Saturday 9: What a Fool Believes

My pal over at In My Copious Free Time features a fun little exercise on her blog today -- it's perfect for a great laid-back Saturday post...

1. What celebrity do you think is the MOST foolish?
Those boneheads on shows like Jersey Shore and Laguna Beach and The City and blah blah blah. Grow up. Take some responsibility for your life. Shut up. Listen. Put down the cocktail glass. WALK AWAY FROM THE CAMERAS. Grow up.

2. What are 5 things you don't care about?
NASCAR
The Kardashians
Anything that has to do with space/NASA (SO not my thing... yeah. I know.)
Twilight
X-Box, PS3 and all that stuff

(Yikes. Does this mean I’m old?)

3. What 'issue' do you think your opinion is so right about that you end up trying to sway others to your point of view?
That Dick York really was the better Darrin.

And the importance of the separation of church and state.

4. What personality do you like to listen to on the radio?
Hmmm. Truth be told, I am a music-on-the-radio girl through and through. But I will have to say I enjoy listening to my pal Lynne Austin (you probably know her as The Original Hooters Girl) do her thing on the local Hooters Nation Morning Show on the drive taking Will to school. Always unpredictable and wonderfully entertaining. Plus she’s a really swell person. And great to go to a baseball game with.

5. What culture are you fascinated by?
Cuban culture. Here in my neck of the woods, there are a lot of Cuban-Americans and native-born Cubans and while they have graciously shared their cuisine, there is still more about their culture I’d like to know. My grandparents (as you may or may not know) spent summers in Havana in the ‘20s and ‘30s, whetting my curiosity even more.

6. You are alone with your lover's diary. What do you do?
Roll over and go back to sleep. His business, not mine.

7. What frustrates you?
Closed minded individuals who listen but don’t hear and talk but don’t speak.

8. Do you remember the first time you were on the internet? What did you do first?
It was in 1995. And I think I checked the features of AOL. I can still hear the screeeech of the modem doing its thing even now.

9. What was the biggest fight you have ever had with someone?
Can’t remember the issue but I know it was with the mister.

Saturday 9: You Shook Me

Yeah. Day Two of the New Year and I'm doing a meme. I know.

Wait. You're reading it. Seems now we're rather in the same boat. So hush.

(Check out the Saturday 9 for more people's take on these fun questions)

1. What celebrity would you just want to shake some sense into?
Where do I start… Charlie Sheen. Tiger. Courtney Love. Whitney. La Lohan. Anyone who shows their tuchus in an unflattering, stupid light. A big, bright, movie-premiere sized spotlight.

Oh – either Mr. Hamm or Mr. Clooney for not realizing that they were meant to be with me.

2. What do you think comes after death?
Good question. As a Christian, I have very specific ideas about life after death. Let’s just leave it at that.

3. What is the first book that you can remember reading by yourself as a child?
Little Women in about third grade. Loved that book. Still do.

4. What was the first rock concert that you attended?
Chicago. November, 1982. Gainesville, FL. Yeah. I was living on the edge in those days…

5. If you were to suddenly become famous, would you choose a stage name? If yes, what would it be?
Hell yeah! I’d use my middle name as my first name and a family name as my last. Elizabeth Glisson. That might make a good nome de plume, now that I think about it.

6. What is the one thing that you wish the media would stop talking about?
Tim Tebow (love him like it's my job, but c'mon people. Leave him alone.) Tiger Woods. Those #(&$#%^ Gosselins. OK, that’s more than one. My blog, my rules.

7. If you could be part of any band, which one would it be and who would you be and why?
Hmmm. Let’s see…

The Go-Gos. Singer.
The Bangles. Singer.
Luscious Jackson. Singer.

See a theme?

Seriously, though, I’d want to be a girl singer with a jazz band. Interpret the classic standards. Be a chanteuse. Wear fab clothes. Writhe around on top of a piano every once in a while. Have groupies that buy my vodka between sets; pull my chair out when I sit down; stand when I leave the table; pay my cab fare; call me doll.

And this would be my most “famous” song:


Get the picture?

8. Do you live close to your immediate family members? If not, how far away are they?
Oh yes. The ‘Rents reside in a condo, affectionately known as the Tower of Terror, about 15 minutes away from the new house. My brother and his family are in Orlando – not too far afoot.

9.What did you do on New Year's Eve?
Beatles Rock Band (news flash: Lennon and McCartney did not write for an alto chick. My vocal chords are still rough.); had Julia’s French onion soup for dinner; enjoyed a plethora of adult beverages.

Groovy.