20 Questions

I thought this questionnaire was pretty cool, and my friends over at keysmashblog posted it a couple weeks back. Because I'm pretty fantastically faily right now about keeping up with my eleventy million emailed notifications of new blog posts (and Google Reader is kaput), I thought I'd post my responses here.

1. How do you take your coffee? 
With a good amount of sugar and half and half. Please note that I do not like flavored creamers. Honestly, there's very little I find less appetizing.

2. What is/are your middle name(s)?
Renee. No tilde. 

3. Do you have a side of the bed?
When I'm actually in bed, I prefer to be on the right. 

4. What is your favorite color to wear?
Purple or teal.

5. Do you leave the water running when you brush your teeth?
Sometimes. And by sometimes, I mean: Usually. #waste

6. When you’re home alone are you more often watching TV or listening to music?
Listening to music, unless I'm in the middle of a Doctor Who marathon. For reals.

7. Do you sing in the shower? If so, what songs?
Oddly enough? No. You're all surprised, aren't you?

8. How many times do you hit the snooze button?
Zero, usually. That said, I usually have 3 or so alarms, all set to go off at random times on my phone, so if I ignore one, another is usually coming at some strange interval of time later.

9. If you could change your name would you? If so, to what?
Meh. Angela is alright.

10. Do you crack your knuckles?
I do. It's a rather unfortunate and nasty habit.

11. Do you fall asleep easily?
Depends on what the day was like. There are evenings in which I stare at the ceiling for ages, and others in which I pass out moments after my head hits the pillow.

12. Do you smile at yourself in the mirror?
I do. Who doesn't? 

13. How many pairs of jeans do you own?
Honestly? 4. Yes, that's it. And 2 of them don't fit properly.

14. Do you prefer a firm mattress or a soft mattress?
Firm.

15. How do you like your burgers done?
Eh. Medium-Well, I suppose. Red meat and I aren't really BFFs.

16. What is the newest music you’ve listened to?
One Direction. Don't judge me, monkey.

17. Do you use lip balm?
I'm actually pretty sometime-y with lip balm.

18. Are you good at parallel parking?
Well, I haven't done it since this one time in Nashville almost 2 years ago. I hate it, regardless of whether I'm good at it or not.

19. How often do you Google yourself?
Uh, I think I've done that once. Because no thanks.

20. What kind of bread do you keep in your house?
Wheat, always.

8 questions

a lovely friend of mine, jen, tagged me in a bit of a random bloggy questionnaire. it's super cute, and a bit of fun, so i thought i'd post my responses. :) [side note - there's a link to her blog right over there, in the right column.]

 1. You must post the rules.

2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post.

3. Create eight new questions to ask the people you’ve tagged. 

4. Tag eight people with a link to your post.

5. Let them know they’ve been tagged.

jen's questions for me:

1. If you could only read one book for the rest of your life, what would it be?

this is difficult, but i think i'd have to choose the book that a) is the first one that i remember reading multiple times as a child, b) was my introduction to science fiction/fantasy sort of stories (and therefore my eventual nerdiness, which i embrace wholeheartedly), and c) i still love, even now as an adult. that book? it's A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle.

2. Would you rather always be under dressed or overdressed?

honestly, i love pretty clothes and shoes. however, there's nothing better than a comfy pair of jeans and a v-neck t-shirt with some chucks, so i'd have to say i'd rather be under dressed.

3. What shoe do you put on first?

i am a weirdo, and i don't even pay attention. honestly, once i've decided which shoes i'm going to wear, i just pick whichever one is nearest and go with it. [side note - when i'm trying shoes on, i always try the right one]

4. Pepsi or Coke?

i don't drink sodas anymore, so can i have a latte instead, please? haha. but really: coke. as a kid, i was basically force fed pepsi and i think it's gross now.

5. Do you sleep with your bedroom door open or closed?

most of the time, it's cracked - not wide open, not totally closed.

6.  What is one talent you wish you had?

i wish i was more crafty than i am. i can do some things, and i can follow instructions if they are available, but i'm not good at the logistics of actually planning a project myself.

7. Is your personality like that of your astrological sign?

well, i'm sort of half and half, really. i do love travel, adventure, and meeting new people, and i also love to learn (sagittarians are typically knowledge-seekers). i rely a lot on intuition, which is apparently an assumption about many of us born in late november and early-to-mid december, too. however, it's also a stereotype that sagittarians are prone to glossing over problems and not dealing with them, but that couldn't be further from the truth. it's also an assumption that sagittarians are commitment-phobes, and... well... that is not remotely accurate. so, short answer? kind of. haha.

8. If you could only save one keepsake, what would it be?

i've often thought about what i would do if my house was on fire. what would i grab, provided my kids and husband were safe? and the answer is pretty easy. although it would pain me to watch all my books go up in flames, i'd grab my iMac, because it includes all my photos, and i can't even stomach the idea of not having a documentation of her growing up. (it also holds all of my writing projects.) however, if we're talking actual keepsake: there's a small, precious moments piece of wall decor that was always on the wall in my bedroom as a child and now hangs in my daughter's room. it holds more meaning for me than i can adequately express.

 i'm not going to prompt anyone in particular, because hardly anyone actually follows this blog, but i will list 8 questions in case anyone wants to answer them:

1. which random item do you wish you'd invented?
2. if you could travel anywhere for 2 weeks, where would you go and why? 
3. if you could jump into the universe of a single book or book series which would you choose? 
4. which song do you listen to when you're happiest? 
5. fill in the blank: my favorite word is __________.
6. which is your favorite x-men character and why?
7. which would you rather: an afternoon alone or an afternoon spent in a group?
8. if you could interview any celebrity, which would you choose?

tada. if you post your responses, let me know. :) you can do it in the comments here, if you're so inclined, or not at all.