Questions & Answers

As a warm-up to my yearly round-up at the end of the month, here are a series of questions I found on Julie‘s blog, courtesy of Elisabeth. So…

• Favorite hot beverage? Americano. I love espresso but I need the fluid ounce volume
• Would you rather be rich or famous? Rich. What if I was famous for being poor? Of course, Mother Theresa just came to mind and I now I feel like a terrible person.
• Do you have a nickname? Do you “name” your vehicles? I really wanted a nickname in grade school but nothing stuck. Vehicles are usually named after colors that do not correspond to the color they actually are, e.g. Bluey, the bright red Hyundai Accent
• What is your most-used emoji? A few of the faces: smile with rosy cheeks, heart kiss, melty face, laughing face
• What celebrity/public figure do people say you most look like? Not to brag, but in Japan, Mark was talking to a bunch of drunk construction workers at the local bar. When I walked up, they started screaming, ANGELINA JOLIE in a very complimentary way. So, you know. *Hair toss*
• What superpower would you choose for yourself? To speak every language. And, to ward off the twist that an evil genie would use, I would also want to understand every language.
• Worst haircut? Rather than the specific one, I will leave you a list of contributing elements to my childhood list of bad haircuts: the 80s, haircutting training schools, wanting to get one’s “money worth,” my mother
• Favourite knock-knock joke? Knock, Knock/Who’s There/Yodel Yay Hee/Yodel Yay Hee Who/Why are you yodeling?
• Favourite class in school? Biology Least favorite? French
• Summer or winter? Toughie. But Summer. I think this answer has changed over time (and living in California!). I love the long days
• Best teacher from grade school; name and why? Mrs. Butkis. She was a great teacher and really believed in her students. She also told a kid who asked if her name was “Butkis or Kiss-butt” that it was the former and he could write it 100 times if he was confused. He sort of shrunk away and I was impressed in the solid win for her!