The Five Questions Thing That’s Going Around

Yes, it’s another meme. Deal with it. This published at midnight, and at this time I’m probably drunk off my ass in New York City, doing body shots off of Britt’s neck and Becky’s boobs. I might be singing karaoke, hard to say. I hope that I’m partying with Dawg and Poppy and Cissa right now.

I guaranTEE you I’ve seen the Statue of Liberty, despite Britt’s dire whinings to the contrary. She kept me from the Liberty Bell – I will NOT be denied my Lady Liberty! And I probably jackslapped her beautiful blonde hair off her head when she said, “Just take a picture of the Statue through the window.”

There won’t be any SecondHand Radio today, by the way. I’ve left my laptop at home, even though I’m very likely twitching from Net withdrawals. Besides, it’s very likely that by the time 5pm rolls around this afternoon, everyone but me is nursing a hangover. I don’t get hangovers. It’s a blessing. And a curse. Today, though, it’s a blessing.

Right, so the meme. I nabbed this from Hilly. I’m not going to be as masterfully creative at answering it as she was. Again, deal.

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?

Let’s see, in 1998 I had my major emotional breakdown, got laid off from my job, and started attending daily intensive outpatient group therapy. For two years. I was dating a great gal in Dallas, but it ended shortly after my breakdown. I just couldn’t deal with anyone outside of myself. I was also battling the nasty health insurance company that didn’t want to pay me my short-term or long-term disability. I lost.

2. What five things are on your to-do list for today?

Very clever, making a five-question meme, but then requiring me to come up with five MORE things in one of the questions. Since I’m writing this days in advance (so I don’t have to worry about posting while at BrittCon), I’ll answer it using NOW as a reference. You know, as opposed to answering it in the future Sunday sense.

a. I need to research and price planes/hotels/rental cars for my mom to go to her 20th high school reunion in September.

b. I need to create a bunch of forms for my mom for her to use at work. I’m the computer whiz. It’s what I do.

c. I need to design more t-shirts for the 2HT Store using the slogans I wrote for my recent guest post at Whit’s. Three of those shirts I’ll order and wear to BlogHer next month.

d. I need to mail out prizes from the last several Freaky Frakkin’ Fridays. I’m a terrible procrastinator.

e. I need to catch up on blogs. Or mark them all as read. Something. My feedreader is about to implode.

3. Snacks I enjoy…

I’m more of a sweets person than a salt person. I love some Chex party mix, though. And grapes. Love, love, love the grapes.

4. Things I would do if I was a billionaire…

Oh, man. Where do I start? Pay off all my debt, pay off all my family’s houses and cars, pay off my daughters’ school loans, take a vacation with all of my family and friends, travel the world with Hilly, buy an iPhone, buy a Mac, buy a new car because the one I’m driving has two windows that don’t close all the way, hire the Barenaked Ladies and Depeche Mode to sing at my birthday, get my teeth fixed, donate a shitload to charity, buy a mountain cabin somewhere by a lake, go to school for the fun of it, get a pancreas transplant so I wouldn’t have diabetes any more, take a trip to the Space Station, and then finally settle down in Amsterdam where I could buy the finest hashish that money can buy. Not that I’d inhale, mind you.

5. Places I have lived…

I think I’ve answered this before, but what the hell. New York, Florida, New Mexico, Texas, Mississippi, and England. I’d move back to any of those places, except Mississippi.