Introducing the Spotlight of the Week *** lookingglass ***

1. If you could be any mythical creature (sentient or not), what would it be? I'd love to give Siren a whirl. Luring salors to their deaths would work out well in my off time.

2. If you were a goddess, what would your portfolio be? I would look after younger women.

3. If you could/had to live for a year in a fictional place (book, movie, mythology, folklore, whatever), where would it be, and what would you want to try to do there? After much thought I can narrow it down to two places: 1. With the monsters in Where the Wild Things Are. 2. With Tom Bombadil in Lord of the Rings.

Originally Posted by gemlady

There's a knock at your front door. You open it (managing on keeping Bit from dashing through) and there is the celebrity of your dreams! Who is it and are they in any danger? (From you, not Bit.)

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Mike Ness from Social Distortion, and he wouldn't be in any danger. We sit down, chat, and have a cup of coffee.

Here's a link if you don't know who he is. http://www.socialdistortion.com/

Originally Posted by Renny

Congrats Heather!!!! Welcome to the spotlight!

-what's your favorite meal?
-if i were to come and visit you what sights would you show me?
-if you won a million dollars how would you spend it?
-favorite colour?
-if you were stranded on a desert island with only 8-Bit...what kind of trouble do you think he would get into??
-if for 1 day Scratch could understand every word you say....what would you tell him? how about 8-Bit??

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It's hard for me to narrow down a favorite meal. I'm a big fan of food to start, so it would have to be something really good.

I'd show you Lake Erie, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and then take you to Cedar Point to ride roller coasters!

I would pay off all our debit, and then buy a little farm house for DH and I.

I'm sure 8-Bit would climb the nearest tree and knock coconuts on top of my head while I slept.

I'd tell Scratch that he is a really good boy, and that he has no reason to fear anything with me around.

I'd tell 8-Bit that he is the light of my life, and that on more than one occasion, he's made me laugh so hard tears have rolled down my face.

1.) If you could travel the world.. Where would you go and why? Japan, I love the culture and food.

2.) What would be your dream job? I'd love to work in the Library of Congress.

3.) If you could be an animal, what would you be, and look like? I'd be 8-Bit for one day.

4.) What is your cats favorite toys? Small furry mice.

5.) Are you buying your babies Christmas Stuff? What are you getting them?
Yes, more mice, and a cardboard scratcher.
6.) What was the dumbest or stupidest movie you ever saw?
Mom and Dad Save the World.

7.) If you were giving one day to live, what would you do with it? I'd visit my Mom, and bring my husband along. Those are the two people in the world I love the most.

8.) Did you have a big wedding or small wedding,, did you go on a honeymoon? where? I had a tiny wedding, 15 people. We eloped, so I didn't have a honeymoon.

Have you ever walked out of a movie theater in the middle of a movie? Yes, and I asked for my money back!

Did you walk down the aisle to the wedding march when you got married? No, I got married outside so there was no isle. (I'm asking this for self-interest... lol) If not what song did you use?

We did listen to a song from the Cowboy Bebop sound track that is in Japanese. It sounds very pretty, but I have no idea what the lyrics mean, so it could really be about something bad and I wouldn't know it.

Have you ever died your hair a crazy color or done anything else "odd" to it? Oh Lord what haven't I done to my hair! I've had an electric pink Mohawk. I've been bald... I've been white blond... I've been green, blue, red, orange, a lovely shade of purple that my Mother hated.

Do you enjoy your birthday? YES! I love my birthday! Why/why not? I was born in May, and I just love that time of year.

Originally Posted by sarahp

My question is......

How's your first day in your new job going????

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It was overwhelming. I have so much to learn it isn't even funny, but at least I have background in what I am doing now.

Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

What is your favourite geometric shape and why?

If you could sit down with a famous person either living or dead, who would it be and what would you ask him/her?

Do you know all of the words to your National Anthem?

What are your hobbies?

How many languages do you speak?

What is your most fondest childhood memory?

What is the best present you have ever received (the one that tops them all)?

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I love the figure 8. It's just a nice shape for my eye.

I'd sit down with Nelson Mandela. I'd love to meet a man who holds no anger towards his captors, and I want to understand how he got to that place.

Yes, I know all the words to the Star Spangled Banner (and to the Brady Bunch theme song, it's the unofficial American anthem)

I bake, read, and play video games.

I speak one, but can read Latin.

The times I had at our beach house.

My mother's cross. She gave it to me when DH and I got married.

Wow, you guys have good questions...!


Did you have cats when you were growing up? How many and how old were you?


Do you like to song / dance ?

What is your favorite breed of cat?

What is your favorite fruit?

Do you have any crazy obsessions?

Originally Posted by Willie'sLove

Wow, you guys have good questions...!


Did you have cats when you were growing up? How many and how old were you?


Do you like to song / dance ?

What is your favorite breed of cat?

What is your favorite fruit?

Do you have any crazy obsessions?

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Yes, I had a wonderful little girl named Ming. I was about 6 when we got her.

I love to sing and dance, but only in my car and when I clean. I'm not good at either.

I've fallen in love with Sphinxes.

I've always liked a good pear.

I'm obsessed with Hello Kitty in a very big way.

1. Are you enjoying the spotlight so far?

2. What's your beverage of choice? Coke, water, milk?

3. You said you were cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the first time this year in another thread (if I remember correctly). How many people are coming and what's on the menu so far?

4. Is your apartment what you would call "decorated", or are you a white walls and bare necessities kind of girl?

5. What is your favorite room in your apartment and what does it look like?

6. Have you ever read the book, "The Time Traveler's Wife"? If not, from what I've read about you it strikes me as one you would really enjoy.

7. Who is your favorite horror movie villain?

8. Are you planning on reading the new Bruce Campbell book? (I'm putting it in hubby's stocking...so that I can read it later myself...lol)

9. Do you send out Christmas cards? If so, how many?

10. What's the number one thing on YOUR Christmas list this year?

1. Are you enjoying the spotlight so far? It's super fun!

2. What's your beverage of choice? Coke, water, milk? Water! I don't drink soda, and milk and I don't get along.

3. You said you were cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the first time this year in another thread (if I remember correctly). How many people are coming and what's on the menu so far? Cornish Game Hens, Stuffing, Rolls, Mashed potatoes, Mushroom gravy, and Sweet Potato Tart. 4 People so far, but I think I can fit up to six, so if anyone would like to come feel free!

4. Is your apartment what you would call "decorated", or are you a white walls and bare necessities kind of girl? It's decorated, but we have no coherent theme.

5. What is your favorite room in your apartment and what does it look like? My bedroom. It's blue and white, and looks very peaceful.

6. Have you ever read the book, "The Time Traveler's Wife"? If not, from what I've read about you it strikes me as one you would really enjoy. No, but I'll have to put that on the list.

7. Who is your favorite horror movie villain? Michael Myers, the whole mask thing is freaky.

8. Are you planning on reading the new Bruce Campbell book? (I'm putting it in hubby's stocking...so that I can read it later myself...lol) Yes, and I've met him. I went to his book signing last year.

9. Do you send out Christmas cards? Yes If so, how many? 20 or so.

10. What's the number one thing on YOUR Christmas list this year? I told DH to get something small and thoughtful.

I'm all ready for a new round of questions! Fire away!

Congrats on spotlight!

How did the boys get their names?

What is your Hubby's best/worst quality?

Would you ever like to babysit for Me ?

Do you get motion sickness?

You said that you eloped, where?

What is your favorite holiday? Do you have a favorite decoration for that holiday?

My computer had a small seizure at one point last night while I was going through TCS threads. It started trying to freeze and making this "tooka tooka tooka tooka" noise.

But anyway I'm at work now. hee hee hee

1. Does your new job have anything to do with your degree?

2. Do you wear makeup at all?

3. What's the last concert you went to?

4. The last movie you saw in the theater?

5. Last book you read?

6. Baths or showers?

7. Pretend you just received the perfect bouquet of flowers from your husband. What do they look like?

8. Which do you do more? Cook, eat out, or order in?

9. Have you ever played a really good practical joke on someone?

10. Do you enjoy small talk?

What other punk bands do you like?

Would you get another cat for 8-bit and Sctratch to share the house with?

I have a few.....

~ Who is your favorite band? I think I might know this already, but...

~ Who is your favorite singer?

~ What is your favorite flavor of Baskin Robbins ice cream?

~ How many nieces & nephews do you have?

~ Do you like shopping for antiques?

~ How many cats have you owned since your very 1st one? What's the most you've ever had at one time?

~ Do you collect anything (besides cats)? hee hee

I had more questions, but some of them were asked already, so I removed them.

How did the boys get their names?

8-Bit Wolfgang was named two different ways. His first name is after the Super Nintendo video game system. The second part of his name comes from my FIL. When my husband was born his mother "forgot" to put Wolfgang as his middle name. We found out at our wedding that his father didn't know, so that day we decided that if we had a little boy his middle name would be Wolfgang. Recently, DH and I decided to not have children, so 8-Bit's middle name became Wolfgang.

Scratch Fury Destroyer of Worlds is named after a cat in a web comic. www.pvponline.com

What is your Hubby's best/worst quality?

DH best quality is that he can make me laugh! He's one of the funniest people that I have ever met. His worst quality is that he is loud. People are terrified of him because they think he is shouting at them. He's really not.

Would you ever like to babysit for Me ?
I'm really not good with people under the age of 18. Besides I'd most likely try to dye your son's hair blue. I don't think that would go over well.

Do you get motion sickness?
Only on rides that spin around in a circle. Other than that no.

You said that you eloped, where?
We didn't go anywhere. We got married in a gazebo, and then crossed the street and had dinner in the bar where we had our first date.

What is your favorite holiday? Do you have a favorite decoration for that holiday?
Halloween. My favorite decoration for that is my Nightmare Before Christmas record that I put out every year.

1. Does your new job have anything to do with your degree?
Not really. It's more based on my previous job I had with a large bank. I deal with credit reports and how they impact your insurance. We look at credit models and tell people where they can improve their rates by having a better insurance score. It's all very boring, but I like it.

2. Do you wear makeup at all?
Sometimes. In the past week no, because Scratch keeps hiding my makeup brushes.

3. What's the last concert you went to?
Social Distortion. I was amazing! But I realized I'm getting older, because DH and I said next time they come into town we can no longer go in the mosh pit.


4. The last movie you saw in the theater?
All The Kings Men. I wasn't all that great, but I'd watch Sean Penn read a phone book.

5. Last book you read?
Eragon. I was wonderful! The movie is coming out on December 15th.

6. Baths or showers?
Showers. I don't have a tub that's big enough to relax in yet.

7. Pretend you just received the perfect bouquet of flowers from your husband. What do they look like?
It's funny that you should say that. DH has NEVER bought me flowers because they die. The most romantic gift he's ever given me was a Lego pirate ship I have at my desk. The card read, "Flowers die, but Pirate Ships last forever. I love you baby!" I laughed and cried at the same time.

8. Which do you do more? Cook, eat out, or order in?
I cook almost every night. I don't eat out much because it's expensive, and I don't care for the quality of restaurants that we have around here.

9. Have you ever played a really good practical joke on someone?
Yes, I went out and got a big box of instant mashed potatoes. I waited for a night where I knew it would dew, and sprinkled them onto their lawn. They woke up to a front yard that was full of mashed potatoes and crows.

10. Do you enjoy small talk?
Honestly, I find it difficult to relate to people face to face. It's hard for me to find common ground with most, so I tend to avoid it. I know it leaves
a bad impression, but I don't know what to say most of the time.

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What other punk bands do you like?

Would you get another cat for 8-bit and Sctratch to share the house with?

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I am a big fan of Bad Religion, Propagandi, and The Clash. I also really like Rockabilly.

Yes, in fact, we are getting a third cat in February.

~ Who is your favorite band? I think I might know this already, but...
Social Distortion.

~ Who is your favorite singer?
Mike Ness (lead singer of Social D)

~ What is your favorite flavor of Baskin Robbins ice cream?
I haven't had them in a long time, but I'd have to say chocolate peanut butter.

~ How many nieces & nephews do you have?
14

~ Do you like shopping for antiques?
Yes, I love 1950's and 1960's china from Japan.

~ How many cats have you owned since your very 1st one? What's the most you've ever had at one time?
5, the most at one time is two.

~ Do you collect anything (besides cats)? hee hee
Hello Kitty items from Japan. The harder to find the better.

Keep them coming! I'm sorry I can only get to this once a day! I don't have a computer at work yet (that should happen tomorrow).