1. What is your occupation? Membership Director (sounds way too grown up) and Tarot teacher/event producer

2. What color are your socks right now? black (duh)

3. What are you listening to right now? KDFC, a terrific classical music station

4. What was the last thing that you ate? some cheese and crackers.

5. Can you drive a stick shift? I can't drive at all (unless you count driving people crazy).

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? I really like the fuchsia ones and periwinkle

7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? a physician - before that, Mr Downward.

8. What happened to #8?Yeah, where's #8?

9. How old are you today? decline to state

10. Favorite drink? Champagne. Wine

11. What is your favorite sport to watch? Professional football

12. Have you ever dyed your hair? Not yet

13. Pets? Does a cuddly plush sentient alien count?

14. Favorite food? Pizza. Chocolate

15. Last movie you watched? LOTR (yes, we're back in Middle Earth again)

16. Favorite Day of the year? Any day I have nothing scheduled and I can loll about. I've given up being sentimental about holidays (except New Years)

17. What do you do to vent anger? Curse, with verve and vigour. I also occasionally dissipate anger by plotting vengeance

18. What was your favorite toy as a child? When very young I had a stuffed skunk named Stinky (yes, I know - an original thinker even as a child); as I got older it changed constantly

19. What is your favorite season? Autumn - the season that goes so gracefully into the Dark.

20. Hugs or kisses? Yes, please

21. Cherry or Blueberry? I have to choose? Sure, with a festive raspberry on the side

22. Do you want your friends to email you back? It would be nice

23. Who is most likely to respond? to what? that would be the crucial part of that question, methinks

24. Who is least likely to respond? see above

25. Where do you work? The Thoreau Center in the Presidio, which is a very cool place indeed.

26. When was the last time you cried? I puddle frequently

27. What is on the floor of your closet? shoes, laundry basket, boxes of Tarot cards and my gift-giving prezzie stash (yes, I'm one of those who shop all year so I have presents at hand for b'days, &c).

28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? This requires too much calculation.

29. Who is the friend you have had the shortest that you are sending this to? ditto.

30. Favorite smells? Lilac, vanilla, honey, wisteria, impending rain, fresh-brewed coffee, Faire in the morning

31. Who inspires you? People who are decent and noble.

32. What are you afraid of losing? I'd like to say my sanity, but how can you miss what you never had? Actually, if Mr Downward were lost to me I couldn't bear it.

33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? I can has cheezburger? Bacon cheez, pleez

34. Favorite car? I love the look of sports cars and vintage automobiles, but it is a purely aesthetic pleasure

35. Favorite cat breed? Cats are small minions of Satan in fur suits

36. Number of keys on your key ring? My keychain is a zesty amalgam of googaws, amulets and too many keys, which is odd considering how few locks I need to open

37. How many years at your current job? 2 1/2

38. Favorite day of the week? Whatever day I have nothing to do

39. How many states have you lived in? California (4th generation native Californian)

40. Do you think you're funny? Yeah, but looks aren't everything