1. LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER? "Gods and Generals" over Spring Break
2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? I just picked up "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, and I intend to read it this time.
3. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? Trivial Pursuit, although I've never actually finished a game. Also Monopoly
4. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? "2600 - The Hacker Quarterly." If not that, Newsweek usually works
5. FAVORITE SMELLS? you know that smell that happens after the rain falls on hot pavement in the late spring and early summer, and the moment you smell it you realize just how beautiful the weather is, even with the rain? That smell. Also, in late spring and summer, the smell of fresh cut grass.
6. COMFORT FOOD? Anything my mother makes
7. FAVORITE SOUNDS? laughter...true laughter when someone truly lets themself laugh without worrying about how they sound - snorts, chuckles, guffaws and all.
8. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? self-doubt, lack of self confidence. something I feel way too often.
9. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? The work I have to do that day / what the weather is / "something wonderful is going to happen!"
10. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE? Wendy's
11. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME? James is a cool name...Tony always works too :)
12. FINISH THIS STATEMENT, "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY, I WOULD... still have problems. Different problems
13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL? No.
14. STORMS-COOL OR SCARY? If its warm, and I can stay outside, then they're really freaking cool...If not...
15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? 1988 Toyota Camry, V6. 4 doors. I'm still driving it; it just hit 160,000 miles.
16. FAVORITE DRINK?? fresh lemonade
17. FINISH THIS STATEMENT, "IF I HAD THE TIME, I'D..." read and write more
18. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? yes
19. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE? I probably wouldn't.
20. HOW MANY DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN? four (roselle nj, millville nj, hunt valley md, philadelphia pa)
21. GLASS HALF EMPTY OR FULL? half full
22. FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX? This one is weird, but bear with...in the townhouses over last summer there was a picnic table in front of our house under a streetlight. On warm nights, I couldn't be torn away from that table. So relaxing. Failing that, Gettysburg, PA tends to relax me, strange as it sounds.
23. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? Football and baseball
24. ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS. Although she didn't send this to me...Ali is a wonderful person with a huge heart. Shes been a good friend through the masque, and is just a really fantastic person who makes me laugh, and who helps me keep perspective sometimes :)
25. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? At home, books...mounds of books that I forget to re-shelve after I read them. At school, some storage - random plastic file, empty beer bottles, candy from move in earlier this year.
26. TOILET PAPER/PAPER TOWEL-OVER OR UNDER? over. it stays in place better :)
Posted by Matthew at April 20, 2003 07:29 PM