Sunday Stealing: The Seven-Layer Meme

The folks at Sunday Stealing rip off a meme from another blogger each Sunday. They give full credit and a link back to that author’s site, of course — and invite everyone to play along.

This week, “The Seven Layer Meme” comes from Professional Mirror, Ph.D., but has also been posted at Life of a Fool.

The Seven Layer Meme

Layer 1: Tell us your …

• Name: JHS
• Birthday (month, day): December 21
• Birthplace: South Dakota
• Current location: California
• Eye color: Very dark brown
• Hair color: Brown with blond highlights
• Height: 5’7″
• Righty or lefty: Righty
• Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Layer 2: What’s …

• Your heritage: Norwegian
• The shoes you wore today: None yet.
• Your weakness: White mochas
• Your fears: I have only one fear — blindness.
• Your perfect pizza: Canadian bacon, sun-dried tomatoes, and mushrooms.
• Goals you’d like to achieve: Studying flute for a week in Switzerland with Sir James Galway.
• Your first waking thoughts: Thankfulness that I can see.
• Your best physical feature: My smile
• Your most missed memory: Watching my parents’ interactions with my children — those were the moments when my parents were truly happy and content.

Layer 3: Do you …

• Smoke: Nope
• Cuss: Routinely
• Sing: Regularly
• Do you think you’ve been in love: Definitely
• Did you go to college: All the way
• Liked high school: Yes
• Want to get/ stay married: I would never marry again.
• Believe in yourself: If I don’t, nobody else will.
• Think you’re attractive: If I don’t, nobody else will.
• Think you’re a health freak: Conscious, yes; “freak,” no.
• Get along with your parent(s): They’re both dead.
• Like thunderstorms: If I am at home.
• Play an instrument: Keyboards, flute, piccolo, acoustic guitar. I used to play clarinet and have been thinking about taking it up again.

Layer 4: In the past month have you …

• Drank alcohol: Yes
• Smoked: No
• Done a drug: Legal only
• Made out: That would be T.M.I. (too much information).
• Gone on a date: Yes, with the hubby.
• Gone to the mall: Only for the purpose of accessing the movie theater in San Diego where I saw “W.” I haven’t shopped in a mall for well over a decade. In fact, it’s probably been closer to two decades.
• Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No — I never eat Oreos.
• Eaten sushi: No — I never eat sushi.
• Been on stage: Yes
• Been dumped: Not that I’m aware of, but I haven’t seen BigBob yet today — he was already gone when I woke up — so I guess it’s a possibility!
• Gone skating: No
• Gone skinny dipping: None of your business.
• Stolen Anything: Of course not.

Layer 5: Have you ever …

• Played a game that required removal of clothing: T.M.I.
• Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: T.M.I.
• Been caught “doing something:” T.M.I.
• Been called a tease: Not that I’m aware of.
• Gotten beaten up: No
• Shoplifted: Like every little kid, I tried it when I was in about the second grade. I distinctly remember sneaking a pink plastic purse for my Barbie doll into my pocket. I still have the doll, as well as all of her clothing and accessories. I felt so horrible afterward that I never even put it into Barbie’s hand. To this day, when I look at that little purse, I remember the day I took it and still feel bad about it.

Layer 6:

• Age you did get / hope to be married: 24 and 28
• Numbers and names of children (either you have or want): #1Son is 21 years old and Mattie-Boo is 17.
• Describe your dream mate: Tall, dark, handsome, always on “date behavior” because he lives in his own home and only visits mine on the weekends. Thus, my house is always neat, clean, and tidy.
• How do you want to die: In my bed in this house.
• What did you want to be when you grow up: Rich and famous.
• What country would you most like to visit: Norway

Layer 7: Now tell …

• Name a drug you’ve taken illegally: Has the author of this meme never heard of the Fifth Amendment? Fortunately, I have.
• Name a person you could trust with my life: Clint Ritchie
• Name a favorite CD that you own: There are so many, but two of my all-time favorites are Netherlands by the late, great Dan Fogelberg and Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne. If there is such a thing as a “soundtrack” to one’s life, those two albums would be the closest, with cuts from Running on Empty and a lot of flute classics thrown in.
• Number of piercings: 8
• Number of tattoos: None yet. I keep threatening, but always chicken out.
• Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: Countless because articles get syndicated and end up in all sorts of publications.
• Name a past experience that you regret: I don’t believe in regret which is not to say that I wouldn’t have made numerous different choices if I had known then what I know now. But regret is a completely useless and pointless emotion because you can’t change the past. My days are already short on hours … I don’t have any time to waste sitting around regretting what is finished.