Get to Know Your Friends

I admit it–I’m a sucker for stupid internet quiz email thingies (yes, I have an advanced vocabulary). Here’s the latest one to land in my inbox. Thought you might like a peek into the “real” mimi! Feel free to add your answers in the comments section.

1. What time is it? 10:26 am
2. Name as it appears on birth certificate: Mary Louise Gaston
3. Nickname: ML, Mimi, Mama
4. Missing: the housekeeping gene
5. Eye color: blue-grey
6 Place of birth: Ft. Campbell, KY
7. Favorite foods: pasta, Mexican, chocolate, unsweet iced tea
8. Ever been to Africa? not yet
9. Ever been toilet papering? Nope–too geeky in HS to participate
10. Love someone so much it made you cry? Still do
11. Been in a car accident? Yep.
12. Croutons or bacon bits: Yep.
13. Favorite day of the week: Tuesday
14. Favorite restaurant: Enzo’s
15. Favorite flower: tulips
16. Favorite sport to watch: baseball
17. Favorite drink: bourbon and seven or a whiskey sour
18. Favorite ice cream: Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food
19. Disney or Warner Bros.: Warner Bros!! Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc are my heroes 😉
20. Favorite fast food restaurant: Panera
21. What color is your bedroom carpet? wood (we ripped the carpet out after the hurricane)
22. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? zero–and I took mine in a stick shift VW Rabbit!
23. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? Jenny, my college roomie
24. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Chico’s or Pottery Barn
25. What you do most often when you are bored? nibble, check email, read
26. Bed time: I turn into a pumpkin by 10
27. Who will respond to this e-mail the quickest? Kathy already did!
28. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond? Possibly Mitchell, depending on how social he feels today
29. Favorite TV shows: CSI
30. Last person you went out to dinner with: my whole family
31. What are you listening to right now? cartoons in the background, Seal in the car
32. What is your favorite color? purple
33. Lake, river or ocean? river
34. How many tattoos do you have? None. I don’t pay people to cause me pain.
35. Have you ever run out of gas? Twice.
36. Time you finished this e-mail: 10:31 am