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1. You have four children. The first child has six children; the second, three children; the third, two; and the fourth, five. You get to name every child born, because that's how your family rolls. What is each person's name?
Wait, are you saying how my family rolls is that the grandmother gets to name each grandchild? Because, if so, my mother or mother-in-law would have already named my four kids. In that case, I would name my firstborn's six children Hunter, Olive, Sage, Forest, Kendal and Jade. (Get it?) My secondborn's three would be Indigo, Violet and Lavender; my thirdborn's two would be Adam and Opal; and my fourthborn's would be Cameron, Cary, Carlisle, Colton and Christian. Jenn, why did you write this question if you didn't want to answer it yourself? Just curious. I have no idea what I'd name my own four kids, except that I know I still love the name Dashiell, and that I love the idea of a child named Ocean (a name I stole from my brother, which means I can't use it anyway).

2. What are the ten most played songs on your iTunes list?
Like Jenn's, my iTunes library bit the dust with my old hard drive. I couldn't guess even if I tried, but I'm sure "Soon I'll Be Loving You" (Marvin Gaye) is near the top of the list. It is possibly the sexiest song ever made.

3. What are your three favorite shit books?
Flowers in the Attic, and, honestly, I can't think of any others. Is Rebecca a shit book? I can never tell. Serious literary critics probably consider the Agatha Christie mysteries shit, too, actually. Oh, and It, but I'm finding, recently, that I enjoy Stephen King a lot less than I did when I was a teenager. Lisey's Story is murder to get through.

4. What are your three favorite good books?
Love, The Poisonwood Bible and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. But, to my mother's point, my answer to this question changes every time I read another good book.

5. December 21, 2012: What will happen?
Probably I'll go Christmas shopping with my mom. Hopefully I'll wrap whatever amazing gift I've just found for my amazing boyfriend.

6. List every celebrity or character you've ever had a crush on:
Oh God, I can't. I can do twenty, okay? We'll end it at twenty. In some order: Johnny Depp, Maxim de Winter, Gillian Anderson, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Hill Harper, Terrence Howard, Michael Corleone, Cary Elwes, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jimmy Fallon, Stacy London, Billy Zane, Orlando Bloom, Tim Burton, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Will Smith, Joaquin Phoenix and Antonio Banderas.

7. Alliance or Horde?
I think it speaks to my value as a human being that I don't know whether this question is referring to World of Warcraft or something else entirely.

8. What's your religion? If you're not religious, what religion would you most consider converting to?
I was born into a Methodist church and then raised Baptist, but I'm not religious. At this point in my life, I wouldn't consider converting to any religion, not because I oppose organized religion, but because it wouldn't make any sense to convert to a religion whose basic principles I didn't already believe.

9. Would you drink your own piss to stay alive?
In my house, we weren't allowed to say piss; we had to say tinkle.

10. You win ten million dollars. Do you share it with your family (parents adn siblings)? With your friends?
I'm pretty sure my parents would decline any money I offered them, but I would certainly use some of the money to help my brother and friends with the things they needed.

11. Are you a vegetarian? A vegan? A pet owner?
No, no, yes.

12. Which would disturb you more: witnessing a live, lethal car accident on television, or seeing a turkey get beheaded in the background of a televised interview?
I'm pretty desensitized to everything, animal violence included. I think the turkey thing would bother me more, only because a car accident isn't planned.

13. Do you eat turkey for Thanksgiving?
Why, yes, yes, I do.

14. Link your favorite YouTube video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g but for entirely different reasons.

15. Harry Potter: good or shit?
Pretty good, I guess. Well-imagined and well-executed. Not a soul-searing fantasy ride, to borrow Aaron's phrase. I still like The Phantom Tollbooth better.

16. Rate your self-confidence on a scale from one to ten.
Depending on the situation, it varies. I'm a one in most social situations involving really attractive and/or confident people; a ten when I'm playing with a baby.

17. Rate your mental prowess on a scale from one to ten.
Relative to the rest of the population, probably at least an eight.

18. Rate your physical appearance on a scale from one to ten.
An eight on my very best days. A five on average.

19. Rate yourself on a scale from one to ten.
A three, right now. I'm doing everything wrong in 2008.

20. Describe the taste of blood without using the words "metallic" or "pennies."
Bite the inside inside of your cheek until it really, really hurts. That, what's filling your mouth right now, that's what blood tastes like. (Who said it tasted like pennies, anyway?)

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Jenn, I don't suppose I could get you to write surveys more often, could I? The site I used to get mine from just died.