I love snow. I love it when it snows in December and I'm not yet used to the cold and trudging. I love snow when it falls in big, fat flakes. I love snow when it crunches beneath your feet as you walking it and it makes excellent snow balls.

I hate snow in March, when I've had enough. I hate snow when it falls wet and dripping. I hate snow when it has been on the ground too long and looks more brown and grey than fluffy and white. I hate snow when it gets shoved down the back of my coat.

Oddly this winter, we have had very little snow.



How often do you get your hair cut and do you go to a barber or a stylist? How much to you pay?

I've gone back to shaving my head, so I do it myself about every two weeks. I've been to both extremes with my hair, from down to below my shoulders to shaved bald. As much as I liked having it long, short is the easiest to take care of.


Ever had a suit tailored from scratch?

Yes - for a cruise, and I've had a couple of tuxes made for when I was in a touring college chorus.

Wouldn't a bowl of delicious chicken soup be great right about now?

It really would. Blowing like stink here today, windchill is down to -25.


what's the highest education you've got?

The highest education I have gotten so far is my high school diploma, but I am currently getting my bachelor's degree. My best education though, would have to be all of the travelling I've done.

If you could change your past and take back the decision to sleep with one person, why would you do it?

Because the decision was made out of ignorance and folly and the arrogance of youth. I prefer to live life without regrets.

What's the last line of the last good book you read?

I would take back the decision to sleep with the woman i lost my virginity to. Cause although she had a killer body, redhead, and was outstandingly beautiful, I really didn't care for her, and she didn't for me. and then the next summer I fell in love with a great girl, and it would have been so much better to do it with her. But I was so sick of being a virgin, I was 21 for christ's sake!


(looking at Carn's avatar) Ever gone streaking?

Yeah, I shaked my thing in front of my family and severly tramaized my brother as a result...

(Canadian Election) did you vote!? why the hell not?

No Way! Because I'm not Canadian!

To jump on Carn's wagon:

If you could change your past and take back your decision to NOT sleep with someone, why would you do it?

Because of the awkwardness I have to put up at work now, she's a coworker ;)

If you could change your past and take back your decision to NOT sleep with someone, why would you do it?

I would take back my decision because it was the perfect mood and we both really wanted to. However, I didn't go through with it because I was engaged at the time. But I broke up the engagement shortly after that so I should have just done it. ;)

Where did you go on your first date?

to the movies, but i don't remember what it was...



How many telephone numbers can you remember?

2, my house and cell phone number

your favourite website (beside this one :) )

EDIT: oops, too slow.

My other favorite website is a forum set up for surfers that live around me. Because it's small and local I don't want to give the link.


What makes you insanely mad? I'm talking like supernova, megaton of TNT, guns of the Navarrone mad?

Hmm... some idiot supervisor that I have to work with. I would say I am generaly a pretty nice and understanding person, but the mere sight of him makes me want to smash his head off the side of a wall. Oh I cant wait to quit and go to school!

And I did vote! I voted conserves!!!

Do you think I would look good in a cowboy hat? (hehe, for a pic go to tilted exhibition.. don't worry I am clothed. well, minus a shirt)

the right cowboy hat perhaps - -long as it fits you well... :) yes you would...

the definition of stress is when the mind overrides the body's desire to choke the living crap out of some asshole who desperately deserves it.... That said... to lessen the stress - is it wrong to want to choke some people - -or at the very least to tell them to shut the hell up... if it helps with my stress? (yes, i know, it's not all about me but... ) defend your answer.

It is not wrong, because wrong is a relative concept. If you don't think it's wrong, it's not wrong. You are the judge, jury and executioner of your own fate. Nobody nowhere at no time has any control over you to tell you what to think, do or feel.


Question: is what I just said pure shit?

Probably, but who cares? this is the Nonsense forum after all...


When you drive by workers on strike, do you honk the horn in support or just give them the finger, depending on whether you are pro-union or not?

I don't give the finger because I'm not overly rude... but i am also anything but pro union - I might write a journal entry telling them to get the fat cat union leaders to get a clue.

Who's cooler - Captain kangaroo or Mister Rogers/ defend your answer

Captain Kangaroo.
Those pingpong balls...need I really say more?

When is the last time that you actually sat down and wrote a letter to someone? Not an e-mail, not a text message, not an IM, not a phone call. An actual letter, with heading, greeting, body, salutation...oh come on...you remember 4th grade english class, don't you?

What are you, some kind of freak?

What's this letter jazz you're talking about?

Pen pals in high school, that was it.

What is the last purchase you were kind of embarassed by?

everytime I pick up something for the computer, I'm kind of embarassed. don't ask, relationship stuff...



Do you own any pets?

Nope, used to have 2 dogs and a cat, all recently passed within the last few years

Heads or tails?

I've always been kind of partial to tails myself.



Coffee, tea or me?

Coffee. Fresh ground, sumatra.

Favorite book?

Too many to count. Jude the Obscure, Babbit, Harry Potter books, Crime and Punisnment, Omnivores.....

When was the last time you got excited over a sporting event, and who did you root for?

Sports could disappear from the universe and I wouldn't notice for a couple of weeks. However, since you ask, my gf is rabid for OHL hockey and if she takes me to a game, screams and shouts and rings cowbells and just generally goes nuts while I sit there quietly. When she took me to a lacrosse game, it was just the opposite. She sat there and looked with amazment at me, while I frothed at the mouth and screamed abuse at the other team.



Do you currently have a cold?

Almost over the one that I had that kicked my butt for about two weeks.. thankfully I can breath again... and have regained a sense of taste...

have you ever been hospitalized? Details please... :)

About 4 years ago, when I was still in college, I was working as a navigation cadet (officer in training) on a lake freighter on it's way to Port Cartier in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to load iron ore. On the way down lake Huron, I developed a nagging cough that simply wouldn't go away. It progressively got worse and by the time we were on the way back west in the St. Lawrence river, it was almost non-stop. The mate got tired of hearing me coughing in the wheelhouse, so he told me to go to bed early, which I did, but the coughing kept me up all night. My throat was so raw from coughing, I couldn't eat or drink, I was running a fever, and sometime around 4, I started to cough up blood, but was so weak, I could barely move. The Captain (who was a really good guy) opened up my door, and came in to the cabin talking before he actually saw me, "Well, you skipped watch last night, you must be pretty sick, maybe you should think about getting off in the canal and - Oh my God, you're coughing up blood!" He turned on his heel and left the cabin, but was back in about 10 minutes with my passport, discharge book, and about $200 cash. He told me that we were about 30 minutes away from the pilot exchange at Quebec City, he had radioed in to the pilot station, and that the pilots that we had on board would take me in the pilot launch to the hospital. The Pilot took me to the hospital, where they discovered I had pneumonia in my lungs. I had to be the only english speaking patient in the emergency ward. The only word I could understand was "codeine", so I just kept nodding my head, and as a result they kept me pretty doped up. But they got me hydrated fast, and took care of my throat and the infection. If you are faced with a long wait in the waiting room to see a doctor, take my advice: cough up blood on the triage nurse! Shit happens really fast, when you do that!!


do you like when it rains?

I laughed for about fifteen minutes after I read this. I've never heard of blowing like stink before, and the immature side of me finds it hilarous...

Anyway, I like the smell when it first starts to rain...but don't really care for rain itself. Too wet.

What was your favorite toy as a child?

hmmm, does lego count? I used to play with the stuff for hours on end, in fact I still do when I am with my little cousins. I am actually getting ready to purchase a 3100 piece star destroyer lego set!


Do scary scenes in movies still scare you or give you nightmares?

Only JAWS. I continue to work as a guard even though I'm 37.

That's it, the one OMIGODRUNWSWIM moment. It's so foolish, because they don't even come close.

What college are you considering right now? (you whippersnapper!)

Hopefully none, once I get my degree, I'm planning on staying the hell outta those places for the rest of my life

What'd you have for breakfast this morning?

I'm on the road, so I had a western egg and bacon sandwich from Subway. Meh.

What's your favourite bar appetizer or finger food?

scallops wrapped in bacon.....fuckin' awesome.



what's your favorite drink to accompany that favorite appetizer?

Honestly I just drink iced tea 95% of the time. If I am driving I will not even have one drink of alcohol. Yup you guessed it, I am the DD 95% of the time. I am not a big drinker. But if I do happen to be drinking I usually go for some Rickards Red or a Corona if I really feel like opening the wallet.

Since we are on the topic. How often would you say you go out to the pub for some food and drinks?

Used to be every Saturday. Then every Friday and Saturday. Now quite rarely. When I need a great Guinness. My pubs are about 24 miles away. :(

Have you ever thrown down a big fattening Irish breakfast and not felt evil a few hours later? (our is two fried eggs, bangers, black and white puddings, fried potatoes and mushrooms, rashers and a big ol' bowl o' heinz beans. holy cholesterol, batman!)

that breakfast was pretty much the only redeeming quality of the weeks I spent in the hell that was client located outside of London... one day a week... it was my treat... there should be tomatoes in that mess too... was sooo tasty.. and i'm always evil :)


What do you want to be when you grow up?

I'm 43. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

Pens. Blue ink...or black?

Black all the way.


Are you in debt?

that's a silly question... of course i am... :) I will die in debt too... I figure it's my contrubution to the economy...


What is on your bed with you when you go to sleep

usually my gf, either one or both of the cats, and sometimes the stuffed Gromit I gave her for christmas.


What do you wear to bed?

Just my boxer and sometimes socks

What do you wear to bed?

I'm a newlywed... so usually my birthday suit!

Which extreme do you prefer: Cold weather or hot weather?

cold weather any day of the week- you can always snuggle under a blanket and get warm- hot and humid is never fun...

What is currently hanging on your wall right now...

A 1:50,000 topograghical map, complete with training "Traces" (little celophane overlays that show different things but without actually marking the precious map).

A Calendar, two actually. Why do I have 2 calendars right beside each other?

My degrees on the wall, to impress people who meet me for the first time and to also mark my territory like a wolf. You are in MY office, motherfucker. My name is on the wall.

What is the worst song you have ever been forced to listen to?

"What a Fool Believes" by Michael McDonald. Bleh.

McDonald's fries, or Burger King's? Or the wild card... Arby's or Wendy's??

how about a wilder card and sweet potato fries witih sea salt from my kitchen? :D I used to love Mcdonald's fries until i read the book Fast Food Nation and has forever ingrained in my brain that the smell of mcdonalds french fries (which is the best part) comes from a factory on the NJ Turnpike...

How do you really feel about the seat being left up/down?

Down. But I mean the lid as well. It just looks neater.

Where will your next vacation be spent?

On Mal's couch.

Electric or manual toothbrush?

Manual. Electric always feels like it's going to knock my teeth out.

Leather. Black or brown?

Manual all the way... New fangled electric toothbrushes just don't travel well.

Edit too slow: Black leather... brown is the colour of cowards. ;)


When was the last time you visited the dentist and what did you have done?

Last spring, just an xray and cleaning


ever been to the Banff Mountain Film Festival?

No I haven't but I have been to the Banff Television Festival.


Other than your face (for guys), do you shave any part of your body?

ewww, no! I like it hairy


do you wax your back?

I wax poetic...but not my back. Ouch!

What's for dinner tonight?

Its either chicken or something with hamburger in it, because I don't get paid until tomorrow, and I know I have both of the aforementioned meats in my freezer.



Have you seen Polythene Pam?

Chicken Casserole leftovers most likely.

If you were a scented candle, what scent would you be?

Daoust: No idea. None.
Onodrim:
I would be apples and cinnamin!

If you could dye/pierce/tattoo without consequences (as in work professionalism), what would you do?

tattoo my avatar on my arm

what's your pet(s)'(if(pets=false) then(insert s)) name?

Dog...Ruby
Cat...Cecil
Goldfish...Spot
Hamster...Dude
The mouse that got into the basement....You goddam sonofabitch

Your socks.
Folded, rolled, or just tossed in drawer?

I'm an army brat --house rules were socks were put into the washing machine pinned togheter with a safety pin, and came out of the dryer and were rolled into a neat ball and tucked over... (they also made for good tennis balls and other things to throw at annoying sister)

What's your middle name and do you use it?

I roll my socks... what monster would just toss them in a drawer?


Can you sleep at work? If you can, do you?

I actually fold them, not roll them and then toss them into a drawer.
My middle name is John and no I don't use it. It's only in the last 3 years I started to use my first name. I really hate my name.
I can sleep at work, cause part of it is at night, but I run the risk of being caught sleeping by the captain (which happened to a friend of mine last summer, I just about pissed myself laughing) or running over some yacht.


How many credit cards do you have?

None, I'm thinking of getting one just to build up my credits and use it only for parking passes, gas, other small everyday item purchase.

Do you like your full name that your parents gave you?

Yes, it's simple... even though there are a gazillion Jessicas in the world... and they didn't give me a last name which actually makes me more unique.

What is your middle name, and would you like to change it? If so, to what?

ever get the feeling this thread is going in circles?

My middle name is Robert. I don't really care to change it. I've resigned myself to a boring name.



If you could speak to any world leader whom would you chose and what would you ask?

Catherine - and it's only on my birth certificate - no where else - it's not even on my social security card... I like the name fine- but I just have too many first names to even contemplate using a middle name...


What is your natural hair color? do you help nature along at all?

Black. I help it sometimes, there's a huge biodegradable pill decomposing in the back of the barn as we speak. Fertilzing the soil ya know? Sometimes I like to take a piss to water the plants outside

Whats your NHL playoff predictions?

I predict that I won't watch any hockey games, unless they're Olympic games. ;)


Say you're riding the subway and you feel a hand on your ass, squeezing, and when you see who it is you....

probably laugh (or maybe puke)..this actually happened to me at a video store once...felt the hand on my ass, but hubby was standing a few feet in front of me...boy did that guy have a red face.

Order in or go out?

Sooo depends on the evening, the weather, my mood, and my company. But, I typically go out.


When was the last time you hollered to or tapped someone on the shoulder that you really thought was someone else and what was their reaction?

last night, and got no real reaction at all, just, "that's ok..."

have you ever been to spain?

Yes, I have. I was there last year. Stayed in Madrid.

Do you bite your fingernails?

no, never


ever had an ingrown toenail?

I have one now and it hurts like crazy!!!

ever had one of thse ingrown hairs that everyone could see?

I have not!! Come to think of it I do not even know if I have ever had an ingrown hair.


How much time would you say you spend on tfp a day?

too effing much, according to my gf. I envy those couples who are both addicted.


do you have a big hairy mole?

I have plenty of moles but none of them is either big or hairy... Though the one near my mouth has a beard growing around it so I suppose you could argue for hairiness if you wanted to push the issue.


Do you have any scars on you body? What's the story behind the scar?

Yes. I was climbing a tree and the branch I was standing on, broke off leaving a pointy bit sticking out. As I fell, it cought my belly and ripped a 4" gash about where my appendix is. Though it was deep enough to see my fatty layer, it didn't bleed at all and healed on it's own. That was around 15 years ago, and it's faded quite a bit.


What was your favourite book as a kid? (not as a baby)

Ow! Fuck! I got queasy reading that!

Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak


Do you get queasy at the sight of blood?

Nope, in fact I'm fasincated by it ;)

Do you believe in god?

yes - i also believe in the power of prayer... though not all intentions are honored... i believe that they are all heard... A person has to be responsible for themselves and help themselves, but God, to me, is this big father type figure who you can go to and talk out what's on your mind and if you listen you'll be given direction as to where to go to solve what your problem is.


What's a major deal breaker in friendships... what's a behavior that will have you saying - sayanora I can't be your friend anymore?

Bad handwritting. I hate trying to decipher notes. Is he coming over at 2? Or at 5?

No...seriously..dishonesty. Lie to me, steal from me, or otherwise abuse my trust, and the friendship cord gets cut fast.



If you could be chosen as a character actor/actress, in any TV show now, or ever aired, what show would it be, and who would your character be?

Stargate SG-1, it'll be Colonel O'Neill because of his quick witted humour in unrealistic situation :D

Pittsburgh or Seattle?

Dallas.


rain or snow?

Rain - -nothing better than a rainy sunday afternoon -curled up on the couch with a hot cup of coffee and a pile of old movies... Plus when the sky clears - it's fun to go jumping in puddles.

When is the last time you jumped in puddles...

Back in the fall... my duaghter and I went puddle jumping... Much Laughter ensued.

This question was skipped so I'll post it again:

If you could speak to any world leader whom would you chose and what would you ask?

Josef Stalin, I would want to know if the mustache got too much food in it when he ate...


snow: Shovel, blow or just let it melt?

Let it melt. Or throw salt on it. also, write your name in it.

What kind of shoes do you like?

Comfy, understated ones. Good ol' brown shoes.

Have you seen anything bizarre this week?
(I saw some pigeons doing it)

This week eh? Let's see...I found out a good piece of information. "Despite being dead, race jockey Frank Hayes won his race at Belmont Park NYC in 1923. Hayes died of heart failure just before his mount, and his horse Sweet Kiss crossed the line carrying his passed passenger all the way with him"

I guess that's close nuf eh?

Favorite thing to do downtown?

Well, I live thisclose to downtown, so it's not too exciting to "go downtown". However, there is an outdoor mall that hubby and I enjoy walking through and browsing for fun.

What's your sign, baby?

Pisces...love the water sign.

What's the worst pick-up line you've ever heard? ;)

is that really your last name?


what's the most frightened you've ever been? I'm talking totally thinking you are about to die, frightened.

Is that a bottle of Windex in your pants? 'Cause I can sure see me in 'em.


ever learned how to undizzy yourself after the Teacups ride at Disney?

(I did, woo hoo!)

I went hiking once and climbed to the summit of a mountain... I got apicture up here of me on the top if anyone cares to see it. Almost to the top it started to get pretty windy and the temperature dropped alot. The rocks were pretty darn loose and I was getting tired holding on, I honestly thought I might fall. I was absolutely terrified. I had a good friend with me who kinda helped me out and encouraging me. When it was all over I couldn't help but think about how amazing it was. I can not wait to do it again! I hope to get another 3 summits under my belt this summer.

And I have never been to Disney land, but we have a crappy park here in Calgary and I have never managed to 'undizzy' myself. (I don't think spinning in the opposite direction would work...)

Have you ever seen something and just had such a huge mesh of gears in your head, one thing leading to another in your brain, and ended up with a <i>lightbulb</i> at the end? The whole "Hey look at that dog chasing its tail, wait a second! Chasing tail, moving cars, I have a car, going on holidays in my car, girl I like is at holiday, she lives in Edmonton, Edmonton has a mall, Mall has a collectors store, I have a really expensive collectors coin at home I have been meaning to sell!!!"

Not that I can recall. The gears in my head are often bound on something that I can't quite see. They won't come free until after I've painstakingly gone through the works and found the blockage. Or, by giving my head a good whack and plowing ahead without it.


Can we help you figure out the name of that TV show you can't quite remember the details of, allowing you to sleep again?

Well, I really don't watch TV often so no...but that was very sweet of you to ask :)

Meat and potatoes, or caviar and escargot?