Month: April 2004

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says: “…although it does make your heart race. That’s in the genes, I suppose.” From Sunshine by Robin McKinley, which I’m currently reading.

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first? The wall. Or, rather, the phone list taped to the wall.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV? What was the last thing? Maybe an episode of “Touching Evil“. I’m not sold on the show yet, but I am interested in seeing the British original, which my parents tell me is much better.

4. WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is: It’s difficult not to look, what with the time right there at the bottom of my screen, but I’d say 11:15.

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? 11:18.

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? Surprisingly little. I work directly across from the Turbulent Combustion Lab, and the hallway right outside my office often seems to double as a conference room. There’s a slight hum that might be air blowing through vents, but except for the occasional opening door or ringing phone, it’s pretty quiet.

7. When did you last step outside? what were you doing? Around 8 o’clock this morning when I came to work.

8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at? Well, I don’t know which website Betty stole this from, much less where it came from originally. Before I saw this, I was probably looking at my own weblog, since that’s where I keep a link to Betty’s blog.

9. What are you wearing? A green and white buttoned shirt, black t-shirt, dark gray Dockers, black shoes, black socks, eyeglasses, boxers.

10. Did you dream last night? Quite a lot. A late dinner of reheated pizza wasn’t really conducive to a good night’s sleep. (That, or Daylight Savings Time threw me for a loop.) I can’t remember much of what I dreamt, though.

11. When did you last laugh? Last night, I think. My job isn’t exactly a laugh riot on the best of days, but last night was a Monty Python Society meeting.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in? Mostly phone lists or important papers tacked to the cork board or taped to the wall. Also various keys, a couple of calendars, and a campus parking map. That’s all directly to my left. The rest of that wall, as well as the others in the room, are pretty bare or covered by filing cabinets and shelves. It’s not a very big office, but I guess it is bigger than a cubicle.

13. Seen anything weird lately? Let’s see. It was snowing yesterday, but this is Pennsylyvania, so that’s not really weird. I don’t think I’ve seen anything weird lately — although, the last time I said that, I then saw a truck on fire alongside the road not five minutes later, so who knows what’s in store?

14. What do you think of this quiz? S’okay. I mean, I’m taking it, aren’t I?

15. What is the last film you saw? I saw “Hellboy” over the weekend. I may have more to say about it later, but it wasn’t half bad.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first? Not a clue. Mainly because the chances of becoming a multi-millionaire overnight are slim to none. The money would buy me time and the opportunity to quit my job and move somewhere without worrying about having another job lined up. But since that isn’t going to happen…

17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know: You, as in the original author of this quiz? Well, you probably don’t know anything about me, so where to begin? If by “you”, you mean the readers of these answers, the regular readers of my weblog, then…well, where to begin? Is there anything people want to know?

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

19. Do you like to dance? Not really. Can’t anyway.

20. George Bush: is he a power-crazy nutcase or someone who is finally doing something that has needed to be done for years? I don’t think he’s either, but he’s woefully unqualified to be President.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? You know, I should probably work on getting a date first before I start naming my children. (This post notwithstanding.)

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him? It’s not as if there’s a throng of women lined up offering to mother my children. (Is there?) So this is all very hypothetical and silly. But I have given this some passing thought, since I was named after my father, who in was named after his father, who in turn was named after his father. If I had a son, I don’t know that I’d name him Fred, however.