Another stranger tagging me? I think I'm on some kind of "meme" quiz hit list!

Ah well, sure, I'll have a go:

1. CLOSE YOUR EYES. WHAT DO YOU HEAR?

Those annoying safety back up alarms on a construction vehicle, a street sweeper, men yelling back and forth to each other.

2. TAKE A BIG SNIFF. WHAT DO YOU SMELL?

Slight odor of exhaust fumes, wet pavement, the hamburger that I just grilled on the stovetop, lemon furniture polish (I just dusted this morning).

3. WHAT DO YOU SEE WHERE YOU ARE?

My front room: tables, chairs, my desk, bookcases, a knick-knack shelf, knick-knacks, family photos, decorative pictures on the walls, some silk flower arrangements, books, lamps, the windows, the trees outside, a brick chimney on a nearby rooftop, my balcony railing, windchimes, overcast sky.

4. BESIDES YOUR KEYBOARD, WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU TOUCHED?

Just tugged on my ear (one of my habits)

5. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SO FAR FROM VISITORS TO YOUR BLOG?

There's a lot of David Tennant fan-girls out there, and, I have some pretty cool blog friends, also that there's a lot of people out there who often feel as you do, or if not, are still interesting and compassionate people.

6. IF SOMEONE OFFERED TO PAY FOR A COURSE OR COURSES FOR YOU, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

I'd finish my requirements for my BA in Communications/Public relations and my minor in writing--and IF the person was being overly generous, maybe throw in a theater course (or two) as well.

7. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE ACHEIVED SO FAR IN YOUR LIFE?

Erm--yes and no. Yes, I did manage to do some things I'd alway dreamed about, but I've also suffered some tremendous losses and failures, so I guess my answer would be, not really.

8. WHAT ARE YOUR POLITICAL LEANINGS, FAR-RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT-CENTER, LEFT, LEFT-CENTER, FAR-LEFT OR NONE? (RIGHT BEING CONSERVATE AND LEFT BEING LIBERAL)

Left.

9. LOOKING BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE 15, WHAT THINGS ARE YOU DOING NOW, THAT WOULD HAVE SHOCKED YOU BACK THEN?

Living in a slum building in the city, working as a telemarketer, losing my ability to walk (properly), never being around horses again.

10. THERE IS A DISASTER, YOU HAVE LESS THAN TEN MINUTES TO PACK AND LEAVE, WHAT DO YOU TAKE?

My cats, my wallet/passport, a blanket, clean underwear, a few family photos, my Dr Who DVD's.

11. WHAT IS THE MOST FRIGHTENING CLOSE CALL YOU'VE EVER HAD?

Almost got myself attacked by an angry momma moose when I was 19. Scared the bejaysus outta' me, let me tell you!

12. WHAT WERE YOU DOING TEN YEARS AGO?

1998? Working part-time as a Six Flags amusement park as a ride operator, and also applying for college admission, taking care of my mum, and volunteering once a week in the local Meals-on-Wheels programme.

13. WHAT WOULD YOU DO, IF YOU SUDDENLY CAME INTO A LARGE SUM OF MONEY--LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY OR A LARGE INHERETINCE?

Pay off all or most of my debts, arrange to move me, my cats and my stuff to another country, like Canada, UK, Netherlands or Iceland, and also try and finish my education or get training for some kind of other occupation...oh, and give to charity, of course, like cancer, AIDs or Kidney disease. And also probably, animal welfare, environmental causes--like clean air and water, and most especially to help the local elderly and/or poor.

14. UP TO SEVEN JOBS YOU'VE HELD IN YOUR LIFETIME:

Stablehand
cook
muffler shop secretary and office temp (two jobs that year)
telemarketer (both sales and non-sales positions)
amusement park ride operator
office/casino housekeeper
motel laundry

15. WHAT WERE YOU DOING FIVE YEARS AGO?

2004? I attended my dad's wake and funeral, was commuting 100+ miles round trip every day (down mostly B roads), to my 4-year college in Vermont, taking care of my mum, paying the mortgage and lot rent on my trailer, driving a 1995 Chrysler New Yorker, went with my former college on an international studies trip to Egypt, was actively looking into selling my trailer and buying a year 'round camp (bungalow), just down the road in Forth Lake, got a new pair of eye-glasses (the one's I use now).