1. What’s the coolest item you’ve found at a garage sale, flea market, etc.?
Man, it’s been a LONG time since I’ve gone to a garage sale. I think we found a funky hot pink chair at a garage sale when I was a kid.

2. Describe how your day went yesterday.
Meh. It was a day. I was busy as usual.

3. Do you have issues with people entering your personal space? What do you do when your personal space is violated?
I do NOT like people in my personal space, probably because I have a bad history of people going in my spaces when they shouldn’t be. I just want some area that I can call mine and that no one goes into when I’m not there and/or when I don’t give them permission; I don’t know why that’s so hard. My grandma (the evil one) used to snoop around in my bedroom when I was a teen. Peter also used to go down into the basement at my dad’s house (which is where I lived when I was getting my math degree/teaching at the U of I) and snoop around down there. Stay the hell out; that’s my space.
I don’t currently have my own private space (apart from my office I guess) and that drives me nuts. I have an area of the house that’s sort of become mine, but it’s the dining room, basically, so it’s exposed and does not involve any real privacy.
I reiterate: I do NOT like people in my personal space.

4. What is the one meal recipe you think you’ve mastered?
My broccoli/penne/feta thing. I’ve been making it consistently since 2009 when I lived in Vancouver.

5. If you could take back something you did to someone, what would it be?
I would have taken back how nice and submissive I was to Jessica when she was trying to destroy my relationship with Rob. I would have absolutely gone off on her; I really don’t know how I didn’t.
Yeah, I’m petty like that.

6. Would you describe yourself as spiritual, religious, or something else?
I’m atheist. None of that “spiritual but not religious” nonsense, either.

7. Did you ever receive detention in school? What sort of kid were you in school – bookworm, smart kid, troublemaker, quiet … etc.
I had detention once in 8th grade when I was making fun of perfect squares. Other than that, though, I was relatively quiet and (until high school at least) a very hard worker.

8. When’s the last time you ran a mile? How often do you exercise?
Exactly a mile? It’s been a while. At least a mile? Yesterday! I exercise every day because it’s the only thing that keeps me sane.

9. What would you say to your 16-year-old self, and why?
“You are garbage and will always be garbage.” Why lie, after all?

10. What are you avoiding?

I’m procrastinating like hell on a few things I need to do to get ready for teaching. I also still have some French homework to do.

11. Describe a “Hah! I told you so” moment you had recently.
I actually can’t think of one off the top of my head right now.

12. What’s more important, where you live or what you do for a living? Why?
For me? It’s what I do for a living. I love teaching math/stats and could probably do it anywhere.

13. Swear words: Are you pro or con? Why?
I swear a LOT, haha.

14. Paper or plastic? Do you prefer to pack your own groceries?
I get plastic at places that still have plastic bags available because the bags work great for Pepper’s litter trash can (and the trashcan in the bathroom) and prevents us from, you know, outright buying plastic trash bags. But a lot of places up here don’t offer plastic anymore, so I prefer to use my reusable Safeway bag. And yes, I prefer to pack my own groceries.

15. Do you have a shoe fetish? How often do you buy new shoes? Do you ever get rid of a pair of shoes?
I’ve never understood the shoe fetish thing. But I do buy a lot of Kinvaras because I burn through a pair (500 miles) about every 4-5 weeks.