oh howard, hardly knew you
Oct. 17th, 2002 12:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iceinyourmusicHm. From the trip!notes:
At the airport, we were waiting for the check-in desk to open, and I fished out the apple from my backpack. This is it, apple, I said, I’ve carried you with me for days now, I crossed borders with you, and now I’m going home, and I’m going to toss you before I do. Otherwise I’d have to name you. The apple looked at me, and said, I bet I look like a Howard to you. Yes, I said, because all inanimate objects eventually look like Howards to me. Nice to meet you. Howard smiled at me. I went over to the trashbin and dropped him in. The check-in desk was open.
I’m supposed to be finishing the essay now, right about now. Right now. Hence, further recycled from the friends list, a survey –
1. Your name spelled backwards.
Aeel.
2. Where were your parents born?
In places you’ve never heard of, ever.
3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
John Vanderslice mp3s. Lots and lots.
4. What's your favorite restaurant?
For example. Vegetárium, in Bp. Mmmm.
5. Last time you swam in a pool?
A little less than two weeks ago.
6. Have you ever been in a school play?
Yes, unfortunately. Many times. Unfortunately. I don’t like to talk about it.
7. How many kids do you want?
I don’t, thanks.
8. Type of music you dislike most?
Really don’t know.
9. Are you registered to vote?
I think I must be. But it all happens automatically here.
10. Do you have cable?
No. Do I have a tv? No.
11. Have you ever ridden on a moped?
Yes.
12. Ever prank call anybody?
Possibly.
13. Ever get a parking ticket?
No.
14. Would you go bungee jumping or skydiving?
Don’t think so. I get scared very easily. (Like, this spider – this huge spider that’s living on my bathroom ceiling right now -)
15. Furthest place you ever traveled.
Atlanta, I think.
16. Do you have a garden?
No, but I have a balcony, and a bunch of barely-alive houseplants.
17. What's your favorite comic strip?
Peanuts. Or Calvin and Hobbes. Or The Moomin, original version – wickedly absurd.
18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem?
No. I know the two first verses, but after that – and there are about 8 or 10 or 12 altogether, aren’t there? Do I get any points for knowing that there are very many verses? How about for knowing the words to the first verse in two languages? No?
19. Bath or Shower, morning or night?
Shower, morning and/or night.
20. Best movie you've seen in the past month?
Hm. I liked The Impostors, I think (mm… Allison Janney! tall! wig-wearing! grasshopper-drinking! crazy-dancing! who wouldn’t like? who wouldn’t jump up and point and yell?). But, see question 10 – not so often with the movies.
21. Favorite pizza topping?
Onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, pineapple, asparagus, olives, green peppers, blue cheese – if I have to pick one, then onions.
22. Chips or popcorn?
Chips, unless it’s at the movies.
23. What color lipstick do you usually wear?
When I do wear something, it’s mostly either plummy or brownish. Or clear.
24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells?
Can you do that? Why hasn’t anyone ever told me that?
25. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?
No.
26. Orange Juice or apple?
Orange.
27. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with and where did you dine?
Mother, no doubt – we probably had pizza at the local pizza place. Because Glamour’s my middle name.
28. Favorite type chocolate bar?
I’ll take anything, really.
29. When was the last time you voted at the polls?
The polls being -? (I need to watch more West Wing.)
30. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
I’ve no idea.
31. Have you ever won a trophy?
No.
32. Are you a good cook?
No, although it’d be cool if I were.
33. Do you know how to pump your own gas?
Yes. On a good day. But, yes.
34. Ever order an article from an infomercial?
No (but considering how very fascinating I usually find them, I might yet).
35. Sprite or 7-up?
Neither.
36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work?
Yup, at the Waterpark of Doom (TM).
37. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy?
Painkillers, I imagine.
38. Ever throw up in public?
I went to high school. I had issues. So yes. But only about five or six times. I don’t like to talk about it.
39. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love?
If they were mutually exclusive? If giving up the other would guarantee the other? Then give me the loving, but if you’re all out, I’ll settle for the money.
40. Do you believe in love at first sight?
No.
41. Ever call a 1-900 number?
No.
42. Can ex's be friends?
Some can, I’m sure.
43. Who was the last person you visited in a hospital?
Father.
44. Did you have a lot of hair when you were a baby?
Yup, and it was all black and funny-looking, too.
45. What message is on your answering machine?
Don’t have one.
46. What's your all time favorite Saturday Night Live Character?
Oh, America, America, we do not get SNL here.
47. What was the name of your first pet?
Never had a pet. *sob*
48. What is in your purse?
Don’t have one. Or, do have one, but never use it, so the contents are most likely to be lint and old receipts.
49. Favorite thing to do before bedtime?
Brushing my teeth (getting obsessive about this). Reading. Scribbling, because one always must.
50. What is one thing you are grateful for today?
The chilly weather.
At the airport, we were waiting for the check-in desk to open, and I fished out the apple from my backpack. This is it, apple, I said, I’ve carried you with me for days now, I crossed borders with you, and now I’m going home, and I’m going to toss you before I do. Otherwise I’d have to name you. The apple looked at me, and said, I bet I look like a Howard to you. Yes, I said, because all inanimate objects eventually look like Howards to me. Nice to meet you. Howard smiled at me. I went over to the trashbin and dropped him in. The check-in desk was open.
I’m supposed to be finishing the essay now, right about now. Right now. Hence, further recycled from the friends list, a survey –
1. Your name spelled backwards.
Aeel.
2. Where were your parents born?
In places you’ve never heard of, ever.
3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
John Vanderslice mp3s. Lots and lots.
4. What's your favorite restaurant?
For example. Vegetárium, in Bp. Mmmm.
5. Last time you swam in a pool?
A little less than two weeks ago.
6. Have you ever been in a school play?
Yes, unfortunately. Many times. Unfortunately. I don’t like to talk about it.
7. How many kids do you want?
I don’t, thanks.
8. Type of music you dislike most?
Really don’t know.
9. Are you registered to vote?
I think I must be. But it all happens automatically here.
10. Do you have cable?
No. Do I have a tv? No.
11. Have you ever ridden on a moped?
Yes.
12. Ever prank call anybody?
Possibly.
13. Ever get a parking ticket?
No.
14. Would you go bungee jumping or skydiving?
Don’t think so. I get scared very easily. (Like, this spider – this huge spider that’s living on my bathroom ceiling right now -)
15. Furthest place you ever traveled.
Atlanta, I think.
16. Do you have a garden?
No, but I have a balcony, and a bunch of barely-alive houseplants.
17. What's your favorite comic strip?
Peanuts. Or Calvin and Hobbes. Or The Moomin, original version – wickedly absurd.
18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem?
No. I know the two first verses, but after that – and there are about 8 or 10 or 12 altogether, aren’t there? Do I get any points for knowing that there are very many verses? How about for knowing the words to the first verse in two languages? No?
19. Bath or Shower, morning or night?
Shower, morning and/or night.
20. Best movie you've seen in the past month?
Hm. I liked The Impostors, I think (mm… Allison Janney! tall! wig-wearing! grasshopper-drinking! crazy-dancing! who wouldn’t like? who wouldn’t jump up and point and yell?). But, see question 10 – not so often with the movies.
21. Favorite pizza topping?
Onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, pineapple, asparagus, olives, green peppers, blue cheese – if I have to pick one, then onions.
22. Chips or popcorn?
Chips, unless it’s at the movies.
23. What color lipstick do you usually wear?
When I do wear something, it’s mostly either plummy or brownish. Or clear.
24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells?
Can you do that? Why hasn’t anyone ever told me that?
25. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?
No.
26. Orange Juice or apple?
Orange.
27. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with and where did you dine?
Mother, no doubt – we probably had pizza at the local pizza place. Because Glamour’s my middle name.
28. Favorite type chocolate bar?
I’ll take anything, really.
29. When was the last time you voted at the polls?
The polls being -? (I need to watch more West Wing.)
30. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
I’ve no idea.
31. Have you ever won a trophy?
No.
32. Are you a good cook?
No, although it’d be cool if I were.
33. Do you know how to pump your own gas?
Yes. On a good day. But, yes.
34. Ever order an article from an infomercial?
No (but considering how very fascinating I usually find them, I might yet).
35. Sprite or 7-up?
Neither.
36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work?
Yup, at the Waterpark of Doom (TM).
37. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy?
Painkillers, I imagine.
38. Ever throw up in public?
I went to high school. I had issues. So yes. But only about five or six times. I don’t like to talk about it.
39. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love?
If they were mutually exclusive? If giving up the other would guarantee the other? Then give me the loving, but if you’re all out, I’ll settle for the money.
40. Do you believe in love at first sight?
No.
41. Ever call a 1-900 number?
No.
42. Can ex's be friends?
Some can, I’m sure.
43. Who was the last person you visited in a hospital?
Father.
44. Did you have a lot of hair when you were a baby?
Yup, and it was all black and funny-looking, too.
45. What message is on your answering machine?
Don’t have one.
46. What's your all time favorite Saturday Night Live Character?
Oh, America, America, we do not get SNL here.
47. What was the name of your first pet?
Never had a pet. *sob*
48. What is in your purse?
Don’t have one. Or, do have one, but never use it, so the contents are most likely to be lint and old receipts.
49. Favorite thing to do before bedtime?
Brushing my teeth (getting obsessive about this). Reading. Scribbling, because one always must.
50. What is one thing you are grateful for today?
The chilly weather.
