More questions from Kendra at Catholic All Year! (She must know that I love answering questions!)

1. What’s something you’ve won and how did you win it?

The first thing that pops to mind is this orange Tide go cart. At least, I remember it being a go cart. I was fairly young and I won it from the local Farmer Jack grocery store. I was so excited to have won it. I think I was either a little too big/old for it or I outgrew it and we ended up giving it to my Uncle Jim.

2. Do you save old greeting cards and letters, or throw them all away? Why?

I tend to save them. After a few years, if the card is just a generic card, or if I’m not particularly close with the sender, I’ll eventually get rid of it, but the ones with pictures or personal greetings — those I save. I cherish my friends and these are reminders to me of the relationship. I wish that I took more time to write people letters and send cards. There’s a level of caring that you just can’t get with an e-mail or post, and I’d like to show the people I love that they are worth the time.

3. When you’re at home, do you wear shoes, socks, slippers, or go barefoot?

I usually wear shoes. If my feet are badly swollen, I’ll walk around in socks. But I never go barefoot unless I am actively in the middle of some sort of foot spa treatment or something like that. And usually as soon as I’m done, I’m right back in socks again. I sleep in socks. I love socks.

4. Who’s the most famous person you have ever met?

When I was a teenager, my first job was at Kerby’s Coney Island. One evening, I served dinner to Guy Gordon from the local news station.

When I was living in Orlando, we had a little interaction with Shaq, who was playing for Orlando Magic at the time. Although we had our music turned up pretty loud, when we were at a light (on I-4? International Drive?), our mirror was being vibrated by the bass of the car behind us. As the car came up behind us, Schuster asked the other guys what kind of car it was (Mercedes Roadster, wait. A Mercedes Roadster with a Superman logo on the rear that lit up when he braked). Then, all of the guys started shouting, “Shaq! It’s Shaq!” [There were 6 of us in the car. 5 guys and me.] We were stopped together at a light when we snapped this pic. [We had a camera because we were on our way back to base from a trip to Disney.] We also got another one of him flipping us off, because Johnson had yelled at him, “Go Bulls!” So, somewhere out there, there is photographic proof that Shaq flipped us off once.

5. What has been your best work of art?

Well, I have a number of photographs that I happen to like a lot, but I usually categorize photos a bit separate from “art” for some unknown [to me] reason. Again, what popped in my head right away was my “famed” stick figures from high school. Now, don’t get too excited. They aren’t as awesome and Mama H’s drawings from Mama Knows, Honeychild, but they have been epic in my eyes. 🙂

Bob was one of my favorites. Bob was the protagonist of my Physics I and II classes in high school. See his awesomeness?

Bob in and out of a spacesuit

Bob being mischievously inappropriate

6. What’s your strongest sense?

Um. My color vision, I suppose. I worked in photography/printing for about 8 years or so, and my discernment has grown. I’m not particularly gifted with phenomenal sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell, so this is the best I can do. 🙂

Or maybe my sense of compassion/empathy/intuition. This might be my strongest “sense”.

I think these questions are best answered by what first pops into my mind. I’m sure I can come up with some more famous people whom I’ve met, or think up more interesting replies, but I think it’s more honest to give you whatever comes up first, just as if it were a face-to-face interview. No time to make myself seem more important or my life more exciting. 🙂

I hope you play with Kendra and I! I look forward to seeing your answers!