I'm random, thanks for asking.

 1. Do you plan to watch the Oscars broadcast this Sunday?
Nope, have not watched in years.

2. Have you seen many of this year's Oscar-nominated films?
I saw Top Gun: Maverick, which I am shocked was nominated. Other than Avatar and Everything Everywhere All at Once, I had not even heard of the other nominees.

3. Which movie is your pick for Best Picture?
Don't know, don't care, but maybe a tiny part of me wants EEAAO.

4. What are some of your other picks to win Oscars?
Again, I don't even know who's nominated this year.

5. What is your favorite movie of all time?
Ha, as if I can choose one.
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
most of the Star Wars franchise
Lord of the Rings
Dirty Dancing

 1.You’ve been home from vacation for a week now, what still needs to get done?
Either putting some clothes away or just a handful of small items. The suitcase might still be sitting empty on the floor.

2. Have you detected any signs of Spring/Fall yet?
We're getting an extra long, extra chilly winter here in the desert, and I LOVE it.

3. How often do you check the batteries in your smoke alarm?
Never. They get changed when that shrill, annoying dead-battery chirp starts.

4. How is your weekend looking?
Fabulous. First movie day with Reena and Michelle in close to 2 years!

5. What could really stand to be replaced in your home right now?
My currently non-existent bathroom vanity. I threw away the ugly top yesterday, and I'm not going to have the old one reassembled. Also, new toilets. I don't know where they found the current ones, but they are abnormally tall. 18 inches w/o the seat. It's a bit tall for me, but for poor Sarah, well she puts up with it.

FRIDAY FIVER
1. What's a food you liked when you were younger but don't anymore?
Strangely, I cannot think of any. As soon as I post this, one will pop into mind.

2. What's a food you used to not like but now you do?
I wouldn't touch sour cream as a child except in the form of onion dip. Probably because the tubs of sour cream for regular use usually got moldy. It wasn't until college that I had a sour cream and chive baked potato and it was amazing. I also disliked avocado for a long time; now I love it. Brussels sprouts if they are cooked right. My mom used to boil them to death, and no amount of butter could save them.

3. What's a food you enjoy eating both warm and cold?
Pizza! Roast beef on sandwiches. Turkey - like Thanksgiving dinner and then as leftovers. Cheese. Coffee.

4. Are there any foods you can't get anymore? Why not?
My favorite cereal growing up, Crunchy Corn Bran. It's been discontinued as far as I can tell, have not seen it in several years. Quaker makes something similar but it's just not the same.

5. What's your favorite "breakfast for dinner" (or "dinner for breakfast") food?
I'll often have cereal for dinner, and sometimes pancakes or waffles. Sometimes scrambled eggs on toast. The only dinner for breakfast I have is leftovers, but cold pizza makes an EXCELLENT breakfast.

2 weeks ago
1. What is the last song/bit of music you heard?
I was listening to podcasts all day today so whatever music was playing at the outlets where I briefly stopped.

2. What is the song you can't get enough of right now?
None in particular. I keep thinking of songs that I don't remember seeing when I was reloading my iPod, and checking for/listening to that.

3. What song/band did you just discover and think are great?
Ok so I listen to the classic rock station mostly, or the stations that play older stuff. So I haven't recently discovered anyone.

4. Do you listen to the same song over and over on repeat? Why?
When I'm depressed, yes. It's been quite a few years but when I was sad about a guy, I listened to Hold Me Now by Thompson Twins or Crush by Dave Matthews Band on repeat. Sometimes if I'm listening to my ipod I'll repeat a song.

5. Do you make music, or do you want to?
No. I wish I had the time and energy to relearn the flute, but that's never going to happen.


last week
1. Do you tend to remember book titles or authors the most?
Titles. Authors too if it's a memoir.

2. Do you play any memory games to try and improve your memory?
No, but according to my sister I should be playing Wordle. Maybe not for memory, but she was giving me a hard time over the fact I have zero interest in it.

3. What is the very first movie you remember seeing in a movie theatre?
Either ET at the drive-in, or some sad movie that my mom dragged me along with her to see at the theater. All I remember was someone dying at the end.

4. What sense do you tend to rely upon the most?
Definitely vision.

5. When was the last time you felt lonely and what made you feel better?
I never really feel lonely, but once in a while my singleness feels heavier than normal.

yesterday
1. How many stars can you see in the sky at night where you live? (Not looking for an exact number here, just a general description.)
There's a good amount of light pollution where I live, so you can see the major constellations and a smattering of other stars.

2. What is your favorite constellation?
The Big Dipper, and I was going to say The Pleiades, which I had to search for the name of. I guess it's not a constellation but a star cluster.

3. Are you able to see and identify any planets in the sky? Which ones?
I can usually tell if there's a planet visible, but can't tell which one it is.

4. Have you ever seen a satellite orbiting above the earth?
I think once or twice.

5. Have you ever seen a rocket blasted off into space?
Only on TV

1. Can you impersonate anyone famous?
No, but I know I sometimes try.

2. Can you do any accents other than your own?
Back when I lived with Allyson, I attempted British accents. However, after Allyson said that I sound more mentally challenged than British, I gave up.

3. Do you have a strong local accent?
No. Neither California (where I grew up) nor Arizona have distinct accents. CA has what's called valley girl, but I don't have that.

4. What's your favorite accent?
British or Italian

5. If your family hated your current partner, would you ditch him/her or carry on with him/her despite the protests?
No current partner to speak of, but if this were the case, it would depend on WHY they hated him. If it was a legit problem on his side, then we probably wouldn't be together. If it was something dumb they didn't happen to like, well they'd need to suck it up and deal.

1. How tall would you like to be if you had the chance to choose?
I'm smack average at 5'6" but would like to be 5'7" for reasons unknown.

2. How often do you change your sheets?
Every 2-3 weeks, usually closer to 3. I shower before bed, before anyone gets grossed out.

3. When is it time to repurpose an old towel?
When it gets scratchy or has a foul odor. Or, when I've had it forever and get sick of the color.

4. Do you need to make a trip to a secondhand store to drop something off?
I just did this earlier this week, because the the effort of posting the items in the Buy Nothing Group, then having to arrange pick-up, was more work than I wanted to do at the moment. I pretty much always have a bag or box out for Goodwill. I try to list stuff on Buy Nothing more now, but sometimes I just need things GONE.

5. What was the last book you borrowed from the library?
For a while I was checking out audiobooks, but haven't since 2020. Last one was Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.

Well hmm, LJ is still here. Yay!

Anyway, onto thefridayfive

1. How many hours a day/night do you usually sleep?
Weeknights, 6-8. I try to get to bed by 10pm and my alarm goes off about 6am. However, I never fall asleep right away, and often wake up before my alarm. My work schedule changes to an hour earlier next week, ack.

2. What do you do when you can't sleep?
I use melatonin regularly, so I don't have that problem. Back in the day, I'd toss and turn, or play with my phone, or before that, play on my computer.

3. How often do you devote time to just thinking about something?
Not as often as I need to.

4. If you had to choose one person to never talk to again, who would you choose?
I'd say I do that anyway. So at the moment, I can't think of anyone I need to cut out of my life.

5. If you had to choose one person, NOT your significant other, who you would speak to every day for the rest of your life, who would you choose?
Firs thought was Allison. But I'm not entirely sure.

1. What's your favorite candle scent?
None in particular. I have this tea and lemon one I need to finish off, but it wasn't really cold enough this winter for candles.

2. Do you have an artistic or crafty hobby? What is it?
Baking, if that counts.

3. What's one weird way you save money on food?
At times when I'm out and hungry and want to cruise through the drive-thru, I'll try to think of what I have in the fridge or freezer, and convince myself to go home and cook it. That only occasionally helps me save by not eating out, but still.

4. Do you collect anything weird or unusual?
Magnets, mugs, post cards from my travels. Also those flattened pennies that cost 50 cents or a dollar. The dollar machines at Disneyland were all, we provide the penny!

5. Do you fear the deep ocean, or does its unknown depths excite you?
I'd love to watch someone else go down there, or watch video footage.

Going to try to post both here and LJ, and also try to read both sites. I don't know which LJ people are also here, but I'm trying to add them here too, if we aren't already DW friends.

I meant to do this thefridayfive yesterday, but didn't get onto my laptop until late in the evening.

1) What sort of alarm wakes you up in the morning?
the alarm on my phone

2) If you can sleep in, how late to you sleep?
I'm usually awake, really awake, by 10am My weekend alarm goes off at 9 but I never get up then. I often wake up before my alarm, like today at about 8:30.

3) What's for breakfast?
I don't usually eat breakfast. On work days, I'll have fruit snacks when I get hungry. Otherwise I sip on my iced coffee with milk. On weekends, I'll eat breakfast when and if I'm hungry.

4) What makes you late to your next big thing?
I'm painfully early to just about everything.

5) What's your favorite caffeinated beverage?
My daily drink, iced coffee with milk.