Monday, October 01, 2007

Survey I Wrote--take it

I like the idea of online surveys but they're always so blah--i.e. what's your favorite eye color in a mate, do you prefer Coke or Pepsi. So, anyway, I wrote my own...there are no wrong answers (unless you lie)!

First pet's name:
Funniest last name you've ever heard:
Favorite imaginary band name (i.e. not really a band, just a name you made up in your head one day):
If you had (another) kid, what would you name him/her?:
Country(ies) you have visited:
Country(ies) you'd like to visit:
Hobby you'd like to take up/develop further:
Famous person you'd like to meet:
State you'd like to live in:
Guilty pleasure(s):
If you had to go back to school, what would you study?:
If you were a member of the X-Men, what power would you like to have?:
Where were you born?:
Best Halloween costume you ever wore:
Favorite book(s):
First job:
Worst job:
Ideal job:
Thing(s) you wish you were better at:

My answers:
I'll go first......

First pet's name: Window (goldfish), Sitter (cat)...clearly, our parents let us name our own pets...

Funniest last name you've ever heard: Mantooth, Bumpass

Favorite imaginary band name (i.e. not really a band, just a name you made up in your head one day): Glasgow Coma Scale (which turned out to be a real band)

If you had (another) kid, what would you name him/her?: Joanna, Olivia, David

Country(ies) you have visited: Cuba, Ireland, Canada

Country(ies) you'd like to visit: Vietnam, Scotland, Russia, China, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Honduras

Hobby you'd like to take up/develop further: Sewing, photography, painting

Famous person you'd like to meet: Kay Redfield Jameson, Margaret Atwood

State you'd like to live in: North Carolina, Vermont

Guilty pleasure(s): Sleeping, Law & Order, Dr. Mario

If you had to go back to school, what would you study?: Writing, Literature, Psychology

If you were a member of the X-Men, what power would you like to have?: Time travel

Where were you born?: Johnson City, Tennessee

Best Halloween costume you ever wore: Pippi Longstocking (first grade...my dad put wire through my braids to make them stick straight out)

Favorite book(s): The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood), Grassdancer (Susan Power), The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)

First job: Babysitting, department store clerk

Worst job: I worked at a video store for about 6 hours once. They made me wear an XXL white polo shirt that I was ordered to tuck in. I looked like a marshmallow propped up on toothpick legs.

Ideal job: Book editor, fiction or nonfiction

Thing(s) you wish you were better at: Traveling