What are the 10 foods you must have in your refrigerator and/or your kitchen cabinet?
Submitted by Carol.
Coffee
Half and half
Full-fat plain yogurt
Almonds
Cheese
Sugar-free protein bars
Avocados
And that's about it, because I live just a few blocks away from my favorite taqueria, which supplies everything else!
What was your favorite game to play at recess in grade school?
Submitted by Elisheva Chana.
Four square, and Chinese jump rope. The only games I was ever any good at!
There was also the far more thrilling and illicit "sneak off campus to go to the corner store and buy haw flakes" game, but I didn't do that very often.
Then there was the "try your damnedest to not get beat up by the kids from the housing projects" game. I didn't care for that one very much.
What is your current obsession(s)?
Submitted by eijsr.
Quesadillas, crocheting, and looking into Ph.D. programs.
Job hunting? It sucks all the joy out of life. Thoroughly and completely.
That is all.
What's your favorite blend or brand of coffee or tea?
I'm a Peet's girl all the way. Major Dickason's Blend, specifically. Except for the fact that it's out of my budget for regular consumption - so, I default to Trader Joe's Bay Blend for everyday use.
]]>What is one of your favorite poems?
Submitted by marvel is my pen name.
Coda by Dorothy Parker. Tied with Mrs. Parker's Bohemia.
Why yes - I do have a dark side!
Who was your best (or worst) elementary school teacher?
Submitted by Minnow.
Ms. Dorothy Thomas at Spring Valley Elementary in Chinatown absolutely rocked! She taught the combined 2nd/3rd grade socially inept gifted program, and I had her for both years.
If all of my teachers had been like her, I don't think I would have hated school as much as I did in the years that followed.
If you could have one superpower, what would you choose?
Submitted by J.T.
The power to become invisible at will, of course. That would be so many kinds of awesome!
]]>How have people mispronounced your name? How is it supposed to sound?
Submitted by Lorie.
Oh, man. How haven't they mispronounced it?!
It's Marielle. And it's French. So - mah-ree-ell, right? No big deal. It's really not that difficult.
Apparently it is a big deal, because over the years I've grown accustomed to responding to:
Mary-Ell (most common, to the point where I ignore it)
Mary-Lee (makes me cringe and want to hurt people)
Mary-Ellie (apparently many Americans have not heard of the "silent E")
Ma-Relly (WTF?)
Maribel (pretty name, but not my name)
And a laundry list of other "M" names - Miriam, Maryellen, Marcelle, Marisela, Maryann, Marietta, Marlene. And then there's my other name: "Don't you have a nickname?"
What method do you use to prepare your coffee or tea?
Submitted by AgentBouche.
Old-skool Melitta cone. But I'm considering switching to a French press.
