Ask the Person Below You

[mere1975]

I'm more of a nail tear-er/picker. It's just as neurotic.

Have you ever made paper or your own book?

- Mere "apparently, this is a skill I will have to learn, and apparently, bookbinders look down upon scrapbookers" 1975

[squeezle]

in second grade we wrote and illustrated our own books as christmas presents for our parents - they were bound and everything!


i'm hungry, what are you going to fix me for breakfast?

[Rebecca]

A knuckle sandwich.


Do you ever find yourself using sayings or phrases that your parents use?

[James]

yes, to my own chagrin.

what artist do you consider your biggest guilty pleasure?

Ja"Robert Palmer or Phil Collins"mes

[froggorino]

only as a joke. cause that's how they getcha.

DOH! ummmmm probably air supply.


got plans for your next vacation?


frog"bought tix today for st. lucia over christmas"gy

[mere1975]

Sam and I were just talking about vacation. I want to make the next school break (3 weeks) count. I don't know where we're going, but somewhere good.

(My brother fell in a 5' ditch on his first night in St. Lucia and had to have emergency surgery because rebar went through his heel, and the standing water gave him a wicked infection. He wasn't even drunk, and it was a really nice resort. So watch out for giant ditches outside your hotel room.)

Suggestions for where to go on vacation in December?

- Mere "St. Lucia sounds like a good idea (apart from the ditch thing)" 1975

[James]

Morocco. Or Barbados.

If you could destroy either Delaware or Mississippi, which would it be?

[froggorino]

mississippi. my sister in law is from delaware, and i actually find missisissippi kind of depressing. like it's got an air of desperation that is unappealing to me.


did your parents scream at you?


frog"ps - my dad has a villa in st lucia, so no hotel for me. who's coming?"gy

[mere1975]

My mom hollered a lot for me to do my chores or come downstairs on time (every morning before school), but they rarely yelled AT me for doing something bad. One time when I got a bad report card in college, I made my dad cry and that REALLY freaked me out.



I don't even like to think about it.


What's the worst punishment you've ever gotten from a parent?

- Mere "no semester abroad in England because of said report card -- which sounds spoiled, but it was something I had worked hard for and bargained for with them about" 1975

[Kristen]

i've been my parents' personal slave on more than one occasion. and that always includes rough manual labor.


have you seen "black. white."?

[froggorino]

nope.

should i?


frog"haaaaaaa! i thought personal slave was MY idea! alas...ellipse"gy

[Kristen]

(haha froggy)

well im watching it right now and it's pretty interesting. this white family turns black and this black family turns white (they get their skin airbrushed) and live life as the other race.


what is your favorite meal when you were younger that your parents or grandparents would make you?

[mere1975]

My grandmother made these little crepes filled with applesauce called "plotzkes." She would make dozens of them and we'd have them at just about every meal when she visited.

And she made veal cutlets (with ketchup) that were AWESOME, but veal makes me sad now.

OH! And Gram's apple pie. Or nut roll. Or pineapple squares. She liked to bake.


What do/did you call your grandparents?

- Mere "Gram and Pop" 1975

[froggorino]

did. nana and papa. (italian)


i'm supposed to drive like an hour through the country today to get to this guy's house to take a piano lesson. i feel like crap. think it would be really bad if i cancelled/ postponed until next week?

[ChrisLovesYou]

A piano lesson will make you feel better, probably.

What's your favourite jazz standard?