Monday, August 20, 2007

A Grown-Up Meme

This meme is called Grown-Up Questions and I got it from Kwizgiver. Compare your own answers to Kwiz' and mine, and be sure to leave me a comment if you choose to participate.

1. Do you have a college degree?
No

2.What was the amount of your last electric bill?
$81

3. Do you have life insurance?
Yes

4. How many hours per week do you work?
40+

5. Have you ever attended a Toastmasters event?
Don't even know what that is

6. Favorite place to attend Happy Hour?
Monk's Pub at Lake and Wells. FREE peanuts!

7. How many miles is your commute to work each day (one way)?
12 miles

8. What time do you get up every morning for work?
6:00 AM

9. What is your definition of sleeping in late?
Past 6:00. (My definition doesn't matter -- it's my cat Reynaldo who decides how late I am allowed to sleep.)

10. Do you check your cholesterol on a yearly basis?
Yes. This old gal has high cholesterol.

11. How large was your first cell phone bill?
Approx. $59

12. Does your employer provide good health insurance?
Yes. I'm lucky. The dental coverage is pretty decent, too.

13. Did you use the internet to write a research paper?
No. I went to school before Al Gore invented the Internet.

14. Have you attended a High School reunion?
Dear God, NO!

15. How many jobs have you held in your professional career?
I'm on my 8th company.

16. Have you ever been fired or laid off from a job?
Yes, in Autumn 2002. That layoff is one of the best things that ever happened to me. I was soooo burned out.

17. What is your favorite drink?
Classic Coke. Or, if we're talking booze, a Cosmo.

18. What is the most expensive bottle of wine that you have in your refrigerator?
$3.49 on sale. Arbor Mist Strawberry White Zinfandel. I can be a very low-brow gal.

19. Have you been divorced?
No. If you don't marry, you can't divorce.

20. How old were you when you stopped getting ID-ed for Alcohol?
Some nice older waitress carded me at lunch about 3 years ago. God bless her.

21. Favorite casino?
Sahara on the Las Vegas strip. I hope they haven't torn it down, too. I ended my slot machine stint $12 ahead.

22. Are you happier now than you were in high school?
YES! Yes.

23. Did you ever have Hypercolor shirts?
No. Unfamiliar with the concept.

24. Do you remember when Michael Jackson was black and was attracted to older people?
Yes. That was 2 or 3 noses ago.

25. Do you remember when MTV actually played music videos?
Yes. Martha was my favorite VJ.

26. Have you had a will made?
Yes. Living will, too.

27. What music was in your cd / cassette player when you were 16?
The two "Runs." Band on the and Born to.

28. Favorite fancy / upscale restaurant?
Brasserie Jo in Chicago's Loop. When I worked on John Kerry's Presidential campaign, they donated one of their private dining rooms to us and I plug them any time I can. (312) 595-0800

29. How long has it been since you attended a kegger?
Late 80s.

30. Where were you when you found out about 9-11?
I was tying my shoes, getting ready to catch the 8:10 train, when I heard about it from Matt Lauer on The Today Show. Rode the train in, crying, listening to my Walkman. I heard the Pentagon get hit through my headphones. Got to work in one of Chicago's higher profile skyscrapers, only to be escorted out and sent back home by the Chicago cops. I will never, ever forget it.

5 comments:

  1. Remember that J. Geils video - My Angel is a Centerfold - and the girl in it who looked just like Martha Quinn? You would not BELIEVE how many hours were wasted debating whether or not it was her. Time that could have been spent on the academic pursuits of higher education, judging from my college transcript.

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  2. I am so so doing this one!

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  3. I've just done this too. Enjoyed your answers, too. All of our kegging days appear to be WAAAY over! :-)

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  4. Anonymous8:22 PM

    I'm going to try to do this one this weekend if I have time.(You do so many that I want to steal ... wish I had time to steal them all!)

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  5. Martha was my favorite, too. And I'm not much on the expensive wine, either. A waste of money, methinks.

    I put one up.

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