1. What are all four of your grandparents' names? Which ones of them are still alive?
2. What one song you like a lot right....NOW?
3. What band do you like a lot right...................MEOW?
4. What activities make you loose track of time?
5. Name five foods or beverages that have good memories attached to them?
6. If you could choose any celebrities to be your mom and dad, who would they be?
7. What do you normally eat for breakfast?
8. If you could live inside a movie, which one would it be?
9. How many legit cousins do you have? Do you know all of their names?
10. What's your favorite seasonal food you like to eat in winter? spring? summer? fall?
11. When you can't sleep, what do you do?
12. What is the next adventure you'd like to go on in the realistic near future?
13. What color do you think looks dreadful on you?
14. What are your two favorite colors to wear together?
15. At what age should someone have called the fashion police on you?
16. What sweet treat do you enjoy most lately?
17. How do you treat pennies? Do you save them? Throw them away?
18. What's one thing you won't skimp on when purchasing?
19. What's something you get mad at yourself for doing, but you do it anyway?
20. And most importantly, what's your favorite Disney movie?
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love this. can't wait to fill it out. thanks ahoop
ReplyDeletethis is hard! i'm workin on it
ReplyDeleteLoves it! These are hard! WTFE!
ReplyDelete1. What are all four of your grandparents' names? Which ones of them are still alive?
Dad's side: Florence (alive) and John Vincent (deceased)
Mom's side: Mary Kathleen (alive) and Jerome (deceased and I never really knew him)
2. What one song you like a lot right....NOW?
http://www.youtube.com/v/2lFY18fdi2I
3. What band do you like a lot right...................MEOW?
I am re-discovering early Tori Amos at the moment and channeling my 14-year-old self.
4. What activities make you loose track of time?
Looking for shit on Craigslist, reading celebrity gossip blogs, and making music.
5. Name five foods or beverages that have good memories attached to them?
1. Shirley Temples (aka the kiddy cocktail) - used to order them and think I was the most sophisticated 6 year old in the world.
2. Kraft mac n' cheese - a staple in my house. I remember eating it slow and telling my friend I was "savoring" it.
3. Turkey + mashed potatoes + gravy - is there any better comfort food? Official meal of every special occasion.
4. Martinelli's Sparkling Apple Cider - I once drank myself sick on this stuff, that's how much I love it.
5. Coffee + cream + a little sugar - now part of my daily routine
Honorable mention: Honeybaked ham
6. If you could choose any celebrities to be your mom and dad, who would they be?
This is impossible! I'm just gonna say Dick VanDyke and Joy Behar.
7. What do you normally eat for breakfast?
Coffee + 1/2 bagel + a piece of fruit (weekdays)
Waffles + veggie sausage + fruit salad (weekends)
8. If you could live inside a movie, which one would it be?
Don't make fun of me, but I have to say Amelie.
9. How many legit cousins do you have? Do you know all of their names?
Only two - Owen (age 30) and Emelia (age 17)
10. What's your favorite seasonal food you like to eat in winter? spring? summer? fall?
Winter - Big celebration meals with mashed potatoes and stuffing.
Spring - Nothing particular comes to mind.
Summer - lots of fresh fruit and vegetables
Fall - pumpkin pie!!!, squashes, chili
11. When you can't sleep, what do you do?
Read, troll around on the internet, watch the Simpsons.
12. What is the next adventure you'd like to go on in the realistic near future?
Nest camping in Big Sur, Mountain House NYE 2011!!!
13. What color do you think looks dreadful on you?
Pink!
14. What are your two favorite colors to wear together?
Brown + mustardy yellow or teal + black
15. At what age should someone have called the fashion police on you?
4th and 5th grade were - hands down - the most shameful years for yours truly, fashion-wise. On our 5th grade class field trip to Six Flags I wore a baseball hat that said "411 info!" on it, a baby tee, BOXER SHORTS, and sneakers with lace socks. Accessorized with a Guatemalan fabric sack.
16. What sweet treat do you enjoy most lately?
UGHHH more like "what sweet treat DON'T I enjoy"?? Partial to donuts and pie at the moment, especially PUMPKIN PIE (tis the season).
17. How do you treat pennies? Do you save them? Throw them away?
Usually stash them in the change portion of my wallet so I can revel in making exact change or unload them all on an unsuspecting vendor.
18. What's one thing you won't skimp on when purchasing?
Vanilla extract and coffee. Recently I've grown to love and appreciate a "sensible shoe" (no more Target and Payless fast fashion).
19. What's something you get mad at yourself for doing, but you do it anyway?
Procrastinating and/or wasting time, eating too many sweets, and picking my GD face.
20. And most importantly, what's your favorite Disney movie?
Alice in Wonderland
1. What are all four of your grandparents' names? Which ones of them are still alive?
ReplyDeleteMaternal: Maria Antoñia Salazar(maiden name) and Juan Aniceto Briones both deceased...never met grandpa
Paternal: Martha Leah Richards(maiden name) and Leo Joyce Moody both still kicking
2. What one song you like a lot right....NOW?
toss up between whip my hair by willow and oh no! by marina...
3. What band do you like a lot right...................MEOW?
She & Him
4. What activities make you loose track of time?
online shopping hands down
5. Name five foods or beverages that have good memories attached
to them?
Martinelli's Sparkling Cider...pretended i was drinkin champagne every NYE
Clearly Canadian wild cherry...i remember these being like 25 cents at 7-11 and i would get one every other day
Deviled Eggs...my grandma moody's specialty and now mine
Spanish Rice...my grandma toña's recipe which i can't get quite right dag nabbit
ABC's 123's...kinda like spaghettio's, but not and i ate this a lot of times for dinner because my mom didn't cook much and my stepdad liked to make liver and onions.
6. If you could choose any celebrities to be your mom and dad, who would they be?
i'd take brad and angelina or christopher walken as a single dad
7. What do you normally eat for breakfast?
oatmeal and fruit, pancakes and fruit
8. If you could live inside a movie, which one would it be?
too many to pick from, but Teen Witch please ooooh or Summer School or Breakfast Club!
9. How many legit cousins do you have? Do you know all of their names?
Angel, Kristina, Hector, Anissa, Nitza, Adriel, Joshua, Yesmien, Hamsa, Anise, Omar, Talina, Evan, Zan, Christopher, Alexandria, Michael, Regina, Jennifer, Jessica, Ryan, Erin, Landon...that's 23
10. What's your favorite seasonal food you like to eat in winter? spring? summer? fall?
living in such a non-seasonal place i am going to skip this question because i want to
11. When you can't sleep, what do you do?
watch tv, internet
12. What is the next adventure you'd like to go on in the realistic near future?
long beach to see my cousin, las vegas to see my ma, and mountain house!
13. What color do you think looks dreadful on you?
hot pink, but that doesn't stop me
14. What are your two favorite colors to wear together?
black and anything
15. At what age should someone have called the fashion police on you?
8 thru 14
16. What sweet treat do you enjoy most lately?
reese's pb cups and apple blossoms from trader joe's oh and fro yo
17. How do you treat pennies? Do you save them? Throw them away?
depends on how lazy i am really, but i do feel bad if i throw it away or vacuum it up
18. What's one thing you won't skimp on when purchasing?
cleaning supplies and meat
19. What's something you get mad at yourself for doing, but you do it anyway?
staying up late and procrastinating for sure
20. And most importantly, what's your favorite Disney movie?
I LOVE them all seriously and each time i saw a new one it was my favorite. I'll pick The Little Mermaid because the songs are awesome!!
I forgot one cousin! #24 Justin. And the more I thought about it I realized that the movies I picked to live in wouldn't be all that fun. So I change my mind and pick Wet Hot American Summer or Moulin Rouge. K bye!
ReplyDelete1. What are all four of your grandparents' names? Which ones of them are still alive?
ReplyDeleteVanice Pearl Squires, James "Old Jim" Cason, John Jansky, Mary Rothenberger: Mary Rothenberger is alive and kickin.
2. What one song you like a lot right....NOW?
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends — Porchlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WM4l2OZETE&feature=related
Excuse the home video
3. What band do you like a lot right...................MEOW?
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
4. What activities make you loose track of time?
Internet!
5. Name five foods or beverages that have good memories attached to them?
1. Grilled Cheese + pickle + coke = swimming with my cousin Carrie at Aunt Judy's
2. Beef tacos w/ fried shells = family dinners in paso c/o Mom
3. Angry Pasta = Pam/Kate/12th Street/Summer
4. Thanksgiving at Grandma's in Sonora. She had cows (Charlie was my fav) and goats and chickens. I threw up after Thanksgiving 3 years in a row so the smell used to really gross me out, but I'm back to lovin it.
5. Wienerschnizel chilly cheese dogs= visiting my bro and sis in law for summers
6. Homemade tortilla chips and guacamole= living with Lisa in Grover Beach. She makes the best chips.
6. If you could choose any celebrities to be your mom and dad, who would they be?
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
7. What do you normally eat for breakfast?
Modified Brickfast! Moistish oatmeal with nuts and freakin dried fruits and milk or 1/2 and 1/2. Original brickfast involves pan-fried oatmeal and fresh berriez
8. If you could live inside a movie, which one would it be?
Dirty dancing (i would want to be a dancer at Kellerman's during the revolution that was Johnny Castle) OR Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion haha.
9. How many legit cousins do you have? Do you know all of their names?
13: Jennifer, Bill, Juanita, Kristi, Buddy, Gary, Ricky, Cary, Carrie, Michael, Jimmy, Michelle, Zach and many more step/2nd cousins that are my similar age.
10. What's your favorite seasonal food you like to eat in winter? spring? summer? fall?
Winter= Ashley's Sweet Potato/Sage Lasagna!!!!
Spring= Fajita/Taco type stuff. Grilled meats and fresh veggies
Summer= Canteloupe and salads with raw white corn and avocado. oh, and bbq
Fall= Soup and bread
11. When you can't sleep, what do you do?
Lie awake and worry about not sleeping
12. What is the next adventure you'd like to go on in the realistic near future?
Grand Canyon and Mountain House!!
13. What color do you think looks dreadful on you?
TAUPE or light brown and Yellow
14. What are your two favorite colors to wear together?
Right now I'm really into cream + black + brown, but usually any combo in the Lisa Frank palette.
15. At what age should someone have called the fashion police on you?
20-21ish! Cargo pants + hoodies did nothing for me!
16. What sweet treat do you enjoy most lately?
ReplyDeleteFor ONCE IN MY LIFE I'm kinda not into sweets right now! This is coming from someone who was told by a dentist, "Imagine the vacations you could go on with the money you spend here if you didn't eat as much sugar."
17. How do you treat pennies? Do you save them? Throw them away?
I throw them away because I make more money in the time it takes for me to pick them up then they're worth. JK JK JK, I throw them in a jar and add to my clutter. Unless I'm sweeping and find them—then they're going in the trash with the dust and cat hair.
18. What's one thing you won't skimp on when purchasing?
Sadly, makeup. Only because if I buy something at the drug store I can't try it out and it usually doesn't look like I have anything on. I need pigment, people! Ugh, what a waste.
19. What's something you get mad at yourself for doing, but you do it anyway?
Procrastination and making poor financial decisions left and right
20. And most importantly, what's your favorite Disney movie?
Sleeeeping Beauty of course! Also, that's a movie I'd like to live in with some fairy godmothers in a freakin cottage in that awesome forest talkin and singin to all those creatures. YES
P.S. I love these grandparent names!
ReplyDelete1. What are all four of your grandparents' names? Which ones of them are still alive?
ReplyDeleteMom side: Giovanni (John) Battista Finocchiaro,
Sebastiana (Betty) Maio (both alive)
Dad Side: Robert Murrell Hooper (died earlier this year)
Laura Jocille Knipe (died when I was 3)
2. What one song you like a lot right....NOW?
La Roux - Armour love (ICAN'TSTOPLISTENINGTOIT!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAKmfO3v8ew
3. What band do you like a lot right...................MEOW?
Etta James. I know she's old news, but recently she's been pluckin at my heart strings man! (some favs include - "I'd rather go blind," "all I could do was cry, and "Sunday kind of love.")
4. What activities make you loose track of time?
downloading music, organizing my music, making playlists, listening to music. Basically anything to do with itunes. and watching movies. I don't know if many people know this, but when I really like a movie, I'll watch it on repeat for about two weeks. I don't know why.
5. Name five foods or beverages that have good memories attached to them?
pillsbury cinnamon rolls - my mom would make these on christmas morning for years in our old house. and we'd even use our special christmas glasses for milk.
apple boysenberry juice - every time my mom would make popcorn for us all to watch a movie at home, we'd drink apple boysenberry juice with it (they stopped making it years ago, but I still look for it in the grocery store)
betty crocker blueberry muffins - this would be mine and Annie's special treat my mom would sometimes make for us to take to school. Everyone always wanted our lunches cause our mom made the best.
Hansen's mandarin lime soda - Annie and I used to drink this shit UP
Chocolate pudding pie - it's my great grandma's recipe and my grandma's been making it ever since I can remember. Every year I ask for it as my dessert for my "birthday dinner." Even when I just eat regular chocolate pudding, I get warm feelings for this pie.
6. If you could choose any celebrities to be your mom and dad, who would they be?
Will Arnett and Amy Poehler (and I'd want Meryl Streep to be my grandma)
7. What do you normally eat for breakfast?
usually cereal & a banana. a piece of cinnamon bread w/ cream cheese (lately). When Cameron & I have mornings off together, it's usually bacon, eggs over medium, toast with melted brie, all piled on top of each other. I usually have a glass of grapefruit juice with all of these options.
8. If you could live inside a movie, which one would it be?
Obviously, there are too many, but I'd say "Wayne's World." I just really wanna be friends with them and play street hockey and eat donuts.
9. How many legit cousins do you have? Do you know all of their names?
only 4
Cheryl (31), Michelle (28), Kristen (24), and Marcello (almost 3)
10. What's your favorite seasonal food you like to eat in winter? spring? summer? fall?
winter - grapefruit, tangerines/clementines (my fav fruit), roasted chestnuts
fall - persimmon cookies, sweet potatoes, apples
spring - artichokes, arugula
summer - rhubard pie, cherries, mangoes
11. When you can't sleep, what do you do?
Watch "tv" (meaning tv on dvd), listen to my ipod, or if I'm really antsy, I'll take a bath.
12. What is the next adventure you'd like to go on in the realistic near future?
to visit Cameron's grandma in Paradise, CA (sounds amazing). Take a trip to Portland with Maria and Brian (they offered). and DISNEYLAND!
13. What color do you think looks dreadful on you?
taupe!
14. What are your two favorite colors to wear together?
grey and black
15. At what age should someone have called the fashion police on you?
ReplyDeleteearly 20s. I somehow managed to dress better as a teenager.
16. What sweet treat do you enjoy most lately?
those little three packs of almond roccas. or the three packs of ferrero rocher
17. How do you treat pennies? Do you save them? Throw them away?
I use pennies all the live long day. I save every little penny I come in contact with for a later date. I may be frugal, but I ain't cheap!
18. What's one thing you won't skimp on when purchasing?
shoes. olive oil. and for the most part, milk.
19. What's something you get mad at yourself for doing, but you do it anyway?
Well it used to be smoking, but I've come to terms with that. There isn't really anything I do on a regular basis that I can think of. I'm so hard on myself, that I usually agree with whatever decision I made at the time.
20. And most importantly, what's your favorite Disney movie?
SLEEPING BEAUTY! and I recently realized how good 101 Dalmations is! I watched that about 20 times a few weeks ago.
Oh ya, and for #12, I forgot MOUNTAIN HOUSE too!!!
ReplyDeleteOh and Tate, I laughed for like 12 hours after reading about the "411 info" hat!
ReplyDeleteyou girls are so cool and i love hearing these tidbits from your lives! We should come up with some sort of ultimate quiz for the mountain house:)
ReplyDeleteI loved these tidbits too Teedles!
ReplyDeleteJust to let everyone know, I listened to each person's "favorite song at the moment" while reading their answers. It made them that much more sentimental to read.
To borrow from McDonald's corporate slogan, "I'm lovin' it!"
ReplyDeleteHighlights:
Tianna - hell yes to Martinelli's and FRO YO.
Megan - Vanice Pearl is the BEST name and I KNEW you was gonna say Dirty Dancing (it's too perfect for you).
Ashley - Jamaican me hungry. I have a really, really good pudding pie recipe via smitten kitchen that we should make (I mean, look at this thing: http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/09/chocolate-pudding-pie/)
I love that we are all in-it-to-win-it with the Mountain House adventure!
Love all you ladies!
Shit, now i want to re-read while listening! I'm gonna do it! BRB with my highlight list!
ReplyDeleteI want to know more
ReplyDelete1. What are all four of your grandparents’ names? Which ones of them are still alive?
Mary & Francisco Tejada; Selma & Clyde Baldwin
2. What one song you like a lot right....NOW?
in my life, by the beatles
3. What band do you like a lot right...................MEOW?
midlake, particularly the album van occupanther
4. What activities make you loose track of time?
sewing, crocheting, facebooking...
5. Name five foods or beverages that have good memories attached to them?
bugles (the crunchy, conical snack food)- grandma always had ‘em
chinese takeout- mom and i always got it to watch during the oscars
fish sticks- mom ALWAYS used these as a fallback when i was a kid and i loved it
figs- i had a fig tree in my backyard growing up and i would sit in it for hours reading *sigh*
ice cream- my preschool self was right, ice cream will always be my favorite food
6. If you could choose any celebrities to be your mom and dad, who would they be?
paul newman and joanne woodward, they were real sweet to each other and were pioneers on the organic food front
7. What do you normally eat for breakfast?
banana, or yogurt with flaxseed, oatmeal; COFFEE
8. If you could live inside a movie, which one would it be?
almost famous
9. How many legit cousins do you have? Do you know all of their names?
meghan, carly, molly, michael, jenny, morgen, eric, haley, travis, maggie, michael C., quinn, chris, brian, michele, alan, mike, lynn, jenae, amber, shannon, chrissy.... 22?
10. What’s your favorite seasonal food you like to eat in winter? spring? summer? fall?
winter- peppermint ice cream from dryers
spring- cadbury eggs
summer- apricots
fall- figs
11. When you can’t sleep, what do you do? read
12. What is the next adventure you’d like to go on in the realistic near future?
a trip to dollywood in tennessee with a stopover in nashville; an east coast tour by train
13. What color do you think looks dreadful on you?
pink
14. What are your two favorite colors to wear together?
black and brown
15. At what age should someone have called the fashion police on you? 8-15
16. What sweet treat do you enjoy most lately? raspberry jam, bon maman preferred
17. How do you treat pennies? Do you save them? Throw them away?
i stack them on paul’s dresser because he doesnt seem to mind rolling and depositing them...
18. What’s one thing you won’t skimp on when purchasing? oil of olay facial moisturizer. its the only thing that doesn't make my face hot and itchy
19. What’s something you get mad at yourself for doing, but you do it anyway? scratching my head!!!! i started doing it when i was 11.
20. And most importantly, what’s your favorite Disney movie? sleeping beauty, the forest is so enchanting...
For Megan and Sarah:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/v/SVkMS7k1p-s?fs=1&hl=en_US
I love how giddy and playful they are together. Best friiieeeendsssss. Loves them! Is this an annoying comment or WHAT?
ReplyDeletep.s. did they have beautiful handwriting or what! I just watched the intro to the Jane Fonda one and her handwriting is a beaut too!
ReplyDeletep.p.s. can we adapt this game somehow for us to play?
ReplyDeleteokay Elizabeth Taylor takes the cake on signatures/handwriting. That's all. BRB watching every video...
ReplyDeletep.p.p.s
ReplyDeleterelevant to our book
http://www.youtube.com/v/SVkMS7k1p-s?fs=1&hl=en_US
WHAT!!!???! i swear i didnt read megan's response (sorry, i skimmed everyone's i swear) and i am boggled that we chose the same mom and dad. soul sisters, i say.
ReplyDeleteas an alternative, after living with paul and joanne, i'd like to find out that my biological birth parents are serge gainesbourg and jane birkin, so i would move to paris and lead the life of a sexy rock star beatnik baby.
ReplyDelete