Week 19 Questionnaire
Alright gang. I’m hoping to get more responses than I did last week. Special Kudos to Telgator1 for being an active participant in the weekly questionnaires. 
1. What are your air travel pet peeves?
2. Do you reprimand other people’s kids?
3. As Halloween (and the PetCo costume contest) is quickly approaching, what should Fifi’s costume be?
4. Have you ever been called up for jury duty?
5. Would you ever try to get out of jury duty?
6. You’re up against an important deadline. Someone who is emotionally dependent on you calls for help. What do you do?
7. What are your ring-tones?
8. What’s your favorite chick flick?
9. Say something totally random about yourself.
10. Would you be OK with a masseuse of the opposite sex?
September 11th, 2006 at 5:32 am
Obviously everyone else has more interesting/demanding/rewarding jobs than I do, but I’ll be first in line again.
1. What are your air travel pet peeves?
A: Rude people, Logan airport (worst non-3rd world airport anywhere), ever-shrinking legroom on planes.
2. Do you reprimand other people’s kids?
A: Nah, my own kids keep me too busy….
3. As Halloween (and the PetCo costume contest) is quickly approaching, what should Fifi’s costume be?
A: I vote for Dragon again….2nd choice, as a tribute to The Crocodile Hunter, have a Steve Irwin action figure attached to her back (as if wrestling)….
4. Have you ever been called up for jury duty?
A: Yes, 4-5 times I think
5. Would you ever try to get out of jury duty?
I honestly replied “yes”….and my reason was accepted.
A: Only honestly, when they asked me if being sequestered for 6 months would impose a hardship and I was working two jobs, going to school at night and had two demanding young kids
6. You’re up against an important deadline. Someone who is emotionally dependent on you calls for help. What do you do?
A: Take a few minutes (10-20) to talk with them but explain that I’d love to spend more time with them after my deadline passes….unless they were in my “inner circle” of family, then I’d probably spend more time and put the deadline at more risk.
7. What are your ring-tones?
A: “ring, ring”….repeat as necessary.
8. What’s your favorite chick flick?A: Uh, that’s a trick question, right?… Although my initial thought was Mona Lisa Smile because I saw it like 27 times on airplanes (3 on one trip to Asia), I guess it would rather be Up at the Villa….set at a Tuscan villa in Italy but containing explosions and Nazi tanks.
9. Say something totally random about yourself.
A: Frickin’ awesome guy…hopefully most people would never guess I grew up in western PA.
10. Would you be OK with a masseuse of the opposite sex?
A: Sure…Nicole at the President Wilson hotel in Geneva is still memorable 5 years later…in her own words, she had “strong mountain girl hands”….
September 11th, 2006 at 6:05 am
Wow! I’m totally lovin’ that!
September 11th, 2006 at 6:11 am
1. What are your air travel pet peeves?
The small seats. The guy in front of me, who ALWAYS leans his seat back, making laptop use impossible. The small seats. The waits.
2. Do you reprimand other people’s kids?
No, but i often want to.
3. As Halloween (and the PetCo costume contest) is quickly approaching, what should Fifi’s costume be?
She should go as a lizard bent on world domination.
4. Have you ever been called up for jury duty?
Not yet.
5. Would you ever try to get out of jury duty?
Probably? Not really sure. The idea of being sequestered for weeks on end for $50/day is pretty unappealing.
6. You’re up against an important deadline. Someone who is emotionally dependent on you calls for help. What do you do?
I multi task pretty well:) It would really depend on the importance of the deadline, and if I could delegate tasks effectively or not, and the importance of the person and their problem. This is like one of those damn Scruples questions….
7. What are your ring-tones?
A clip from a DJ Shadow song with building organ music.
8. What’s your favorite chick flick?
Say wha!?!?!
9. Say something totally random about yourself.
I can sing Humpback whale love songs.
10. Would you be OK with a masseuse of the opposite sex?
Yeah, I prefer that.
September 11th, 2006 at 8:22 am
1. What are your air travel pet peeves?
The small seat/lack of leg room…esp. when the person in front of you leans their seat back so that you can barely watch your little tv or use the seat-back tray very effectively.
2. Do you reprimand other people’s kids?
Not unless I am in a somewhat appropriate position to – i.e. my cousin who was being a brat to her mother so I gave her a lecture which made her apologize and then feel so guilty she stayed in her room for a few hours. Yay for learning how to give a killer lecture while being a camp counselor. As for stranger’s children, no.
3. As Halloween (and the PetCo costume contest) is quickly approaching, what should Fifi’s costume be?
You should build a little lego or cardboard model of Tokyo and put little army men or something in it and have her rampage around it as “Godzilla”.
4. Have you ever been called up for jury duty?
I had to go and sit in a room for 5 hours once but they never called my name or anything.
5. Would you ever try to get out of jury duty?
I dunno – perhaps. Announcing to the lawyers during their questioning of you that you have a cop in the family or you are racist or a victim of a crime are pretty good ways to inadvertantly do so.
6. You’re up against an important deadline. Someone who is emotionally dependent on you calls for help. What do you do?
I would talk to them as effectively and a long as I could allow without screwing myself up – because then I would be in need of some emotional support and this person would obviously be useless to me.
Unless it was a huge emergency or something.
7. What are your ring-tones?
Some weird guy doing jazzy scatting. I dunno – it was a choice that came with the phone.
8. What’s your favorite chick flick?
I love all chick flicks – some recent ones that were really good are : In Her Shoes and Under the Tuscan Sun. I used to looooove Clueless and Bring It On is awesome!!! And Devon totally owns it so I submit it as his answer to number 8.
9. Say something totally random about yourself.
Every house I have ever lived in (even while in utero) has has the #2 in it.
10. Would you be OK with a masseuse of the opposite sex?
Ummm…I dunno. I’ve never been to one at all.
September 11th, 2006 at 8:24 am
P.S. Emma, you did not answer last weeks survey either!
September 11th, 2006 at 8:44 am
1. What are your air travel pet peeves?
People reclining their seats back if its only an hour long flight, people who won’t let you put down the arm rest divider, security lines at Logan and how they’ll let people cut ahead if they get to the airport late, screaming children, having to change terminals for a connecting flight.
2. Do you reprimand other people’s kids?
Only in my head. i figure since I’m childless, I don’t have that right yet. However, if i ever do, its totally gonna be on with unchecked bratty kids.
3. As Halloween (and the PetCo costume contest) is quickly approaching, what should Fifi’s costume be?
I’m loving the Crocodile Hunter Hunter idea, although that title may be in poor taste. I’m also thinking about a Hula dancer outfit.. It wouldnt be that hard to modify a small dog hula costume to fit Fifi.
4. Have you ever been called up for jury duty?
Yes! When I was 18 or 19 and working for minimum wage at the Northeastern University Bookstore. I was so stoked! $50 is what i made in about 3 days of working w/ taxes taken out. It was a sweet deal for me!
5. Would you ever try to get out of jury duty?
At the moment no. If I had a trip planned or the iguana was sick or something I’d try to defer the date. If I was a stay at home mom with a small kid, or my house hold’s main bread winner I’d probably try to get out of it. Other wise, no. Its one of my very few american duties, so I dont really mind.
6. You’re up against an important deadline. Someone who is emotionally dependent on you calls for help. What do you do?
Its hard to say, but I’d like to think that I’d try to help my friend as much as I could, for as long as I could, and then I’d finish up my project. Unless it was someone from my inner circle. Then i’d drop everything for as long as they needed.
7. What are your ring-tones?
Right now, some stupid Cingular fru-fru ring that my phone always resets itself to when i sync it with my laptop. My phone has too many buttons and menus, so I’m waiting for devon to fix it when he gets a chance. Usually its the ring that sounds the most like an actual phone.
8. What’s your favorite chick flick?
Favorite movie to watch with my ladies? Kids. My favorite actual chick flicks? Sixteen Candles, Clueless, The Full Monty, Heathers, Amelie…..
9. Say something totally random about yourself.
I’ve rapped about vegetables before.
10. Would you be OK with a masseuse of the opposite sex?
Definately. They usually have stronger hands and talk less.
September 11th, 2006 at 8:49 am
Kristin – I know i didn’t… thats why i didnt give myself props.
I suppose i should lead by example though… hehe.
September 11th, 2006 at 9:27 am
Emma Says:
9. Say something totally random about yourself.
I’ve rapped about vegetables before.
Greens, greens, nothing but greens.
Parsley, peppers, cabbages and celery.
Asparagus and watercress and fiddleferns and lettuce!
He said alright, but it wasn’t quite.
Cuz I caught him in the autumn in my garden one night.
He was robbing me, raping me!
Rooting through my rutebega, raiding my arugula
and ripping up my rampion, my champion my favorite!!
September 11th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Oh no! The Full Monty was a chick flick??? I kinda liked it….
September 11th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
1. What are your air travel pet peeves?
They are legion, but the one thing that really puts me over the edge is a gum-cracker.
2. Do you reprimand other people’s kids?
So that’s the beauty of being a teacher.
3. As Halloween (and the PetCo costume contest) is quickly approaching, what should Fifi’s costume be?
The crocodile hunter idea is INSPIRED.
4. Have you ever been called up for jury duty?
Yes, every 3 years, on the dot.
5. Would you ever try to get out of jury duty?
I tried once when you were an infant and I didn’t have a sitter – but it didn’t work, the bastards.
6. You’re up against an important deadline. Someone who is emotionally dependent on you calls for help. What do you do?
I drop what I’m doing and talk to him/her.
7. What are your ring-tones?
Oh, just whatever it came with. Ring-ring, etc.
8. What’s your favorite chick flick?
That’s like choosing a favorite color! Last one was Devil Wears Prada.
9. Say something totally random about yourself.
I’m tired and cranky.
10. Would you be OK with a masseuse of the opposite sex?
Oh gee, if I had to….;-)