Long Survey

FIRSTS AND LASTS
FIRST JOB: I got paid about $150 for five weekends to appear in a puppet show at Glen Echo Park's Adventure Theatre.
FIRST SELF PURCHASED TAPE/CD: The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
FIRST ENEMY: The older brother of Robin, the girl down the street.
FIRST BIG TRIP: San Francisco when I was two. I don't remember it.
LAST BOOK READ: Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
LAST MOVIE SEEN: In the theater? Peter Pan. On DVD? Pirates of the Caribbean.
LAST BEVERAGE DRANK: Water.
LAST FOOD CONSUMED: Leftover panang curry.
LAST PHONE CALL: My younger son's friend's mother to make plans for this afternoon for the kids.
LAST CD PLAYED: Jefferson Airplane-Jefferson Starship-Starship anthology.
LAST ANNOYANCE: Some of the items that ended up in the laundry basket with my kids' laundry.
LAST SODA DRANK: Diet Vanilla Coke.
LAST ICE CREAM EATEN: Breyers Light Chocolate Chocolate Chip.
LAST WEBSITE VISITED: TrekToday.com to see if my article posted.

THINGS ABOUT ME
I AM: a reasonably happy person.
I WANT: to go to Rome after going to London next year.
I HAVE: two very loud but entertaining children.
I WISH: American voters were less stupid and irresponsible in picking their leaders.
I HATE: prejudice.
I FEAR: having my rights taken away from me.
I HEAR: singing but there's no one there.
I SEARCH: for really perfect lines in fiction and poetry.
I WONDER: why, when I try to argue with God, the guy who answers always looks vaguely like a movie version of Jesus (not Mel Gibson's -- more the Ted Neely model only with a great sense of humor).
I REGRET: not having traveled more when I was younger.
I LOVE: the sky at sunset behind Devil's Tower.
I ALWAYS: begin dialogue after lulls in the conversation with "So..."
I AM NOT: ever going to be over 5' tall. I got used to this idea in junior high school.
I DANCE: badly but enthusiastically especially if the music's disco.
I SING: even more badly and even more enthusiastically especially if alone in the car.
I CRY: more easily over movies than real-life situations.
I AM NOT ALWAYS: paying attention.
I WRITE: constantly. It's how I communicate best.
I WIN: the occasional writing competition, most recently a place in the Mithril Awards.
I LOSE: every single major lottery because I never buy a ticket.
I CONFUSE: sex and love, which is why I never try to do the former casually.
I NEED: better hair conditioner, because I'm allergic to all the ones that actually do anything.
I SHOULD: stop wasting time on memes and write something substantive.

YES OR NO:
YOU KEEP A DIARY: Sort of, if a blog counts.
YOU LIKE TO COOK: No.
YOU HAVE A SECRET YOU HAVE NOT SHARED WITH ANYONE: Not really.
YOU HAVE A CRUSH: Nearly always, usually on someone I will never meet.
YOU THINK YOURE A HEALTH FREAK: Bwahahaha. No.
YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Not on a deep and profound level, but yes.
YOU LIKE THUNDERSTORMS: Love them.
CURRENT HAIR COLOR: Brown, as always.
EYE COLOR: Brown.
BIRTHPLACE: Washington, DC.