meme redux

[arguchik]

from jennaxide:

1. You and Jesus go out to dinner - who pays?
him. he can turn water into wine, ya know? i'd have to be prepared to pay if i accepted a dinner invitation from him, though, because i don't actually believe in him. at least not qua "the christ." if i'm right, and he's not the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent son of god, it'd be pretty hard for him to show up for dinner with me since he's been dead for about 2000 years.

2. You suddenly have to flee the country and adopt an alias. What is it?
leader of the norwegian communist party.

3. Pick one state in the U.S. to get rid of permanently?
get rid of, as in make it no longer a u.s. state? or get rid of, as in cause to *poof* disappear? if the former, then i'd have to say washington, because i wouldn't mind no longer being a u.s. citizen. if the former, then...i dunno, how about iowa? let's take a vote.

4. You wake up as the opposite gender what's the one thing you wanna try?
i'm assuming by "gender" you mean...i wake up *male*, with all of the requisite male parts. what would i want to try? that's easy--i'd have someone kick me in the balls.

5. Luke Skywalker or Han Solo?
han solo, baby. luke's a crybaby.

6. Toy you always wanted but never got as a child?
a big wheel.

7. Top three celebrities you wanna do?
i'm assuming "do" means "have sexual relations with." but to do, or to be done by? that is the question... 1. tilda swinton; 2. marky mark (wahlberg) (yes, glaucon, me too); 3. sandra oh and her motorcycle helmet.

8. What's an automatic deal breaker in a potential significant other?
prima donna behavior--getting pissy if s/he doesn't always get the best x, y, or z. a lack of humility and respect.

9. What is the last movie you saw that actually scared you?
um...i can't remember a recent one (movies don't scare me that much, even scary ones), but that scene from jurassic park where the t-rex tries to eat the kids while they're sitting in the jeep is one scary scene; also the scene from reservoir dogs in which they are threatening to light a cop on fire while he pleads for his life.

10. Stupidest thing you've ever said out loud?
oh god, i say stupid things all the time.

11. You're sentenced to death and its the morning of your execution, what do you want to eat?
a pink lady apple. dark chocolate (80% or more cocoa). red wine. dark turkey meat with cranberry sauce. stuffing. raspberries. aged gouda cheese and a really nice blue cheese. hamachi and raw salmon sushi. avocado. mango. asparagus. kheer. i could go on and on. i love delicious food, and i would (will) be sad to taste any of them for the last time.

12. What's something that most people do that you've never done?
set up a myspace account.

13. Before you die you want to go to...?
norway, germany, egypt, peru, ireland, vietnam, russia....everywhere.

14. Something you'd really like to do but probably won't ever be able to do?
have a kid

15. A wild animal you'd like to have as a pet?
i don't want to have a wild animal as a pet.

16. A drug you'll never try?
heroin

17. If you were an animal what would you be?
either an otter or a crow

18. If you had to marry someone you knew at the age of 12 who would it be?
cary rowells, roger folkema, or tim butcher. the latter 2 i still know, though i probably wouldn't choose to marry them now. but the question says "if you had to," so, if i had to marry anyone i knew at that age, i could certainly do a lot worse than to marry someone who's been a good friend for...what, 27 years? it might be longer. what grade was i in at the age of 12? hmm. 1979, that puts me in...yup, end of 6th and beginning of 7th grade. i met cary in 7th grade, roger and tim in 6th grade.

19. Whats something most people don't know about you?
i don't know the first thing about how to answer this question. the things most people don't know about me are the things i don't want them to know about me.

20. First celebrity crush?
scooby doo

21. What's a weapon to suit your personality, habits and abilities?
a knife or a good roundhouse kick.

23. Favorite breakfast bread style (pancakes, waffles, toast etc...)?
certain waffles--the sour cream waffle at the b&o espresso is my favorite yet. get it with raspberry sauce and no whipped cream. to. die. for.

24. Favorite parody movie?
either life of brian or raising arizona

25. Worst way to die?
buried alive in a coffin. (now that i think of it, add the scene from kill bill 2, in which uma thurman gets buried alive, to #9, above)

26. Grossest injury you've ever seen?
compound fracture of the upper arm. dude got caught in an avalanche, and my friend jason and i had to administer first aid.

27. The worst injury you've ever had?
either my appendectomy (hey, surgery is a series of knife wounds, man!) or the 3rd degree burns i sustained just shy of my 1st birthday.

28. Favorite thing about Thanksgiving?
sitting around a table sharing good food with loved ones

29. Sport you hate the most?
golf

30. What state in the US do you want to visit?
alaska

31. What's something you think would be sweet to know absolutely everything about?
ethnobotany

32. Favorite Actor/Actress?
oh please. i have no idea. a few years ago i'd have said kevin spacey, but not anymore.

33. What's one phrase you absolutely detest?
here's a few: "anywho." "coinkidink." and "she's a hottie."

34. What makes an awesome party?
people and yummy snacks and good drinks.

35. What's your material obsession?
sweaters and books.

36. What's something most would consider an insult but you enjoy having said about you?
"bitch." or "plain jane."

37. Favorite kind of dog?
the mid- to large-sized mutt.

38. Favorite carnival food (everyone has one)?
fry bread or the corn on the cob dipped in flavored butter they sell at the puyallup. oh, and hot pretzels with yellow mustard.

39. Morning or night person?
both, depends on the situation. if pressed to pick one, i'd have to say "morning," though, because i wake up very early without the assistance of an alarm clock.

40. Worst drunken/drugged up habit?
puking, falling asleep, or being sassy with people.

41. Weirdest ebay purchase?
only ebay purchase: a cameo pin.

42. Favorite food to eat when you're wasted?
belgian frites!!! matter of fact, add a nice helping of them to my pre-execution food fest.

43. Its Saturday at 3am where are you?
either in bed or on my way home, unless i'm at a club that stays open later than 2am.

44. Who's your favorite friend to go out with?
aside from glaucon, either LK, MB, or AB. any. all.

45. Worst job you've ever had?
mcdonald's. overnight stock in the hardware department of a meijer's store in okemos, michigan. (interestingly, meijer's is a midwestern chain of stores that are almost exactly like a fred meyer's. even more interestingly, the founder of meijer's was named fred meijer. and yes, "meijer" is pronounced the same as "meyer.")

46. What's something your friends make fun of you for?
ha! looking like a 70's music teacher who plays the autoharp, most recently. it's the personal appearance combo i've got goin' on right now: growing out shaggy hair, red horn-rimmed glasses, and chunky sweaters. triple whammy!

47. Favorite cereal?
old fashioned, cook-it-on-the-stove-yourself oatmeal.

48. Book you could read repeatedly?
dune

49. What's the meanest thing you've ever done?
that's hard to say. probably the way i talked to my mother when i was a teenager. thinking about it now is hard. i was her youngest, and i know i really hurt her. it was a complex situation, and she did contribute to it in a variety of ways, but i still don't like the memories. i was so angry, and she was conveniently vulnerable.

50. Tell an interesting story about the last person to fill this out.
hmm. now that i'm thinking about this, i realize that i haven't hung out with jennaxide nearly enough to contribute an interesting story about her. what can i say about her? she is beautiful, she is funny, she is talented, and she is the right kind of irreverent. ooh ooh, i know! we share a hairstylist. in fact, the night i met her (at the mercury), she and her friend recommended this hairstylist. i went to the mercury with her one other time, and we had a blast. another time, we flirted shamelessly with attendees of the 2005 circus contraption gala, as we (yes, the two of us at once) escorted them to their seats.