Let’s Have Some Fun
I am for a number of reasons happy to watch the month of August 2012 receding in the rear-view mirror. Let’s hear it for September. I thought that instead of crafting some offering, weighty or otherwise, it might be interesting to ask some questions and get some answers. Obviously, you don’t have to answer them all or even participate to begin with; and I won’t comment on answers (as Gallagher says in another context, it’s okay to laugh, just don’t point!).
Here we go. My own answers follow each question:
1) Last book I read: GONE by Randy Wayne White
2) Last television show I watched: Copper
3) Last movie I watched in a theater: Cast Away, in 2000 (yes; it has been that long since I have been to a movie theater)
4) Last movie I watched at home: Body Heat
5) Last music CD I listened to: The Complete Ric & Ron Recordings, Vol. 6
6) Last person with whom I spoke on the telephone: my younger daughter
7) What time I went to bed last night: 11:10 PM
8) What time I woke up this morning: 5:20 AM
9) Strangest thing that happened to me in August: I took my daughter to her doctor and the office receptionist lost my driver’s license and medical insurance card
10) If I were having one last meal, I would I want it to be? Zapp’s Voodoo potato chips 11) and a bottomless glass of Barq’s Root Beer
12) In September, I am looking forward to: The Cutting Edge Entertainment Law Seminar in New Orleans
Enjoy.
1) Last book: Scene & Structure by Jack M. Bickham;
2) Last TV show: Castle
3) Last movie in cinema: Brave (loved it)
4) Last movie at home: Georgia Rule for the fifth time
5) Last music CD was not a CD but a folder on my computer and it was from End of Green (gothic metal)
6) Last person on the telephone: my boss
7) Time I went to bed: 01:00
8) Time I woke up: around 7 am
9) Strangest thing in August: I managed not to get severely sunburned like I used to every year
10) My last meal would be bacon with bacon on top and a glass of 11) water
12) In September I look forward to finishing my WIP (yay!)
🙂 Fun questions.
Vero–We could be bacon sisters. What is up with that? Pork fat rules.
Last Book: KILLER INSTINCT by Zoe Sharp
Last TV Show: WAREHOUSE 13
Last Movie in Theater: SPIDER-MAN (the newest one)
Last Movie at Home: BERNIE w/ Jack Black
Last Music CD: Reba McEntire’s ALL THE WOMEN I AM
Last Person on Phone: My youngest daughter-checking to see when she was coming home so I could go to bed
Time to Bed: 10:30pm
Time up: 3:48 am
Strangest Thing: Discovered a bank error in my checking account. They withdrew on a check twice, in two different amounts!
My Last Meal: A New York pepperoni & sausage pizza with as much Fosters as I could consume.
In Sept. I look forward to completing and publishing my latest Grace deHaviland bounty hunter novella.
Enjoy your holiday Labor Day weekend everyone
Last book: A Deeper Darkness by JT Ellison (highly recommended)
Last TV show: Diner, Drive-ins & Dives with Guy Fieri
Last movie: Magic Mike, I went with one of my sisters. Yes, we are cougars. Grrrr. (I rarely go to movies too, Joe.)
Last person on the phone: My mom, we talk every day, several times. Poor thing, she’s my Go To person with my weird thoughts.
Time I went to bed: 11:15 pm
Time up: 4:45am
Strangest thing in Aug: I had a benign cyst removed from my chin, earlier this week. Doc did a great job. Can’t see the scar, but the bruise is still there. I have a speaking engagement this next week. If the bruise shows, I’m totally lying about what I did to earn it.(secretly hoping it shows.)
My meal: My husband & I are eating more fish, veggies & fruit these days, so I would grab a big juicy cheese bacon burger with fries & a chocolate shake. (If I had to simplify my meal, I toss out everything except for the bacon.)
Things in Sept: I have a dear friend & his wife coming to visit & stay with me for a few days- Australian thriller author, James Houston Turner & Wendy. Jim is an amazing guy & we can talk for hours about writing & life. (Wine is usually involved.) Can’t wait to meet Wendy for the first time.
Have a splendid Saturday, my friend. Thanks for transitioning me into September so deftly. I didn’t feel a thing, but now I’m craving bacon. Oy!
1) Last book: The Partner by John Grisham
2) Last TV show: Homeland
3) Last movie in cinema: I prefer to rent a DVD
4) Last movie at home: Crash
5) Last music CD: 21 by Adele
6) Last person on phone: Pizza delivery shop
7) Last time I went to bed: 11pm
8)Time I woke up: 04.30am
9) Strangest thing in August: Sold the most copies of my last novel, The Geneva Connection
10) My last meal would be: Tuna salad as I am watching my cholesterol…
11) In September I look forward to selling my latest thriller novel.
Good idea. My brain could use a break for some fun:
Last book I read: Lean, Long & Strong (fitness/nutrition book for women)
Last TV show watched: Hawaii Five-0
Last movie I watched in a theater: The Hunger Games
Last movie I watched at home: Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan
Last music CD I listened to: Peter Furler’s “On Fire”
Last person with whom I spoke on the telephone: (assuming we’re ruling out the place of torment (ie the day job), my friend Cathee
What time I went to bed last night: 9:15p (finally! A decent hour after a very long week)
What time I woke up this a.m.: 4:30
If I were having one last meal, it would be: southern peaches (the ones we get out west suck.)
In September, I am looking forward to: the departure of this horrid humidity (AZ), the nights cooling off. That was my first thought when I stepped out to walk the dog this morning. “Bummer. First day of September and still disgustingly humid.”
LOL Jordan. Bacon only got edged out of my list because of my recent disgust at the lack of good peaches…
I like bacon so much, I take it with aspirin. Anyone can do water.
Last book: I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME, Horace McCoy
TV: Rockford
Movie in theater: MIB III
Movie at home: The Master of Ballantrae (Errol Flynn)
Last CD: Best of Don Kelley Band (heard them at Roberts in Nashville)
Last person on phone: Son
Bed last night: 10:30
Woke up: 5
Strangest August thing: Golf on a challenging TPC course and actually didn’t embarrass myself. How strange!
Last meal: Tommy Burger and chili cheese fries
Sept: Looking forward to my 2 day seminar in Cincinnati. Always invigorates me.
1) Last book I read: Lost Fleet: Relentless (Jack Campbell)
2) Last television show I watched: Person of Interest.
3) Last movie I watched in a theater: Er, that was ages ago. I think it was Iron Man 1.
4) Last movie I watched at home: Battle: Los Angeles, before that Puss in Boots.
5) Last music CD I listened to: Not really a music person, so whatever someone else happened to have on.
6) Last person with whom I spoke on the telephone: Someone at the Royal Mail, ordering my Team GB Olympic Gold Medal Winner stamps set.
7) What time I went to bed last night: 10:30pm(ish.) Of course I then read in bed for quite a while afterwards.
8) What time I woke up this morning: 9am.
9) Strangest thing that happened to me in August: Probably going to see the Olympic Rowing. I’ve never really ‘got’ the whole big sporting event atmosphere thing until now, but it was amazing and something I will remember for the rest of my life.
10) If I were having one last meal, I would I want it to be? Lasagna or Bacon Double Cheese Burger and Chips with 11) Chocolate Milkshake.
12) In September, I am looking forward to: Hopefully seeing Paralympic Team GB come second in the Paralympics. Continuing to plot my first novel (with help from James’s “Plot & Structure.”)
1) Last book I read: The Ranger, by Ace Atkins
2) Last television show I watched: Bones
3) Last movie I watched in a theater: The Dark Knight Rises
4) Last movie I watched at home: Stealth, but missed the last 30 minutes.
5) Last music CD I listened to: A royalty free disc, looking for some music for a video I’m working on.
6) Last person with whom I spoke on the telephone: the claims adjuster telling me my car is totaled.
7) What time I went to bed last night: 10:15 PM
8) What time I woke up this morning: 4:45 AM
9) Strangest thing that happened to me in August: My first auto accident in 42 years – some young girl on a cell phone failed to yield and turned in front of me. See item 6.
10) If I were having one last meal, I would I want it to be? Sorry Martin, but a last meal is a bit late for watching cholesterol! Mine would be the biggest Kansas City Strip steak at Kansas City’s Hereford House, a football sized baked potato, onion rings and 11) and a bottomless glass of Coke. (No point in worrying about Diabetes, either.)
12) In September, I am looking forward to: Replacing my car.
1) Last book I read: The American (A Very Private Gentleman) by Martin Booth
2) Last television show I watched: English Premier Leauge Football
3) Last movie I watched in a theater: Bourne Legacy
4) Last movie I watched at home: Heat
5) Last music CD I listened to: Don’t remember
6) Last person with whom I spoke on the telephone: my wife
7) What time I went to bed last night: 11:30 PM
8) What time I woke up this morning: 7:45 AM
9) Strangest thing that happened to me in August: Four kittens took over my backyard
10) If I were having one last meal, I would I want it to be? Schlotzkys Oroginal Cheese sandwich
11) and an RC Cola (if they still made them)
12) In September, I am looking forward to: buying more kitten chow
I was outta pocket yesterday and didn’t get to respond to favorite series character: Gabriel Allon from Daniel Silva’s books
1) Last book: The Skyliners, by Louis L’Amour
2) Last tv show: Phineas & Ferb (best show ever…since Red Green that is)
3) Last theater movie: The Avengers
4) Last movie at home: Windtalkers
5) Last music: Shout to the Lord, Hillsong United
6) Last person on the phone: My youngest son, he was alone in the car at the library because he didn’t feel like crutching into the library with mom & bro browsing for books.
7) Went to bed last night: 11:30
8) Woke up this morning: 08:30 … yes once a week I hibernate.
9) Strangest thing: Yesterday I took my daily walk in Campbell Creek park but entered from a different side than normal to see new stuff. Went off trail onto narrow little cut-offs and animal tracks just exploring in the hills and I stepped into a clearing and suddenly realized that I had walked to a spot usually use as a turn around point when walking in from the opposite side of the park 2 miles away (5 miles from yesterdays starting point). It was like internal, subconscious navigation. Also saw a huge owl in a tree…kinda omen like.
10) Last meal: Korean Stone Bowl Bi Bim Bop, the stone bowl keeps the rice hot and makes it toasty crispy at the bottom, and a bottle of Midnight Sun Brewer Monks Mistress Special Dark Ale
11) In September, I am looking forward to: The annual Alaska Writer’s Guild Conference. I did a bunch or recorded interviews with the guest speakers/panelists last month and am looking forward to meeting them. There’s still plenty of room by the way if any of you want to join us! 😉
I only do Kosher bacon…the kind made with lamb… its called baaaaaacon
Y’know, you can learn more about people by asking simple questions than by asking probing ones…and we’ve got some great folks coming here and visiting. Thank you for letting me be a part of your weekend. Your responses have been great so far.
I I wasn’t going to comment on particular answers, but I will make an exception in hopes of doing a good turn. RG: RC Cola is still available in the states. It was sold to a Canadian firm, but is bottled in the U.S. by Pepsi/Dr. Pepper/Snapple. Here’s a link to their locator page:
http://www.drpeppersnapplegroup.com/locator/
Hope you can find it near you without any problems! I bet those cats would love a saucer of it.
Joe, this was fun!
1) Last book I read: What Remains of Heaven: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery by C. S. Harris
2) Last television show I watched:
Flashpoint
3) Last movie I watched in a theater: Cast Away, in 2000 (yes; it has been that long since I have been to a movie theater)Sherlock Holmes, Game of Shadows
4) Last movie I watched at home: Executive Decision
5) Last music CD I listened to: Own The Night by Lady Antebellum
6) Last person with whom I spoke on the telephone: my daughter Meg.
7) What time I went to bed last night: Midnight
8) What time I woke up this morning: 7:00am
9) Strangest thing that happened to me in August: I was sitting at the computer and one of our cats jumped on my lap and sunk his claws in my leg. Blood everywhere.
10) If I were having one last meal, I would I want it to be? Jioio’s Pizza and RootBeer.
12) In September, I am looking forward to: James Scott Bell’s Seminar in Cincinnati.