13 posts tagged “qotd”
If you knew you had one week to live, what would you do, where would you go, who would you see?
Submitted by normatheartist
I would go surfing. I've been once, and I've been pretty busy or out-of-town since, but as soon as I get settled again, I'm going. The only times I've ever felt so alive and challenged was while snowboarding (a rare treat lately here in Southern California) or scuba diving.
Ideally, I'd figure out to find somewhere I could camp out on the beach with family and friends to fish, surf, build a campfire and lounge about, swapping old stories for new ones, making new memories like sand castles.. even if only for a week.
Dredged up from an old QOTD:
What celebrities would you shag?
Ooh. Good question. Well, I'm not sure about the celebs themselves, since I know nothing about them and I'm really only attracted to their characters. Okay, so popular characters played by the following... Julianne Moore. John Cusack. Maggie Gyllenhall. Claire Danes, Lauren Graham. Brent Spiner. Bradley Whitford. Zach Braff.
Dredged up from an old QOTD:
Do you have a collection of anything?
Yarn. The spouse-unit will withhold my sake if I don't admit to that one. Other knitters will agree that a stash is perpetually "in-use" and therefore not a static collection. The spouse-unit claims that to be denial, deception or both.
Books. Mostly religious-, animal- or craft-oriented.
I think that's it. I'm not really into collecting things. For years, I moved around so much, it was idiotic to keep anything frivolous around. I generally like the idea of having a few handy essentials and that's about it. A good example of this is how it's just impossible for me to carry a purse. I wear my Blackberry in a holster, my keys on an Indian-style keychain that sits on my belt, a small wallet in my back pocket, lip balm in a front pocket, and sunglasses on my head. That's it. If I was going to be kidnapped by friends for some wild adventure, that's about all I need. :o)
What are your favorite weird food combinations?
Submitted by Dulce.
Okay, maybe not as weird as Megan's, but I sometimes like cream in my Dr. Pepper. A friend of mine in high school got me started on it, pouring half and half in his drink and begging me to try it. I guess really not all that different from a Pepper float, which I prefer any day to a root beer float.
Umm, lemon juice, curry powder and salt? Nah, it's not really that different from a thousand or so South American candies based on the same combination.
Ooooh. I have one. Soy sauce on scrambled eggs. Makes them taste a little like bacon.
What is your favorite kind of bagel and what do you put on it?
Submitted by Nacwolin.
I like egg bagels, toasted and dripping with butter. Or spread with a thin layer of cream cheese, layered with smoked salmon and sprinkled with chives. Plain bagels work, too. I cringe at the the thought of fruity anything on my bagels, though.
What was the one toy you wanted as a kid that your parents never bought you?
Submitted by Princess of Darkness.
So it wasn't something specific, really. When I was a kid, I was such a tomboy. I refused to wear dresses or skirts at every chance, running to my father and asking him "can I wear jeans to [dinner/temple/etc]?" before my mother could ask me to "change into something decent". He had not-so-secretly hoped for a boy and so almost always said yes. I got out of helping in the kitchen in exchange for helping in the garage, learned to change a tire and clean the pool while my sister did the housework. Seemed fair enough.
Maybe it was because my mother was the one to actually buy the presents, I'm not sure, but I always got the girly stuff. I remember asking for my bedroom to be decorated hot-pink when we first moved into the house (hey, I was 6 and it was 1985). I came home to find it the softest shade of baby pink, with a matching Holly Hobby bedspread and curtains. Ugh. I asked for a skateboard one birthday, because all the boys had them and were doing tricks in front of their houses; I received a Barbie scooterboard - think of a skateboard with a T-handle mounted on the nose end. In lieu of a BMX bike, I had a Strawberry Shortcake one, complete with pink and white tassels in the handles and a basket in front. I got a DinoBot for Transformers, instead of the much more vicious and enjoyable StarScreamer, and I remember somehow even this being a grudging concession of some sort.
I don't regret not getting the things I really wanted, because I had a hell of the time with the things I had. We had a pond in the backyard, with a small fountain and goldfish, and my sister used to play with her Barbies on the side of it, in the swimsuits, bathing and frolicking. Then my DinoBot would come along and eat them, wrecking havoc on their island paradise. It was great. :o)
What are five books that changed your life?
Inspired by Ms. Genevieve.
- Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack
- The Portable Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Belgariad and the Mallorean by David Eddings (alright, so ten books is cheating a little)
- Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
- Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (and anything else by him)
What was your very first job?
Submitted by Laurel.
My very first job was working in a movie theater. It was one of the big chains for theaters, but the particular one I worked in was ancient and crusty. There were cockroaches in the bathrooms and sometimes in the theaters. Everything was grimy and half the lights didn't work.
The manager was this penny-pinching wrinkly old guy and he lied outright to customers and staff alike. I remember on one occasion where I was working the concession stand, a woman asked what kind of oil we use for our popcorn. I looked down at the boxes of oil under the popcorn machine and opened my mouth, but El Sleezo jumped in first. "The very best oil! Cholesterol free." I stood there dumbstruck, staring at him and then back at the box labeled "100% Pure Coconut Oil". Joy. I still get chills wondering if that poor woman went home and had a heart attack. He would pacify any customers with "free" popcorn - scooped out in the brown serving boxes instead of offical theater-brand popcorn bags or buckets, since those were his real cost. Ugh.
On a slightly more humorous note, one of the funniest jobs I ever had was as a cold-calling telemarketer.. wait for it.. for a hearing aid company. Yes, this really is as stupid as you can imagine.
"Hello, is Mr. Johnson available?"
"Sorry?"
*yelling* "Is Mr. Johnson available?!"
"Yes, I'm Mike Johnson".
*still yelling* "Mr. Johnson, I'm calling with Dumb Hearing Services. I'd like to offer you a free hearing test!"
"A what??"
"A FREE HEARING TEST!"
"I don't need a hearing test!"
What's the best way to spend a rainy day?
Submitted by Vee.
Curled up with some knitting, a warm blanket, a hot mug of chocolate, coffee or buttered rum(!) and some Mazzy Star playing in the background. Fireplace and sleeping cats optional.
What was the last game you played?
Technically, Bejeweled 2. As for a real game: SSX on Tour for PSP.
