Survey: 50 Odd

I started this survey thinking I could use some fun. I used it to vent more than anything. I wrote so much that I decided to post it as a blog instead of a MySpace bulletin.

1.) Do you like blue cheese?
I’ve never tried it that I know of.

2.) Have you ever smoked crack?
Twice, I think.

3.) Do you own a gun?
No, and I won’t. (Do you even know me if you’re asking this?!?)

4.) What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic?
The closest Sonic is an hour and a half away.

5.) Do you get nervous before doctors appointments?
I get nervous before dental appointments.

6.) What do you think of hot dogs?
I thought they were disgusting before I became a vegetarian.

7.) Favorite Christmas song?
I like the God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and the instrumental version Carol of the Bells.

8.) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Coffi. (That’s Welsh, if you can’t figure it out, Lady help you!)

9.) Can you do pushups?
Can’t you hear me laughing?

10.) Can you do a chin up?
You’re too funny!

11.) What's your favorite piece of jewelry?
I adore my wedding ring. Aside from that, I have a nice pentacle necklace that I love.

12.) Favorite hobby?
I enjoy crocheting and studying Welsh the most.

13.) Ever been in a car wreck?
Her insurance is still trying to get her to call back. As of today (Sunday, since it’s 12:24 a.m.), thirty days since we filed the claim, it is her last day to respond to her insurance company, or we or OUR insurance company are legally allowed to go after her ourselves. The funny part? When Robert was on the phone with her insurance company the last time, they let it slip that she has another claim against her since she hit us!

Yes, I’ve been in a few accidents.

Once I was in the car with Momma and Wayne. The person behind us rear-ended us at all of five miles an hour. It stuck with me because I was in the passenger seat, saw her not stopping, and couldn’t get anything to come out when I opened it to tell Momma what was happening.

Then there was the time I was with Andrew. To avoid getting clobbered by a huge SUV that didn’t know what a “lane” was, he reversed his car right onto the hood of a car (that hadn’t previously been) behind us.

Then there was the time a woman rear-ended me when I was stopped at a red light on an interstate off-ramp while I was on the way back to the store after delivering a pizza. She hit me so hard that my car hit the car in front of me, rebounded back to hit hers, and then hit the car in front of me a second time. Try delivering pizza in a neck brace!

Once I turned right out of a Wal-Mart parking lot and someone hit the front driver’s side of my car. I was on the cell phone (which was a stupid thing to do – I won’t even talk on the phone with someone else that’s driving now, handless set or not), and he had his blinker on to turn in to Wal-Mart. I was listed at fault, which I partially agree with. (See above.)

Then, a month ago Thursday, Robert was turning left into a shopping center and the lady decided to turn into us while we were turning. That’s the one I was ranting about above.

Two other things have happened, but they weren’t multi-car accidents.

I worked as a server on Mothers’ Day at Ryan’s (Steakhouse) in 2003. They made me come in early, and I didn’t get to leave until three or four in the morning. I don’t remember being allowed to take a break. I believe I worked about twenty hours that day. I was half of the people left at the end of the day (read: a manager and me). I was so tired that I drove my car forward over a parking bump and ran my front passenger door across the base of a street lamp (one of the ones with a yellow base). Then I put it in reverse and did it again, instead of just turning away sharply. Lord I was tired.

The other time was when Robert and I were driving in the mountains near here. A drunk guy (came to help us later, admitted to being drunk, left before the cops came) was tailgating me and wouldn’t let me slow down. There was a really big turn coming up, so I did the best I could do; I hit the breaks, went between two “sharp curve” signs, and drove down the side of the damn mountain. We had to be pulled out of the mud, but there was barely a scratch on the car. Thank goodness my Daddy taught me emergency driving!

14.) Do you like thunderstorms?
I love them.

15.) What's one trait that you hate about yourself?
I know I’m responsible, but it never feels like it’s good enough. Take your pick out of the (at least) two things that can point to.

16.) Middle name?
Lynn

17.) Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
- School starts in seventeen days.
- Should I get a job, start volunteering at the shelter, both, or neither?
- Robert’s going away for training in just over a week. It will be the first time we’ve been apart since we were married in 2004, and it will be the first time I’ve ever spent the night alone at home. Plus, it will be five or six nights.

18.) Name 3 things you bought today?
I didn’t even buy more time to get a project completed. We did, however, go to Michael’s to survey what’s left of the Autumn decorations. I have personal money coming to me.

19.) Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?
coffee, water, tea

20.) Current worry?
My first class is in seventeen days. Robert’s going to Boston for about a week for training for his new position within his company. Robert will have to commute anywhere from one to three hours one way for his new position with in his company. I don’t want to have to take Ms. DeJesus (car wreck) to court ourselves. I’m worried about how Fate will do with me being in school, since he gets pretty bad separation anxiety. I can’t call anyone to vent, since I’m allowed about three minutes of talking before I get, “You think THAT’S bad! Let me tell you about...” I’m in the process of dumping a used-to-be best friend that was my only bridesmaid at my wedding, and now she won’t quit calling the house, forcing me to turn off all but one ringer. My Grandmother is 95, and that automatically comes with worry. I have another nephew on the way, and the first pregnancy didn’t go well at all. I’m worried that the blanket I’m crocheting for the master bed will be too heavy. I’m worried/pissed/whatever that a smoker moved in downstairs, causing me to crave cigarettes more than ever (being about seven days away from my three year anniversary of quitting) and waking up with migraines and cluster headaches, since smoke is drifting through my master bedroom floor. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Take your damn pick.

21) Current hate right now?
My downstairs neighbors. Not only am I being forced against my will to inhale second hand smoke, but they’re also stompers, middle-of-the-night-furniture-movers, loud-television-watchers, door slammers, and every time they walk that poor dog, they jerk his leash. I’m amazed he has the capacity to bark any more. (They moved from a different apartment into this one so they could get a rennovated apartment. You know, new appliances and different flooring. That’s how I know about the dog. In the meantime, I’ve got a cracked window, multiple ripped window screens, outlets that only work sporadically, and a phone line that randomly hangs up when I’m talking.)

22) How did you bring in the New Year?
Robert and I had wine on the balcony (him white, me red). I called Momma and Daddy from the future (midnight here, eleven there). I think that will be the last time I do, though. School will probably exhaust me. (It had been a tradition.)

23) Where would you like to go back to?
I always love Virginia Beach in the Winter and Shenandoah National Park in Autumn (and Spring – bear cubs!).

24) Name three people who will complete this.
Don’t know. Don’t care.

25) Do you have any current complaints?
Are you sure you’re keeping up so far?

26) Do you own slippers?
I have two pair, one to wear barefoot and one to wear with socks. It took me months to find a style and brand that I was happy with.

27) What shirt are you wearing?
It’s a loose black 3/4 sleeve with cute stitching around the neck from Lane Bryant.

28) Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
Have you ever seen that episode of Yes, Dear, when Kim jumps onto the bed trying to be sexy – and she goes sliding and falls right off the other side of the bed? I’ve done that.

29) Can you whistle?
In, out, and curling, but not with my fingers.

30) Favorite color?
The color I’m most attracted to changes at least seasonally, but whether I like it or not, my ultimate favorite color has to be dark orange.

31)Would you be a pirate?
I was a pirate once. I danced with a Ninja Turtle. There’s a picture somewhere.

32) What songs do you sing in the shower?
I prefer to listen to the neighbors singing in the shower. I usually don’t sing unless there’s something playing. I think. I have caught myself singing a few times when I’ve been alone, just not in the shower.

33) Favorite girl's name?
Gwenhwyfar, pronounced Gwen-hwee-var with a hard “r” there at the end. It’s basically Guinevere, only in Welsh. (Jennifer is derived from Guinevere, I believe, but I don’t like it at all.) Robert and I hope to have a girl one day and name her Elizabeth Gwenhwyfar F... (And no, we didn’t take the name from R.A. Salvatore or Drizzt.)

34) Favorite boy's name?
I’ve always liked the name David, but if we have a boy, we may go with the Welsh version. It’s Dafydd, pronounced Da-vith. I was thinking something like Dafydd Allen F..., since Allen is the middle name of three wonderful men in my family. I also like Martin; it has musical connotations. There’s also Dale, but I wouldn’t want to feel like I was yelling at my father.

35) Whats in your pocket?
I don’t usually put things in my pockets when I have them. That’s what a purse (or coming soon, a bookbag) is for.

36) Last thing that made you laugh.
Robert was amazed when I told him that when he’s off training will be the first night I’ve ever spent alone. Yes, I’m 24.

37) Best bed sheets as a child?
I had this really ruffly pink top blanket that I just adored. If I could get away with a ruffly bed, I SO would. I don’t know about pink, though! I also had Rainbow Brite sheets at one point, I think. Both were awesome.

38) Worst injury you've ever had?
Maybe that would be falling down the stairs when I was in college. It was my own durn fault. I was goofing off. There are others that are in the running, though...

39)Broken any bones?
I’m sure I broke a toe once. I walked around a corner in the hallway, and while three of my toes went around the corner, two didn’t. The first one that hit the wall is the one that I’m sure was broken. My foot turned purple for a long time, but I never got it checked out. What can they do for a broken toe, anyway?

40) Favorite flavor potato chips?
sour cream and onion

41) Who is your loudest friend?
I love Robert dearly, but LORDY does he project when he speaks.

42) How many dogs do you have?
I have one, but I don’t have to feed him or take him for walks, and Robert can’t see him.

43) Does someone have a crush on you?
I’ll be realistic and say my husband. Nah, I’ll be hopeful and say Dave Gahan. Martin Gore. Ralph Fiennes. Patrick Stewart. Jonathan Frakes. Alexander Siddig. Marina Sirtis. Terry Farrell.

44) What is your favorite movie?
The very best part about going to college the first time around was watching Onegin in English class. I searched for that movie and have replaced it at least once. Ralph Fiennes + Liv Tyler + Russia + classic (book/opera) + unhappy ending = BEST DAMN MOVIE EVER

45) What is your favorite book?
Talion: Revenant is my favorite book. I have two copies, and have had to discard a couple due to wear. It was a little difficult to follow the first time I read it, because it jumps time frames, but it’s completely worth it. Michael Stackpole kicks ass. Wuthering Heights, Dracula, and Coach Yourself to Success also come high on my list.

46) What is your favorite candy?
root beer barrels

47) Favorite Sports Team?
Dallas Cowboys

48) What song do you want played at your funeral?
I want one of the following. They’re all by Depeche Mode.

And Then...: “To put it all down and start again, from the top to the bottom and then. I’ll have faith, or I prefer, to think that things couldn’t turn out worse.”

Blasphemous Rumours: “I think that God’s got a sick sense of humor, and when I die, I expect to find him laughing.”

Black Celebration: “Let’s have a black celebration, black celebration, tonight. To celebrate the fact that we’ve seen the back of another black day.”

Sometimes: “Sometimes, only sometimes, I question everything.”

But Not Tonight: “Oh, God, it’s raining, but I’m not complaining; it’s filling me up with new life. The stars in the sky bring tears to my eyes. They’re lighting my way tonight.”

Waiting for the Night: “I’m waiting for the night to fall. I know that it will save us all. When everything’s dark, keeps us from the stark reality... And there in the still, all that you feel is tranquility... And in the glow of the moon, know my deliverance will come soon.”

Clean: “Clean, the cleanest I’ve been. An end to the tears and the in-between years and the troubles I’ve seen... I don’t understand what destiny’s planned. I’m starting to grasp what is in my own hands.”

One Caress: “Well I’m down on my knees again, and I pray to the only one who has the strength to bear the pain, to forgive all the things that I’ve done. Oh, girl, lead me into your darkness... When you think you’ve tried every road, every avenue, take one more look at what you found old, and in it you’ll find something new... I’m shying from the light. I’ve always loved the night. And now you offer me eternal darkness.”

Higher Love: “I surrender all control to the desire that consumes me whole and leads me the hand to infinity, that lies in wait at the heart of me. Moved, lifted higher. Moved, my soul’s on fire. Moved, by a higher love.”

Home: “And I thank you for bringing me here, for showing me home, for singing these tears. Finally I’ve found that I belong.”

The Darkest Star: “Oh you sad one, Playing the Angel isn’t so easy where you’re from. Oh you wild one, Devil’s companion, you won’t stay satisfied for long... Oh you dark one, eternal outsider, caught in the spider’s web you’ve spun. Oh you blind one, gentle and kind one, seeing the world as a loaded gun.”

Wow, that’s a pretty long list. Looking back over that, my top choices are But Not Tonight, Waiting for the Night, One Caress, and The Darkest Star. They all fit me extremely well in one way or another.

49) What were you doing at midnight last night?
I believe Robert and I were trying to figure out where the mysterious thump came from. It turned out to be the downstairs neighbors.

50) First thing you thought about when you woke up?
The cluster headache and back pain superseded any thoughts.