Let's talk about Y-O-U!

[nycwriters]

Ok, here's a few Q's for you to ponder about your errant youth:

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it?

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch?

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you?

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you?

5. What was your best subject at school?

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that?

7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why?

9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge?

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star?

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later?

[bealeblues]

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it?

scooter. i have no idea how i got it

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch?

david and steve. haven't talked to either one in years. strangely enough, i have replaced them now with another david and steve

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you?

i'm obstinate

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you?

probably nothing

5. What was your best subject at school?

math and science

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that?

baseball commentator. no.

7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?

very much so. football was my best one.

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why?

monday night football.

9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).

none

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge?

nothing

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?

yes. i haven't really ever had to discipline lil'beale other than look at her with 'those' eyes. she's a great kid

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?

latch-key kid. thank bob.

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?

lack of jealousy. it's also my downfall.

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star?

a few. always the lead, of course!

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later?

ask my dad

[lvlycwgirl]

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it? Nellie - from Little House on the Prarie - I had blonde ringlets

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch? Larry - my best friend since 3rd grade and I talk to him every week

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you? I smell my food before i eat it

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you? Good mother

5. What was your best subject at school? math

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that? a vet - no, I just play one on tv

7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?
basketball - (scholarship)

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why? Laurence Welk - I loved the bubbles

9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only). I have 1 younger sister

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge? I hated art class, i would have thrown it in the trash before I got home

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?
I did get the belt occasionally but I always knew what for and never felt that I was spanked in anger - I'm the same with my boys, I believe in spare the rod spoil the child

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?
My mother stayed home for a while when I was a kid. I had a wonderful childhood - no complaints

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?
your word is your bond

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star? I was Mother Mary and my baby Jesus was a Cabbage Patch Doll

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later? [/b][/quote] i get embarrassed when they mention it so I'm not about to bring it up now :0)

[daverbee]

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it?

My Dad used to call me Bud. That was as close as I ever got to a nickname.

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch?

Donnie Murray, Steve Fields, Glenn Calcote, and Longineu Parsons. Longineu is as close to a best friend as I have ever had and we communicate daily.

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you?

Acting silly in public. I called it entertaining people but they, being the fine upstanding citizens they were, didn't see it that way.

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you?

I am a gentleman.

5. What was your best subject at school?

Music. Specifically band. I played the trumpet.

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that?

A soldier. No.

7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?

I ran track & field and cross country. I was best at track. 1/4 mile in about 50 seconds. Blazing fast at the time!

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why?

Too many to mention. Smothers Brothers, Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton. Get the picture?

9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).

I have one sister. I'm oldest.

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge?

Oddly enough, I never took art class.

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?

Yes. Don't have kids.

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?

Mother stayed home. Dunno...

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).

My father died in 1992. They were married for 44 years.

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?

Father, work ethic. Mother, sense of humor.

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star?

No plays. I was always a techie behind the scenes...

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later?

To tell you the truth, there were so many you'd have to ask them!

[Willow Sylph]

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it? Sassy Kathy. My mom and her friends said I always talked back. But I don't know anything about that...

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch? There were a bunch of kids on my block and I've known them all since before I can remember (I moved to this block when I was 1 1/2). They are Tab, Kam, Shawn, Leo, Tommy, Tina, and a few others. I only keep in touch with three of them now.

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you? That I'm extremely stubborn.

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you? That I'm strong-willed (obviously they have a love hate thing going on with my "strong-willed"personality)

5. What was your best subject at school? Art

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? A singer like Olivia Newton John.
Did you become that? No. But I still sing constantly. I'm a perpetual music box for my son.

7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one? I loved flag football and gymnastics and I was really good at sprinting.

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid?
Charlie's Angels and Kroft Superstars Why? Those chicks were beautiful and could do karate! As far as the Kroft episodes - come on! What wasn't there to love? lol

9. Do you have any siblings? Yes. Two.What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).Youngest. I have a twin brother who was born four minutes before me and one older sister.

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge? Uuuum. If it was an art class, it would have been a drawing of a horse.

11. Did you ever get spanked? Yes. If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline? I usually take away his X-Box, which he considers to be a punishment worse than death.

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? My mom did off and on. But usually she was training for horse shows, which allowed us to go with her while she was working. Or did both your parents work? They both worked off and on throughout my youth. For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now? Yes. For reasons I won't go into.

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? Still together. If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you? Being an honest person and holding yourself accountable for your actions.

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? Yes.If so, what role did you play? Sometimes I directed, but most ofthe time I acted - I was a hysterical woman in the Monkey's Paw, the mother in The Glass Menagerie, and a string of other roles that I can't recall, offhand. Were you a star? I was pretty good at it and was told so, yes.

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later? I started wearing glasses when I was five and I HATED it. So whenever I got a new pair, I would take them out to the sidewalk where my Mom couldn't see me, and stomp on them.

[Avalon]

Ok, here's a few Q's for you to ponder about your errant youth:

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it?

Grace. Because I can trip over air. I think my dad is to blame for the nic.

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch?

We moved 11 times in 14 years because of my dad's work. I have one friend I have known since I was 9 that I still see.

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you?

My dad always said "IF the whole world was turning right, YOU would hang a left". I have no idea what he meant.

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you?

The same thing that made them crazy, my determination and loyalty.

5. What was your best subject at school?

English and history.

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that?

I wanted to be a prosecutor. (I can see Beale cringing now) Hell no! I just do it for free and on a first come first serve basis now lol

7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?
no sports; had rhumatic fever as a kid. roller skates and bike were it for me.

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why?

didn't watch much tv other than the 3 stooges; go figure.

9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).

I am the oldest of 4

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge?

I never brought stuff home; we moved so much it all got tossed anyway.

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?

Oh yeah, I got spanked. 3 times in my memory and all for good reasons. Crossing between parked cars, going down my slide on my roller skates, and giving away my dad's entire paycheck to my friends ( I was 4 ) I try not to spank; usually a well placed "HEY! Knock that off!" will suffice.

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?

Mom stayed home. I chose a profession that allows me to be in and out of my house pretty much at will.

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).

My parents divorced when I was 18

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?

Don't wait for someone else to do your job; take responsibility for your own actions.

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star?

I was always the new kid at school, so I just kept to myself and waited for the next move.

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later?

According to my family, I have never done anything that wasn't goofy. They each have a list on me a mile long, and I am not sharing.

[Frieda]

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it?
kleine, it means little one

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch?
margot, elsa, ann, ingelisa, patricia, kim. i sometimes talk to margot at the hockey club.

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you?
that i am stubborn

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you?
umm.. no idea

5. What was your best subject at school?
languages

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that?
astronaut or a fighter pilot. didn't become that, didn't grow up either

7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?
swimming, tennis, field hockey and baseball.

baseball was my best until i got hit by a ball on my throat and had to go to the hospital to see if i broke my neck. i kind of lost the fun in baseball after that.. ha!

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why?
he-man, transformers, rembo & rembo

9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).
only

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge?
probably some weird drawing

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?
yes, but i hit them back and we used to have riots for hours.

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?
my father was (and is) always at work, my mother had cancer when i was little so she was always at home, sick. she started to work again when i went to high school. sure that made an impact!

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).
they are still married

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?
to have an opinion of my own

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star?
yes! lots of them! i always teamed up with that friend patricia.. she wrote the plays and musicals and i played and directed the whole bunch. those were usually episodes of shows.

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later
hmmmmmm they always talk about me climbing trees, but that's kind of normal i guess.. haha!

[red]

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it?
no nicknames

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up?
Differnt friends for different ages.

Do you still keep in touch?
no

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you?
my insane morning cheeriness

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you?
I've heard my mom say I was "scary smart".

5. What was your best subject at school?
hmm, art?

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up?
a cartoonist

Did you become that?
no, but I draw for a living


7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?
I used to be on the swim team, but sports wasn't really encouraged in my family so I never persued anything.

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why?
Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman. Because they could kick ass.


9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).
oldest of three sisters. We are all a year and a half apart from each other.

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge?
mine were framed

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?
yes at home and once at school for writing, Mrs. Davenport is a B!tch, on my bookcover. She was my English teacher and my history teacher say me writing it. My mother said, sure spank her and they did.

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?
My mom was a teacher. She didn't teach for 5 years and stayed home with the kids. By the time I was old enough to go to kindergarten, she was more than ready to go back to teaching.
I don't know if it made an impact or not because I haven't known any other way.

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).
Still together, but when I was a teenager I hoped they would get a divorce.

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?
take care of yourself

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star?
yeah, I was a thespian. I was in a few plays. The character I had the most fun playing was a pelican. I jumped around the stage yelling. "Peli can! Peli can!".

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later?
The time my parents decided to leave me and my sisters alone for the first time, without a babysitter. Apparently we lit red candles and danced all around the house. I say apparently because I don't remember doing this. I do remember cleaning red candle wax off of the walls, doors, drapes, the floors and the brick fireplace. Mom thew away every candle in the house even Frosty and Santa! It was a dark day.

[ally]

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it?

moose. there's a pic here somewhere....

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch?

i speak to my best mate at least one a week on internet & she lives in a different country.

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you?

stubborn

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you?

i'm a good mum.

5. What was your best subject at school?

Art

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that?


a princess. no.


7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?


no. swimming & long jump


8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why?

ren & stimpy. it ruled.

9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).


i have a half sister who's 9 yrs older.


10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge?

a twig stuck to a piece of cardboard covered in glitter.

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?

yes. i yell.

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?

mum was studying so she got the same hols as me which worked out well.

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).

the split whan i was 4.

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?

a thirst for knowledge.

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star?

all the shows, always the main part (except if i had to sing, then i wanted no part at all)

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later?


uhh, don't remember anything like that, mum seems to have forgotten all details on my childhood.

[Clytie]

1. As a child, did you have a nickname? What was it and how did you get it?
ive had a lot of nicknames back in the day... TC is what ive had the longest
my little brother couldnt say my name it came out like that

2. Who were your core group of friends growing up? Do you still keep in touch?
i hung out with one family of boys Jimmy, Jason, Jared and Jeremy...i havent seen them in years

3. What would your mother/father say is the most aggravating thing about you?
i sleep in

4. What would your mother/father say is the greatest thing about you?
my voice and love of life

5. What was your best subject at school?
literature

6. Think back to when you were 7, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become that?
i wanted to be a good mother and a role model...i mentor teenage girls so i guess i did!

7. Were you into sports? What sport was your "best" one?
i loved volleyball...still do altho ive become much better. its hard to be coordinated enough for volleyball when your 10

8. What television show was a "must-see" when you were a kid? Why?


9. Do you have any siblings? What placement are you? (oldest, youngest, middle, only).
i have 3 sisters and 1 brother -- oldest!

10. You just made a chef d'oevre in art class -- what did you bring home to mom to put up on the fridge?
a funny poem

11. Did you ever get spanked? If not, how did your folks handle discipline? If you have kids now, how do you handle discipline?
yes i was spanked...i actually think it did alot to help me!

12. Did either of your parents stay home to "take care of the kids" as you grew up (was it mom or dad)? Or did both your parents work? For either of these questions, do you think it had any impact on who you are now?
my mom stayed at home. i loved it. it really helped me alot - to be able to have someone there for me

13. Are your parents still together or divorced? If they divorced, how old were you when that happened? (If this is too personal, skip this question).
my parents have been married for 32 years!

14. What's the best value you think your parents instilled in you?
just one? wow my parents taught me so much! they instilled in me morals...manners...how to embrace life...overall they loved me and that has the most impact

15. Did you participate in any plays in grade school? If so, what role did you play? Were you a star?
even tho i am outgoing now...i never used to be...im sad i missed out on opportunities like that

and finally:

16. Children are goofy. They do goofy things. What was the strangest thing you did as a child that your parents and/or siblings still talk about years later?
when i was 2 or 3 years old my dad made a recording of a conversation between him and i. my dad sings to me - and i nearly eat the mic..u can hear it on the tape...lol

[moel]

[Frieda]

i thought you only got one new tattoo?

[moel]

i like to draw

[Frieda]

on yourself?

[moel]

check out my nipples