Meme: Twenty-ish Questions
Tuesday, April 6th, 2004 05:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chanaleh
Leaving shortly for the second seder. But first, some memitude: ganked from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yehoshua, and then greenlily, and then bethr and....
1. Grab the book nearest you, turn to page 18, find line 4. What does it say?
It's a blank page. Bwahhh! (The book is Empire of Disorder by Alain Joxe.)
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
A half-full spindle of blank CD-Rs.
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
My tape of this [last] week's ER, which I guess was Sunday night withtenore.
4. Without looking at the clock, guess what time it is.
(I actually saved this one for last.) 5:13.
5. Now look at the clock - what is the actual time?
5:22. Yikes, time to go!
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Almost nothing, which is pretty creepy. The ventilation system in my building. My coworkers sealing boxes for the mail. Someone else's keystrokes in the outer office.
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
I walked to work this morning. Thought seriously about going out for coffee around lunchtime, but never did.
8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
My e-mail... and the Quark document of the forthcoming book of Chuck Vest's collected speeches (!) that I am currently typesetting.
9. What are you wearing?
Fuzzy taupe sweater (J.Crew outlet), khaki pants (Lands' End), clunky black shoes. Gonna change into my blue suit for the seder, though.
10. Did you dream last night?
Yes, I'm pretty sure so, but I forget what. Something pleasant I think.
11. When did you last laugh?
Browsing Eric Conveys an Emotion an hour or two ago. Oh, and then briefly in a conversation with a co-worker.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
A huge corkboard covered in work documents (phone lists, map of MIT, lists of purchase order numbers), personal notes, and type rulers. Calendars from the Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group (expired, hmm, I should take that down) and Lindenmeyr Book Publishing Papers. A small print of Matisse's Goldfish. An 8.5x14" version of my rainbow alef-bet.
13. Seen anything weird lately?
Have to secondgreenlily's nomination of the Dexion Biplane (I'd say you non-![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
mitgspers should come see Thespis in order to get the reference, but hopefully it won't be obvious anymore at that point!).
14. Last movie you saw?
Wow, I'm having trouble thinking of this. Might have been -- oh, duh, Jersey Girl withablock, kalessin, gilana, and yonah. I don't think I've seen any movies on the small screen more recently.
15. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
A house.
Well, okay, I'd have trouble buying that on an instant-gratification schedule, so first: a convertible. A Volkswagen Cabriolet, or possibly a Miata.
16. Tell me something about you that I don't know.
A few readers know this, but mostly it's not the kind of thing I discuss with people, and may come as a surprise:
Much as I love my full-time job, I would quit it in a heartbeat to stay home and raise kids. (I haven't given up on this as an option, of course. When the time is right.)
17. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Wow. One thing? There should be perfect, cheap, widely available, medically safe, instantly reversible, socially validated, 100% voluntary contraception. (This is a contributing solution to lots of other world problems like world hunger and the question of abortion rights.) And while I'm designing this miracle drug, it should also promote a healthy body weight. :-)
18. Do you like to dance?
Um, yeah. A lot.
19. George Bush: power-crazy nutcase, or someone finally doing what has needed doing for years?
More the former.
20/21. Imagine your first child was a girl/boy; what would you call her/him?
Girl: Magdalen or possibly Marjorie. Boy: Julian. (All are family names. Well, actually it's "Julius" that is a family name, but I don't think I could pull that one in good conscience.) I haven't thought up Hebrew equivalents yet.
22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Only temporarily -- or for the sake of a partner I really, truly couldn't live without.
yehoshua, and then greenlily, and then bethr and....1. Grab the book nearest you, turn to page 18, find line 4. What does it say?
It's a blank page. Bwahhh! (The book is Empire of Disorder by Alain Joxe.)
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
A half-full spindle of blank CD-Rs.
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
My tape of this [last] week's ER, which I guess was Sunday night with
tenore. 4. Without looking at the clock, guess what time it is.
(I actually saved this one for last.) 5:13.
5. Now look at the clock - what is the actual time?
5:22. Yikes, time to go!
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Almost nothing, which is pretty creepy. The ventilation system in my building. My coworkers sealing boxes for the mail. Someone else's keystrokes in the outer office.
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
I walked to work this morning. Thought seriously about going out for coffee around lunchtime, but never did.
8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
My e-mail... and the Quark document of the forthcoming book of Chuck Vest's collected speeches (!) that I am currently typesetting.
9. What are you wearing?
Fuzzy taupe sweater (J.Crew outlet), khaki pants (Lands' End), clunky black shoes. Gonna change into my blue suit for the seder, though.
10. Did you dream last night?
Yes, I'm pretty sure so, but I forget what. Something pleasant I think.
11. When did you last laugh?
Browsing Eric Conveys an Emotion an hour or two ago. Oh, and then briefly in a conversation with a co-worker.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
A huge corkboard covered in work documents (phone lists, map of MIT, lists of purchase order numbers), personal notes, and type rulers. Calendars from the Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group (expired, hmm, I should take that down) and Lindenmeyr Book Publishing Papers. A small print of Matisse's Goldfish. An 8.5x14" version of my rainbow alef-bet.
13. Seen anything weird lately?
Have to second
greenlily's nomination of the Dexion Biplane (I'd say you non-mitgspers should come see Thespis in order to get the reference, but hopefully it won't be obvious anymore at that point!).14. Last movie you saw?
Wow, I'm having trouble thinking of this. Might have been -- oh, duh, Jersey Girl with
ablock, kalessin, gilana, and yonah. I don't think I've seen any movies on the small screen more recently.15. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
A house.
Well, okay, I'd have trouble buying that on an instant-gratification schedule, so first: a convertible. A Volkswagen Cabriolet, or possibly a Miata.
16. Tell me something about you that I don't know.
A few readers know this, but mostly it's not the kind of thing I discuss with people, and may come as a surprise:
Much as I love my full-time job, I would quit it in a heartbeat to stay home and raise kids. (I haven't given up on this as an option, of course. When the time is right.)
17. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Wow. One thing? There should be perfect, cheap, widely available, medically safe, instantly reversible, socially validated, 100% voluntary contraception. (This is a contributing solution to lots of other world problems like world hunger and the question of abortion rights.) And while I'm designing this miracle drug, it should also promote a healthy body weight. :-)
18. Do you like to dance?
Um, yeah. A lot.
19. George Bush: power-crazy nutcase, or someone finally doing what has needed doing for years?
More the former.
20/21. Imagine your first child was a girl/boy; what would you call her/him?
Girl: Magdalen or possibly Marjorie. Boy: Julian. (All are family names. Well, actually it's "Julius" that is a family name, but I don't think I could pull that one in good conscience.) I haven't thought up Hebrew equivalents yet.
22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Only temporarily -- or for the sake of a partner I really, truly couldn't live without.