Quiz Show

1.  What is your favorite word?
Shenanigans (it’s fun to say, spell, and do!)

2.  What is your least favorite word?
Moist [shudder]

3.  What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Jovial agreement/collaboration: the spontaneous recognition of being simpatico

4.  What turns you off?
Pomposity

5.  What is your favorite curse word?
Jackwagon

6.  What sound or noise do you love?
Laughter (especially when I helped create/extend/deepen it)

7.  What sound or noise do you hate?
Free weights dropping hard onto the floor at the gym (there’s a sign politely asking you not to do that, jackwagon!)

8.  What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Performing-arts critic/journalist

9.  What profession would you not like to attempt?
Teacher (oh, I’d be so very horrible)

10.  If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“Now we can start the party!”

Quiz

Well, this seems about right.  School just started back in session this week for my girls, so Wicked M picked the right time for a quiz.

1.  What is your favorite word?
Grace

2.  What is your least favorite word?
Meal...ew...

3.  What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Positive attitudes.

4.  What turns you off?
Naysayers...Those that don't even try.  And people who don't act their age.

5.  What is your favorite curse word?
Well, if you ask my children, they will say that I like to say "piss" a lot.

6.  What sound or noise do you love?
Running water sounds in nature -- like brooks, streams, rivers, the ocean, etc.

7.  What sound or noise do you hate?
The voice and laugh of one of my coworkers

8.  What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Singer.  I know I'm super not talented enough for it, but I'm dreaming, right?  So, yeah, I want to be a singer.

9.  What profession would you not like to attempt?
Tax professional

10.  If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"Well done, good and faithful servant."

Quiz me!

 1.  What is your favorite word?

 Margarita.  Mmmmmm, only six months til I can have one. 

 2.  What is your least favorite word?

 Pantiliner.  It gives me the squirms.

 3.  What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Time and Energy.  That is, I think that I’m a pretty creative & spiritual person in tune with her emotions who is too darn busy and tired to tap into them very often.  Whenever I’ve had good sleep, eaten well, and have some time to myself to recharge, and (this is key) when I know that I have a bit of open time ahead of me where I will not be needed by work or children, then I tend to launch into something creative. 

 4.  What turns you off?

Smugness and self preservation.  I think we’ve become a cruel, dog-eat-dog world (country) lately.  The empathy is dialed down low.  Whenever I hear someone’s smug self-satisfaction, or see someone elbow others out of the way to get their own, I have to turn away.

 5.  What is your favorite curse word?

 Rubber Duck!  (think about it)

 

6.  What sound or noise do you love?

The sound of my children playing nicely together.  In a different room.

 7.  What sound or noise do you hate?

The sound of my children (usually Cubby) crying at 2 a.m.  It still happens sometimes.

 8.  What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Actor!  Actually, truthfully, as a nod to my admitted limitations in the arena of acting, I originally planned to aim for being the creative director of a well-respected regional theater.  Then the bottom dropped out of the economy, and the bottom did NOT drop out of my ballooning student loans, and so I had to make a more financially stable and less competitive choice of career.  But that’s what I’d do, if it all turned around.  Maybe I still will try to make the leap, years from now.

9.  What profession would you not like to attempt?

Exterminator.  Spiders. Ugh.

 10.  If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

While we prepare your spa-like room for eternity, please relax in one of our celebrity-guest waiting rooms.  Would you prefer the Brad Pitt lounge, or the George Clooney swim-up bar?

The Quiz

One of my favorite shows is Inside the Actor's Studio.  I love James Lipton and I love how he delves deeply into actor's histories, minds, and methods.  One of my favorite parts of every interview he does is the Bernard Pivot quiz.  I love hearing what other people's answers are and why.  I am also always surprised by at least one answer!  I tend to find having just one answer is tough for me, but I will try (I promise!).  I thought it might be fun to have my fellow Women complete the quiz.  So, here goes:

1.  What is your favorite word?
Mama.  Said in any way by my sweet Superboy.  I also love the words yes, sunshine, and happy.

2.  What is your least favorite word?
No.  I hate to hear it and I hate to say it.

3.  What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Complete and utter joy.  Complete and utter abandon.  Complete and utter raw emotion.

4.  What turns you off?
Criticism.  Negativity.  Harsh words.  Lying.

5.  What is your favorite curse word?
This one is easy.  FUCK.  Any form of it.

6.  What sound or noise do you love?
I love the sound of a smile.  You know how you can just hear someone smile?  I love that.  I also love the sound of my son laughing.  Him squealing.  That childlike joy is an amazing sound.

7.  What sound or noise do you hate?
People weeping in pain or despair.

8.  What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Professional shopper.  Because, well, duh.

9.  What profession would you not like to attempt?
Mortician.  Hands down.  Or any job having to do with dying.  I am far too emotional to handle it.

10.  If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Welcome.  And all of that does not matter.