{"id":3657,"date":"2008-11-19T13:02:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2011-12-30T14:59:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T20:59:31","slug":"i-cant-write-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3657","title":{"rendered":"I Can’t Write 55"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a meme.\u00a0 This time, it’s from Rev Ma, over\u00a0at\u00a0Night Writer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I can’t help myself.\u00a0 It’s true.<\/p>\n

55 Things
\n1. The phone rings; whom do you want it to be?<\/strong>
\nMostly?\u00a0 Friends.<\/p>\n

At 3AM?\u00a0 A manageable problem.<\/p>\n

2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart?
\n<\/strong>To the little corral thing?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 I’d hate to make someone chase my cart around.<\/p>\n

3. If you had to kiss the last person you kissed, would you?
\n<\/strong>Seems a safe bet.<\/p>\n

4. Do you take compliments well?<\/strong>
\nWell?\u00a0 Sure.\u00a0 Often?\u00a0 Not so much.<\/p>\n

More below the fold.<\/p>\n

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5. Do you play Sudoku?
\n<\/strong>Never have.\u00a0 No idea how.<\/p>\n

6. If abandoned alone in the wilderness, would you survive?<\/strong>
\nI’d probably figure something out.<\/p>\n

7. Do you like nipple rings?<\/strong>
\nNot really, no.<\/p>\n

8. Did you ever go to camp as a kid?<\/strong>
\nThe International Music Camp<\/a>, in 7th and 8th grade.\u00a0 It still exists, and I highly recommend it if you have kids who do classical music.<\/p>\n

9. If a sexy person were pursuing you, but you knew he\/she were married what would you do?<\/strong>
\nI’d ride away on my unicorn.\u00a0 (Ask a stupid question…)<\/p>\n

10. Could you date someone with different religious beliefs than you?<\/strong>
\n“Different” as in what?\u00a0 Catholic?\u00a0 Sure.\u00a0 Atheist?\u00a0 Not so much.<\/p>\n

11. Do you like to pursue or be pursued?<\/strong>
\n“You haven’t hunted ’til you’ve hunted human” – J. Ventura.<\/p>\n

12. Use three words to describe yourself at the moment:
\n<\/strong>Hungry, stressed-out, tired.<\/p>\n

13. Do any songs make you cry?<\/strong>
\nBoys don’t cry.\u00a0 No, not the Cure song, I mean literally.<\/p>\n

But occasionally “Land of Hopes and Dreams” by Springsteen gets very, very emotional for me.\u00a0 I’ll write about that sometime.<\/p>\n

14. Are you continuing your education?<\/strong>
\nFormally?\u00a0 Not really.\u00a0 But it’s a constant thing, informally.<\/p>\n

15. Do you know how to shoot a gun?
\n<\/strong>Yes.\u00a0 Every American should.\u00a0 I’m suspicious of any non-Quaker American who claims not to.<\/p>\n

16. If your house were on fire, what would be the first thing you grabbed?
\n<\/strong>Besides “a fire extinguisher?”\u00a0 The kids.<\/p>\n

17. Who was the last person you shared a bed with?<\/strong>
\nNosey, aren’t we?<\/p>\n

18. Whom do you text the most?<\/strong>
\nI don’t “text”.\u00a0 Indeed, I don’t like the word.\u00a0 It’s irrational, but true.<\/p>\n

19. Favorite children\u2019s books?<\/strong>
\n“Love You Forever”.<\/p>\n

20. What color are your eyes?<\/strong>
\nAs blue as my politics are red.<\/p>\n

21. How tall are you?<\/strong>
\n6’5ish.<\/p>\n

22. If you could do it over again, start from scratch, would you?
\n<\/strong>Knowing what I know now?\u00a0 I might.\u00a0 Otherwise, nope.<\/p>\n

23. Any secret admirers?<\/strong>
\nNo.\u00a0 Plenty of secret detractors, if\u00a0ya know what I mean.<\/p>\n

24. Have you ever taken pictures in a photo booth?<\/strong>
\nYep.\u00a0 Lost to history.<\/p>\n

25. Where is the farthest place you have traveled?<\/strong>
\nProbably Basel, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

26. Do you like mustard?<\/strong>
\nYes.\u00a0 The spicier the better.<\/p>\n

27. Do you prefer to sleep or eat?<\/strong>
\nI’ve come to be a bit of a sleep connoisseur.<\/p>\n

28. Do you look like your mom or dad?
\n<\/strong>I definitely resemble Mom’s side of the family.<\/p>\n

29. How long does it take you in the shower?<\/strong>
\nNot very.<\/p>\n

30. Can you do splits?<\/strong>
\nOnly in Quicken.<\/p>\n

31. What movies do you want to see right now?<\/strong>
\nThe new “Bond” movie, and maybe Zack and Miri<\/em> among the new ones.\u00a0 There are a ton of movies I’d like to see again; Eternal Sunshine, Lost In Translation, LA Confidential, Run Lola Run, The Unbearable Longness of Screening<\/span> Lightness of Being, <\/em>and Kieslawski’s Three Colors Trilogy<\/em>, and maybe Double Life of Veronika <\/em>thrown in to boot.\u00a0 Oh, yeah – and I think the next time I see Casablanca <\/em>will be #50.<\/p>\n

32. What did you do for New Year\u2019s Eve?
\n<\/strong>I was sick as a dog on New Years’ Eve last year, I think.\u00a0 As I recall, I went to bed early.<\/p>\n

33. Was your mom a cheerleader?<\/strong>
\nNot that I’ve ever been told.<\/p>\n

34. What\u2019s the last letter of your middle name?<\/strong>
\nL<\/p>\n

35. How many hours of sleep do you get a night?<\/strong>
\nUsually six or so.<\/p>\n

36. Do you like Care Bears?<\/strong>
\nNot sure why, but the Care Bears weren’t much of a factor with my kids.\u00a0 Pound Puppies, usually.<\/p>\n

37. What do you buy at the movies?<\/strong>
\nMovies without popcorn are like a day at the range without ammo.<\/p>\n

38. Do you know how to play poker?<\/strong>
\nI rely entirely on beginner’s luck.<\/p>\n

39. Do you wear your seat belt?<\/strong>
\nI used to drive a Jeep, so I’m pretty religious about buckling up.\u00a0 I rarely even think about it.<\/p>\n

40. What do you wear to sleep?<\/strong>
\nThese days?\u00a0 Whatever I’m wearing when my head starts toward the pillow and I lose consciousness.<\/p>\n

41. Anything big ever happen in your town?
\n<\/strong>Perhaps you heard about it – the Republican National Convention?<\/p>\n

42. Is your hair straight or curly?<\/strong>
\nShut your damn mouth.<\/p>\n

43. Is your tongue pierced?<\/strong>
\nNever intentionally.<\/p>\n

44. Do you like liver and onions?
\n<\/strong>Smell, yes.\u00a0 Taste, no.<\/p>\n

45. Have you ever been in love?
\n<\/strong>Hard to say.\u00a0 I think so, but then the more I learn about it, the less I know.<\/p>\n

46. Do you like funny or serious people better?<\/strong>
\nDepends.\u00a0 Funny people are fun to be around – but I feel funnier when I’m around serious people.\u00a0 It’s a tradeoff.<\/p>\n

47. Ever been to L.A.?<\/strong>
\nNo!<\/p>\n

48. Do you steal or pay for your music downloads?
\n<\/strong>Pay.\u00a0 Royalties are how musicians pay their bills.<\/p>\n

49. Do you hate chocolate?<\/strong>
\nI’m, like, a guy, so I have no deep emotional connection, pro or con, with the stuff.<\/p>\n

50. What do you and your parents fight about the most?<\/strong>
\nWe don’t, really.<\/p>\n

51. Are you a gullible person?<\/strong>
\nIt’s perhaps a stroke of cosmic justice that, given that I prey on the gullible for fun, I am myself pretty easily sucked in.<\/p>\n

52. If you could have any job, what would it be?<\/strong>
\nNetwork talk show host.<\/p>\n

53. Are you easy to get along with?<\/strong>
\nAs a friend?\u00a0 I think so, yes.<\/p>\n

54. What is your favorite time of day?
\n<\/strong>Early mornings.<\/p>\n

55. Are you a generally happy person?<\/strong>
\nUsually.<\/p>\n

I’m especially happy to be done…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a meme.\u00a0 This time, it’s from Rev Ma, over\u00a0at\u00a0Night Writer. I can’t help myself.\u00a0 It’s true. 55 Things 1. The phone rings; whom do you want it to be? Mostly?\u00a0 Friends. At 3AM?\u00a0 A manageable problem. 2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart? To the little corral thing?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,6],"tags":[176],"class_list":["post-3657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geekery","category-mitch","tag-memes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25153,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions\/25153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}