Getting to know you...

OK-- just my sister and me. Here's a quiz Kimmy sent me. You can tell by her answers who the real liberal (and real writer) is in the family. Apparently we were raised to have strong feelings about pets, kids and morel mushrooms (as well as average-sized feet).

Answers from Lisa D.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:30 am – when the baby woke up.

2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls. Honestly I have very few of either. Ditto on Kim's African mine tirade plus the insulting marketing and De Beers(sp?) monopoly pretty much kills any appeal diamonds ever had. I do have a diamond engagement ring, but we were young…

3. What was the last film you saw at the Theater? Vera Drake

4. What are your favorite TV shows? Deadwood, The Daily Show, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, Antiques Road Show

5. What did you have for breakfast? Coffee, mini-wheats

6. What is your middle name? Coleen

7. What is your favorite food? Coffee, fried chicken (not necessarily KFC, but really good chicken fingers rock), pizza, Italian food, brownies, mushrooms (morel and otherwise!)

8. What foods do you dislike? Liver and brussel-sprout surprise

9. What is your favorite chip flavor? BBQ flavor

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Cake--Pressure Chief

11. What kind of car do you drive? Acura TL

12. Favorite sandwich? Turkey with tomatoes

13. What characteristic do you despise? Affinity for conservative talk radio or Fox news.

14. Favorite item of clothing? Tank-top nursing bra (you just have to own one to understand)

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? New Zealand

16. What color is your bathroom? Beige/ white

17. Favorite brand of clothing? Liz

18. Where would you retire to? Somewhere beautiful

19. Favorite time of the day? Changes with the season—Spring= afternoon

20. What was your most memorable birthday? My 16th birthday --3 days before we moved to Florida

21. Where were you born? Ohio

22. Favorite sport to watch? water polo, college basketball

23. Who do you least expect to send this back to you? Best to have no expectations

24. Person you expect to send it back first? See #24

25. What fabric detergent do you use? Whatever major brand is on sale. (Same as Kim, except I’ll use some minor brands too)

26. Coke or Pepsi? Coke, but usually Cream Soda.

27. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Neither. I stay up just for spite, but I’m usually comatose. I’m really awake and productive around 9:30 am and 3:00 pm.

28. What is your shoe size? 7

29. Do you have any pets? Yes. Cat, dog, box turtle, fish

30. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with your family & friends? I have a new weblog-- lisacoleen.blogspot.com

31. What did you want to be when you were little? A fireman.

32. Do you have any children? Absolutely! 2 --one of each (which would be a lot more amusing if I had 3.)

33. What's your favorite holiday? Halloween

34. What's your favorite day of the week? Sunday (except for the blue laws). Everybody in the family has the day off; Start with CBS Sunday Morning, coffee and a newspaper, play all day (preferably in the mountains) then end with something good on HBO.

35. Where do you work? Mostly from home—I’m a Realtor

36. What is under your bed? Two table leaves and a big cat

37. Favorite qualities in a friend? Humor, patience, one who can “hold her liquor”

38. Hidden talents? I’ve taught my sister to make killer guacamole. I’m a great driver. I’m a good mom too (I was the youngest and never even babysat any infants, so that really is surprising in my family)

39. Hobbies that people might not guess? I like to cook; teaching myself piano. (Please see my entry below about hobbies.)

40. Who sends you the most forwarded emails? My son’s baseball coach sends me religious/ Republican spam.




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Kim C.-- Lisa's sister
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 15:26:38 -0700 (PDT)

Instructions:
Read it, then Cut it/Paste it - send it to your friends with your answers. We want
to hear from you. :)

Answers for Kim C of San Diego, CA - May 2005.
I'd like to tweak this at some point, but until then, here are the questions I
received:

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:30 am

2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls.
New diamonds are overly-abundant bloodstones falsely escalated in price, borne out
of the earth on the backs of virtually-enslaved men for prissy western girls to
enhance their self-esteem between bulimic episodes.

I already eat (and keep down) the oysters, so I feel less bad about stealing their bounty. (Also, no offense to any prissy barfers or any rock-wearing heirloomers reading this...Ooooh, shiny!)

3. What was the last film you saw at the Theater? "Hitch" watch the trailer and you will see all the funny parts. Sin City was eye-opening though! Just amazing to SEE.

4. What are your favorite TV shows? Arrested Development, SouthPark and..uh...Desperate Housewives (I don't know how it happened).

5. What did you have for breakfast? An organic fruit smoothie specially prepared by my honey.

6. What is your middle name? Gail.

7. What is your favorite food? Hearty Pasta in Gorgonzola White sauce and White Castles and Chocolate-Covered Strawberries. (Okay, I'll stop.)

8. What foods do you dislike? Smoked Salmon and cooked non-morel mushrooms. That's pretty much it.

9. What is your favorite chip flavor? Conn's Regular.

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? A dance mix I put together. And I can't stop humming "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani. (We have the same singing voice, ya know, only hers is in-tune!)

11. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Celica.

12. Favorite sandwich? Avocado with Sprouts, Tomato and Onion on a nutty bread.

13. What characteristic do you despise? Bloodshed in the name of any religion. Jealousy. (Same-difference, only with pyrotechnics, scopes and range-weapons involved.)

14. Favorite item of clothing? Funky Monkey glow in the dark hooded sweatshirt, sports sandals.

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Around the world, baby.

16. What color is your bathroom? Kind of orange/coppery faux finish. It looks like Cheesecake Factory.

17. Favorite brand of clothing? I don't have one.

18. Where would you retire to? Somewhere in the mountains during the summer and beach in the winter.

19. Favorite time of the day? I like it all.

20. What was your most memorable birthday? Last year in Vegas because my pal Renee was soooo into it. I am not much of a birthday person. She thinks celebrating birthdays/holidays and anniversaries are the reason for living and works really hard to make it memorable. Such a mama!

21. Where were you born? OhiO, just north of the Appalachians.

22. Favorite sport to watch? Engh?live baseball and basketball are awesome. Broncos football is good on TV.

23. Who do you least expect to send this back to you? My sister Christi. She doesn't read email much. She's busy feeding critters and working waay too much.

24. Person you expect to send it back first? Not sure.

25. What fabric detergent do you use? Whatever major brand is on sale.

26. Coke or Pepsi? Ginger Ale!

27. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Morning person.

28. What is your shoe size? 7.5

29. Do you have any pets? Yes. Two cats, a bird and a dog.

30. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with your family & friends? I got married in January to the best man on Earth. We're very happy. Bud recently had major dental surgery and is slowly recovering. We thought we were going to lose him,

31. What did you want to be when you were little? A veterinarian.

32. Do you have any children? Good lord, NO!

33. What's your favorite holiday? It's a tie. Halloween and Thanksgiving.

34. What's your favorite day of the week? I like 'em all.

35. Where do you work? I freelance. I am a writer and photographer.

36. What is under your bed? Winter clothes and the next-size-down clothing I finally moved from hangers so that I'd have room.

37. Favorite qualities in a friend? Dependability, wit and optimism.

38. Hidden talents? I make killer guacamole and give great backrubs. (I have strong hands.)

39. Hobbies that people might not guess? Gardening and SCUBA

40. Who sends you the most forwarded emails? My best hometown pal's mom, who is literally one of the best humans on Earth, but can't seem to resist a chain letter or "spiritually uplifting" right-wing tirade. I quietly delete them,


"Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another."

-Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832)