Today's Meme™: Me from A to Z, v. 2.0

[thatcrazycajun]

Alphabetically appropriated from wouldyoueva:
A - Age: 45.
B - Bed size: King.
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning and paying bills, not necessarily in that order.
D - Dog's name: No dog. Cat named Ari, owned by girlfriend.
E - Essential start-your-day item: COFFEE! Oh, and today's newspaper.
F - Favorite color(s): Blue.
G - Gold or silver: Silver. Goes better with blue.
H - Height: 5'11"
I - Instruments you play: Instruction in piano, acoustic guitar. Can't play either worth a lick.
J - Job title: Prepress specialist.
K - Kid: None as yet (that I know of).
L - Living arrangements: single, living alone while girlfriend works overseas.
M - Mom's name: June (deceased since 1995).
N - Nicknames: Matt.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: pyloric stenosis, 1963; hairline skull fracture from truck accident at school crossing, 1973; fractured pelvis and internal bleeding from second truck accident, 1976.
P - Pet peeve: Too many to list—ya got a week?
Q - Quote from a movie: "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
R - Right or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: No sisters; two brothers, one older and one younger by two years each; two surviving step-brothers (one son of each step-parent was murdered years back, in an amazing and horrifying coincidence).
T - Time you wake up: Usually around 6:45 AM.
U - Underwear: 100% cotton briefs. I'm a "tighty-whiteys" man from way back.
V - Vegetable you dislike: Beets.
W - Workout style: What is this "workout" you speak of?
X - X-rays you've had: Skull, spine, pelvis, legs. Also at least one MRI scan of lower spine.
Y - Yesterday's best moment: Finishing the e-filing of my 2008 tax returns.
Z - Zoo favorite: Otters. They look so cute and playful and sleek sliding in and out of the water...plus the Songbird likes them too (they appeal to her selkie blood)

Comments

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

I - Instruments you play: Instruction in piano, acoustic guitar. Can't play either worth a lick.

I've heard of playing licks on a guitar, or a banjo or a mandolin, but never on a piano. Riffs, yes, but not licks. <gd&ravvf>

[baggette.livejournal.com]

that icon is EVIL!

I want it

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

What she said. I'm already getting hypnotized just looking at it...or was that your fell design all along? :-)

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

Otters? OTTERS?!?!?! Remind me to tell you of the saga of Stephen T. Otter!

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Guess you're right—I "otter" remind you to do that some day soon... :-) (Ever see an otter train? Each one hangs on to the tail of the one in front as several of them swim. Hilarious and cute.)