John Green: Author of Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines and Looking for Alaska
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Survey!

We have discovered that Rob (the only sparksflyup reader known to be a member of Team K*@#$%) is married to sparksflyup reader Marie. We are counting on Marie to bring Rob over to Team Pam, and to keep us up-to-date on her progress.

In the meantime, even though the e key of my keyboard doesn't work very well, I'm going to do a ridiculously long survey I stole from someone on my myspace.


Single or Taken: Married.

Happy about that: Very much. Even the bad parts of marriage--like having to go into stores full of girls and there are no boys anywhere and you have to try to find a Christmas present at this store only you don't know what kind of things your wife would like and you can't focus because you are LITERALLY THE ONLY BOY IN THIS ENTIRE PLACE AND EVERYONE IS WATCHING YOU--are still sort of nice.

Siblings: One excellent brother.

Eye color: Brownish/hazel. Like the bottom of trash can bins.

shoe size: 11ish

Height: 6'1"

What are you wearing right now: A t-shirt that says "Strike 300" and exercise pants (I just got back from running).

Best place to go for a date: A sushi restaurant, I think. Well, the best date Sarah and I ever had was when we first started dating, we sat out on the porch and gave little kids candy (we aren't creeps; it was Halloween). And all the kids were dressed up really cute, and Sarah was a princess, and it was all pretty adorable.

FAVORITES

Kind of pants: jeans.

Number: 37

Animal: Humans.

Drink(non alcoholic): Crystal Light Lemonade, or else orange Gatorade.

Sport: soccer. But I like most sports.

Month: I like March. Also October.

Juice: Orange, I guess, although I'm not huge on juices.

Favorite cartoon character: Stewie on "Family Guy," I suppose.

HAVE YOU EVER...

Given anyone a bath: Hmm. Not to the best of my recollection.

Bungee Jumped?: No. I'm not really attracted to bungee jumping, because A. I am afraid of heights, and B. the nice thing about being a very anxious person is that you can experience that rush-of-adrenaline-fight-or-flight feeling several times a day without bungee jumping.

Made yourself throw-up?: No.

Gone skinny dipping?: Yes.

Eaten a dog?: Not to the best of my knowledge.

Loved someone so much it made you cry?: Oh yeah. Who answers no to that question? Josef Stalin?

Broken a bone?: Yeah. Arms and fingers and ankles (I'm clumsy).

Played truth or dare?: Who above the age of 11 has never played Truth or Dare? Yes, I've played Truth or Dare.

Been on a plane?: Many, many, many, many times.

Been in a sauna?: Yes. And I don't really see what all the hullabaloo is about. If I want to sweat a lot and feel extremely light-headed, I'll just fall in love, thanks.

Been in a hotub?: Yes.

Swam in the ocean?: Yes.

Fallen asleep in school?: I don't think I ever fell asleep, but there were certainly moments where my chin hit my chest.

Ran away?: No. At least not literally.

Broken someone's heart?: Hmm. I've always been the Dumpee in my major relationships, so I'm tempted to say no, but it's hard to say for sure. Hearts can be broken from a great distance.

Cried when someone died?: Yes.

Cried in school?: Yeah. By the way, crying in school is not recommended.

Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call?: Not all night, but certainly quite a lot of the night.

Saved AIM conversations?: Yeah. I have thousands of pages of them, actually.

Saved e-mails?: Ditto. I save all my emails.

Made out with JUST a friend?: No.

Used someone?: Yes, of course. That's inevitable, I think. Unfortunate, but inevitable.

WHAT IS...

Your good luck charm?: It's like Alaska says: "Luck is for suckers."

New fav. song?: "My Good Gal," by Old Crow Medicine Show

Last thing you ate?: Blueberry pie

What kind of shampoo/conditioner do you use?: Whatever Sarah puts in the shower.

DO YOU...

Believe in love at first sight?: I believe in "Quite a lot of excitement and enthusiasm and attraction at first sight, which eventually develops into love and then in retrospect, because memory is unreliable, it feels as if you were every bit as in love in that first moment as you are now."

Long distant relationships?: I believe that they can be very good for you.

Who was the last person you slow danced with?: Sarah. Well, unless you mean slow-danced in the eighth grade way with your arms locked and you're just sort of swaying back and forth to th music. I believe that was with a girl namd Mary. Nice girl. She dumped me, natch.

Who makes you smile the most?: Sarah and Lindsay and Dean and Shannon.

Who knows you the best?: Sarah and my family.

FINAL QUESTIONS

What did you do yesterday?: I went Christmas shopping at the store that contained no boys, and I had dinner with my in-laws and our friend Phyllis and these two doctors, one of whom is helping me think about this book that I want to write.

Have you ever hated someone in your family?: Not for an extended period of time.

Gotten any awards?: Never when I was a teenager, but there have been a couple as an adult.

What car/truck do you wish to have?: A gas/electric hybrid.

Good Singer?: No. No. No. I've never sung a note on-key in my entire life.

Have a lava lamp?: Of all the possible questions, this is the one you choose to ask me? You could ask if I believe in God, or how I feel about the war in Iraq, or whether there's any meaning to suffering -- and you ask me if I have a god damned lava lamp!? No, I don't have a lava lamp.

When you last showered?: It certainly wasn't today.

Coffee or tea?: Ideally, neither.

Are you oldest, middle or youngest?: oldest.

Ever been in a fight with your pet?: What kind of Freak Factory fights with his pets?

Been to Mexico?: I spent a couple days on the border when I was in high school. Looking for Alaska, however (aka Buscando Alaska), has a great life in Mexico!

Been to Canada?: I have. I drove through the Yukon Territory on my way to Alaska during college.

Been to Europe?: I've been to Franc and Italy, but just like with Mexico, Alaska has seen a lot more of the world than I have.

What book are you reading now?: The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud and The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett.

24. Future KIDS names?: I don't know. I've wasted all my favorite names on book characters.

29. Piercing/Tattoos?: No and no.

30. What are you most scared of right now?: Now that's a good question. I'm scared of cancer. And oblivion.

31. Who do you really hate?: I'v been trying, but I haven't yet found a mortal enemy.

32. Do you have a job?: Sorta.

33. Have you ever liked someone you didn't have a chance with?: Yes.

34. Are you lonely right now?: You know that movie Rushmore? There's a great moment in that movie when Bill Murray is asked if he's okay. "Mmm," he says in response. "I'm a little bit lonely these days." I think that captures it pretty well.

Song that's stuck in your head right now?: The Jonathan Coulton Flickr song.

Have you ever gotten beat up? Yes. Oh, wait, do you mean physically beat up? Then no.

6 Comments:

At December 21, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe Rob could be your mortal enemy?

 
At December 21, 2006 , Blogger Maureen said...

Holy crap. Was that YOU in the lingere store today, lurking around the bras and other dainty items? We were all wondering. We were going to call security. You looked so . . . furtive.

 
At December 22, 2006 , Blogger Peter said...

I commend you sir. A real man is not afraid to buy dainties for his wife.

 
At December 22, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

You did win awards in high school. We've got the Academic Decathalon medals to prove it. (I should dig up that great photo of you in the crewcut fushia hair with your medals... g-d is that a great one)

-dad

 
At December 24, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well John the question is...DID you buy your wife some dainties in the girls only shop? You are indeed a brave man. Next time get a voucher. As a wife, some advice..."one size fits all" doesn't, and getting the wrong size is a dangerous activity, maybe even worse than bungee jumping. You could be furtive and steal her smalls so you get the size right but I think that if the police pulled you over and found them it would be hard to explain away, and if your wife knew you'd taken them...and if the ladies in the shop were already going to call security....get her a voucher. LOL

 
At December 08, 2009 , Blogger noelle said...

"Hearts can be broken from a great distance."

too true, Green. Painfully so.

 

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