Well, I'm back home and it seems that we've brought the sun back to Seattle with us. No complaints here! The days have been beautiful, I've been cleaning out my closet, trolling the sales racks for great deals on cute clothes, my nails are done and I booked an appointment for next week at a top rated salon in Seattle. In short, I'm much happier with my situation now than I was about a week ago. It helps that I'm over the PMS hump, but we won't linger on that now, will we?
So, you may have seen these little 5 question interviews that have been spreading through blogland like the plague. I wanted to play along so I told Crazy Momcat that she could interview me, however, it seems that my blogger identity is still associated with my yahoo address, which is my junk mail account, so that's where her set of questions went. Thinking that life had taken over and Steph just hadn't had a chance to send questions I saw that Wordnerd was looking for volunteers so I told her to bring it on, I weren't scared of no questions! Sooooo, yesterday I was looking for an old email address in my yahoo account and lo! I came upon a second set of questions from Steph. And that was just a really long, unnecessarily detailed account of how I got double booked and will now be answering 10 questions. With any luck my answers below will be a lot less boring than what you've seen here so far today. And away we go!
From Wordnerd:
There's a small box on your doorstep, addressed to someone you don't know. Do you open it?
Once upon a time, when I was just a young, impressionable little thing, I read an article in Reader's Digest about a woman who opened a box that was sitting on her doorstep and ended up with all of her fingers blown off. Since reading that story I have been completely paranoid about opening any box that lands itself on my doorstep, regardless of the address on the label. So, if I had a box that were addressed to someone else you can bet your butt that I wouldn't open that sucker. And I'd probably try to contact Jack Bauer at CTU.
Are practical jokes funny?
When they happen to other people, they're hilarious!
Which three historical figures would you like to have cocktails with?
Okay, well, there are tons of historical figures I would like to meet, but since we're talking about cocktails that narrows the field a bit. For starters, I think Marie Antoinette would be an absolute scream, and maybe she'd do my hair and let me try on her shoes. The second invitee would be Oscar Wilde because he seems like a fun drunk and we could talk about all the cute boys together and then philosophize in the way you can only do when you're completely smashed. And finally, I think Jesus would have to be in attendance so when we ran out of drinks he could just perform a couple of miracles and whip up some wine and sushi.
Which three historical figures would you NEVER have cocktails with?
Well, this is hard... I think probably Hitler, for obvious reasons. Why is this question so difficult? There are all sorts of historical assholes that I wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley, never mind have cocktails with them. Who the heck are they?? Oh, okay, Vlad the Impaler, definitely. I think his idea of a cocktail is very different from mine anyway... And oh my God, I just googled "evil people" to help me get some ideas and I came across this guy: H. H. Holmes. Check that out, y'all, that is seriously evil, I would NOT want to have cocktails with that guy! How has that not been made into a horror movie yet?
It's a hot afternoon in August, and your chores are all done. What do you do?
I would head on down to Seattle and shop till I dropped. Not terribly exciting, but hey, it's what I would do!
And now from Steph, a.k.a. Crazy Momcat:
Hm, honestly this switches almost hourly, so I'll give you my five favorites right now
1. Rachael Yamagata, Happenstance
2. Katherine McPhee
3. Wicked (duh!)
4. No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom (it's almost a classic at this point!)
5. Britney Spears, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (it hurts me to write that, but I love it)
I'm sorry I have such pedestrian taste in music, I swear I do listen to other things, but you just asked for my favorites!
What celebrity are you told you most resemble or do you most admire and why?
Most often I've heard I resemble Alyson Hannigan and Jennifer Aniston. (And bizarrely enough, on the plane going to Arizona one of the flight attendants told me I looked like Monica from Friends--eh???) I don't really see either one of those gals when I look in the mirror, but hey it's nice to hear, and whatever people want to tell themselves is fine by me. As for the second half of the question, I don't really admire celebrities. I enjoy their work, and quite a few of them are extremely attractive, but I don't think any of them are any more special than the person next door, just by virtue of their celebrity.
Honestly I can't pick one place--I want to live all over the place. I want to live in another country at least once in my life and I certainly want to experience different regions of our own country. Luckily, with Colby's job, I don't think those goals are extremely unreachable!
I'm really very rarely stressed. I've had a couple of very stressful moments, and they're all related to the store where I bought my wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses. The other sources of stress have mostly had to do with other people's "advice" and input. But mostly I just try to breathe and remember that it's just a big party and what I need to focus on how excited I am to be marrying such an amazing man who I wake up every morning grateful and thrilled to have in my life.
List three of your favorite new blog finds.
I have been an absolutely TERRIBLE blog reader lately, but the most recent additions to my blog roll are Taster Spoon, Princess in Galoshes, and Project: Gay. And basically the only way to go on my blog roll is to be a favorite, so there you have it!

Ok, Wordnerd's questions are SO much better than mine that you probably should have left mine in the SPAM folder. HA! (Seriously, I do have 2 of your 3 CDs and now am going to have to look into the McPhee one totally!)
Thanks for playing along and for the new blogs to check out!
Posted by: Steph. | May 11, 2007 at 06:29 AM
Oh my God...I'm going to have nightmares about that H.H. Holmes guy... and I'm not even kidding... I don't understand why he's not more famous. or, well, infamous!
Um... but I must admit that as I was reading it I REALLY was hoping that the hotel was still there and I could go visit it some day... how twisted and morbid is that? ha...
Posted by: Brittany | May 11, 2007 at 07:05 AM
this weather rocks! i'm glad you had fun in arizona but isn't it nice to get home? :))
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Posted by: anne | May 11, 2007 at 07:19 AM
Oh yeah, read "Devil in the White City" and he gave me big heebie jeebies big time. H. H. Holmes was so damned methodical and creepy. Ick!
Posted by: sophie | May 11, 2007 at 04:25 PM
Hey, I'm not dead. Our schedules have been crazy. I'll try and call tomorrow. Love ya.
Posted by: Not Dead in a Ditch | May 12, 2007 at 03:26 PM
1. Yuck, the H.H. stands for hellish and heinous. Or horrifying and heebie jeebies. I would not care to dine with him either.
2. You had to look up HH; I had to look up Alyson Hannigan. Totally! You should dye your hair chestnut red like that - you're so fair, you could carry it off. I'm dyeing my hair red this weekend (1 week color) for no reason whatsoever.
3. Thanks for the shout out, virtual friend!
4. Project:Gay is pretty great. I just read their Kiss Me Kate review, and also think you look a little like Ann Miller. Can you tap dance?
5. Eat a little cheese for me, 'kay?
Posted by: TasterSpoon | May 14, 2007 at 07:10 PM
I'll remember that package story the rest of my life. I probably wouldn't have opened it either....even before the story. Definitely not now! I'm glad you are bonding with you Seattle.
Hair + nails= good!
Posted by: shopper | May 15, 2007 at 02:05 AM
Eeek! That's ME! Hi! Thanks for the mention.
And I have to say, I admire your un-stressedness regarding wedding planning. What is your secret, and can you hook a sister up?
Posted by: Cat | May 15, 2007 at 04:45 AM
Note to Cat: She left her stress in Baton Rouge!
Posted by: Incubator | May 16, 2007 at 04:39 PM
I agree, Tragic Kingdom is a classic, and of course I have much love for the Wicked soundtrack.
Also, I clicked on that H.H. Holmes link, and I can't help but be amused that there is someone dubbed the "Servant Girl Annihilator." Does that make me a bad person? I mean, honestly. "Annihilator?" He sounds like a Mortal Kombat reject or something.
Posted by: Fraulein N | May 17, 2007 at 03:19 PM