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magnetic_poleAn alphabet's worth of...well, we'll consider them general prompts for discussion, since I don't see how you possibly be interested in my actual bra size. Thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kellychambliss and tetleythesecond for the template.
A - accent: I'm slow to understand accents, and I often watch television with closed captions or subtitles. I tend to think of myself as having a very unremarkable US accent, though sometimes I catch myself, like, using the Valley Girl vocabulary and intonation of my teen years. Totally.
B - breast size: On the whole I favor small, though I was blessed/cursed with large-ish.
C - chore you hate: Vacuuming. Too loud.
D - dad's name: A perennially popular WASP men's name. My own was extraordinarily popular when I was born, in the 1970s, but not before or afterward, and I often envy folks whose name is not a dead giveaway of their age.
E - essential make-up item: I can't even reinterpret this to make it more interesting. No make-up opinions; never wore it, don't care, have already spent too much time on this question.
F - favourite perfume: The smell of cinnamon baked goods. The smell of almond extract. The scent of dryer sheets.
G - gold or silver: For investing, you mean? I'm not sure there's much competition here. Gold seems to be selling at about forty times the price of silver. Or is there a more metalurgical angle I should be taking?
H - hometown: An odd thing, for those of us who've moved around a lot. Mine is a fast-growing suburb near a major sunbelt city in the US, as well as the home of Snoop Dogg and the richest woman in China, for those interested in fun facts. As none of my family lived there before or after the period during which I grew up, the word "hometown" seems a bit nostalgic for what it represents to me. It's a very interesting place, though. I'm considering writing a book on it.
I - insomnia: Unfamiliar. I've often wondered if I would get more fic writing done if I weren't such a good sleeper.
J - job title: I would like to have one! Do you have a job to offer?
K - kids: Cute from age one to age three but FABULOUS once they really begin to talk and interact.
L - living arrangements: Small apartment, shared with partner and several hundred books; near grocery store, a subway stop, and a major bus line. Easy. Enjoyable. Most likely temporary.
M - mum's birthplace: A very ordinary suburb of a big midwestern city.
N - number of apples you've eaten: Today? One. Honey crisp, small but tart and crunchy. I might have another, now that you mention it.
O - overnight hospital stays: To be avoided at all costs, obviously. Associated with hushed voices and mechanical beeps and nausea and awkward dressing gowns, from my very limited experiences.
P - phobia: Most of ours are far too complex and personal and embarrassing to describe here, I'm sure. Shall we say instead that I don't like cockroaches?
Q - quest: Precioooous. Use the force, Luke! Have fun storming the castle!
R - religious affiliation: No, thank you.
S - siblings: Are often surprisingly different from you, given that you share many of the same genes and a common upbringing and childhood environment.
T - time you wake up: The first alarm is set for 8:10a; the second for 8:45a. I usually miss both.
U - unnatural hair colour you've worn: I don't know where all this brown came from. It feels very unnatural to me, as I used to be quite blonde, but no chemicals were involved.
V - vegetable you refuse to eat: I rarely refuse vegetables outright, but I tend to push them around my plate with my fork and put the left-over potato skin on top.
W - worst habit: I hate it when people walk slowly on city streets or stop and consult their maps without getting out of the way. I also hate people who speak too loudly during cell phone conversations and...oh, *my* worst habits, you mean? *ponders* Do I have any?
X - x-rays you've had: Have I had X-ray *powers,* you mean? The ability to see through students lying about their late papers, politicians lying about their concern for social justice, and small children lying about whether or not they washed their hands on leaving the bathroom? Yes! Not as helpful as you think they would be.
Y - yummy food you make: On Wednesday nights, my sole appointed cooking day. Given a choice, it would be all cereal, all the time with me.
Z - zany quirk: I aspire to have a zany quirk one day. Right now I'm not sure I have the charisma or salary to pull one off.
kellychambliss and tetleythesecond for the template.A - accent: I'm slow to understand accents, and I often watch television with closed captions or subtitles. I tend to think of myself as having a very unremarkable US accent, though sometimes I catch myself, like, using the Valley Girl vocabulary and intonation of my teen years. Totally.
B - breast size: On the whole I favor small, though I was blessed/cursed with large-ish.
C - chore you hate: Vacuuming. Too loud.
D - dad's name: A perennially popular WASP men's name. My own was extraordinarily popular when I was born, in the 1970s, but not before or afterward, and I often envy folks whose name is not a dead giveaway of their age.
E - essential make-up item: I can't even reinterpret this to make it more interesting. No make-up opinions; never wore it, don't care, have already spent too much time on this question.
F - favourite perfume: The smell of cinnamon baked goods. The smell of almond extract. The scent of dryer sheets.
G - gold or silver: For investing, you mean? I'm not sure there's much competition here. Gold seems to be selling at about forty times the price of silver. Or is there a more metalurgical angle I should be taking?
H - hometown: An odd thing, for those of us who've moved around a lot. Mine is a fast-growing suburb near a major sunbelt city in the US, as well as the home of Snoop Dogg and the richest woman in China, for those interested in fun facts. As none of my family lived there before or after the period during which I grew up, the word "hometown" seems a bit nostalgic for what it represents to me. It's a very interesting place, though. I'm considering writing a book on it.
I - insomnia: Unfamiliar. I've often wondered if I would get more fic writing done if I weren't such a good sleeper.
J - job title: I would like to have one! Do you have a job to offer?
K - kids: Cute from age one to age three but FABULOUS once they really begin to talk and interact.
L - living arrangements: Small apartment, shared with partner and several hundred books; near grocery store, a subway stop, and a major bus line. Easy. Enjoyable. Most likely temporary.
M - mum's birthplace: A very ordinary suburb of a big midwestern city.
N - number of apples you've eaten: Today? One. Honey crisp, small but tart and crunchy. I might have another, now that you mention it.
O - overnight hospital stays: To be avoided at all costs, obviously. Associated with hushed voices and mechanical beeps and nausea and awkward dressing gowns, from my very limited experiences.
P - phobia: Most of ours are far too complex and personal and embarrassing to describe here, I'm sure. Shall we say instead that I don't like cockroaches?
Q - quest: Precioooous. Use the force, Luke! Have fun storming the castle!
R - religious affiliation: No, thank you.
S - siblings: Are often surprisingly different from you, given that you share many of the same genes and a common upbringing and childhood environment.
T - time you wake up: The first alarm is set for 8:10a; the second for 8:45a. I usually miss both.
U - unnatural hair colour you've worn: I don't know where all this brown came from. It feels very unnatural to me, as I used to be quite blonde, but no chemicals were involved.
V - vegetable you refuse to eat: I rarely refuse vegetables outright, but I tend to push them around my plate with my fork and put the left-over potato skin on top.
W - worst habit: I hate it when people walk slowly on city streets or stop and consult their maps without getting out of the way. I also hate people who speak too loudly during cell phone conversations and...oh, *my* worst habits, you mean? *ponders* Do I have any?
X - x-rays you've had: Have I had X-ray *powers,* you mean? The ability to see through students lying about their late papers, politicians lying about their concern for social justice, and small children lying about whether or not they washed their hands on leaving the bathroom? Yes! Not as helpful as you think they would be.
Y - yummy food you make: On Wednesday nights, my sole appointed cooking day. Given a choice, it would be all cereal, all the time with me.
Z - zany quirk: I aspire to have a zany quirk one day. Right now I'm not sure I have the charisma or salary to pull one off.
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Date: 2012-11-04 03:38 am (UTC)Also my hair went from blond to brown, too (very dark brown, in fact). There's me as a kid and there's a more recent pic. I like the brown better, though. :)
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Date: 2012-11-04 04:43 pm (UTC)I'm not a huge fan of memes and their odd questions, but I don't have your discipline for posting consistently on my own, so I try to work with the ones that come around... M.