21 Tag

Ally Carter, author of Cheating at Solitaire and the upcoming I’d Tell You I Love You But Then I’d Have To Kill You, tagged me with this lengthy meme!

1-If you won a million dollars, how much of it would you give to charity?

A greater percentage of my income than I currently give to charity. Would also depend on how financially comfy I was before I won the million dollars.

2- Describe what you looked like in the 5th grade.

Very very skinny. Very very tan. light blonde hair, down to my waist, slightly green from the chlorine. Braces. Knobby knees.

3-Do you think you have a good singing voice?

Yes. Would you like to hear it?

4- Which would be harder to give up, TV or chocolate?

I don’t have a TV right now, and I’m fine, so I guess chocolate?

5- A cat darts into the road and you hear a thud under your tire, do you stop?

Oh my goodness! Of course! What do you take me for? Well, not during the zombie apocalypse, but any other time, definitely yes.

6- A friend has chronic bad breath, do you say something?

Like, halitosis-needs-medicine bad breath, or just too-much-garlic-at-lunch? The former, yeah, I’d tell them. The latter, I’d be constantly offering them mints and gum and hope they got the hint.

7- If you had to move to another country for a year, which one would you choose and why?

New Zealand, because I love it and it’s the best place ever!

8- What kind of food is your best friend?

Spaghetti and meatsauce. And Girl Scouts Samoa cookies (or, as they call them now “caramel delights”). But the latter is more like my long distance friend who I only see every once and a while and we’re always asking why we don’t get together more often. The former is more like the best friend I live with and is always there for me.

9- When is the last time you cried?

Hmmm, the other night watching a sad movie. I think it was March of the Penguins.

10- What will the last line of your obituary say?

“Oddly enough, they still haven’t tracked down the hippopotamus.” (Okay, I’ll be honest, I have no idea what obits say. Would probably be something like “Memorial at 2 p.m.”)

11- Which Brady would you date if you had to?

Probably this one. He was so good on The Chappelle Show.

12- Name the movie you would star in if you could be the lead in any film ever made.

Well, I don’t think I could pull of The Philadelphia Story, so I’ll go for Casablanca. I hear tell Ingrid didn’t like doing it anyway.

13-What is the worst thing a friend has ever done to you?

Dumped me.

14- What is the last good deed someone has done for you?

People do good deeds for me all the time! Every time they encourage someone to buy my book, it’s the best deed I can imagine! Most recently, I’ve been completely overwhelmed by the number of writing friends who are helping me perform a little experiment (more on that later).

15- What is your least favorite fashion trend?

On girls? Low cut jeans. Like, super, super low cut jeans that make even size two girls look fat because they have to be SO tight to cling in the vicinity below the hipbones that they make it look as if everyone has rolls of fat hanging over the tops of their pants, and give girls yeast infections and cannot help but show huge amounts of butt crack besides. It’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen and I will never, never never forgive Britney Spears for popularizing such a horrific, unattractive and uncomfortable style of clothing. (My only comfort is that she can no longer wear that shit herself.)

On boys? Wearing your pants around your knees. Seriously, on the subway the other day, I saw these three teenage boys who were wearing their pants so low that the asses of their jeans were actually literally dragging on the ground. I still haven’t figured out the phyiscs that allow these idiots to a) walk and b) stay up at all.

16- Tell about a time when you laughed inappropriately.

I’m always laughing inappropriately. It would be more difficult to tell you about a time that I laughed appropriately.

17- What makes you happy?

Basically, I’ve been on a non-stop happy trip since April 21st of last year, so I’m guessing it’s my book deal.

18- If you could name only one song as the best song of all times, which would it be?

Of all time? I guess if it’s of all time I’m going to have to pick something that’s been around for a while. Greensleeves? That’s the oldest song I know. I’m also rather partial to “You Are My Sunshine” though now that I know all the words, I think it’s tragic.

19- How old do you wish you were right now?

Surprisingly enough, I’m fine with 27. Probably the first time in a few years I’ve said that. I’ve been disappointed with my age when I was 24, 25, I did my best to rally when I was 26… okay, maybe I’m not fine about 27. Dude, how did that happen? Wasn’t I like, just 24 and on my way to Australia?

20-Name three things you wouldn’t do for money.

Um, arson, genocide and nuclear attack? Those I’d only do for love. 😉

21- Are 21 questions too many???

Hell yeah. I’m so glad Ally cut it down from 35!