12 months of the Bratch

I always feel the need to preface surveys with a statement that leads you to believe that I do not do these ad nauseam. This one is so different than the others that I'll suspend my disbelief that no one will read this.

! JANUARY !

1. Who kissed you on new years?
no one.

2. Did you have a new year's resolution this year?
I always thought these were trite, no one keeps them.

3. Does it snow where you live?
Yes. Well, it did a lot when I was a kid. Now it's not that often. All that time spent on my patio spraying 80's-era hair spray cans into the sky finally paid off.

4. Do you like hot chocolate?
Only when it's made with three to five time the normal chocolate, otherwise it tastes like hot chocolate water, which at that point it might as well be hot ham water.

5. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop?
I've been to Times Square, and I've seen the ball drop, but never at the same time.

♥ FEBRUARY ♥

1. Who was your Valentine?
I had one in ninth grade. . . that was my last one.

2. When you were little did you buy Valentine's for the whole class?
I had to. Those were the rules (implemented so kids like me didn't feel bad that all the cool kids got all the cards and I only got one from the teacher and the weird girl that sat in the corner eating glue [how is it that there were cool kids in elementary school? We were barely out of diapers, none of us deserved to be top of any social caste] ).

3. Do you care if the groundhog sees its shadow or not?
Only if it's in the context of the movie Groundhog Day, which is on the list of "movies that I do not own but wish I did, but don't remember when I do finally decide to buy a DVD."

! MARCH !

1. Are you Irish?
Yes. 1/4, along with 1/4 Norwegian, 1/2 German, and 1/8 Native American (wait a second...)

2. Do you wear green every year on St.Patrick's day?
I tried to get out of it as a kid because I assumed there were specials rules if it was your birthday, but I always got pinched anyway.

3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2007?
returned to KC for my birthday.

4. Are you happy when winter is pretty much over?
Yes, it is the best thing ever ( reference ).

! APRIL !

1. Do you like the rain?
When sitting outside, reading a book: yes
When driving: no

2. Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone this year?
No. I did pull a "Surprise! I'm quitting!" about the same time.

3. Do you get tons of candy on Easter?
I've gotten an Easter basket mostly every year. This year I bought my own (to the tune of a pack of kitkats and a pack of reese's with a cadbury egg for good measure).

4. Do you celebrate 4/20?
no.

5. Do you love the month of april?
Not really. Am I supposed to?

! MAY !

1. What is your favorite flower?
Pansies, because the yellow ones look like nuclear warning signs (this was my answer as I child, and I've never really seen fit to change it)

2. Do you celebrate cinco de mayo?
no

3. Finish the phrase "April showers..."
Bring may flowers, may flowers bring pilgrims. Perhaps the first joke I ever remembered

4. Do you celebrate May 16th: National Piercing Day?
Not aware of this

5. Is May anything special to you?
No more than any other given month.

! JUNE !

1. What year did/will you graduate from high school?
2001

2. Did you do anything fun during this month?
Not really, I bummed around the house all months (which, I suppose, was fun)

3. Have a favorite baseball team?
being from KC, my default team is the Royals, though they don't really warrant fandom.

! JULY !

1. What did you do on the Fourth of July?
Shot off all of the fireworks I've amassed over the past three years with my dad and brother.

2. Did you go on any vacations during this month?
Phoenix, AZ; Springfield, MO; Knoxville, TN

! AUGUST !

1. Are you doing anything special at the end of your summer?
Arranging the move to TN

3. Did you have a sunburn?
No. I'm the proverbial geek with no tan. When I do tan, I get pretty dark.

4. Did you go to the pool a lot?
No.

! SEPTEMBER !

1. Will you be attending college/school?
Maybe. If I'm down there by then, I'll start Real Estate school, if I don't, I'll just be working and helping take care of my grandma

2. Who was/is your favorite teacher?
teachers are all a blur.

3. Do you like fall better than summer?
I think so.

! OCTOBER !

1. What was your last Halloween costume?
Broke Bible College Student (worn during a Halloween party a few years ago)

2. What is your favorite candy?
reese's peanut butter cups. This answer has stayed constant my whole life.

3. Who's birthday is this Month?
Matt Maddux.

4. What was your favorite thing about this month?
The smell.

! NOVEMBER !

1. Whose house do you go to for Thanksgiving?
Usually a grandparent, whether it's mom's side or dad's.

2. Whats best about this month?
The start of Christmas Season.

3. What are you thankful for?
A lot. (what a cookie cutter answer).

4. Do you love stuffing?
Definitely. It's my favorite Thanksgiving-only foodstuff. My mom doesn't like it so when I came came from college she'd never make it, though I asked if she would. Over the course of the year she'd forget and I'd forget to remind her.

! DECEMBER !

1. Do you celebrate Christmas?
Sure do.

2. What is December 1st, 2007?
Is there a specific answer to this?

3. Have you ever been kissed under the mistletoe?
No

4. Get anything special last year?
It was mostly a no-nonsense cash Christmas.

5. What do you want this year?
Not sure. Haven't thought about it.

6. Do you like cold weather?
Yes. But I don't like driving in snow or ice, so it's a little bittersweet.

7. HAVE YOU EVER LICKED A FROSTED POLE AND GOT STUCK???
There are things that I've been warned not to do and I took heed. This is one of them.