Yet another meme

1. While driving down the street, looking for an address, do you turn the radio down?
*blush* yes...it helps me concentrate.

2. If you could hug one person right now, who would it be?
My mother.

3. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A paleontologist. I was fascinated with dinosaurs.

4. What is your favorite kind of weather?
Crisp, fresh fall days. Equally as good are thunderstorms. I love thunderstorms!

5. If a turtle doesn’t have a shell is he homeless or naked?
Doesn't really matter, it'd probably be dead.

6. If you could travel anywhere in the world without cost being a deciding factor where would it be?
On an art-seeing tour around the great cities of Europe.

7. Are you a homebody or a social butterfly?
100% homebody.

8. Beer, wine or liquor?
Mostly wine, liquor now and then, and occasionally beer. Each one has its place and there are always those times when one or another is just the perfect thing.

9. If your partner was unable to have sex due to illness or injury, would you stay with them?
Depends on the kind of relationship it was. If he was a fuck-buddy, no. If he was a long-term committed parter, yes.

10. Do you drink milk?
Not very often. I never buy it because it always goes sour before I can finish it.

11. Do you prefer apple or orange juice?
Orange, but only slightly more than apple. I like both.

12. What’s the most you’ve ever won on a scratchie?
10% off at Penningtons.

13. Do you own any fish?
Nope, never have.

14. Who is jealous of you?
Anyone who thinks being single and living alone would be desirable... and they're right to be...it's great! *grin*

15 . How many messages are in your inbox/outbox on your cell phone?
None...I erase them as soon as I listen to them. Now my email inbox is another matter. LOL

16. When’s the last time you sent a text?
Egads. Um...three years ago?

17. Do you believe there is only one “right” religion?
I'm an atheist. Guess.

18. What’s your favorite planet, besides this one?
Jupiter, I think. My first instinct was to say Saturn...but I've always been fascinated by Jupiter for some reason. That big red spot and the mystery of a gas giant...what's down there?

19. Do you vote for city-related issues?
Good grief, no. I don't even know who my city counselor is. Do I even have one?

20. Have you ever been to the Vatican?
No, but I'll visit there on my art-seeing trip to Europe.

21. Do you do anything for a bad sunburn?
Aloe vera first, and once the sting is bearable, lots and LOTs of moisturizer.

22. Has anyone ever asked you to marry them?
No. When I was 16 a guy asked my mother if he could marry me, and when I got engaged to The Effinex, I asked him. Hmph...I'm hurt.

23. Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon?
No, but I’d like to go someday.

24. Have you ever had to run for your life?
Yes...once. A man chased me one time, but I got away unscathed.

25. Ever been to a family reunion?
Yes...one. I barely remember it as I was quite young.

26. Can you play golf?
No...why would I want to?

27. Do you prepare soup in the microwave or on the stove?
On the stove to make it. In the nuker to reheat it.

28. If your lover cheated on you and profusely apologized, would you accept them back into your life?
That's too complex a question to answer if you're not really in the situation. All I can say is, it would depend.

29. Do you eat crabs?
I practically lived on dungeness crab for a week the first time I visited BC, but haven't had it since. I love lobster though.

30. Are you the kind of person who will search the entire room for the remote?
If I need to!

31. Is it all about YOU?
Duh...yeah.

32. Pretend you are a really good cook: what meal would you make?
A "nana" style greek salad (everything chopped up small) with something special to make it a little different (nuts? croutons?), pork tenderloin with some kind of really amazing sauce, maybe all wrapped up in some kind of crispy coating/phylo thing, seasoned rice and steamed veggies, and for dessert would be something like tiramisu, but with a twist... lemon tiramisu, maybe.

33. Are you in debt?
I have a car loan, but that's it.

34. If you could have a one way plane ticket to anywhere right now, where would you go?
Right now? I think a few days at a retreat in the mountains would do me good. Banff maybe, or Northern California.

35. How often do you do laundry??
When I run out of clean undies!