Meme time!

[bktheirregular]

Snurched from taraljc.

1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:

Memoirs of Andrei Sakharov: "...of mumbletypeg we played - it has, along with the rest of me, grown something..."

2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?

Newspaper rack with yesterday's New York Times in it.

3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?

Mets baseball is on right now.

4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is:

12:45

5: Now look at the clock; what is the actual time?

12: 47

6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

The Mets/Marlins game. I can't actually hear the computer; Cortana's a very quiet machine.

7: When did you last step outside? what were you doing?

Yesterday at 4:40pm, I went to a doctor's appointment.

8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at?

My various mailboxes. Before that, my daily selection of political blogs.

9: What are you wearing?

Khaki pants, olive short-sleeve shirt, socks, old Skecher shoes that never broke in properly, standard underclothes.

10: Did you dream last night?

I think so. I remember being confused and panicky about something or other, but I can't recall what it was.

11: When did you last laugh?

Yesterday when I read yahtzee63's Alias/Bridget Jones crossover. Laughed a lot, actually.

12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?

Three paintings, one abstract and two Mediterranean scenes; a couple of big honkin' bookcases (one wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling); one mirror.

13: Seen anything weird lately?

Every time I see a picture of those Quizno's whatchamacallits, I think that's weird.

14: What do you think of this quiz?

Interesting.

15: What is the last film you saw?

In the theaters, Return of the King; at home, Duck Soup, which I had just successfully converted to DVD from videotape.

16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?

I would seek out a 1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby, with the stick-shift, the turbocharger, the T-bar glass roof, and the digital dashboard, and I would have my family's mechanic tear it down and rebuild it. Then I'd look for an apartment, a condo, or a house.

17: Tell me something about you that I don't know:

I have a scar on my left hand that may resemble a Kanji character of some sort, though I can't quite identify it. Maybe someday someone will tell me what it looks like.

18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

I would rent a room, lock the leaders of all the factions in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute in that room, establish a tab at the local Domino's, and not let any of them leave the room until they'd hashed out an agreement that none of them were happy with, but that all of them felt they could live with. I would feed them pizza and deli and bagels as necessary, and would short-circuit non-productive arguments with the application of a triple-D-cell Maglite to the appropriate knees.

19: Do you like to dance?

I'm thinking not so much. I tried to do the Twist once and wrenched an ankle.

20: George Bush: is he a power-crazy nutcase or someone who is finally doing something that has needed to be done for years?

Oh, I could rant for pages about this. I am afraid of George W. Bush like some people fear the Devil. (He also gives off the vibe of a bully, which in my book is an unforgivable sin.)

21a: Imagine your first child is a girl; what do you call her?

Amanda, Amy for short.

21b: Imagine your first child is a boy; what do you call him?

Perhaps Ethan.

22: Would you ever consider living abroad?

Before I started law school, I would have. Now, I've got too much invested in this country to leave it.

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