Getting-to-know-you meme

Found at New Kid on the Hallway, when I should be grading sonnets.

1. IF YOU COULD BUILD A SECOND HOUSE ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD IT BE?
Rome.

2. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING?
My cycling jersey (thanks B.) and my hiking boots.

3. THE LAST CDs YOU BOUGHT?
Another installment of the In Radio series.

4. WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Usually at 6:30 unless Ciela wakes us up earlier. Mondays it 5:45 to get her to day care.

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE KITCHEN APPLIANCE?
Dishwasher. God i love the dishwasher. Thanks mom and dad.

6. IF YOU COULD PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Well, if you argue that I can play guitar, the other instrument would be the trumpet. But I would argue that I can't really play the guitar, so I say "guitar."

7. FAVORITE COLOR?
Green

8. WHICH VEHICLE DO YOU PREFER, SPORTS CAR, MOTORCYCLE, OR SUV?
Bicycle.

9. DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE AFTERLIFE?
I try not to think of metaphysics--its dangerous to look to another world. That's part of the reason this one's so fucked up.

10. FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOK?
The Encyclopedia (yes, I was a nerd)

11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?
Fall

12. IF YOU HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT IS IT?
Still unblemished.

13. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Ability to pause time.

14. CAN YOU JUGGLE?
Yep. Even can go behind the back and under the leg. Two in one hand. In a circle.

15. ONE PERSON/PEOPLE FROM YOUR PAST YOU WISH YOU COULD GO BACK AND TALK TO?
Great grandfather on my mother's side.

16. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED?
Nothing but dust--and hopefully not much at that.

17. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DAY?
Hiking with Judy in Positano--(or seeing Ciela for the first time, its a toss up)

18. WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SUSHI OR HAMBURGER?
Sushi

19. FROM THE PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY READ YOUR BLOG, WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?
Nobody ever responds

20. ON WHICH BLOG DID YOU FIND THIS MEME?
New Kid on the Hallway

21. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER?
Status

23. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MEAL?
Dinner

24. DESCRIBE YOUR PJS.
Pair of white pants I bought in junior high at a club med in the Dominican Republic. And a random t-shirt. Right now, a Sierra Club/Lewis and Clark shirt I received for working at an event.

25. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BREAKFAST?
Pancakes, two eggs, hash browns orange juice and a cuppacino.

26. DO YOU LIKE YOUR JOB?
Yes.

27. WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?
Novelist/public intellectual.

28. WHAT AGE DO YOU PLAN TO RETIRE?
Will that even be possible any more? 65.

29. WHERE DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
In college, but neither of us can remember the specific date or event.

30. SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
Score a real goal in a real, outdoor soccer match.