Christie

1. What time is it: 9:19 am

2. Name as it appears on your birth certificate: Christie Sue Johnson

3. Nicknames: CJ, xtie

4. Parents names: Karen Sue Chociej and Dale Richard Johnson

5. Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake?: 29

6. Date that you regularly blow them out?: May 12

7. Pets: Lucy Belle Johnson Fix (kitty)

8. Height: 5'5 3/4" (thanks to katherine and glen for helping me out with this one)

9. Eye color: blue

10. Hair Color: brown

11. Piercing: old ear pierce holes but i haven't worn earrings in probably 6 or 8 years

12. Tattoos? froggy on my shoulder

13. How much do you love your job: i like the people i work with.

14. Hometown: Warren, OH (except for 3 high school years in Pleasanton, CA)

15. Current Residence: Seattle, WA

16. Have you been in love? yes

17. Currently involved? yes

18. Favorite thing about e-mail: i get nervous talking on the phone so email is helpful for allowing me to avoid that.

19. Been toilet papered? yes, when i was 13 a boy who had a crush on me TPed my house. my dad was none too thrilled.

20. Loved somebody so much it made you cry? i assume this means cry of happiness, if so... ummm... no.

21. Been in a car crash? yes

22. Croutons or Bacon Bits? ick

23. 2 doors or 4 (on a car)? my car has 4 doors.

24. Coffee or Ice Cream? coffee wins by a nose

25. Blanket or Stuffed Animal: blankie

26. Best Color: it was always blue but lately i've been finding myself really liking dark red

27. Salad Dressing: balsamic

28. Socks color: dark gray

29. Book you're reading or hope to read: i've got like 5 in progress... underworld by don delillo, the sportswriter by richard ford, akhenaten: dweller in truth by naguib mafouz, and from dawn to decadence by jacques barzun. okay, that's 4.

30. Favorite Movie: changes all the time but lately i've been dying to see "pi" again. (mostly because i am so looking forward to seeing requiem for a dream.)

31. Foods: i love japanese food and indian food and thai food and italian food.

32. Song Playing at the moment: something from the new Elastica record (my officemate's playing it.)

33. Toothpaste: crest for sensitive teeth

34. Restaurant: aoki

35. Flower: gosh, i dunno

36. Least Favorite Food: meaty things

37. Sport to Watch: basketball during the playoffs

38. Fast Food Restaurant: ick. subway i guess

39. When was your last hospital visit? taking jim to the emergency room when he got oil paint in his eye while painting one afternoon. my own last visit was when i broke my wrist playing soccer in college.

40. Favorite drink? coffee

41. What color is your bedroom's carpet? hardwood

42. How many times did you fail your Permit and/or Drivers test? 3. yep, 3. and i didn't even try until I was 20. there was a tester in our town who was legendary for failing everyone at least once. (both my sister and brother failed it on the first try too.)

43. Where do you see yourself in 10 yrs? i have no clue. i'd like to have kids one day so hopefully that will have started by then.

44. Who is the last person that you got mail from before this one? Mark

45. Have you ever been convicted of a crime? no.

46. Which single store would you choose to max your Credit Card? REI

47. What do you do most often when you are bored? read.

48. What words or phrases do you over use? at work i have,horrifyingly, picked up a lot of marketing catch phrases because i've found that often it's the only way to talk to people. i am not going to go into the phrases i use because the shame is great enough as it is.

49. Friend who lives farthest away: lots of folks in the UK, basti in germany

50. Most annoying thing: everyone at work says "here's a quick question" when it's never quick.

51. Best thing in the world: aside from of course friends, love, happiness (all of which i experienced in great quantity this past weekend, thanks so much you guys!!) a nice long massage kicks ass.

52. Bedtime: 10:30

53. Who will respond to this fastest? they already did

54. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond: dunno

55. What time is it now? 10:02 am (but i didn't spend the whole time on this!