Hmmph.

I've received three of these "Get To Know Each Other" surveys via e-mail. I'll fill this one out if you promise not to send me any more.

1. LIVING ARRANGEMENT?
A 3 bedroom bungalow, same as I grew up in. Shared with my wife, Jenn, two daughters, Banana and McMonkey, Devon the dog and a never-ending parade of quickly-killed fish.

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Dot Bomb, by J. David Kuo

3. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Cookie crumbs.

4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
Backgammon. An oldie but a goodie.

5. FAVORITE MAGAZINE?
Print Magazine. I'm drawn to the visuals.

6. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Due to my anosmia, I don't have any.

7. FAVORITE SOUNDS?
The happy, tuneless songs of young children who are content and unaware that society disapproves of people being joyful without just cause.

8. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
Waking up after a heavy sleep and realizing you are late for something.

9. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Been there, asked that.

10. FAVOURITE COLOR?
Used to be yellow, but I'm more a bluish person now. Some days, it's brown.

11. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
Must I?

12. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?
All done procreating. It's enough work keeping track of the ones I've got already. I may get another dog someday and name it Hoover.

13. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE?
Reduce suffering. (Wow. Can't believe I boiled it down to two words, but it works.)

14. FAVOURITE FOODS?
Chocolate chip cookies, caesar salad, cajin-grilled chicken breast, oriental-style fried rice, dry Chilean red wine.

15. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Vanilla.

16. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?
Nope. I only enjoy the speed of human- or gravity-powered locomotion.

17. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
Hey! That's my WIFE you're taking about!

18. STORMS - COOL OR SCARY?
Way cool.

19. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
A 1972 Toyota Celica, bless it's now-rusted-out soul. It looked just like this one.

20. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE WHO WOULD IT BE?
Abraham Lincoln. I'd like his perspective on the changes that have taken place in 150 years.

21. FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
Coffee and white coconut rum.

22. FAVORITE NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
Water.

23. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?
All the time.

24. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Shepherd.

25. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Mallard Duck Green.

26. EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
Oh yes. And then some.

27. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
Half full - and the rest is potential.

28. FAVORITE MOVIES?
Joe vs. The Volcano. The Sixth Sense. The Maltise Falcon. Star Wars. A Christmas Carol (the one with Alastair Sim). maybe Spiderman - I'll tell you tomorrow.

29. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?
That's where they start, then they go all over the place. Mrs. Danyluk (my Grade 10 typing teacher) would be so proud.

30. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
Christmas wrapping paper, dust bunnies and the skeltons that wouldn't fit in the closet.

31 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?
42.

32. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH?
Sports are for doing, not watching.