So I decided to stick it out on the Oscars after all.

From Keith. If the answer is clever, it’s one of his.

1. What time do you get up in the morning?when the divine miss m gets up, anytime between 6:30 or 7:30
2. Diamonds or pearls?I have a diamond engagement ring but I don’t wear it these days. R gave me some pearls on our fifth anniversary and pearl stud earrings when M was born.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?Stranger Than Fiction.
4. What is your favorite TV show?The West Wing (doesn’t have to be current one, right?)
5. What do you normally have for breakfast?Cereal, omega-3, red Flintstone vitamin since C refuses to eat that kind.
6. What is your middle name?My maiden name, now.
7. What is your favorite cuisine?Tex-Mex, sushi, “New American”
8. What food do you most dislike?Don’t like coconut, honey (yeah, I know, it’s weird) and anything in the dark wrinkly category (dates, raisins)
9. What is your favorite chip?Tortilla
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?Someone gave me a copy of an Andtje Duvekot CD that I really like.
11. What kind of car do you drive?Honda: ten year old Accord, and minivan
12. What is your favorite sandwich?BLT all the way.
13. Qualities I despise most in other people are(despise…?) lack of curiosity, intolerance
14. What are your favorite clothes?Simple, clean, easy to wear.
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be?

    Scotland, New Zealand, Costa Rica

16. What color are your eyes?

    Hazel. Usually.

17. What is your favorite brand of clothing?don’t have one
18. Where would you want to retire?I don’t know yet
19. What is your favorite time of day?bedtime
20. Where were you born?Houston
21. What is your favorite sport to watch?I don’t get watching sports. –Keith
22. Sock Sock, Shoe Shoe or Sock Shoe, Sock Shoe?What maladjusted schizoid likes having one tied shoe and one bare foot? –Keith
23. Cash, credit card or debit card?Credit card, but we pay it off every month, except when we forget. Disorganized me.
24. Pepsi or Coke?Don’t care.
25. Cats or Dogs?Cats.
26. Are you a morning person or a night owl?Night owl.
27. Pedicure or manicure?Pedi. I have brittle fingernails that split. What’s the point.
28. Do you prefer funny or mushy cards?Funny. No scripty sentiments.
29. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with everyone?No. After several years of big news, we are happily in ordinary time.
30. What did you want to be when you were little?Movie star.
31. What do you have in your trunk right now?Bookshelves I bought for C at Target that I haven’t unloaded yet.
32. What is your best childhood memory?Tough one. Singing in choirs? Christmas with the family?
33. What are some of the different jobs you have had in your life?Ice cream scooper, administrative assistant, preschool teacher, technical writer, non-profit program director, church youth director, hospital chaplain
34. What is your favorite holiday?Used to be Christmas, then became Easter and Thanksgiving, now with kids it’s Christmas again.
35. What is your favorite dessert?So many. Bread pudding, chocolate mousse, oreo chocolate malt, a tub of icing with a spoon.
36. Where is your favorite get-away?beach.
37. Have you ever been to Africa?No.
38. Glasses or contacts?Glasses since second grade, contacts since sixth grade, glass since having M.
39. Have you ever been toilet papering?Yes.
40. Have you ever been in a car accident?No, though I’ve fender-bendered three people.
41. What is your favorite day of the week?Thursday.
42. What is your favorite restaurant?Daily Review Cafe, Houston
43. Favorite flower?Hydrangeas
44. Favorite movies?Out of Africa, Philadelphia Story, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, Oceans 11
45. Favorite Pastime?Sleeping
46. Favorite ice cream?Coffee
47. Favorite fast food restaurant?Taco Bell
48. How many times did you fail your drivers test?None.
49. From whom did you get your last email?From one of my writing revs.
50. Sandals or tennis shoes?Sandals
51. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?Amazon.com
52. If the speed limit is 60, what is the fastest you normally drive?67
53. What is your bedtime?Between 10:30 and 11:30
54. Whose response to this are you most curious about????
55. Last person you went to dinner with?R.
56. What are you listening to right now?Martin Scorsese’s acceptance speech.
57. What is your favorite color?Blue. Boring, but it’s the best.
58. How many tattoos do you have?None. Can’t think of one I could live with in twenty years. –Keith
59. Smooth or crunchy peanut butter?The archetypal peanut butter moment isn’t the eating; it’s the first despoiling of a fresh jar. Smooth is much better for this. –Keith
60. What is your favorite drink?Margarita.