Welcome to my new weekly distraction to help you get to your weekend faster. I hope you’ll leave a comment with your answers to these some or all of these random questions.
Wow, you’re very interesting, internet.
1. Bath or shower, and why?
Well, I do like a good bath. Particularly at my mother in law’s house. She has this humongous round bathtub that is quite luxurious. I mostly take showers though. They are terribly efficient, and alas, efficiency trumps comfort most of the time. But if I had a good bathtub, I might never get out of it.
2. Are you particular about your writing utensil? What do you use?
I am weird about writing utensils. I’m sure that must be shocking to you, internet. When I’m directing, I ONLY use disposable mechanical pencils with plenty of eraser and if I don’t have one, I feel a little bit lost. I usually carry about 20 of them with me to rehearsal. Not an exaggeration. I have two types of pens that I like, and neither is ballpoint, yo. Screw ballpoint pens! But I often use ballpoint pens, because I lose pens like I lose my mind — which is to say, often.
3. Best hat you’ve ever owned.
My favorite hat was one I got on a trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It is hideous. It is sort of a velvet material. It’s black, white and red and it has ear flaps. It kind of makes my head look like a giant target with ear flaps. Tres chic. I have never received a compliment on it. I adore it.
4. Stupidest thing you’ve ever spent excessive money on.
Maybe that hat? Or makeup? Makeup is expensive and I wear it so rarely. Poor Craig.
5. What’s the first part of a person’s appearance that you notice?
I notice hair right away. I like hair. I also like lack of hair. Nothing sexier than a balding man who doesn’t care. Nothing. I also notice people’s hands right away. I like expressive hands that look a little beat up. Someone who works with their hands, maybe some dirt under their nails or some callouses, but I sure hope they’re moving around when you’re talking. Otherwise, you are not using the very best tool that you’ve got.
Happy weekend, you little lambchops with your gorgeous hair and your expressive dirty hands.
1. Shower (I find baths really, really boring. But I wish I could take an awesome bubble bath some time, with candles and wine, etc etc) I’d have to clean out all the kid’s toys first so that kills the dream right there.
2) Just one that works & doesn’t bleed all over my hand
3)Still searching for the perfect hat
4) Bank fees / parking tickets / library fines / ugly curtains
5) Their hair, I agree!
Fun quiz! I think I’ll go interview my two year old and see if he’ll answer the questions!
1. Always a shower… I have no time for baths! Occasionally, I do the whole bubble bath with a book thing, but that’s maybe 2 times a year.
2. I’m SUPER particular about writing utensils. I like medium tip utensils, and blue pens in particular. Some black or red pens are cool, but I like blue the best. In a pencil, mechanical with a good eraser is the way to go, but not those super skinny kind. I can spend a lot of time and money in the pencils/pens section of Office Depot, for sure!
3. I had this great dark dark blue winter hat with blue stars on it. And I lost it somewhere :(
4. Um… I don’t know. I’m pretty stingy with money, and don’t spend a ton on things…
5. I’d say I notice if they’re overdone. If he/she is super make-upped, or tan, or Botoxed… just not natural, if that makes sense.
I like these quizzes, Gen!
1.bath in the winter, shower in the summer
2.whatever will do the trick, a lipstick, or whatever someone will lend me.
3. A knit hat that had a chin strap under it that my friend Sara’s mom knit for me.it looked like a cool and hip babys hat and flattened out my curls!
4. a stupid system to refinish an oak table that I saw on a late night infomercial. it was expensive and a toal rip off.
5. the way someone moves and how at ease they are with their body.
1. almost exclusively shower. Not much room to relax in a bath.
2. I am not too picky about my writing utensil. However, I have this bizarre habit of having to use my pen until the ink runs out.
3. I one got a knitted hat for Christmas that is super long. It hangs all the way down past my shoulders. It is very warm and comfy. Don’t wear it as much as I would like because it is a bit silly looking, and youk now me and keeping up appearances. :)
4. At this point in my life I would say that buying my surround sound for my tiny home was not the best way to spend money, but I love it.
5. Eye contact is a big thing. I like eyes and I notice when people can not make eye contact when talking. It is a bit off-putting and a bit telling to me. What it is telling me, however, I am not always sure: shyness, lying, disinterest. Who knows?
Yet again, fun to answer these questions.
1. Shower, always. Unless I am on vacation in a swanky place and they have a spa-like bathtub. My tub is not clean, and no one should put anything but their feet on it. Old Victorian houses with old bathtubs are not easy to keep clean.
2. I hate pencils and love nice pens. I have an office supply fetish, and once got office supplies for a Christmas present, and loved it. I hoard pop-up Post-Its and excellent pens. I like the Pilot Precise V5 Rolling Ball pen, fine tip (not very fine.) I am a connoisseur of pens. I also like them to be interesting colors, in this order of favorite-ness: purple, pink, light blue, green, regular blue, then black.
As you can see, I also like having opinions about pens.
3. A few months ago I dreamed of a sky-blue hat, with clouds on it, and ear flaps. It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. When I woke up I was so sad it wasn’t real.
For real hats, I like anything that makes me look like a 1920s girl and looks good with my curly hair. I hate baseball caps because I look like Gallagher in them.
4. Sometimes I buy clothing that is ill-advised. I bought a multi-colored polka dot white cotton halter dress. I thought I would look like Marilyn Monroe in it, maybe. It turns out she didn’t have giant breasts like me. So that didn’t work out and I can’t return it.
5. I notice hair, and clothes. I know that sounds shallow but it allows me to either think, this person is far cooler than I am, or where did this person get those shoes and how can I get them for far cheaper, or this person needs my help and possibly a makeover from Clinton and Stacy.
As for hair, I like curly hair, unusual hair, and pine for shiny hair. I do not share Gen’s interest in bald men, but do like women with shaved heads or very, very short hair. I cannot do any of those things with my hair. Or I could, but you would not want to see it.
And my hair does not get shiny, either, sadly. Holly Marie Combs has the shiniest hair I’ve ever seen, like a pretty pretty pony mane.