Okay, mostly
- Your most marked characteristic?
Resilience, I think
I used to have a birthmark in the shape of the number 14 but it disappeared. Does that count?
- The quality you most like in a man?
Loyalty (or is it that they can shave their heads to hide baldness and still persuade women that it’s cool.)
- The quality you most like in a woman?
Intelligence (or the fact that knowing men as they do they still tolerate us.)
- What do you most value in your friends?
What friends? The ability to look and see the real you even when you are a jerk.
- What is your principle defect?
The dwindling savings account, Oh, wait, the ability to delude myself.
- What is your favorite occupation?
Enjoying boat drinks on someone else yacht. Ok, hum, writing, thinking.
- What is your dream of happiness?
A time machine or sunrise with great cup of coffee and knowing I have done all I can do to be at peace with my world.
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
You mean other than the leisure suit? I guess then I would have to say, the inability to learn and change.
- What would you like to be?
A pampered cat, a grass rolling dog or may be me, only better.
- In what country would you like to live?
One that has free food! But then again, perhaps one that does not have a government that acts as nanny to the citizens. “May I have some trans-fat with that Marlboro?”
- What is your favorite color?
Ecru, really it is the new brown.
- What is your favorite flower?
Martha White, ok, coneflower.
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
What’s a prose? Would “Peanuts count?”
- Who are your favorite poets?
John Donne, Baudelaire, (I copied that from Proust, hehehe)
- Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Albus Dumbledore or maybe W (I mean he can’t be real)
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Hermione Granger or that chick in all the Romance novels
- Who are your favorite composers?
John Lennon or Brian Wilson, and of course Joe Green
- Who are your favorite painters?
Monet and the guy who drew the pirates on the back of matchbook cover
- Who are your heroes in real life?
Are you kidding, I have seen people up close and personal, there are no heroes.
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
See above.
- What are your favorite names?
Earl, Ruby, Clyde and any name combined with the last name Hunkapillar or Smoot.
- What is it you most dislike?
That question! The IRS! And them!
- What historical figures do you most despise?
Too many people to little time.
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Turning water into wine, It would be such a savings.
- How would you like to die?
Failing off a high cliff while peaking on acid, then doing a Wyllie Coyote, stand up wipe off the dust and do something else stupid. Maybe without pain is another way.
- What is your present state of mind?
This is my brain this is an egg, don’t put brain in a frying pan. :) :(
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Trusting that others are as smart as I am or as dumb as I am, whichever comes first.
Motto, I don’t need no stinking motto!
Comments
Your most marked characteristic?
I see all bullshit, I hear all bullshit, I flush all bullshit.
The quality you most like in a man?
That he knows he is not God, but has faith in the one that is God. After that a sense of humor.
The quality you most like in a woman?
I like to hang out with women that aren't all hung up in looks, and self, and are kind people.
What do you most value in your friends?
That they accept me as I am, as I accept them as they are. The people I choose for friends demostrate that they can be trusted, they don't talk about me behind my back and that We count on each other when the chips are down.
What is your principle defect? Hammer thumbs
What is your favorite occupation?
Where I can interact with people, rend aid, assist, care for people.
Least favorite was Legal Secretary. Blood sucking sharks fits. Trust me.
What is your dream of happiness?
it's not a dream anymore. I am living it.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes? To have never known God as intimately as I do now.
What would you like to be? Exactly who and what I am right now.
In what country would you like to live?
The Virgin Islands. May be poor but you don't need much either, mon.
What is your favorite color? Purple, but not the blue purple, the going toward the red spectrum of purple. Any shade or tint of that is my favvie.
What is your favorite flower? Desert flowers. They look like paper but they aren't. They are soft.
Who are your favorite poets? Whitman, Frost, me.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Simon Kenton
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? Dorothy
Who are your favorite composers? Clapton, McCartney, Lennon, Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe
Who are your favorite painters? Anyone that paints my house and doesn't charge me.
Who are your heroes in real life? Our dogs who were rescued from Indian Reservations where they were tortured for sport. Firemen, policemen, my hunny bunny, Ron Johnson.
Who are your favorite heroines of history? Amelia Earhart, Mary McCloud Bethune, Harriett Tubman, Clara Barton, Juliette Lowe
What are your favorite names? WHo cares? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
What is it you most dislike? You don't have enough room for me to answer, bub.
What historical figures do you most despise? assasins.
What natural gift would you most like to possess? Tap dance
How would you like to die? What a morbid question.
What is your present state of mind? Sane
To what faults do you feel most indulgent? When they cannot be helped due to mental or physicals limitations.
What is your motto? Whoever dies with the most toys, wins!
Hey, this was fun.
Tinastity
The quality you most like in a man?
Loyalty
The quality you most like in a woman?
Intelligence (That, and the fact that they are not men- viva la dif.)
What do you most value in your friends?
The ability to slap me up-side of the head & bring me back to the Word while never letting me doubt they love me.
What is your principle defect?
I trust people way past the point of common reason.
What is your favorite occupation?
When I was in College, I was the night watchman at the Baskin Robins ice cream factory. I couldn’t take any home, but I could eat any, and as much ice cream as I wanted while I was there. It just needed to pay a little more.
What is your dream of happiness?
To spent endless time with my daughters.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To lose my relationship with my daughters.
What would you like to be?
Gathered.
In what country would you like to live?
Portugal. The food is great. You can veg on an 80 degree beach in November, and the cost of living is unbelievably cheap.
What is your favorite color?
For a shirt- blue. For a car- silver. For a carpet- wheat. In general…maybe a hunter green.
What is your favorite flower?
Buck wheat. Oh, sorry, the daisy.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Dickens, Thurber, and Twain. Not necessarily in that order.
Who are your favorite poets?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Robert Frost
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Batman (The righteous indignation, plus skill and ability)
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Beatrice Kiddo (The righteous indignation, plus skill and ability)
Who are your favorite composers?
Motzart, and who ever that guy was who wrote all of Elton John’s early work. (I can never remember his name.)
Who are your favorite painters?
The three “Rs”: Raphael, Renoir, and Rockwell. Not necessarily in that order.
Who are your heroes in real life?
Jesus Christ, Gerald Ford, George Washington, and Alfred Nobel
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Joan of Arc, Dolly Madson
What are your favorite names?
For a girl: Rebecca & Rachael. For a boy: David & Jonathan
What is it you most dislike?
People not using their turn signals.
What historical figures do you most despise?
Adolf Hitler, William J. Clinton, Joseph Stalin, Kim Jung Il.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Eloquence. (It would make witnessing so much easier.)
How would you like to die?
I wouldn’t.
What is your present state of mind?
Thankful.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Coke, Dr. Pepper.
What is your motto?
“Fine.” – Pat Powell
Your answers show me why I have always loved, admired and found you such a wonderful human!
There are not many things I remember about our year in AR but I know our enduring friendship was forged there and I will always be thankful for that.