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1. How do you like your coffee?
Light, unsweetened.


2. How do you like your tea?
Dark with a splash of cream, unsweeetened. If I'm sick, with lemon and honey.

3. What's your favorite late night beverage?
Ice water.

4. If you could only drink one thing for the next week, what would it be?
Club soda/sparkling water

5. If you were on vacation, what would be the first thing you'd drink to celebrate?
See #4

This week's entry for thefridayfive wants to know all about our bathing habits!

1. How long do you usually spend in the shower? bath? Ten minutes, tops.
2. How many bottles (shampoo, conditioner etc.) are lying around your bathtub? One bottle of each. I'm pretty set when it comes to my hair care products. I don't mess around or experiment.
3. What is your favorite type of shampoo? conditioner? It's a keratin-type – I honestly don't remember the brand name.
4. Do you always buy your shampoo and conditioner in a set (as opposed to buying different types for each)? Yes, always. Not because they promise to "work" together, but because the scents are compatible.
5. Do you prefer stationary showerheads or movable? Stationary, although I wouldn't mind a separate hand unit.


If you want to play along, here's the code for this week's entry for thefridayfive. Post your answers on your journal and then link back to this entry.

<b>1. How long do you usually spend in the shower? bath?</b> <b>2. How many bottles (shampoo, conditioner etc.) are lying around your bathtub?</b> <b>3. What is your favorite type of shampoo? conditioner?</b> <b>4. Do you always buy your shampoo and conditioner in a set (as opposed to buying different types for each)?</b> <b>5. Do you prefer stationary showerheads or movable?</b>

This week's entry for thefridayfive wants to know all about our childhood pastimes.


1. What is something that you loved doing as a kid that you hate doing now? Getting dirty. Seriously, when I was 7 or 8, I was the dirtiest little kid you could imagine. Covered in dust and grime in the summertime, I used to play in the garden, I used to actually garden. Hate doing that now – the thought of getting dirty really grosses me out. When I was older, I used to love going to the mall – that was the absolutely height of excitement. Now, I can't think of a place I less enjoy shopping.

2. What is something that you hated doing as a kid that you love doing now? Getting up early, especially on the weekends. I never got up early – for many years when I lived on my own, my dad (who was still working at the time, and a seriously early riser), would call and make sure I got up to go to work. Even until I moved into House Wonderful, I was a late sleeper, generally not getting up on the weekends until noon. Now, a late morning for me is 8 AM, even on a Sunday.

3. Do you still play (in the childhood sense of the word)? No. I create, but I don't "play". My sense of whimsy is expressed in my creativity.

4. If not, what is stopping you? I'm not sure.

5. If so, what do you like to play? Again, since I don't "play" – I don't know what I'd do.


If you want to play along, here's the code for this week's entry for thefridayfive. Post your answers on your journal and then link back to this entry.

<B>1. What is something that you loved doing as a kid that you hate doing now? </b> <B>2. What is something that you hated doing as a kid that you love doing now? </b> <B>3. Do you still play (in the childhood sense of the word)? </b> <B>4. If not, what is stopping you? </b> <B>5. If so, what do you like to play? </b>

This week's questions on thefridayfive are all about the good ol' days and the things we don't do so much anymore.

1. When was the last time you wrote a check at a store? I can't remember. I basically write about 15 checks a year. Most of them to my gardner. I keep hoping he'll start taking PayPal.

2. When was the last time you looked up something in a book? A few weeks ago, I was writing a historical A/U and checked out something in The Timetables of History. Books are still my friends, although I don't have so many of them anymore. Like real life friends, come to think of it.

3. When was the last time you used a dial phone? I can't remember. My household went to touchtone in the early 1980s, and I may have taken a rotary phone with me when I had my first apartment, but that's a long, long time ago.

4. When was the last time you played cards with actual paper cards? A few months ago, with a friend - we played gin. I actually enjoy playing real cards with real people. I love the who act of shuffling and dealing. Back in the Dark Ages, when I was in college, I carried a deck of cards with me and played gin with friends between classes.

5. When was the last time you talked to a stranger? This morning. The repairman who came to fix the stalled burner on my range.


If you want to play along, here's the code for this week's entry for thefridayfive. Post on your own journal and link back to this entry.

<B>1. When was the last time you wrote a check at a store?</b> <B>2. When was the last time you looked up something in a book? </b> <B>3. When was the last time you used a dial phone? </b> <B>4. When was the last time you played cards with actual paper cards? </b> <B>5. When was the last time you talked to a stranger? </b>

For this week's entry at thefridayfive, we've got some kinda-sorta personal questions to answer:

1. Do you have good manners? I like to think I do. I always try to remember to say please when I ask for something and I strongly believe in thanking people. I am a good sharer and a welcoming host. But I am also impatient at times, and I will curse a blue streak when I get tired and frustrated. I chew with my mouth closed, know what utensils to use, have an "indoor voice", but will talk over people when excited about something. I also get very annoyed and hurt when people talk over me, so that's something I have to work on.

2. Did your parents support your career choice? Yes – well at least the choice to practice law. They weren't too keen, though, when I told them I wanted to be a trapeze artist. Not only because I could get hurt, but I also have a terrible fear of falling and they thought I'd would have a hard time making a living with that kind of phobia.

3. When in your life have you been a leader? I'm an Aries, so I've always been a leader. But all kidding aside – president of the Student Action Movement club in high school, president of the university chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society), president of an international collectors' organization (Japanese Art Deco porcelain, if you are really interested).

4. Have you ever been harassed for simply being good at something? Yeah. I was always a "good" reader and read well above my grade level. In 7th grade English class, we had to report on the number of books we read for the marking period. I had read 42 in the first quarter. In front of the whole class, my teacher (Mr. Fontaine - 38 years later, I still remember his name) called me a liar and then refused to apologize when both the school and town librarians provided lists of the books I read. For the rest of the year, whenever there was a reading assignment, he'd make snide comments about "Oh, "Elr" must have already read that one, so you can just ask her what it's about." What a freakin' asshole! What kind of 45 year-old man needs to feel good about himself so he humiliates a 13 year old?

5. Are you a novelty seeker? I'm not sure what this means. I love learning new things, but I don't need novelty to be happy.

If you want to play along, here's the code for this week's entry for thefridayfive. Post your answers on your journal and then link back to this entry.

<B>1. Do you have good manners? </b> <B>2. Did your parents support your career choice? </b> <B>3. When in your life have you been a leader? </b> <B>4. Have you ever been harassed for simply being good at something? </b> <B>5. Are you a novelty seeker? </b>