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A meme of months

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A meme of months.

JANUARY

1. Who kissed you on New Year’s?
Hodge. At least, I’m sure he bit me.

2. Did you have a New Year’s Resolution this year?
No, I never make resolutions as I am sure not to keep them. I do, however, hope to make small improvements.

3. Does it snow where you live?
Yes, but not as much as in Buffalo, New York, alas.

4. Do you like hot chocolate?
I am woman. Of course I love hot chocolate, especially this, but I really, really, really should watch the sugar.

5. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop?
No, and I’ve been to New York only once to visit a friend in Brooklyn.

FEBRUARY

1. Who was your Valentine?
Hmmm, I think this shall remain my little secret.

2. When you were little did you buy Valentines for the whole class?
Yes.

3. Do you care if the groundhog sees its shadow or not?
No, I wish they’d just let the little guy snooze.

4. What did you receive for Valentine’s day?
I don’t remember, but I’m sure cards and possibly flowers were involved.

5. What did you give for Valentine’s day?
The gift of my presence. 😉

MARCH

1. Are you Irish?
Probably not.

2. Do you like corned beef and cabbage?
No, nor do I like German food, so it’s all even.

3. What did you do for St. Patrick’s Day?
What did it do for me?

4. Are you happy when winter is pretty much over?
I am happy about the change in seasons, and especially love spring with its flowers, birds, bees, and warmer air.

APRIL

1. Do you like the rain?
Who’ll stop the rain . . . yes.

2. Did you play an April Fool’s joke on anyone this year?
Yes, but who noticed?

3. Do you celebrate 4/20?
Yes.

4. Do you love the month of April?
I like April, but I love May.

5. Your birthday is in April isn’t it?
No.

6. Anything special in April?
Sometimes Easter.

MAY

1. What is your favorite flower?
Violets, lilacs, wild roses.

2. Finish the phrase “April showers…”
are wet.

3. Do you celebrate May 16th: National Piercing Day?
Egads, no.

4. Is May anything special to you?
It’s May, it’s May, the lusty month of May.

Umm, if anyone sees JUNE, please turn it in at the concession stand. Thank you.

Hey, June is when I was born. June is a wonderful month.

JULY

1. What did you do on the 4th of July?
I didn’t go to Washington, D.C., as I used to do, to visit my (late) aunt. 🙁 This year, though, a friend and I went to A Prairie Home Companion at Ravinia that weekend.

2. Did you go to the fireworks?
Too crowded! I can watch the fireworks at Navy Pier twice a week during the summer, anyway. 🙂

3. Did you blast the A/C all day?
I don’t have air conditioning.

AUGUST

1. What was your favorite summer memory of 2008?
The visits to the forest preserves and nature centers.

2. Did you have a sunburn?
Mostly not.

3. Did you go to the pool a lot?
Not as much as I would have liked.

SEPTEMBER

1. Are you attending college/school?
No, but am always trying to learn.

2. Do you like fall better than summer?
I like the cooler weather, but not the shorter days.

3. What happened this month?
I went back to work after a short leave.

OCTOBER

1. What was your last Halloween costume?
I was Saavik, but that was decades ago. Now I’m just plain scary.

2. What is your favorite candy?
Peanut butter cups.

3. What was your favorite thing(s) about this month?
The fall colors at Morton Arboretum.

NOVEMBER

1. Whose house were you at for Thanksgiving?
My apartment.

2. What are you thankful for?
Health (irreplaceable), family, friends, means, and a world of wonder.

3. Do you love stuffing?
Yes, moist and succulent.

DECEMBER

1. Do you celebrate Christmas?
Yes, but am not focused on the commercialism.

2. Have you ever been kissed under the mistletoe?
Hmmm. Maybe.

3. Get anything special last year?
Yes, everything, but especially the electronic photo frame.

4. What do you want this year?
To live long and prosper.

5. What do you love most about December?
Ancient Christmas music, snow, decorations, lights, the Christkindlmarket, the feeling of being a child again.

Today’s time-wasting meme

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1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? All I know about my name is that, after my dad came up with Virgil Ralph for my brother (Virgil = dad’s cousin, Ralph = dad’s first name), my mother (who wanted Dwight David) said she would get to name me and did.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? When was the last time I didn’t? My tears are internal.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I wish it were more regular so that it looked neat and more like a font, but I don’t have strong feelings about it.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? I don’t often eat lunch meat, but have been eating a lot of tuna salad, heirloom tomato, and goat cheese with lemon zest on wheat bread for lunch.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Nay.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Probably, until I drove myself crazy with moodiness. But I would make myself laugh, so maybe that balances it out.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Sarcasm hides a lot of sins.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes, and they are still enormous. And full of tonsil stones.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? There are things I’d rather do.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Kamut.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically, it would depend on who you’re comparing me to. Emotionally, probably. Lots of exercise.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Ben and Jerry’s cookie dough.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Who they remind me of.

15. RED OR PINK? Neither.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I try not to dwell on that.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My family and family life.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Oh, why not?

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? I’m barefoot, but was wearing black walking shoes in the sleet.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Bread and butter pickles.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Silence and occasional running water from upstairs.

22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Midnight blue.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS? Fresh bread, coffee.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? J.

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Sure.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Equestrian events, as long as no one gets hurt.

27. HAIR COLOR? Light brown-red with a smattering of gray and white.

28. EYE COLOR? Grey-green-hazel. Or something like that. My hair and eye colors have never been well defined.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Not anymore.

30. FAVORITE FOOD? Babaganooj, if made right.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? A scary movie with a happy ending, e.g., Gaslight.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? I started to watch Holiday Inn and have 20 minutes left to go.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? A mauve shirt that J. gave me yesterday.

34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer, although not in Chicago. My favorite seasons are spring and fall.

35. HUGS OR KISSES? Doesn’t that depend?

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Devil’s food cake.

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Don’t know.

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Errol Flynn.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson.

The New Penguin History of the World (Fifth Edition) by J. M. Roberts.

Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery by Terry Jones, Robert Yeager, Alan Fletcher, Juliette Dor, and Terry Dolan.

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I don’t use one, but I have a lot of them somewhere around here.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Antiques Roadshow.

42. FAVORITE SOUND? Certain voices.

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Both.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? San Francisco, California.

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I wish.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? In a hospital.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Any.