I've been tagged

I was tagged by Jane at Life @ Number 8 to do this survey. I'm gonna tag three of you at the end, but I'd love to see all of your answers, and I certainly won't mind if the tagged folks don't feel like doing it.

what song reminds you of a childhood memory?
Every time I hear "Easy", by the Commodores, I think of junior-high dances.

Are you a night owl or an early bird
Neither. I tend to adjust my sleep schedule to whenever I have to get up the next day.

Give us a snapshot of the high school you.


This or that: rain or snow
I like both.

Favourite movie quote:
"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."

what colour is your underwear
When I wear it, which is seldom, it's mostly red or pink.


What was your dream job (as in what did you want to be when you grew up)
Singer. I did that. Now my dream job is the one I'm doing: meaningful, part-time work where I feel useful and still get to have a home life.


If you could tell your 13-year-old self anything what would it be.
If she would listen, I'd tell her it actually will make her future life happier if she bothers to take high school seriously and turn in her homework.

What disturbs you most?
When children are in peril and there's no one to protect them. I can't handle it, in real life or in fiction.

My addition:
What was the best part about grade school?
Workbooks. I just loved (and still love) workbooks.

Ok, now add your question and pass it on to some fellow bloggers/journallers.

snippy
firecat
hobbitbabe

IGD Day 09

Day 09 – Your beliefs, in great detail

This is one that would take dozens of posts, were I to go that route. I was planning to spend my furlough articulating this stuff, in fact, but life took over. But I'll try to give the "in somewhat less great detail" version here. It may get long, so how about one of those cut thingies?

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Well, it didn't end up being that long, because I stayed general and didn't talk about specifics like abortion, gun control, and buttsex, but I'll keep the cut tag. :-)

IGD Day 10

Day 10 – What you wore today, in great detail

Ponytail holder, brown

Blue-gray housedress, button-down, with pockets. (I'll change into something different when I'm done cooking dinner)

Wedding ring

Birkenstocks, these ones:

IGD Day 11

Day 11 – Your siblings, in great detail

I have three siblings: a sister (actually, half-sister) who's four-and-a-half years older than I; and two younger brothers, three and six years younger.

About my sister, the less said by me, the better. She's the mother of wtfpotatoes and Munchkin The Elder.

The older of my "little" brothers is super-smart, very funny, and a much-sought-after finance wizard for car dealerships. He goes into failing dealerships and turns them around; it's really kind of impressive. He's been married around 17 years to a really nice woman, and they have eight great kids. I am sad that I don't see more of them all; I feel like I've given up that part of my family ties by being bad at visiting and keeping in touch. Then again, they're devout Christians in a pretty evangelical way, so my life isn't a comfortable one for them to be around a lot of the time. *shrug* Anyway, I love my brother a lot, and there were times in my youth when he was my closest friend. He's sharp-tongued, hardworking (70-80 hours a week!), and an odd mix of devoutness and worldliness.

My baby brother is the sweetest, and doesn't even mind being called "baby brother", even though he's approaching 40. He's a big teddy bear with a lovely wife and three kids. He gets along with EVERYONE. He was the peacekeeper in childhood, and even though he took my dad's leaving the hardest, he's managed to develop a really close relationship with him in adulthood. He is a cable installer, and he moved his family to Washington state so they could afford a nice house in a good school district. He's stubborn, loving, and an inveterate fan of rap music since before we knew it was called that.