! Wow!
ReplyDeleteThis was fun to read..Thanx for sharing.
Hi Tai
ReplyDeleteOh! Where to begin?!?
Lets See, Can you tell Tai is single?
4 Places You Have Been Today:
'Tim Horton's' for breakfast.
'Work' for torture.
'Subway' for lunch.
'Burgoo' for dinner!
3 of your 4 places were 'eating out'...:)
Tia I have a pool in my backyard...;)
I'll steal this but it will have to be for a later post...
Do you like Gelato? Spomoni? Any other Italian frozen deserts? Or is it just the coldness that bothers you? Sorbet? Sherbert? Malt? There are alternatives to icecream, that fall under the general catagory.....
ReplyDeleteTai, how do you find the time to write such a fantastic post as this? Great job.
ReplyDeleteI like fun memes like this. I read Kimber's too.
ReplyDeleteI've seen this one going around. These things are always interesting, but I never want to do them. I wonder why.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know it was possible not to like ice cream. Can I eat your's then? Pleease...
ReplyDeleteDoes that make you the elementry school flirt?
:D
10 Favorites
ReplyDeleteFavorite Season: Spring and summer
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Time: 10 pm
Favorite Food: Prime rib, roasted potatoes, Yorkshire pudding.
Favorite Drink: Coffee, very strong coffee.
Favorite Ice Cream: Vanilla, strawberry, orange (even though you can never find orange more than once a decade.
Favorite Place: Tunnels Beach on the Island of Kauai.
Favorite Sport: Pool also. Of course it's a sport.
Favorite Actor: Jack Nicholson, Nick Nolte, Bogart, Philip Seymour Hoffman and, yes, John Malkovich, and John Cusack.
Favorite Actress: Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, Scarlet Johanssen (I knnow men are pigs and she's just a kid, but she was great in 'Lost in Translation' Oh, and add Bill Murray to favorite actors.
9 Currents
Current Feeling: Pissed off about the rain, but know the garden needs it.
Current Drink: Coffee
Time: 9:10 am
Current Show on TV: Nada
Mobile used: Telus Mobility
Windows Open: Nope
Current Underwear: ~Jockey-type briefs (always)
Current Clothes: Rust colored T, Levis, bare feet
Current Thought: Whether I'll get around to changing Internet servers today.
8 Firsts
First Nickname: N/A
First Kiss: Don't remember.
First Crush: Donna in grade 2.
First Best Friend: Eleanor and Rollie in Kindergarten
First Vehicle I Drove: A Ford farm tractor when I was 14
First Date: Some girl named Diane something in grade 10. First and last date.
First Pet: A cat that got run over on the highway.
Name? Blackie.
7 Lasts
Last Drink: coffee.
Last Kiss: this morning with Wendy.
Last Meal: A boiled egg and a slice of homemade bread toast, with homemade strawberry jam.
Last Web Site Visited: Why Tai's and (unflinchingly) my own.
Last Movie Watched: "Capote"
Last Phone Call: An inerview subject.
Last TV show Watched: "CSI".
6 Have You Ever...
Have You Ever Broken the Law: Yep
Have You Ever Been Drunk: Yep
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Yep
Have You Ever Been in the Middle/Close to Gunfire: Yep
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: Yep. My ex and I had a pool.
Have You Ever Broken Anyone's Heart: I sure as hell hope so, since some people have broken mine a few times.
5 Things
Things You Can Hear Right Now: My computer whirring
Things You Can See Right Now: A hell of a lot of paperwork I should either see to or throw out, a photo of Wendy, an Ed and Don's Macadamia Nut Brittle can in which my paint brushes sit.
Things On Your Bed: Pillows, duvet, etc.
Things You Ate Today: Since it's morning, just brekkie, which I have already mentioned.
Things You Do When You Are Bored: I am rarely if ever bored. But, I keep myself amused by reading, writing, painting, or even making love if the phase of the moon is right.
4 Places You Have Been Today:
Bed,
living room
kitchen
bathroom.
3 Things On Your Desk Right Now:
a laptop
a desktop
a figure of Archie Andrews
a printer
2 Choices
Salt or Pepper: Salt
Hot or Cold: Hot.
1 Place You Want To Visit:
Back to Kauai again and again and again, and then maybe back to Rarotonga.
Was that an African or European summer?
ReplyDeleteYou have a Ninja Turtle on your desk?
ReplyDeleteVery cool.
I thought I was the only person on the planet that wasn't too fond of ice cream. It's all right but I could easily live without it.
ReplyDeletePoor salt. That's really tough to be left out like that.
ReplyDeleteuh-huh...now I know it is all lies:
ReplyDeleteLast Phone Call: A good girl never phones and tells.
"Good Girl"....since when?
First Pet: A crow rescued from certain death. Name? Crow. Yes,yes, very inspired.
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous. Was it a baby? Very good name. What happened to Crow?
Very cool. Two questions:
ReplyDeleteHow can you not like ice cream?
And, what's up with the killer rabbit in a spam can?
what a great list. Sad to say, it reminds me i'm a pretty boring guy. wait, no- i like being boring. it keeps me from having to explain my current underwear and the first Have You Ever...
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