The meme everyone is doing
1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
James Taylor, Liza Minelli, Barbara Feldon.
2. Where was your first kiss?
On my lips.
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
No.
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
No. At least not that I remember. Possibly when I was a little kid.
5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?
Yes.
6. What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex?
Usually their eyes.
7. What really turns you on?
Eyes, really tall guys, scent (hard to define, some guys smell sexy and some don't).
8. What do you order at Starbucks?
I've never been in a Starbucks. So I guess the answer would be "nothing".
9. What is your biggest mistake?
Probably my relationship with Amber. (Bet you thought I was going to say "moving to Pennsylvania". Nope, that was just my second biggest mistake.)
10. Ever hurt yourself on purpose?
No.
11. Say something totally random about you.
In the 24 years that I lived in or near Kansas City, I lived in 14 different houses/apartments.
12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Yes, I've been told at various times that I look like Kris Kristofferson and Jeremy Irons.
13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?
Depends on how one defines "kiddy". I love Disney.
14. Did you have braces?
Yes.
15. Are you comfortable with your height?
Yes.
16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you?
Scott wins this category. Once when I was putting in especially long hours I came home to find that he'd cooked a multi-course gourmet seafood dinner for me. And sometimes he brings me flowers, but not just a standard off-the-shelf arrangement, it's always something wild and alien looking. He surprises me with things, and I think that's what romance is all about.
17. When do you know it's love?
The question presumes that love is a specific quality. Questions like this are tricky because love is entirely subjective and can mean just about anything depending on who you talk to. I know that I've come across a potential life partner when I find somebody who I enjoy being physically intimate with and who also has all the qualities of a best friend.
18. Do you speak any other languages?
Not fluently. I'm an American.
19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
No.
20. What magazines do you read?
DogFancy, Fire & Ice, Mensa.
21. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
No.
22. Has anyone you were really close with passed away?
My grandparents, Kelson, my brother John, my Aunt Alma, my cousin Nanette, Mrs.Waid, my friends Dan, Belaxas and Cyfwn, everyone I dated between Kelson and Scott, most of the guys I dated before Kelson. I assume we're limiting this to humans, otherwise I have to add a lot of dogs to the list.
23. Do you watch MTV?
No.
24. What's something that really annoys you?
I have to pick one thing? C'mon, I live in Pennsylvania. Oh, okay, then let's say "unlabelled streets" or "streets that are called something other than what's on the sign" (like the so-called 'Parkway'). Or is that two things?
25. What's something you really like?
Going out to the movies.
26. Do you like Michael Jackson?
I don't know Michael Jackson. Some of his music is pretty good.
27. Can you dance?
No, I dance like a straight boy.
28. What's the latest you have ever stayed up?
I've pulled all-nighters. (Hasn't everyone? What kind of stupid question is this?)
29. Have you ever thought that you were honestly going to die?
Yeah, last year. And, frankly, I am going to die, I'm just not sure when. And I'd like to keep it that way.
30. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
No.
31. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out?
Yes, usually.
Today is the balmy, sunny day I was hoping for. Well, actually it's more like "partly cloudy", but that counts as "sunny" in Pittsburgh.