This is what I sent out in mass e-mail last week. Just thought I'd share. Maybe I'll find others from years past and share them as well. Enjoy.
1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Mark Travis Riggs
2. WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING? What kind ofquestion is that? Is this some kind of sick-o phone-sex question? Are yougoing to ask if I'm alone now? Well, are you? ARE YOU? I am... so what are you wearing? I'm wearing grey sweat pants, my "I'm home" outfit.
3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Water dripping into thekitchen sink. If I had the CD player on it would be either Cyndi Lauper(Hat Full of Stars or Sisters of Avalon), R.E.M. (Out of Time orAutomatic for the People), The Williams Brothers (self-titled), or The Prolcaimers (Sunshine on Leith). (It's one of those six-CD do-dads.) If I was in the car and NPR wasn't doing it for me, They Might Be Giants' CD Mink Car is at the ready. And lately my morning CD in my classroom has been The Wilders' CD Spring A Leak. So don't judge me as a music-hater just becuase I'm listening to water dripping in my kitchen sink right now.
4. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Cold pizza forbreakfast,washed down with orange juice, not the warm Coke Christine Lavin mentions in the song "Cold Pizza for Breakfast".
5. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? When I see them. More often I hold mybreath and make a wish when crossing a bridge, but that's usually back home only, when crossing the Mississippi.
6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I've done this questionnaire before, because I'm remembering my last answer to this question. I don't know. Perhaps the least-used one, because nobody likes to feel used.
7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? I haven't been outside, but Ithink it's butt cold. It was butt cold last night, anyway.
8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? I'm tryingto think. It's been a while since I've been on the phone. It might have beenThursday morning at school, when another teacher called my room to ask me something. It was Ed Bowman, if that's the case.
9. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS? What the hell kind of question is that? You tell me to send this back to them, so no matter what I actually feel about the person (and I do love her to no end, and will always have a strong batch of son-to-mother-type feelings for her), I'm going to have to say something nice, right? I suppose if Iwanted the person to never e-mail me again I could say something negative, but that's kinda rude. Anyway, I already said I like her, so there.
10. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'm doing okay. How are you? I'm a bit tired, and I just now remembered I was supposed to be somewhere two hours ago, but I'm still doing okay. I wish my life was different in alot of ways, but I'm still okay. I mean, if I had to do it all over again... man, why'd you have to bring this up?
11. FAVORITE BEVERAGE? Ice water.
12. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? Bud Light.
13. FAVORITE SPORT? Making fun of those different than me. I kid. Bowling. And making fun of those different than me.
14. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS OR GLASSES? I'm supposed to wear glasses. I wear neither.
15. # OF SIBLINGS? 3 sisters, 4 brothers
16. FAVORITE MONTH? December
17. FAVORITE FOOD? Chicken Burrito from Chipotle. I like the hotsauce and black beans with that. Sour cream and cheese, also.
18. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? It could have been "Man on Fire",but I don't think so. I'd rented two other movies at the same time, so I can't remember for sure which one was last (and I can't remember what the other movies were).
19. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? It is hard to choose between Christmas, the last day of school, and any day I can sleep in late.
20. WHAT DO YOU DO TO VENT? Usually I type a long vent-y e-mail to a friend.
21. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? Record player.
22. SUMMER OR WINTER? Both.
23. HUGS OR KISSES? It depends... if we're talking "from a bear and a spider-woman", I'd pick "kisses" for the bear, and "hugs" from the spider-woman... just because they haven't been done as much.
24. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Chocolate Malt
25. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO REPLY? Seriously, I need to put together one of these, because this is the stupidest thing I've seen onhere yet. No, I want to wonder if they hate me, so I'd rather they not respond. DUH!
26. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Tricia, but she won't send it to very many people if she does.
27. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Tricia, because her behavior is hard to predict sometimes. Or Say, since she's the one whosent it to me in the first place.
28. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS? I live alone in a house I rent. Thanksfor making me put it into words.
29. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Just now after I had toput that last answer into words. I kid. It was Tuesday night at Chorus rehearsal. We sang this song about Mother. It's a tear-jerker.
30. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? Probably a book I'd finished reading and sat on the floor by my bed, then accidentally kicked it under there. Plus lots of dust.
31. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAVE HAD THE LONGEST? That I'm not related to? Tricia.
32. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? Bowled (HORRIBLY, I might add), then came home and watched some TV, then slept for 10 hours.
33. FAVORITE SMELL? Winter. Also, the smell of cookies baking.
34. WHO INSPIRES YOU? To do what? Several people inspire me, but look at my life. They're not doing a very good job of it!
35. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? Zombies and cuts. Death (of everyone else, not me... I mean, I'll be dead, so what will I care?).
36. PLAIN, BUTTERED OR SALTED POPCORN? Buttered, but I'm going to regret it later.
37. FAVORITE CAR OR TRUCK? It would be nice to afford one of each... but I'd prefer to have a truck.
38. FAVORITE FLOWER? I've SO answered this before,too... it's the one that used to grow alongside our house when I was a kid. Yellow... I don't know what it was called.
39. NUMBER OF KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING? 5, but one is just for looks.
40. CAN YOU JUGGLE? A little. Why do you ask?
41. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Friday or Sunday. Maybe Saturday.Wednesday is good, too. I never quite got the hang of Thursdays.
42. WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY? Okay, I'm supposed to remember that far back? I think I... um... well, I think we had school that day... I am trying hard to remember here... I don't know.
43. DO YOU OWN A DONOR CARD? I used to. I don't think I do now.
44. FAVORITE ANIMAL? Small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
45. FAVORITE VACATION SPOT? I don't vacate often. Somewhere with a beach would be nice.
46. FAVORITE AGE? For me? I don't know. I'll get back to youwhen I've lived through them all and can compare.
47. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? GAMES magazine.
48. FAVORITE WEB SITE? http://wildersontour.blogspot.com/
49. FAVORITE SOAP OPERA? Desperate Housewives
50. FAVORITE LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH? Pig Latin, but sinceSay said it first I'll go with German
2 comments:
I fooled you, I am responding, but not through e-mail, thus foiling your attempt to pigeon hole me in both questions 26 and 27. I have answered this questionnaire, but have not filled it out, therefore, I have and have not done exactly as you said I would in those designated questions. I feel vindicated, liberated and stupid.
Mr. Riggs You are the one who asked for comments and then you get one from an anonymous person who sounds like they are crazy, and one from me. Be careful what you wish for.
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