Looking over this week’s quiz, I think I can answer some of these. Let’s give it a shot!
What was the last song you listened to?
Yesterday I started listening to Wagner’s Das Rheingold, leaving off somewhere in Act I.
What is your favorite thing about the place you live?
There’s a wonderful blend of nature and urban here. Plus proximity to water. I do not know how people live in waterless places.
What is your earliest childhood memory?
“Just images, really. Feelings.” –Princess Leia
And that’s really about it: no specific memories, just images of things and places. A toy airplane that I loved. A park I enjoyed going to.
If you could be any animal, what would you be?
Probably some kind of cat.
Who do you trust the most in your life?
The Wife.
How many languages can you say “hello” in?
Let’s see: English, German, French, Spanish, Elvish, and…that’s about it.
What is your favorite kind of weather?
Cool, and little wind. For photography currently I need no precipitation, as Miranda is not weather-sealed.
How did you discover that Santa wasn’t real and how old were you?
In 2nd Grade we spent Christmas on vacation in Florida, going to Disney World and other locations. I bought the idea of Santa finding us in our camper in whatever campground we were in on Christmas night. But also at that point I was losing teeth occasionally, so there was the tooth fairy to contend with. One day I lost a tooth and dutifully stuck it under my pillow…without telling my parents. I just assumed. Next morning the tooth was still there. Some time later, after I mulled this over, I asked my mother point-blank if there was a Santa Claus. She shook her head, maybe a little sadly.
What is the best feeling in the world?
Laughter that’s not born of meanness or spite. Having a dog curl up with you. Smelling the morning coffee on a day when you’re not going to work. And the sound of people laughing at you when you’ve been hit in the face with a pie. I doubt that one’s terribly relatable, but there it is.
What is your favorite color?
Blue! And red. And green. And yellow, and purple, and pink, and gray, and brown, and black, and white. Oh yeah, orange.
Is there a language you would love to learn?
I wish I would have kept up with my high-school French. Spanish, too.
How do you feel about reality TV?
Which kind? Cooking shows usually make me happy. I enjoyed the first few seasons of The Real World way-back-when. But reality teevee also normalized a certain businessman-turned-politician-turned-would-be-dictator, so there’s that.
Did you ever skip school when you were a kid?
Sure, didn’t everybody? Not very much, though. Maybe only once.
What is your least favorite food?
If I was James Bond and I was up against a super-villain whose scheme was to rid the world of broccoli, I’d stand down and let them have at it.
Do you have a good luck charm?
Nah, I don’t believe in good luck charms…but maybe there’s a kind of minor superstition to wearing overalls each and every day? Hmmmmm. And I also feel like myself more when I have a camera in my hand….
