You went all the way back to the 2009 posts for this? Seriously?
50 Random Questions About Yourself
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The saddest thing is I actually remember posting in this thread 5 years ago.
1.What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Sam-I-am
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
Duncan MacLeod's barge in Paris
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
didn't count but I think it'd have been about 36 hours
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
No offense but BM is not exactly my kind of music.
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
being a scientist I of course pick my colleague Beaker!
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
quit smoking 32 years ago
7.What's your favorite Web site?
The board I admin
8.What's your favorite school supply?
A plastic ruler. Nothing else goes so nicely "twannnnnnng" when you bend it over the desk's edge
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Worf's granddad
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
Business trip on Tuesday: sampling a river
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
A Hopf acoustic guitar built in 1972. Found it in a horrible condition and bought it for about $250 - it's worth a good 5000 now I had it restored. But as this was a case of love at first sight I'd never dream of selling it, even if my life depended on it.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
On a business trip to Munich or Nuremberg. Can't remember exactly.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Sycomore
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
Liselotte of Palatine (the in-law of King Louis XIV of France). She had a sharp tongue and wrote very funny letters
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Something spicy, setchuan style.
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
Princess in one of my mom's old ball dresses.
17.What's your least favorite word?
sour lung
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Mississippi because hardly anyone can spell it right
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
Never saw the series. Sorry.
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
propably that nothing inexplicable happens to me.
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Namibia. I love the Red Namib
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
I skipped lunch (and breakfast)
23.Where do you go for advice?
Depends on the situation. Whoever I think knows most about the problem.
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
dictionary
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
no. I spend most of my work in the water. In my spare time I prefer dry spots like deserts and mountaintops
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
a few times as a kid. Not in the last 30 years. I know better than to scare them.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
Severe pneumonia. Had an important business meeting and went there in spite of high fever. Big mistake.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
sword fencing
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
Time After Time
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
went to school. Back then we hadn't heard of the word "teenager" and it was no big deal. 6th (starting school) and 18th (getting of age) were the only ones that'd count
31.Are you afraid of heights?
No
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
No
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
The London Times, particularly their crossword
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Man of La Mancha
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
Microbiology with Prof Stetter (the guy who discovered the archebacteria)
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
none
37.What's your favorite commercial?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlu8YSEJ60I[/yt]
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Jim Byrnes
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
not after I lent it to my brother (and didn't expect to get it back)
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
a crispy poppy roll with butter and homemade jam
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
I loathe game shows
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Immortality (btw, I recommend the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company: http://www.superherosupplies.com/ their canned immortality is best. And costs only 11 bucks a bucket!)
44.Do you like guacamole?
my homemade one is best =)
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
A most cathegorical no! Food is for eating. As long as a child starves to death every 30 seconds food is too valuable to waste it.
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
all Beatles songs
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
none
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
does waiting at the doctor count too? 3 hours then. Else 30 mins.
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
I have homemade ones. This year my agenda's cover is a sunset taken at LA's Getty Museum.
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
no
Sam-I-am
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
Duncan MacLeod's barge in Paris
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
didn't count but I think it'd have been about 36 hours
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
No offense but BM is not exactly my kind of music.
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
being a scientist I of course pick my colleague Beaker!
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
quit smoking 32 years ago
7.What's your favorite Web site?
The board I admin
8.What's your favorite school supply?
A plastic ruler. Nothing else goes so nicely "twannnnnnng" when you bend it over the desk's edge
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Worf's granddad
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
Business trip on Tuesday: sampling a river
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
A Hopf acoustic guitar built in 1972. Found it in a horrible condition and bought it for about $250 - it's worth a good 5000 now I had it restored. But as this was a case of love at first sight I'd never dream of selling it, even if my life depended on it.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
On a business trip to Munich or Nuremberg. Can't remember exactly.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Sycomore
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
Liselotte of Palatine (the in-law of King Louis XIV of France). She had a sharp tongue and wrote very funny letters
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Something spicy, setchuan style.
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
Princess in one of my mom's old ball dresses.
17.What's your least favorite word?
sour lung
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Mississippi because hardly anyone can spell it right
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
Never saw the series. Sorry.
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
propably that nothing inexplicable happens to me.
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Namibia. I love the Red Namib
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
I skipped lunch (and breakfast)
23.Where do you go for advice?
Depends on the situation. Whoever I think knows most about the problem.
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
dictionary
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
no. I spend most of my work in the water. In my spare time I prefer dry spots like deserts and mountaintops
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
a few times as a kid. Not in the last 30 years. I know better than to scare them.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
Severe pneumonia. Had an important business meeting and went there in spite of high fever. Big mistake.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
sword fencing
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
Time After Time
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
went to school. Back then we hadn't heard of the word "teenager" and it was no big deal. 6th (starting school) and 18th (getting of age) were the only ones that'd count
31.Are you afraid of heights?
No
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
No
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
The London Times, particularly their crossword
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Man of La Mancha
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
Microbiology with Prof Stetter (the guy who discovered the archebacteria)
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
none
37.What's your favorite commercial?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlu8YSEJ60I[/yt]
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Jim Byrnes
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
not after I lent it to my brother (and didn't expect to get it back)
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
a crispy poppy roll with butter and homemade jam
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
I loathe game shows
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Immortality (btw, I recommend the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company: http://www.superherosupplies.com/ their canned immortality is best. And costs only 11 bucks a bucket!)
44.Do you like guacamole?
my homemade one is best =)
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
A most cathegorical no! Food is for eating. As long as a child starves to death every 30 seconds food is too valuable to waste it.
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
all Beatles songs
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
none
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
does waiting at the doctor count too? 3 hours then. Else 30 mins.
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
I have homemade ones. This year my agenda's cover is a sunset taken at LA's Getty Museum.
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
no
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I don't actually remember this thread.
It's quite the time capsule.
Why not, I have some time to kill...
1.What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
I have never read any.
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
Monica's from Friends, probably. Nothing fancy with swimming pools and tennis courts, but it is cozy.
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
I guess two sleepless nights in a row (plus the three days around them).
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
I had to Google him... I can't say I know his songs.
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Kermit. He seems more reasonable.
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
Not eating breakfast.
7.What's your favorite Web site?
I don't think there is such a single site... I like Twitter because I learn news and interesting stuff.
8.What's your favorite school supply?
Mechanical pencils.
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
I like The Good Wife's Diane Lockhart.
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
My hometown (450km away).
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
I once bought a lovely long skirt for one (1) Australian dollar. I wear it often.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
At home with my Math tutor. It was around 15:00 here, she had just entered the house and I was about to turn off the TV to start our lesson when the news came on.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Google says its English name is "Judas tree". Yikes!
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
I don't like biographies.
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
I like noodle soups.
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
Hmm... I had a geisha one that was very nice.
17.What's your least favorite word?
All words are fine by me.
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
"Arizona" sounds good, even though I do not like the desert.
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
They have names?
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
My headphones' cord is tangled in a way that I cannot un-tangle it, no matter how I twist it. Honestly, I have no idea how to "reverse" it back to how it was.
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Egypt.
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Salmon with lots of lemon.
23.Where do you go for advice?
My parents.
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Thesaurus.
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Only snorkeling, when I was little.
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
I do not remember being stung but I am not sure.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
I guess having high fever for many days in a row.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
Running.
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
This one, I am not even going to Google...
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
I have no idea. I guess my mother baked a cake and we had my classmates over.
31.Are you afraid of heights?
No.
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Yes. Traditional Greek dances. I loved it and still do.
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
None. They are all incredibly bad over here.
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
I don't know which are Broadway ones and which are not.
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
Many of them at the University, each one for a different reason. There was a Data Structures class in which I had a professor which taught me how to be a good programmer; I remember that one.
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
I don't like them and I never understood why they are so popular on the other side of the pond.
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Any clever one.
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Can't I take my friends instead?
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers. To take a bath, I feel I have to take a shower first. If not, I feel I just splash around in dirty water.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
Eggs but I rarely have them for breakfast.
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
Noone really.
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Telepathy.
44.Do you like guacamole?
Sure.
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
No, never.
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
Too many of them...
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
Huh?
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
No more than an hour I think.
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
Awesome comics by this guy.
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Now that you mention it, no.
Now, excuse me while I go searching if I have posted here before.
1.What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
I have never read any.
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
Monica's from Friends, probably. Nothing fancy with swimming pools and tennis courts, but it is cozy.
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
I guess two sleepless nights in a row (plus the three days around them).
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
I had to Google him... I can't say I know his songs.
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Kermit. He seems more reasonable.
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
Not eating breakfast.
7.What's your favorite Web site?
I don't think there is such a single site... I like Twitter because I learn news and interesting stuff.
8.What's your favorite school supply?
Mechanical pencils.
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
I like The Good Wife's Diane Lockhart.
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
My hometown (450km away).
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
I once bought a lovely long skirt for one (1) Australian dollar. I wear it often.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
At home with my Math tutor. It was around 15:00 here, she had just entered the house and I was about to turn off the TV to start our lesson when the news came on.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Google says its English name is "Judas tree". Yikes!
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
I don't like biographies.
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
I like noodle soups.
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
Hmm... I had a geisha one that was very nice.
17.What's your least favorite word?
All words are fine by me.
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
"Arizona" sounds good, even though I do not like the desert.
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
They have names?
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
My headphones' cord is tangled in a way that I cannot un-tangle it, no matter how I twist it. Honestly, I have no idea how to "reverse" it back to how it was.
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Egypt.
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Salmon with lots of lemon.
23.Where do you go for advice?
My parents.
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Thesaurus.
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Only snorkeling, when I was little.
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
I do not remember being stung but I am not sure.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
I guess having high fever for many days in a row.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
Running.
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
This one, I am not even going to Google...
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
I have no idea. I guess my mother baked a cake and we had my classmates over.
31.Are you afraid of heights?
No.
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Yes. Traditional Greek dances. I loved it and still do.
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
None. They are all incredibly bad over here.
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
I don't know which are Broadway ones and which are not.
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
Many of them at the University, each one for a different reason. There was a Data Structures class in which I had a professor which taught me how to be a good programmer; I remember that one.
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
I don't like them and I never understood why they are so popular on the other side of the pond.
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Any clever one.
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Can't I take my friends instead?
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers. To take a bath, I feel I have to take a shower first. If not, I feel I just splash around in dirty water.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
Eggs but I rarely have them for breakfast.
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
Noone really.
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Telepathy.
44.Do you like guacamole?
Sure.
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
No, never.
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
Too many of them...
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
Huh?
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
No more than an hour I think.
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
Awesome comics by this guy.
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Now that you mention it, no.
Now, excuse me while I go searching if I have posted here before.
1. What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
If I Ran the Circus or Happy Birthday to You or McElligot's Pool -- the ones that are just pure fun and whimsy.
2. If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
The Addams Family house. Because it's creepy and it's kooky, mysterious and spooky. It's altogether ooky.
3. What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
I've never pulled an "all-nighter."
4. What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
"Copacabana."
5. Who's your favorite Muppet?
Kermit the frog. Everybody loves Kermit.
6. What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
Compulsive nose-picking.
7. What's your favorite Web site?
This one, of course!
8. What's your favorite school supply?
Don't know -- haven't been to school or college in a long time.
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Perry Mason. Although he really acted more like a detective than a lawyer.
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
I don't think I've traveled that far in a single trip in the last 30 years.
11. What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
I don't shop at garage sales or thrift stores. Maybe I should, though.
12. Where were you on September 11, 2001?
I was at work when I heard the news of the attacks. (I suppose this question is the equivalent of my generation's "Where were you on November 22, 1963?". Most of the people here probably weren't born then!)
13. What's your favorite tree?
I like big, shady oaks and sycamores. They remind me of summer camp.
14. What's the most interesting biography you've read?
The Godfather of Gore Speaks, about schlock exploitation filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis. (Yeah, I'm weird.)
15. What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Anything that's not super-spicy.
16. What's the best costume you've ever worn?
I don't do cosplay.
17. What's your least favorite word?
"Disincentivize." I frickin' hate that ugly neologism. What's wrong with "dissuade" or "discourage"?
18. If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Tennessee. People would think I'm a novelist or a playwright.
19. Who's your favorite Care Bear?
The Care Bears? Some kids' cartoon, isn't it?
20. Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
I went deaf in one ear a few years ago. No doctor I've seen really knows what caused it.
21. If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Casablanca, for the waters.
22. What did you have for lunch yesterday?
An excellent pastrami sandwich from a local burger joint called Big Joe's in Santa Monica.
23. Where do you go for advice?
Google. (Doesn't everybody?)
24. Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
The dictionary. I already know plenty of synonyms. Especially for money, drunkenness and sex.
25. Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
No.
26. Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yes. Several times.
One time at Boy Scout camp, a bunch of asshole kids were teasing a hive of bees (or maybe they were yellowjackets, I don't remember). I was just sitting around minding my own business, so of course I ended up getting stung. Right under my eye. It swelled up and I couldn't see out of that eye for two days.
27. What's the sickest you've ever been?
Physically or mentally?
28. What's your favorite form of exercise?
Exercise? What's that?
Seriously, I love bicycle riding, but I had to sell my last bike when I needed the cash more than the exercise. Maybe if I write an early letter to Santa Claus telling him what a good boy I've been, I'll get a new bike for Christmas this year.
29. What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
"Time After Time." It's a pretty song.
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
Had a party at home with some school friends. Not a huge success, as I remember.
31. Are you afraid of heights?
It's not the height that scares me, it's the looking down.
32. Have you ever taken dance lessons?
No. I have no sense of rhythm. I was voted "Least Likely to Boogie."
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
I used to be fiercely loyal to the Los Angeles Times, back when it was still owned by the Chandler family and it was a pretty good newspaper. Now, I really can't tell one paper from another.
34. What's your favorite Broadway musical?
It's hard to pick a favorite, but I'd have to say My Fair Lady or Carousel. Then there's Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Mame, Damn Yankees, The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity -- hell, I can't choose just one.
35. What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
An American Literature survey course with a professor who looked like Hal Holbrook and sounded like Jack Palance.
36. What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
I haven't heard a knock-knock joke since grammar school. Are there any dirty ones?
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Those classic Alka-Seltzer ads. "Mamma mia, 'at's-a spicy meatball!"
Those commercials would never work today, though, with our modern sensibilities. Gluttony just isn't funny anymore.
38. If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Charlize Theron. Because she's a freakin' GODDESS!
39. Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers. With a bath, you're just wallowing in your own effluvia.
40. Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
No, but I can catch it on my tonsils and heave it left and right.
(Just kidding. I don't even have my tonsils.)
41. What's your favorite breakfast food?
A Mexican omelette.
42. Who's your favorite game show host?
I don't watch game shows anymore.
43. If you could have a super power, what would it be?
The ability to fly like Superman. Sure beats fighting the traffic every day.
44. Do you like guacamole?
Oh, absolutely. Especially with fried taquitos.
45. Have you ever been in a food fight?
No. Although my school friends and I used to make "specials" out of our leftover lunch food (mixing everything into a revolting glop).
46. Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
Only five? Well, just at random:
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
Noel Coward's "What's Going to Happen to the Children?" (I know a bunch of Noel Coward songs.)
"The Ladies Who Lunch"
"Soliloquy" from Carousel (yes, the whole thing)
"American Pie" (yes, all six verses)
47. What's your favorite infomercial?
Anyone who has a favorite infomercial must be a masochist.
48. What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
If you mean physically standing in line, I've waited a couple of hours to see some first-run movies.
49. What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
I don't use one. I write stuff down on any available scrap of paper.
50. Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
No. Although when I was a kid, some amusement parks still had those record-your-own-voice booths. I made records of myself singing obscene songs.
If I Ran the Circus or Happy Birthday to You or McElligot's Pool -- the ones that are just pure fun and whimsy.
2. If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
The Addams Family house. Because it's creepy and it's kooky, mysterious and spooky. It's altogether ooky.
3. What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
I've never pulled an "all-nighter."
4. What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
"Copacabana."
5. Who's your favorite Muppet?
Kermit the frog. Everybody loves Kermit.
6. What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
Compulsive nose-picking.
7. What's your favorite Web site?
This one, of course!
8. What's your favorite school supply?
Don't know -- haven't been to school or college in a long time.
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Perry Mason. Although he really acted more like a detective than a lawyer.
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
I don't think I've traveled that far in a single trip in the last 30 years.
11. What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
I don't shop at garage sales or thrift stores. Maybe I should, though.
12. Where were you on September 11, 2001?
I was at work when I heard the news of the attacks. (I suppose this question is the equivalent of my generation's "Where were you on November 22, 1963?". Most of the people here probably weren't born then!)
13. What's your favorite tree?
I like big, shady oaks and sycamores. They remind me of summer camp.
14. What's the most interesting biography you've read?
The Godfather of Gore Speaks, about schlock exploitation filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis. (Yeah, I'm weird.)
15. What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Anything that's not super-spicy.
16. What's the best costume you've ever worn?
I don't do cosplay.
17. What's your least favorite word?
"Disincentivize." I frickin' hate that ugly neologism. What's wrong with "dissuade" or "discourage"?
18. If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Tennessee. People would think I'm a novelist or a playwright.
19. Who's your favorite Care Bear?
The Care Bears? Some kids' cartoon, isn't it?
20. Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
I went deaf in one ear a few years ago. No doctor I've seen really knows what caused it.
21. If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Casablanca, for the waters.
22. What did you have for lunch yesterday?
An excellent pastrami sandwich from a local burger joint called Big Joe's in Santa Monica.
23. Where do you go for advice?
Google. (Doesn't everybody?)
24. Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
The dictionary. I already know plenty of synonyms. Especially for money, drunkenness and sex.
25. Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
No.
26. Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yes. Several times.
One time at Boy Scout camp, a bunch of asshole kids were teasing a hive of bees (or maybe they were yellowjackets, I don't remember). I was just sitting around minding my own business, so of course I ended up getting stung. Right under my eye. It swelled up and I couldn't see out of that eye for two days.
27. What's the sickest you've ever been?
Physically or mentally?
28. What's your favorite form of exercise?
Exercise? What's that?
Seriously, I love bicycle riding, but I had to sell my last bike when I needed the cash more than the exercise. Maybe if I write an early letter to Santa Claus telling him what a good boy I've been, I'll get a new bike for Christmas this year.
29. What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
"Time After Time." It's a pretty song.
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
Had a party at home with some school friends. Not a huge success, as I remember.
31. Are you afraid of heights?
It's not the height that scares me, it's the looking down.
32. Have you ever taken dance lessons?
No. I have no sense of rhythm. I was voted "Least Likely to Boogie."
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
I used to be fiercely loyal to the Los Angeles Times, back when it was still owned by the Chandler family and it was a pretty good newspaper. Now, I really can't tell one paper from another.
34. What's your favorite Broadway musical?
It's hard to pick a favorite, but I'd have to say My Fair Lady or Carousel. Then there's Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Mame, Damn Yankees, The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity -- hell, I can't choose just one.
35. What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
An American Literature survey course with a professor who looked like Hal Holbrook and sounded like Jack Palance.
36. What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
I haven't heard a knock-knock joke since grammar school. Are there any dirty ones?
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Those classic Alka-Seltzer ads. "Mamma mia, 'at's-a spicy meatball!"
Those commercials would never work today, though, with our modern sensibilities. Gluttony just isn't funny anymore.
38. If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Charlize Theron. Because she's a freakin' GODDESS!
39. Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers. With a bath, you're just wallowing in your own effluvia.
40. Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
No, but I can catch it on my tonsils and heave it left and right.
(Just kidding. I don't even have my tonsils.)
41. What's your favorite breakfast food?
A Mexican omelette.
42. Who's your favorite game show host?
I don't watch game shows anymore.
43. If you could have a super power, what would it be?
The ability to fly like Superman. Sure beats fighting the traffic every day.
44. Do you like guacamole?
Oh, absolutely. Especially with fried taquitos.
45. Have you ever been in a food fight?
No. Although my school friends and I used to make "specials" out of our leftover lunch food (mixing everything into a revolting glop).
46. Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
Only five? Well, just at random:
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
Noel Coward's "What's Going to Happen to the Children?" (I know a bunch of Noel Coward songs.)
"The Ladies Who Lunch"
"Soliloquy" from Carousel (yes, the whole thing)
"American Pie" (yes, all six verses)
47. What's your favorite infomercial?
Anyone who has a favorite infomercial must be a masochist.
48. What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
If you mean physically standing in line, I've waited a couple of hours to see some first-run movies.
49. What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
I don't use one. I write stuff down on any available scrap of paper.
50. Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
No. Although when I was a kid, some amusement parks still had those record-your-own-voice booths. I made records of myself singing obscene songs.
1.What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
The Lorax
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
Mr. Drummonds from Diff'rent Strokes.
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
Almost three days with the invasion of Panama
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
Are you lonesome tonight
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Rizzo
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
None that I'm aware of
7.What's your favorite Web site?
Trekbbs
8.What's your favorite school supply?
Spiral Notebook
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
ADA Jack McCoy
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
Drove to NYC for a getaway weekend, tomorrow we fly to Orlando to goto DisneyWorld.
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
Furnished my first apartment with mostly garage sale finds.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
I was sitting in traffic on the way to work on Route 80 in Carlstadt NJ. It was a perfectly clear day and I could see the Towers. Saw the first tower get hit, got to work and told everyone I think an Airplane hit the World Trade Center. We started to listen to the radio for news updates, while I was trying to get a hold of my fiancee at the time. She worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, she was a Stockbroker. After many attempts to reach her and the second Airplane hitting the other tower. I eventually left work and went to my parents house, hoping that my fiancee was okay. Around noon that day, she finally contacted me. She walked from WTC to midtown with others she worked with. She got onto a train that took her to Edison NJ, where I picked her up. She was covered in dust and I got her home.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Ash, its what the best baseball bats are made out of.
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
His Excellency, Biography of George Washington.
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Sweet & Sour Chicken, Vegetable Fried Rice, Steamed Pork Dumplings
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
I made a Kosh costume that I wore at a Shore Leave Convention. I only wore it once and lost it in a move.
17.What's your least favorite word?
Hoss, hate that word with a passion
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Dakota, I guess.
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
I never liked the Care Bears, no idea what any of the are.
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
Nothing I can think of
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Masau Mara national reserve in Kenya.
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Leftover Pizza from my sons birthday party
23.Where do you go for advice?
Myself
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Thesaurus.
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Snorkeling many times, Scuba diving not yet. I say not yet, giving hope that someday I may...but I know it will never happen.
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yes.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
I had appendicitis when I was about 13, had to have an appendectomy. The doctor told my mother it was the largest appendix he even seen in a child that had not ruptured.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
Walking or hiking
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
True Colors
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
No idea.
31.Are you afraid of heights?
Yes
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
No
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
Don't read newspapers
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Phantom of the Opera
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
I took a Stage Craft course, loved building sets for a productions.
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
Besides the Banana one, I don't know any.
37.What's your favorite commercial?
The Volkswagen Darth Vader kid, loved that commercial.
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
I don't care about celebrities, I would prefer a friends or family
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
I don't chew gum
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
Pancakes
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
Alex Trebeck
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Flight, who doesn't want to fly.
44.Do you like guacamole?
Not really
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
No
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
1. Let it go - Frozen
2. Roxanne - Police
3. Love Shack - B-52's
4. Waiting Line - Zero 7
5. Hell is for Children - Pat Benatar
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
The Set it and Forget it guy
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
Probably about an hour and multiple rides at DisneyWorld
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
I don't have one, I have an iPad/iPhone.
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Yes
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The Lorax
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
Mr. Drummonds from Diff'rent Strokes.
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
Almost three days with the invasion of Panama
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
Are you lonesome tonight
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Rizzo
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
None that I'm aware of
7.What's your favorite Web site?
Trekbbs
8.What's your favorite school supply?
Spiral Notebook
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
ADA Jack McCoy
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
Drove to NYC for a getaway weekend, tomorrow we fly to Orlando to goto DisneyWorld.
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
Furnished my first apartment with mostly garage sale finds.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
I was sitting in traffic on the way to work on Route 80 in Carlstadt NJ. It was a perfectly clear day and I could see the Towers. Saw the first tower get hit, got to work and told everyone I think an Airplane hit the World Trade Center. We started to listen to the radio for news updates, while I was trying to get a hold of my fiancee at the time. She worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, she was a Stockbroker. After many attempts to reach her and the second Airplane hitting the other tower. I eventually left work and went to my parents house, hoping that my fiancee was okay. Around noon that day, she finally contacted me. She walked from WTC to midtown with others she worked with. She got onto a train that took her to Edison NJ, where I picked her up. She was covered in dust and I got her home.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Ash, its what the best baseball bats are made out of.
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
His Excellency, Biography of George Washington.
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Sweet & Sour Chicken, Vegetable Fried Rice, Steamed Pork Dumplings
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
I made a Kosh costume that I wore at a Shore Leave Convention. I only wore it once and lost it in a move.
17.What's your least favorite word?
Hoss, hate that word with a passion
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Dakota, I guess.
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
I never liked the Care Bears, no idea what any of the are.
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
Nothing I can think of
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Masau Mara national reserve in Kenya.
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Leftover Pizza from my sons birthday party
23.Where do you go for advice?
Myself
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Thesaurus.
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Snorkeling many times, Scuba diving not yet. I say not yet, giving hope that someday I may...but I know it will never happen.
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yes.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
I had appendicitis when I was about 13, had to have an appendectomy. The doctor told my mother it was the largest appendix he even seen in a child that had not ruptured.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
Walking or hiking
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
True Colors
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
No idea.
31.Are you afraid of heights?
Yes
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
No
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
Don't read newspapers
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Phantom of the Opera
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
I took a Stage Craft course, loved building sets for a productions.
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
Besides the Banana one, I don't know any.
37.What's your favorite commercial?
The Volkswagen Darth Vader kid, loved that commercial.
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
I don't care about celebrities, I would prefer a friends or family
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
I don't chew gum
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
Pancakes
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
Alex Trebeck
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Flight, who doesn't want to fly.
44.Do you like guacamole?
Not really
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
No
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
1. Let it go - Frozen
2. Roxanne - Police
3. Love Shack - B-52's
4. Waiting Line - Zero 7
5. Hell is for Children - Pat Benatar
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
The Set it and Forget it guy
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
Probably about an hour and multiple rides at DisneyWorld
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
I don't have one, I have an iPad/iPhone.
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Yes
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Nah dude. It popped up when I searched "50 random questions" in Google. Why not though?
1.What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Green Eggs and Ham.
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
The apartment in the tv show, "Frasier".
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
5 hours. It was a high school reunion. So I stayed up all night.
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
N/A
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Kermit. He's awesome.
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
N/A
7.What's your favorite Web site?
Don't really have a favorite.
8.What's your favorite school supply?
A tie between a good pencil and a good calculator, either one of which could come in handy.
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Perry Mason. He was just cool personified. And he ended up with Della, so it's all good.
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
N/A
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
A laptop bag.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
At home... saw the towers collapse on television.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Redwoods. So beautiful and majestic.
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
N/A
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Sweet and Sour Chicken.
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
I dressed up as different beings every year, generally using the same "Scream" costume, only with a different mask every time.
17.What's your least favorite word?
Too many to list.
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Alaska
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
N/A
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
N/A
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Egypt. I was always interested in learning more about the culture and in visiting the pyramids.
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Don't recall.
23.Where do you go for advice?
My mom, usually.
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Dictionary.
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Snorkeling, in a swimming pool. I suck at it.
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yep. And it really hurts.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
One year I got the flu and I projectile vomited all over the carpet. Felt like crap for around a week.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
Walking and some weight lifting.
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
True Colors
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
Don't remember.
31.Are you afraid of heights?
Yep.
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Yep. And I don't have much rhythm.
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
Don't really have one.
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Cats
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
I had a really good history teacher in high school who really made learning fun.
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
Can't remember.
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Don't really have one.
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Robin Williams.
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
N/A
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
Not really. I just spit my gum out before it gets to that point.
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
Pancakes with syrup on them.
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
Wayne Brady.
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Invisibility.
44.Do you like guacamole?
Yep.
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
Nope.
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
N/A
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
Are YOU kidding me?! I don't have one.
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
Around an hour or so while waiting to buy a Harry Potter book.
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
N/A
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Nope.
Green Eggs and Ham.
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
The apartment in the tv show, "Frasier".
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
5 hours. It was a high school reunion. So I stayed up all night.
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
N/A
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Kermit. He's awesome.
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
N/A
7.What's your favorite Web site?
Don't really have a favorite.
8.What's your favorite school supply?
A tie between a good pencil and a good calculator, either one of which could come in handy.
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Perry Mason. He was just cool personified. And he ended up with Della, so it's all good
.10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
N/A
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
A laptop bag.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
At home... saw the towers collapse on television.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Redwoods. So beautiful and majestic.
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
N/A
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Sweet and Sour Chicken.
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
I dressed up as different beings every year, generally using the same "Scream" costume, only with a different mask every time.
17.What's your least favorite word?
Too many to list.
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Alaska
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
N/A
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
N/A
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
Egypt. I was always interested in learning more about the culture and in visiting the pyramids.
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Don't recall.
23.Where do you go for advice?
My mom, usually.
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Dictionary.
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Snorkeling, in a swimming pool. I suck at it.
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yep. And it really hurts.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
One year I got the flu and I projectile vomited all over the carpet. Felt like crap for around a week.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
Walking and some weight lifting.
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
True Colors
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
Don't remember.
31.Are you afraid of heights?
Yep.
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Yep. And I don't have much rhythm.
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
Don't really have one.
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Cats
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
I had a really good history teacher in high school who really made learning fun.
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
Can't remember.
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Don't really have one.
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Robin Williams.
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
N/A
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
Not really. I just spit my gum out before it gets to that point.
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
Pancakes with syrup on them.
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
Wayne Brady.
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Invisibility.
44.Do you like guacamole?
Yep.
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
Nope.
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
N/A
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
Are YOU kidding me?! I don't have one.
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
Around an hour or so while waiting to buy a Harry Potter book.
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
N/A
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Nope.
1.What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
The Lorax. Dark, powerful. Insightful.
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
The Island in Lost.
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
It was a couple of days at least.
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
Even Now ...
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Kermit. But I so miss Henson's voice.
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
McDonalds.
7.What's your favorite Web site?
Can I shamelessly plug my own? No? Well ... in that case, the site I most often visit these days is this one.
8.What's your favorite school supply?
Pens. There's nothing like opening a fresh pack of pens (before losing all but one within a week).
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
The one played by Sam Waterston.
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
I went home to Albany to see family.
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
I can't say I've ever been that thrifty.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
Teaching on the fifth floor of a middle school in Queens, with a full view of Manhattan from my window. I didn't see a single frame of television footage until later that day. I saw the whole thing happen with my own eyes.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Locust. My father planted one outside our house when I was born.
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
Biography is not my genre, so I can't really speak to one.
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Chinese food is waaay too interesting for my tastes.
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
When I was little, I made a pretty convincing Batman ... at least, I convinced myself.
17.What's your least favorite word?
Irregardless.
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Indiana (Jones).
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
Cynical Bear.
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
I felt my grandfather pass away and later told my father the time, within two minutes.
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
South Africa. Cape Town, specifically.
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Peanut Butter sandwiches.
23.Where do you go for advice?
A bottle of brandy.
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Yes.
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Does my own pool growing up count? If not, then I haven't been.
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yup. I was foolish enough to step on it while barefoot.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
In June 2009 I contracted the H1N1 "swine flu", likely from one or more of my students.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
Running. When I am doing it regularly, I run 3 miles, twice a week.
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
The one from Goonies!
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
Sweet jeebus ... I can't remember.
31.Are you afraid of heights?
It depends on the circumstances. Standing atop the Empire State Building? No problem. At the edge of the Grand Canyon? Big problem.
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Yep. Swing dancing.
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
I most often read the Daily News, but that's more out of convenience than anything else.
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Miss Saigon
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
I once took an archeology class with a professor named Dr. Jones. No, really. Much to my disappointment, he didn't have a hat, though.
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
Kock knock!
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you going to ask a better survey question?
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Years ago during the Superbowl there was a "cat herding" commercial. I can't for the life of me remember the product, but the commercial was hilarious.
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Johnny Depp. I reckon I'd always get to move to the head of the line for Pirates of the Caribbean.
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
I dislike chewing gum.
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
Bacon!
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
Vanna White!
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
I'd want to be a Jedi and be able to use the Force
44.Do you like guacamole?
Only in expressions of divine surprise.
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
Yes. And it was glorious.
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
Dreams - Van Halen; New York State of Mind - Billy Joel; Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi; Love Is On The Way - Saigon Kick; Keep Talking - Pink Floyd
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
Whatever slices, dices, minces, and makes Earl Grey Tea. Hot.
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
I spent eight hours waiting for Phantom Menace tickets.
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
I don't have either of those, but I do use a plain, brown, leather journal.
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Yep. At the Bronx Zoo. With my daughter.
The Lorax. Dark, powerful. Insightful.
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
The Island in Lost.
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
It was a couple of days at least.
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
Even Now ...
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Kermit. But I so miss Henson's voice.
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
McDonalds.
7.What's your favorite Web site?
Can I shamelessly plug my own? No? Well ... in that case, the site I most often visit these days is this one.
8.What's your favorite school supply?
Pens. There's nothing like opening a fresh pack of pens (before losing all but one within a week).
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
The one played by Sam Waterston.
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
I went home to Albany to see family.
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
I can't say I've ever been that thrifty.
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
Teaching on the fifth floor of a middle school in Queens, with a full view of Manhattan from my window. I didn't see a single frame of television footage until later that day. I saw the whole thing happen with my own eyes.
13.What's your favorite tree?
Locust. My father planted one outside our house when I was born.
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
Biography is not my genre, so I can't really speak to one.
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Chinese food is waaay too interesting for my tastes.
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
When I was little, I made a pretty convincing Batman ... at least, I convinced myself.
17.What's your least favorite word?
Irregardless.
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Indiana (Jones).
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
Cynical Bear.
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
I felt my grandfather pass away and later told my father the time, within two minutes.
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
South Africa. Cape Town, specifically.
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Peanut Butter sandwiches.
23.Where do you go for advice?
A bottle of brandy.
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Yes.
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Does my own pool growing up count? If not, then I haven't been.
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yup. I was foolish enough to step on it while barefoot.
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
In June 2009 I contracted the H1N1 "swine flu", likely from one or more of my students.
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
Running. When I am doing it regularly, I run 3 miles, twice a week.
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
The one from Goonies!
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
Sweet jeebus ... I can't remember.
31.Are you afraid of heights?
It depends on the circumstances. Standing atop the Empire State Building? No problem. At the edge of the Grand Canyon? Big problem.
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Yep. Swing dancing.
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
I most often read the Daily News, but that's more out of convenience than anything else.
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Miss Saigon
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
I once took an archeology class with a professor named Dr. Jones. No, really. Much to my disappointment, he didn't have a hat, though.
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
Kock knock!
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you going to ask a better survey question?
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Years ago during the Superbowl there was a "cat herding" commercial. I can't for the life of me remember the product, but the commercial was hilarious.
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Johnny Depp. I reckon I'd always get to move to the head of the line for Pirates of the Caribbean.
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
I dislike chewing gum.
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
Bacon!
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
Vanna White!
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
I'd want to be a Jedi and be able to use the Force
44.Do you like guacamole?
Only in expressions of divine surprise.
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
Yes. And it was glorious.
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
Dreams - Van Halen; New York State of Mind - Billy Joel; Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi; Love Is On The Way - Saigon Kick; Keep Talking - Pink Floyd
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
Whatever slices, dices, minces, and makes Earl Grey Tea. Hot.
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
I spent eight hours waiting for Phantom Menace tickets.
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
I don't have either of those, but I do use a plain, brown, leather journal.
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Yep. At the Bronx Zoo. With my daughter.
Dude?
1. What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Yertle the Turtle.
2. If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
The Tanner's house from Alf.
3. What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
Almost 72 hours.
4. What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
Mandy
5. Who's your favorite Muppet?
Gonzo
6. What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
None.
7. What's your favorite Web site?
http://taylorswift.com/
8. What's your favorite school supply?
Crayons or Color Markers.
9. Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Perry Mason.
10. What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
None.
11. What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
None.
12. Where were you on September 11, 2001?
In my living room on the phone talking to my insurance agent about the car accident I was in just hours before. Fun day for me!
13. What's your favorite tree?
Apple
14. What's the most interesting biography you've read?
Stephen Biko
15. What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
General Tso's Chicken
16. What's the best costume you've ever worn?
One of the guys from the film Dead Presidents.
17. What's your least favorite word?
Err.
18. If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Maine
19. Who's your favorite Care Bear?
Grumpy Bear!
20. Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
I saw a giant rabbit that had solid black eyes like an "alien" but the rest looked like a rabbit, ears and all. it was as tall as a oil drum taller if you count the ears and it was all white.
21. If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
No where to be honest.
22. What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Some supreme pizza.
23. Where do you go for advice?
The Bible or a Taylor Swift song.
24. Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Spellcheck.
25. Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Nope.
26. Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yup.
27. What's the sickest you've ever been?
Had Tonsillitis.
28. What's your favorite form of exercise?
MAX Trainer(interval workout).
29. What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
Time After Time.
30. What did you do for your 13th birthday?
Alone in my room.
31. Are you afraid of heights?
Yup.
32. Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Nope.
33. What's your favorite newspaper?
What is this?
34. What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Never been. Cats!
35. What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
Art or Geography.
36. What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
None. Stupid jokes. Ugh.
37. What's your favorite commercial?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_edagWbf1o[/yt]
Merry Christmas McDonald's!
38. If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Taylor Swift!!!
39. Do you prefer baths or showers?
Baths.
40. Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
I spit it in the trash.
41. What's your favorite breakfast food?
Steak(with onions), egg & cheese bagel.
42. Who's your favorite game show host?
Jenny McCarthy from Singled Out!
43. If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Flight.
44. Do you like guacamole?
Yup.
45. Have you ever been in a food fight?
Nope.
46. Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
Can't and won't.
47. What's your favorite infomercial?
The StufZ Burger one. If that doesn't count the ones that promise I will be rich if I buy what they are selling. LOL.
48. What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
45 minutes.
49. What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
Don't have one.
50. Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Nope.
Yertle the Turtle.
2. If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
The Tanner's house from Alf.
3. What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
Almost 72 hours.
4. What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
Mandy
5. Who's your favorite Muppet?
Gonzo
6. What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
None.
7. What's your favorite Web site?
http://taylorswift.com/
8. What's your favorite school supply?
Crayons or Color Markers.
9. Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Perry Mason.
10. What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
None.
11. What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
None.
12. Where were you on September 11, 2001?
In my living room on the phone talking to my insurance agent about the car accident I was in just hours before. Fun day for me!
13. What's your favorite tree?
Apple
14. What's the most interesting biography you've read?
Stephen Biko
15. What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
General Tso's Chicken
16. What's the best costume you've ever worn?
One of the guys from the film Dead Presidents.
17. What's your least favorite word?
Err.
18. If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Maine
19. Who's your favorite Care Bear?
Grumpy Bear!
20. Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
I saw a giant rabbit that had solid black eyes like an "alien" but the rest looked like a rabbit, ears and all. it was as tall as a oil drum taller if you count the ears and it was all white.
21. If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
No where to be honest.
22. What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Some supreme pizza.
23. Where do you go for advice?
The Bible or a Taylor Swift song.
24. Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
Spellcheck.
25. Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
Nope.
26. Have you ever been stung by a bee?
Yup.
27. What's the sickest you've ever been?
Had Tonsillitis.
28. What's your favorite form of exercise?
MAX Trainer(interval workout).
29. What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
Time After Time.
30. What did you do for your 13th birthday?
Alone in my room.
31. Are you afraid of heights?
Yup.
32. Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Nope.
33. What's your favorite newspaper?
What is this?
34. What's your favorite Broadway musical?
Never been. Cats!
35. What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
Art or Geography.
36. What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
None. Stupid jokes. Ugh.
37. What's your favorite commercial?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_edagWbf1o[/yt]
Merry Christmas McDonald's!
38. If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
Taylor Swift!!!
39. Do you prefer baths or showers?
Baths.
40. Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
I spit it in the trash.
41. What's your favorite breakfast food?
Steak(with onions), egg & cheese bagel.
42. Who's your favorite game show host?
Jenny McCarthy from Singled Out!
43. If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Flight.
44. Do you like guacamole?
Yup.
45. Have you ever been in a food fight?
Nope.
46. Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
Can't and won't.
47. What's your favorite infomercial?
The StufZ Burger one. If that doesn't count the ones that promise I will be rich if I buy what they are selling. LOL.
48. What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
45 minutes.
49. What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
Don't have one.
50. Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
Nope.
Wow. What kind of shit were you smoking?
Wow. What kind of shit were you smoking?
I swear it was a normal day at my grandmothers house and all the family was there. I was running around with my cousin and I stopped in the back yard and next to the oil drum where my grandfather burned trash was this rabbit. I was like 8 but I stood there just looking at it until my family called for me and I ran back in the front yard. I told them what I saw and my cousin, uncle and dad came around back and there was nothing there.
ETA: This was in West VA if that helps. Probably not! LOL.
Maybe it was a hare?
^
For the sake of my sanity I hope it was some sort of albino kangaroo. That wouldn't explain the large almond black eyes.
For the sake of my sanity I hope it was some sort of albino kangaroo. That wouldn't explain the large almond black eyes.
1.What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
The Sneeches
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
Picard's house in La Barre, France
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
...about 50 hours...saw some things, Man...saw some things...
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
tie between "Avenue C" and "Copacabana"
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Statler and Waldorf, the two old guys in the balcony!
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
Should not go into detail here, but very proud, indeed!
7.What's your favorite Web site?
trekbbs.com
8.What's your favorite school supply?
a good desk set
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Ironside (Perry, reborn, for you young'uns)
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
from Al Ain, U.A.E. to Oman, in the Middle East
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
an Original, pristine 1991 Hallmark Enterprise 1701A...the one that started it all...
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
comforting my 1st Graders who were convinced that those were the towers their parents worked in...we were in the Chicago area at the time...
13.What's your favorite tree?
Oak
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
"John Addams" (David David McCullough's version)...also, the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Mongolian Beef with Chow Mein noodles, not rice
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
Tie between TNG Life Sciences and Obi-Won Kenobi...both hand-made!
17.What's your least favorite word?
any Latin word for genitalia, like both V words and the P word...even that gives me the creeps...do not know why
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Wyoming
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
the Scare Bears, as we used to call them...no idea
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
the life I have lived with all the mistakes, yet all the successes...unreal!
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
if it ever gets its camel shit together again, Egypt
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
a selection of cheeses and crackers and herring and crackers...yum yum yum
23.Where do you go for advice?
right inside the depths of my mind...pro'ly explains the spotty record
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
dictionary
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
snorkling
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
a number of times...little buggers...but they are pretty cool
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
when I was a baby, I had Spinal Menengitis, Rheumatic Fever and as a young boy, had Chicken Pox twice...no lie, there is a Doctoral thesis on me at the University of Chicago and I am somewhat of a medical record for being the only one on record in my state for having Chicken Pox twice...so I am told...been pretty healthy ever since...other than some college shenanigans and black-outs, praying to sweet Jesus to take me and let me die I will never drink again...
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
should not go into detail here...but it ain't Parrises Squares!
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
Time After Time
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
had to skip that one...The Dark Times in my family history
31.Are you afraid of heights?
No
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Yes...No...well, yes...
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
Used to be The Chicago Tribune. now, the Khaleej Times
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
"Guys and Dolls"
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
The History of Science Fiction, at the University of Illinois in the mid-70's
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
"I have a new "knock" "knock" joke...you start..." always loved that one...hee hee
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Tie between the Memorex one with the guy in the chair right in front of the speaker, and the "This is your Brain, this is your Brain on Drugs"...
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
I would ask for the money it would cost and blow the Celebrity and the park right off...
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
do not chew gum...
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
cold: Granola... Hot: any kind of eggs
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
tie between Chuck Woolery in the "Love Connection" days, and Alex Trebek
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
invulnerable flying while mind-reading
44.Do you like guacamole?
No, I am a "chips and salsa" man
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
not as such...some collateral damage, however
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
"Masquerade" (Carpenters version is best); "Cool Change" Little River Band; Dreamboat Annie", Heart; "Breathe", Pink Floyd; and just about any other song you want to name...
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
the above statement is an oxy-moron, though, "The In-Egg Scrambler" had some chops...
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
2 days, for Elton John tickets...
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
The Apple logo...I use my iPad for those kinds of things
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
certainly...it is an American Right of Passage
The Sneeches
2.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be?
Picard's house in La Barre, France
3.What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
...about 50 hours...saw some things, Man...saw some things...
4.What's your favorite Barry Manilow song?
tie between "Avenue C" and "Copacabana"
5.Who's your favorite Muppet?
Statler and Waldorf, the two old guys in the balcony!
6.What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?
Should not go into detail here, but very proud, indeed!
7.What's your favorite Web site?
trekbbs.com
8.What's your favorite school supply?
a good desk set
9.Who's your favorite TV attorney?
Ironside (Perry, reborn, for you young'uns)
10.What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?
from Al Ain, U.A.E. to Oman, in the Middle East
11.What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?
an Original, pristine 1991 Hallmark Enterprise 1701A...the one that started it all...
12.Where were you on September 11, 2001?
comforting my 1st Graders who were convinced that those were the towers their parents worked in...we were in the Chicago area at the time...
13.What's your favorite tree?
Oak
14.What's the most interesting biography you've read?
"John Addams" (David David McCullough's version)...also, the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
15.What do you order when you eat Chinese food?
Mongolian Beef with Chow Mein noodles, not rice
16.What's the best costume you've ever worn?
Tie between TNG Life Sciences and Obi-Won Kenobi...both hand-made!
17.What's your least favorite word?
any Latin word for genitalia, like both V words and the P word...even that gives me the creeps...do not know why
18.If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?
Wyoming
19.Who's your favorite Care Bear?
the Scare Bears, as we used to call them...no idea
20.Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
the life I have lived with all the mistakes, yet all the successes...unreal!
21.If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?
if it ever gets its camel shit together again, Egypt
22.What did you have for lunch yesterday?
a selection of cheeses and crackers and herring and crackers...yum yum yum
23.Where do you go for advice?
right inside the depths of my mind...pro'ly explains the spotty record
24.Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
dictionary
25.Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?
snorkling
26.Have you ever been stung by a bee?
a number of times...little buggers...but they are pretty cool
27.What's the sickest you've ever been?
when I was a baby, I had Spinal Menengitis, Rheumatic Fever and as a young boy, had Chicken Pox twice...no lie, there is a Doctoral thesis on me at the University of Chicago and I am somewhat of a medical record for being the only one on record in my state for having Chicken Pox twice...so I am told...been pretty healthy ever since...other than some college shenanigans and black-outs, praying to sweet Jesus to take me and let me die I will never drink again...
28.What's your favorite form of exercise?
should not go into detail here...but it ain't Parrises Squares!
29.What's your favorite Cyndi Lauper song?
Time After Time
30.What did you do for your 13th birthday?
had to skip that one...The Dark Times in my family history
31.Are you afraid of heights?
No
32.Have you ever taken dance lessons?
Yes...No...well, yes...
33.What's your favorite newspaper?
Used to be The Chicago Tribune. now, the Khaleej Times
34.What's your favorite Broadway musical?
"Guys and Dolls"
35.What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?
The History of Science Fiction, at the University of Illinois in the mid-70's
36.What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
"I have a new "knock" "knock" joke...you start..." always loved that one...hee hee
37.What's your favorite commercial?
Tie between the Memorex one with the guy in the chair right in front of the speaker, and the "This is your Brain, this is your Brain on Drugs"...
38.If you could go to Disney World with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?
I would ask for the money it would cost and blow the Celebrity and the park right off...
39.Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers.
40.Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
do not chew gum...
41.What's your favorite breakfast food?
cold: Granola... Hot: any kind of eggs
42.Who's your favorite game show host?
tie between Chuck Woolery in the "Love Connection" days, and Alex Trebek
43.If you could have a super power, what would it be?
invulnerable flying while mind-reading
44.Do you like guacamole?
No, I am a "chips and salsa" man
45.Have you ever been in a food fight?
not as such...some collateral damage, however
46.Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics. (Better yet, sing them.)
"Masquerade" (Carpenters version is best); "Cool Change" Little River Band; Dreamboat Annie", Heart; "Breathe", Pink Floyd; and just about any other song you want to name...
47.What's your favorite infomercial?
the above statement is an oxy-moron, though, "The In-Egg Scrambler" had some chops...
48.What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
2 days, for Elton John tickets...
49.What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?
The Apple logo...I use my iPad for those kinds of things
50.Have you ever taken a picture in one of those little booths?
certainly...it is an American Right of Passage
^
For the sake of my sanity I hope it was some sort of albino kangaroo. That wouldn't explain the large almond black eyes.
So it was white? Not brown wild rabbit colour?
These Flemish giants come in white too..:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Runt_and_Paxie.jpg
Also. Donnie Darko.
^ Yes white.
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-white-rabbit-grass-image1747633
That but with those "alien" eyes. It was a giant white rabbit. My feelings were terror when I saw it and then calm until my family called me.
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-white-rabbit-grass-image1747633
That but with those "alien" eyes. It was a giant white rabbit. My feelings were terror when I saw it and then calm until my family called me.
