I’m sure everyone has received those chain-letter quiz thingies that float around the e-mail channels. I’m talking about those long lists of questions that function like the literary equivalent of cocktail-party smalltalk by letting your fellow correspondents learn some trivia about you. (Just to show you how far down the road to grumpy old coot-dom I am, I can remember when these things were written on actual paper with actual pen-and-ink and passed around classrooms. I imagine school kids today probably send them over their cellphones.)<\/p>\n
I usually delete these things from my inbox on sight — I figure I’ve already got plenty of distractions with which to waste my time — but as the last couple of posts have demonstrated, I’m in a fairly trivial mood today, so when I received one such quiz this morning, I went ahead and filled it out. I’ve decided to share my responses with you fine folks out there in Internet-Land. Enjoy the bitter knowledge of my inner workings that you never really wanted to possess! Bwa ha ha!<\/p>\n
\n[Ed. note: I’ve deleted a few questions that only work in the context of an e-mail. Talking about who sent you the e-mail or who you’re going to send it to next isn’t really relevant here on a blog.]<\/p>\n
1. First name:<\/i> Reginald I’m sure everyone has received those chain-letter quiz thingies that float around the e-mail channels. I’m talking about those long lists of questions that function like the literary equivalent of cocktail-party smalltalk by letting your fellow correspondents learn some trivia about you. (Just to show you how far down the road to grumpy old coot-dom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memes-and-quizzes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. Were you named after anyone?<\/i> My dad’s name is also Reginald
\n3. Do you wish on stars?<\/i> Not since that nasty incident involving a wooden puppet and a whale
\n4. When did you last cry?<\/i> While viewing the film Ray<\/i> (review pending)
\n5. Do you like your handwriting?<\/i> Sure — no one else can read it, but I’m satisfied with it
\n6. What is your favorite lunch meat?<\/i> Corned beef
\n7. What is your birth date?<\/i> 1969
\n8. What is your most embarrassing CD?<\/i> Christmas in the Stars: The <\/i>Star Wars Christmas Album<\/i> (includes the perennial favorite, “What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas [When He Already Owns a Comb?]”)
\n9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with yourself?<\/i> Probably — after all, I’d have so much in common with me
\n10. Are you a daredevil?<\/i> Not really, no — I heard “you’ll break your arm” too many times as a kid
\n11. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell?<\/i> Not that I can recall
\n12. Do looks matter?<\/i> Not as much as everyone fears, but more than anyone likes to admit
\n13. How do you release anger?<\/i> I drink heavily — no, seriously, I find ranting and cursing is usually quite effective
\n14. Where is your second home?<\/i> Anne’s apartment
\n15. Do you trust others too easily?<\/i> I used to…
\n16. What was your favorite toy as a child?<\/i> I had a lot of favorites, but I really treasured my Star Trek<\/i> communicator walkie-talkies
\n17. What class in high school do you think was totally useless?<\/i> None of them were totally<\/i> useless, but I didn’t enjoy P.E. and I wasn’t very good at Metal Shop
\n18. Do you have a journal?<\/i> Over 20 handwritten volumes, an electronic (off-line) version, and this blog
\n19. Do you use sarcasm a lot?<\/i> Who, me?
\n20. Favorite movie(s)?<\/i> Star Wars: The Original Theatrical Version<\/i> (no digital anything and Han shoots first!)
\n21. What are your (acceptable) nicknames?<\/i> I have no nicknames currently, but once I was called the Jedi Master, and that was cool…
\n22. Would you bungee jump?<\/i> See question # 10
\n23. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?<\/i> Yes
\n24. Do you think that you are strong?<\/i> Strong enough
\n25. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?<\/i> Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia, or homemade strawberry
\n26. Shoe size?<\/i> 46 (EUR) or 12 (US)
\n27. What are your favorite colors?<\/i> Red and black — just call me Darth Maul
\n28. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?<\/i> I worry too much
\n29. Who do you miss most?<\/i> I don’t miss anyone, really, but I wish I’d known my Grandma June better
\n30. **Deleted — Irrelevant**<\/i>
\n31. What color pants are you’re wearing?<\/i> faded blue
\n32. What are you listening to right now?<\/i> A PBS documentary called Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire<\/i>
\n33. Last thing you ate?<\/i> Spanish rice and chicken
\n34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?<\/i> Flesh
\n35. What is the weather like right now?<\/i> Dark
\n37. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?<\/i> The face
\n38. **Deleted — Irrelevant**<\/i>
\n40. Favorite drink?<\/i> Are we talking alcoholic drinks? If so, then Jameson Irish Whiskey. Soft drinks? Diet Coke
\n41. Favorite sport?<\/i> Sports bore me
\n42. Hair color?<\/i> Brown… what’s left of it anyway
\n43. Eye color?<\/i> Brown
\n44. Do you wear contacts?<\/i> No
\n45. Favorite food?<\/i> A really good cheeseburger, which is more rare than you might think
\n46. Last movie you watched?<\/i> The Incredibles<\/i> (review pending)
\n47. Favorite day of the year?<\/i> The first clear day following a snowstorm
\n48. Scary movies or happy endings?<\/i> If you do it right, you can have both (e.g., Shaun of the Dead<\/i>)
\n49. Summer or winter?<\/i> Autumn, actually
\n50. Hugs or kisses?<\/i> Soft, deep, wet kisses that last for three days
\n51. What is your favorite dessert?<\/i> Key lime pie
\n52. **Deleted — Irrelevant**<\/i>
\n53. **Deleted — Irrelevant**<\/i>
\n54. Where would you want to go on your next vacation?<\/i> Scotland… or Japan… or maybe New Orleans
\n55. What book are you reading?<\/i> Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34<\/i> by Bryan Burrough
\n56. What’s on your mouse pad?<\/i> The Kennecott Mine in Bingham Canyon, Utah<\/a> (a.k.a. “The Pit”)
\n57. What did you watch last night on TV?<\/i> An episode of Monk<\/i> on DVD
\n58. Favorite smells?<\/i> An alfalfa field after a rain, spare ribs cooking, fresh bed sheets, and vanilla
\n59. Rolling Stones or Beatles?<\/i> Duh — Led Zeppelin!
\n60. Do you believe in evolution or creationism?<\/i> I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive
\n61. What’s the furthest you’ve been away from home?<\/i> Munich, Germany<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"