31 Sentences

I'm stealing this from Jerry, who stole it from Joe. It's pretty interesting to trace it back to see the same questions answered by complete strangers. I originally posted this on my MySpace blog the day before Christmas, which is why a couple of the answers won't make any sense with respect to the date of this post. At any rate...

1. My uncle once: pawned my great-grandmother's wedding ring. Years later, my aunt found the pawn ticket and bought it back. I now have the ring.
2. Never in my life: have I left North America.
3. When I was five: I fell into the toilet bowl in my parents' bathroom. I was so small, I couldn't get myself out.
4. High School is: an opportunity to try out so many different things, in a relatively safe environment.
5. My parents are: hermits. They don't like socializing. They do not have friends.
6. I once met: Tyne Daly. She was sitting across from me at Katz's in NYC while I was eating a pastrami sandwich.
7. There's this girl I know who: slept with a bartender to get this Guiness sweatshirt he was wearing.
8. Once, at a bar: my brother and I were checking out the same guy.
9. Last night: I worked, went to Teaneck to pick up Jason Goldsmith, and then went to Matt Dabney's house to play poker. Crashed at the original Dabney residence, in Teaneck, afterwards.
10. Next time I go to church: It will be tonight, for midnight mass. Merry Christmas!
11. When I turn my head left, I see: into my very messy walk-in closet.
12. When I turn my head right, I see: my very full bookcase. I need another.
13. How many days until my birthday? 131, I believe.
14. If I was a character written by Shakespeare I'd be: Ophelia, without the suicide.
15. By this time next year: I would like to live closer to my job. 90 minutes each way is killing me.
16. A better name for me would be: Amanda. I always liked my middle name better than my first.
17. I have a hard time understanding: gender roles. Sorry, if I want to lead while dancing, I'm going to lead. I'm not doing all the dishes or all the cleaning.
18. If I ever go back to school I: I am back in school, part time, trying to finish an art history degree.
19. You know I like you if: I correct your grammar or vocabulary, or tease you about the same. Please don't take offense, I only mean it in fun.
20. If I won an award, the first person I'd thank would be: my muse, my inspiration, whoever made me want to achieve what I did.
21. Take my advice: Breathe. It could always be worse. Look around, appreciate who and what you have in your life.
22. My ideal breakfast is: Strawberry pancakes, thickly cut maple cured bacon, an assortment of fresh fruit, cranberry juice, orange juice, coffee with skim milk and lots of sugar.
23. If you visit my hometown: go to Hawthorne Elementary School and play in the awesome playground there. Unfortunately, they didn't put that up until after I left for the middle school, but it was way fun to hang out in during high school. Then go to Bischoff's and get a Battleship Sundae. Bring a friend, because the thing is too large to eat on your own, unless you're me, and can just eat that much ice cream.
24. Why won't someone: tell you when you have something on your face? I walked around the store I work in last night with chocolate on my face for at least 2 hours until I saw it in the bathroom mirror. Just give a girl a heads up.
25. If you spend the night at my house: you'll either have to share the bed, sleep on a papsan, or the floor- my couch is too small to accomodate a normal sized person.
26. I'd stop my wedding: well, too late for me there, but I wish someone had tried.
28. I'd rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: show someone something that I've written. Writing has become very personal to me, and I'm very protective of what I put to paper.
29. Paper clips are more useful than: those things at the end of your shoelace. I don't know what their actual name is, but they serve exactly one function- to keep your laces from fraying, which sometimes, they do anyway. Paperclips, hoever, are mutifunctional, reusable, and a useful item to have aroound. Hooray for paperclips!
30. If I do anything well, it is: problem-solve. I may not be the girl to go to for sympathy or empathy, but give me something to which you need a solution, and I'm there.
31. And by the way: read. Something, anything, but please, read. Expand your mental horizons. Discuss something abstract. Minds need to be nourished, even after our formal schooling is done.

As a second by the way, has anyone noticed that there is no #27?