I originally found this meme on Karla's Tales of a Texpatriate and then found an extended version on Kazza's site. I'm going for the extended one because I like the #1 option.
You know the rules... if you like it, steal it. I'm not tagging anyone.
Here goes...
10 Favorites
- Favorite color: blue - it was brown when I was a kid
- Favorite food: tough one... anything Katie makes or Texas Chimichangas from Eduardo's in DeKalb, IL
- Favorite song: wow... umm... I've got a few... The Police - "King of Pain," Van Halen - "Finish What Ya Started," Soul Asylum - "Black Gold," and Queen - "One Vision"
- Favorite movie: The Shawshank Redemption
- Favorite sport: was always baseball, but I've found myself much more passionate about football (the American variety) lately
- Favorite season: fall - and it was far too short this year.
- Favorite day of the week: any day that Katie and I both don't have to work
- Favorite ice cream flavor: chocolate peanut butter
- Favorite alcoholic drink: tequila - have yet to find a favorite brand, though
- Favorite word: excellent - does that identify me as a child of the 80s?
9 Currents
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Current mood: annoyed due to a headache and ridiculous "news" stories, but otherwise okay
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Current taste: anything, I'm hungry
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Current clothes: see "5 things you're wearing" below
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Current desktop picture: see my TUAW screen cap on Flickr
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Current hair color: what's left is brown
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Current time: 11:50 a.m.
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Current surroundings: my office
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Current annoyance(s): slow computer processing and my pounding headache
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Current craving: Subway or Jimmy John's... I could use a sub sandwich for lunch today
8 Firsts
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First best friend: Steve Pope in Lexington, KY
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First kiss: I don't remember, to be honest; but, for some reason, the memory of a girl named Krys in 8th grade is starting to form in my head (I don't remember if she kissed my cheek or my lips)
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First screen name: z917892 at NIU that I changed to "gurgi" when I figured out how to log in to the university's student info database
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First pet: a gerbil named Tippee (he had a white tip on the end of his tail)
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First piercing: a pencil through the palm of my right hand in first grade (the graphite is still in there)
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First crush: Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's and Elisabeth Shue of The Karate Kid
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First CD: Poison - Open Up and Say... Ahhh!!! and The Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker
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First car: 1984 Chrysler LeBaron... totaled it a month and a half later
7 Lasts
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Last cigarette: never smoked; never even inhaled save for secondhand
- Last alcoholic beverage: Blue Moon beer at Old Towne Pub and Tavern last weekend
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Last car ride: this morning on the way to work
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Last kiss: this morning from Katie
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Last movie seen: in theaters - Just Like Heaven; on video - The Living Daylights (I still say Timothy Dalton is my favorite James Bond because he was the closest to Ian Fleming's vision in the books)
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Last phone call: this morning to the Copy Center on campus
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Last CD played: OnXRT Live From the Archives, vol. 8
6 Have You Evers
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Have you ever dated one of your best friends: no; but, like Kazza, I became best friends with one I dated and then married; and she's still my best friend
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Have you ever broken the law: yes
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Have you ever been arrested: yes
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Have you ever skinny dipped: hell no
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Have you ever been on TV: yes, a furniture store commercial when I was a kid and a Christmas special naming all Santa's reindeer from memory, and I still can - Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen (amazing how, as an adult, many of them sound more like the names of exotic dancers than Santa's means of holiday transportation)
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Have you ever been in love: yes, and I'm married to the object of this love
5 Things
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5 things you're wearing: grey Russell mock turtleneck, khaki cargo pants, black socks, black Skecher Critics (fave shoes of all time), and Hanes boxer briefs (not a whitey tighty or boxer guy... I believe in the best of both worlds - the coverage of boxers and the security of whitey tighties)
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5 things you did yesterday: woke up, worked primary job, worked secondary job, went home, fell asleep with my head on Katie's back between her shoulder blades (until she made me roll over)
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5 things you can't live without: Katie, my iPod, my laptop, my digicam, my contact lenses (unfortunately)
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5 things you can hear right now: heater, my boss down the hall, the keys clicking on my keyboard, iTunes (iTunes New Music Tuesday podcast), a printer printing in the background somewhere
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5 things you do when you're bored: blog, watch movies, read books, surf Web, wander around aimlessly and make those around me quite nervous
4 Places You've Been To
- Lots of places in America with my faves, outside Chicago, being San Francisco, Kauai, and New Orleans
- Canada
- Mexico
- Grand Cayman and Belize (very brief day trips)
3 People You Can Tell *Almost* Anything To (in no particular order)
- Katie
- Katie
- Katie (not very original answers, I know; but that's how it is)
2 Choices
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Black or White: Black
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Hot or Cold: Cold, but it is also dependent on circumstances; I don't want it to be cold when I'm on a beach, but I don't want it to be hot on Christmas morning
1 Wish
- I'm going to have to agree with Kazza on this one... I wish that I could fly
