Friday Five, July 3: Randomosity
- It’s the last night of the world, and you’ve only just found out. What five things will you do in these final hours? Call my mom, go to adoration, dance (I love to dance), eat some really good cheesecake, and just talk to the people closest to me.
- How do you feel about our American Flag’s design? Fifty stars is impossible to draw, especially white on blue, but otherwise it’s nice.
- What pets have you had? My mom had a parakeet when I was very little, and I had a goldfish until it died. My family has a cockatiel right now, but I don’t really consider Jazzie mine.
- What was the last activity you wore a wristband for? Anyone who was drinking at Community Bowling Night at the start of ACE summer had to wear a blue wristband.
- What song changed your life? “Only Hope,” performed by Mandy Moore, and then Mandy Moore and Jon Foreman, in A Walk to Remember, had a pretty huge impact on me, my relationships, and my love for that book and movie.
- What is your favorite vegetable? I love broccoli, but only cooked or in broccoli salad, and carrots, but only raw.
- What is your favorite salad dressing, sauce, gravy, or condiment? Caesar dressing is pretty great, especially on fresh spinach. Can you tell I miss the ND dining hall?
- What is your favorite culture’s food (American, Chinese, Creole, Indian, Italian, Mexican, Soul Food, Southern U.S., etc.)? I discovered that I like Lebanese food, but Mexican and Italian are still my favorites.
- What is your favorite beverage? Water is so awesome, but my friend Greg recently turned me on to what he calls a Michelle Wie. It’s a girly Arnold Palmer: raspberry iced tea and pink lemonade.
- What is your favorite food? I have loved French fries pretty much as long as I’ve been eating them.
- Do you like your handwriting? Absolutely.
- Do you prefer to print or write in cursive? I print most of the time (when I’m not typing), but I like my cursive handwriting best for my spiritual journal and letters to parents.
- Do you think handwriting should be graded in school? Grading is a much touchier subject for me since I’m a teacher now. I think it’s important to teach handwriting in school, though. You have to learn it somewhere.
- Do you prefer writing in pencil or pen? Pen, always.
- When you write in ink, do you prefer a neutral color such as black or blue, or a fun color like purple or green? I hate writing in any color other than black, but I always grade in purple. It makes me feel better, to say nothing for my students.
