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1. Other than Scooby, Velma (just watched a Scooby video tonight with my son)2. Pizza
3. Some form of cookbook
1. At what age did you first kiss a girl/guy?
2. Have you ever been on a cab ride?
3. What is you least favorite pizza topping?
1. real kiss 122. It is a well used mode of transportation.
3. Sun dried tomatoes
1. age when you hit a home run
2. in your mind most exotic food you have ever eaten
3. favorite pizza topping
1. Baseball, still waiting. Sexual innuendo, 16.2. Alligator Bites at an American Indian Pow Wow.
3. Anchovies no doubt.
1. Genre your most apprehensive about reading?
2. Does your exposure to reading make you a better writer?
3. If you were to throw out a 'Kuddo' in a story what person/group would you give honorable mention to?
Anchovies are awesome.1. What a great question and I guess the answer is none to give a definitive answer it is probably YA but then I have done all the Harry Potter's and enjoyed them all.
2. can't write I have some good ideas but I can't write dialogue
3.I give Kuddoes to writers that can put me in a place that I have never been but make me believe I am there.
1. Style of writing you abhor
2. Does reading make you a better person?
3. Is it personal experiance or imagination that makes you want to write or read?
1. Romance, especially cheap romance (not that I've read any but I cant bear the thought of it).2. Yes definitely. It expands my outlook on life, it educates me re history and other lifestyles, makes me more interesting person.
3. Imagination mostly, but I read also to gain insight into myself.
1. Describe the most outrageous pair of shoes you've ever owned.
2. Sunrise or sunset?
3. Do you let your dogs sleep inside the house? Why?
1. I go for comfort with shoes, but maybe the black velvet dress shoes with a four inch chunky heel.2. Sunset
3. Don't have dogs, but I don't like the idea of them sleeping in my bed or on the couch. Don't mind cats doing that.
1. Favorite magazine?
2. Have you ever tried a recipe out of a magazine?
3. How many magazines do you subscribe to?
1. Oprah's magazine2. No I haven't.
3. None.
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1. Do you like any pro football teams?
2. Do you have a brand preference when it comes to cars?
3. What type of vacuum do you own?
1. No2. Toyota
3. Ugh, just complained about this today. An inexpensive upright Dirt Devil that's always getting clogged.
1. Did you raise your hand a lot in school?
2. What's the last high school reunion you went to?
3. Did everyone divide into the same cliques?
1. Yes, I was very eager to please!2. I do not go to high school reunions. School was never an overly pleasant experience so I moved on.
3. Yes, I think most big schools will always have cliques.
1. What do you enjoy most about your life right now?
2. What is your favourite sport?
3. What do you do to relax and take time out when things are rough?
1) My new job. It's so stress free and easy.2) To watch: college football. To play: tennis or tetherball
3) Read. Take a long hot shower.
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1) What is one thing you really hope to get for Christmas?
2) Do you have a signature dish you will be making for Thanksgiving?
3) Which relative do you dread seeing during the holidays?
1. Haven't even thought about it.2. Sweet Potato Casserole
3. My sister, since we've been estranged since June. Not even sure if she'll show up for T'giving dinner.
1. What's the longest trip you've driven?
2. What's the one thing you hate most about staying in a hotel?
3. Do you eat the free hotel breakfast or eat breakfast out?
1. Ft Huachuca, Az to Belmont, NC... egads!2. You can't pick your neighbors!!
3. Eat there; we only go to Hampton Inn; I know what I am getting :)
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1. What is your most favorite book, ever, ever, ever?
2. Who is your favorite author?
3. Do you have siblings?
1. Lonesome Dove2. Michael McDowell
3. Two: older brother and younger sister
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1. Do you let your pets sleep on your bed?
2. Do you board your pets when you go out of town or have someone check on them?
3. Has your home ever been burgled while you were on vacation?
1) Yes, the cats, but not the dog: He's too huge.2) I have someone spend time with them twice a day when we are gone.
3) Once. When I went on my Honeymoon, someone robbed us of all of our DVDs but were interrupted later when coming back, trying to get out the back door with our computer.
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1) Have you or someone you are close to, ever see a ghost?
2) What do you think your nightmares mean? or, where do they come from?
3) Name the first 5 things you would do if you won the lottery:
1. Unfortunately, no. :-) That would be cool, though. I do know several people who have related ESP stories.2. I think nightmares are the results of all the worries and fears we keep shoved in the dark parts of our brains, and they escape while we're relaxed in slumber.
3. 1) Pay off the house; 2) Buy my husband a big ass truck like he's been wanting for a while 3) Give some money to my closest family 4) Buy a cabin on the lake 5) Take any family who wanted to go on a vacation and pay for everything
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1. Have you ever been left a big chunk of money?
2. Has a big family secret ever been revealed to you, like your sister was really your mother or your great uncle was incahoots with Lee Harvey Oswald?
3. When you make a grilled cheese, do you add the butter to the pan first or spread the butter on the bread?
1. Only in my dreams2. I found out my mom was marrying her mom's ex-boyfriend--does that count?
3. To the pan
1. Have you ever dressed up as a member of the opposite sex?
2. When was the last time you used a public restroom?
3. What do think of the concept of tenure for teachers?
1. No2. Yesterday around lunch time
3. Don't like it at all. It makes no sense to me and never has. So you make it to tenure and you're a crappy teacher but it's impossible to fire you? Do your job well and you don't need tenure as a crutch.
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1. What's your favorite brand of coffee you buy at the store?
2. Do you try grapes before buying them?
3. Have you ever checked out with more than 10 items in the 10 items or less line?
1. Maxwell House. 2. Most of the time. I've been burned to many times by bad grapes in the past and they've gotten so expensive not to try one before purchasing.
3. yes, if in a hurry.
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1. Do you turn off lights when leaving a room?
2. When taking off your clothes do you immediately hang them up or throw them on the floor?
3. After taking a shower do you dry off in the shower or after you get out?
1. Yes2. Hang them or put in hamper
3. After I get out
1. Which part of your body do you dry first after a shower?
2. What part of your body do you wash first when in the shower?
3. Do you dress in the bathroom or in your room?
1. legs2. hair
3. in my room
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1. What part of your body do you dress first? Bottom half or top half?
2. When getting dressed which leg goes first, right or left?
3. Do you like taking showers or baths?
1. Bottom2. Right
3. Showers
1. What is your favorite cologne/perfume?
2. Have you ever been to Washington D.C.?
3. When in the same car with a spouse/SO, who drives more often?
1. Apple bottoms by Nelly. I'm allergic to most of it. Rapture because it reminds me of my mom.2.Nope, was planning on going to the John Stewart rally last year, but could not afford to go.
3. Me. Drives me nuts to be the passenger. I just want to drive my own speed. My b/f drives like a grandma.
1. What do you do for a job?
2. What is the best piece of advice you have given someone?
3. If you had your choice of any pet and money and space weren't a problem. What would you have and why?
1. I am a cashier for Lowe's2. Enjoy today because tomorrow is not promised
3. Sloth. I think they are adorable. =)
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1. What's your favorite comedy?
2. Have you read 'The Help' and if you have, what did you think of it?
3. Do you enjoy cold weather?
1. Either old Two & a half Men or Family Guy, depends on my mood.2. I haven't read it and don't know much about it except that it was made into a movie.
3. Not really, but each season has something special.
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1. Where is the furthest place from your home you've ever been?
2. Who would direct the movie of your life?
3. What do you wish you could go back and tell yourself 15 years ago?
Which Lowe's do you work at Lori? We go to the one in Homewood all the time. As a matter of fact, we're headed there today to look at prices on floor to ceiling blinds and lamp shades. If you happen to see me, I don't have on makeup so be kind. :-)
1. The Netherlands (where I live now!) - I still consider Australia 'home'2. Errmm, I'm so unfamiliar with movie directors. But someone good at Dramas!
3. Spend more time with your Mum. She won't be around for ever
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1. If you could live in one place, just for a while, where and why?
2. Coke or pepsi?
3. Your dream job?
1. Back home in Chicago, better pay and transportation.2. Pepsi when I am feeling froggy, Coke for upset stomach ...
3. Bookstore Owner!!
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1. What is your favorite color?
2. Rock or Pop?
3. What is up with MTV anyway??
1. Blue2. Rock
3. Who knows. Haven't watched it in years.
1. Who is your least favorite actor/actress?
2. Name one author you haven't read you cannot see yourself ever trying.
3. Have you ever screamed at your boss?
1.Green2.Rock, definitely.
3.Dunno, don't watch it.
1.If you could bring back one person from death who would it be?
2.What would you ask them?
3.What is your favourite dinner to make?
I'll answer Gatorman's questions!1. Who is your least favorite actor/actress? Nicole Kidman
2. Name one author you haven't read you cannot see yourself ever trying. Probably John Grisham. The subject material does not interest me at all.
3. Have you ever screamed at your boss? No. I'm usually really timid and avoid confrontation.
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1. Would you rather go to an aquarium or zoo?
2. What brand TV do you own?
3. What is a flower/plant you find beautiful?
1. Zoo, aquariums bore me after the first time.2. I don't know. Vizio?
3. Daffodils
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Jenn's questions:
1.If you could bring back one person from death who would it be?
2.What would you ask them?
3.What is your favourite dinner to make?
1. I think I've answered this one before but this time I'm gonna go with George Harrison.2. About his religious experiences and what he would have done different in his days with the Beatles
3. Ramen since it's the only thing I can make without killing myself or anyone else. lol
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1. I know she is irritating as all get out, but do you find Kim Kardashian attractive?
2. Who was the best James Bond?
3. Is your backyard fenced?
1. Eh, she's alright looking I guess, not mind-blowingly beautiful or anything but she's not ugly either.2. Oh man I can't even decide. I love love love Sean Connery, but Goldeneye was the one I always watched over and over, so I'm kinda leaning towards Pierce Brosnan too...
3. Nope, it's wild and free, we barely even mow, just a medium-sized radius around the house for the kid and dog to play.
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1. What's your favorite fruit, whether exotic or not?
2. Would you eat liver and onions? Because I wouldn't :o
3. What was your dream job when you were a little kid?
1. mango2. yes and i love it
3. teacher
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1. are you doing what you thought you would be doing in life 10 years ago? how so?
2. do you watch reality tv. if so, what. if not, why.
3. you lose one eye or you remain bald forever. choose one.
1. NO WAY. Up to my eyeballs in debt? And still got no degree? Yeesh! Working retail to get my life together was not how I imagined things.2. No. To be honest, the only 'reality'-esque show my husband and I watch was RuPaul's Drag Race.
3. Bald forever baby! I'd have the most beautiful assortment of wigs.
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1. What is a genre of music that you have given a chance but simply don't care for?
2. Do you burn candles in your home?
3. Do you have an artificial or real Christmas tree?
1. Rap/HipHop and new pop music, I mostly love the oldies and classic rock 2. Yes, love 'em, put 'em all over the place
3. Artificial, about 4 ft tall, white with fiber optic multi-colored lights, my grandma bought it for me b/c she said we needed a tree :)
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1. What is your third most favorite book?
2. Do you like balloons?
3. Do you ever catch yourself watching the paid programs late at night even though you know you should just turn the dang tv off or change the channel?
1) Hmm. I would probably say "Frankenstein"2) Yes. Except when blowing them up. I'm always afraid they'll pop in my face
3) Yes! And I usually go online to see the crap that people say about the products.
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1) Do you have to work tomorrow?
2) Do you brown bag it or eat out when going on lunch at work?
3) Do you feel like eventually Halloween will be completely looked over in favor of Thanksgiving and Christmas?
1. Yes2. I mix it up, but I think it's ridiculous how much eating out lunch costs these days, so I'm trying to pack my own lunch. Eight dollars for a sandwich? Seriously?
3. Never, you can tell how much people still love Halloween
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1. Where are you doing Thanksgiving this year?
2. On Turkey Day, can everyone sit at one table or is it buffet style and everyone just finds a seat?
3. Do you watch football on Turkey Day?
1. Spending it with family.2. Everybody usually has a place to sit since it tends to be immediate family.
3. Usually not. Maybe hockey! :D
1. The last collection of short stories you read? How was it?
2. One television shows that seems to have been partly based on your life?
3. Last restaurant you ate at? Next one you will probably eat at?
1. It's been so long since I've read a collection of short stories, I can't even remember.2. Malcolm in the Middle
3. Donato's Pizza. Habaneros.
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1. Have you ever had coffee from a stove top percolator?
2. What's your favorite dish to order at a breakfast restaurant?
3. Do you have a shower head massager?
1. don't think so2. blueberry or strawberry pancakes with the side of scrambled eggs
3. no, I wish
1. do you find rapid channel flipping fun or infuriating?
2. how superstitious are you?
3. if you had to spend your life as a vampire from popular culture (books, movies, tv), which one would it be?
1. Fun2. Not really superstitious, but I definitely believe in karma, so I try to be good.
3. Keifer Sutherland in Lost Boys, he knew how to have fun and to recruit the right people...except for that last guy
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1. What's your favorite yogurt flavor?
2. How often do you wash your windows at home?
3. If you see some money on the ground, do you stick it in your pocket or look around to see if anyone dropped it?
1. Key Lime2. The insides maybe once a year, usually at Christmas time when I put the decorations up. The outsides, never. I hate everything about this house and I'm boycotting being a little Suzy Homemaker until we move someplace that's not a nasty p.o.s.
3. Look around first, then pick it up and keep it.
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1. If you could be any breed of wild cat (like tiger, lion, ocelot, etc) which would you be?
2. Would you rather have pie or cake for dessert?
3. In reference to the above question, which flavor/variety?
1. Panther (love Rilke's "The Panther")2. Pie
3. Chocolate Chess pie
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1. If you could now give your 16-year-old self advice, what would you tell him/her?
2. Have you ever tried calligraphy?
3. What's the best thing that you're good at drawing?
1. YOu can do this!!2. Yes, and I rock :)
3. cartoon characters, faces.
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1. Are you a fast or slow reader, or somewhere in between??
2. Does your family read as much as you do??
3. Are you a book stacker, shelver or a mish-mash?
1) Very fast. Which is funny b/c my husband is super slow. So I can dominate several books in the time he takes to read one.2) No, unfortunately. My father was the only one that really read but he doesn't read anymore.
3) Mish Mash
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1) What is your favorite Stephen King novel?
2) Do you own a pair of rain boots?
3) If you could take one thing to the afterlife with you, what would it be?
(Oops, we replied at the same time... so I'll answer both...)1. Work stuff, I read fast; for pleasure I read s-l-o-w-l-y to savor every word! (So, it has to be good!)
2. My dad was the really avid reader, though mostly nonfiction. I'm all for escapism. Go figure. .
3. With all the books I have, I just stick 'em wherever they fit. *sigh*
1. I'd have to say it's the short story collection Different Seasons.
2. Nope. Just lots of cowboy boots.
3. BOOKS!!!
1. What's you fave weather to read in (rainy, cold, lying in the sun ...)?
2. What's the first book you recall reading?
3. What "required reading" book from high school or college have you gone back and re-read?
1. Lying under a comforter on a cold, windy day.2. A Golden Book with kittens in it.
3. To Kill a Mockinbird
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1. Which h.s. or college required book did you detest?
2. Do you enjoy watching cute, funny animal videos on YouTube?
3. Have you ever walked with ankle weights on?
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