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September 25, 2012 by Suzanne

Fifty Questions Meme, stolen from Noel:

1. Do you like blue cheese?
GROSS.  I mean…no, thank you.

2. Have you ever smoked a cigarette?
Yes.

3. Do you own a gun?
No.

4. What flavour do you add to your drink at Sonic?
Vanilla to Coke (it tastes like a Coke float, but without all the subsequent cramping from my lactose intolerance), or cherry and vanilla to Diet Dr. Pepper (i.e., crack)

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
Sometimes. Usually, I’m nervous about the thing that drove me to the doctor in the first place (the ailment, not my car – just to be clear), but not the doctor visit itself. I’m super nervous about the dentist, though. Every time. HATE.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
My official answer is that they are a gross, disgusting food.  My actual answer?  While I fully admit that a hot dog is a gross food, and I do not want to talk about what’s in one, I will enjoy that bad boy on occasion. Sausage usually weirds me out, with its gristle.  But hot dogs?  Okay!

7. Favourite Christmas Song?
Hark the Herald Angels Sing

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Coffee. But let’s not limit it to mornings.

9. Can you do push ups?
I can do one. Then I have to go lie down for an hour. And maybe have a glass of wine.

10. What’s your favourite meal?
Antipasti. Give me a nice loaf of bread, some goat cheese, some prosciutto, a simple bean salad or slightly wilted greens, maybe some hummus or baba ganoush (sp?), a nice bottle of wine (or four), and some friends to share it with, and I could eat that meal for every meal for the rest of my life.

11. What’s your favourite piece of jewellery?
I don’t wear it often, but I really love the necklace my sister gave me a couple of years ago.

12. Favourite hobby?
Reading

13. Do you work with people who idolise you?
I wouldn’t say I’m their IDOL. Maybe a cool big sister (or an aunt.  Wow, I’m old). They like me well enough. They help me out a lot, and I reward them with snacks.  It’s a symbiosis.

14. Do you have A.D.D?
No.

15. What’s one trait that you dislike about yourself?
I am easily annoyed, especially around lots of people. It makes it hard to enjoy parties without medication. And by medication, I do mean tequila.

16. Middle name?

Suzanne

17. Name 3 thoughts at this moment.
1. Of all the TVs in all the world, you had to watch soap operas on the one in my lobby.
2. Is it Friday yet?
3. “Baby arugula in the deep blue sea…”  All.  Day.  Long.

18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday:
1. Lunch (salad with fried chicken. And sweet tea. I know. Shut up.)
2. Coffee at the NCTC coffee cart
3. Yoga shorts (VS, I wish I could quit you)

20. Current worry right now?
That my gastrointestinal issues might be more than lactose intolerance. Right now, WebMD has me convinced that I clearly have stomach cancer.

21. Current hate right now?
This book I’m reading – “A Queer Thing Happened to America.”  It’s part of my “read things written by people with whom you disagree” goal.   What a terrible idea that was.  I mean, it’s not a terrible idea.  It’s a good idea.  But it’s like arguing constantly.  Alone.  Which just makes me sound crazy.

22. Favourite place to be?
On a beach with nothing to do but read

23. How did you bring in New Years?
I…have no idea. That’s going to bug me all day.

24. Where would you like to go?
Overall, I would like to visit everywhere in Europe and South America. I am also mapping out several road trips (one heading east, one heading west).

25. Name three people who will complete this?
No. I’m too tired.  Also, three people might not even read this.

26. Whose answer do you want to read the most?
If you do it, I will read it.  Today is just that slow.  I mean, I am totally interested.

27. What colour shirt are you wearing?
Easter egg blue

28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
No. Too slippery. I have a funny/sad story about that. Suffice it to say, the punch line is this – I rolled over to change sides and kept on going…right onto the floor.

29. Can you whistle?
Sort of. I think my whistle is more annoying than most. Maybe because it’s just closer to me, so it seems more annoying to me.

30. Favourite colour(s)?
Orange. And red. And green (to wear…also, go UNT!). And yellow (but not to wear, because it makes me look dead)

31. Would you be a pirate?
Only if Johnny Depp agrees to come along.

32. What songs do you sing in the shower?
Mostly jazz standards. You’re welcome, neighbors.

33. Favourite girl’s name?
Georgia

34. Favourite boy’s name?
No real favorites. I have never met a Sam I didn’t like, so I’m fond of that one. I also like Nick (although I have met a few Nicks that acted like the thing their name rhymes with). If I ever lose my mind and decide to have children (or, more likely, lose my birth control and have one accidentally), and the child doesn’t have the good sense to turn out to be a girl named Georgia, but rather a boy, I would probably name him Simon or Marvin or something slightly nerdy, because I love names like that.

35. What’s in your pocket right now?
No pockets, so nothing.

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
The trip down memory lane that is The Llama Song.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPDKHXWlLQ You’re welcome, everyone.

37. Best bed sheets as a child?
Holly Hobby. I loved her. I told her so every night before I went to sleep. This was an early sign. I think my parents kept hoping I’d grow out of treating fictional characters as if they’re real. Nope. Hey, Mom and Dad – at least I have a job.

38. Worst injury you’ve ever had?
Knee injury when I fell crossing the street. I maintain that the street was uneven; my friend Hunter maintains that it was my beer-induced equilibrium (or lack thereof) that was uneven. Either way, I had to drop out of what was to be my glorious return to running races and wear a huge brace for six months. But at least I didn’t have to have surgery.

39. Do you love where you live?
Sort of. I love Denton. I don’t love the weather. But I love the town. I don’t so much love living in an apartment, but I am saving up to put a down payment on a house in a few years.

40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
One

41. Who is your loudest friend?
Michelle. She is in graduate school in China and comes back for a couple of months every year to visit.  She has this ridiculous, awesome laugh.

42. How many dogs do you have?
None. I really enjoy dogs, though. In other people’s houses.

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
If they do, they’re awfully secretive about it, which is useless to me.

45. What is your favourite book?
I always say Why Girls are Weird is my favorite. It’s the one I perform the most when I’m tipsy enough to believe that everyone present *NEEDS* to hear me read aloud to them. But I have so many favorites, I can’t really choose.

46. What is your favourite candy?
Skittles

47. What is your favourite sports team?
Something hockey. Dallas, I guess. I’m clearly a big fan. Or the Olympic swim team. Because…well, do I really have to explain?

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus and Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead – back to back.

49. What were you doing 12 AM last night?
Trying to sleep

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning?
“no no no No No NO NO Do not want! Shut up, alarm!” Then, “mmm..coffee. Do want. I will get up after all.”

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Welcome to Texas!

August 26, 2012 by Suzanne

“The A-Train is the only thing that takes you to the DART station?”
“Look at it this way – it’s an improvement over a year and a half ago. Then, the only thing that took you to the DART station was your car.”

That incredulous look that I get? Never gets old.

Welcome to Texas!

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Transition

August 16, 2012 by Suzanne

Several times a year, my building is in transition, and it all seems to swirl around the desk.

This is one of those times.

Skills I have the opportunity to practice during transition times:

1.  Saying, “No, I don’t know where your supervisors are or where they’ve gone,” just as nicely the fiftieth time as I said it the first time.

2.  Answering the phone and sounding professional while clearly talking over a staff meeting/gathering, power tool, or vacuum cleaner.

3.  Taking countless breaks from getting the desk ready for opening day (i.e., my job) to have meaningless conversations with random people working in the building (see also: being nice, like I’m a human being who enjoys human interaction).

4.  Welcoming change.  Welcoming back old friends and making new ones.  This part is nice.  It’s one of my favorite things.

5.  Relinquishing control.  Of my surroundings, of my desk, of the noise level, of the smells wafting through the area – basically of everything I mother-hen throughout the year to make it a pleasant place to work and be.  This is good for me, I’m told.

6.  Explaining to concerned callers (always parents – never our actual customers) why, while I certainly understand their predicament, it is not dire enough to completely rework our schedule to better fit theirs.  Basically, I’m telling them “You are not special enough to be the exception,” but in a way that is as nice the 500th time as it was the first time.

Today’s thanks:

1.  I have two jobs, both of which I generally enjoy.

2.  I am making serious strides on the putting-the-apartment-together.

3.  I am addicted to Pinterest and have learned all sorts of new tricks that are making the apartment whimsical AND functional.

4.  Fresh peaches. *loves*

5.  It’s almost the weekend.

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Vegan…ish

September 7, 2011 by Suzanne

Much of my life and many of my life decisions seem to revolve around food.

Every new year, I have at least one food-related resolution.  Sometimes, it’s to try new recipes (or a hundred).  This year, it’s to embrace my love of feeding people (i.e., do it more often).

I became a Pampered Chef consultant primarily to get a discount on cooking paraphernalia.

My favorite memoirs are foodie memoirs.  I have a specific portion of a bookshelf dedicated solely to this genre.

My favorite memories take place in a kitchen or around a table (if you count my coffee table, where most meals eaten and shared throughout my adult life have taken place).

When I am planning a vacation, I base decisions on where and what we will be eating.

When people ask what I am planning to do on the weekend (or ask what I did), I hear, “What are you having for dinner this weekend?”

Food, particularly as it relates to people, how it affects them, and the stories they tell about it, is important to me.

I am going vegan for Lent.  I have been moving toward a more vegan lifestyle for a while.  And I think that Lent will be a good time to give it a real test run.

I have many reasons and thoughts on this.  I am hoping to share some of them throughout the season.  Confession – part of my reason for doing it during Lent is cowardice.  I’m not even vegan yet – I’m vegan…ish – and people already give me so much crap about it.  It really makes them angry.  I don’t understand.  I’m not asking THEM to go vegan (although when they complain of health problems, such as high blood pressure and asthma, I’m tempted to draw certain parallels). Still they lecture me.

But when they hear that it’s something I’m doing for Lent, they suspend their judgments long enough to actually listen to me tell them why.  I’m not sure if it’s the thought that it’s temporary or for God that wins them over, but I’ll take it.   Forty days of why.

I’m not promising to stay vegan after Easter.  It’s a possibility, though.  The evidence in favor of it is overwhelming, and when personal experience and evidence collide, habit’s voice gets weaker and weaker.

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