I saw the steely dan thing.. but what makes you refer to yourself as a pedestrian? I just loved the line becasue you know what it means in the context of the song - Donald Fagen and Walter BEcker can create an image so well with just 2 words!
Why planning? I watched my Mom fight the sale of an elementary school - she was trying to convince them that the lower enrollemtn was temporary that as she and others aged and died, new families would come in - she wanted them to lease it and guess what, fast forward 20 years and they had to build a new school, buy land, the whole bit as they had sold the school - so that and I was not doing well as a science major drew me in...
How many stories was your childhood home? it was a ranch with the stereotypical remodeled basement (walkout)
What gets you out of bed every morning? knowing I need to get to work on time
Are you a morning person or a night owl? I was always a morning person but when I moved and now live alone, I stay up to 11 or 12 and have a hard time waking up - yuck
What are your thoughts on genetic screening of embryos? It freaks me out
Most expensive traffic violation? $285 - speeding ticket in Maine about 8 years ago - my second one ever in my life - it sucked
Have you ever dyed your hair a crazy colour? yes I tried one of those deeper red shades and it was gross - I donned a hat and went to the drugstore to get a color removal kit - I do get highlights and now a little more to cover the grey - when I was in college, my Mom dyed my hair blonde, like yellow blonde in response to a dare and I kept it until I moved to Boston - my hair is normally a mousy dark brown, now with grey
What do you think of Canada? I love it - we used to go to Montreal a couple times of year when the dollar was stronger - I would live there in a minute! I really want to take a vacation and see more! I like to watch CBC for my world news, much better - CNN irritates me
Can you dive? just off a diving board (and a high one to boot) - was on a team when I was a kid - but no, not the diving you speak - I have horrible plumbing in my sinuses and such so I am scared to do it
What's the longest flight you've been on? nonstop NY to Tokyo in 2001 - I had only been on the over-the-pond run to London or to the one to LA which are both 6 hours so I remember getting to the 6 hour point on that flight and saying to my husband, okay I'm done, I want to get off now and he laughed and handed me a Tylenol PM and said You aren't even halfway there!
Have you ever won anything? a gym bag
Do you let life unfold as it may, or try to control the direction it takes? It depends - currently it's spinning out of control but someitmes I think it's always like that
What do you think of RJ? RJ is an awesome person - if you are lucky enough for him to consider you a friend, then you truly are very lucky
Do you have a favourite shirt? If so, what does it look like? I love to wear Title 9 wispy shirts becasue for a few minutes, I think I'm cool
Do you own a bicycle? If so, how often do you use it? I have a Trek and am training for a 25 miler in September
Have you ever been on a motorcycle? no
What about a Jetski/Seadoo? yes in college for the jetski - we had snowmobiles in the neighborhood that I used to ride in, fun - one landed on me but there was so much snow on the ground, I got somehow cushioned
Do you prefer to swim in lakes, pools or oceans? I love them all - I am a water person - lifeguarded as a kid
Do you regret anything this week? yes, I regret not getting more done yesterday but i was beat
Worst job you've ever had? I've been lucky, really - my jobs in college and high school were good - lifeguard, caddy, selling shoes to unsuspecting men and wealthy ladies - after college it was all good too, though my last gig wasn't great but yeah...
Do you have any pets? Have you had pets in the past? no pets ever and I think I am the only one on the planet to say that
Have you ever found money? How much? I found a 20 once
What is your favourite meal to eat? lobster, for real
I am also tone deaf!
Do you like to sing despite the tone deafness? yes, to the dismay of my children
You knew it was serious after "dating a few times"?! Really?! yes! He knew when he met me but I took a little longer
see above
Have you ever flown to San Diego or LA? How long of a flight would that be? I mean, that's literally across the entire continental US.
Boston to LA or SFO is about 6 hours - taken both a couple of times
how many times were you dropped as a baby?
not sure
when is the last time you randomly hugged someone in real time?
I do it to my kids and hubby all the time, whether they like it or not
what is your story from the counter for today?
yesterday the guy that works at the counter said someone came to see me for my 10 AM meeting so I missed it as I was out - the guy had the wrong date but this guy basically said I blew off a meeitng in front of 3 sets of customers - love it
if you were stuck for forever on a desert island and could bring a book and one cd, what would you bring?
likely the Bible, not necessarily for religious reasons but more because there are endless stories and things to think about - one CD? AJa, Steely Dan
why are you so awesome?
we are all awesome
have you ever dropped your kids ?
My eldest could fall over standing still becasue she had ear issues so we didn't need to drop her - my second just wanted to be held all the time in a death grip so no opportunity and my third threw himself off beds and such on purpose literally since he was a few weeks old
do you listen to Pandora - what stations have you created
I have Steely Dan, brasil 66 station, bossa nova, fleetwood mac, the delfonics, REM, cure, Marlena Shaw, natalie merchant, mark knopfler, steely dan, bittersweet, little talks, Zero 7, ARS, Luna and Dave Brubeck - then I hit shuffle...
if you do not listen to Pandora, are you a radio person, i-whatever, or maybe a cd/cassette/8 track kind of guy? radio
tell us the typical evening routine at your house after a day at work for you
if I don't have a meeting, I take a walk, then do a chore, maybe eat a little something, hang on the porch with a drink, a cigar sometimes...often a call with a friend or hubby
what should I have for diner tonight before my 7 PM meeting with the school board on a building brownfield remediation grant?
pizza
if your wife says "do I look fat in this", what is your response on a any given day?
"you look great" is always a good answer
what is the biggest misconception folks back east think of life in Utah?
don't know
when you are not eating bacon, what else would you consider a favorite food?
watermelon
and the Cyburbian round:
•your favorite post of the day
there are so many - I choose them becasue they make me literally laugh out loud at my desk
•your favorite sock puppet
I liked the Macy's dude
•your favorite poll
not sure
•your favorite man card revocation
the one
•favorite emoticon
:screw::balloon:
becasue they can mean so many things
Hall & Oates or England Dan & John Ford Coley?
hall and Oates - great rhythm section
caramel or hot fudge sauce?
if it's well made, hot fudge otherwise caramel out of a jar works great
have you used the word "font" in a sentence today?
yesterday
describe your regional accent to us
it's a funny mix of a flat a swallowed word from Syracuse, with a Boston hit on the end - people think I am from Philly, not sure why - if I am nervous, my Syracuse accent comes out
what hair products do you use?
I have this Egyptian oil I put on my hair when I have my act together getting ready - my hair can be dry and frizzy
If we're recycling LP Q's I'd like to ask: Would you be offended if I asked you about mounting a Mountie?
never met a Mountie I wouldn't Mount if I was single :a:
LP, have you ever experienced vertigo?
Yes - I went to Aspen/Denver for a conference and while I was there, I was surprisingly fine, considering I live at sea level - it was when I got back, the world would randomly tip to the side and I would grab hold of something so I wouldn't fall - - it was hilarious at a meeting, grabbing the desk at random - lasted 2 weeks, went to massage therapy to get rid of it
Sergent Preston or Dudley Do-Right?
neither - it's the moustache that gets me - uh uh, no way :-x
Favorite brand of gin and preferred method of drinking it?
How do you cope with working on one side of the state while living on the other?
in a twist martini (I don't like olives) - Plymouth
in a gimlet - Hendrick's
gin and tonic - beefeater but I often get cheaper brands for this
Brazilian sangria or other ginny hyper mixed drinks - Gordon's - don't waste the good stuff with a mix
someweeks I am just fine, other weeks, I am sad, other weeks I am resentful - this week I am just tired and a little sad - you do what you have to - but yes, I need to make a change in the next month to figure out my life and my kids
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Kindly list the best part(s) of working "away"
and the worst one(s)
it's nice to not have to worry about picking up the kids after work and dinner and such but it's hard waking up alone and leaving work to be alone - some days I feel freed, other days, pathetic
