Since all the cool kids are doing it (Brooklyn Mama and Figlet) I thought I would too. Besides I always have time to post on fridays, even though no one is around to read it.
My A to Z Primer"
Accent: I don’t think I have much of an accent at all (though maybe I am just deluding myself). I live in the midwestern region that boasts the "neutral" accent you hear on the TV news, or so I heard. As a kid, I lived in two different areas of my great state that led to slight variants on my standard midwestern accent. Once I had an accent that sounded more nasal and Chicago-y (I said Haspital instead of hospital) and occasionally a little hillbilly accent creeps in from my high school days in the ruralish appalachia foothills (runeen instead of running). But except for a few regional dialect quirks (saying "the car needs washed" instead of "the car needs to be washed"), I haven’t ever had many comments on my speech.
Booze: Ever since a vicious case of hallucinatory near-alcohol poisoning in High School, I haven’t been much of a binge drinker. I probably get drunk about once a year, always regret it and swear I will never do it again. Living in Northern California, I learned to appreciate a nice glass of wine. I also like nice pilsner from time to time. I don’t mind a nice Mojito, but I generally pass on mixed drinks because the usually make me embarass myself. I used to have a wicked low tolerance that would cause me to get a buzz after only a few sips of beer, but age and parenthood seems to have increased my tolerance to a full beer before I start to feel a nice tingling in my muscles. I usually drink 2-3 drinks a week on a friday or saturday night after M goes to bed. Yeah, we party hard at my house.
Chore I Hate: Most of them, that is why we hired the Cleaning Gnomes. If I had to pick, it would probably be a three way tie between the laundry, taking out the trash and doing dishes. Also, putting M to bed. Fortunately, A usually does those jobs.
Dog or Cat: I like cats better because they require so much less work than dogs. We don’t have pets, though, because both A and I are allergic.
Essential Electronics: Tivo. How can anyone live without Tivo?
Favorite Cologne: I don’t wear perfume or cologne because it makes my eyes water and get puffy. I admit my chemical sensitivity my explain it, but I think they all smell a little bit like pee. Why would anyone want to smell like that?
Gold or Silver: Silver.
Hometown: The closest place to a hometown is the mid-sized midwestern city where we currently live. I grew up about an hour away, but my parents and sister live in this city now too. I really like living near my family.
Insomnia: Sometimes, usual I blame A’s snoring.
Job Title: Project Manager. I can’t go into too many details, but I manage a large government grant on a research project. It is related to the work I did at planned parenthood, but I don’t work for a service provider. I wish I did. Only 5 more months and I will be all done!
Kids: One and one on the way from China. Timeline for number two unknown. I am hoping for fall.
Living Arrangements: 2,000 sq. ft. cape cod house in an inner ring suburb. Our neighborhood could come right out of Leave it to Beaver. Though I have some complaints about our older house (built in 1950s), I love love love the location. The fact that our mortgage is under $1,500 a month is also nice compared to living in California where our rent was $2,100.
Most Admirable Traits: That I am funny? At least *I* think I am funny. Maybe I am only funny if you like smart-assy sarcasm. I do, so I think I am riot. heh.
Number of Sexual Partners: I guess it depends on how you you define "sexual partner". I think I only ever had sexual intercourse with three people. As for other things on the sexual activity spectrum, I think I can safely say you could count my partners with ten or less fingers.
Overnight Hospital Stays: Only when M was born.
Phobias: Tornados.
Quote: "You must be the change you want in the world" – Gandhi I am trying, but it is hard for a girl who is a slacker at heart.
Religion: None, though I lean towards the buddhist end of the spectrum. I think the closest thing I have to religion is that I try to be kind and compassionate. Also, I have been going to the Unitarian Church off and on with a friend recently. I am kind of trying that on, but I am not 100% sold just yet. I would really like to have M grow up in a community that supports our beliefs which means we want her to be surrounded by liberals. Who ever heard of a Unitarian who grew up to become a conservative Republican?
Time I Wake Up: Around 8:00.
Unusual Talent or Skill: Surfing the internet at work for about 30-35 hours a week without being pegged as a bad employee.
Vegetable I Love: Cookies. What? They aren’t a vegetable? I also like spinach.
Worst Habit: I still suck my thumb. Yeah, I am 30. I don’t know why people seem to think it is such a big deal. At least I don’t smoke!
X-Rays: Only on my teeth, I think.
Yummy Foods I Make: Homemade hot fudge over Breyers Vanilla Bean Speck ice cream. Mmmm.
Zodiac: Pisces
I habitually sucked my thumb until I was 15. Every now and then, I still do it (I’m 33).
Mr. ZGirl’s 36 year-old brother also sucks his thumb from time to time.
I wonder if thumb sucking in adults is more common than people think, it’s just that no one talks about it.
Man, I would love to do that list on my blog, but I am sure that my Mom, Dad and in-laws don’t want to know about my sexual past (damn, I should have never told them about my blog)! Thanks for sharing.
When I worked at OSU (on one of those government grant research projects), the research assistants would write “needs entered” on folders of data that, well, needed to be entered. It drove one of my co-workers batty. After we discovered that, we took full advantage of it. “Hey, S, I’m going to the car wash place over my lunch break. Know why? Because my CAR NEEDS WASHED!” “Hey, S, I’m going to do some yard work this weekend because MY YARD NEEDS MOWED!” It’s the little things that get you through the day.
Dude. We forgot S. Siblings. I’ve gone back and edited mine. We can compare accents in July.
You have named my favorite desert, the only thing I think I would add to the hot fudge and breyers anilla speak Ice cream would be a warm chewy brownie…hehe yummmmy…of course that would be my list not yours..
interesting about the thumb sucking…I guess it’s about the same as biting your nails..which i still do.
I am walking around all this week (and with lots of opportunity) saying in my head, under and over my breath, ‘Gandhi I am trying.’ Thank you for that. Also, I do happen to know of some hardcore republicans that were raised unitarian…unfortunate!
Dude, you forgot S. And oh, I just recently stumbled upon your site here and I love it. I still have a lot of archives there to read and I’m looking forward to reading about Adoption.
Yea, lots of us suck out thumbs. I just wish it’d be a big “so what’ in society but, alas, rationality may be too much to ask for….