While we wait for coffee to do its thing…

…let’s do this week’s Sunday Stealing, shall we?

1. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

No. I can roll my tongue, though. Apparently that’s a genetic thing that only some people can do.

2. What foreign language did you study in school? How much of it do you still remember?

French. I don’t remember much, verbally, but when I encounter written French I can pick my way through it, kinda-sorta. I’m able to discern what the road signs in Canada are telling me, if I look to the French side. I do wish sometimes that I had kept up with it more, particularly when I’m listening to music by Berlioz and watching Emily In Paris.

(Yes, I watch Emily In Paris and I love it for all its goofy soap-opera glory.)

3. What recipe did you most recently prepare? Where did you get the recipe and how did it turn out?

Goodness, I’m honestly not sure! It might be the Pastitsio I made for The Wife’s birthday. I don’t cook directly from recipes a whole lot these days; you get to a point where you can pretty much throw things together most times. In fact, the Pastitsio might not even count, since I’ve made that dish so many times over the years that I never need to even consult the recipe I learned anymore. Maybe it was when I made waffles last; I use Alton Brown’s waffle batter recipe, and I never remember the exact measures of the things in it. I love cooking from recipes, though! I need to take some time and figure out some future recipe exploration.

4. What song have you listened to over and over and over again?

Oh, how many! I do try to vary up my music selections, but I also do go into “play that again, Sam! And again! Again, Sam! You know what, Sam, just keep playing it until I tell you to stop!” mode on occasion. Some songs that have received this treatment over the years are (and here I’ll just do songs, because if I include filmscore tracks or classical pieces we’ll be here all day):

“Dreams”, Van Halen
“Human”, The Killers
“Last Dance”, Donna Summer
“Gentle On My Mind”, Glen Campbell OR The Band Perry
“Love’s Been Good To Me”, Frank Sinatra
“Midnight Train to Georgia”, Gladys Knight and the Pips
“It Always Happens This Way”, Toulouse

5. Are there currently any pets in your household? Are you considering adding another? 

I’ve written many times of the little menagerie we have going on here! Dogs Hobbes (greyhound) and Carla (staffie mix), and cats Remy, Rosa, and Daisy.

6. As an adult, have you ever performed with a drama group? (Student productions don’t count.)

No. This is a thing I’ve never much felt like exploring, in all honesty.