Well, I’m up at 6:41 but it’s Fall Back Day so I guess I supposedly feel like it’s 7:41? Or do I have that backwards? Anyway, the coffee’s good. Here’s a quiz.

(BTW, I detest this clock-changing and the whole thing is stupid and DST needs to be smothered with a pillow, and that’s all I’ll say on the subject.)

1. Do you have a business card? If yes, what’s your job title?

For my day job, I do not. I do have cards for my Official Site and as an author, but I need to make new ones! They’re wildly out of date and don’t reflect my newfound identity as a photographer, and worse, they feature quotes by Neil Gaiman and JK Rowling, neither of whom I want to associate myself with in any way. Making new cards has been on my “To Do” list…for a while now. I’m thinking Thanksgiving Weekend might be a time to do that.

2. What day of the week were you born?

Saturday, I think? No, Sunday! I had to look it up. Sunday, September 26, 1971. 

3. What vegetable do you refuse to eat?

My antipathy for broccoli is so well known that I doubt I can even use “Mmmm, broccoli!” as a way of notifying social media followers that I have been kidnapped.

4. How many times have you stayed overnight in the hospital? 

Zero. I hope to continue this streak as long as possible.

5. Do you have more piercings or tattoos?

I have zero of either. What can I say, I’m boring. (I wouldn’t mind having a tattoo, but I don’t want any enough to actually spend the money to do it.)

6. Do you like to shop?

Yes, and I’m trying to like it less.

7. How much cash is in your wallet right now?

Let’s just say “more than usual”, because we’re actually going to a market event today in Canada. Yay!

8. Let’s play MASH: Do you live in a mansion, apartment, shack, or house?

House. I could do “apartment” again, especially if it’s in a city. Mansion would feel really weird; if I had the money to do “mansion” I think I’d rather do “house” (with the proviso that it’s big enough that I can shelve all my books, with no double-shelving) on a big piece of land with lots of trees. I am very suspicious of people who live on tree-less lots.

9. Where are you in the family birth order (oldest, middle child, youngest, or only child)?

Youngest.

10. When you were 5 years old, what did you call your parents?  

Mom and Dad. (Sure would be nice if I could call them now, to be honest.)

 

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This week’s Sunday Stealing quiz is pretty straight-forward stuff about “adulting”. (And honestly? I have to conclude that at 55 I’m still not that good at adulting, so maybe it’s just not gonna happen.) 

The Grown Up Meme 

1. Do you have a college degree?

Yes! B.A. in Philosophy with a minor in Music, Wartburg College, 1993!

2. What was the amount of your last electric bill?

Hell if I know. The Wife pays the utilities. (I pay food and other stuff.)

3. Do you have life insurance?

I have a small-ish policy. I don’t actually know that life insurance makes a terribly great investment.

4. Do you check your cholesterol on (at least) an annual basis?

Twice a year, currently; my doctor loves bloodwork, and currently I’m seeing her twice a year. (It’s good, actually! My cholesterol numbers are consistently terrific.

5. Have you ever attended a high school reunion?

No. Facebook and social media pretty much eliminate that need for me, and at this point, we’re past the 30-year mark.

6. Do you have a will or estate plan?

No. Maybe I should….

7. Do you remember when MTV played music videos?

Oh yes! Fun times, those. We lived outside the part of town that had cable for several years, though, so I only got to see MTV when I went to a friend’s house. I didn’t really get the idea at first, but I quickly figured it out! (BTW, one of the first videos I ever saw, Bette Midler’s cover of “Beast of Burden” by the Stones, ends with Bette and Mick Jagger getting pied in the face!)

8. Is there a bottle of wine in your refrigerator?

Technically, yes, as I have a bottle of vermouth in there that I use for Manhattans. Other than that, no. I’ll only put wine in the fridge if we’re planning to drink it that night.

9. Have you been divorced? 

No, and I never will be, either. It’s not an option. Period. I don’t think we ever got close even when we were struggling the hardest.

10. When you were 16, did you play music on vinyl, cassette, or CDs? 

Mostly cassette and some vinyl. This was 1987-88. I didn’t have my first CD player until Christmas of my senior year, when I was 17. (Christmas 1988, that is.) Vinyl was tough because we only had one record player in the house, so what I did for a few years was buy recordings on vinyl (heavily classical at this point) and use the good player to record them onto high-quality cassettes.

And now that this quiz is done, I’m off to throw some empty cans at the kids on my lawn!

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