Dwivian's blog

A single ringtone?  Horrors!  I have a basic tone (the T-Mobile sound), and people specific tones, based on what I like for them.  Yah, I'm a geek.

What's your cell phone's ringtone? What made you pick it?

There has always been a great love in my heart for caramel candies, specifically caramels enrobed in other flavors like chocolate.  The best candy of all time was the Marathon bar (still available in England as the Curly-Wurly).  I go out of my way to get this bar, and Rolo rolls, and MilkMaid caramels, and Treasures with Caramel, and......

What was your favorite candy when you were a kid? How does that compare to now?

Coke!  Creek!  Hm.... I'm sure there is a quiz somewhere about that.....

Soda? Cola? Pop? What do you say? Any other regional words that set you apart?
Question submitted by Gladys.

When young, I slept through a tornado destroying our back yard, and those of several of our neighbors.  Everyone else was panic'd and being awake, but not me.  I never got out of bed.  I have a habit of this, from sleeping through hurricanes to napping through hailstorms.  I just like my sleep

What's the most extreme weather you've been in? A memorable storm? Heat wave? Or something else?

favorite drink.... hm...... I love having a Black Velvet at the pub (Guinness and Cider), and Amoretto Sours or Whiskey Sours when having cocktails.  Crown and Coke isn't that bad, in a pinch, but it isn't my first choice.

Long Island Iced Tea is deadly, but was my first REAL drink.

What's your favorite drink or cocktail? What's in it?
Question submitted by charm.vox.com

Start my Thesis, if not finish and defend it, too.... ::procrastinating::

What's one thing that you hope to do or accomplish before the end of this year?

I grew up with Grover, Ernie, Bert, and Kermit.  This was in the dark days, before Elmo.  Before Gonzo.  Before, dare I say it, Mr. Hooper died.......  So, MY favorite comes from my era, when I was growing up and watching Sesame Street.  Oh, sure, Gonzo and Rolf and others are cool, but no one beats the stage manager, the reporter, the musician, the teacher.... even if he is a bit green.  But, hey, it's not easy being green, ya know.

Kermit, you da frog.  Mad props.

Who is your favorite Muppet? Why?
QotD submitted by knitwitology.vox.com.

Album covers?  I guess they had those -- I had so few actual vinyl albums from people you'd know.... Most were light blue with black and white lettering saying "Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerti" and "Holtz - The Planets" and the like.  Not so much with pop music, but I do recall having a Survivor album, a Village People album, and one from Shawn Cassidy.  Yes, my sister and I owned the record player in joint, so all albums were community property.  I think those were mainly hers, though.  I was much more likely to put on Brahms.

I approve of the invite system, to keep load down, but damn it sucks to run through them so fast!  First come first served all else disappointed is a icky way, though fair, to get people over here.

Ah, well.  I'll keep watching that invite block....

What's the most recent vivid dream or nightmare that you remember?

I regularly dream of death, but not stopping there.  No, I don't wake up just before I hit the ground.  I feel every bit of it, then I feel the setting of my body, the rescue attempts, the pronouncement, then I watch the dirt thrown onto me, the casket creaking and groaning as it buckles under the weight.

About then, da wife jars me awake.

Yeah.  So, less cheesecake before bed, then?