Hoping, but not expecting. The PJ LotR movies kind of got worse with each successive one (odd, considering they were all shot simultaneously), and I guess I'm just expecting The Hobbit to be lame.
TNP has been in a courtroom as the defendant.
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Hoping, but not expecting. The PJ LotR movies kind of got worse with each successive one (odd, considering they were all shot simultaneously), and I guess I'm just expecting The Hobbit to be lame.
TNP has been in a courtroom as the defendant.
False, I've lived an embarassingly law-abiding life.
TNP doesn't own formal wear.
Well, no tuxedo or top hat, but I have one suit and a few shirt-and-tie combos that would be suitable (heh) for wearing with it. It basically comes out for funerals and job interviews.
TNP has a noticeable birthmark.
False, nothing obvious at all.
TNP is an innie, not an outie?
True. An innie all my life.
Speaking of Outies, TNP has read Niven and Pournelle's sf classic The Mote in God's Eye.
I've read the cover many times, and the first twenty pages almost as many! [/shame]
TNP knows what tear gas feels/smells like.
False. Never been in a riot, for that matter.
TNP has had a cop shout at him or her.
Yes, in the Federated States of Micronesia. She was directing "traffic" (I use the word loosely since there weren't that many cars on island) at an intersection and apparently wanted me to go. Her fluttering hand gesture was unlike anything I'd ever seen before so I just gawked at her wondering what she wanted me to do. She finally yelled out "just go, already" or something like that.
TNP feels greasy if they don't wash their hair every day.
False, I can skip a day every once in a while. Any more and I turn into an oil slick.
TNP regularly uses a blow dryer.
False; I haven't used a blow dryer for anything other than defogging the bathroom mirror in 15 years.
TNP likes Thanksgiving.
True, I think it might be my favorite holiday; food and family togetherness with a minimum of commercialization and significantly less stress than X-mas.
TNP knows how to make gravy.
False. My culinary talents are limited to making toast, microwaving and heating things from cans.
TNP likes gravy on mashed potatoes.
Definitely. I mean, I'll take mashed potatoes any way I can get them, but gravy is, well, gravy.
TNP regularly burns incense.
False. Never have; doubt I ever will.
TNP likes incense to be burned during his or her worship services (whatever they may be).
True. Burning incense it part of my personal mental preparations for prayer/meditation. (Incidentally, while we never had much incense burned in church while I was growing up, I've been to enough Catholic services to know that I want to steal whatever type of incense they use and burn it all the time in my house forever.)
TNP keeps candles in the house.
True. We have two fireplaces, and the upstairs one, instead of a gas log, has an arrangement of 20-30 votive candles in it. We light them up for company or when we just feel like it. Also, we have the usual assortment of scented and air freshening ones.
TNP has been to New Mexico.
True, my grandmother used to live there. The Gila mountains are beauteous. The food is fantastic. I love it and and wish I could move to Santa Fe.
TNP has been to Montana.
False (although I have been to New Mexico, backpacking in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the north - loved it!)
TNP likes to go backpacking.
False, I'll go as far as a long stroll.
TNP prefers writing with a pen to using a computer.
No, as a left-handed klutzy, the wordprocessing is my friend.
TNP is in a foul mood at the moment.
False; I'm feeling pretty good this morning.
TNP is in a foul mood at the moment.
True, I'm at work.
TNP is excited about Thanksgiving.
False, it's long over.
TNP puts hot sauce on almost everything.
True; it's a standard table condiment here. I don't cotton to the extreme, eat-on-a-dare sauces (anything with a skull or a mushroom cloud on the label is right out), but the Tabasco, Frank's, Sriracha, and Cholula all get a heavy workout at the OneCentStamp/artifex dinner table.
TNP has more than one kind of honey in the house right now.
False, I just have some orange blossom stuff I bought last year when I had a cold and needed to make hot whiskey-lemonade.
TNP has had a cold this year.
True; I feel as though I had one for all of October. :P
TNP has had a bloody nose in the last month.
Nope, can't even remember the last time that I did have one really. Probably back in the powdered entertainment days.
TNP thinks Nutella is kind of gross.
True, though my wife likes it a lot.
TNP is happy to see Ryan back.
False. I am a terrible scourge of a human being and I wear too much cologne.
TNP thinks Eddie Murphy's carreer is past the point of salvage.
True, stick to the voiceovers Eddie......'kin hell it's cluricaun, how's tricks??
TNP hates being bored.
False, I have a pretty high tolerance for boredom.
TNP has eaten McDonald's in the past week.
Eww. No. Boston Market is the closest I've come to fast food.
And I'm well CIAS, thank you.
TNP isn't looking forward to Thanksgiving.
False! I'm looking forward to this Thanksgiving more than any other that I can remember. A bunch of friends of roughly our same age group (25-40) are getting together with our kids (for those who have any) and having a big, informal, two-generation, lots-of-wine-and-beer, no-stress potluck. I may well be the oldest person there at 38, and there will be a bunch of serious cooks involved.
TNP has used the services of a tanning salon.
Not I. Never felt the urge.
TNP takes Vitamin D regularly.
Well, I take a daily multi that contains Vitamin D, so I suppose it's true.
TNP has had snow fall on his or her head this calendar year.
True, it didn't stop snowing here until March, and it's already started again.
TNP has a stash of fireworks at their house right now.
False, I don't know where I would even get them if I wanted them.
TNP has a high level of job satisfaction.
No, but god, I wish I did. (My kid would like that, too.)
TNP always likes to have a candy bar within easy reach.
False, the more candy I have in reach, the more candy I will EAT, and that's just not good.
TNP has been to the doctor in the past month.
True, I've been to both my cardio and my dentist within the last month.
TNP has had a hair cut in the last month.
False, my kid and I get our hair cut together, and he wants to hold off until after "crazy hair day" at school.
TNP uses an electric razor.
Sadly yes as I'm running faster than my hair can keep up these days. My time of long locks is long past and it takes a bit of work to stop everyone from noticing that I actually have Clint Howard's hairstyle.
TNP owns and uses a VCR from time to time.
Edit - Whoops - No electric here, what little shaving I do is done with a razor. The VCR thing stands.
False, we finally ditched our VCR in the pre-Utah-move purge last summer.
TNP owned a ZIP drive.
Not that I can recall, no.
TNP could go for some macaroni and cheese right now.
Definitely. Whether it's plain old Kraft Mac n' Cheese, the nicer boxed Annie's Organic, or something homemade, I can almost always go for some macaroni and cheese.
TNP has photos in his or her wallet (other than the ones on the driver's license).
Nope, I ruin wallets in around two years and everything inside always ends up covered in rubbed off black leather tan, pictures wouldn't last a week. I have a very warm butt I guess.
TNP already has an idea for their next Halloween costume.
True, but it depends on my friend's willingness to sew for me.
TNP has a favorite tree.
Yes, we have a nice old dogwood in our front yard that's spectacular for about two weeks every year.
TNP has cut down a tree.
Sure, lots of them. I worked as a forest fire fighter for a few seasons in my early 20's and cutting down trees was part of the job.
TNP routinely wears more than one ring on their hands.
No, just my wedding ring. Anything more and I'd feel like an extra on the Sopranos.
TNP regularly wears a chain on their neck.
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.
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.
Unfortunate but true.
TNP has a busy weekend ahead.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
False, it is never below freezing here. :fail:
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.
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.
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.
Nah, haven't worn one in years. My cell phone keeps great time.
TNP is carrying a cell phone.
True, I'm always carrying one if I'm out of the house.
TNP is carrying enough cash to buy a nice dinner for one.
I tend to keep a large amount of cash on me at all times, I don't do credit and the most interesting opportunities don't take debit cards.
TNP enjoys venison.
True. When I visited the Bunya Mountains, they sold venison pies and I bought several. They don't sell them any more, though...
TNP has eaten Subway in the last 2 days.
False; in fact I don't think I have this year at all, not out of any overt hate for Subway but simply because there are several closer sandwich shops to my work.
TNP is wearing cologne or perfume.
At the moment, no, but I usually do.
TNP owns a pocketwatch.
False. Would be cool, but I couldn't imagine myself ever actually carrying it.
TNP has attended an official class reunion of some sort.
No, I actively avoid them as a matter of fact. Facebook is bad enough, I don't actually need to see any of those people in real life.
TNP sympathizes with the whole Occupy movement.
True. I rolled my eyes a bit at first, but I find myself in agreement with virtually all of their stated positions.
TNP has a dog.
OWS have a stated position?
False, both my neighbours do though.
TNP can shuffle cards professionally.
No. My mom can, though, as well as any Vegas pro.
TNP has been in Vegas in the past year.
False, sadly, and I probably live closer to Vegas (~400 miles) than any other Mello. :(
TNP has shelled a nut in the past month.
False. I shelled quite a few salted-in-the-shell peanuts over the summer in North Carolina, but none since then.
TNP has a favorite place along some coast.
I do. Olón, a little village on Ecuador's Pacific coast, sort of halfway between the big tourist beaches and the little fishing villages. (At least it was in 1994; it's probably gotten more touristy since then.)
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TNP is either traveling out of town for the holidays, or has family or friends coming into town.
Well, depending on your definition of "the holidays". We're planning to go Barbados and be there on New Year's.
TNP knows someone who celebrates Kwanzaa.
False, in fact I've never known one AFAIK, and I grew up in the largest predominantly African-American city in the Northern Hemisphere. *shrugs*
TNP enjoys baking.
False. But my wife is a very talented baker, so she more than makes up for my lack of skill at it.
TNP has touched a cat in the last 24 hours.
Nah.
TNP has seen a live fox.
True. Zoos aside, my SIL and her husband live on some pretty wild land north of Houston. I've seen both foxes and deer in the woods behind their house.
TNP has stood on land more than 10,000 feet above sea level.
Yes. Mount Baldy at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico stands at 12,441 feet, and I think that's the highest I've ever been. (One of our Scouts got altitude sickness, but recovered).
TNP hates mountain-climbing.
I've never tried it, but I'm pretty sure I'd hate it, what with the heights and the dying and all.
TNP likes whipped cream with hot chocolate better than marshmallows.
False. It sounds good, but I've never tried it!
TNP is already sick of the Christmas season.
True, if talking about commercialism etc. But as grinchy as I normally am at xmas, I'm actually looking forward to this one :) So I guess my answer is really a conflicted one... :???:
TNP likes eating tuna.
Correct. Cold on a sandwich with Miracle Whip and lettuce, or hot in a casserole, are my two favorites. Although I remember eating it cold, with nothing else, on crackers during Boy Scout hikes back in the day and finding it very tasty.
TNP wants to go to Red Square with spitz to see the fireworks.
False, far too cold, and I can watch the London ones on the TV.
TNP is now on holiday?
False, I work through Thursday of this week, then I'm off work until January 3rd. 'Twill be nice.
TNP enjoys dancing.
Yes, despite my total lack of rhythm and so forth.
TNP is actually good at dancing.
False. False false false.
TNP knows which evil dictator will die next.
False, I don't really know who all the current evil dictators are.
TNP prefers blue to black ink.
Mildly, I guess, because it's easier to tell an original from a photocopy when someone's signed in blue ink.
TNP could stand a nap around now.
True. It's almost always true when I'm at work.
TNP has a hankering to watch The Nutcracker
True. Haven't seen a live performance in many years. I love Tchaikovsky's score - too bad it's become such a Christmas cliche, because it really is very good, I think.
TNP has at least three hated Christmas songs that will send him or her lunging to change the radio when any of them come on.
Nah, I love pretty much all of them, even "Baby, It's Cold Outside".
TNP thinks "Baby, It's Cold Outside" gets a bad rap.
True, I guess. I don't mind it, although it's not a personal favorite.
TNP thinks saxophones and Christmas tunes are generally ill-matched.
True. I've never really gotten into a Christmas song with saxophones.
TNP has already become ill off of holiday sweets.
False, but I'm trying to pace myself. Just too much yummy stuff around this time of year.
TNP has seen the new Sherlock Holmes movie, or wants to.
True; I've heard reports that it's a lot of fun, but forsakes the usual Holmes-isms in favor of being more of a straightforward action flick. Nonetheless, I'll go.
TNP has, or has had, a workplace holiday party this week.
True, I made myself slightly sick with cookies yesterday.
TNP gets gifts for their coworkers.
No, just my assistant.
TNP has spent Christmas alone.
False, until this weekend. I went to my family Christmas gathering last week, but I'll be alone on Sunday.
TNP is ready for the days to start getting longer.
Yes, I think I am. Although it's not so much the darkness as the rain which is getting on my nerves a bit.
TNP has wrapped all of his or her presents already.
No, haven't even started, didn't even go to one of those places in the mall.
TNP could use a nap.
False, I'm actually feel rather well-rested this morning.
TNP thinks it's pretty silly to be at work today.
False, this is my first of 11 straight days off. I am so happy.
TNP works in an industry where the busy season is about to begin.
False. My court is no more or less busy now than ever.
TNP is listening to Christmas music at this very moment.
False. Just got home from shopping (+2 hours of xmas music...)
TNP has eaten nice cheese recently.
False. I've eaten edible cheese, but nothing particularly special.
TNP has bought wine in a box.
True, in fact boxed wine is our staple. It really doesn't have to be crap like Franzia or Almaden anymore; Bota Box Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, Black Box Merlot and Shiraz, and Big House Red (which is one of our favorite bottled wines anyway) are all great. The awesome thing about them is that, at $15-20 a box (the equivalent of four bottles of wine), they're a steal. The even better thing is that one box can stay fresh for a month, easily, meaning you can have a glass of wine with dinner, or even just use a splash in your pasta sauce, without the commitment of "well, we corked it now, so we have to finish it tonight." I love boxed wine. [/climbs down off winebox]
TNP has a working fireplace.
True, if only I would remember to get get the chimney swept.
TNP currently has snow n the ground.
False. About 32C forecast for today, maybe a light sprinkle of rain.
TNP has watched out, not cried, and not pouted.
True! It makes little difference at my age, though.
TNP is eating Chinese food tonight.
False. I had consomme loco, made from a recipe I got from a Mexican restaurant in Vegas.
TNP has watched It's a Wonderful Life in the past month.
False. But I really should have.
TNP will soon be tucked in his or her bed for a long winter's nap.
True! Headed off right now, in fact. :)
TNP has stuff to return in the next few days.
Hmm. Not sure yet. One of my son's gifts might not be quite right after all.
TNP has had eggnog today.
False, but it's only 10:15AM. Give me time. :)
TNP knows where he or she will be at 12:00AM local time on 1-1-2012.
True, barring accidents, catastrophes and Acts of God, it will be at home celebrating the New Year in.
TNP overate over Christmas?
True! We don't really celebrate Christmas here - artifex is Jewish and I am a heathen - but that certainly didn't stop me from overeating. It doesn't help that we bought a fryer to accommodate the fact that virtually all special Hanukkah foods (latkes, sufganiyot, etc.) are deep-fried. :D
TNP has ridden in a helicopter.
Correct - several times, now that I think of it: on a short Pan Am hop into Manhattan when I was on a family trip as a kid; on a Hawaiian tourism aerial jaunt; and in a police helicopter for a ride-along program (the pilot insisted on taking me to see my house from the air, even though it was out of his jurisdiction!). I love riding in helicopters.
TNP has seen his or her house from the air.
True - But only if Google Maps counts.
TNP has made a new year's resolution.
No, the few times I've tried, it hasn't worked out.
TNP has had a beer today.
False so far. Doubt I will later, either.
TNP still has Christmas cookies in the house.
False, but I do still have fudge. Delicious, evil fudge ...
TNP likes maple-flavored candy.
True! I like maple in general, though I didn't know it until I escaped my parents' house and the evil clutches of Mrs. Butterworth. Now, I love real maple syrup, maple nut clusters, etc. Yum.
TNP has been to see live comedy (standup, improv, etc.) in the past year.
False, although I have, in years past, seen Sam Kinison, Steven Wright, Gilbert Gottfried, Eddie Murphy and Jerry Seinfeld live. This spring I hope to see Mike Birbiglia, my new favorite, when he comes to town: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYl9BSiV-P4
TNP expects to see live comedy this year.
False. I like comedy, but it's just not a thing I do.
TNP expects to go to the ballet or symphony this year.
Probably not, sadly. I always love it when I go, but I never think of it on my own.
TNP took a non-prescription drug within the last 24 hours.
True, if you count aspirin, which I guess you should.
Why are we using boldface all of a sudden? A carryover from the "Name five" thread?
TNP has a digital timepiece in the same room with him or her.
True only for values of "digital timepiece" that include my cell phone and laptop. Also, yes, I started bolding because I forgot which thread I was in. :D
TNP owns a piece of velvet clothing.
False. Don't think I ever have. Velour is about as close as I can get!
TNP knew Jimmy Stewart had an impressive war record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_S...litary_service
True! I'm a fan of the man's life. Also, seems like it's just you and me in here, EH. :D
TNP owns a video game console.
True, my family has Wii and PS3 consoles. I rarely play, though.
TNP wishes Orual, Rube and Cat would come back.
Definitely. I don't need any sort of "critical mass," and I certainly don't need heavy traffic for the sake of traffic, but I like each of those three people very much, and I miss interacting with them here.
TNP is good at making houseplants flourish.
Hmmm...not a plant person, really, but I've got a couple tricks, so tentative "yes".
TNP has been to Barbados.
False, I haven't been to any Caribbean islands.
TNP has been to the Hebrides.
(I guess I've been sketchy with the posting over the holidays.)
False, sadly. They look beautiful.
TNP has handled a bill with a denomination greater than 500 [your currency].
Yeah, I'd my memory can be trusted. Back when Canada had $1000-dollar bills, my brother-in-law got paid for a job with one and passes it around.
TNP could eat soup three meals a day.
False. For one meal daily, sure, in cold weather; for two maybe occasionally. But soup for breakfast? Um... no, thanks. Favorites: tomato, seafood (or crab or lobster) bisque, chicken noodle, clam chowder, cheddar potato, hot and sour.
TNP would eat at least one piece of chocolate a day if calories weren't an issue.
False. Calories aren't an issue for me, and yet my chocolate craving still only amounts to one one- or two-ounce piece of very dark chocolate one or twice a month, preferably enhanced with something cool like hot peppers or nuts.
TNP has good natural pitch; i.e., could sing a reasonable facsimile of middle "C" right now without any reference tone.
Hah, no. I couldn't sing middle C if I had both a reference point and a .357 magnum pointed at me.
TNP has owned an exotic pet.
I owned an orphaned joey (baby kangaroo) as a kid.
TNP has eaten french fries this week.
False. Last week I think was the last time.
TNP has touched a kangaroo before.
Not really, I guess -- I've eaten kangaroo sausage, but that's probably not the kind of touching you were looking for.
TNP got up groggy this morning.
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 I have always loved baby kangaroos. When I was a toddler, my favorite random factoid to tell people was: "a baby kangaroo is called a JOEY."Quote:
Originally posted by spitz
True. Monday, what can you do?Quote:
Originally posted by Rube E. Tewesday
TNP enjoys watching Shakespeare plays.
Correct. One of my fondest memories of visiting London in late 1985 is seeing Troilus and Cressida done by the RSC as if it were a Crimean War drama.
TNP knows quite a lot about the Crimean War.
True, compared to most people and not historians of the period. Then again it did give us the Charge of the Light Brigade and Florence Nightingale.
TNP wears shoes indoors.
In cold weather, definitely. In hot weather, rarely.
TNP owns at least three pairs of slippers.
I wish. I like slippers, but generally get by with one pair at a time.
TNP had never played handball.
True, I don't even know how it's played.
TNP has dived into water from a height greater than ten feet.
False, I never really could dive properly.
TNP had swimming as part of their gym class in school.
Nope, no pool at the school.
TNP has been in a foursome or moresome.
False.
TNP has attended a geek convention (comics, cartoons, sci-fi, RPG, cosplay, whatever) before.
True. I've been to several Star Trek conventions (and got to ask a question of Leonard Nimoy at my first one!).
TNP hates Sugarland's song "Stuck like Glue" as much as I do.
That's difficult to say, since I don't know exactly how much you hate it, but I suspect I'm right there with you. :D
TNP has had a field sobriety test administered to them by a police officer.
False, I've had very limited interactions with the cops.
TNP has witnessed a shooting.
False, although I was once on a police ride-along while in law school and arrived at the scene of a shooting within a minute or so of the fatal shot.
TNP has participated in a formal debate.
False. I've witnessed an armed standoff that resulted in a shooting shortly after I cleared the area, but I've never seen someone shot in person in real life.
True, I had to do several debates for a public speaking course in college.
TNP once walked in on their parents doin' it.
False, praise Jebus, but there were times when they asked my sisters and me to go entertain ourselves for awhile, and we knew what was up.
TNP hates getting ninja'd by a just-ahead-of-you simulpost.
No, thank God.
TNP has had their kid walk in while they were doin' it.
True, a few times when they were really little. Never past the age of four or five, so here's fingers crossed that they don't realize what was going on. :D
TNP likes sashimi.