I graduated college. Not a lot of people can do that. Also, I pulled my grades out of the shitter in high school, and graduated with honors. And, I’ve been on the Dean’s List every semester I’ve been at Tri-C.

Soup
What is the best thing you’ve ever won as a prize?

8th place in the regional Power of the Pen my seventh grade year.

Salad
Name something you do that is a waste of time.

Navel-gaze. Every. fucking. day.

Main Course
In what year of your life did you change the most?

Probably my freshman year of college. Maybe? I dunno. My life changes all the time.

Dessert
Where is a place you consider to be very tranquil?

In The Boy’s lap, while he’s rocking me in his recliner/rocking chair.

10 FAVORITES

• Favorite Color: Blue.
• Favorite Food: Rachel Ray’s Chicken Dish, and yes, I know it’s not cool to like Rachel Ray.
• Favorite Month: October.
• Favorite Song: The Crane Wife 3, The Decemberists
• Favorite Movie: Brokeback Mountain, but not for conventional reasons. I have deep, intense personal feelings about the subject matter, how it reflects on the me I used to be [the me I feel is the truest me], and Big Sky Country. There are only two people who know all of the details.
• Favorite Sport: Horseback riding; specifically hunter/jumper.
• Favorite Season: Fall.
• Favorite Day of the week: Thursday.
• Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Apple Pie by Ben & Jerry’s, but I can only eat it once a year.
• Favorite Time of Day: 6:30 in the evening.

9 CURRENTS

• Current Mood: Drowning.
• Current Taste: Sweet.
• Current Clothes: A pair of GAP jeans that I could fit two me’s in, and a pink fuzzy sweater with three different color buttons on the collar.
• Current Desktop: This photo.
• Current Toenail Color: Naked.
• Current Time: 11 at night.
• Current Surroundings: Basement office.
• Current Thoughts: Anxiety, worries, apathy.

8 FIRSTS

• First Best Friend: Brigid, I met her in pre-school, she and I moved away in first grade.
• First Kiss: Some guy on a football field behind the public pool. The one I remember, though, is with my high school boyfriend.
• First Screen Name: PixyChix, and is it any wonder that I was completely inundated with pr0n spam?
• First Pet: a gray tabby, named Giselle.
• First Piercing: Earlobes.
• First Crush: Dane, I went to preschool with him. Or Cameron Wick, who I held a torch for from 3^rd to 5^th grade. He treated me like crap, but he’s fat now.
• First CD: Oh, I really don’t want to admit this, but Ace of Base, The Sign. It’s okay, we don’t have to be friends anymore, I understand.

7 LASTS

• Last Cigarette: On the way home from tanning. I’m cramming in my daily allotment of two cancers.
• Last Drink: At McNulty’s with meenakshi.
• Last Car Ride: Driving home from tanning.
• Last Kiss: Monday night, saying goodnight to The Boy.
• Last Movie Seen: Little Miss Sunshine.
• Last Phone Call: The Boy.
• Last CD Played: The Postal Service, Give Up

6 HAVE YOU EVERS

• Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Guy/Girl Friends: Currently.
• Have You Ever Broken the Law: I smoked weed once. And I’ve drank underage once or twice. And I speed. A lot.
• Have You Ever Been Arrested: No.
• Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: No.
• Have You Ever Been on TV: Nope.
• Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn’t Know: Socially? Or metaphorically? Both.

5 THINGS

• Things You’re Wearing: A silver ring to represent the one that my father made for my mother and I lost. It’s my albatross, as it were. My engagement ring. My cartilage earrings. Undies. Brassiere.
• Things You’ve Done Today: Flat-ironed my hair, moped, marked clearance, smoked with the LP guy, folded laundry.
• Things You Can Hear Right Now: The TV, the clicking of these keys, the whir of the floor heater on my feet, the cat vying for my attention.
• Thing You Can’t Live Without: Apparently, anxiety and mopeyness.
• Thing You Do When You’re Bored: Surf the internet, fill out memes, and watch TV.

4 PLACES YOU’VE BEEN TODAY

• Work.
• Home.
• The tanning salon.
• The gas station.

3 PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO

• Sadly, there’s no one on this list.

2 CHOICES

• Black or White: Beige.
• Hot or Cold: Hot.

1 THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE

• Lead a fulfilling life.

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Appetizer
Who is your favorite news anchor/reporter? Why?

I don’t have one because I don’t keep track of news religiously. If we’re talking a talk-show host, who presents the news to you in his shows: then it’s Bob Frantz on WTAM1100 here in Cleveland.

Soup
Name 3 foods that are currently in your freezer.

1. Frozen Cavatelli
2. Lean Pockets: Philly Cheesesteak
3. Coffee

Salad
If you were to have the opportunity to name a new town or city, what would you call it?

Laurel Hills, or Hemlock Heights

Main Course
What will most likely be the next book you read?

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Dessert
What’s the first thing you notice about the opposite gender?

Looks. …I can’t help it, it is the first thing one sees.