Monday, February 16, 2009

February 16, 2009 Monday (President's Day)

Well, today is a holiday and I am off of work. I have been off work since Friday as I took an extra day off to have a long 4 day weekend.

When I take these four day weekends 2 things happen. 1. I start to run out of projects to do at home. and 2. By the Monday, I start to bug the hell outta my wife.

Today, I am going to do something a little different here. I mean, sure, I could tell you that I just ate a bacon sandwich, and watched numerous episodes of "Dead Like Me" ...again. But, since it IS a holiday I thought I would answer the questions from the last page of Vanity Fair Magazine.

A little background. Every month Vanity Fair (VF) chooses a star or a mover and shaker type someone we all know or know of, and asks them this set of questions.
Month to month the questions never change, only the people, and I am always surprised and/or amused by the answers that appear. The questions amuse me, too.

So, here goes. Please don't be offended.

Q: What is your idea of perfect happiness?

A: The times when I get to play catch with my children, and the times when my wife laughs at my jokes.

Q: What is your greatest fear?

A: Loss of income.

Q: What is the trait you most deplore in others?

A: Selfishness

Q: What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

A: Selfishness

Q: What is your greatest extravagance?

A: Expensive alcohol and coins.

Q: What is your current state of mind?

A: Relieved to be rid of Bush, and excited to start college.

Q: What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

A: Attempting to please a god.

Q: On what occasion do you lie?

A: When I know I can get away with it, but not ever to my wife.

Q: What quality do you most like in a man?

A: The ability to think rationally and have intelligent conversations and a good sense of humor. Also, seeing women as superior beings.

Q: What quality do you most like in a woman?

A: The ability to be independent, wise, and calm.

Q: If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what do you think it would be?

A: The thoughts of a person trying to figure all of this shit out.

Q: What words or phrase do you most overuse?

A: "Fuck ( add noun here)" or just "Fuuuuuck THAT!!"

Q: What or who is the greatest love of your life?

A: My wife, my children and my coins.

Q: When and where were you happiest?

A: 2 answers here. About a month ago whilst playing catch with my son and 2nd oldest daughter. AND about 6 years ago, the Luxor in Vegas and the Belagio in Vegas at the Blue Man group show, and buffet on honeymoon with mt wife. Did I mention the 3 foot tall Margarita?

Q: What do you consider your greatest acheivement?

A: Coming back from a homeless state to having a home and a great career.

Q: Where would you like to live?

A: In the middle of a vast piece of property in a modest house where no neighbors or anyone else could knock on my door.

Q:What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

A: Homelessness, and living in someone elses home where you are not welcome.

Q:What is your most marked characteristic?

A: Either my nose or the scar on my neck.

Q: What do most value in your friends?

A: Closeness when I need it, and space when I need it.

Q: Who are your favorite writers?

A: Frank Miller, Bill Flanagan, Wayne Dyer, Marvin Myers, the ancient people who wrote the Nag Hammadi Library and the Gospel of Judas. Stephan Hoeller, e.e. cummings, and Robert Frost.

Q: Who are your heroes in real life?

A: People who go to work everyday to make an honest living and provide for their families.

Q: What is your greatest regret?

A: Leaving my children for about a year.

Q: What is your motto?

A: Human rights for all people mean everything.

Q: How would you like to die?

A: In peace with no fear.

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