Wednesday Valuables: Don't Walk Alone

Mister John is still heavy on my mind, and heart... I'm actually amazed at how hard this is hitting me. I've always loved him, but I wasn't expecting this much heartbreak...

On that, I think for today, I'll just thank my other friends, people around here, who have given me my space while honoring Mister John with my by filling out his "Getting to know you" questionnaire. Others who have not had the time to fill it out have called or written me... I thank you all.

Here are my favorite questions and answers submitted first by Mister John and then my other pals:

1. What time did you get up this morning?

6:00am
This afternoon... been sick lately
8:11am
6:05am
6:45am
9:35am
10:00am, Mike let me sleep in. It was heaven!!
2:30pm (but I went to bed at 9am)
9am, thanks to the tea
9:00
12:30 pm (While I still can, might as well...)

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?

James Bond: From Russian with Love
I can't say...
The Proposal- very cute. A nice escape.
Public Enemies
Can't tell you
UP
The new Transformers movie, and I LIKED IT!
Summer Hours
Pixar's UP
My Life in Ruins

Public Enemines, unfortunately

4. What is your favorite TV show?

Holmes on Homes
Frasier and The Dean Martin Show
Currently, The Office
NCIS
The Simpsons
30 Rock
Grey's Anatomy. Don't judge me.
Arrested Development
A Haunting at the moment
Grey's Anatomy, Desparate Housewives, Private Practice, Ugly Betty

Don't watch TV. (on DVD: I Love Lucy)

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?

Cornflakes and OJ
Tea and toast
Toast w/ Nutella and Coffee
Sausage-egg-cheese biscuit and cinnamon muffin/cinnamon toast
a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice
Coffee, bran cereal, some protein
Half-caf and cereal
I don't usually eat breakfast
tea and the leftovers from the night before if I even have breakfast
Oatmeal

water

7. What food do you dislike?

Humus
Okra
Mushrooms and seafood
Chocolate
sushi
None really
I'm a food lover, not hater.
Guacamole, coconut, and spinach
Blackcurrant
Liver
ketchup and brussel sprouts

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?

O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack
Yael Naim, self-titled
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Harmony
Pavement's Wowee Zowee
Oscar Peterson Trio-Night Train
iTunes girl, not a CD buyer
Cake, Prolonging the Magic
Led Zepplin IV
The Best of Leonard Cohen (Dance me till the end of Love)

_Only By the Night_ by Kings of Leon

10.Favorite sandwich?

Hot cheese and onion panini
Lenny's Special (brie, green apple, turkey, french bread)
When I ate meat a Reuben...now, the veggie sandwich at Brady's in Hammond, LA
Whatever tastes like pizza
grilled cheese
Geneviève's Proscuitto, Fig Preserves, and Brie grilled cheese
big fan of a BLT but now I'm all about Aroma's veggie wrap with the Wasabi Mayo
That's hard! I LOVE sandwiches... I have religious feelings about sandwiches! Let's go with toasted pumpernickel bread, spicy brown mustard, aged Swiss, honey maple turkey, thick slices of white onion, thin slices of tomato, pepper, Mrs. Dash, and a couple leaves of lettuce
grilled cheese
Char grilled hamburger with grilled onions.
provolone, tomatoes, and pesto on toasted sourdough

11.What characteristic do you despise?

I hope I do not despise any thing, but I dislike swearing
Dishonesty
Apathy
a lack of consideration for others who help you
insincerity
Lack of curiosity
Un-reliability
The willful refusal to think
perpetuating ignorance
Dishonesty

rigidity/ a lack of imagination

12.Favorite item of clothing?

My Haft T-shirt
The dress I wore to Joyce's wedding and my pretty white Lucy tee
Right now - I'm not a huge fan of clothing but would lean towards my black yoga pants
???
long black dress
dark blue button down shirt
I'm not crazy about any of my clothes right now, sadly. Everything's just "okay" in my book.
Pink hippo tie with little yellow birds on their backs
my skirts
Black Capris

high heels

15.Where would you retire to?

Where I am, in a nice apartment, in a nice village with amenities and shopping
The mountains of Virginia
Somewhere on the Mediterranean yet still surrounded by family and friends. Have to figure that one out.
???
A castle in Scotland and still be with my family.
the mountains
Grants Pass, Oregon
a Tuscon villa
Southampton, England
Seaside

small fishing town in Maine

16.What was your most recent memorable birthday?

My last one in the USA
At the moment, when Mister John was here and celebrated with me and my family
One in particular does not stick out for some time now...maybe I'm just being forgetful.
Can't remember
My last birthday party; it was a surprise.
the last one at Morimoto's
My surprise birthday party in Massachusetts
Three birthdays ago when I had my first surprise party
My tea party! (so, the one that's just passed)
Every birthday is memorable (it beats the alternative!!)

This past one: party at Jo's, Richmond with the fam, drinks at the Leafe w/ friends

17.Favorite sport to watch?

Officially Formula 1 (unofficially Women’s beach volleyball)
Soccer/European football
I'm quite fond of things like cheer-leading and ice skating
NASCAR
Soccer
basketball, NBA
Hockey, Football, Baseball (in person, TV sucks)
Polo and college football
baseball
Football

I'd rather have my fingernails ripped out one by one.

24.Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?

Nope
Afraid not... just the new studio job...
Hopefully, in the next week or two when Jude is born!
Nope
Nope
nothing really
Kelsey had her baby!
I'm going to fail the bar exam in 6 days!
Miles the gnome king! (getting a new dog)
I leave for San Francisco in a few weeks to visit my daughter then off to Hawaii for a "second honeymoon."

Haha--wouldn't be funny if an e-mail forward was the way in which y'all found out something crazy about me? Like, if I were actually pregnant or engaged or something... Haha.

25.What did you want to be when you were little?

Bigger (boy did that work)
A Broadway star
A singer
A race car driver
a ballerina or a musician
more mature
veterinarian
a senator
A paleontologist travel show host who was also a teacher and musician
older...I didn't like being the youngest child....now isn't that crazy?!!!

Batgirl

27.What is your favorite candy?

Midget Gems (it’s a British thing)
Gummy Bears
Fastbreak and Take 5
Sour Patch Kids
Heath Bar and Jelly-Belly Jelly Beans
depending on my mood, but I tend towards Twix bars or the Blue Lindt Balls
Nerds, all flavors, all forms
dark chocolate stuff
Chocolate covered Cherries
Snickers

Hershey's kisses

28.What is your favorite flower?

Orchids
Tulips and irises
Wildflowers
???
Snapdragons, tulips, and orchids
gladiolas
Calla lilies and white roses and daisies
sunflowers (best when growing and following the sun...)
calla lilies
roses

roses and orchids

31. What are you listening to right now?

Work Silence broken by key tapping
The hum of the computer
Carry You Home - James Blunt
TV
I was listening to Nirvana
A plane passing overhead, Geneviève typing, the hum of the refrigerator
Spa music
other people talking
Pandora Celtic station and my husband's annoyance at my "spending habits", well, I guess I'm not really listening to the second part
Nothing
I should've anticipated this and put something cool on--but, as it stands: nothing.

34.If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

Mid Blue
One of those multi-colored ones... swirls in the middle of purple, maroon, green, blue... glitter, too...

Deep Purple
Orange
red or gold
blood orange
Probably something goofy like bubblegum pink
dismayed... that I'm a crayon
glitter aqua
yellow
Crayola green

38.Favorite restaurant?

Thaijindesu
Can Can and Morimoto's
Brady's
Wendy's
Don't have one
Not particular, but, if I had to choose, it would probably be the take out Chinese place near our home
The Melting Pot
Hamilton's
Morimoto's and The Melting Pot
The Lark
probably Carrabba's, for consistency and quality; I like chain restaurants

40.What was your favorite toy as a child?

Bicycle
My record player

My perfume making kit - but I think this was because my mom said it was from my Dad.
N64
Clothes. I loved playing dress up.
probably a gun of some sort
Stacy, my doll
my lion-faced wagon
my stuffed animals
a Betsy-wetsy doll
my stuffed animals

49.What are you afraid of ?

Being alone
Abandonment
Not mattering when I die
Never accomplishing anything major in life
Not existing and getting old
continually hurting myself
Something or anything happening to my child
My answer is ninjas.
Failure and weakness
being dominated

I try not to live in fear. I prefer the pain of hindsight.

53.Favorite day of the week?

Saturday
Tuesdays (save this last one...)
Sunday
Saturday
Friday
Monday
Thursday
Wednesday
girls' night!
Saturday

Friday--the benefits of both seeing your friends at school and knowing you can indulge in something fun that evening

57.How many people will respond to this questionnaire?

8 I hope
5ish
2-3
???
not sure
N/A
2-3
All of them or else I will berate them incessantly until they stab out their eyes with a fork
Maybe have of 1...
1

Every SINGLE one of them. I know where they live.


It's funny what we do with the words and deeds of our beloved departed. For anyone I missed who would like to help me honor Mister John by filling out the sheet, comment here or let me know. Thanks to all of you who reached out to me in anyway today... giving me space without leaving me alone...