Friday Fives
1. Describe your handwriting in one word.
Sloppy. It has a shelf life of about 18 hours and then even I struggle trying to read it. I am pretty dyslexic and spent a lot of time in elementary and middle school taking special education classes for my handwriting. I actually had teachers tell my mother I had a learning disability and was counseled in high school not to go to college and to go to diesel mechanics college instead. Which is odd because I am an evil super genius, although I have decided to use my super intelligence as a force for good.
2. What would you never, ever wear?
A tattoo, probably. But I think this question is more about clothing. I have virtually no real keen fashion sense and will generally wear anything close to acceptable. That said, I have never worn and will probably never wear a grass skirt or a dress.
3. What are you going to drink this weekend? Try to find a picture of it so we can all salivate at work.
Probably a Harvey Wallbanger.
4. Which bands or artists do you absolutely loathe?
Air Supply. I always turn off the radio when they come on. Mariah Carey is also on that list along with most of the manufactured pop acts of recent history: Brittany Spears,
N Sync and that whole genre.
5. What words always creep you out or bug you?
Irregardless (an unnecessary word!) Orientate (same thing) Medical slang, like “‘scripts” and “meds” for prescriptions and medicines. How hard is it to use the real word? Aren’t we lessening medicine’s importance by referring to them with nonchalant slang?
1. Describe your handwriting in one word.
Sybil. I cannot write with any kind of consistency of style. Some days, I’m loopy, some days, it’s all blocky engineer-style print.
2. What would you never, ever wear?
Anything neon. I retired my Frankie Goes to Hollywood neon shirts back in ’83.
3. What are you going to drink this weekend? Something sissy, so I’m not passed out at the garage by noon. Wine spritzers?
4. Which bands or artists do you absolutely loathe?
Steely Dan, Air Supply, any “good ole boy music”…there’s actually so much music I can’t stand.
5. What words always creep you out or bug you?
Words that don’t exist (courtesy of listening to Livelinks greetings): the word “conversate”, in particular.
1. Describe your handwriting in one word.
Schizoid. Like Jenny, it varies depending on my mood, attention span, and whether or not I expect to need to decipher it one day.
2. What would you never, ever wear?
Short shorts.
3. What are you going to drink this weekend? Hmmm. . . .I just bought a bottle of Van Winkle Family Reserve 12 year old bourbon that’s practically drinking itself. I think I’ll have some more of that.
4. Which bands or artists do you absolutely loathe?
New country crap. Soulless shit like Michael Bolton. Soulless teen shit like Vanessa Carlton and the like.
5. What words always creep you out or bug you?
Beheaded. (I must be reading too much CNN today).
Skortz?
1. Describe your handwriting in one word. Omniform. It depends on multiple factors as to what shape/level of legibility it takes.
2. What would you never, ever wear? Bellbottoms or fringe.
3. What are you going to drink this weekend? I drank Mandarin Absolut and Mandarin Seltzer. It was clear. And delicious.
4. Which bands or artists do you absolutely loathe? New Country bands, Hip Hop bands, Rap, John Tesh, Celine Dion, Mr. Tree & The Wingnuts.
5. What words always creep you out or bug you? Corporate buzzwords (even the word ‘buzzword’) such as “Synergy”, “Proactive” & “Paradigm Shift”. As for the medical abbreviations, Roy.. they have to not only write in shorthand, but talk in it, too.. Can’t waste precious seconds on extraneous syllables!