Seeking Sugarfoot

You know those annoying emails one gets from their friends that asks them 20 questions about their preferences?  Yeah.  I get those.  But unlike some people, I find them very interesting.  I had to interview some people at work the other day.  I tell you that I would pass up all the questions they make us ask in those interviews for this simple list of questions.  I’m going to include my answers so you all can extrapolate my psychological profile at will.

1:  What is your favorite color (reminds me of a book I read as a child “The Luscher Color Test – my step-mother is a psychologist and has many interesting books in her library):  yellow-orange.

2:  What is your favorite media artist:  Sir John Everett Millais (painter 1829 – 1896)

3:  Musical group or artist:  The Beatles

4:  Movie:  (Ooooooh tough one)  Bad Boys (with Sean Penn)

5:  Movie star:  Sean Penn (male), Kristy McNichol (female)

6:  Animated movie or TV show:  Ice Age

7:  TV show:  The Partridge Family

8:  Book:  Thinner, by Stephen King (ending was stupid though)

9:  Website:  AllRecipes.com

10:  What figure in history would you like to meet:  Isaac Newton (I would like to ask him how he came to the conclusion that the world is going to end before 2060, and what he was seeking with all his alchemical experiments*)

11:  What is your favorite vehicle:  1981 Nissan 280zx Turbo

12:  If you could have any job in the world what would it be:  Ballet dancer

13:  What is your favorite food:  Burritos

14:  What is your favorite dessert:  Chocolate layer cake (even though I like caramel much better than chocolate – I’ve just never heard of a caramel layer cake…damned chocolate-based society!)

15:  Drink:  Chocolate milk (yes I appreciate the irony re: #14)

16:  What is your favorite way of passing time:  puttering

17:  Favorite animal:  the cat in all shapes and sizes  (I would ask your favorite insect but you might think me strange – I like flies)

18:  Favorite city:  New York

19:  Favorite country:  I think I like England the best but I haven’t seen enough of it to be sure.  Perhaps Ireland.

20:  If you could holiday anywhere:  Norway

I’ll be interested to read this in a year or so to see how my tastes have changed.  Wow, what a self-indulgent way to spend a Saturday morning!

*  If you have not read about the life of Isaac Newton you have missed out.  He was a true genius; the co-creator of calculus, and the first person to refer to gravity and explain its effects.  He explained the laws of motion (in particular as applied to the planets), the theory of color, he was the inventor of the reflective telescope, and much more.  Above all he believed that it was impossible for the universe to exist in all it’s perfect glory without the grand planning of some great and powerful creator.  He spent years deciphering the bible for clues to alchemical truths.  I have included the three laws of motion for your delight and edification:

Newton’s First Law (also known as the Law of Inertia) states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and that an object in uniform motion tends to stay in uniform motion unless acted upon by a net external force.

1. Newton’s Second Law states that an applied force, F, on an object equals the time rate of change of its momentum, p. Mathematically, this is written as Assuming the mass to be constant, the first term vanishes. Defining the acceleration to be results in the famous equation which states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force acting on the object and inversely proportional to its mass. In the MKS system of measurement, mass is given in kilograms, acceleration in metres per second squared, and force in newtons (named in his honour).
2. Newton’s Third Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.