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WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
i was named after the waylon jennings song.

WHAT DETAILS DO YOU KNOW OF YOUR BIRTH?
on election night of jimmy carter
very near to midnight, like 11:54pm or something.
my dad held me first
i know the doctor's name
my mom worked at the hospital at the time

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED AND WHY?
hmm. dunno.

DESCRIBE YOUR HANDWRITING.
musical. flowing, pretty. i have good handwriting i think.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
i am not sophisticated. i would like to try and learn about all the different italian meats. maybe i should work on that. when you say lunchmeat i think of bologna, which i ate a lot as a kid but haven't in years. now if i buy anything like that for making sandwiches it is ham.

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW SARCASTIC ARE YOU?
ummm no idea. not very i suppose. 3? 4? scotte is super sarcastic.

HAVE YOU LOST ANY PARTS (AS IN, SURGERIES)?
not so far thank god.

WHAT'S A RISK YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN?
dropping out of music school

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
honeycomb
barbara's shredded spoonfulls

DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
yes

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
not particularly but the facts demand it.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
braum's chocolate. so plain. but delicious.
i also like ben n jerrys for the 51 weeks a year i am not near a braums.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE ?
vocabulary, ease of speaking.

WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE ?
a bagel in santa rosa. i need to eat.

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
nothing. it's nice.

IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
periwinkle

LAST SPORTING EVENT YOU WATCHED?
i stared blankly at the dallas/chargers game on the seatback on the airplane.

HAIR COLOR?
brunette.

HORROR OR COMEDY?
i cannot handle horror. i love to laugh. comedy all the way.

LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
away we go. i actually thought it was delightful.

WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
gray, which is my comfort color.

BEST THING ABOUT WINTER?
hot hot baths. and heaters. flannel sheets. fireplaces are of course the very best but i don't get them much.

WORST THING ABOUT WINTER?
cold. rain. dark.

FAVORITE DESSERT?
this is too hard. i love desserts. some kind of chocolate cake thing? or, like, a brownie sundae. yeah, those.

WHAT BOOK(S) ARE YOU READING NOW?
i just finished push by sapphire on the plane. it was a quick read, but good.

WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
no mouse pads actually. is that bad?

WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT?
leslie and i flipped stations and ignored it while we talked.

FAVORITE SOUND?
waves outside the bedroom when i wake up

ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
beatles are more epic. to me.

WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
depending on the definition of "home", probably freezing on a mountaintop somewhere around darby montana.
or possibly ridgway pennsylvania.
i have hardly left the us.

WHAT IS YOUR HIDDEN TALENT?
i don't have one, mine are all obvious.

WHAT IS YOUR SECRET WEAPON?
distance. and astute cunning.

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I miss the fries at Braums. That was the highlight of the trip to visit my great grandparents, those fries. I still remember exactly how the meal of my siblings and me, fries and a plain cheeseburger, looked spread out on those tables. It's funny how food stays with you.

Push is my #1 book I wish I'd never read. I remember reading it, it was some time between January 1995 and October 1996 because I remember where we lived when I read it. I cried and cried and STILL have nightmares about that book. I can't believe it is now a movie.

Man, word to that. When I was pregnant and a new mom, I devoured anything and everything written about or for pregnant teens, but that book was wayyy beyond what I was able to handle at the time. I hated the book and even the movie previews give me one of those chill down my spine, nails on the chalkboard, giant roach in the bathroom in the middle of the night kind of NOOOO feelings. To much horror and sadness for one book!

Oh, yes, you said it exactly. I had my twins when I was 19, in 1993, so I was barely out of my teens when I read it. It was just way too much. I did do some google searches recently when there was all the talk about the movie, and was relieved to discover that it was not an autobiography. There's a really great interview with her here: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n6_v26/ai_18450196/.

As far as Italian meats, beyond the salamis you could try procuitto (especially since you like ham) and mortadella (if you like bologna, that is), they are both pretty available. It's not all that sophisticated in my opinion, it's just stuff you put on a sandwich, like bologna!

And I always think of you when I hear that song :-)