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[arliss]

1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
"Leave the stream and join the river that flows into the ocean"
2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
Sewing machine.
3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Designer Guys
4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is:
12:30
5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
1:44
6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The air conditioner, the table fan, the tv tuned to Atmospheres, the table fountain.
7: When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
An hour ago to water the deck plants, fill the fountain, walk H to the car, retrieve the emptied recycling bin from the curb and get the mail.
8: Before you came to this web site, what did you look at?
The treehouse thread at PF.
9: What are you wearing?
Boxers, white wifebeater shirt, Birkenstocks
10: Did you dream last night?
Probably. Don't remember.
11: When did you last laugh?
Outside, when the neighbor stopped to chat.
12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Spitzwieg's "Bookworm," parquet chessboard, framed literary catalogue cover, Paris 1938 photo calendar, Tuscany calendar. Postcards from Edinburg, Taos, night skyline of NYC with towers, San Juan Islands, Dunnottar Castle in Scotland, Alberta, Canada, and Glacier Bay. Framed etchings of Heidelburg, Nurnberg, Rothenburg, and the Marksburg Castle, in Germany. My magazine article cover, Vincent poster, my Vincent pencil sketch and Boromir, all framed. Framed poster of Homer's "In the Mowing." The three carved crescent moon mirrors in my altar alcove. Hanging shelves with H's painted Father Christmas figures, family photographs, antique boxes, vases and books.
13: Seen anything weird lately?
Piece of carefully-wrapped driftwood I found while cleaning out the guestroom yesterday.
14: What is the last film you saw?
In the theatre: I, Robot. On dvd: Last Samurai
16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
My whole family's way out of debt.
17: Tell me something about you that I don't know.
My eyes are not blue.
18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Have humans born sterile, with a reversible procedure available for those who take and pass parenting classes, and are certified suitable to raise children.
19: Do you like to dance?
Depends on the occasion, and the dance.
20: George Bush?
Not even a footnote in history, I'm hoping.
21a: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Any combination of two of the following: Elizabeth, Margaret, Katherine, Mary, Anne
21b: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Michael
22: Would you ever consider living abroad?
In certain countries, definitely. In others? Not so much.