1. Do you have a tattoo...?? if so What and where is it??
And, if not do you have a secret desire to have one?
No tattoo, no desire for a tattoo.
2. You have been offered a free botox treatment...where do you have them put it?
Up some brainless arrogant bigoted anti-environmental Republican gun-john's bollocks, would quite be nice, I think.
3. Do you have a good luck charm? what is it?
Actually, no, I don't. I used to have a worn out old coin I found as a teen, that I used to carry around, but I'm not sure it was for luck, so much as delight in finding it (it was an 1880's British farthing or something like that). I don't have anything at the moment, I really don't believe in that stuff...it's just silly.
4. Do you believe any object is bad luck?
No, not really. Tho' my late mum always swore that sapphire rings were unlucky for her. I'm not sure why. I will say that the first day I wore my sapphire ring I'd gotten as a gift for my birthday (I sold it a few years ago, to help pay funeral expenses), I did get my very first (and only) parking ticket. So, maybe mum wasn't so off, who knows?
5. The bath water is running, the phone is ringing, the dog is barking and there is someone at the door.....what do you do?
Turn the music up so I can't hear the knocking, let the answering machine get it, tell the dog to shut up and enjoy a hot soak. Sod them all.
6. Your best friend from high school just popped in from out of town. do you offer them a place to stay or suggest a hotel?
My apartment can barely accomodate me and three cats, I'd offer to help the find a nice and/or reasonably priced hotel/motel.
7. Have you ever seen a ghost?
Yes. (No, really, I have)
8. Getting to know you: Are you a hat person? What kind of hat(s) do you wear, if you do wear them? Answer this last question in detail, please.
I'm not quite as much of a hat person, as I used to be. Mostly if I do wear a hat now, it's more often a baseball cap (cos' I live in the city now, and I'd look ridiculous in my cowboy hat--well, except when the annual rodeo is in town--and, I don't particularly like my present straw cowboy hat, and it doesn't fit well).
Often I wore hats to keep my uncut and hairdo defying hair out of my eyes. Or, I wore them to keep off the rain/snow/sun. Or, sometimes because that defined who I was/am.
I grew up wearing either felt or straw cowboy hats--mostly authentic one's, but sometimes I had "dude" one's made of denim, leather, or some other non-traditional material. Cowboy hats actually have dozens of brim styles and creases, and are mostly made of beaver felt in grades 2X to 6X--the higher the number, the more expensive (and waterproof) the hat. Some cowboy hats are made of wool felt, but they are mostly what is sold to "dudes" and children.
I've had hats of every colour, over the years: black, silverbelly, brown, grey, burgundy, navy blue, tan, chocolate and forest green. The most common colours were silverbelly, brown and black.
Each hat "crease" is distinct, and has it's own regional origins and name(s). Some hats were named after movie cowboys or the characters they played--such as the "Gus," named after the character in the TV series, Lonesome Dove, or the Tom Mix crease, named after the famous early film cowboy.
Since I was about 14, I've taken US size 6 7/8. These are my top three preferred brim and crease styles, hats 3, 4 and 5 are my idea of the perfect hat, but the others would suit me, just as well.
Pinch front crease:


Montana (or "Gus") crease:


Montana peak (*or peaked or north peak) crease:
