A Few Fun Questions--Getting to Know One Another

[dejavu]

1) Your name: Debbie

2) Age: 60

3) Zodiac: Virgo

4) Siblings: 1 sister 5 years younger; 1 brother 9 years younger

5) favorite author: John Lescroart and other serious mystery/crime novels with detectives or prosecutors as main characters

6) Fav. type of music: oldies top songs from 60s and 70s; also some jazz and country, and some classical

7) scariest thing i've ever done: drank too much tequila when young and drove home several hours later

8] fav cartoon: Charlie Brown

9) Fav. singer: old groups: Beatles, Beachboys, etc...Simon & Garfunkel

11) Favorite movie: besides Brokeback:  Somewhere In Time...Camelot

10)Favorite TV show: World Series, Superbowl, NCAA college basketball Final Four

12) Worst phobia: bees, wasps, etc.

13) Fav. class in school: writing, algebra

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: not really

15) Do I like to cook/bake: no, but I like to eat 

16) Fav. current song: can't think of one since I don't have a radio nearby

17) Fav. song:  Lots of them, but I liked Both Sides Now, too...Sounds of Silence...

18] Dream in B/W or color: Not sure, but the most recent one seemed to be b/w

19) More friends now or then: Now

20) purpopsely embarrased someone: not seriously, maybe in teasing

21) Bad habit: Biting my nails, but that comes and goes

22) Hidden stash of adult material: no visuals, had some books but got rid of them before nephew came to visit

23) Best halloween costume: witch

24) Favorite Magazine: TIME Magazine

25) Favorite smells: some food, some flowers

26) Favorite sounds: certain musical instruments, played slowly

27) Worst feeling in the world: losing a friend or loved one

28] 1st thing you think of when I wake up: oh, what time is it?

29) Favorite color: green

30) Future child's names & why: won't have future children, but I always liked the names Reuben and Mariah

31) important thing in life: don't be afraid to reach out to people you'd like to get to know; don't be afraid of what other people will think about changes you'd like to make in your own life

32) Favorite foods: fish such as trout and tilapia; Italian such as spaghetti & meatballs; chef salads with hard boiled eggs in them; anything cinnamon

33) Storms; cool or scary?cool

34) first car:  1972 yellow Ford Maverick -- definitely not cool but it was paid for with cash

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: Tim McCarver, since we're talking baseball players from the past

36) My dream job: proofreader for professional authors' books before they go to the publisher

37) Ever been in love: yes

38] Glass 1/2 empty or full: half full, it can always get better

39) Favorite sport to watch: college basketball; occasionally major league baseball when the games are really important

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: Last summer I was out in Colorado visiting my mother, and my brother flew out for a few days.  We went to Sunday brunch, the two of us, and I needed to go to the grocery store on the way home, but we were getting on each other's nerves.  (He was questioning Why That Store, etc.)  Instead of coming with me and my cart to load heavy soda and water bottles, he took off to wait in line for a "free gift" giveaway at the back of the store.  I called his cell phone; he said he was almost ready; but when I'd finished checking out and loading the car, I called him again, and when he still said "just a minute" I just drove out of the store's parking lot and home to my mother's house, saying I'd had to put the milk in the refrigerator, and leaving my brother in the store.  He dumped his free gift in the parking lot and walked to my aunt's house, and told my aunt and uncle what a bad thing I'd done.   

[gnash]

^^^

wow, don't mess with debbie when it comes to groceries! well, little brother was a punk, making you 1. do all the heavy work 2. making you wait so long.

my sister had a ford maverick as her first car too. it was bright yellow with a black racing stripe down the middle. it was actually kinda cool.

(her name is debbie, too)

[Heath4Ever]

glen! that is amazing... I didn't know that. and rural Australia, too! what, the wallabies didn't like you?  ;

The thing was, I didn't have anything against wallabies, Jimmy, but I had become rather partial to a cockatoo.  

looking up "jar of hearts" now.

Oh God, I hope you weren't too traumatised, Jimmy.  Ha ha.  Maybe I should have chosen Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?  by Culture Club instead.  Now that really is  an anthem for victims.....

I want to add two other songs to my all-time favourites list.....

Firstly Mr Tambourine Man  by Bob Dylan.  As a boy I was absolutely fascinated by the beauty of the lyric.  I mean, "One hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea"?  Come on!  It is pure poetry.    

I also adore Tracy Chapman's Baby, Can I Hold You?  and was delighted to discover recently that Heath was a big fan of hers.  What an old romantic he was.  

There is a bit of an Ennis element to the last-named song, especially the line "Maybe if I told you the right words at the right time, you'd be mine".  Poor Jack!

[Cally]

Love Mr Tambourine Man.

[dejavu]

I want to add two other songs to my all-time favourites list.....

Firstly Mr Tambourine Man  by Bob Dylan.  

Oh, yes!  Mr Tambourine Man for me, too.   

[gnash]

hey glen,, I've had a cockatoo myself  actually, it was finches and a lovebird.

hahaha, the song didn't traumatize me, and there was a line in there that jack could have screamed at the lake, real loud. I was a fan of a certain all saints song at one time, so stuff like that doesn't turn me off. 

tracy chapman is cool... we met on a flight from SF to San Antonio in the late 80's. super nice woman. her "fast car" song was big at the time. it is heartwarming to know that Heath was into her songs. I love heath's taste in music!  I was into Australian bands before Heath was in my sights, lol. powderfinger, for one. I see ben lee from time to time here in Los Angeles, he paints at the studio. I loved his band, noise addict, when we were all younger. he's almost old, now. 

[dejavu]

wow, don't mess with debbie when it comes to groceries! well, little brother was a punk, making you 1. do all the heavy work 2. making you wait so long.

my sister had a ford maverick as her first car too. it was bright yellow with a black racing stripe down the middle. it was actually kinda cool.

(her name is debbie, too)

Your sister's car does sound cool, Jimmy.  I remember the yellow ones with black racing stripes.  Mine was a sturdy car, at least, for 40,000 miles.  It's the one I drove to California in 1976 (San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego and then across the Utah dessert).  But it didn't have air conditioning, so I bought something else before moving to Philadelphia in 1977.

As for the grocery store incident, I was wrong to go off without my brother.  I really didn't know what had come over me.  But yes, he had been a bit of a "punk," criticizing my driving and insisting on doing the driving himself whenever possible.  We both had keys to my mom's car.  So my initial thought hadn't been to leave him at the store, but just to get comfortable in the driver's seat and make him be the passenger.  But when he still didn't come out...it was just too easy to leave.  Of course I would have turned around immediately if he'd called me, but he didn't, he just set off walking, when I called him, he was already at my aunt's, so I went back to pick him up there.

[kittykat]

1) Your name: Kathryn

2) Age: 21

3) Zodiac: Scorpio

4) Siblings: Two older brothers and an older sister

5) Favorite author: Annie Proulx, and J.K. Rowling

6) Fav. type of music: I like all kinds of music, but I like club/dance right now

7) Scariest thing I've ever done: Started writing fanfiction and posted it, never done it before

8 ) Fav cartoon: Don't really have any...

9) Fav. singer: Right now it's Cyndi Lauper

10) Fav. TV Show: Queer As Folk or As The World Turns (Luke & Noah's story )

11) Favorite movie: Brokeback Mountain!

12) Worst phobia: Spiders

13) Fav. class in school: English

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: Yep, all over

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Can't cook

16) Fav. current song: Cyndi Lauper - Into The Nightlife and True Colors

17) Fav. song.. oldie: I like Elvis songs

18) Dream in B/W or color: Colour I think

19) More friends now or then: Now

20) Purposely embarrassed someone: Don't think so...

21) Bad habit: Over-indulging on chocolate

22) Hidden stash of adult material: Only on the netbook

23) Best halloween costume: Never went trick or treating, was never interested

24) Favorite Magazine: Don't read them

25) Favorite smells: Roast chicken

26) Favorite sounds: Music I guess

27) Worst feeling in the world: Toothache

28) 1st thing you think of when I wake up: Just five more minutes...

29) Favorite color: Red  

30) Future child's names & why: male or female: Maybe James for a boy and Kayleigh for a girl

31) Important thing in life: Be happy and have fun

32) Favorite foods: Chocolate

33) Storms; cool or scary? Cool

34) First car: Don't drive

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: Dunno, maybe Jake or something

36) My dream job: Working for gay rights in my nearest city, with a desk job to bring the money in

37) Ever been in love: Yes, more than once

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Full

39) Favorite sport to watch: Don't watch them

40) Tell an embarrassing story about myself: The only thing I can think of was a couple of years back. Me and my parents were visiting Bowness, where Lake Windermere is. They were doing boat rides out on the lake, on these big boats. We went up these steps on the boat, went around the lake, and then when we docked again, we went for the steps, but they were very narrow, and I slipped down the steps

[fritzkep]

Glen, that reminds me of a t-shirt I've seen at Key West, "I never kissed a parrot, but I've kissed a cockatoo"

[Sason]

Glen, that reminds me of a t-shirt I've seen at Key West, "I never kissed a parrot, but I've kissed a cockatoo"

 

[Heath4Ever]

tracy chapman is cool... we met on a flight from SF to San Antonio in the late 80's. super nice woman. her "fast car" song was big at the time. it is heartwarming to know that Heath was into her songs. I love heath's taste in music!  I was into Australian bands before Heath was in my sights, lol. powderfinger, for one.

I am not so 'up' on Australian music these days, Jimmy, as I've lived in the UK for 18 years, although I did have my favourites growing up, of course, such as Olivia Newton-John, INXS, Midnight Oil, AC/DC, the Bee Gees, Air Supply as well as others.  As for Powderfinger, I guess you know Heath was a big fan?  One of their songs was played at his funeral.

[Heath4Ever]

Glen, that reminds me of a t-shirt I've seen at Key West, "I never kissed a parrot, but I've kissed a cockatoo"

Thanks for that, Fritz.  Puts me in mind of an Australian comedian in the '80s who used various Australian place and animal names to create comedy routines, many of them quite obscene.  I am sure a woman named Noreen "having seen a cockatoo" was in there somewhere!

[killersmom]

Glen, that reminds me of a t-shirt I've seen at Key West, "I never kissed a parrot, but I've kissed a cockatoo"

LOL!! Fritz!

[Heath4Ever]

Debbie, Somewhere In Time  is a precious little pearl of a movie, isn't it?  I stumbled upon it by accident a few years ago.  To be honest, when I saw that it starred Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, I thought it was going to be dreadful, but quite the contrary - it is a beautiful piece.

[dejavu]

Debbie, Somewhere In Time  is a precious little pearl of a movie, isn't it?  I stumbled upon it by accident a few years ago.  To be honest, when I saw that it starred Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, I thought it was going to be dreadful, but quite the contrary - it is a beautiful piece.

Glad you enjoyed it.  I saw it on a tour bus heading up to Michigan, when the tour guide wanted to establish a "Michigan atmosphere" for us.  Since then I've found out how many regular fans the movie has.  I want to see it again and maybe buy the DVD.