WW #30
1.) Have you ever taken your clothes off for money? Not yet, and I'm cheap. So send me a few bucks and I'll send you a nakey picture.


2.) Are you a morning person or a night owl? In college I was a night owl. I studied much better after about 9PM than any other time of the day. These days I'm a morning person only because I have to get up to go to work.


3.) Do you take any kind of medication daily or regularly? If so, what? Zyrtec for my allergies, a calcium supplement, a fish oil supplement, and a multi-vitamin every other day.


4.) Do you ever have naughty thoughts about any of your friends significant others? Hmmm, not yet. I guess I either know them to well or I'm not attracted to them.


5.) What are your favorite comfort foods? I'm a victim of my chocolate love! Then there's beer, warm bread and brownies fresh from the oven.


6.) Would you rather direct a porn or star in one? Star in one, but I don't think I'd be 'the' star. I'd be the slave to the starlette. Or possibly be in something like(NSFW) this or maybe even this. Yeah, kind of pervy, but that's how it is.

7.) Have you ever seen a "donkey show"? Would you ever be interested in seeing one? Ewe, yuck. Never, no way.

8.) On a scale of 1 to 10, how gullible of a person would you say you are? I'd say a 3, unless there's a beautiful woman trying to sell me something (i.e., well dressed, perfumed, make-up, stockings, hosiery, heels), then I'm more of an 8.

WW #29

1.) When was your last visit to an emergency room? What happened? I was 5 or 6 years old and was playing on my Grandma's swing set after it rained. I was hanging and swinging from the top bar and slipped off, breaking my wrist. Off we went to the ER. I don't remember much about what happened there. I wish I could remember more about the day-to-day events of my childhood. I spent some time in the hospital for something else and don't remember much, other than the taste of the breakfast cereal they fed us (I was in a common ward for kids). It was a hot cereal, similar to but not oatmeal. I can still taste it - best stuff ever.

2.) Who do you look more like: Mom, dad or another relative? I have my Dad's nose and jawline, and Mom's eyes, hands, and feet.

3.) What sounds annoy you? The sound a serrated knife makes when it runs against metal. The bubbling sound the fish tank makes at night if I don't remember to close that room's door.

4.) What are three movies could you(or have you) watch(ed) over and over and still love? Star Wars, Sixteen Candles, Blade Runner.

5.) Do you ever wish you were someone else? As a crossdresser, I've thought about that many times. It would be neat to have a woman's body from time to time. I'd have a much easier time buying clothes!

6.) What do you think of when you think of Paris? The cardigan sweater my parents got me when they went there when I was in the 3rd Grade. I wore it all the time to school that winter.

7.) What's the last sporting event you watched? The Penn State game last Saturday at a brewpub. I entered the chocolate stout that brewed last year into a homebrew contest and went there to see the awards. Well, they said the awards would be given out between 4:30 and 5PM. I've never been to a homebrew contest that gave out awards on time, and I was bottling the bourbon barrel stout that I brewed a couple weeks ago, so I figured I'd still be early arriving at 5:30PM. Nope, too late. They had given out the awards and left. So I did the next best thing - had a burger and a few brews at the bar and watched the end of the game. Later they sent me an e-mail saying that I won 1st place in my category and that they'll send me my awards. Yahoo!

8.) What do you think about sexual Role Playing? I have a roll in it and I love playing! Ha! No, seriously, I'd love to do it but she's not into it. So I do it when I call the phone sex line.

Another Chocolate Post

Have you ever eaten cocoa nibs? These are the seeds from the cacao tree that are used to make chocolate. Until recently I never had. I unexpectedly got some from Tcho a couple weeks ago and had to try them. They were smaller than I thought, about the size of small pebbles. The looked like chocolate, and they really smelled like chocolate. They weren't really meant to be eaten as they were, but in the name of discovery I had to try them. Popping a small handful into my mouth, however, I found that they didn't taste exactly like chocolate. Not in the way peanut butter tastes like peanuts. They were kind of bitter, and my first impression was a taste of hops (as in the hops used to flavor and preserve beer) with an earthy chocolate side taste. I mean, the chocolate taste was there, it just wasn't right up front. They are good for cooking, so I'll find something to add them to in the future. And I think they will be a better addition to brewing a chocolate porter or stout than using unsweetened cocoa powder.

I also tried the Citrus sample that came with the nibs. Another dark chocolate that's right on the mark for a dark chocolate, but I didn't really taste any citrus flavors right away. That flavor, more of an aroma, came out after the residue had been in my mouth after I swallowed the bite. That bar was good in that it didn't have a burnt taste that some dark and bittersweet chocolates have, and it wasn't overly sweet like others. All in all, a good chocolate!

Wednesday Weirdness #28

1. If you were in a situation where it was either starve to death or resort to cannibalism, would you resort to cannibalism to stay alive or let yourself starve? I'd starve. Even reading about it skeeves me out.

2. Do you know all of the words to the National Anthem and The Pledge of Allegiance? Almost all for the Anthem, and all of them for the Pledge. My college's Alma mater - most of them.

3. Do you consider yourself a leader or a follower? Depends on the situation. At work I'm more of a follower. With family and friends I'm more of a leader.

4. What is your most favorite holiday? Why? Thanksgiving. Its always on a Thursday so there's a long weekend afterwards. And it all about the food! I'm salivating already...

5. In what ways, if any, are you superstitious? I'm a creature of habit, so missing something in the routine kind of throws me for a loop. Er, well, that's more OCD than superstition.

6. If you had to pick a creature from the Mythical Creatures Guide to be your pet, which would you choose and why? I'd go with the Changeling. It could be any pet I'd want depending on the day.

I was one of the 2 million+ folks at the Phillies World Series Championship Parade on Friday. Well, I should say that I was part of the crowd as I didn't actually see the parade. We arrived at the train station about 2-1/2 hours before the parade was set to start. Train after train after train blew by the station, full of people from further up the route. The newspaper and radio told everyone to take regional rail, and this time everyone listened. From what I heard the roads were empty. Anyway, we finally boarded a train at about 11:20 only to arrive in Center City Philly about 20 minutes after the parade had past. So we just walked around to be part of the crowd. Here are some photos of the day. The trip home was mostly standing in line for a train for 2 hours, then being packed like sardines in the train.

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade

From After the Phillies Parade