3 posts tagged “television”
Who was your first celebrity crush?
Submitted by Glory.
This is just effing embarrassing.
When I reviewed this question this morning, my answer sprung immediately (and quite uncomfortably) to mind. I wasn't ready to divulge that...so I called my mother to see if I liked her answer any better. The conversation was priceless.
Me: Mom...who was my first celebrity crush, you recall?
Mom: *thinks*...begins humming a New Edition song.
Me: *remembers when New Edition came out, remembers I was in about seventh grade* Ronnie DeVoe? Nah...he was the first big one...but I had one pre-puberty. I know he wasn't the first.
Mom: oh they came out that late? That's right. *thinks again* What about the Reading Rainbow guy?
Me: *has painful images of Geordi LaForge and erupts in laughter* LAVAR BURTON? I NEVER HAD A CRUSH ON HIM!!!! Good GAWD! Reading Rainbow didn't come on until the other two were pre-school age Mom. I was already 12 or so by then. *Mom and I pee our pants laughing for nearly five minutes*
Mom: How in the hell do you expect me to remember this stuff? Oh wait...wait...no, I remember. Who was that guy? Blonde hair, you met him at the car show when you were eight? The guy from the Dukes of Hazzard?
Me: *sighs* Dammit. I knew it. *bangs head on desk* You sure it wasn't anyone else? Anyone?
Mom: Oh no baby. You were ALL over him. Him and Buck Rogers. But I think you liked Buck Rogers style more than anything else.
(*disclaimer* I was EIGHT. Get off my back. I had limited television access)
Photo courtesy of the NNDB site.
1. How long does it take you to leave the house?
I'm not much of a fusser. Once I know I've got somewhere to be, it usually takes me about 30 minutes, maybe 45 if my hair is giving me any objection.
2. If you commute to work or a regularly scheduled meeting, how long does it take you to get there?
Assuming this is for work each morning...I smile and say approximately
zero minutes. I work from home which is quite delightful. My first
venture out of the house is usually around 9:30 or 10 am to fetch a
Starbucks or maybe run a quick errand to the post office or...the gym.
Any of those trips in travel time takes me less than ten minutes,
total. In Austin, this comes in handy because traffic down here can be
horrendous at best during any rushhour intervals that require highway travel.
3. How much time do you spend watching TV or playing video games each day?
I'm a movie watcher mostly. So let's see...15 minutes of ESPN sportscenter, 20 minutes of CNN as I feed Mecca and orient myself for the day. Maybe an hour of a television show, and usually fall asleep to a movie or CNN. So maybe 2 1/2 depending on when I nod off. I don't play video games, the occasional game of Tetris on the phone if I'm waiting somewhere - but that's rare.4. How much time do you spend preparing/acquiring/eating meals on an average day?
My diet is a verrrrrry simple one these days so I usually do a a lot of cooking on Sunday, some freezing and then I just reheat through the week. So, breakfast, maybe 20 minutes prep/10 minutes eating. Lunch would be about the same, and I tend to put a little more though into dinner so that one may take 30 minutes to prepare.5. How much sleep do you get each day?
I try for at least 7 hours, though lately it's been 5 or six. My inner alarm clock wakes me at a very specific time every day no matter when I went to bed.
I'm so pissed, I'm cross linking it here too.
I swear I am going to sell my television.
That is all.
