I've decided to take a couple computer classes in the fall. It seems like a good idea. I've an interesting relationship with technology. Like all other things, I'm neither fish nor fowl when it comes to technical literacy. By the standards of most of my coworkers (particularly with my last job, marginally less so with my current job) and those I grew up with, I'm a techno-wizard. To most of my age peers, I'm a howling technophobe, mostly because I dislike using text messages. Silly I suppose, but I can't help it that I spent more of my youth jogging than learning how to use a cell phone. I'll probably always dislike entering "lol" into my Motorola, but since the text message crowd pass out certificates that can enhance my resume, I'm looking into ways to tilt my allegiance a bit in that direction.

 

I draw the line at use a headset for my cell phone. While I do own a hands-free thingamabobber, this is mostly due to a recent change in California driving laws. It is my opinion that bluetooth devices make people look a bit more like hobos. I'm never sure now if the person I pass on the street talking to thin air is actually communicating with another person, or if they are simply bats**t nuts.

I've decided to copy the poll on Kevin's blog. Because, again, why not?

 

 

Are you tan?

Genetically, yes. By my standards, not hardly. I work nights.

 

Do you use proactive?

Oh hell no. My skin can fry all it wants. I have nothing to prove.

 

Do you own chanel perfume?

No

 

Do you shower daily?

Not always. On days that I do not much more than read, I don't see the point.

 

Do you go to the tanning bed?

I live about a block from the beach. No need.

 

Do you wear nail polish?

I don't think I ever have.

 

Do you use MAC make-up?

What is MAC make-up?

 

Do you straighten your hair everyday?

My hair is naturally straight.

 

FRIENDS

 

Name all your best friends:

Aisha.

 

Is the term Best Friends a label or promise?

Title.

 

Do you have more than 1 TRUE best friend?

No. I don't get those that do, but I don't argue it.

 

Do you hang out with your friends every day?

No. ON the days I work, I don't do much more than work and sleep.

 

What is the longest you have been in a fight with your bff?

When her family caused enough reasonable doubt for her to ask me if I was sleeping with her straight boyfriend. They were not fans of either him or me.

 

Is it easier to talk to your girl friends or guy friends?

Either. I make no distinction. It is easier for girls to talk to me, I've noticed.

 

Would you ever date one of your close guy friends?

Date, maybe. Have sex with, certainly.

 

FASHION/STYLE

 

Do you have style and originality?

I'm distinctive. That's about as good as I can claim.

 

Do you own a designer handbag?

No.

 

Do you own something from Lacoste?

Who?

 

Do or did you wear leggings?

Once. Well, twice actually, but it was during two showings of the same play.

 

Is the color you'll never wear yellow?

A gold yellow actually works with my skin, provided I have a tan. My skin has a yellow undertone.

 

Do you get fashion tips from magazines?

Not really. I read them, but I can't say that it produces any kind of effect.

 

Do you shop at Abercrombie and Hollister?

Shirts and necklaces, yes. Pants/shorts, never.

 

Do you wear sweats a lot?

Yep. I have three pairs, plus three pairs of pants that are as comfortable as sweats.

 

TV/MOVIE

 

Are you a movie freak?

No.

 

Have you seen over 10 movies in the past month?

I'm not sure I've seen ten movies in 2008.

 

Do you have a show that you must watch?

Gossip Girl.

 

Do you watch The Hills on MTV?

No.

 

Have you ever seen an episode of Grey's Anatomy?

Yes. One.

 

What is your favorite G Rated movie?

Is Mulan rated G? *checks* Mulan.

Do you like classic movies?

Meh.

 

Do you watch 30 or more hours of tv a week?

No.

Do you own over 100 dvds?

No

Is Law And Order awesome?

It's passable. Better than most TV.

 

SPORTS

Do you watch baseball on tv?

Oh God no.

 

Who's your favorite baseball player?

 

Do you play basketball?

Too short. Only 5'10".

 

Do you watch it on tv?

No.

 

Do you swim?

Not nearly often enough.

 

Last time you were in a pool?

Last weekend.

 

Are you good at volleyball?

Not good. Not bad, but not good.

 

Is soccer cool?

Totally wicked. The only sport I will watch on TV, because it makes me drool so.

 

Do you like to run?

Oh, yes. Don't do it nearly often enough, because I look ridiculous when I do so. For some reason, this bothers me more now than when I was a teenager, and I was totally uncoordinated.

 

Are you in shape?

Not nearly good enough.

 

Favorite sports team?

Who that what now?

 

Last sporting event you attended?

Possibly high school. And I haven't been in high school for 6 years.

 

MUSIC

 

Do you like all types of music?

Some bits of all of it.

 

What about rap?

Ditto to Kevin: "I like poppy rap with clever lyrics."

 

Have you been to more than 5 concerts?

Yeah.

 

Do you like Panic at the Disco?

They aren't bad.

 

Are you constantly downloading music?

My iPod is the single most dangerous item I own.

 

Favorite Rock band?

Does Three Doors Down count as "rock"? Probably as close as I can get.

 

Favorite local band?

Damnifiknow

 

What is the current song on your myspace page?

I can't remember. Cascada, maybe?

 

FAMILY

 

Do you have more than 1 sibling?

Yes

 

Are you closer to your mom or dad?

Mom.

 

Do you like your living arangements?

My apartment is too small. Otherwise, yes.

 

Do you wish you could move?

My apartment is too small. Its location is perfect, however.

 

Do your grandparents spoil you?

That'd be tough from the grave. Not entirely out of the question (my family is Mexican Catholic, which really is an explanation), but tough.

 

Do you have any step parents or siblings?

No. My dad was the one that worked out.

 

How many cousins do you have?

Lots and lots. I'm way too tired to count them out. First cousins, something like 50. Second cousins...yeah. Lots and lots.

 

Which of your relatives lives the farthest away, and where?

I have a cousin that currently lives in Italy, and my sister is stationed in Iraq at the moment.

 

When it's your birthday and you blow out the candles... do you actually make a wish?

I don't do the whole birthday thing. Haven't since I was very young. I usually don't even tell people about it until after the fact, and the friends and family close enough to keep track of it on their own know better. So the last time I actually blew out a candle on a birthday cake...yeah, I think I made a wish. That was almost a decade ago, so the memory is fuzzy.