1. How has LJ changed your life?
Well I've become acquainted with (though not actually met) a number of people whom I never would have without it. Also, it feels good to be in the middle of the spectrum in parenting where I'm able to receive advice from those who are more experienced (e.g.
drewshi) and share my experiences those who are considering or have just become parents (e.g.
maia_maus2. What time is your bedtime?
Somewhere between 10:30 and 11:30
3. What are you doing this weekend?
Watching Doctor Who, getting my car serviced, going to see a minor league baseball game, church, and the usual errands
4. What is the city of your dreams and why?
Bilbao, Spain - I went there in 2000 and fell in love (with the city)
6. What is one of your favourite words?
Anyway - I always use it as a segue. Hmm.. maybe segue should be the word, anyway...
7. Are you a manager?
System - yes, people - not officially
8. What's a weird thing you like that you don't think other people like particularly much?
Actively following politics and policy development
9. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
My dog died a few weeks back and the government has passed a raft of bad bills of late
10. What is your best quality?
Patience.. I think...
11. Name up to five things you are avoiding.
1. Work
2. Cleaning my (home) desk
3. Figuring out what I'm going to do with my career
4. Revising my CV
5. Figuring out what the fifth thing is
12. Share a simple recipe.
Uhm.. I'll use my sister-in-law's husband's mother's (what's that make us? - Nothing!) recipe she gave us in our engagement party cookbook - Call the local Chinese Restaurant
13. What have you given up recently?
Figuring out the fifth answer to question 11
14. What are you reading at the moment?
Lincoln (a biography of said President), uhm.. a Fantasy Football Magazine, other people's LJs, some blogs...
15. What would you do if you won the lottery?
Aside from the usual setting up a college fund for Matt, taking care of some friends and relatives, I'd go back to school for some really useless degree that I could ply into a job appearing in those History Channel programs. Either that or consider running for public office. Oh and probably buy my wife an Aston Martin
16. How many children do you want to have, if any?
Two would be nice, the one we have is sufficient though.
17. What question do you want to know the answer to?
What do I want to do with my life?
18. What is one of your favourite indulgences?
I'm rather fond of sex.
19. Would you have 100% safe sex with a stranger for £10,000,000?
Not without talking it over with my wife.
20. What is one of your happiest memories from the past week?
Having my son try to bribe me to get out of trouble. (It's amusing in hindsight!)
I tag everyone who wants to fill this out.
Time to go. Yay summer hours!