15 posts tagged “qotd”

In 5 words or less, who are you? 
Submitted by dejablu503.

Me.  Not you.

(not that it's bad to be you, I don't know, it might, but I have my hands full being myself)

What's one family recipe that you wish you knew how to cook?

My grandmother's sugar cookies.  I've been trying to get the recipe from my aunt since she got it from her mom... and this has been going on for years.  Each time I ask I'm told, "You know, it's a really hard recipe... it took me this long to get it right... but I'll send it to you."  And each year all I get is a bag of cookies (roughly a dozen and they last about a day around me) but still no recipe.  And it's usually only around Christmas time they get made by my aunt while my grandmother would have them on hand every time I came to visit (she knew how much I loved them).  Now, granted, I only visited my grandparents (on average) 3-4 times a year and I know I shouldn't expect that of my aunt whom I visit (again on average) at least double that amount... but is a recipe really that hard to give out?  Maybe she wants the glory to herself... taking that long to get the recipe right... but all I have is time on my hands and I'll still go ape when she makes them.  These cookies are that good.  They're Monkey crack.

Plus... it's really about the memories.  I can't even smell these things without thinking of mornings visiting at my grandparent's house.  The immediate memory of breakfast.  Shredded wheat, coffee and juice for my grandfather, while my grandmother would have only coffee and either donut holes or sugar cookies to dunk in it.  The memory of how when I found out where the cookies were kept, the goal of every visit would be to sneak out as many as I could without getting caught.  I can still smell the smoke from his pipe and the harsh tone of her voice as she would yell at me to get away from the furnace.  The figurines I couldn't touch and the chair I couldn't sit in (well... couldn't sit in without spinning, which was forbidden).  Playing Chinese Checkers with whoever would play with me and by myself if no one had the time or energy.  Walking down to the general store by myself to get a piece or two of candy.  The trees.  The deer.  The caterpillars and butterflies.  The chipmunks.  The spiders.  The bathroom.  The ants.  The trees.

I'm going to get that recipe this year if it takes a pair of pliers and some stealth.

What's something you should throw away, but can't?

The beanbag.

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)
Inspired by Stephanie.  

Considering that my player is on shuffle already, in a sleep playlist and there are *twelve* signs to the zodiac... this should be interesting.

Everybody Knows by Don Henley
Rigby by Aj Fischer
The Gift by Annie Lennox
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday by Boyz II Men
Dreaming While You Sleep by Genesis
Almost Full Moon by Enigma
If by Bread
The Magdalene Laundries by The Chieftains (featuring Joni Mitchell)
Typical Situation by Dave Matthews Band
Seeds Of Grace by Aj Fischer
This Is Not America by David Bowie
No Ordinary Love by Deftones

Actually, that's not half bad considering that I'm still organizing music and finishing playlists.  In fact, the current sleep list is only into the "g's" of what's on my computer (yes, I'm being extremely lazy about finishing burning cds to digital) and it's still not a bad cross section of what I listen to on a daily basis.

My only qualm in the end of this entry is that somehow we lost two zodiac signs.  When did that happen?

Have you ever played matchmaker?  How did it go?

Mahjong is my bitch.

If you were stranded on a desert island, what five people would you eat first?
Submitted by James Poling.

I find this question seriously disturbing.  Plus... if there are five other people (at least?) on this desert island... who says they won't vote to eat me first?  Or am I to chose five people who if I were stuck on an island together - that is to say, just individually and not as a group - who would I eat?  It's still disturbing on more levels than I can handle right now.

Ick.

What is your favorite kind of bagel and what do you put on it? 
Submitted by Nacwolin.

It really is good, I swear.  Toasted onion or garlic bagel (preferably onion) with peanut butter.

You're trapped in a (temporarily) out of order elevator - who would you like to be trapped with? 
Submitted by tbtissimus.

A maintenance man?

Seriously... I was stuck in an elevator once and it was not fun at all.  I was stuck with two coworkers and a change in company wouldn't have made much of a difference.  It's a scary experience and one I'd rather not relive again, even if it was with Tim Burton, Patrick Stewart and/or Kevin Smith.  But I would "settle" for a maintenance man.

Ever get away with saying somebody else did it?

All the time.  Of course, people realize I'm joking since I overact it...

What were your top 5 TV shows of 2006?

I can't pick just five, so here are my top ten (other than Heroes (the best), in no rank):

Heroes
House
Bones
Doctor Who
Venture Bros
CSI
How I Met Your Mother (awesomeness)
Two And A Half Men
Numb3rs
Grey's Anatomy