{"id":1822,"date":"2008-09-30T09:55:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2008-09-30T09:55:13","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T13:55:13","slug":"taking-the-easy-way-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2008\/09\/30\/taking-the-easy-way-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Easy Way Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I’m going to answer a questionnaire that was sent to my by email. I was supposed to respond in the email, instead I’m posting here. You know me…I like to break the rules once and a while.<\/p>\n

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  1. What is your occupation right now?<\/strong> Administrative Director of a research program at Harvard Law School.<\/li>\n
  2. What color are your socks right now?<\/strong> Black…with a white Nike logo.<\/li>\n
  3. What are you listening to right now?<\/strong> Traffic along Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge as background noise to my keypad keys clicking\u00a0(I’ve not turned on my iTunes yet).<\/li>\n
  4. What was the last thing you ate?<\/strong> Smart Start cereal with vanilla soy milk.<\/li>\n
  5. Can you drive a stick shift?<\/strong> Yes, which was a good thing when I rented a car in Paris to drive to Amsterdam.<\/li>\n
  6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?<\/strong> HMMM, I’ll have to think back on that one. It must have been Randy yesterday.<\/li>\n
  7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?<\/strong> Well, I received it from two people: Randy and Ben. I’m rather fond of both (but more fond of one of them…sorry Ben).<\/li>\n
  8. How old are you today?<\/strong> 37 years, 4 months, 6 days.<\/li>\n
  9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?<\/strong> My snarky answer would be none. But I can get into the gay ones if forced: gymnastics and diving (partially for the sport, mostly to view the scantily clad athletes).<\/li>\n
  10. What is your favorite drink?<\/strong> Sparkling water.<\/li>\n
  11. Have you ever dyed your hair?<\/strong> No, but as a teen I would put lemon in it to make it lighten in the sun.<\/li>\n
  12. Favorite food?<\/strong> Is “sweets” too broad of a category?<\/li>\n
  13. What is the last movie you watched?<\/strong> At the cinema, it would be Sex and the City. On TV it would have been Gym Teacher: The Movie.<\/li>\n
  14. Favorite Day of the Year?<\/strong> Probably Christmas. I love the whole holiday season, from the music to the lights…and love it even more if there’s some snow on the ground.<\/li>\n
  15. How do you vent anger?<\/strong> I don’t….that’s my problem. I think I tend to let it build up. Fortunately, I don’t get angry much (and it takes a lot for me to really get pissed).<\/li>\n
  16. What was your favorite toy as a child?<\/strong> Lego!<\/li>\n
  17. What is your favorite season?<\/strong> This has changed over the years. I used to say summer was my least favorite and fall my favorite. Now I might be inclined to say summer (though, that could be because it’s just ended and it’s the most recent season I have in my head). But if you asked this question in May or June, I might say spring. I just like having a variety of seasons.<\/li>\n
  18. Cherries or blueberries?<\/strong> I thought I hated cherries since all I’d ever had were Marachino (sp?) cherries. But I’ve recently discovered that cherries taste nothing like marachine cherries. Still, I’ll have to go with blueberries.<\/li>\n
  19. Do you want your friends to email you back?<\/strong> Sure…or they can comment below with their answers.<\/li>\n
  20. Who is the most likely to respond?<\/strong> I have no faith in my readers.<\/li>\n
  21. Who is least likely to respond?<\/strong> All of them. Help prove me wrong, people!<\/li>\n
  22. Living arrangements?<\/strong> Shacking up with the beau in a 2 bedroom condo in metro-Boston.<\/li>\n
  23. When was the last time you cried?<\/strong> This is tough…I’m not much of a cryer. It might be when my niece died…back in 2005.<\/li>\n
  24. What is on the floor of your closet?<\/strong> I’ve got plastic tubs of CD’s and DVD’s in the back, and milk crates (on their side) filled with shoes in front.<\/li>\n
  25. Who is the friend you’ve had the longest that you are sending this to?<\/strong> UM…I’m sending it to the world!<\/li>\n
  26. What did you do last night?<\/strong> Caught up on shows on the DVR with Randy.<\/li>\n
  27. What are you most afraid of?<\/strong> Pain. I’m not afraid of death…just any pain that may be associated with it.<\/li>\n
  28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburger?<\/strong> Cheese<\/li>\n
  29. Favorite dog breed?<\/strong> Well, my best experience as a pet owner has been with a West Highland White Terrier.<\/li>\n
  30. Favorite Day of the Week?<\/strong> Probably Friday; game night!<\/li>\n
  31. How many states have you lived in?<\/strong> Two (Massachusetts, California). But I’ve visited nearly 60% of them.<\/li>\n
  32. Diamonds or pearls?<\/strong> Nothing beats a pearl necklace.<\/li>\n
  33. What is your favorite flower?<\/strong> I hate flowers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Actually, that took longer to do than coming up with a topic of my own to write about.<\/p>\n

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