Sunday Stealing

The Meme Time Meme

01. Real First Name: The

02. Birthday: November 22. That's 218 days away, in case you're planning on getting me something spectacular.

03. Where do you live: In the greater Chicagoland area.

04: What are you studying/What are you working as: Associate Creative Director

05. What makes you happy: The book I'm reading, Unwise Passions. I know the title makes it sound like some kind of romance novel, but it's the true story of Nancy Randolph, the center of one of America's first scandals back in the 1770s.

06. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: "Just Friends" by Amy Winehouse

07. What is particularly good/bad about your blog: It's a fairly honest depiction of my life today. Whether that's good or bad is up to the reader.

08. An interesting fact about you: I won $500 in a Chicago Tribune movie trivia contest

09. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment: Yes

10. Favorite place to be: I wish I was still on vacation in Colonial Williamsburg

11. Favorite lyric: No you don't know the one who dreams of you at night, who longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight, oh I am just a friend, that's all I've ever been, cuz you don't know me…

12. Best time of the year: Autumn

13. Weirdest food you like: The Francheezie, a hot dog filled with cheese and wrapped in bacon.

RECOMMEND

01. A film: Bonnie & Clyde

02. A book: JFK: Reckless Youth

03. A song: "You Don't Know Me," the one quoted above. It's been performed by everyone from Eddie Arnold to Elvis and Ray Charles to Meryl Streep.

04: A band: And now, here they are, the Beatles!

PLUS

01. One thing you like about a blogger that you have not met: Mimi, for having the limitless imagination to create and populate a kingdom

02. Two things you like about yourself: My sense of loyalty and my sense of humor

03. Name three things that you need in a lover: Sensitivity, patience, and really nice hair

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Kicks (Keep Getting Harder to Find)

1. As you get older, do you find that kicks are harder to find? No. In fact it's the opposite. The older I get, the more joy I derive from little things.

2. Who is your favorite relative and why? Either my niece or my nephew. They are both exceptional, and my answer depends on which one has done something extraordinary most recently.

3. Who is the most important person in your life? My response is similar to my answer to #2. I have two or three candidates in mind.

4. Name one thing you used to do that you are not proud of. That would be coke, with a small "c."

5. Tell us about the furthest you've ever been from what you consider "home". Though I travelled to France, I have also been to Hawaii several times, and Honolulu is further from Chicago than Paris is. I know, I looked it up.

6. Who would you want to be locked in a room with for 24 hours? Mark Lindsay, obviously. Look at that photo! The man could rock a three-cornered hat.

7. What are you doing this weekend? Birthday party Saturday, chores on Sunday.

8. Other than your own, whose car were you in last? Blue Cab Company's.

9. Tell us about the last compliment that you've received. "You're so sweet." A friend was responding to the Bar Mitzvah gift I sent to her son.