So I got this new big EMeme through email from several people, and I decided to make it a blog post. Easier, more public. Well, maybe not easier. Whatever. Here goes. (Virus picture [for you, D] from here.)

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
Eric S. Piotrowski, DDS (No, not really. I have a friend who worked in a sign shop.)

2. WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?
Black.

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
See below.

4. WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
A big eplate of food from the Taste of Asia buffet.

5. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
No.

6. WHERE IS THE LAST PLACE YOU VISITED?
The land of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. (What kind of question is this? Thank you for defining your terms, whoever wrote this.)

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW?
Crummy, grey, slushy. I hear it's nice in Florida this time of year.

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
A woman from MacConnection who sounded comatose.

9. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS?
Well, so far I've gotten it from four people: Garrett, whom I like very much; [CENSORED]; whom I also like very much; Jesse, whom I like very much; and Erin Hannon, who is cool -- but whom I haven't seen in many years.

10. HOW OLD ARE YOU TODAY?
29. Next year I get a wacky cake with a grim reaper on it, right? And salmon mousse.

11. FAVORITE DRINK?
Orangina is good (vive Charles de Gaulle). I've also become quite enamored of late with Bigelow's Green Tea with Lemon. And of course there's Thai iced tea. And let's not forget Mountain Dew. (Man, that looks like a dumb site.)

12. FAVORITE SPORT TO PLAY:
Is Go a sport? I like bowling. That's a sport. (TPCQ: "Batman's a scientist.")

13. HAIR COLOR? MY REAL COLOR?
My hair color is dark brown. What does "my real color" mean? My real hair color? Dark brown! What did I just say? Or does it mean what's the color of my soul? If that's what it means, then my real color is ultraviolet.

14. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No.

15. SIBLINGS?
I have a brother named Mark. He lives in Gainesville, Florida. Hi, Mark! I've been meaning to call you. I'm getting that Mini tomorrow so we should talk about how I can send this G4 to the Labor Party.

16. FAVORITE MONTH?
I like the summer, so I'll say June. (When vacation begins.) April is the cruelest month.

17. FAVORITE FOOD?
I have many favorites. Refer to my journal writing on the topic. (To be posted one of these days in a big archive.)

18. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Death to Smoochy. Pretty good, overall. Ed Norton is of course The Man. The love story sucked (doesn't it always?).

19. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
May 20 -- East Timor's independence day. March 10 comes in a close 2nd.

20. WHAT DO YOU DO TO VENT ANGER?
Yell at students. Play GTA:SanAndreas. Meditate. Yell at car radio while NPR plays snippets of President Bonehead yammering on about how we should err on the side of life in complex situations (this from the same man who made fun of Karla Faye Tucker's request to meet with him while on death row).

21. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
I had a Snoopy stuffed dog that I dragged around a lot. My brother and I also had a pedal-powered Batmobile that we enjoyed very much. Then everything changed when I got my Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboard. The rest is history.

23. HUGS OR KISSES?
I prefer cash.

24. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Pistachio! (TPCQ: "He says chocolate.")

25. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE/ E-MAIL BACK?
Duh. What a dumb question. Who says "no"?

26. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Oh, I see. It was a setup. What's the point of all this friend-rating? Next question please!

27. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Next question please!

28. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS?
Dangit, Garrett stole my answer. (Yes, I have living arrangements.) I think arranged marriages are a very bad idea -- as for arranged living, let's not even get into it.

29. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
When I was reading the dedication from Generations of Resistance to my students.

30. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAVE HAD THE LONGEST?
My brother.

32. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?
Ate much-too-spicy Thai food and watched 2/3 of Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks.

33. FAVORITE SMELLS?
When I was a kid trading scratch 'n' sniff stickers, I always loved the gasoline stickers. I've always liked the smell of fresh sheets on a bed.

34. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
East Timor. Diane. Frederick Douglass. The people of Haiti. Aung San Suu Kyi. Altin. Popular uprisings. Medea Benjamin. The Immokalee Farmworkers. (See picture at right.)

35. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
GWB. Violence. Willful ignorance. People who never examine their lives. Bees.

36. NEXT TRAVEL DESTINATION?
East Timor: July 2005.

37. FAVORITE CAR?
The one Mr. Burns drives in the episode where he demands that Marge "fill it up with petroleum distillate; and re-vulcanize my tires. Post haste!"

38. FAVORITE FLOWER?
That purple one I took a picture of with the ladybug on it.

39. NUMBER OF KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING?
(Goes to count) five, and one fob.

41. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK?
Monday. Tuesday (Diane makes dinner). Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Sunday (Go at Dan's).

42. WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY?
Had a special birthday dinner at Diane's. Relaxed. Slept.

43. HOW MANY STATES HAVE YOU LIVED IN?
Three.

44. HOW MANY CITIES HAVE YOU LIVED IN?
Four.

45. HOW MANY CARS HAVE YOU HAD AND WHAT WAS THE FIRST ONE?
Two. A maroon 1990 Dodge Spirit with many bumper stickers on the back.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Gainesville, Florida.

47. CRAZIEST THING YOU HAVE EVER DONE?
I'd rather not say.

48. NEXT CRAZY THING TO DO?
Dance around going "Woo woo woo / Woo woo woo". No, really -- grade a really big stack of papers. Can't hold me back! No, seriously -- I'm going to transfer all my data from this hard drive over to my new Mac Mini that I'll be getting tomorrow. I'm a wild man! But honestly -- I'm going to go over to Diane's and eat dinner, then wash some dishes. Born to be wiiiillld!

49. FAVORITE THING YOU OWN?
The books I've written. The albums I've made. The cartoons I've drawn. The painting Diane made of us.

50. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE THING IN LIFE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?


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Check out Buddy Rich jamming with Animal on The Muppet Show. Evan showed me this a while back -- magnificent stuff!

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