The Friday Five

[kyrielle]

fridayfiver: Falling out of a world of lies

1. What's the last thing you threw away?

A candy wrapper or a receipt, I think.

2. Have you ever been to Paris?

Nope. Closest I've come is across the street from the crappy imitation in Las Vegas.

3. What do you stare at?

Sunsets. Long stretches of trees. The ocean. Waterfalls. Deep pools. Moss. My cats (usually 'as if they've lost their minds', but still staring). Scott (not the same way as the cats, usually). The computer. Storms. Clouds. Memories and things imagined. Flowers. Butterflies. Birds.

4. What do you hurry for?

Airplane flights, to be sure I don't miss them. Work. Home. Because I can.

5. Friday fill-in: I could have been ___.

I could have been many things, but I'm glad that I am what and who I am.

thefridayfive:

1. What is one food (or meal) you used to hate but now love?

Coq au vin.

2. If you had to give up one of your favorite foods (or meals) for good, what would it be, and why?

Chocolate, I fear. It encourages me to eat things that are bad for me more often than any of the other foods I like.

3. Which food seems like it should be healthy and isn't, and do you eat it? Why?

Grandmother's brand oatmeal-raisin cookies. For years, I ate these virtuously as surely it's better than chocolate chips or the like. Well...in the same brand, maybe. This line of cookies all have trans fats, 1 gram or more per cookie, at least each type I've seen. Once I actually read the label I stopped eating them. Ugh!

4. If you were an item of food, personified, what would you be and why?

...I have no idea. Anyone care to take a stab at this one on my behalf?

5. You've seen tomatoes and pies used for this purpose... now think of a more inventive item of food one could throw at someone. What is it and why would throwing it at someone be hilarious?

Raw egg. 'Nuff said. Though really I prefer our college tradition of hitting someone with the contents of the salt shaker, just so you can say you as-salt-ed them. (Of course, the full run would be as-salt and buttery, but that would cause a mess, whereas the salt is fairly benign overall.)