
More About Lisa with Whom You Can Win a Date
by Lisa Turner, Groovalicious Editor
May 5, 2003 + Boston, MA
It's That Annoying Forward That Everyone Gets and No One Fills out. Except I Did, Just For You
1. What's your full name?
Lisa Diane Turner. But if my mom had had her way, it would have been Edith.
2. What pants are you wearing?
Old Navy low-rise jeans.
3. What are you listening to right now?
Phantom Planet, the Guest. I loooove Jason Schwartzman. The White Stripes are also in heavy rotation.
4. What was the last thing you ate?
A bowl of Cap'n Crunch.
5. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
I was actually asked this once during a job interview. I think I said I would be brown, because it's the color of chocolate and maybe I could be a flavored crayon.
6. Where did you go on your honeymoon?
A who in the what now?
7. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Laura, my former roommate.
8. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
General sex appeal.
10. What's on your walls?
Three framed Magritte prints, photos I've taken on my travels, many pictures of friends, a framed copy of the TV Guide featuring Ralph Wiggum, hanging next to his action figure. I like to twirl.
11. Your favorite drink?
Either chocolate milk or cream soda.
12. Favorite alcoholic drink?
Margaritas or anything with Kahlua.
13. Favorite sport to play?
Bowling! Unless flirting counts as a sport.
14. Favorite sport to watch?
Figure skating, circa the mid 90s.
15. What's the next CD you're going to get?
I'm drooling for Turin Brakes, but I may have to buy Jason Mraz due to the guilt I feel every time I put on my bootleg copy.
16. Did you ever wear braces?
Yes, for three years I think. I also had the neck gear stuff that you hook up at night and now I still have to wear retainers to keep them all purty.
17. Best memories?
Nights in the RA office with Cary and Paulo; New Year's Eve 2001; a sunny afternoon harbor cruise in Sydney, and the 72 hours that followed that fateful voyage.
19. Siblings and their ages?
None. Ha!
20. Favorite month?
Uhhh... I try not to play favorites.
21. Favorite food?
Dark chocolate.
22. Last movie you watched?
A Hard Day's Night
23. Are you too shy to ask someone out?
Not anymore.
24. Favorite place to go on a date?
My place :)
25. Do you like scary or happy movies better?
Happy. Or foreign. The two don't usually go together.
26. Summer or winter?
Spring.
27. Hugs or kisses?
Kisses, either chocolate or French.
28. Chocolate or vanilla?
Have you not caught the whole chocolate theme going on here by now?
29. What should you be doing right now?
I'm sure I owe phone calls and emails to many many people.
30. Who is most likely to respond?
Not Steve.
31. Who is least likely to respond?
Steve.
32. What books are you reading?
Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent, The Corrections, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, again.
33. What's on your mouse pad?
Boston University College of Communication. (Stolen - I see it as my atttempt to get back some of the tens of thousands of dollars they stole from me to keep John Silber living in the style to which he's accustomed.)
34. Favorite magazine?
Popular Photography.
35. Favorite smell?
Brownies fresh from the oven.
36. Least favorite smell?
Wet dog.
37. Worst feeling in the world?
Rejection/Unrequited love.
38. Best feeling in the world?
Confidence.
39. Future child's name?
Depends on what last name I have to match it with. Wouldn't want to curse a child with Julia Goulia.
40. Glass half empty or half full?
Empty, washed and drying on the drainboard.
41. Favorite movie(s)?
Strictly Ballroom, or almost anything with John Cusak.
42. What's under your bed?
Wood - I'm temporarily living ghetto style, mattress on the floor.
43. What is your favorite number?
Number Shmumber. Oh no wait... "Yours, written on the back of a matchbook." That's a must smoother answer.
44. One nice thing about the person that sent this to you?
Kerry can always see the bright side of everything. She's really freaking cheery.
45. Many friends or one best friend?
A few close friends, many wacky acquaintences.
46. Favorite current TV shows?
Simpsons, Buffy, Everwood, that chocolate show with Jaques Torres on FoodTV, Seinfeld reruns of episodes I haven't seen in years, Trading Spaces. (Although that's starting to wear on me. There's only so much talk of window treatments that a girl can take.)
|