1. When you were born, how much did you weigh?

I don't know, I was almost a month premature, so I was probably quite small.

2. What do you hear right now--and what would you like to hear?

I'm listening to "Africa" by Toto (great song!), and I'd love to hear the sound of a friend's voice...which I may, tonight or Sunday, hoo-ray! :)

3. If you had to choose between meat or cheese for the rest of your life, which would you choose? Then be specific.

Meat, 'cos I'm anemic--steak or prime rib, I reckon. Though, there's a lot to be said for a nice piece of smoked gouda or New York State extra-sharp cheddar.

I4. What, is your opinion, is the worst song ever?

It just came on Pandora---the Pina Colada Song...bleh.

5. Who was your favorite teacher growing up and why?

Oh, that's easy. My 5th grade teacher, Miss McDonough. She was the old-style, very personal teacher. We did some really neat stuff in her class: and excellent mixture of book learning and hands-on projects. Miss McDonough was one very cool teacher...except when she called me, "Nancy boo"...even after I grew up...that was a wee embarrassing. Mum thought it hilarious...thanks, mum, for the support. :roll: :oops:

She was the one that first turned me on to writing, and even when I became an adult, she was still pushing for me to become a writer, for some reason.

She passed--by then, having gotten married after retirement (there's hope for us old maid's)--anyway, she'd passed away about the same time as my mum, at the age of 98, and I shall always remember her fondly.

6. What personal activity, when performed in public, bothers you the most?

I'm old fashioned enough, that I don't like passionate snogging and groping right in front of my face--sorry, but...get a damned hotel room, already...find an elevator, the back seat of a car...anything...if you gotta' show it off, then maybe it's not as real as you think.

7. Ok, there's a $50 bill lying on the ground. You pick it up. Dumbfounded by your incredible luck, what do you selfishly purchase?

I wouldn't. It doesn't belong to me...it might belong to someone who needs it to pay the rent, or for food or medicine, or was going to spend it on their kids--true, it might also belong to some rich executive who will never miss it, or to a junkie or someone like that...still..after all the stuff I've been through, I just couldn't live with my guilt, if I did that, knowing what I know about the real world out there.

8. Do you have a recurring nightmare? If so, explain.

Yeah, two: A tornado dream and a dream where the place I'm living is on fire

9. Name one place on Earth you've never been, but vow to visit at least once, where would you go? Got a picture?

Mesa Verde...very cool place.

(Pictured: ancient cliff houses at Mesa Verde National Park, Arizona)

10. What are you going to do tonight?

Watch a Dr Who DVD, perhaps blog, maybe work on finishing that other unfinished Dr Who story on my wordpress fan-fic blog, perhaps talk to a friend overseas on Skype, if she's not too tired, maybe listen to some music, play some cribbage online---gosh, my Friday nights are exciting, are they not?