1. Do you like blue cheese?
GOD NO, it’s disgusting

2. Have you ever smoked cigarettes? If yes, how did you quit?
I have not. I need my lungs, preferably for the rest of my life.

3. Do you own a gun? How are your feelings about gun control/2nd Amendment rights?
I don’t own a gun. I’m fine with people owning hunting rifles and maybe even handguns, but I’m pretty sure the founding fathers weren’t anticipating the concept of a semiautomatic weapon when they drafted the 2nd Amendment.

4. What is your favorite flavor of water or liquor flavors?
I don’t get the whole flavored water thing. Why can’t you just drink plain old water? It’s good!

5. Do you get nervous before a doctor visit? Why?
I get nervous before EVERYTHING, but yes, especially doctor visits. I’ve had a lot of bad experiences with doctors, let’s just put it that way.

6. How do you like your hot dogs?
With lots of ketchup. And just barely cooked. Like, we’re talking slightly warmed.

7. Although it’s been asked a lot, tell us about a favorite movie that you haven’t shared before.
I’ve probably shared all my favorite movies on here at one point or another, haha. So let’s just pick one: Mystery Men. Very funny and very quotable.

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Water.

9. In a dating situation, have you ever misrepresented yourself to seem cooler or hipper? (Yes we know for most of you it was long ago…)
Probably, haha.

10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? Why?
My wedding ring. Apart from earrings, it’s my ONLY piece of jewelry, and is my favorite for the obvious reason that it’s from my husband. I’m too paranoid to wear it anywhere, though, so it sits in my earring box where it’s safe.

11. Favorite hobby? Tell us about it so we understand it.
Walking/running. I walk or run 16 miles a day (except for the weekly off-day) and it’s my time to think, daydream, imagine, and chill. The physical activity part is great, too.

12. Do you have A.D.D., or have you suspected it?
Nope.

13. What’s a thing you dislike or would change about yourself?
Everything. I’m a horrible human being.

14. Middle name? Like it or not?
It’s Marie. It’s boring because it’s so common, but it goes well with my first and last names.

15. Name three random thoughts you might have on this week:
1: it’s going to be a busy semester; 2: my toenail hurts; 3: nobody’s ever going to read this anyway so QUAGGA QUAGGA QUAGGA QUAGGA!!!!!

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink. Tell us a bit about them.
There’s not much to tell, haha. Water, chocolate milk, and…well, that’s it.

17. Current worry:
ASHA.

18. Current annoyance:
Everything.

19. Favorite place to be in the summer? Give us a wee bit more than “the beach”.
I’m fine staying home.

20. How do you usually ring in the new year? If forced (to do something new, what would it be?
I cry. For whatever reason I find the formal process of one year ending and another beginning to be very, very sad. It makes me hyper aware of how much it’s such a big deal to humans and yet we and our stupid calendar are completely meaningless in the grand scheme of things. If I had to do something new, I’d love to go to Times Square. Or at least, that used to be a want. Now with COVID I’d probably just want to stay away.

21. What have you done this summer that’s special? Pictures please.
It’s September, dawg. Summer’s over. I got to go back to Moscow for the first time since 2019, so that was nice.

22. Have you ever walked into a room with just shoes on?
I…don’t think so?

23. Have you ever gone to the “dark side”?
Probably.

24. What shirt are you wearing right now?
My 2021 Calgary Half Marathon shirt.

25. What’s important about a bed to you? Like type of sheets, size or whatever.
Bro, I do NOT care. I can sleep anywhere.

26. Can you sing?
I sing, but not well.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I make up my own songs.

30. Favorite girl’s name?
I’ve always liked the name Jackie.

31. Favorite boy’s name?
I HAVE MANY but I dig the name Hugo quite a bit.

32. What’s in your pocket or purse right now?
I don’t have pockets OR a purse! TAKE THAT YOU SON OF A BITCH

33. Last thing that made you laugh?
My disproportionately angry response to the above question. Yes, I make myself laugh a lot. Nobody else likes my stupid jokes, so I overcompensate.

34. Best toy as a child?
Wrenchie, the dog toy that squeaked.

35. Worst injury you have ever had?
I don’t know if appendicitis counts as an “injury,” so let’s just say the injury that required an ambulance ride and an overnight stay at the hospital in Vancouver. And we’ll leave it at that.

36. Where would you love to live?
Antarctica. I’d still love to be a statistician at the McMurdo station. Fight me.

37. What type of TV do you have? Would you’d like an upgrade?
It’s the TV my mom got me before I moved to Vancouver. Having more HDMI ports would be nice, but other than that it’s a great TV.

39. How many dogs do you have?
None.

40. Do most folks trust you?
I have no idea.

41. What book are you reading?
I am PLODDING through The Adventures of Augie March. This is for two reasons: 1) I only read when I’m on the treadmill and the weather has been nice enough for me to be able to consistently be outside, and 2) I hate it.

42. What’s your favorite classic TV show?
Does Frasier count? If so, Frasier.

43. What’s your favorite sports team?
The Mets!

44. Favorite month and why?
February. We get Reading Week and my birthday’s in there, too.