What's the longest you've gone without sleep? Why?
My trip to London in 2007. I think I was up for 24 hours or more because of the plane trip (and I couldn't sleep on the plane because I had a middle seat), and it was hard to get to sleep in the hotel room because I was so excited to be there. I was hungry, too, and ordered Beans on Toast for the first time ever, from room service. It was weird.
What makes up your favorite outfit?
Lately I've been liking my black pants, black tee, and army jacket for leaving the house. Inside the house it's stretchy gaucho pants and a fitted t-shirt. Oh, and no socks no socks NO SOCKS EVER.
Who are/were your favorite teachers?
Elementary: Mrs. Geel
Junior high: Linda Boyer
High school: Greg Butz and Doc Marquardt
Grinnell: Sandy Moffett
NYU: Eh
Law school: Greg Scott. I was dumbstruck when I read of his death a few weeks ago.
Library school: Denise Adkins
What are the moments in which you were the most proud?
Seeing my family and friends succeed. Like watching Steve kill it in Hamlet, or knock Carlton Banks down a few notches on Catch 21. Hearing of babies born to mothers who have been waiting so long for them.
Who in your family are you the most like?
Whoa my gosh. Dad. No, Joe. No...Steve. No, mom. ALL OF THEM!
What was your favorite game as a kid?
I looooved games, so picking a favorite is hard. And it depends on the era. I believe Candyland was my favorite as a tyke. I liked Life, then card games like Casino and Canasta and Egyptian Rat Screw as I got older. Then Trivial Pursuit whenever I could get Dad to play it with me, and then Mom got me SET. Oh, Set. Set Set Set.
What things did you crave when you were young and denied?
LOVE this question. Straight whipped cream in a bowl! Frosting ONLY! CANDY CANDY CANDY ALL OF THE CANDY!
What are your favorite things to do in the snow?
Ski, sled, fall in it. Tackle someone I like romantically and make out in a pile of snow. :)
Look out the window, cozy and warm one evening, to see it falling--and not have to be anywhere anytime soon.
(It's weird that this question is on May 19.)
What are your parents like?
Dad: Intelligent, sometimes intimidatingly so. Fairly stubborn although you wouldn't know it to talk to him. Patient as all get-out. Funny as hell. Athletic and active as a monkey. There for us as a friend and father, every time we need him. Loves us kids with all his heart. :)
Mama: Spiritual. Extremely friendly and loving to SO many people. Independent and sassy to the point of being inappropriately hilarious. Deep in her love for us kids, and has special relationships with each one of us. Passionate in her work as a therapist. Moon mama.
Friday, September 23, 2011
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I LOVE Set - and one of my favorite things about it is that to the outside observer it seems like NOTHING is going on - that cracks me up! Yeah... weird sense of humor, but I suspect you knew that. (It doesn't crack me up when my sis kicks my butt every time we play even after all the practice I get on the online game...)
Maybe some time we can get a game going...
Egyptian Rat Screw FTW! Yay!
The end of this post made me miss your Mama. She was one-of-a-kind for sure.
Your favorite outfit sounds really cute!
my favorite thing to do in the snow is cry and pray for the return of warm weather. if by favorite, you mean the only thing i do in the snow.
Juli--how funny--I never thought about that! We love Password, too, and that's another game that looks like NOTHING is going on if you walk in a room with people playing. Let's def play sometime!
Linz: SOOO junior hi, right?? So many birthday parties playing ERS!
Shan: Thanks! I actually allowed Neil to take pics of me in it this week! And yeah, I'd always prefer NO SNOW over SNOW.
I loved your snow answer.... made me all idealistic about winter. That's hard to do. !!
LOVED your mama/papa answer. It made me miss both of them.
Em--I figure winter's coming no matter what I do, so why not remember what's GOOD about it?
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