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A Jar of Balloons Survey, Volume 2

1. When was the last time you wrote a hand-written letter that was not a greeting card?
wow. Not recently. Unless you count writing little notes in my book before I sent it off to ppl who bought it.

2. What is your method for dealing with coins? Spend as you go? Hoard? Roll?
spend or give them to the boys

3. What celebrities do people insist that you look just like? Is the resemblance such that when you hear "You know who you look just like?" and see the person’s finger begin to wag you can supply the name or names yourself? Do you supply the name or names yourself or give the person the pleasure of recognition?
ugh. Don’t ask. Someone told me I look like this girl from one of those crime shows. Just bc she had bangs and glasses. Dennis seemed pretty appalled. Lol

 um, gee thanks.
*she’s lovely in her own way (i don’t want to insult her either!) but i found it insulting that these people i’d known for years only saw me as this chick with glasses and bangs and blonde hair (and apparently they thought i weighed more than i did.) also, i guess they thought i was quirky maybe? they said something about her being funky too, if i’m remembering right.
4. What is the most money you’ve ever found on a sidewalk or a street?
not sure. Not much.

5. In which stores have you imagined having shopping sprees?
oh goodness. The Gap, H&M, Old Navy, Le Chateau, Neiman Marcus, A Pea in the Pod (maternity)…

6. What’s your theory on why the martini glass is shaped the way it is?
I think all liquor glasses look different. There must be a good reason and I’m guessing it’s for the bartenders, so they know how much to put in the glass (champagne is more expensive and maybe will get you drunk faster but is often served where you don’t want to have a lot of drunks so the glasses are smaller, beer stines are bigger bc they’re often in bars etc, wine glasses are prob shaped the way they are for smelling and swirling the wine, martini glasses need to be pretty big to put in all the ingredients…)

7. What is the oldest object (man-made) you’ve ever held? Biggest vehicle you’ve ever driven?
no idea. Ummm a truck?

8. Which of the earth’s creatures would you least like to see granted a set of wings? An alligator? A shark? A snake? Which of the earth’s creatures would you most like to see granted a set of wings? The turtle?
I don’t think I’d want to see a shark or an alligator fly. Who wants them landing on you?

9. Did you go through phases (tye-dyed tee shirts and reggae music, then goth, then jock, say), or have you been mostly the same over the course of your life?
I did a grunge look in HS (tomboyish), girly girl as well and now I’m pretty girly but I do the yoga mom look too.

10. What was your best Halloween costume?
prob none. I’m not very into Halloween.

11. When you imagine your own funeral, does the thought of certain acquaintances in the same room worry you?
nope. Who cares? I won’t know!
12. Have you ever picked up a hitchhiker? Have you ever been a hitchhiker?
No. Hitchhiking is stupid.

13. Can you recall the first time you saw snow, or was it something you were born into, a blurry awareness that snow was a feature of this world you lived in? If you didn’t grow up with snow, did you first feel it or see it out a window?
ugh. Always there.

14. How many telephone numbers have you had in your lifetime? How many addresses?
I haven’t had that many. I lived in my parents’ house, with a friend at her apt for a while (no phone), in a dorm, in 2 apartments, at my sister’s house, another apartment during my master’s, an apartment with Dennis, a house with Dennis, and we have bought 2 houses since. My parents’ house between school years.

15. How old is the oldest piece of clothing that’s still in your rotation?
I don’t know. A few years?

16. When did you cease calling your mother "Mommy"?
No clue.

17. In grade school, did you raise your hand a lot? Did it snap up almost against your control, or did you look around first and then raise it slowly, like a periscope peeking out of water?
I am the type who has to know the answer before I raise my hand.

18. What is the costliest item you’ve ever purposely smashed?
I don’t generally break things bc I think “I’ll just have to clean it up”

19. Have you ever received a loud ovation in a public place after dropping something?
No

20. How many of Shakespeare’s 37 plays can you name?
are you kidding? I’ve probably read almost all of them. I could get my entire works of Shakespeare book but you know how to google.

21. Do you sing karaoke, and if so, what’s your go-to song?
no. I have stage fright.
22. What is the fastest you’ve ever traveled in a car?
hahaha

23. What was the first thing you ever wanted to be when you grew up?
Vet, I think.

24. Can you recall a place that’s prompted you to say, "This is, without doubt, the prettiest place I’ve ever been"?
hmmm. I liked the Dominican. The Bruce Peninsula is pretty (here in Ontario.)

25. Is there anything you can’t do that most people can (swim, ride a bicycle, drive, snap your fingers, whistle, wink)?
Drive
Dennis can’t snap.

A Jar of Balloons Survey, Volume 5

1.) Which chemicals’ smells do you like?
none. I thought the smell of the van we test drove was disgusting. Not sure why ppl like new car smell. I am apparently allergic.

2.) During which phase of life did you acquire the bulk of your friends?
HS and university, I guess. Some ppl we hang out with, I’ve known since KG.
3.) Gray or grey?
I spell it both ways lol

4.) Who most often terminates your telephone conversations, you or the person to whom you’ve been speaking?
I try to. I hate talking on the phone. It goes both ways for me.

5.) Is your signature legible? Would it stand up to a schoolteacher’s scrutiny?
yes. Sure.

6.) Have you ever ridden in a limousine?
yes.

7.) Is your bed up against a wall, or does it sit in the center of a room, accessible from both sides?
center against wall.

8.) What’s your favorite cuss word?
fuck, for fuck’s sakes, shit…i like to swear.

9.) What colors have you painted rooms?
oh my. We repainted EVERy room in our first house. We’ve repainted 5 rooms in this house so far. The kitchen is next. There’s a good sale on paint right now so Dennis is picking up some.
*by WE, I mean I pick the colour and Dennis paints haha I let him have input on colour. I have a board that I put all the colours on so I know which rooms will be which colours and how to accessorize.

10.) When eating out, do you prefer, in general, to face the crowd or the wall?
The crowd. Back to wall if possible but in all cases, I prefer a booth.

11.) Are you a person who has certain items that are unequivocally yours (a coffee mug, a side of the bed, a chair, a place at the table)?
Very much so. I have a certain spot that I WILL kick you out of on the couch. I don’t care who you are. We all have spots at the table. We have sides of the bed. I sit in certain spots at theatres. I have a spot at my parents’ house. I am very particular. I used to have a certain bowl. We have our own shampoos and body washes and toothpaste (only bc I have sensitive teeth and the boys have kid toothpastes.) Beau and I share a brush though! Yay for sharing LOL (he does have his own too)

12.) Can you describe to me your most frequent freak-out fantasy, or do the particulars of your situations vary so that it’s always a new table you’re overturning or bus window you’re punching out?
Huh?

13.) In which of these opposing cliches ("absence makes the heart grow fonder" or "out of sight, out of mind") do you find more truth?
absence…

14.) Where, in your calendar year, have the birthdays you celebrate tended to cluster?
December. My sister, My BIL & my nephew are all born then. Also I think Feb is a busy month for our family also.

15.) How do you occupy your time when in a waiting room or on a train? Books, magazines, music, or just looking at people then looking away?
Both

16.) What physical skills have you lost? Can you still touch your toes? As a child, were you able to turn a cartwheel?
I could never do a cartwheel. I can touch the floor. Never mind my toes 😉 but I do yoga. Well, maybe not presently but usually.

17.) Are you a member anywhere, of anything, as of a group of people that meets at a certain time and at a certain place?
yes. I have a scrapbooking group. We meet once a month. I go to yoga (not at the moment bc she won’t take pregnant students) and Muay Thai kickboxing as well.

18.) Do you find it beautiful when sidewalks begin to freckle with rain?
meh.

19.) When dealing with a knot, are you more likely to pass the knot to another, sigh and say "Can you get this?" or to take the knot from another and say, "I can get this"?
Pass it along!

20.) How many people have you called your best friend?
not many. I don’t think you can trust just anyone.

21.) Does your alarm clock wake you with noise or radio?
noise. We have a radio on all night long so that wouldn’t do much good.

22.) At what age did you reach your present height?
I have no clue.

23.) What type of food have you eaten the most of, would you guess? Pizza? Chicken?
we eat a lot of chicken (but not while I’m pregnant) and pizza!

24.) Have you given much thought as to what you’d eat for your last meal?
prob chicken quesadillas.

25.) What movies haven’t you seen that most people have?
Not sure. We watch a lot of movies. I haven’t seen a lot of the full series ones (naked gun type)