Welcome to Sunday Stealing. This odd little meme was stolen from Singularity, who originally posted them in September 2010.
But before that, here’s a picture of my backyard on Monday, April 7, at about 8 a.m. If you look very closely, you can see snow falling.
1. Do you own a pair of cargo pants?
No. I feel as though I did once upon a time.
2. Which of these gifts from a romantic partner would please you most: a) jewelry, b) wine, c) a book, d) something grown in his/her garden?
Definitely not wine. I have several bottles, undrunk. I’d say a book, though my list of unread books is long and getting longer.
3. Who was the last person to toss a harsh word or phrase your way? Do you think that maybe you had it coming?
I don’t recall unless we’re talking online. And to be honest, it wasn’t all that. In response to a Facebook post: “Just more left-wing propaganda. Anybody who can’t see it by now simply chooses not to.”
Theater
4. Did you appear in any plays back when you were in school? If yes, what role(s) did you play? Earn extra, non-existent points for sharing any of your dialog.
One was The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. “In this haunting and blistering play, a wealthy woman offers financial help to her struggling hometown – in exchange for the life of a man who wronged her years before.” I was the train conductor, trying to get the rich woman to comply with the rail line’s rules. My entire dialogue: “But madame…”
My most significant role was in The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco, his first one-act antiplay (1950), which “inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques and helped inaugurate the Theatre of the Absurd. I played the Fire Chief. “Since you don’t have the time here, I must tell you that in exactly three-quarters of an hour and sixteen minutes, I’m having a fire at the other end of the city.”
5. Which Osmond do you like better: Donny or Marie?
I might have said Marie because I hated the Osmonds’ One Bad Apple, a ripoff of the Jackson 5ive. But I saw Close Every Door from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and it’s oddly fascinating.
6. Who is your favorite radio host or podcaster?
Brian Ibbott of Coverville, which is “a podcast, produced every Wednesday, that focuses on cover songs – a new rendition of a previously recorded song.” In fact, every month, I suggest musicians whose birthdays are divisible by five.
7. Is your personal workspace filled with fluffy, plastic, wind-up, rubbery, or edible items? Or are you all business and clutter-free?
Well, my home office is mightily cluttered.