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All these interesting quizzes I've been missing....I'm such a sucker for these. This one is courtesy of Banshee.
What is your mental age?
On a good day, I feel as young as I am. On a bad day, I feel as old as I am.
Truck or no truck? [Note: this Canadian (tuck or no tuck?--I haven't a clue what that means) question has been Texanized for my protection. ; )]
Truck...definitely.
What is your favorite disco anthem?
Knock on Wood
In your opinion, who is the most overrated celebrity today?
M:Tom Cruise. He looks like a lizard.
F:Calista Flockhart. She's just too damn boney. Period.
What dance step have you perfected?
The momwithtwokidsgottaworkgottacleangottagottagotta shuffle.
If you were a film director, who would you be?
Almodovar with a bit of Peckinpah thrown in for good measure.
What was your least favorite college subject?
German.
Elizabeth I or Elizabeth II?
Actually, I'll take Eliza Doolittle.
If you weren't Canadian, which nationality would you pick?
Hmmm...well, I'm not Canadian. But if I weren't Texan, I'd probably make a good Mexican.
What song are you listening to right now?
The birdsong outside my window. I have a nest of redbirds.
Beatles, Rolling Stones, or The Who?
The Who
What is the last poem you read, and when?
"Car Ferry to Paradise" by Charles Levenstein....about 2 hours ago.
Any shows you'd like to see re-run on TV, but which probably don't have a hope in hell?
"American Gothic," "Cupid," and an old series called "The Sixth Sense"
What colour is your hair now, and which colours has it been in the past?
My hair is auburn now. It's been just about every color you can think of (sometimes several at one time) in the past.
Guilty pleasure pop song?
Anything by the Bay City Rollers
Do you have a favorite word?
I have many...my faves include: hubris, naco (it's a Spanish slang term, full of meaning), pell-mell, matriarch.
Are you good with houseplants?
Most of the time, but the ones in my office are pretty sad looking lately.
What's the best thing about your job?
I get to argue for a living.
Favorite hockey player?
I live too far south to provide an answer to this.
Who is the first person you ever had a crush on?
My first serious crush was on a boy named Mark when I was in seventh grade.
Which was the best year of your life?
All of them so far.
If you could own one piece of art, what would it be?
Anything by Diego Rivera.
What proverb or aphorism do you use most?
Everything comes full circle.
Broom or vacuum cleaner?
Both. I have three cats and two kids.
Do your ex's hate your guts?
Nah...they're still too busy wondering what the hell happened.
A song that you loathe to such a degree that if you never heard it again, it would be 20,000,000 years too soon:
Anything by Michael Bolton.
What's the next film you'll be seeing?
Whatever the next kids' movie is...ah, motherhood.
Who's your favorite revolutionary?
Maude
What's the dumbest female name you can think of?
Tiffany, Courtney, and names of that ilk.
Are you sick of hearing about/from Tori Amos?
Is she still around?
Where are you going on your next vacation?
Probably New York...or Vegas....or my bedroom.
What is your most common facial expression?
Smiling...or rolling my eyes.
Which book(s) are you embarrassed to admit you've never read?
"War and Peace" and "The Second Sex"
Who's the most famous person you've ever gotten drunk with?
I never was a big drinker.
Are you good at cards?
Only greeting cards.
What is your mental age?
On a good day, I feel as young as I am. On a bad day, I feel as old as I am.
Truck or no truck? [Note: this Canadian (tuck or no tuck?--I haven't a clue what that means) question has been Texanized for my protection. ; )]
Truck...definitely.
What is your favorite disco anthem?
Knock on Wood
In your opinion, who is the most overrated celebrity today?
M:Tom Cruise. He looks like a lizard.
F:Calista Flockhart. She's just too damn boney. Period.
What dance step have you perfected?
The momwithtwokidsgottaworkgottacleangottagottagotta shuffle.
If you were a film director, who would you be?
Almodovar with a bit of Peckinpah thrown in for good measure.
What was your least favorite college subject?
German.
Elizabeth I or Elizabeth II?
Actually, I'll take Eliza Doolittle.
If you weren't Canadian, which nationality would you pick?
Hmmm...well, I'm not Canadian. But if I weren't Texan, I'd probably make a good Mexican.
What song are you listening to right now?
The birdsong outside my window. I have a nest of redbirds.
Beatles, Rolling Stones, or The Who?
The Who
What is the last poem you read, and when?
"Car Ferry to Paradise" by Charles Levenstein....about 2 hours ago.
Any shows you'd like to see re-run on TV, but which probably don't have a hope in hell?
"American Gothic," "Cupid," and an old series called "The Sixth Sense"
What colour is your hair now, and which colours has it been in the past?
My hair is auburn now. It's been just about every color you can think of (sometimes several at one time) in the past.
Guilty pleasure pop song?
Anything by the Bay City Rollers
Do you have a favorite word?
I have many...my faves include: hubris, naco (it's a Spanish slang term, full of meaning), pell-mell, matriarch.
Are you good with houseplants?
Most of the time, but the ones in my office are pretty sad looking lately.
What's the best thing about your job?
I get to argue for a living.
Favorite hockey player?
I live too far south to provide an answer to this.
Who is the first person you ever had a crush on?
My first serious crush was on a boy named Mark when I was in seventh grade.
Which was the best year of your life?
All of them so far.
If you could own one piece of art, what would it be?
Anything by Diego Rivera.
What proverb or aphorism do you use most?
Everything comes full circle.
Broom or vacuum cleaner?
Both. I have three cats and two kids.
Do your ex's hate your guts?
Nah...they're still too busy wondering what the hell happened.
A song that you loathe to such a degree that if you never heard it again, it would be 20,000,000 years too soon:
Anything by Michael Bolton.
What's the next film you'll be seeing?
Whatever the next kids' movie is...ah, motherhood.
Who's your favorite revolutionary?
Maude
What's the dumbest female name you can think of?
Tiffany, Courtney, and names of that ilk.
Are you sick of hearing about/from Tori Amos?
Is she still around?
Where are you going on your next vacation?
Probably New York...or Vegas....or my bedroom.
What is your most common facial expression?
Smiling...or rolling my eyes.
Which book(s) are you embarrassed to admit you've never read?
"War and Peace" and "The Second Sex"
Who's the most famous person you've ever gotten drunk with?
I never was a big drinker.
Are you good at cards?
Only greeting cards.
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"tuck" referred to whether or not you like to sleep with the sheets tucked under/around the mattress, or completely loose over the top of the bed. hehehe...
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hehehehe I'm a truck gal too!
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I couldn't agree more on Michael Bolton.
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shang-a-lang!
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42.
Tuck or no tuck? Awww, I like Friar Tuck just fine.
What is your favorite disco anthem?
Whichever one isn't playing right now.
In your opinion, who is the most overrated celebrity today?
All of them.
What dance step have you perfected?
Please, it was difficult enough to learn how to waltz gracefully.
If you were a film director, who would you be?
The one I wanted to be when I was a nineteen-year-old film major: a more productive Orson Welles.
What was your least favorite college subject?
Any foreign language, alas.
Elizabeth I or Elizabeth II?
What kind of freakish question is this?
If you weren't Canadian, which nationality would you pick?
A citizen of the world.
What song are you listening to right now?
The hum of the air conditioner.
Beatles, Rolling Stones, or The Who?
The Beatles, but I retain a great fondness for The Who.
What is the last poem you read, and when?
Something by James Fenton in "The New Yorker" the other day that was clever but not clever enough.
Any shows you'd like to see re-run on TV, but which probably don't have a hope in hell?
Does anyone remember that adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness" that ran on PBS in the late 70s? Or is it just me?
What colour is your hair now, and which colours has it been in the past?
Ha. Hair. How droll.
Guilty pleasure pop song?
Does the Police's "Synchronicity" album count?
Do you have a favorite word?
Murmur, refulgent, echopraxia.
Are you good with houseplants?
Only the hard-to-kill kind.
What's the best thing about your job?
That I can compulsively check LJ all day long.
Favorite hockey player?
The twins from "Slap Shot."
Who is the first person you ever had a crush on?
A girl named Crystal in the seventh grade.
Which was the best year of your life?
Hmmm. I once had an answer to this question.
If you could own one piece of art, what would it be?
Anything by Duchamp.
What proverb or aphorism do you use most?
Accept paradox.
Broom or vacuum cleaner?
Vacuum cleaner, sadly. Somewhere, someway there is a hardwood floor with my name on it.
Do your ex's hate your guts?
Only one. I'm very good friends with most of my ex's. I've never understood people who have amicable breakups and then pretend that other person never existed or was important to their lives. "All we have is memory on this train rushing to death."
A song that you loathe to such a degree that if you never heard it again, it would be 20,000,000 years too soon:
There's three of those:
1)MacArthur Park, by Anyone
2)Muskrat Love, by the Captain and Teneille
3)Push the Little Daisies and Make Them Come Up, by Ween
What's the next film you'll be seeing?
It should be "The Tailor of Panama" but I suspect it will be "Shrek."
Who's your favorite revolutionary?
Tom Paine
What's the dumbest female name you can think of?
Can we all make a pledge to stop naming children Jennifer? Just for a thousand years or so?
Are you sick of hearing about/from Tori Amos?
Tsk, that is soooooo '94.
Where are you going on your next vacation?
Anywhere but here.
What is your most common facial expression?
Bemused.
Which book(s) are you embarrassed to admit you've never read?
I've never read any of the Harry Potter books, and I don't think I'll ever get around to them.
Who's the most famous person you've ever gotten drunk with?
Do obscure poets count?
Are you good at cards?
Well, I know the three key phrases: "Who dealt this mess?" "Too rich for my blood." "Read 'em and weep."
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