Sunday, May 30, 2010

Random answers

From my facebook notes, as i toy with the idea of deleting my profile: originally written July 23, 2009, with #1, 6, 44, & 45 updated for today. The rest haven't changed much.

I deleted the boring questions (Who won’t tag you back?) blah blah blah.

1. What time did you get up this morning? About 6:30 i woke up. Loud neighbors. :( I went back to sleep until 10:23.

2. How do you like your steak? Medium rare

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? WALL-E

4. What is your favorite TV show? none

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Mmmm, wherever I can be near a museum, a symphony, a big body of water, desert, and mountains all at once. Hey! I'm here!

6. What did you have for breakfast? Trader Joe's O's and a glass of apple juice.

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Fusion

8. What foods do you dislike? Lima beans, cilantro, and most tomatoes

9. Favorite Place to Eat? Zelo’s Pizza in Monrovia, and Alicia’s in Brea. Rutabagorz in Fullerton is pretty good too. Um, and Claro's Italian Deli in La Habra & Arcadia.

10. Favorite dressing? Homemade vinaigrette

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? ’97 VW Jetta

12. What are your favorite clothes? Jeans and a fitted T, or a skirt and a fitted T. And flip flops, if I can get away with them.

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Thailand, Australia, Iceland, Sweden, Spain, and Patagonia...don't get me started!

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? That depends on the day…maybe on the hour?

15. Where would you want to retire? Somewhere where I can have a big yard and garden.

16. Favorite time of day? Early morning, on the rare occasions I get up then; around dusk other times. High noon if i can take a nap.

17. Where were you born? Pennsylvania

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Um, soccer? But it’s hardly a favorite.

22. Bird watcher? YUP!

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night. Well, mostly a night person. Give me 30 minutes and food, and you won’t know that I’m not a morning person.

24. Do you have any pets? Kind of—a parrot. He lives with my parents though.

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Nope.

26. What did you want to be when you were little? I don’t remember.

27. What is your best childhood memory? This may sound silly, but dyeing Queen Anne's lace was pretty fun, as was learning to make a quilt with my mom, and rescuing earth worms from drowning when it rained in Cameroon. We took them out of the road/gullies and put them in the garden.

28. Are you a cat or dog person? Neither. Both.

29. Are you married? Nope.

30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes.

31. Been in a car accident? Little ones. My favorite was a rock flying through the van windshield in Cameroon.

32. Any pet peeves? Yup. Chewing with mouth open, noisy neighbors at dark hours of the day, and people who knock incessantly. If they heard you, they’re coming; and if they aren’t home, no amount of knocking at 6 a.m. is going to open that door.

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Mushrooms and black olives.

34. Favorite Flower? Lisianthus, epiphyllums, mallows, and a certain pink rose. I like blue-eyed grass and forsythia a lot too.

35. Favorite ice cream? Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake, although Chocolate Sorbet (via Trader Joe’s) is pretty yummy too.

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? In n Out? And Subway.

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I didn’t. But I practiced for two years.

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Um, I wouldn’t?

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Spent the night on a friend’s couch after working late. It was so nice to be asleep by the time I’d have gotten to my apartment, and to be closer to work the next morning! That isn't terribly adventurous, I know...I *am* fighting the urge to cross an ocean, though.

41. Like your job? Most definitely, even though sometimes it makes me cry with frustration.

42. Broccoli? Yes, I even crave it sometimes.

43. What was your favorite vacation? A week in England, wandering around half by myself and half meeting up with friends.

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? My friend Cara, after a nap, after we were in another friend's wedding. I didn't have the energy to do anything except sit and have a server bring food to the table.

45. What are you listening to right now? The dryer at my parent’s house, my parrot clicking at me, and my hard-drive as the daily virus-scan turns on.

46. What is your favorite color? Blue, green, and yellow.

47. How many tattoos do you have? None, and never will. For one thing, I don’t like needles AT ALL.

50. Coffee Drinker? Sometimes, as with cheesecake, but always decaf. My heart doesn’t like the leaded stuff.

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birding life list (in process!)

  • White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia ?) in winter
  • Western Wood-Pewee (Contopu sordidulus)
  • Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
  • Western Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
  • Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
  • Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
  • Stellar's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
  • Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
  • Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
  • Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
  • Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
  • Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
  • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
  • Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
  • Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
  • Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
  • Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
  • Mallard (Anas platyrhynochos)
  • male Superb Sunbird (Cinnyris superbus) i think
  • Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)
  • Lesser Goldfinch, greenbacked (Carduelis psaltria)
  • Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
  • Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
  • House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
  • Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus nelsoni)
  • Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx califorianus)
  • Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
  • Congo African Grey (Psittacus erithacus erithacus)
  • Common Garden Bulbul (Pychonotus barbatus)
  • Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
  • Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
  • California Towhee, juvenile (Pipilo crissalis)
  • California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)
  • Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
  • Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
  • Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
  • Black Crowned Waxbill (Estralida nonnula)
  • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
  • Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
  • American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
  • American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
  • American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
  • American Coot (Fulica americana)
  • American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
  • African Pygmy-Kingfisher (Ispidina picta)
  • Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)