I've been tagged.

I started to answer the questions but then I thought, it would be more fun to answer Linda's answers.  So, here we go:

1. If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be?
Linda:  This one takes more thought than it used to. For years, I could have instantly answered "Eagle Nest, New Mexico" with absolute surety. I loved this pristine mountain lake in the middle of nowhere but close enough to Taos and Santa Fe for a touch of urbanity when I got the jones. Now, it's been (over)populated with, of all things, trailer homes. And it's only a matter of time before the first McDonald's pops up. And then there's the whole problem of it being in America, which isn't high on my list of favorite places right now, even though I live here.

Me:  I'll be in NYC.  You can go play indian priestess in the desert if you want.

2. What’s your favorite article of clothing?
Linda:  An old t-shirt from Banana Republic. It's girl-cut, which I know isn't really a word but, to me, that means that it fits me, a girl, just right because it has little cap sleeves and it curves to my body -- so much so that I would never wear it outside of the house. I love putting it on right before I go to bed because the fabric is so soft and worn. It calms me down before I go to sleep.

Me:  Same vibe for me.  For me it's my long sleeve black military oxford that I've had for over 7 years I think.  I heart it for multiple reasons and everyone loves it.  Everyone.

3. Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex? Linda:  The nose. No, the adam's apple...no, I think it's that little bowl-like indentation where the neck curves into the upper chest. Well, maybe it's actually the area between the navel and the pubis...I think it might actually be the whole body. But the thing that attracts me the most is not physical. Though the physical is a part of it. Oh! I could go on and on. I'm a feminist but I do just love men.

Me:  All of those features are among some of my best.  Fur shur.

4. What’s the last CD that you bought?
Linda:  Niyaz. Highly recommended.

Me:  Do you and the husband play "Casbah" at home a lot?  Burn me a copy.

5. Where’s your favorite place to be?
Linda:  My husband and I have a nightly ritual for going to bed (does everybody? probably so). Anyway, we always sit up for a little while, reading. Then one of us turns out their bedside lamp, and the other usually follows suit immediately. Then Beloved turns on his right side and I spoon up behind him for a few minutes. Then we both turn over on the left, which is usually when we go to sleep (unless we're both so exhausted we've already fallen asleep on the right side). Those few moments on the right are my favorite place in the whole world. It's a reassurance that there is peace and order in my world. I hope it never goes away.

Me:  Geezus Linda.  TMI.  Whore.

6. Where’s your least favorite place to be?
Linda:  In a car, anywhere.

Me:  Wal*Mart.

7. What’s your favorite place to be massaged?
Linda:  Oh, I do love to have my feet massaged! But massage me anywhere. I won't complain.

Me:  Define massage.

8. Strong in mind or strong in body?
Linda:  Definitely strong in mind. Because it takes a strong mind to grow a strong body. At least, for me.

Me:  Yup.

9. What time do you wake in the morning?
Linda:  Between 6 and 6:30 during the work week...later on weekends. If I never had to work again, the time would get later and later. And I'd eventually be up all night.

Me:  When I am forcibly removed from my bed and blanket by noise, sunlight or an overwhelming sense of obligation to be somewhere else.  Time is a theory.  Like Evolution.

10. What’s your favorite kitchen appliance?
Linda:  Has to be the coffee maker. Because it makes coffee. But it could be the stove. Because it makes mint tea.

Me:  Bottle opener.

11. What makes you really angry?
Linda:  Idiocy. And there is an overabundance of it here. Just one example: my co-worker is on a prescription where she takes one pill a day. The pills come in a 30-pill pack. Her doctor recently altered the dosage, cutting it down to one pill every other day. So she went to the pharmacy to get the prescription filled and it cost twice as much because now, it's a two-month supply instead of a one-month supply. Nevermind that it's the exact same 30-pill pack. The pharmacist could not comprehend her displeasure at paying twice as much for the exact same thing simply because she was planning to consume it at a slower pace. That's idiocy.

Me:  Ditto.

12. If you could play any instrument, what would it be?
Linda:  The piano, the piano, the piano. I would play it all day every day just for the pleasure of listening to the glorious sounds it makes.

Me:  Guitar or Bass Guitar or that Wurlitzer thingy.

13. Favorite color?
Linda:  Violet next to garnet next to lilac next to gold.

Me:  Wasn't your Kitchen all of those colors at various points in time?  For me it changes daily.  Usually black though.

14. Which do you prefer, sports car or SUV?
Linda:  Oh my god, neither one. Please.

Me:  Wuss.  Sports car.  Fast and furious.

15. Do you believe in afterlife?
Linda:  Yes, I think I have to believe in one, though it's a hodgepodge of different ideas and certainly not heaven or hell. I just don't think I 'm capable of living life and knowing, in my soul, that this is it. This is all there really is. There's nothing else, whatsoever. I don't want to go through every day thinking that. Maybe one day, I'll be more spiritually advanced and I won't be depressed by thinking that.

Me:  It is Gawd's will that I live on after my physical form has diminished.  We're planning a little something after I "die".

16. Favorite children’s book?
Linda:  Horton Hears a Who. Because a person's a person, no matter how small.

Me:  You should stitch that on a pillow for Will-Z or print it on a T-Shirt and give it to a midget.

17. What is your favorite season?
Linda:  Ah...the fall. I love fall. I love to call it fall and I love to call in autumn. I love all the months in it, especially October. I love the colors and I love leaves falling. I love the crisp, cool air that cuts through the thick, wet heat of summer. I love it love it love it. Love every single thing about it. I wish I were walking through Central Park in October right this minute. And for the rest of the day. At least.

Me:  Anyone who knows me will understand why I'm giggling.

18. What’s your least favorite household chore?
Linda:  The only household chore that I actually like is paying the bills. Not to be confused with earning the money to pay the bills...just paying the bills. I love writing the checks, entering them in the check register, putting it in an envelope, adding a stamp. I love the stack of envelopes waiting to go in the mail. I don't know why I love this, but I do. I thoroughly dislike all other household chores. I can't think of a single one that gives me anything more than the passing pleasure of having a thing done.

Me:  You need to get the husband a job.

19. If you could have one super power, what would it be?
Linda:  To be able to transport myself without an automobile.

Me:  I'll be hitching rides with you.

20. If you have a tattoo, what is it?
Linda:  My beautiful late friend, Tommy Gomez, once said to me that tattoos are bad for the soul. Coming from this wise creature, it somehow stuck with me, and I've never gotten one. Lately, though, I've been wanting to get that hebrew phrase (is it hebrew?) that goes something like "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine" tattooed on me someplace (maybe under my wedding ring?). But Beloved thinks it's bad karma to do that (he has a fear of irony) so I won't.

Me:  That guy needs to get a job so he won't have all this time to think so much.

21. Can you juggle?
Linda:  Believe it or not, I can.

Me:  Define juggle.

22. The one person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to?
Linda:  Can I please have my mother and my grandmother at the same time? Please, don't make me choose between the two. I love and miss them both, so very much.

Me:  I keep on keepin' on.  So no need to go backwards.

23. What’s your favorite day?
Linda:  Thursday. It has all the order inherent in a work day, but with the sweet-smelling promise of the weekend. I dislike Friday because it takes so very long.

Me:  Any day I get paid.

24. What’s in the trunk of your car?
Linda:  My yoga mat, a Hot Wheels car, and several CDs that I should take better care of.

Me:  A clean and orderly array of items.

25. Which do you prefer, sushi or hamburger?
Linda:  I would not, could not, eat a fish. Ever. Never have and hopefully never will. And today, I would not, could not, eat the child of another cow. A cow whose child was forcefully torn from said cow's side. Can't do it and don't want to do it. And am also uninterested in vegetarian substitutes. Why would I want a hamburger when I could have hummus and tabouli intead?

Me:  Bring on the forcefully torn, chopped and pattied cow!

Thus concludes the tagging.

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[linda]

Love number 10. Now, I'm giggling.