Meme Away!

The erudite and mature RW (no, I'm not calling you old) over at Chasing Vincenzo submitted to the Meme gods, so as a measure of support, I will jump in with him.

1. Flip to page 18, paragraph 4 - in the book closest to you right now, what does it say?
"I would have voted against the civil rights act of 1964" - Ronald Reagan.

The line before is "I favor the civil rights act of 1964 and and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary" - Ronald Reagan.

From The 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said. Now, depending on the context, the seeming contradictory dumbness of those two statements may not really be stupid. For instance, I was heartily opposed to funding 24 hour on duty (rather than on call) paramedics for my town. (it's expensive as heck and I already pay enough in taxes, thank you very much). But if I have my heart attack at 2:15 in the morning, I heartily support this funding now. So context is important.

2. If you stretch out your left arm as far as possible, what are you touching?
Air. My short, penguin-like appendages don't reach to the thing on the left of me. Which is just a very uninteresting chair. (Rasta Cat is lying off to the right of me, waiting to bite when I least expect it.)

I preferred RW's answer, which was his "imaginary friend that looks like Sophie Marceau" so might as well just copy his picture of Sophie.

3. What's the last program you watched on TV?
Bits of last night's Cowboys-Panthers game while helping Brother Goodson set up his new 50 inch plasma TV.

Look, I'm not disparaging him his success, but if I ever get rich enough to spend that much on a TV, just shoot me in the head, okay? (Actual figure removed so Motherdear doesn't pop a vein and kill him.)

That being said, High Def is cool, and there's the Patriots-Vikings game on tonight... I'll be there at 8:00, right bro?...

4. Without looking, guess what time it is.
5:10am. (exactly right! My character on Heroes would have the uncanny ability to know the exact time... Quite the handy superpower, no?)

5. Aside from the computer, what can you hear right now?
Julie, the washing machine. (We name things around the house. It's weird, yes, but, well, we're weird...) (Actually, that's not true. Naming is reserved for cars and this washing machine. The washing machine got named because I developed a particularly strong attachment to her, as she is a spiffy, super high tech Fisher Paykel. Ooo.... listen to her spin cycle... It's like a jet trubine. I think I love her...)

6. When was the last time you were outside and what did you do?
Well, I was outside last night during the time it took to go from my car to my house after coming home from Brother Goodson's. Last time I was outside for any extended period was when coaching the indefatigable "Teal Rex" soccer team to victory yesterday. Oh, and coaching a bunch of eight-year olds to victory means trying to keep them focused on the game and not running off to chase butterflies, dogs, their friends, their imaginary friends, etc etc etc...

7. What are you wearing?
Well, that's a little cheeky of you, don't you think? If you must know, my soccer coaching shirt, socks, and Hanes boxer-briefs. There. You have no one to blame but yourself for the image now indelibly burned into your brain.

8. Did you dream last night? If you did, what about?
I would like to assert my fifth amendment rights at this juncture...

9. When was the last time you laughed?
I think yesterday during the soccer game when one of the kids got kicked in the head... I don't particularly like that kid.... No, no, just kidding.

He just got a ball to the face, it wasn't a kick to the head.

10. What's on the walls, in the room you're in right now?
Matted and framed versions of some pictures I took of flowers (I'm just so freaking artistic...)


11. Have you seen anything strange lately?
Well, in rooting around in my photofiles to find the flower crap above, I stumbled across my study of the rotting apples my old boss used to keep on her desk.


When she left I inherited the apples, and they're on my bookshelf to this day.

12. What do you think about this meme?
It's taking a lot longer than I'd have thought....

13. What's the last film you saw?
Corpse Bride last night before the kids went to bed.

14. If you became a multimillionaire, what would you do with the money?
Hire out my memeing, as this is taking ridiculous amounts of time...

15. Tell us something about yourself that most people don't know.
In reality I'm a chick.

No.

That's not right.

In reality I act like a chick.

16. If you could change ONE THING in this world, without regarding politics or bad guilt, what would it be?
I would make myself 50 pounds lighter. And actually have a job come this January... (More on that later.)

17. Do you like dancing?
Only in my underwear, and alone...

18. George Bush?
No thanks, I've got all the George Bush I need.

19. What do you want your children's names to be, girl/boy?
Well, they're already named. But if we ever have another one it would either be Samantha (I'm with RW on this one, I love girl names that can be shortened to boy names) or.... Or.... Hmm. We had a hard time with The Boy's name. I wanted Jean Luc Picard Jones and she favored Copernicus Machiavelli Jones. We compromised on "Boy". He can pick his own name when he turns 18.

20. Would you ever consider living abroad?
I already told you I live like a broad.... Oh... Sorry. Abroad. Got it. Nope. Never. I just don't think there is another country that offers the mix of technological advancement, acceptance of diversity, and economic opportunity that we have here.

Plus I'm lousy at foreign lanugage (my Spanish consists entirely of "La Chica est facile", which, come to think of it, is actually Franish, isn't it - est is a french word, isn't it?...), so my choice of foriegn countries is somewhat limited. That said, if I had to move out of the US tomorrow, I could survive in Canada. But don't think I'd be happy out having to put cheese on my french fries...

21. What do you want God to tell you, when you come to heaven?
"April Fools!"

22. Who should do this meme?
Who shouldn't? It's a meme! Everybody party!