Minutiae ~

Chocolate Monkey – By Trev (minus the banana liquer)

13 questions

Saw this on  Phoe’s  site today and thought it would be fun to play along (what else is there to do when it is snowing, blowing and  5 degrees  fahrenheit  outside?  I would start my new socks, but, believe it or not, I actually need another pair of needles… so off to the LYS tomorrow to pick those up.)  and swiped it.

I actually do have some knitting (charade socks) to talk about, but it’s kind of depressing. We’ll get to that later – it has something to do with the Monkey and a game of cards.

1. Childhood ambition:
Be one of the Judd’s (which is funny, as I am not a big country music fan)

2. Best/worst weather:
Love a great storm. Dark skys, gusty winds. Too much sun is kind of irritating. Although the first days of Spring are always a thrill.

3. Favorite food:
It’s a seasonal thing for me.

• Fall/Winter – Apple Crisp and a good thick stew and crusty bread
• Spring – Fresh asparagus – grilled slightly or on a pizza.
• Summer – Fresh tomatoes and basil with just about anything.

All year ’round. Ice Cream.

4. Current book?
Um. A little embarassed to admit this, but I just finished reading  (unabridged audio)  Rhett Butler’s People. I fully expected to hate it. Instead, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

5. Guilty pleasure:
North And South on DVD (boy that is some pure cheese entertainment).

6. One quirk?
Just one? Impossible. For starters – I sleep with scarves on and I cannot eat a sandwich without completely tearing it apart first to inspect how it was made.

7. Something you’ve never done that most people have:

Eat bananas. Only got as far as banana flavored cereal. Stopped there. HATE them.

8. Favorite drink?
Coffee in the a.m. and water the rest of the day.

9. Oddest job you’ve had:
When I was first out of school I was an assistant at the county substance abuse clinic. Actually had to watch the people (female’s that is) deposit their court ordered  um, samples, in  a cup.

10. Last song you listened to on purpose:
Good People by Jack Johnson

11. Cities, towns, villages you’ve lived in, in chronological order:
Michigan, Michigan and Michigan.

12. Teenage ambition:
To become a historian (i.e. Doris Kearns Goodwin, minus the plagarism issue) or a history professor. That way Tom Brokaw could interview me on the Nightly News. Or, I also wanted to work at an auction house such as Sotheby’s or Christies. Hey- a  girl can dream.

13. Movie you’d most like to be a character in:
There are so many.   Rear Window – loved Grace Kelly’s wardrobe. Perfect. Or To Catch A Thief.  

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