Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Personal Trivia

For the several folks who requested more in the way of personal stuff...


Sunrise or Sunset?

Sunset. I have, however, actually seen the sun rise and could identify the occasion if pressed to do so.

What time did you go to bed last night?

About 1:30 A.M.

Last thing that pissed you off?

This article about violence committed by returning veterans. I then explained why it pissed me off in a post to wtf_humans

Have you ever been to Mexico?

Yes. I went with members of my Spanish class, in high school. Viva Cuernavaca.

Do you make your bed daily?

That depends on how you define "make." I throw the covers loosely back into place.

Boxers or briefs?

Boxer-briefs.

Is there a TV in your bedroom?

No. Oh, wait, I think we stashed a nonfunctional one in there somewhere.

Where are your parents from?

My mama's people come from Tennessee. Dad's family is from Illinois.

Are you afraid of the dark?

No, I like the dark. Occasionally I make it nervous, though.

Is your window open?

Hell no, it's January in Illinois. I have towels stuffed into the cracks along the windowsills.

Your favourite season?

Autumn.

Have you ever been to an art museum?

Yes, more than one.

Do you like Mexican food?

Yes, preferably made by genuine Mexicans. My favorite restaurants include Tacos el Norte and Los Potrillos.
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  • 4 comments
je_reviens

je_reviens

January 17 2008, 00:21:26 UTC 13 years ago

No. Oh, wait, I think we stashed a nonfunctional one in there somewhere.

OMG!!!!


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAAAA!!!

This comment is so.. is so... so quintissentially YOU.... omg I am dying here....

I'd say you need a t-shirt with this but no one would get the joke. It's just so..."bemused writer"-ish. "Oh wait, was the house on fire? Sorry I was busy writing a story and I didn't notice." "What? there's a TV here from 1992? I was busy composing a poem in my head about the beauty of water droplets on the trees..."

Plus the specific idea of furniture and other house denizens like, hiding in the gloom of various rooms, hoping you won't notice them and toss them out, peeking around stacks of books and whispering to each other to "Shut up! She's coming! Stand VERY VERY still and she may not notice another non functioning TV in her bedroom! SHHHH!!!"

And then the idea that there might be an Underground Railroad for NonFunctioning Furniture where word travels that escapees from House Organization Wars might be able to sneak in to your house and hide there for a while, with no one noticing they are there except to think "Oh wait! Where did this completely clear horizontal surface come from! Who cares, I have a giant stack of papers and magazines and books and toys I can use it for -- YAY!"

oh I am getting all kinds of amusement from that comment.

je_reviens

je_reviens

January 17 2008, 00:22:49 UTC 13 years ago

Plus now I have the idea of your bedroom like a TARDIS which warps space and time. From the outside it looks like an ordinary room...but it is so vast inside of it that all the treasures of the universe may lie within, forgotten, dusty, and unmolested.
ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

January 17 2008, 00:31:40 UTC 13 years ago

No, the whole house does that. I'm not kidding when I say, "I'm a good packrat: I know where everything is, plus or minus 10%." The house sometimes eats things. Other times it emits things that we know we didn't bring indoors. Not to mention the times it borrows things, uses them up, and returns a similar item. Last time I went looking for my pastry brush to baste a chicken, I couldn't find it -- but there were two brand-new ones still attached to their cardboard backing. Go figure.
je_reviens

je_reviens

January 17 2008, 00:55:33 UTC 13 years ago

Yes I recall -- but it is PARTICULARLY funny if it is your bedroom, y'know?

Like now you will have to see if the TV or any other appliances are actually...*ahem*...watching any nighttime activities...

Oh and what if all the "stuff" in your house has it's own society, like getting into the bedroom is really WHERE IT'S AT, so they are like prison inmates swapping the Barrette house version of cigarettes in order to get in there... and the gossip! oh the gossip!

LOL