Getting to know each other

If you've been tagged or you are reading this, you have the honor of copying all these goofy questions, writing your own response, and tagging 25 other victims.

You have to tag me so really you just need 24 more people. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you - but not in a creepy stalker kind of way.

To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your title as "Getting to know each other!", tag 25 people including me (tagging is done in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6
2. How do you like your steak? medium
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Good question. Usually wait for the DVD
4. What is your favorite TV show? Survivor
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Right here in good ol' Orlando!
6. What did you have for breakfast? skipped it (don't tell Mom!)
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Mexican
8. What foods do you dislike? avocados
9. Favorite Place to Eat? home!
10. Favorite dressing? Ranch
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? Chevy Blazer
12. What are your favorite clothes? blue jeans, t-shirt, ballcap, and vans.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Ireland
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full
15. Where would you want to retire? see #5 above
16. Favorite time of day? crack o' dawn
17. Where were you born? Arizona
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Gatorball
19. Who do you think will not tag you back? not sure
20. Person you expect to tag you back first? not sure
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? everyone!
22. Bird watcher? yep, particularly the cranes & herons around Lake Ivanhoe
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? both, it's that big stretch in the middle that gives me fits.
24. Do you have any pets? 1 meezer
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Doing some interior painting at ye olde abode.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? I've never been little.
27. What is your best childhood memory? Going to see Empire Strikes Back
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Lean toward cat, but can deal with well-behaved dogs that don't smell.
30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes
31. Been in a car accident? Yes
32. Any pet peeves? people with a false sense of entitlement
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? chicken
34. Favorite Flower? orange blossom
35. Favorite ice cream? Publix Premium Key Lime Pie
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Burger King
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? 0
38. From whom did you get your last email? Mayette
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Home Depot
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Yes.
41. Like your job? What's not to like?
42. Broccoli? sure
43. What was your favorite vacation? pre-Katrina roadtrip to Biloxi
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? banquetroom full of people
45. What are you listening to right now? Sinatra
46. What is your favorite color? Orange . . . no, Blue . . . no, Orange . . . no, Blue . . .
47. How many tattoos do you have? 0
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? haven't decided yet.
49. What time did you finish this quiz? 8:19pm
50. Are you a coffee drinker? yep!

Where I've been

OK, something light for a Monday. I got tagged with this, so here goes . . .

Put an X by the states you have been to.......
Put an O beside the states where you have lived.
Airports don't count!

Alabama -XO
Alaska -
Arizona -XO
Arkansas -X
California -XO
Colorado -X
Connecticut -
Delaware -X
District of Columbia -X
Florida -XO
Georgia -X
Hawaii -
Idaho -
Illinois -X
Indiana -X
Iowa -
Kansas -
Kentucky -X
Louisiana -XO
Maine -
Maryland -X
Massachusetts -
Michigan -
Minnesota -
Mississippi -X
Missouri -X
Montana -
Nebraska -
Nevada -
New Hampshire -
New Jersey -X
New Mexico -X
New York -
North Carolina-X
North Dakota-
Ohio-X
Oklahoma-X
Oregon-X
Pennsylvania-X
Rhode Island-
South Carolina-X
South Dakota-
Tennessee-X
Texas-XO
Utah-
Vermont-
Virginia-XO
Washington-
West Virginia-X
Wisconsin-
Wyoming-

The 3's of Me

OK, apologies in advance, but I got tagged in another one of those survey things. So, here goes:

You have been tagged. You are supposed to write a note with the 3's of YOU.

Three names I go by:
1. William
2. Little Billy (yeah, I know. that one even cracks ME up!)
3. #*()&^#*(

Three jobs I've had in my life:
1. pizza delivery
2. camera shop slave
3. salesman

Three places I've lived:
1. Orlando
2. Springfield, Virginia
3. Lubbock, Texas

Three favorite drinks:
1. Diet Coke
2. coffee
3. Malbec

Three TV shows I watch:
1. Survivor
2. Big Brother
3. NCIS

Three Places I've been:
1. Atlantic City
2. New Orleans
3. Mexico

Three people who text me regularly:
I don't normally get texts (because my plan doesn't allow me to respond anymore) but my last three were from
1. Joanna
2. Howard
3. Aunt Diane

Three of my favorite foods:
1. Mexican
2. Italian
3. Chinese

Three things I'm looking forward to:
1. tap dancing on plywood (those who know, know what they know)
2. January 20, 2013 (hope and change!)
3. The end of this recession!!

15 Books

OK, after getting tagged yesterday, my fellow FHS alum Michelle got me with this one today:

List 15 books you've read that will always stick with you -- list the first 15 you can recall in 15 minutes. Don't take too long to think about it. Here are mine, in no particular order:

1. The Bible. (kinda obvious, but this one gets cracked on a daily basis)

2. Like the Cats of Kilkenny: A True Story of the Civil War. (can't remember the name of the author, but he is a brilliant writer)

3. Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson. (deserved its Pulitzer prize)

4. Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth and World Without End.

5. The Bastard, and the rest of the books in that series, by John Jakes.

6. Clan of the Cave Bear, and the rest of the books in that series, by Jean M. Auel.

7. The Great Brain, and the rest of the books in that series, by J.D. FitzGerald.

8. Undaunted Courage, by Stephen E. Ambrose.

9. Gotham, by Burrows & Wallace. (history of NYC)

10. The Hobbit, and the rest of the books in that series, by J.R.R. Tolkien. (better than the movies)

11. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell.

12. The Forgotten Man, by Amity Shlaes. (everyone should read this one if they want to understand what really happened during The Great Depression, and how dangerously close we are to going down that road again . . .)

13. Here be Dragons, and the rest of the books in the series by Sharon Kay Penman.

14. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. (dark, but worth it)

15. Personal Reminiscences, by William H. Morgan. (memoirs of my great-uncle)

Tag, I'm it?

Just got tagged by one of those online "getting to know you" quizzes. So, bear with me . . .

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6
2. How do you like your steak? medium
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? can't remember
4. What is your favorite TV show? Survivor
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? right where I am now!
6. What did you have for breakfast? skipped it (don't tell Mom!)
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Mexican
8. What foods do you dislike? liver
9. Favorite place to eat? home
10. Favorite dressing? ranch
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Chevy Blazer
12. What are your favorite clothes? jeans & t-shirt
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Ireland
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? yes
15. Where would you want to retire? see #5 above
16. Favorite time of day? morning
17. Where were you born? Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? GATOR FOOTBALL!
19. Who do you think will not tag you back? not sure
20. Person you expect to tag you back first? again, not sure
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? everyone
22. Bird watcher? yes, especially the water fowl along Lake Ivanhoe
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? morning
24. Do you have any pets? 1 meezer
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? fixin to go to lunch . . . .
26. What did you want to be when you were little? Jedi knight
27. What is your best childhood memory? summer camp at Lost Pines
28. Are you a cat or dog person? cat
29. Are you married? no
30. Always wear your seat belt? yes
31. Been in a car accident? Yes
32. Any pet peeves? yes (too many to list)
33. Favorite pizza toppings? cheese
34. Favorite flower? orange blossoms
35. Favorite ice cream? Publix Premium Key Lime Pie
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Bell
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? never
38. From whom did you get your last email? Melissa B
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? would never do that!
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? bought some cherries at a produce stand
41. Like your job? love it!!!
42. Broccoli? sure, got any melted cheese?
43. What was your favorite vacation? Biloxi (before the storm)
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Valda & Howard
45. What are you listening to right now? Tim McGraw
46. What is your favorite color? blue, no orange, no blue AND orange!
47. How many tattoos do you have? ZERO!
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? don't know yet
49. What time did you finish this quiz? 11:37am

Superheroes and villains

OK, this is a little immature, but I'll share it anyway.

If you've ever wondered what kind of superhero you would be, try taking the quiz at this site:

http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/

Turns out yours truly is somewhere between Robin and Spiderman.

Then again, if you're more on the dark side of personality, you may prefer to find out what kind of super villain you would be at:

http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/villain

I found out I'm a lot like Lex Luther.

Scary, huh?!