A-list bloggers don’t do memes, or so I’m told. I, on the other hand, will usually indulge whoever tags me just for the fun of it. So, thanks to Joshua, here are my answers to the ABC meme:
A – Available or Married? Married, happily ecstatically.
B – Best Moment? See “A” above.
C – Cake or Pie? It’s hard to beat Mom’s best-ever chocolate chip cake?¢‚Ǩ‚Äùunless it’s with a hot apple pie ?ɬ† la mode. I’m going with cake.
D – Drink of choice? Diet Dr. Pepper.
E – Essential Item? Daytime: my Hipster PDA. Nighttime: my CPAP machine.
F – Favorite Color? Blue.
G – Gummi Bears or Worms? Neither. I prefer those sour peach flavored Gummi life saver thingies.
H – Hometown? I grew up in Westland, Michigan. That’s home to me, but I was born in Louisville, Kentucky (under a bridge, according to a bit of Baptist Student Union apocrypha).
I – Indulgence? I don’t even believe in purgatory. Oh, that kind of indulgence. Books. Definitely books.
J – January or February? January. New beginnings are cool.
K – Kids & names? Yes. Rebecca.
L – Life is incomplete without? Oxygen.
M – Marriage Date? November 19, 1994.
N – Number of Siblings? Zero.
O – Oranges or apples? Apples, preferably Granny Smith. With a dab of peanut butter.
P – Phobias/Fears… I don’t like heights if I’m the one responsible for not falling. I’m not afraid of needles, but I tend to pass out when I have to give blood. (There is a name for this condition, but since the doctor who explained this to me had a thick Vietnamese accent, I’m afraid I can’t tell you what it is!).
Q – Favorite Quotation? I have several dozen randomly rotating on my work email account. Here is the last one that came up:
“It is perfectly okay to write garbage?¢‚Ǩ‚Äùas long as you edit brilliantly.”
?¢‚Ǩ‚ÄùC. J. Cherryh
R – Reason to Smile? See “A” above.
S – Season? Fall. Cooler weather, fall colors, plus: my birthday!
T – Tag three people! Psalmist, Singing Owl, Ed Grisamore.
U – Unknown fact about me: If I told you, it would no longer be unknown! Oh, alright. I’m almost completely deaf in my right ear. It rarely inconveniences me (just don’t shout from a distance, “I’m over here!” I can’t tell what direction a sound is coming from), and it gives me the amazing ability to sleep through just about anything if I’m laying on my left side.
V – Vegetable you hate? I never met a vegetable I didn’t like.
W – Worst habit? There are so many it’s hard to choose! Lemme go with finishing my wife’s sentences. But I’ve been working on it.
Y – Your favorite food? That’s a toughie. Burritos de la Roqueta from El Sombrero? Moo shoo pork? Cornbread and pinto beans? For the sake of this meme, let me narrow it down to: Anything That Swims.
Z – Zodiac? Chinese. I’m a wascally wabbit.
Oops. Just saw this. Okay, I’ll play, just give me a day or so.
I too will “play”. But do I qualify? What are the rules? Hint. F – Worst fear? Will anybody care?
Oh, forgot to tell you I played.
What IS it with Diet Dr. Pepper? You may not be an A-list blogger, but you clearly have the most EXCELLENT taste! Singing Owl and I both agree about Diet D.P., and Granny Smith apples, too.
Great minds? Great taste buds? Both? Or simply GRRRREAT?