Inside your head any phonebooth can be a confessional
The blog form almost demands that the blogger share some autobiography. I don't want to go on about personal things, because who knows who could be reading and c'mon, enough about me. However, I still get the confessional urge and (rationalizing) some of you Knitty readers haven't met me at all. So I decided to grab a way-dorky meme off Turtlegirl's blog for that optimum mix of autobiography and subterfuge. I cut a few questions. Feel free to post along in the comments!
There Is Lots of "Me" in "Meme"
1. FIRST NAME? Danielle
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? After my parents' hunch they were having a boy proved entirely wrong, they had to scramble for a girl's name. Thought up mine right away but rejected it because my dad had a high-school girlfriend named Danielle. Three days later, they gave in.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Last night. Dork. Got some frustration on the burners.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I carefully shaped it as a kid. I even learned graphology for the sixth-grade science fair. Now I can't really see my handwriting. It's like seeing a photo of yourself: "Yup. That's me."
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? I truly and honestly despise all lunch meat. The way it gets slimy in the fridge... ugh.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I think I would find me highly entertaining. (I should keep that perspective on myself.)
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Y.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Y.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No. Hang-gliding, maybe. And I'd ride on the back of a motorcycle if I could, like two guys in Frank Bruni's Italy article, vroom from Austria to Piedmont for lunch.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Homemade muesli, adapted from Didi Emmons' first? second? cookbook.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? When I wear shoes with laces, yes.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I think I'm stubborn.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? A range of chocolate options. Also, green tea.
14. SHOE SIZE? 7-1/2.
15. RED OR PINK? Red.
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I'd like to drive myself a little less crazy.
17. WHOM DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Strangely enough, I seem to have let go of all the people I used to miss. I still think about many of them all the time, but I don't miss them. (?: "The past isn't over. It isn't even past." - Faulkner.)
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT, AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Dark blue jeans, black sweater, red Okkervil River shirt, black Merrills shoes. Welcome to late fall.
20. LAST THING YOU ATE? Leftover pasta.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Hooray for Earth, in my head.
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Burnt umber.
23. FAVORITE SMELL? Cookies. And wood fires. C'mon. There's no other answer.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? "Hello, you have reached the home of...."
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? What instrument he plays. Kidding! There isn't one particular thing. See the guy, ears perk.
27. FAVORITE DRINK? Non-alc: coffee. Alc: dark ale, vodka gimlets.
28. FAVORITE SPORT? Baseball.
29. EYE COLOR? Hazel? Brown?
30. HAT SIZE? No clue.
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Oh yes. Can't see my own shoulder clearly without correction. Hideous glasses. Must replace them one of these days.
32. FAVORITE FOOD? Easier: Least. I'm sorry to say that I still feel tentative eating fish, and I usually avoid it.
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings. (Barf, I know.)
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Spring and fall.
36. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs are more dependable.
37. FAVORITE DESSERT? You mean like desert-island? Brownies.
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Steve Almond, My Life in Heavy Metal (finally); Boswell's Life of Johnson; Elizabeth Zimmermann, Knitting Without Tears; Charles Baxter, First Light; Frank Bidart, Star Dust.
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Few innings of the World Series, ten minutes of Sex & the City, twenty minutes of Letterman. Lately I've been watching too much TV.
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Never thought about this. To go all free-association on youse: The crackling of food in the oven, the kettle whistling, my car shifting into fourth, the wind in the trees, Eva going inexplicably and inconsolably meow meow meow meow meow. And of course Okkervil River.
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? I'm sorely tempted to be all ex-music-critic snotty and say "Velvet Underground," but: Beatles. Not a huge fan of either, but the Liverpudlians were more original and influential.
45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Rome or the Isle of Skye. (No clue about distance.)
46. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Making connections.
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? New Rochelle, NY
Over & out.
There Is Lots of "Me" in "Meme"
1. FIRST NAME? Danielle
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? After my parents' hunch they were having a boy proved entirely wrong, they had to scramble for a girl's name. Thought up mine right away but rejected it because my dad had a high-school girlfriend named Danielle. Three days later, they gave in.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Last night. Dork. Got some frustration on the burners.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I carefully shaped it as a kid. I even learned graphology for the sixth-grade science fair. Now I can't really see my handwriting. It's like seeing a photo of yourself: "Yup. That's me."
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? I truly and honestly despise all lunch meat. The way it gets slimy in the fridge... ugh.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I think I would find me highly entertaining. (I should keep that perspective on myself.)
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Y.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Y.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No. Hang-gliding, maybe. And I'd ride on the back of a motorcycle if I could, like two guys in Frank Bruni's Italy article, vroom from Austria to Piedmont for lunch.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Homemade muesli, adapted from Didi Emmons' first? second? cookbook.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? When I wear shoes with laces, yes.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I think I'm stubborn.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? A range of chocolate options. Also, green tea.
14. SHOE SIZE? 7-1/2.
15. RED OR PINK? Red.
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I'd like to drive myself a little less crazy.
17. WHOM DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Strangely enough, I seem to have let go of all the people I used to miss. I still think about many of them all the time, but I don't miss them. (?: "The past isn't over. It isn't even past." - Faulkner.)
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT, AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Dark blue jeans, black sweater, red Okkervil River shirt, black Merrills shoes. Welcome to late fall.
20. LAST THING YOU ATE? Leftover pasta.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Hooray for Earth, in my head.
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Burnt umber.
23. FAVORITE SMELL? Cookies. And wood fires. C'mon. There's no other answer.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? "Hello, you have reached the home of...."
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? What instrument he plays. Kidding! There isn't one particular thing. See the guy, ears perk.
27. FAVORITE DRINK? Non-alc: coffee. Alc: dark ale, vodka gimlets.
28. FAVORITE SPORT? Baseball.
29. EYE COLOR? Hazel? Brown?
30. HAT SIZE? No clue.
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Oh yes. Can't see my own shoulder clearly without correction. Hideous glasses. Must replace them one of these days.
32. FAVORITE FOOD? Easier: Least. I'm sorry to say that I still feel tentative eating fish, and I usually avoid it.
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings. (Barf, I know.)
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Spring and fall.
36. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs are more dependable.
37. FAVORITE DESSERT? You mean like desert-island? Brownies.
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Steve Almond, My Life in Heavy Metal (finally); Boswell's Life of Johnson; Elizabeth Zimmermann, Knitting Without Tears; Charles Baxter, First Light; Frank Bidart, Star Dust.
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Few innings of the World Series, ten minutes of Sex & the City, twenty minutes of Letterman. Lately I've been watching too much TV.
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Never thought about this. To go all free-association on youse: The crackling of food in the oven, the kettle whistling, my car shifting into fourth, the wind in the trees, Eva going inexplicably and inconsolably meow meow meow meow meow. And of course Okkervil River.
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? I'm sorely tempted to be all ex-music-critic snotty and say "Velvet Underground," but: Beatles. Not a huge fan of either, but the Liverpudlians were more original and influential.
45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Rome or the Isle of Skye. (No clue about distance.)
46. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Making connections.
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? New Rochelle, NY
Over & out.
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