{"id":2073,"date":"2009-02-01T08:25:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T13:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2009-02-01T08:25:34","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T13:25:34","slug":"on-a-sunday-morning-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=2073","title":{"rendered":"On a Sunday Morning Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s start Sunday with a meme.  Then I&#8217;ll follow that with breakfast and writing.  Go me!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?<\/b><br \/>My great-grandfather for my first name. My great-grandmother for my middle.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?<\/b><br \/>Friday.  I was just feeling kinda down on Friday.<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?<\/b><br \/>I do!  I can&#8217;t write in cursive (as I&#8217;ve forgotten how), but I think my printing is nice and flowy.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?<\/b><br \/>Either turkey or roast beef.<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU HAVE KIDS?<\/b><br \/>I do not.<\/li>\n<li><b>IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?<\/b><br \/>I&#8217;d like to think so, but I can be moody and irritable, so I can be tough to know.  However, once you&#8217;ve gotten past that, you have a friend for life.<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU USE SARCASM?<\/b><br \/>I am absolutely, never ever sarcastic, no.<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?<\/b><br \/>What a silly question.  Of course I have my tonsils.<\/li>\n<li><b>WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?<\/b><br \/>I would!<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?<\/b><br \/>Hmm.  Cookie Crisp.  Peanut Butter Captain Crunch.  Cheerios.  Coco Wheats.  Peaches &#038; Cream Oatmeal.  I&#8217;m really open.<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?<\/b><br \/>Sometimes.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?<\/b><br \/>Mint Chocolate Chip.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?<\/b><br \/>Eyes.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?<\/b><br \/>I&#8217;m a bit of a procrastinator.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?<\/b><br \/>More like, who <i>don&#8217;t<\/i> I miss&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?<\/b><br \/>I&#8217;m indifferent, really.  The people likely to complete this list are like me, using memes to substitute for  thinking about new and original content. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?<\/b><br \/>Blue shorts, no shoes.  I generally avoid wearing shoes.<\/li>\n<li><b>FAVORITE SOUNDS?<\/b><br \/>Hmm.  No idea, really.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?<\/b><br \/>I hear the whirr of the computer fan.  There&#8217;s a bird outside the window, and cars passing on the road.<\/li>\n<li><b>IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?<\/b><br \/>One of the colors with a funny name, from the blue side of the box.<\/li>\n<li><b>FAVORITE SMELLS?<\/b><br \/>I like the smell of chocolate chip cookies.  A freshly poured Guinness.  Publications fresh from the printer.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?<\/b><br \/>My sister.<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?<\/b><br \/>I&#8217;ve never actually met <a href=\"http:\/\/agincourtdb.livejournal.com\/101868.html\">the person who posted this on his LiveJournal<\/a>. *shrug*<\/li>\n<li><b>FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?<\/b><br \/>Baseball<\/li>\n<li><b>HAIR COLOR?<\/b><br \/>Mostly black, and grey at the temples.<\/li>\n<li><b>EYE COLOR?<\/b><br \/>It&#8217;s variable.  Right now they&#8217;re a grey\/green.<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?<\/b><br \/>No.<\/li>\n<li><b>FAVORITE FOOD?<\/b><br \/>I love tacos.<\/li>\n<li><b>SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?<\/b><br \/>Happy endings.<\/li>\n<li><b>LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?<\/b><br \/><i>Prince Caspian<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?<\/b><br \/>It&#8217;s a grey t-shirt with Snoopy on it.<\/li>\n<li><b>SUMMER OR WINTER?<\/b><br \/>I like snow, but I don&#8217;t like cold and ice.  I like summer, but I can&#8217;t stand the heat.  Pass.<\/li>\n<li><b>HUGS OR KISSES?<\/b><br \/>Why must it be an either\/or?  I will settle for hugs, however.<\/li>\n<li><b>MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?<\/b><br \/>Whichever of my friends needs content for their blog today, methinks. \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li><b>LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?<\/b><br \/>Whichever of my friends has things they absolutely must do today. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?<\/b><br \/>J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s <i>The Children of Hurin<\/i>, which I&#8217;ve had since its release in 2007 and never managed much momentum on.  Also, a history book on the American Revolution by Ray Raphael.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?<\/b><br \/>I do not have a mousepad.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?<\/b><br \/>I didn&#8217;t even turn on the television yesterday.  I did, however, listen to some audio dramas.<\/li>\n<li><b>ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?<\/b><br \/>The Beatles, without a doubt.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?<\/b><br \/>Las Vegas.<\/li>\n<li><b>DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?<\/b><br \/>I&#8217;m sure I do, and I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m absolutely oblivious to it.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHERE WERE YOU BORN?<\/b><br \/>Baltimore.<\/li>\n<li><b>WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?<\/b><br \/>No ones, really.<\/li>\n<li><b>HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE\/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?<\/b><br \/>I have neither at the moment, so let&#8217;s stamp that one &#8220;Not Applicable.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s start Sunday with a meme. Then I&#8217;ll follow that with breakfast and writing. Go me! WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?My great-grandfather for my first name. My great-grandmother for my middle. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?Friday. I was just feeling kinda down on Friday. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?I do! I can&#8217;t write<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=2073\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On a Sunday Morning Meme&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[4093,4107],"class_list":["post-2073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memes","tag-life","tag-memes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}