Friday, December 29, 2006

48 things meme

1. FIRST NAME? Evelyn

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Unfortunately, I was.

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? A couple of weeks ago, watching the Return of the King.

4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? It's all right, not quite what I want, but I'm not a teenager anymore so I don't really have time to sit in my room and fiddle around with it.

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? Tofurkey

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Sometimes I'm a real pain in the ass, but I think I would be my friend.

7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? This is as close as it gets. I want to start a knitting journal though this year.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? If I were drunk, single and I didn't have a child, then yes, I think I might.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? My current favorite cold cereal is Autumn Wheat. My all time favorite hot cereal is Cream of Wheat.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Only if I have to, or I really care about the shoes.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby is just too good. I also really like vanilla Dove bars that are covered with chocolate and almonds.

14. SHOE SIZE? 9-9.5

15. RED OR PINK? Both.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I think it is my inability to do something if I don't want to do it.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? I don't know.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Anyone who wants to is welcome to this meme.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Cropped blue jeans, black knit shirt and no shoes. I also have on my gigantic fluffy bathrobe from my mother-in-law, it is sooooo comfy.

20. LAST THING YOU ATE? Pagliacci pizza, cheese, black olives, mushrooms and tomatoes after bake with a San Pellegrino Aranciata.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Hubby and daughter re-enacting Madeline having her appendix out on Fiona's new Playmobile people.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I think a kind of purply red. At least that is the crayon I always go for when I am asked to color.

23. FAVORITE SMELL? There are so many. The smell of a beeswax candle, lit or not, is right up there.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? The Pagliacci pizza order taker.

25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? I don't know what it is, but I know it when I see it. I like different people for different reasons, so it is hard to pick any one thing.

26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON you stole THIS from? This was the first time I visited her blog.

27. FAVORITE DRINK? With alcohol, Chateauneuf du Pape. Without alcohol, probably water.

28. FAVORITE SPORT? I love watching women's curling, some day I will have to give it a go.

29. EYE COLOR? Bluey-Greeny.

30. HAT SIZE? I don't remember, but it is on the big side if I remember correctly.

31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? I used to wear them.

32. FAVORITE FOOD? I'm pathetic, I love ice cream what can I say. If I had to choose just one food though to eat for the rest of my life, I would choose salad. I can eat salad everyday.

33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? I prefer happy endings to scary movies.

34. IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD THAT BE? Same city, different neighborhood.

35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Both.

36. HUGS OR KISSES? Are we talking Hersey's or public displays of affection? Hersey's kisses and hugs for friends.

37. FAVORITE DESSERT? Ice cream.

38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? No one.

39. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Everyone.

40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Overheard in New York, Few Eggs and No Oranges and Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter. There are many more in queue, including Libraries.

41. WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Don’t have one.

42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Don't get TV.

43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Clicking of knitting needles, whir of a spinning wheel, sound of my daughter's breathing when she is asleep, my daughter singing, cats purring

44. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? Beatles.

45. THE FURTHEST YOU’VE BEEN FROM HOME? Japan

46. WHAT’S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? I'm a doula.

47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? In a hospital

48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? No one.

1 comment:

sara said...

Great meme!

I love Cream of Wheat, too, and your #16 (I think it was #16) is probably my least favorite thing about myself, too.

I had to look up "doula" (although I was pretty much right on with what I thought it meant) and WOW -- that's amazing! Are you still practicing?