Questions

When in doubt, I can always grope for a timewaster. Here's one I found over on Left Coast Dementia. (I'm writing this on Thursday night, for posting on Friday. Why not post it Thursday night? Hell, I dunno.)

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

"We forget nothing."

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

A cup of pens and pencils.

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

On DVD: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
On actual TV: ER.

4 :: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is:

11:02 pm

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

11:01 pm (I'm writing this just as the late night news is starting, so this is a bit of a cheat.)

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

The TV, tuned to a rerun of Friends. The fridge, although the compressors shut off a minute ago. Nothing else.

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

About 5:15 this afternoon, to walk the kid while she rode her bike.

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

I'm confused by this question: is it referring to the site from which I got the quiz? If so, I followed a link from my own blog.

9 :: What are you wearing?

Red henley shirt, blue overalls, black socks.

10 :: Did you dream last night?

Probably. I don't often remember dreams for very long. I do remember them, but they fade really quickly.

11 :: When did you last laugh?

I don't recall. I laugh a lot, though. I value zaniness.

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

A Star Wars Episode I poster, a National Geographic world map, a Casablanca poster, one of those reproductions of the world map from the Age of Exploration, a shelf with some knickknacks on it, a Celtic cross tapestry, a couple sets of the kid's portraits. Oh, and a wall sconce with candle.

13 :: Seen anything weird lately?

Well, there was the woman who approached me at The Store today to ask me if I could direct her to a store employee. (My work shirt has a big-ass Store logo embroidered on the right breast.)

14 :: What do you think of this quiz?

Kinda weird. But my head is slowly filling with mucus. The brain cells in steerage are screaming for their lives.

15 :: What is the last film you saw?

In the theater? The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. I am currently watching, over several nights, that remake of Battlestar Galactica that was on the SciFi channel a few months ago. I don't know if that constitutes a "film", or if its "in progress" state renders inactive the past-tense "saw". (See how weird my brain gets when I'm nursing a cold?)

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

A home in East Aurora, New York. (One of Buffalo's outlying suburbs – in fact, it might not even be proper to call it a suburb at all – and a very lovely town.)

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

I like Culture Club. That's a true guilty pleasure.

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

I'd flip a coin between education for every person on Earth (including music and art, dammit!), or exempting the Buffalo Bills from the NFL salary cap. I'd probably do that first thing, but you know, the Bills....

19 :: Do you like to dance?

No, although I've always wanted to learn Irish stepdancing. (Yes, I bought all those RiverDance and Lord of the Dance videos. And I like 'em. Bite me.)

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

Both, which is what really scares me.

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

"Haley", which is pretty convenient since that's what we did call her. I like it when things work out that way.

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

"Aragorn". Good thing she was a girl.

22 :: Would you ever consider living abroad?

If it would be for a set amount of time – say, a year or two – maybe. But not permanently. Things would have to get pretty damned horrible here for me to ever want to leave. The United States is my country, and it is my home.

(This must be a fast-spreading meme: Lynn Sislo and PZ Myers also reply, independent of my discovering the quiz. Dr. Myers actually answers two quizzes; this is the second one. I'm not touching that first one he answers!)