35 Questions . . .

Because I'm Old (but I'm really not!) ..... 35 questions for the people who are a little older than the High School kids who usually make up these surveys ...Tag me and a bunch of people when you finish. Copy the questions here; paste and start a new note, putting your answers over mine. Then tag your friends to see what we all have in common.

1. What bill do you hate paying the most?

I technically don't pay my bills... my bill pay does :) heehee

2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?

At the fondue place in town in the fun quarter circle booth.

3. What do you really want to be doing right now?

At the beach reading or swimming.

4. How many colleges did you attend?

Three.  College-Duke.  Field School-Columbia. Grad School-USC

5. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?

It had just come out of the laundry and smelled the most like fabric softener.

6. What are your thoughts on gas prices?

Craziness, trying to incorporate that in our search for a 2nd family car.  Happy that Steve can take the bus so easily to work.

7. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?

SNOOZE! then I couldn't remember if I had already snoozed.

8. Last thought before going to sleep last night?

I was trying to remember if we had set the coffee timer for this morning.

9. Do you miss being a child?

Only when I'm in the office too many days in a row.

10. What errand/chore do you despise?

Bathroom cleaning

11. Get up early or sleep in?

Sleep i, oh yeah!

12. Have you found real love yet?

Yuppers

13. Favorite lunch meat?

Ham

14. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?

One Hershey bar.

15. Beach or lake?

Beach!

16. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?

Nope

17. Sopranos or Desperate Housewives?

Sopranos. I can't watch DH for more than a minute before I NEED to change the channel.

18.What famous person would you like to have dinner with?

Juanes :)

19. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?

Yeppers

20. Ever use a fire extinguisher for it's intended purpose?

Sort of.  The fire department set a fire in a box so that I could learn to use the extinguisher.  It was RA training.  I did put out a fire with it, that counts, right? It was just a fire in a box started by a fire guy :)

21. Ring tone?

Depends. Steve's is Lucky by Jason Mraz :)

22. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?

In the shower.  Sometimes I have to b/c I hit snooze too much.

23. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?

Big Sur

23. Do you go to church?

Ocassionally

24. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?

I'm liking my career right now and always like to meet new people :)

25. How old are you?

30

26. Do you have a go to person?

Not really one person but different people for different things.

27. Are you where you want to be in life?

Absolutely

28. Growing up, what were your favorite cartoons?

G.I. Joe, Transformers, Smurfs, Bugs Bunny, Animaniacs (still have their lunch box)

29. What about you do you think has changed the most?

I still pretty much look the same :-P

30. Looking back at high school were they the best years of your life?

oh sure, nerdy, geeky, and clumsy.  Not much has changed since high school... HAHA!

31. Are there times you still feel like a kid?

HELLO, I get paid to play in the dirt. ComeOn!

32. Did you ever own troll dolls?

NO

33. Did you have a pager?

I did in college.

34. Where was the hang out spot when you were a teenager?

The piled up mats in the gym hahaha and the Plaza (I was a mall rat) and the movie theater on Route 4 by the Fuddruckers

35. Were you the type of kid you would want your children to hang out with?

Oh Yeah

ABC's of Me

You've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with the ABC's of YOU. At the end, choose 26 people to be tagged. You have to tag me so really you just need 25 more people. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you - but not in a creepy stalker kind of way. (To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your ABC's of Me, tag 26 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

A - Age: 30

B - Bed size: Queen

C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the Bathroom

D - Dogs' names: No pup pups.

E - Essential start your day item:  SNOOZE

F - Favorite color: Royal Blue (ala Duke Blue)

G - Gold or Silver:  White Gold :)

H - Height: 5' 6"

I - Instruments you play: tamborine :)

J - Job title: Project Geologist

K - Kids:  No kiddies, either (YET)

L - Living arrangements: Chateau Gomez/Birenbaum (ala condo I just bought with the hubhub-to-be Steve)

M - Mom's name: Luz Marina

N - Nicknames: Gomes, P, Pao, Pan Pago, Lola, Butt (what? Cathy still calls me that :) haha)

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: tonsils, mysterious fever freshman year of college

P - Pet Peeve: time wasters

Q - Quote from a movie:

Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.
Bluto: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough...
[thinks hard]
Bluto: the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go!

ANIMAL HOUSE! OH YEAH! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes

R - Right or left handed: Right

S - Siblings: Cathy

T - Time you wake up: when the Jazzman starts singing on the clock

U - Underwear: Yes

V - Vegetable you dislike: brussel sprouts

W - Ways you run late: if I hit the snooze bar two times too many

X - X-rays you've had: mouth, chest, right shoulder, right foot, right ankle, left hand, left thumb

Y - Yummy food you make: ZITI!

Z - Zoo favorite: Dolphin

100 Truths

~ last beverage: diet coke


~ last phone call: a site contact I was going to visit in the field


~ last text message: Anouk

~ last song you listened to: i'm yours by Jason Mraz


~ last time you cried: this weekend :-P


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HAVE YOU EVER:

~ dated someone twice: no

~ been cheated on: yes

~ kissed someone and regretted it: yes

~ lost someone special: thankfully no

~ been depressed: yes

~ been drunk: that would be a yeah

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LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS:

~ Royal Blue (ala Duke Blue)

~ Red (ala crayon red)


~ Green (ala "new" green, that green when a plant is just peeking out of the dirt)

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THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: 2009:

~ made new friends: yes, as in move friends from the acquaintance category to friend.

~ fallen out of love: no

~ laughed until you cried: absolutely

~ found out who your tru friends are:  yes, in both the good and bad way

~ met someone who changed you: not yet but the year is still young

~ found out someone was talking about you: yeppers

~ kissed anyone on your friends list: no

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~ how many kids do you want to have:  2

~ do you have any pets: no

~ do you want to change your name:  will be doing so in just a few months

~ what did you do for your last birthday: had a BBQ in the park with my friends and soon to be family

~ what time did you wake up today: 6:00 am

~ what were you doing at midnite last nite: sleeping?  not sure... i don't look at the clock too much at night

~ name something you cannot wait for:  the closing of escrow for my condo

~ last time you saw your father: January 2009

~ what is one thing you wish you can change about your life:  I'm actually pretty good right now

~ what are you listening to right now:  the keys on the keyboard as I'm typing

~ what's getting on your nerves right now:  the mortage loan process :) but it's getting better

~ what's your real name: Paola Gómez ... soon to be Paola Gómez-Birenbaum :-P

~ relationship status: engaged... to be married in 110 days :)

~ zodiac sign: Sagittarius

~ male or female: female

~ elementary school: St. Brendan's

~ high school: Paramus Catholic Regional High School

~ hair color: brown

~ long or short: long, growing it out for the wedding

~ height: 5'6"

~ do you have a crush on someone:  does Clive Owen count?  hahahahhaha

~ what do you like about yourself:  my drive

~ piercings: 2 (one in each ear)

~ tattoos: 0

~ left handed or right handed: right handed

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FIRSTS:

~ surgery: tonsils at age 4 or 5


~ piercings: I was a couple of months old.

~ tattoo: N/A

~ best friend: Melissa Flores

~ sport you joined: Cheerleading (it IS a sport :-P )

~ pet: a dog

~ vacation: Colombia

~ concert: New Kids on the Block, oh yeah, baby :-P

~ crush: Chris in the second grade... he liked to yank on my pigtails :)

~ alcohol drink: aguardiente

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RIGHT NOW:

~ eating: muffaletta panini from Paninis

~ drinking: diet coke

~ i'm about to: get back to work after my lunch hour

~ listening to:  he keys on the keyboard

~ waiting for: 5pm so we can go check out a restaurant for a potential rehearsal dinner location.

~ want kids: yeppers

~ want to get married:  just about to

~ careers in mind: Queen of Environmental Geology :-)  I think they still have an opening for that....

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HAVE YOU EVER:

~ kissed a stranger: no

~ drank hard liquor: yes

~ lost glasses/contacts: Broken--plenty, lost--no

~ sex on the first date:  I plead the 5th :)

~ had your heart broken: yes

~ been arrested: no

~ turned someone down: yes

~ cried when someone died: yes

~ liked a friend that's a girl:  as more than a friend, no.

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WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX:

~ first thing you notice: how they walk around all of the time without shirts on :-P


~ hugs or kisses: both

~ shorter or taller: taller

~ older or younger: younger ... hey my guy is younger :)

~ romantic or spontaneous: both

~ nice smile or nice eyes: both

~ tattoos or piercings: neither

~ sensitive or loud: sensitive

~ hook--up or relationship: relationship

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DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

~ yourself: yes

~ miracles: yes

~ love at first sight: yes

~ heaven: yes

~ santa: back in the day

~ kissing on the first date: yes

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ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

~ is there one person you want to be with right now: no

~ had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at onetime: no

~ do you believe it's possible to remain faithful forever: yes

~ what's the one thing you cannot live without: Air :-P


~ what song describes your life: at any given moment it's  a different song... but for this moment I would say Superwoman by Alicia Keys.

More Odd Things

More odd things. Tag the person that sent it plus others.

1. What did you eat for breakfast this morning? Two nature valley trail mix bars and tea.

2. What time is it now? 14:37

3. Do you have siblings? Yes. I have one sister.

4. What is your favorite vacation spot? The Beach :)

5. Ever been skinny dipping? No.

6. Ever been to a nude beach? No.

7. Ever been in love? Yes.

8. Who is the funniest person you know? HAHHAHA John Hefron, just went to his comedy show! :) heehee

9. Do you like your job? Yes

10. Who is your best friend? Steve

11. The love of your life? Steve

12. Last person you spoke to? Steve

13. Have pets/what kind? nope, no pets.

14. Married? Kids? Almost and no.

15. When was the last time you were really, really drunk? Fat Face Fenner's Fishshack for my 29th birthday. Haha, I was super drunk.

16. Afraid of the dark? a bit, more of the noises I hear while in the dark.

17. Religion? Roman Catholic.

18. How many FB friends do you have? 293.

19. Do you have any enemies? my archenemy is refined sugar

20. If you could be anywhere in the world right now where would you be? down at the pier in Hermosa

21. If you could retract one thing you have ever said, what would you take back? I can't think of anything off the top of my head... not that I'm not sure others can give me examples of things I should take back :-P

22. Most charming person you know? Steve

23. Favorite day of the week? Saturday.

24. When is your birthday? December 17

25. Most embarrassing moment? HAHAHA... there are way to many but my fav is when I fell down the stairs freshman year in the Bryan Center at Duke into the ALL THE WAY downstairs and was pinned by my backpack with my leg under me. I had to call up for help and the only one around to help was a Duke cop who put me in the back of his squad car and rushed me to the hospital with the lights and sirens on while we drove past a group of my friends... He's was super cool... I had a cop friend for the next 4 years :) but everyone thought I had been arrested.

26. Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall? Summer!

27. If you were to be the opposite sex for a single day, what would you do? Walk around in just shorts :)

28. Do you have any tattoos or piercings? I have two ear piercings... two other ear piercings and a tongue piercing have since closed up.

30. Who do you want to complete this list of odd things? those who like lists :)

31. Did you notice # 29 was missing? Yeah, I'm special that way.

32. Favorite fast food? In-n-out... oh yeah, animal style :)

33. Nice or Naughty? Nice.

I do stupid things 45% of the time.

Mark which things you have done, then calculate your score by counting the number of questions you marked. This test is out of 100 questions which means that the number you get as your score is also your percentage. Tag your friends, and re-post as "I do stupid things __% of the time."

got any more - feel free to add!

1. [x] Forgot to put the lid on the blender, turned it on, and had everything fly out
2. [x] Gotten your head stuck between the stair rails
3. [x] Broken a chair by leaning back in it
4. [x] Had gum fall out of your mouth while you were talking
5. [x] Choked on your own spit while you were talking
6. [ ] Had people tell you that you are blonde when you're not, or had people tell you that your blonde highlights are going to your head
7. [x] Been caught staring at your crush by your crush
8. [x] Have looked for something for at least 5 min then realized it was in your hand
9. [x] Tried to push open a door that said pull
10. [x] Tried to pull open a door that said push

Running total:9

11. [ ] Have actually believed someone when they said that they knew how to make a love-potion
12. [x] Have hit yourself in the process of trying to hit something else
13. [x] Have tripped and fallen UP the stairs
14. [ ] Have actually exploded marshmallows in the microwave
15. [x] Have gotten gum stuck in your hair
16. [ ] Had gum fall out of your mouth while trying to blow a bubble
17. [ ] Have had the juice from a mini tomato squirt out and hit somebody else when you bit into it
18. [x] Have had your drink come out your nose because you were laughing so hard
19. [x] Have called one of your good friends by the wrong name
20. [ ] Have skinned your toe because you were playing soccer or kickball with flip flops on or you were barefoot

Running total: 14

21. [ ] Have put a sticker on your forehead, forgot it was there, and went out in public with it on
22. [ ] Have fallen out of a moving vehicle
23. [x] Have run into a closed door
25. [ ] Searched for your cell phone while you were talking on it
26. [ ] It has taken you longer than 5 min to get a joke
27. [ ] Have gotten your hair stuck in a blow dryer
28. [ ] Have gotten your hair stuck in a fan
29. [x] Tripped on a crack in the sidewalk
30. [ ] Said o'clock after saying how many min after the hour, example: 5:30 o'clock, or 6:15 o'clock

Running total: 16

31. [ ] After someone told you that there was gum on the ground, you stepped in it
32. [ ] Put on a white shirt even though you already knew it was raining outside
33. [ ] Have ever walked up to a stranger because you thought they were someone else
34. [ ] Ever been kicked out of a grocery store
35. [ ] Touched the stove, the curling iron, a hot pan, etc when its on, even though you knew it was hot
36. [ ] Taken off your clothes to change into something else then accidentally put the old clothes back on
37. [x] Wondered why something wasn't working then realized it wasn't plugged in
38. [x] Put the cereal in the fridge, or put the milk in the cupboard
39. [x] Walked into a pole
40. [ ]Wore two different earrings or shoes by accident/stolen someones shoes by accident

Running total: 19

41. [x] Put your shirt on backwards/inside-out without realizing it, then left your house.
42. [ ] Tried to take a picture of someone's eye with the flash on
43. [ ] Gotten a ring stuck on your finger because you put it on even though you knew it was too small
44. [x] Walked out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to your shoe without realizing it :$
45. [x] Went to go do something/go get something, then when you got there, you forgot what it is was that you were going to do
46. [x]Picked up someone else's drink and drank out of it by accident when your drink was right next to it
47. [ ] Fallen out of your chair while trying to pick something up
48. [x] Have poked yourself in the eye
49. [ ] Have gotten in the shower with your socks still on
50. [ ] Melted your hairbrush while blow drying your hair

Running total: 24

51. [x] Have done enough stupid things to make a test
52. [x] Have accidentally stabbed yourself with a pencil
53. [x] Have sung the wrong verse to a song without realizing it
54. [x] Have given an odd answer to a question because you didn't hear the question in the first place and didn't feel like asking what it was
55. [ ] Told someone you were the wrong age because you seriously forgot how old you were
56. [ ] Looked into an overhead purposefully while it was on
57. [x] Got up early and got ready for school/work, then realized that you didn't have school/work that day
58. [ ] Forgot your own phone number
59. [x] Have tripped on a cord after someone told you to watch out for it
60. [x] Have ever laughed at a joke that no one else thought was funny

Running total: 31

61. [ ] Done the Macarena to the electric slide or vice versa
62. [ ] Said funner then had someone make fun of you for it
63. [x] Have repeated yourself at least twice in the same sentence
64. [x] Brought up an inside joke with the wrong person
65. [ ] Didn't do the backside of an test because you thought that there wasn't one because you had already looked and forgot that there was another side
66. [ ] Did more work than you had to on an test because you didn't read the directions
67. [x] Corrected someone's grammar/pronunciation then figured out that you were the one that was wrong
68. [x] Put something in a special place so that you would remember where it was, then forgot where you put it
69. [x] Put ice in your drink after the glass was full of liquid and had it splash out
70. [x] Told a lie then forgot what it was that you had said and got caught

Running Total: 37

71. [ ] When wearing goggles, you pulled them away from your face and let go so that they would come back and snap you in the face
72. [ ] Forgot to make sure that the lamp was off before you replaced the light bulb
73. [x] Ran into a door jam
74. [ ] Told someone that you hardly ever do stupid things, then immediately did/said something stupid
75. [x] Told someone to watch out for something, then you were the one that ran into it
76. [ ] Have purposely licked playground sand
77. [ ] Have purposely and repeatedly flicked yourself with a rubber band
78. [x] Gotten so hyper that someone actually thought you were drunk when you weren't
79. [ ] Have been so hyper you actually scared people
80. [ ] Put duct tape on your body then pulled it off to see if it would hurt

Running total: 40

81. [ ] Put duct tape on your hair/someone else's hair then pulled it off
82. [ ] Put a clothes pin/hair clip on your lip, figured out that it hurt, then did it again
83. [ ] Sat and wondered why men dress shirts have a loop on the back
84. [x] Made up a code name for someone so that you could talk about them to someone else and no one else would know who you were talking about
85. [ ] Have gotten a hairbrush stuck in your hair (or someone elses...)
86. [x] Used the straw to blow the straw wrapper at someone
87. [ ] Shaved your tongue because you thought your taste buds looked funny
88. [x] When at a restaurant, you used your spoon to fling stuff at people
89. [ ] Have flung forks at people in a restaurant
90. [ ] Tripped and made the waiter drop the food.

Running total: 43

91. [ ] As you are writing, you move your head back and forth with your pen/pencil
92. [ ] Have drawn finger puppets on your fingers then named them
93. [ ] Have wrapped someone in a roll of toilet paper
94. [ ] Have used somebody else's toothbrush without even realizing it wasn't yours
95. [x] Have started telling a story and forget what you were talking about or what happened in the story
96. [x] Read a whole book but during the whole book you weren’t even paying attention
97. [ ] You have spelled your own name wrong before
98.[ ] When lying in bed you look for pictures in the texture of the ceiling
99. [ ] Have used your calculator as a form of communication in a class
100. [ ] Have popped a balloon in your mouth

GRAND TOTAL: 45

It's say it's less "stupid" and more absent-minded. Anybody with me??? hmm???

One Word Answers Share

Newest Facebook Survey :)

One Word Answers Share
Type only ONE word answers

It's harder than you think!! Here is what you are supposed to do...and please don't spoil the fun...copy and paste into your own note, type in your answers and tag a bunch of people - including me.

Where is your cell phone?.......pocket
Your hair ............bun
Your father? ........working
Your favorite thing? ...........reading
Your dream last night?........dancing
Your favorite drink? ..........vodka
Your dream/goal? ...........laughter
The room you are in? .....office
Your fear? ................failing
Where do you want to be in 6 years? ......future
Muffins? .............blueberry
One of your wish list items?........skydiving
Where you grew up?......Jersey
The last thing you did? .......report
What are you wearing?.......sweater
Your TV?...........OLD
Your pets? .........none
Your computer? .....desktop
Your life? .......fabulous
Missing someone? ......Yeppers
Your car? .......corolla
Favorite store?.....REI
Your summer? .....camping
Your favorite color? .........blue
When is the last time you laughed? ......today
Last time you cried? .....fortnight

Changed these questions to conform:
One person who emails me? ....Cathy
One of my favorite foods? .........pizza
One place I would rather be right now? ....beach
One person I think will respond? ..... jessy

The Bucket List

The Bucket List. Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then send it to your friends (including me).

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, do the list and tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.) If you don't see the Tag people in the upper right hand corner you are in the wrong place.)

Things you have done during your lifetime:

(X) Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school
(   ) Watched someone die
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida
(   ) Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
(   ) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
(X) Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(X) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Danced in the rain-naked
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
(X) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
(X) Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
(X) Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train
(   ) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
(X) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
(X) Been to Disneyland
( ) Truly believe in the power of prayer
(X) Been in a rain forest
(X) Seen whales in the ocean
(X) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
(X) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
( ) Been water-skiing
(X) Been snow-skiing
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
(X) Swam in the Mediterranean
(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(X) Been to a National Football League game
(X) Played in the snow

Nearest Book Game

"However, other incompatibilities could result in the formation of an innocous but noxious gas, heat, toxic gas, fire and even an explosion."

My HAZWHOPER book was the closest on my desk :)

Rules
Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence along with these instructions in a note to your wall.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST