Sep. 10th, 2004
From fridayfiver
1. When you are getting ready to leave your home, what are three things you always do?
check for the cell, check fo rthe wallet, grab my tunes
2. What is the most annoying habit that you have?
cranking my music to ear-bleeding levels when I'm annoyed . . .either that or doing six things at once (for example: writing bills, studying for finals, writing a thesis, web surfing, singing along with the radio and playing tetris)
3. If you could develop a new habit, what would it be?
relaxation
4. Do you participate in any religious rituals?
Do you mean other than calling down the wrath of the dieties upon the heads of the morons I'm forced to share the highways with?
5. Describe one custom that is unique to your community or culture:
Wake (nobody does it like the Irish)
From thefridayfive (These were actually submitted by ca_amethyst)
1. What is the best dessert you've ever had?
my mother-in-laws' homemade cheesecake
2. Is there a dessert that just plain grosses you out?
haven't met one yet
3. Straight out of the container or with lots of toppings .... tell us how you like your ice cream.
a massive 'jethro bowl' of coffee-caramel icecream loaded with hershey's dark chocolate syrup
4. Cookie dough, brownie mix, cake batter or the finished products?
all of the above
5. You've just invented a great new dessert .... what's in it and what is it called?
Chocolate.caffiene. caramel. espresso beans. It's called the sugar-caffiene overload :-)
From flydayfyve
1. What personality trait in others makes you absolutely mental?
people who refuse to pay attention long enough to catch the explanation the first two or three times it's given
2. What personality trait or characteristic in yourself would you eliminate if you could?
what my grandmother used to refer to as my 'irish temper' (read as thermonuclear rage)
3. What about your personality is your secret pride and joy?
diplomacy . . .it's not easy to keep a level head and cut through the BS to find the core issue that needs to be dealt with
4. Is there a trait or characteristic you admire in others that you wish you owned?
patience with those wonderful patients of mine
5. Fast forward to you as a very senior citizen. What sort of character are you?
grump old man
1. When you are getting ready to leave your home, what are three things you always do?
check for the cell, check fo rthe wallet, grab my tunes
2. What is the most annoying habit that you have?
cranking my music to ear-bleeding levels when I'm annoyed . . .either that or doing six things at once (for example: writing bills, studying for finals, writing a thesis, web surfing, singing along with the radio and playing tetris)
3. If you could develop a new habit, what would it be?
relaxation
4. Do you participate in any religious rituals?
Do you mean other than calling down the wrath of the dieties upon the heads of the morons I'm forced to share the highways with?
5. Describe one custom that is unique to your community or culture:
Wake (nobody does it like the Irish)
From thefridayfive (These were actually submitted by ca_amethyst)
1. What is the best dessert you've ever had?
my mother-in-laws' homemade cheesecake
2. Is there a dessert that just plain grosses you out?
haven't met one yet
3. Straight out of the container or with lots of toppings .... tell us how you like your ice cream.
a massive 'jethro bowl' of coffee-caramel icecream loaded with hershey's dark chocolate syrup
4. Cookie dough, brownie mix, cake batter or the finished products?
all of the above
5. You've just invented a great new dessert .... what's in it and what is it called?
Chocolate.caffiene. caramel. espresso beans. It's called the sugar-caffiene overload :-)
From flydayfyve
1. What personality trait in others makes you absolutely mental?
people who refuse to pay attention long enough to catch the explanation the first two or three times it's given
2. What personality trait or characteristic in yourself would you eliminate if you could?
what my grandmother used to refer to as my 'irish temper' (read as thermonuclear rage)
3. What about your personality is your secret pride and joy?
diplomacy . . .it's not easy to keep a level head and cut through the BS to find the core issue that needs to be dealt with
4. Is there a trait or characteristic you admire in others that you wish you owned?
patience with those wonderful patients of mine
5. Fast forward to you as a very senior citizen. What sort of character are you?
grump old man
From fridayfiver
1. When you are getting ready to leave your home, what are three things you always do?
check for the cell, check fo rthe wallet, grab my tunes
2. What is the most annoying habit that you have?
cranking my music to ear-bleeding levels when I'm annoyed . . .either that or doing six things at once (for example: writing bills, studying for finals, writing a thesis, web surfing, singing along with the radio and playing tetris)
3. If you could develop a new habit, what would it be?
relaxation
4. Do you participate in any religious rituals?
Do you mean other than calling down the wrath of the dieties upon the heads of the morons I'm forced to share the highways with?
5. Describe one custom that is unique to your community or culture:
Wake (nobody does it like the Irish)
From thefridayfive (These were actually submitted by ca_amethyst)
1. What is the best dessert you've ever had?
my mother-in-laws' homemade cheesecake
2. Is there a dessert that just plain grosses you out?
haven't met one yet
3. Straight out of the container or with lots of toppings .... tell us how you like your ice cream.
a massive 'jethro bowl' of coffee-caramel icecream loaded with hershey's dark chocolate syrup
4. Cookie dough, brownie mix, cake batter or the finished products?
all of the above
5. You've just invented a great new dessert .... what's in it and what is it called?
Chocolate.caffiene. caramel. espresso beans. It's called the sugar-caffiene overload :-)
From flydayfyve
1. What personality trait in others makes you absolutely mental?
people who refuse to pay attention long enough to catch the explanation the first two or three times it's given
2. What personality trait or characteristic in yourself would you eliminate if you could?
what my grandmother used to refer to as my 'irish temper' (read as thermonuclear rage)
3. What about your personality is your secret pride and joy?
diplomacy . . .it's not easy to keep a level head and cut through the BS to find the core issue that needs to be dealt with
4. Is there a trait or characteristic you admire in others that you wish you owned?
patience with those wonderful patients of mine
5. Fast forward to you as a very senior citizen. What sort of character are you?
grump old man
1. When you are getting ready to leave your home, what are three things you always do?
check for the cell, check fo rthe wallet, grab my tunes
2. What is the most annoying habit that you have?
cranking my music to ear-bleeding levels when I'm annoyed . . .either that or doing six things at once (for example: writing bills, studying for finals, writing a thesis, web surfing, singing along with the radio and playing tetris)
3. If you could develop a new habit, what would it be?
relaxation
4. Do you participate in any religious rituals?
Do you mean other than calling down the wrath of the dieties upon the heads of the morons I'm forced to share the highways with?
5. Describe one custom that is unique to your community or culture:
Wake (nobody does it like the Irish)
From thefridayfive (These were actually submitted by ca_amethyst)
1. What is the best dessert you've ever had?
my mother-in-laws' homemade cheesecake
2. Is there a dessert that just plain grosses you out?
haven't met one yet
3. Straight out of the container or with lots of toppings .... tell us how you like your ice cream.
a massive 'jethro bowl' of coffee-caramel icecream loaded with hershey's dark chocolate syrup
4. Cookie dough, brownie mix, cake batter or the finished products?
all of the above
5. You've just invented a great new dessert .... what's in it and what is it called?
Chocolate.caffiene. caramel. espresso beans. It's called the sugar-caffiene overload :-)
From flydayfyve
1. What personality trait in others makes you absolutely mental?
people who refuse to pay attention long enough to catch the explanation the first two or three times it's given
2. What personality trait or characteristic in yourself would you eliminate if you could?
what my grandmother used to refer to as my 'irish temper' (read as thermonuclear rage)
3. What about your personality is your secret pride and joy?
diplomacy . . .it's not easy to keep a level head and cut through the BS to find the core issue that needs to be dealt with
4. Is there a trait or characteristic you admire in others that you wish you owned?
patience with those wonderful patients of mine
5. Fast forward to you as a very senior citizen. What sort of character are you?
grump old man