so I saw this meme-quiz thingy and I thought I'd give it a try

so:

Eye Color: dark brown
Hair Color: originally brown verging on black, now mostly silver
Tan or Pale: Italian skin; I get very brown in the sun
Right- or Left-handed: left for writing, eating, wiping; right for everything else
Heritage: Sicilian, German, Irish, Latvian

Your weakness(es): perfectionism
Your perfect pizza: mushroom
Favorite color: intense, saturated blue
Goal you'd like to achieve: to be known for an idea
Your most overused phrase(s): all the phrases you use when you're pretending to listen to someone
Your thoughts first waking up: it's too early
Your best physical feature(s): I think I have great legs; my butt's not bad either. Everything above the waste is pretty awful.
Your bedtime: midnight
Pepsi or Coke: no soda, unless it's to mix with liquor
McDonald's or Burger King: have been to neither one in years
Single or group dates: I'm married
Adidas or Nike: Adidas for running. Black leather shoes (never brown!) at all other times.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: both are gross
Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or coffee: Huh? Cappuccino is coffee. Shot of espresso preferred.
Do you love someone on your watch list?: If you mean romantically or sexually , no. Happily married.
Love or money?: Love always. Call me a dreamer.
Credit cards or cash?: Cash always. I may be a dreamer, but I'm not a fool.
Has there ever been anyone in your family you wish wasn't?: Both biological parents and my one step-parent
Would you rather go camping or to a 5 star hotel?: Are you kidding? Hotel. And send up some champagne, if you please.
Would you shave your entire body (including your head) for money?: For the right sum, sure. It would have to be a lot, I'm frighteningly, prodigiously hirsute. (We're talking werewolf-caliber hair density.)
Have you ever been in an "adult" store?: Come to think of it, no. Window-shopped plenty of them, though.
Bought something from an adult store?: God, no.
Sex in the morning, afternoon or night?: Skyrockets in flight. But morning has its charms, too.
On which side of the bed do you sleep?: Left and under the cat.
Pork, beef, or chicken?: Pork done right is unbeatable.
Ever have to pull over on side of road to puke?: Not since I was ten.
Mexican or Chinese?: I have to choose? Super spicy Chinese, then.

DO YOU:
Smoke: Never smoked a cigarette or bowl of straight tobacco in my life.
Cuss: Far too much
Have a boyfriend/girlfriend: My wife would kill me.
Take a shower: Yes.
Have a crush(es): Maya Rudolf
Think you've been in love: Yes. It wasn't pretty.
Want to get married: Done. Twice. The first time was practice.
Believe in yourself: Working on it.
Believe in god: Yes, but vaguely.
Believe in your government: Not really. I have some guarded hopes for the current US administration.
Think you're attractive: Sometimes a lot. Mostly not at all.
Think you're a health freak: No.
Get along with your parents: Strangely, yes, now, after years of estrangement.
Like thunderstorms: Love them.


IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU:
Drunk alcohol: Yes, lots.
Gone on a date: I'm married.
Gone to the mall: Only because it's in the neighborhood.
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: Not in years.
Eaten sushi: Not lately. Wish I had.
Been dumped: Nope.
Gone skating: No. I'm terrible at it, too.
Gone skinny dipping: Well, no. But I wish I had.
Stolen anything: Nothing tangible that I can recall.

HAVE YOU EVER:
Played a game that required removal of clothing: No. I dislike games. But I have stripped and will strip for certain people if asked nicely.
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Who hasn't?
Been caught "doing something": By my mom, when I was like maybe 11. Since then I've been champion of the stealth wank.
Been called a tease: Not seriously, no.
Gotten beaten up: Not beaten, but I had my lights punched out in high school by a guy who later went to prison for crack dealing.
Age you hope to be married: When I was younger I had the idea that 30 was about the right age.
Number of children you'd like: No more than two, at least one. Been trying to make one. Will keep you posted.
What do you want to be when you grow up: I'm grown, and I still don't know.


WHAT YOU LIKE IN THE PREFERRED SEX:
Best eye color?: It doesn't really matter, but green or grey is nice.
Best hair color?: Blondes don't do it for me, if we're basing attraction mainly on hair.
Height: No real preference here. A mate taller than me might take some getting used to.

IN THE NUMBERS:
Number of people I could trust with my life: One, maybe two.
Number of CD's: Dozens.
Number of piercings: I personally loathe any and all permanent body alteration. I'm not even circumcised. (In fairness, I have had my teeth straightened.)
Number of tattoos: See above.
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: A few times, for youth athletics, and later for community affairs type stuff.
Number of scars on my body: One dog bite on my inner thigh from when I was seven (I shudder to think what would have happened had I not jumped just the right way), and a thin cat scratch scar on my upper chest.