As promised, the answers to my How Well Do You Know Me? quiz:
1. OK, we'll start with something easy: What animal do I most identify with?
Elephant. I have a thing for elephants. It is connected, I think, to being so large my whole life. I admire the grace elephants have at their size, and also the way they look cooler the older they get.
2. Another simple one: How many siblings do I have?
Cracks me up how many of y'all got this wrong, even those of you who know me IRL. I have TWO siblings. My half-brother, Mitch, is 20, my step-sister, Angie, is in her eary 30's and is the mum of my two nieces, who are 11 and 8, I think.
3. Maybe a bit tougher: What is my political affiliation?
This was a little bit of a trick question, because in Oregon I was registered as an Independant. Here, though, I figure the party of my heart can use all the help it can get, and being able to vote in the Dem primary doesn't do any good anyway. I'm a Socialist.
4. On which of these social/political issues do I sometimes take a surprisingly conservative stance?
The majority of you guessed capital punishment, which I think is really odd, since I am adamantly against it and am more liberal than most liberals on that subject. Unless maybe you were thinking my position was conservative in a Christian sense? I dunno. Anyway, it's environmentalism. Growing up in a timber family, being an environmental liberal doesn't come naturally to me in a lot of cases, and sometimes I think the environmental movement is just plain wrong.
5. This one will be a bit easier for those of you who have actually met me in real life. What color are my eyes?
Hazel. Probably should have given partial credit for green. I think they are more yellow than anything, myself.
6. On which celebrity do I have a semi-psychotic crush?
Funny, nearly everyone got this. All hail Angelina! (Note: It disturbs the hell out of me that when I Googled for a picture of her, most of the ones on the first page that came up were not work-appropriate.)
7. Where do I most want to travel?
This one was hard, because everywhere on the list is somewhere I want to go, but the correct answer was Vietnam.
8. Another one that will be easier if you've actually met me: How tall am I?
I'm 6'0". Much as I wish that were not the answer, it is, and I don't say 5'12" anymore.
>9. If my house were on fire and I could only save one material object, what would it be?
Much as I love my mixer, it would be The Sunshine Bear. I was so happy when they brought them back...I have two, both from the original go-round, and I think I'll get another one. They have big ones now...
10. Finally, one that's a bit tougher: Which noise can I just not stand?
I don't like any of the noises listed, but the one I really can't stand is the vacuum cleaner. As in, I won't use it unless there is a dire emergency. I always feel like someone is going to sneak up behind me when it's on. I hate it.
Comments (3)
Doh! I missed the sibling one! I think its because I don't remember you calling your sister anything but her name (and not "my sister") until after we went to college. It isn't a part of my grade-/high-school memories, so it's been hard to incorporate, for some reason. Maybe I just remember wrong. I wasn't sure how much you identified her as being your sister until just a couple of years ago, and it (obviously) still slips my mind.
Posted by Scand79 | July 25, 2005 8:58 PM
Oops, I had another comment... About the environmental issue...Also having family members in the logging industry, I do hesitate to identify myself as an "environmentalist", even though I most likely am one. I feel that most environmental movements get caught up in the ideal and forget about practical aspects of their proposed legislation--the first problem being that their actions unnecessarily put off people (like loggers) who also love the earth and want to preserve it while continuing to use it. I'd argue that a huge majority of the people that work out in the woods love them as much as the tree-huggers do, and environmentalists pass up a huge opportunity to educate these people because they're too busy protesting and pointing fingers. Not that the loggers are innocent, either--they equally share the blame, what with their "spotted owls taste like chicken" bumperstickers and whatnot. What we seriously need are people like you and me who know both sides of the issue, who can speak both languages, to pull these groups together so they can actually get something good done. When I talk to my dad about the Doug Fir monoculture that we're setting up and how unhealthy and potentially dangerous that is, he understands it, and he agrees. There are intelligent logging and replanting practices that are out there--we just need to educate people about them and create legislation that builds in incentives for people to use them. THIS is what environmental groups should be doing. Anyhow, sorry to hijack your blog and jump all over my portable soap-box. I just think about this a lot, and it bugs me. I've seriously thought about it as a career option....
Posted by Scand79 | July 25, 2005 9:11 PM
I don't think I ever knew you had any siblings.
Posted by Skye | July 25, 2005 9:21 PM