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1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

My grandmother, Elizabeth Hess. She didn't like her name, so Mum chose a variation.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

A couple of nights ago. No, I will not give details.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?

It's atrocious, but it's far too late to improve it.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?

Cold roast beef.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

No. I wish I did, but it didn't happen.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?

Probably.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?

Yes.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?

No. They were removed when I was ten, after I'd developed abscesses the size of quarters. I grew about eight inches in the next year, much to my parents' delight.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?

Not in a million years.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?

Frosted Mini-Wheats.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?

No.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?

Used to be some form of chocolate, but these days probably a peanut butter variation.

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

Eyes and hair.

15. RED OR PINK?

Red. With the exception of a deep, strong cochineal magenta, I have little use for pink.

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?

My tendency to over-dramatize.

17. WHOM DO YOU MISS THE MOST?

My mother and my uncle Oscar, always.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?

Not really.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?

I'm in my bathrobe, which is periwinkle blue.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?

"Young American" on WRNX-FM.

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

Cochineal.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?

Vanilla, patchouli, incense, any of the BPAL dragon's blood scents, cinnamon.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?

A co-worker.

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?

Yes.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?

Ice hockey.

27. HAIR COLOR?

Medium ash brown with a nascent gray streak along my part line.

28. EYE COLOR?

Green.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?

No.

30. FAVORITE FOOD?

Well done New York strip steak, baked potato, green beans, and crème brulee. I don't get it often, but when I do I savor it.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

Happy endings.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?

Sherlock HOlmes.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?

N/A.

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?

Summer. As hot as it can get, I crave the sunlight.

35. HUGS OR KISSES?

Hugs.

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?

I have no opinion.

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?

See above.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?

Outrage, by Vincent Bugliosi; Memory in Death, by JD Robb; Backlash, by Susan Faludi; Republican Gomorrah, by Max Blumenthal; the Wistarihurst Museum docent's manual.

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?

The General Electric logo.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?

Law & Order (original) and some abomination called "Silent Library" on the TV at Planet Fitness.

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S)?

Wind through trees, a Beethoven symphony, the interweaving lines of Handel choruses, the last movement of the Jupiter Symphony, water over stones, the forest coming alive in the spring.

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?

Beatles.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?

Salzburg, Austria.

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?

Analysis, writing, research, singing, quilting, embroidery, making ridiculous jokes, free-associating.

46 WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in a hospital my great-grandfather co-founded.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?

All and none.