Home of the Soul Cookie

Rebel that I am (yeah, right), I’m blogging my answers instead of emailing ‘em. I took out the questions about others’ emailed responses, as well as the questions about my parents’ birth names. (Putting my mother’s maiden name on a public blog = A bad idea.)

Get to know your friends better.� Make sure you read the instructions at the bottom and have fun.

1. What time is it? 11:15am
2. Name: Kevin Sean Barrow
3. Nickname: Batman, NSP
4. Number of candles on your last birthday cake should have been: Twenty-nine
5. Tattoos: None
6. Pets: Two cats, Joxer and Toby (aka the “Kitty Boys”)
7. Natural Hair color: brown
8. Eye color? brown
9. How much do you love your job on a Scale of 1 to 10? It varies between 6 and 8.
10. Birthplace: El Centro, CA
11. Current Residence: El Centro, CA (Don’t look at me like that. My folks moved away when I was about six months old. I was silly enough to move back a little over four years ago.)
12. Favorite food: Chicken Parmigiana or prime rib, depending on my mood
13. Been to Africa? Nope.
14. Been toilet papering? Nope. Been “taping” though. (Duct tape on street, sticky-side up. Car drives over it. Car stops because it sounds like it has a flat tire. Kids run away in the dark, giggling.)
15. Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes.
16. Been in a car accident? Yes. Got rear-ended in a little bitty Honda Civic by a drunk driver in a huge-ass Ford pickup. The Civic lost its trunk and part of its back seat; the Ford got a wee scratch on its chrome grille.
17. Croutons or bacon bits? Croutons (both, really).
18. Favorite day of the week: Saturday
19. Favorite word or phrase: Judging by frequency of usage, either “cool” or “fuck.”
20. Favorite Restaurants: Ones with good food and good service.
21. Favorite flower: rose
22. Favorite sport to play: bowling
23. Favorite drink: Cherry Coke
24. Favorite Ice cream: Vanilla (with chocolate syrup)
25. Favorite fast food restaurant: Jack in the Box
26. What color is your bedroom carpet: White…ish. (Thanks, kitty boys…)
27. How many times did you fail your drivers test: None. I’m an excellent driver.
28. Besides this one, from whom did get your last e-mail? A co-worker.
29. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Tough call between Best Buy and Barnes and Noble.
30. What do you do most often when you are bored? Doodle. You’d think I’d be good by now…
31. Most annoying thing people ask/tell me: “How do I…?” after they’ve asked me the same bloody question a hundred different times. It doesn’t bug me when they can’t understand it. It bugs me when they don’t listen to and parse the answer.
32. Bedtime: Midnight, but out of work-borne pragmatism and habit only. My natural tendency is somewhere in the 2-3am range.
33. Favorite TV shows: My current “make sure I tape it!” list is: Charmed, Alias, The Joe Schmo Show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Smallville, Angel, Survivor, Scrubs, Coupling (so I can later see how superior the British original is), and Justice League.
34. Ford or Chevy: Don’t care.
35. Time you finished this: 11:52am (silly work, expecting me to do my job instead of filling this out…)

Return Directions: Now, here’s what you’re supposed to do…and do not spoil the fun. Copy (not forward) this entire email and paste it into a new email that you will send. Change all of the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known facts about those who know you. Remember to send it back to the person who sent it to you.