Getting to Know You/Me

Phil sent me this in e-mail a few weeks ago. I thought I'd edit my answers a bit for public consumption and post them here:



Welcome to the 2007 edition of getting to know your friends. What you are to do is copy (not forward) this entire email and paste it onto another email that you will send.



Change all the answers so that they apply to you, then send this to a whole bunch of people (Including the person you got this from). Put your name in the subject box. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends if you did not know them already.



1. What time did you get up this morning? 3:15AM (we old folks tend to have sleeping "variabilities")

2. How do you like your steak? Medium Rare

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? It has been so long, I can't remember. Maybe Amadeus.

4. What is your favorite TV show? CSI (Las Vegas)? NFL? Baseball? Law & Order? I'm not sure; I just love television.

5. What did you have for breakfast? McDonald's Breakfast Burritos

6. What is your middle name? Preston

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Ms. Eclectic's

8. What foods do you dislike? Cauliflower, Liver

9. What are your favorite chips? Sour Cream and Onion

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Steven Reich -- Six Marimbas; Miles Davis -- Sketches of Spain; Brubeck -- Time Out; Nigel Kennedy -- Vivaldi's 4 Seasons

11. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Sienna; 1993 Cavalier

12. What is your favorite sandwich? Ham, cheese, lots of lettuce and tomato

13. What characteristics do you despise? Assuming an answer and not listening. funny, it's probably one my bigger faults, too.

14. What are your favorite clothes? Tweed suit

15. If you could go anywhere on vacation, where would it be? Hawaii, Big island; Israel?

16. Favorite brand of clothing? custom suits and shirts; otherwise Wal-Mart is great.

17. Where would you want to retire? Realistically, probably here. Sometimes, I wouldn't mind being closer to London ON, but I really don't want to move again. In my fantasies? some place warmer.

18. Favorite time of day? 6am

19. Where were you born? Muskegon, MI

20. What is your favorite sport to watch? Live: curling; tv: baseball or NFL

21. Who do you think will not send this back? ????

22. Person you expect to send this back first? ????

23. Pepsi or Coke? Coke -- a much rougher, less nicey-nice taste

24. Beavers or Ducks? I have no idea what this is about. Ducks, I guess.

25. Are you a morning person or night owl? morning.

26. Pedicure or manicure? I guess manicure. But when my knees no longer work, I'll probably be grateful for pedicures.

27. Any new news you would like to share? Not publicly.

28. What did you want to be when you were little? At different times: a football player, a detective, a sportscaster, a teacher.

29. What is your best childhood memory? Playing with my friends; figuring stuff out.

30. Piercings? I'm tempted to lie and say something rude here....

31. Ever been to Africa? No

32. Ever been toilet papering? No, but it's not too late!

33. Been in a car accident? Yes; it's pretty much a miracle if people reach my age without even a fender-bender.

34. Favorite day of the week? Sunday -- great for TV sports!

35. Favorite restaurant? High End: Red Pump; Medium: Albion?; Breakfast: The Bean in Goderich; anytime: fast food

36. Favorite flower? Peonies; Sunflowers

37. Favorite ice cream? Baskin Robbins French Vanilla

38. Favorite fast food restaurant? I love 'em all. Godfather's Pizza; McDonalds; Taco Bell; Dairy Queen

39. How many times did you fail your drivers test? Zero

40. From whom did you get your last email? NYTimes; Spam offering to introduce me to Christian singles in my area.

41. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Future Shop for electronic toys; or maybe a travel agency

42. Bedtime? 9-10-11-12; It's pretty variable.

43. Who would be the most interesting to read about? I still find myself drawn to internet stuff about Milton Friedman

44. Last person you went to dinner with? Ms. Eclectic

45. What are you listening to right now? Hah! I have Law & Order (criminal intent) going in the background

46. What is your favorite color? Blue

47. How many tattoos do you have? None, though again it'd be fun to lie and see what kind of reaction that would get.

48. How many people are you sending this to?

49. Favorite magazine(s)? The Economist

50. What time did you finish this email? 4:15am