Who is Trish?

This post is inspired by one of those "get to know your friends better" e-mails. So, since you'll all know me so well, you won't have to send me those things anymore!

Here goes:

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Not that I know of, but my middle name, Lynne, is also my mom's middle name

2. Are You an Only child? Yup, and no I don't wish that I had siblings. You can't miss something you haven't had...

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I do. I used to be very complusive about it being perfect, but I've learned to relax. It's still really nice though. Mike told me that it looks like comic book writing :)

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE LUNCH MEAT. Ham. I used to like ham sandwiches with ketchup on them. I'll eat that stuff everyday

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? No.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I find myself annoying sometimes, but I guess that's true of most people. Can you repeat the question?

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Is 'sarcastabitch' a word?

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes. They've been swollen since I was 12. Maybe they're just fat though...

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Only if I could bungee jump from the flooor to the floor, I am deathly afraid of heights.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE CEREAL? Life and/or Honey Nut Cheerios

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? I hate tying my shoes. I have them all knotted so that I don't have to untie them ever.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? In body, not really. In spirit, yes. In mind, I can bend spoons.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ICE CREAM? Chunky, crunchy kinds

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Their clothes

15. RED OR PINK? I don't like to play favorites with color

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVOURITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I am loyal to a fault and I tend to overwork myself, even when it's bad (you all remember me working at the Citadel...)

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Jeremy, Brian, Deb, Kari,

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? They can't send it cause I didn't send it TO anyone, I shared with everyone!

19. WHAT COLOUR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Green cords, bare feet

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Chinese food from Beijing Beijing in Southgate. I travelled 40 minutes in shitty weather just to have it. And I bought new shoes too...

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The constant din of the TV Listings channel. Mostly because I can't find the remote.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU BE? Purple

23. FAVOURITE SMELLS? Mike when I cuddle against him, italian restaurants, when the rain starts to fall, too many things to name

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Deb, one of my best friends and former roomies from Keyano. Whenever we talk, it's like no time has passed even though we've both gone through a lot of changes

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? He's a great guy who I don't talk to or see nearly often enough

27. FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Do any of you really want to hear my rant on sports? I think not...let's just say nothing, they're all stupid

28. HAIR COLOUR? Kind of dark brown with reddish bits in the right light

29. EYE COLOUR? Depends on when you catch me, but mostly green

30. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Sometimes

31. FAVOURITE FOOD? Meat. I don't believe in vegetarianism. I think not eating meat makes you do crazy things. Save a cow, eat a vegetarian is my motto. I also like bread and chocolate.

32. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? I don't like scary movies at all, but I don't always need a happy ending. I say "Ambivolent"

33. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? The World's Hottest Commercials. These are all of the Clio award winning commercials from the past year. I hate commercials on TV, but put 'em on a movie screen and charge ten bucks and I'm there!

34. WHAT COLOUR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Brown

35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Spring

36. HUGS OR KISSES? both

37. FAVOURITE DESSERT? Anything with chocolate

38. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Well, if you guys want to comment that's cool, if not, that's cool too

39. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I hate these questions. I don't require the validation of people responding to me.

40. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters - the play, by Stephen Briggs, The Worst Jobs in History, by Tony Robinson. He hosts the show on History and he played Baldrick in all of the Balck Adder series

41. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Usually a calculator, but right now I'm using the couch (it's an optical mouse)

42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? House

43. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SOUND? Rain falling

44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles, Keith Richards scares me...

45. WHAT IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Hattem in the Netherlands.

46. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? It depends who you are asking...;)

47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Melfort, Saskatchewan



Did anyone else notice that there was no question #26?

Do you all feel like you know more about me?

Good. So you won't send me more of these, right? I'll just refer you here if you do...

David Copperfield ROCKS!!!

Wow, what a blast!! Did anyone else watch his specials whenever they were on TV? Mike and I went to his live show last night and Oh my God! He is just as awesome in person. I couldn't believe how happy it made me to see him live finally. He was here about 4 years ago and he passed out in the performance before the one I was supposed to see, so it was cancelled. I promised myself that I would go see him if he ever came back. And he did. And I did!

What amazes me is how great it is just to see someone do something as simple as a card trick. Picking out just the right card. I think I love magic so much because it's a puzzle I can't figure out. I like mysteries and trying to solve them first. Magic is the one puzzle I haven't ever been able to figure out. I had a friend that used to do card tricks in university. He showed us how he did one of his tricks. He used to pull cards out of thin air. Even after he showed us the secret, I was still fascinated every time he did it.

And last night, even though I'd seen him do the trick before, I got a little teary when he vanished with an audience member to Australia and reunited her with her father. I don't know why I was so overcome with emotion, but he was fantastic. Maybe I'm just sentimental. Maybe I like a happy ending. Maybe it was just such a great reminder of my childhood.

I'm so seeing his show again. Maybe he'll be in Vegas later this year...