A Scientific Experiment

There is a meme floating around out there that has popped up on several blogs that I read. I am not usually a meme kind of gal, but I thought that this might be fun to use to illustrate the similarities that exist between the brains of the two proprietors of this blog. So, here is my version of the survey. Zam's will soon follow.

Compare and contrast. Discuss amongst yourselves.

1. Your name spelled backwards.
Gwadp
2. Where were your parents born?
Pennsylvania
3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
Morrissey’s “Let Me Kiss You”
4. What is your favorite restaurant?
Hmm… either Teapot Japanese and Chinese Restaurant or La Cocina Mexicana
5. Last time you swam in a pool?
Last summer
6. Have you ever been in a school play?
“Toga Toga Toga” in 11th Grade—starring as “Miss Woebegone."
7. How many kids do you want?
I don’t really need any right now—I get about 150 new ones every September
8. Type of music you dislike most?
Country—without a doubt
9. Are you registered to vote?
Hell yes.
10. Do you have cable?
Yup. Where would I be without my "Cold Case Files" and "The New Detectives?"
11. Have you ever ridden on a moped?
Nope.
12. Ever prank call anybody?
Does calling and hanging up without saying a word count?
13. Ever get a parking ticket?
Parking, no. Speeding, yes.
14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?
Both practices intrigue me, but I doubt I would have the cojones.
15. Farthest place you ever traveled.
Bahamas and Dominican Republic
16. Do you have a garden?
Nah.
17. What’s your favorite comic strip?
Calvin & Hobbes, hands down.
18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem?
Sure do. And, I know a lot of the Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, and Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention—“Give me liberty, or give me death.” (I’m not a freak—I teach American Lit. Or, maybe I am a freak for teaching American Lit. ...)
19. Best movie you’ve seen in the past month?
“Collateral” or “Anchorman”
20. Favorite pizza topping?
‘Shrooms
21. Chips or popcorn?
‘Corn
22. What color lipstick do you usually wear?
That's assuming that I wear some. Is Carmex a color?
23. Have you ever smoked peanut shells?
Huh?
24. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?
*pause* ... WAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
25. Orange Juice or apple?
Whoa…orange fo’ sho’. No pulp, please.
26. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with and where did you dine?
Dinner...hmm...I think it was with the Suz and Jeff at the K-Town Tavern.
27. Favorite type chocolate bar?
I don’t really like chocolate all that much, but my fave is the 100,000 Grand bar or Special Dark.
28. When was the last time you voted at the polls?
At the primary.
29. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
Just last week.
30. Have you ever won a trophy?
Yeah…a few…
31. Are you a good cook?
I would like to think so.
32. Do you know how to pump your own gas?
Of course. Seriously, outside of NJ, who doesn’t?
33. Ever order an article from an infomercial?
Heck yeah. My Ginsu knife still cuts to this day.
34. Sprite or 7-up?
Sprite.
35. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work?
Oh, yes. Back in my days as a security guard in college…
36. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy?
In the area of actual drugs? That would be last year, my prescription for Cipro…see number 37.
37. Ever throw up in public?
No, but I had a close call last year after my bout with the Carribean Death Bug. As we were getting ready to board the shuttle to the airport, I almost blew chunks. To this day, I don’t know how I kept it in.
38. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love?
I would prefer to find true love with a millionaire. Ah, ok….I’ll take “to blave.”
39. Do you believe in love at first sight?
Oh yes.
40. Ever call a 1-900 number?
Nope.
41. Can exes be friends?
I think so. Except for Zam’s.
42. Who was the last person you visited in a hospital?
The Suz’s mom 2 years ago when she had an emergency appendectomy.
43. Did you have a lot of hair when you were a baby?
I had nary a strand until I was 2 years old. Bald as a bowling ball, I'm afraid.
44. What message is on your answering machine?
Generic, boring, “Hi, you’ve reached PDawg….Leave a message.”
45. What’s your all time favorite Saturday Night Live Character?
Helen Madden, the “joyologist” played by Molly Shannon.
46. What was the name of your first pet?
Sherlock--basset hound, extrordinaire
47. What is in your purse?
What purse?
48. Favorite thing to do before bedtime?
Read or chat with a good friend online. *grin*
49. What is one thing you are grateful for today?
I am grateful for the good fortune, friends, family, and opportunities I have in my life.

Bring it on, Zam.