1. FIRST NAME? Dayna (big shocker, that)
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Some random person in the newspaper. It's a long story.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Today, when I watched a super-sappy movie.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? My handwriting is the definition of atrocious. Although I've always been secretly proud of that . . .
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Italian Roast Beef
6. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Not yet. Although I'm a teacher, so many times it feels like I actually have 312 kids.
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes, and I think we'd have a dandy time together.
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? pffft, journals *waves hand dismissively* But, truthfully, I just don't have the discipline to maintain a journal (I've tried at various times in my life), so I pretend like I don't want/need one.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Me? Use sarcasm? No way. Nuh uh. Not me. I
never use sarcasm. Except maybe only once or twice. Or, uh, maybe three times. *Looks around shiftily*
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? They get infected periodically (TMI, perhaps?), so I'd love it if they'd take 'em out, but they tell me that it's not such a simple procedure once you're an adult. But maybe if I pressed the matter, I could use the surgery as an excuse to eat ice cream.
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I didn't used to think I would, but I'm getting braver, and finding myself intrigued by the prospect. That, and sky diving.
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Never!
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I am a force to be reckoned with.
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Mint chip
16. SHOE SIZE? 8
17. RED OR PINK? I prefer redpink.
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My lack of self-discipline when it comes to getting to bed at a decent hour.
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Hubby is gone fo a week, so right now I miss him TERRIBLY. Blessedmommie, if you read this, please extend my thanks to your husband for his service. My heart goes out to you as you endure his absence.
20. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? Black/white (yoga pants that are about a gazillion times too big, but they are SO comfortable!), and barefoot.
21. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? A huge chocolate sundae.
No no, just kidding (see question 9), it was a chocolate RTD.
22. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? A really, really bad episode of The Outer Limits (the newer show, not the old classics). Some alien thing is zooming around freezing people, and then body parts are falling off. It is BAD bad.
23 IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I truly have no idea. Di, what color would I be?
24. FAVORITE SMELL? Tomato plants. Mmmmm, they smell SOOO good.
25. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED WITH ON THE PHONE? Me hubby!
26. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU MEET? Whether or not they make eye contact with me, and whether or not they smile.
27. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes, I think Carmel is lovely.
28. FAVORITE DRINK? It's hard to beat a good mug of hot cocoa, especially one that's been doctored with a little Irish cream.
29. FAVORITE SPORT? Figure skating (yes, it's a sport! I promise!)
30. HAIR COLOR Sort of blondish-brownish. Unless I've spent a lot of time in the sun, and then it leans more to the blondish end of the spectrum.
31. EYE COLOR? Green/Blue/Brown/Gray. With a little gold in the center. Seriously. I did a Clinique thing where they did eye makeup suited to your eye color, and the poor girl couldn't figure out what to do. She even called over another Clinique person, but
she couldn't figure it out, either. So I got to pick whatever color scheme I wanted.
32. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Nope
33. FAVORITE FOOD? The hummus wrap sandwich with garlic fries at the Standing Stone in Ashland, Oregon. Or maybe the brie with roasted garlic on fried sourdough at the Wild Goose (also in Ashland). Hmm. That's a tough choice.
34. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy ending. Especially the happy ending of The Princess Bride. But I'm not opposed to a touch of tragedy thrown in, if it's good and gut-wrenching. Like the end of Dangerous Liaisons, or Hero (the one with Jet Li).
35. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? A Good Woman (that's not the one that made me cry)
36. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Tan
37. SUMMER OR WINTER? Also a very tough choice. Every season we hit, I find myself thinking, "This is my favorite season!" And, inevitably, at some point I start thinking, "This is my least-favorite season!" Like when it's in the triple digits in the summer, or when the winter gets brown and drizzly and muddy. But my favorite time tends to be the time I'm in at the moment.
38. HUGS OR KISSES? From other people? An enthusiastic wave is just fine.
From my hubby? I'll take 'em both.
39. FAVORITE DESSERT? I can neither confirm nor deny the reality of any desserts, or my like (or lackthereof) of said unsubstantiated desserts.
40. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND THE QUICKEST? Blessedmommieof3 (is that cheating?)
41. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? The person who doesn't
42. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz. I just finished
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle.
43. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I still use a mouse pad! It has the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 and a Klingon Bird of Prey, and when you move the pad it looks like the Enterprise is shooting at the BoP. Very cool. And it was a present from Di and Mike, which makes it even cooler.
44. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Kids making music.
45. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Can I just pick The Counting Crows and call it good?
46. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Norway
47. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can headbang with the best of them. Of course, now I'm old, so headbanging makes me really dizzy, so I tend to stumble around a bit afterwards, which may make people think I'm severly toasted when in fact I'm completely sober. Much to my sister's chagrin.
Oh, and I'm a fairly decent musician.
48. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? August 29,1975, in Vallejo, California.