Gather round, boys and girls

[amanda]

Here are some questions to keep you occupied this morning. I'm hoping some of the new foundlings will join in and share with us....as well as those of us who are particularly quiet.

Where did your real name come from?

Favorite Proverb

What office supply do you feel most akin to?

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.

If your life was a play, what would the title be?

Favorite cookie.

Name the first animal you see right now.

How do you WANT to spend the next year?

[masterofNone]

Where did your real name come from?
There were too many Dicks in the family already.


Favorite Proverb
"The best way to clear muddy water is to leave it alone"

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
kneadable eraser.

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends... we're so glad you could attend... come inside, come inside.

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Erector set

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
The Rainbow Connection, The 29th sonnet, Hamlet's speech to the players,


If your life was a play, what would the title be?
My Arm's Too Short to Box With God

Favorite cookie.
Homemade ginger snaps

Name the first animal you see right now.
Schmutz

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
I want to find my next ex wife and spend the year in a state of endless passion and glorious denial.

[beckstra]

the Biblical Rebekah...you know, from the story of Rebekah and Issac

"For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength." 1 Corinthians 1:29

staples

Wonderwall - Oasis

Legos

Wonderwall by Oasis, Funeral Blues by WH Auden, Esther the entire book in the Bible

Living From Fortune Cookies

peanutbutter chocolate chip

dog

in London, with Larry, the night manager @ Albertsons, doing terrible things

[Deviate]

Where did your real name come from?
my parents read it in an article in the paper about some director.

Favourite proverb:
If you gotta be a bear, be a grizzly.

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
my gator stapler

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
In the End, the Beatles

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Legos always

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
um, no.

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
Bird on a Wire, Slightly Askew

Favorite cookie.
lots

Name the first animal you see right now.
cat

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
alive

[bealeblues]

i like that swan song moel/noel....

[dinzdale]

Where did your real name come from?
My Mum and Dad

Favorite Proverb
It's not the size of the organ, it's whether you want to play in a cathedral.

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
White out thinner

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
The Fields of Ahthenry

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Leggo with wheels

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
Way too many songs, not enough poetry

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
"Bottom - Live"

Favorite cookie.
You dont eat cookies and keep a body like this.....
Seriously, no sweet tooth at all, nada...

Name the first animal you see right now.
Crow

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
Drunk on life's pleasures

[Indigo]

Where did your real name come from?
My Grandmother

Favorite Proverb
"Woman who drink beer on beach get sand in schlitz."

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
Gummy eraser - able to clean up almost any mess and usually do.

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
Jeff Buckley - "New Years Prayer"
fall in light, fall in light, fall in light... feel no shame for what you are...
JeffBuckley.com (http://jeffbuckley.com)

Oh, and I will be cremated.

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Legos. Even though they're hell on the feet.

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwock"

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
I honestly can't think of a thing for that question...

Favorite cookie.
I am no cookicist... I love them all equally.

Name the first animal you see right now.
Does my Treeloot Monkey count???

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
I would like to continue to be able to be Mommy - and work - and do all the things I do already, except do it better. While also having lots of time to practice yoga and/or just sit very quietly with me.

[rmr]

Questions!!!! Love the Questions!!!

Where did your real name come from?
I was named after my mother's mother who died when she was seven.

Favorite Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (giggling right now)

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
The stapler

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
American Woman by The Guess Who

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Legos

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
To laugh often and much, to win respect of intelligent people and the affection of children.........emerson (i don't feel like typing out the rest.

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bath Water. Sometimes I'm the baby, sometimes I'm the bath water.

Favorite cookie.
Old fashioned Home-Made Nestle Toll House Cookies

Name the first animal you see right now.
Simon, My dog I brought him to work with me today.

How do you WANT to spend the next year?

Just being and making others happy

[dinzdale]

"Just being and making others happy"

You already do Rimmer, you already do.

[rmr]

Dinz -- I love you for that!!

[Frieda]

:D hey beavis.. they said rimmer.. :D

[Madmack]

Where did your real name come from?
A family name going back couple of hundred years...

Favorite Proverb
If it doesn't kill you.. It can only make you stronger...

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
The office digital camera...

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations...

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Lego...

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
Crowded House - Weather with you...

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
Wherever the wind blows/Wherever the river flows...

Favorite cookie.
Home made oatmeal...

Name the first animal you see right now.
My cat Junior...

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
Pretty much following the same course I'm on now

[rmr]

Ooh, ooh, ooh (raising hand) may i please change my poem????

I'd like to add this one....from beastly boys and ghastly girls....one of my faves from childhood.

Nothing to do, Nothing to do
Put some mustard in your shoe
Fill your pockets full of soot
Drive a nail into your foot
Put some sugar in your hair
Place your toys upon the stair
Smear some jelly on the latch
Eat some mud and strike a match
Draw a picture on the wall
Roll some marble down the hall
Pour some ink in daddy's cap
Now go upstairs and take a nap

[AllegroNg]

Where did your real name come from?
My mum says that when I was born, I looked like a big, fat angel! (9lb, 11oz) Hence, Angela

Favorite Proverb
That which does not kill you will only make you stronger

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
I can totally relate to the paper clip, on many levels

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
Air on G String (it really is a song - by Bach)

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Legos

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
Errr.. Disney's The Little Mermaid

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
(See: Shirt)

Favorite cookie.
Whichever one is closest to my mouth

Name the first animal you see right now.
Sasha!

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
Wearin something cute

Hurrah I just hit 500!!

[LadyCrow]

Where did your real name come from?
-it originally was going to be my grandmother's name, but Mom chose the one she gave me 'cuz she liked it better (or so as I remember family legend; probably wrong about it though...)

Favorite Proverb
-He who go to bed with itchy ass wake up with stinky fingers... (props to my brother for teaching me that one...)

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
-paper clips

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
-"The End", by the Doors

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
-Legos all the way, baby ;)

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
-the theme song from "Tiny Tune Adventures" ("We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little loony, and in this cartoony we're invading your tv...")

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
-"The Sleeper Has Awakened" (obscure movie quote time... who else knows what movie that's from???)

Favorite cookie.
-Fudge Fancies (Vanilla Bean Bakery, Troy NY)

Name the first animal you see right now.
-myself, as I have no pets :(

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
-being wiser about $

[masterofNone]

dune

[LadyCrow]

:: claps & cheers, and throws a few wild Fremen women moN's way ::

Just make sure that you don't get caught in a spice blow, amigo.

;)

Pax,
LC

[amanda]

Where did your real name come from?

While my mother was preggers, she was watching a particularly riveting episode of Gunsmoke where Miss Kitty was the heroine of the day. The women's name who played Miss Kitty? Amanda.

Favorite Proverb
"When there is no wind, row"

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
Paper clip- completely unique design, that is until you see the box of 500 of them.

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
This:
If I should die before I wake,
all and bones and sinew you take.
Put me in the compost pile,
to decompose me for awhile.
Worms, water, sun will have their way,
returning me to common clay.
All that I am will feed the trees,
and little fishies in seas.
With radishes and corn you munch,
you may be having me for lunch!

And then excrete me with a grin,
chortling "There she goes again!"
-Lee Hays



Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
All three- at the same time. Playdough too, if you got it.

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
See above. Evening Star by Poe and Lydia the Tattooed Lady

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
Flow

Favorite cookie.
Oatmeal raisin chocolate chip

Name the first animal you see right now.
Elephants

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
Riding the crest of the wave.

[cosmo949]

Where did your real name come from?
Unoriginal origin--most popular female name at the time...

Favorite Proverb
You shall reap what you sow (or something to that effect)

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
Staple remover

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
"Everybody Looks Good at the Starting Line"

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
None of the above. Modeling clay

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
Daylight Fading, Jabberwock, hmmmm...

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
"Unforgiven" (kidding)

Favorite cookie.
Mexican wedding cookie

Name the first animal you see right now.
Cosmo (cat) staring back at me

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
Learning, growing, loving...

[lapietra]

Where did your real name come from?
Both my grandmas had the same name. :eek: It was kind of a no-brainer...

Favorite Proverb
I have many... but I guess my most favorite is "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time & annoys the pig."

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
One of them new-fangled computers that does everything but cook your breakfast... and all anyone does is type invoices on it... (present company excluded)

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
Mahler's "Adagietto"

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
uhhh... this is kind of embarrassing... All three. And Lite Brite, too.

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
Can't pick one... too many...

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
Grace Is At It Again

Favorite cookie.
It's a toss-up: Macadamia nut with big chunks of bittersweet chocolate (freshly baked, of course...) and this thing I found at IKEA - a marzipan biscuit with a glob of almond ganache on top dipped in dark chocolate... sssssssuuuuuuuhhhhhhh.....

Name the first animal you see right now.
Kitty!

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
Learning, rehearsing & performing in some great shows; doing little art projects; picking up my guitar & practicing; drinking some great wine; getting in great physical & mental shape; getting a great money gig & paying off my debts; meeting the man of my dreams (despite myself) & enjoying the hell out of each other. :)

[dinzdale]

Imagine, having 2 grandmas both called "No Brains"......WOW !

[noxxville]

Where did your real name come from?
My mother's supreme desire to not have me named Larry Jr.

Favorite Proverb
If you can't beat 'em, get a bigger stick.

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
Bubble wrap

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
Baby got Back

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Lincoln Logs

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
Mute Witness

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
I like the way this sucks (wish it would suck more)

Favorite cookie.
Chessmen

Name the first animal you see right now.
Chincken (my cat)

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
Last year I was hoping for a medium case of West Nile. You know, good for a week or so in the hospital, shed a few pounds. This year I'm aiming for bedsores.

[lapietra]

I just changed my mind about my swan song -

I want it to be "Complainte Pour Ste Catherine" from Kirsty MacColl's Kite.

[xerocs]

Where did your real name come from?
I was named after the irish saint... my middle name is Erin as in go braugh and my first and last in that order is Patrick Mason.

Favorite Proverb
When you get to the pearly gates, may the devil be your judge. -Flogging Molly

What office supply do you feel most akin to?
The big desk calendar/ink blotter that rests on my desk

It's your funeral, they are lowering you down, what's your "swan song"?
"Danny Boy"

Legos, Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?
Tinker toys

Name one song, poem, passage that you know all the words to.
"The Jaberwocky"

If your life was a play, what would the title be?
The unfortunate baker

Favorite cookie.
pecan sandies

Name the first animal you see right now.
The actual animal or the animals christian name? moaki, my ferret

How do you WANT to spend the next year?
In love.... just once in my life I want a love affair that lasts for longer than six months....

on a lighter note... how do I change that little waldo guy nest to my name to something cooler?

[lapietra]

If you go up to the top of the screen (upper right corner) & click on search & enter "avatar", multiple versions of the answer will appear for your further mystification & enjoyment. :D