False. I'd feel like an extra on Jersey Shore.
TNP knows that he or she has a jack, a lug wrench, and a working spare tire in the car.
False. I'd feel like an extra on Jersey Shore.
TNP knows that he or she has a jack, a lug wrench, and a working spare tire in the car.
False, I don't have a car.
TNP has a disaster-preparedness kit in their house (i.e. earthquake, hurricane, tornado, etc.)
False; we're sadly unprepared. We're solid on medical supplies, since artifex is a nurse of a variety (home health) that requires her to have a pretty good stockpile, but we probably only have a few weeks' worth of food and no water stored.
TNP has a spare house key hidden someplace for themselves (or a friend who knew where to look).
True, but fortunately I haven't had to use 'em for awhile.
TNP has some laundry running right now.
False, but there is probably a pile to do anyway.
TNP enjoys doing housework.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not exactly. I do enjoy when it's done and the house is clean, but the actual act itself is murder outside of a few select jobs.
TNP is gassy today.
Hell, if I didn't do things just because they made me feel a bit ridiculous, I wouldn't have much of a social life. - Santo Rugger.
Somewhat. Game night for the Boy Scouts tonight; cleaning the house and acting as a mock trial judge tomorrow; our son, 15, is being confirmed on Sunday and we're having some friends over for lunch after.
TNP has attended a confirmation or first communion service.
False, at least not that I am aware of.
TNP has attended a wedding in a different religion to their own?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Correct. I've been to three Jewish weddings; I'm Episcopalian (the American branch of the Church of England).
TNP has been in an Episcopalian church.
Well, I was raised Anglican, so I suppose that counts.
TNP is looking for a new job.
Not vigorously, but I'm keeping an eye out.
TNP would like to move.
Sometimes, kinda, but all in all I'm glad to be living here. Plus the real estate market is very bad locally, and we'd have to sell at a loss, so that's a big disincentive.
TNP thinks it's pretentious for realtors to insist that you capitalize their job title.
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OMG yes. And it's not even "Realtor," it's REALTOR(TM). I know they're terrified the internet age is going to send all the realtors the way of the travel agent, but it comes off sad and desperate.
TNP has an animal feather somewhere in the house, on a living bird or otherwise.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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I've got a whole pillow full of them!
TNP is actively repulsed by the huge number of 'Black Friday' ads that seem to have spawned in the past couple of years.
False, although it will soon come to pass that Black Friday will reach these shores
TNP has visited the other side of the equator?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
No. Been pretty far south in the Northern Hemisphere, but not over the line.
TNP has been to the Arctic.
False; I've never been farther north than the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. That's actually kind of sad, but OTOH I've lived south of the equator for a couple of years of my life.
TNP has read a really great book this year.
Yes, Theodore Sorensen's Kennedy. A funny, witty, wonkish but lively memoir of what it was like to work closely with JFK over many years. Although Sorensen's mute on Kennedy's many affairs and deceptiveness concerning his health, I came away with a renewed respect for the President, and still regret that his life was so tragically cut short.
TNP has seen a really great movie this year.
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Nope, I don't see many movies that don't involve singing and dancing animals, and not many of them are that great.
TNP has seen a really horrible movie this year.
True. The Green Hornet was awful.
TNP has started a book this year, and quit before finishing.
True. Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle didn't survive my 50-page rule - self-consciously offbeat and not nearly as funny as it wanted to be. (If a book doesn't hook me within 50 pages, I know from hard experience that it probably never will, and I put it down, guilt-free. In my foolish youth I forced my way to the end of far too many books that I shouldn't have bothered).
TNP has had rain fall on his or her head in the past week.
True, but I live in England, so what do you expect.
TNP is looking forward to the snow in winter.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Hmmm....I guess vicariously, since my kid loves snow and sledding.
TNP has taken a sick day in the past month.
True. Fucking cold.
TNP knows what they are having for dinner tonight.
Well, I've already had it, but I didn't know until moments before since I was late getting home, so I'll say... false.
(It was spaghetti with marinara sauce, crescent rolls with garlic butter, and a glass of ice water, incidentally).
TNP has spoken to an old friend recently after a long time out of touch.
False, I've no idea where most of them are.
TNP goes to bed early.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not particularly, usually around eleven.
TNP has stayed up till dawn in the past year.
False; I stayed up until 1AM or 2AM for a couple of parties this year, but my days of all-nighters have gone the way of certain other habits. I am old and a fuddy-duddy at this point, and wouldn't want it any other way. It just sounds exhausting.
TNP has had an injection via needle at some point in the past year.
True; I had my flu shot last month.
TNP likes their primary care doctor.
True. I've been going to her for about eight years now, I think.
TNP has a doctor's appointment sometime in the next fortnight.
Nope, but I do have a dentist appointment just outside of a fortnight. It's actually two hogsheads after the hectacre.
TNP has a satellite radio subscription.
Hell, if I didn't do things just because they made me feel a bit ridiculous, I wouldn't have much of a social life. - Santo Rugger.
True. Long car trips are more fun no that we can listen to Gunsmoke.
TNP would like a Daisy Red Ryder Carbine for Christmas.
False, I'd shoot my eye out.
TNP has shot a bow and arrow before.
True. I was pretty good, too.
TNP has had car trouble recently.
False. I have a 2011 Chevy Malibu, which is a pretty damn good car.
TNP has driven a Ford... lately.
False. I don't think I've driven a Ford in over a decade, unless I had an especially forgettable rental car some time.
TNP is living somewhere that is below freezing (out of doors) right now.
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False, it is never below freezing here.
TNP owns a pair of winter boots.
False, though I probably should. It's 16 degrees outside right now, on its way to a high of 31, and that's pretty much what's in the offing for the next three months solid.
TNP lives within 500 miles of the place he or she was born.
True, after spending lots of years living thousands of miles away.
TNP isn't living in the same country where he or she was born.
True. The country where I was born (South Vietnam) no longer exists.
TNP has been to a wedding conducted in a language other than English.
Yes! Spanish.
TNP doesn't care for black olives.
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
True. I don't hate 'em, but I don't love 'em either. If I never had another one for the rest of my life I wouldn't be at all put out.
TNP has talked to a Mountie.
Yeah, sure. Just like talking to any cop, although a regular cop would contest that.
TNP has done military service.
Negative, I was too busy being a hippie at 18 to even think about it.
TNP is wearing one of their favorite articles of clothing today.
Hell, if I didn't do things just because they made me feel a bit ridiculous, I wouldn't have much of a social life. - Santo Rugger.
True, I've been wearing the green scarf artifex knitted me all week.
TNP is not currently wearing anything made of leather.
False, I'm wearing leather shoes and a leather belt.
TNP knows how to make risotto.
I know the principle and I've seen it done in my kitchen, but I've never done it myself, so I will have to say false.
TNP knows how to make hollandaise.
Yeesh, not a chance. I'm a terrible cook. The limits of my expertise: Toast, hamburgers and hotdogs, cereal, and warming or nuking things.
TNP wishes he or she was a better cook.
Well there's always room for improvement, but I consider myself to be quite a talent in the kitchen. Cooking is one of my many hobbies and I can hustle up a great version of just about anything including risotto and hollandaise off the top of my head.
TNP is wearing a watch.
Hell, if I didn't do things just because they made me feel a bit ridiculous, I wouldn't have much of a social life. - Santo Rugger.