30 questions

I stole this from Frank.

1. Person with the same name as you?
A market research manager in Brasil. A lawyer in Frankfurt. A student at UC Santa Cruz. A nun in Philadelphia. A member of the New Jersey Ski Patrol. A 6-foot transgendered "Southern Gal" in North Carolina. A bronze-medalist Special Olympian in Canton.

Cool.

2. Where was your first kiss?
Very first: At the fence, in the shortcut from my street to his. We were 7, I think.
First French: In his sister's bedroom, with her looking on making gagging noises. I was 15 or 16, he was a year older.

3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else’s property?
Unless TP'ing counts (aka "rolling"), no.

4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
I spanked a boy I babysat when I was a teenager. :-(

5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?
Yes, in elementary school choir. And I did some rather inebriated karaoke with Frank and Chuck and Judy at Lori's wedding. I think. The details are fuzzy.

6. What’s the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Unless he's a total hunk, his eyes probably, or more specifically, the attitude his eyes convey.

7. What really turns you on?
Intelligence and humor. IOW, Frank.

8. What do you order at Starbucks?
Tall caramel Frappucino with extra caramel.

9. What is your biggest mistake?
Hmm. Probably beating myself up for choosing things that didn't measure up to other people's expectations of me.

10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
No.

11. Say something totally random about yourself.
I am really enjoying the fall colors this year.

12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
When I was in high school, Brooke Shields. And the girl in "My Girl" looks a lot like I did when I was a kid.

13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows?
Of course.

14. Did you have braces?
Yes.

15. Are you comfortable with your height?
Yes.

16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the opposite sex has done for you?
There've been some memorable gifts over the years, and quite a bit of HDS, of course, but I think the most romantic thing Frank has done is years and years of little things. Backrubs. Cooking. Dishes. Filling the gas tank in my commute car. He takes very good care of me.

17. When do you know it’s love?
There wasn't one particular moment. We just knew. We talked about getting married within a few weeks of our first date. And then there was another rosy period several years ago, when I really came to know this was it.

18. Do you speak any other languages?
Some rusty Spanish. Some beginning Italian. Pig Latin.

19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
Once to prep for a Caribbean trip in the Winter.

20. What magazines do you read?
I can't say I read any magazine with any discipline. But we get some. We cycle through subscriptions. We've done travel magazines, sailing magazines, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Tattoo, Spin, TV Guide, Cycle, and others. Right now, I think we only get Gourmet and Chloe's anime magazine. Oh, and I really love the one that the Nature Conservancy sends.

21. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
Yes. 1950s Rolls Royce to our wedding picnic. Big stretch to a girls' night with some Maier cousins. I think that's it.

22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?
Yes. Both paternal grandparents, my maternal grandfather, my step-grandparents, some cousins, my Aunt Barbie.

23. Do you watch MTV?
No, it's not as fun as it used to be.

24. What’s something that really annoys you?
Want a list?

25. What’s something you really like?
Hanging out with unschoolers.

26. Do you like Michael Jackson?
Some of his music, yes.

27. Can you dance?
With great enthusiasm but not necessarily any skill.

28. What’s the latest you have ever stayed up?
More than 24 hours.

29. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
No. But I rushed myself there for an asthma attack once.

30. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out?
Yes.