Name Your Favourite Place My hometown's suburban mall during the very late 1980s. Person Specifically, Charles Martinet. Generally, people who make soundfonts out of '90s ROMplers and CDDA sample libraries. Color #315F93: "The World is Not Blue Enough" Food I do this thing I call a "gyro burger". A Boca classic veggie burger, baked in the oven, on a toasted kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, red onion, and tzatziki sauce. Smell Lavender and wildgrass, both at the same time. Extra points if this smell is carried on a cool breeze. Book "A Pizza the Size of the Sun" by Jack Prelutsky Movie The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Music artist Evenly split between DEVO and Oingo Boingo Genre of music '80s synth-heavy rock Genre of literature Videogame instruction manuals Magazine I used to love Nintendo Power when I was a kid Texture I have this pink teeshirt that's a unique knit from any other shirt I own. Time of day Early morning as the sun is just about to come up. Day of the week Monday. Particularly Monday morning before sun-up. Depending on the time of year, stuff might already be pretty busy then or it might be completely sedate. I love taking walks then, because there's a kind of anticipation in the air, like something interesting might happen at any moment. That's the good thing about being a freelancer, I guess. Tumblr suppermariobroth Thing to do when bored Play Game & Watch Gallery 2 on my phone Celebrity Mark Mothersbaugh Class in school In elementary school, Art class. Middle school, English because we tended to write a lot. High school, Computer Applications II. College, radio broadcasting. Website other than Tumblr Evenly split between The Cutting Room Floor and the Internet Archive. Drink Egg nog Precious stone Geode Animal Familiar jumping-spider (Platycryptus undatus), fuzzy little guys with mustaches //(.:w:.)\\ <-- spider emoticon Flower I know it's basic, but goldenrod. They bloom around here everywhere. You dont even have to plant them. Time in history The 1980s (Reagan and Thatcher notwithstanding) Font Serif, Linux Libertine. Sans-serif, Fira Sans. Monospace, Lucida Console. Ornamental heading type, probably SpongeBoy. Video game The SMAS+W version of Super Mario World will always hold a special place in my heart. TV show Live action, Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Animated, Rocko's Modern Life. Factual, Antiques Roadshow. Play The play you can't say the name of in a theatre unless you're actually producing it (and even then you're still on pretty thin ice, miss missy) Sound I have this clay fired decorative bowl that I fill up with Christmas balls every Hanukkah. When it was empty one year, I tapped the side with a pencil eraser and made a mallet instrument out of it on my phone's piano app. Also, at my last office job there was this stapler that made a delightfully melodic "TWANG" when you plucked the supply spring. I would have stolen it from there when I collected my stuff after coronaquitting, but someone nicked it from my office while I was out sitting shiva for my mum's friend who died of COVID. At least I have the piano app sample to remember it by. Fruit Cosmic crisp apple. Vegetable I love my alliums, but I often say I can't cook without scallions. So, scallions. Store/shop Kay-Bee Toys in the late 1990s. Article of clothing you own My DEVO Natural History Museum 2014 concert teeshirt. I made the font on the sleeves! Fashion/style Late '80s/early '90s professional women's fashion. Pattern Patterns all around you, patterns everywhere. Patterns of behaviour sometimes seem unfair. Can you recognise the patterns that you find, stuck in your mind? Workout Everyday is leg day! Quote "Remember, I'm pullin' for you. We're all in this together." (Red Green) Historical figure Jesus of Nazareth. The real one who actually existed according to ancient Roman records, not the hallucinatory white guy that American evangelicals and catholics claim to worship. The one who chased the profit-seekers out of the temple with a blunt instrument. The one who wasn't afraid of catching leprosy because he knew how to wash his damn hands. The one who performed abortions. The one who looked at the disabled, disfigured, and sex workers as equals and not somehow less than human. THAT Jesus of Nazareth. Boy’s name Miles Girl’s name Tina Potato chip flavor Salt & Potato. Prongles: You Don't Just Eat 'Em! Meal of the day Breakfast Ice cream flavor When I was a kid, Blue Bunny did this birthday cake flavour with frosting and confetti sprinkles that I loved. Soda Baking soda. Makes your breads and biscuits a nice golden brown. Popcorn flavor Plain ol' oil and salt. Season Autumn Month of the year November. Don't get me wrong, nothin' wrong with October. But November's my homegirl. Word Microsoft Office 2010 Disney princess Well, basically all of them represent a rejection of feminism and the conservative heteronormative ideal of "happily ever after" through getting married, having a bunch of kids, and submitting to your husband in all things. So, none of them. Insult "Mr. Rogers would be ashamed by you." I said this to a guy at college once because he was wearing a shirt with a racist epithet on it and it looked like he was about to cry. So far as I know, he stopped wearing that shirt. Joke Swifties thinking they're the apex of feminism. Cussword I say "fuck" an awful lot. Letter R, because you can tell at a glance whether you're dealing with Arial, Helvetica, or Univers. YouTube channel Odd Tinkering Eye color Brown Memory PLaying The Sims Bustin' Out on my Game BOy Advance SP in bed one night while it was snowing outside. Dessert I don't really like desserts all that much, sorry. Candy Brach's Harvest Mix. They don't make it anymore, but they used to make this candycorn-like mix of formed and flavoured fondant that looked like wheat sheaves, syrup jugs, corn ears, bats, black cats, pumpkins, and skulls. They quit making that for some reason after COVID. Restaurant I used to love Fazoli's when I was a kid. The only thing from there that I don't know how to make in my own kitchen is the breadsticks. Lifehack Emulators are your friends. They freely make permanent what corporate CDN's charge you flippin' great sums for temporary access to. Language Je parles fran?ais et anglais seulement, mais probablement japonais et espagnol Thing to learn about Cold War era nuclear preparedness and espionage Thing about yourself Double-D cups