Good 'Ol Reliable Me

Ok, I've been tagged.  Meaning that I am now supposed to answer a bunch of questions in order to a) provide validation to the person who originally wrote the questions,  b) provide validation to the person who sent me the questions to answer, c) let you, Internet, in on all the interesting and little-known facts about me that you guys have been dying to know, or d) prove Kyle Lent right.

As you may have guessed, d) is my reason.  Kyle listed me as one of the three he would send the questions to, and for his reason, he put that "she might actually do it".  I am not sure how to take that, because the other two people he is sending it to "will be witty and entertaining" or "will provide a good time to be had by all".  I, on the other hand, will do it.  So, in the spirit of just slugging it out, here are my answers:

Three things that scare me:

• The return of the high-waisted pant (it seems imminent)
• Permanent makeup
• That one of my teeth will actually rot all the way through without me even knowing it.  I don't know why I worry about this, but I do.  Sometimes I will become convinced that I can touch my gums all the way through a tooth only to be assured by the dentist that everything is ok.

Three people who make me laugh:

• Steve Carell.  Ever since that scene in "Bruce Almighty" where he is trying to do his newscast but Jim Carrey is messing him up, I have been a big fan.  Oh man.
• Cody
• Alice, of Finslippy, or David Sedaris, of lots of things.  They are pretty much the same kind of funny in my opinion, and I really really enjoy reading both of them.

Three things I hate the most:

• Geez, only three?  Hmmm.  People who have the singular goal in life of complaining about everything, all the time.
• People who assume that young = dumb
• People who lie and cheat and steal and constantly get away with it

Three things I don't understand:

• Why the people who lie and cheat ant steal DO keep getting away with it
• Why high-waisted pants would make a comeback.  Why??  Who looked good in those the first time around?  And does anyone have the delusion that we, as a race, are getting any thinner?
• How Tivo works, really.  I mean, I know, but then I kind of don't.  It's downloading every show, all the time?  Or just the ones I pick?  It's all a bit much for me.

Three things I'm doing right now:

• Listening to Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder's "Talking Timbuktu".  Before you think I am being an ULTRA SUPER music snob, let me tell you that the only reason I know about these guys is because of the movie "Unfaithful".  Which is a great flick, by the way.
• Trying to decide what I want to eat for dinner.  Healthy or unhealthy?  I don't even know why I have that battle going anymore.  See, this is exactly why high-waisted pants is a bad idea.
  
• Umm, doing this survey?  Excuse me, doing this Meme?  This question is not particularly well thought out.

Three things I want to do before I die:

• Go to Seattle
• Obtain some measure of financial security.  The way things are going, if that one ever happens, it might be just as I am lying on my deathbed.  Victory!  And then I'm gone.
• Write a book

Three things I can do:

• Pick out clothes that most people like
• Spot the one minuscule error in just about anything
• Swim a mean backstroke

Three ways to describe my personality:

• Rude
• Nice
• "I don't really know her, but she seems kinda weird, you know?"

Three things I can't do:

• Spatially relate anything
• Make my hair ever look cute.  Ever.
• Fly.  But I really wish I could.  It would totally help my bottom line at the store.

Three things I think you should listen to:

• Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder's "Talking Timbuktu"
• Classical Spanish guitar music.  Any of it.
• Nice things that people say about you

Three things you should never listen to:

• Really twangy country music.
• Michael Moore (but I don't think anyone does anymore anyway)
• Mean things that people say about you

Three things I'd like to learn:

• Italian.  But it would make more sense to learn Spanish. 
• How to write well
• How to succeed in the business world without turning into an absolute jerk

Three favourite foods:

• Chips and salsa
• Ice cream of any flavor, consistency, or brand
• Caramel

Three beverages I drink regularly:

• Water
• Iced Tea
• Coffee (wow, could I be more exciting?)

Three shows I watched as a kid (my mother was somewhat Amish-ly inclined, so this is really the three two shows I was allowed to watch as a kid):

• Square One! (PBS)
• The Cosby Show
• Full House (yeah, I was totally not allowed to watch this one.  I just snuck it)

Three people I'm tagging (to do this):

• Beck because she has made me do one of these things before, and I haven't talked to her in a while anyway, so hi!  Want to do a survey?
• Amy because she, like me, might actually do it.
• Allison because she needs a new post.  Desperately.

Comments

[Amy]

I'm glad I get to be in YOUR forever club, too! Seriously.

And you're right. Of course I'll do the survey.

[Chrif]

Yeahhhh I'm reading David Sedaris right now.

[kyle]

elise - my reasoning for tagging you to do the post wasn't very thought out. i didn't mean it to sound as....hmm, BLAND as it did. i think that all 3 people i tagged would do an excellent job at answering the questions (as you have proved), but i really only thought of the 3, only you would ACTUALLY answer them. so, let me correct myself: "I tag Elise, because she might actually do it, and it will be in an entertaining and witty way. I also tag Hoover and Jeff, because I bet theirs would be fun to read also, but I don't think they'll actually do it."

I hope that redeems me a little bit. :-) Thanks for indulging me.

[elise]

Oh sure, Kyle, take it back now. Now that I've already done it.

That's the easy way out, now isn't it?

I'm just kidding. As you see, I tagged my friend Amy for the exact same reason. And see, she IS gonna do it! Looks like we all win.

[kyle]

david sedaris makes me laugh also. good one. i wish i would've thought of that.