Another E-Quiz

The theory behind these things is that you learn a lot of little things about your friends and family. Apparently, it is important to know every trivial detail about the people in your life. What are we, Homeland Security? But let me not be cynical–I enjoy the sweet self-involvement these things allow me. So here once again is an e-mail quiz for posterity.

1. First name: Richie
2. Were you named after anyone? I like to think I was named after Richie Valens, or the salsa singer Richie Ray. Or Lionel Richie. But I could just have been named after my Uncle Jose.
3. Do you wish on stars? Yes. And birthday candles. And rainbows. And puppy dog tails. And asteroids hurtling toward the Earth. O Great Apophis!
4. When did you last cry? While watching Daylight with Sylvester Stallone. For reasons that almost had nothing to do with the movie
5. Do you like your handwriting? Yes. Especially when I cash a check.
6. What is your favorite lunch meat? Serrano ham
7. What is your birth date? June 20
8. What is your most embarrassing CD? Barry Manilow’s Greatest Hits. The bootleg.
9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with yourself? Yeah, but I’d ask, “What’s up with the hair?”
10. Are you a daredevil? No, more like a spiderman.
11. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? Hell yeah! You got one?
12. Do looks matter? Not to the blind.
13. How do you release anger? I take a while to boil, but when I do my voice shakes and I can be very cutting. At other times I am horribly passive aggressive. Most times, my medication keeps me in check.
14. Where is your second home? Alpha Centauri.
15. Do you trust others too easily? What makes you ask that? What are you after?
15. What was your favorite toy as a child? My cat Skidmark.
16. What class in high school do you think was totally useless? None. Every experience teaches us something. Except for some of the meetings I have to go to at work.
17. Do you have a journal? What do you think this is?
18. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Nooooooooo.
19. Favorite movie(s): Miss Congeniality.
20. Would you bungee jump? Only if there were 50 tons Jello beneath me (strawberry).
21. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Not always. But it does seem to take longer that way.
22. Do you think that you are strong? Strong-smelling, yes.
There’s 28 more but that’s enough, don’t you think?