Having a nice Meme-orial Day

It's been a wonderful weekend so far, watching my parent's house, spending half the time with the kidlets (like last year, X and I have flipped the schedule) and almost the entire time with my new love.

New love and I took the brood out to "Territory Days", a kind of street fair in Old Colorado City that's an annual excuse to cram too many people into a really small place so that everyone's forced to brush up against booths hawking overpriced crap - for the most part, crap that jingles in the wind, creates wind, and/or is largely as forgettable as the wind. Nonetheless, with painted faces stuffed full of cotton candy, the wee ones wandered through the rabble without insisting they needed they needed this or that or they wouldn't, rabble be damned.

Time and time again, I saw that strategy used on other parents (and the saps feeding into it) but I have to say my lil' ones didn't attempt it even once. Must have been the cattle prod...

My love did fold on me and my "oh get me that, oh get me that, oh get me THAT," and bought me this COOL Australian hat (but only because it looks soooooo good on me!). I post the pic as a two-fer and satisfy Crystal's desire for moobs.... god, I hope ya' haven't had yer Wheaties yet...




As you can tell - I got nuthin'. Sans anything, I'll fall back on a meme (via Sarah at Anon Y. Mass). Sometimes you just gotta' unzip it and let it flow all over some stranger's front quarter panel, there's no reason to wait. Especially if no one's looking.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:20am
   
2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls - or Mother-of-Pearl - inlaid on a fret board
   
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Celestine Prophecy
   
4. What is your favorite TV show? Law & Order: Criminal Intent
   
5. What did you have for breakfast? Oatmeal and too much coffee
   
6. What is your middle name? Ragale
   
7. What is your favorite food? Sushi
   
8. What foods do you dislike? Fast food
   
9. What kind of potato chips do you like? Vinegar & Sea Salt
   
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Sterling's Evil Mix and EvilMommy's Evil mix
    
11. What kind of car do you drive? 1997 Audi A6
    
12. Favorite sandwich? BLT
    
13. What characteristics do you despise? Dishonesty (and all its facets but mostly, hypocrisy), vanity, greed, and stupidity
    
14. Favorite item of clothing? Chuck Taylors
    
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Some remote South Pacific island
    
16. What color is your bathroom? Piss yellow
    
17. What is your favorite brand of clothing? Anything not involving slave labor
    
18. Where would you want to retire? Some remote cabin in the mountains
    
19. Favorite time of day? NOW
    
20. Where were you born? Cut Bank, Montana
    
21. Favorite sport to watch? baseball
    
22. Who do you least expect to answer this? Landismom
    
23. Person you expect to answer first? Anne (she owes me)
    
24. Coke or Pepsi? Coke (with something mixed in it)
    
25. Are you a morning person or night owl? Night owl
    
26. What size shoe do you wear? 8 1/2 - 9
    
27. Do you have any pets? No
    
28. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with everyone? I posted
    
29. What did you want to be when you were little? Bigger
    
30. Is the glass half empty or half full? Half, what? Where's the goddamn bartender?
    
31. What is your best childhood memory? Morro Bay, California
    
32. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? delivering papers, mowing lawns, landscaping, babysitting, busboy, waiter, bartender, frame carpenter, finish carpenter, cabinet maker, general laborer, maintenance at an asphalt plant, laying asphalt on a road crew (in Alabama, in the summer), reprographic printer, writer, PCB fabricator (fired for creating a board with "Bombs = Oil" written with components on USAF contract during first Gulf War), internet marketer, web designer, graphics designer, therapist...
    
33. What color underwear are you wearing? gray and blue stripes
    
34. Nicknames: Weed, McQ, Daddy
    
35. Piercings? Yes
    
36. Eye color: green
    
37. Ever been to Africa? No
    
38. Ever been toilet papering? Yes
    
39. Love someone so much it made you cry? Of course
    
40. Been in a car accident? Yes
    
41. Croutons or bacon bits? Depends on the salad
    
42. Favorite day of the week? Sunday
    
43. Favorite flower? Iris
    
44. Favorite ice cream? Pralines & Cream
    
45. Disney or Warner Brothers? Disney
    
46. Favorite fast food restaurant? The one they're turning into a used CD store
    
47. What color is your bedroom carpet? Baby-shit brown
    
48. Failed your drivers test? Yes
    
49. From whom did you get your last e-mail from? Bill Winter for US Congress - I'm a volunteer, hoping to unseat the racist Tom Tancredo
    
50. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Amazon.com
    
51. What do you most often do when you are bored? I'm never bored
    
52. Bedtime? When I'm tired
    
53. Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire? Trish
    
54. Last person you went to dinner with? Trish
    
55. Lake, Ocean or river? Ocean
    
56. How many tattoos do you have? One
    
57. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Egg

So... tomorrow I'll actually have something to write about (and pics to back it up - at my parent's house I didn't have access to the files, pshaw!) but until then, you can check out where I'll be in 2 weeks: