Personal Survey

Personal Survey

A friend of mine just e-mailed me one of those personal questionnaires, where you answer questions about yourself and then send it back to the sender as well to anyone else you want. But instead of sending it to people, I figured, hey, why not put this blog to good use. Forthwith (and herein, and thereby) are my answers to the questions. These aren’t the most exciting questions, but hey.

And I don’t know what happened to question #22.

1. LIVING ARRANGEMENT?

Live alone in a large, aesthetically unpleasing, noisy apartment in Jersey City, NJ.

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW?

In the middle of Godel, Escher, Bach (haven’t touched it in a week and a half or so).

3. WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?

At work: the Dell logo.
At home: no mouse pad (I have a laptop).

4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?

Talisman.

5. FAVORITE MAGAZINE?

The New Yorker.

6. FAVORITE SMELLS?

My mom’s cooking.

7. LEAST FAVORITE SMELL?

Most bodily excrescences.

8. FAVORITE SOUND?

Classical music of almost any kind.

9. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

Anxiety.

10. FAVORITE COLOR?

Purple.

11. RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?

Three.

12. FUTURE CHILD’S NAME?

No clue yet.

13. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE?

Achieving contentment.

14. FAVORITE FOODS?

Chili; french fries.

15. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?

Ice cream: chocolate.
Men: vanilla.

16. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?

Relatively.

17. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?

Sometimes. I have a stuffed Uncle Scrooge that I got at Disney World a long time ago.

18. STORMS – COOL OR SCARY?

Cool.

19. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?

A used red 1988 Honda Accord hatchback.

20. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE?

Right now, I’d say Leonard Bernstein.

21. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?

Bourbon and Coke.

23. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?

Yes.

24. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Writer.

25. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR?

No.

26. EVER BEEN IN LOVE?

Not yet.

27. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?

I can’t decide if it’s a glass.

28. FAVORITE MOVIES

Back to the Future I and II
Dead Poets’ Society

29. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?

No.

30. WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?

Dust bunnies and a completed jigsaw puzzle of the School of Athens that I didn’t want to take apart.

31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?

Eight.

32. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH?

Porn.

33. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU.

Always looking out for my best interests; caring; generous.

Blog You!

“Oh my God, they’ve found me… I don’t know how, but they’ve found me. Run for it, Marty!”

— Doc Emmett Brown, Back to the Future (one of my all-time favorite movies)

Well, I don’t know how, but they’ve found me — Blog You! Blog You! Blog You! A Consumer’s Guide to Weblogs. Apparently, this review of various weblogs just opened up shop last Wednesday. Reviewers Tom and Ed seem to have covered quite a bundle of blogs in just the first five days, including, for some reason, mine. In fact, I only learned of them because I received an e-mail telling me I’d been reviewed. I’ve poked around their site, and I think their reviews are intelligently written and insightful — take a look.

I have to say, it’s kinda cool to read what other people have written about me.

And, oh — they rate blogs not with stars, but with Sutherlands.

As in Donald Sutherland.

No, I’m serious.