• My Christmas list? Just for the *&%# doc to figure out what’s wrong with me. Other than that (and to cure robo’s paralysis), I have it all. #

To keep this ball rolling, I’m going to tag four other bloggers. Just post your answers and link back to me, would ya, Trisha, Ivan, David and Rick.

1. FIRST NAME? Joni

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No. My mother was into French things and she always pronounced the “J” like the “Zs” in Zsa Zsa Gabor. But everyone else pronounces it “Joanie.”

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Tuesday at the doctor’s office when he suggested that the constant pain in my abdomen since June 29 might be depression. UGH!!

4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? I rarely eat lunchmeat, and especially bologna. But I love, love, LOVE liverwurst. The kind with the big yellow plastic that’s pre-sliced.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Maybe. Maybe not.

7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? I think the blog counts, no?

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yep!

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Not just no, but HELL NO.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Fruit Loops.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? I don’t wear shoes that tie. Period. Full stop.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically? No. Emotionally? A lot more than most people give me credit for. And I should add that I can press upwards of 200 pounds with my legs. Don’t mess with me; I kick you, mang!

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Milk Chocolate. Blue Bell of course. (Is there any other brand?)

14. SHOE SIZE? 8.0-8.5.

15. RED OR PINK? Red. And not just any old red. I prefer #e80000 or #cc0000.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My bad temper.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Someone I have yet to meet. And we both know who that is.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Nah. Don’t send it back to me, post it on your own blog.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Olive cotton crop pants, tomato red knit tee top and barefooted.

20. LAST THING YOU ATE? Sliver of pumpkin pie.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? My chubby little cat snoring. Oh, music? Hladno Pivo that my best friend sent me.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Something purple-y of course.

23. FAVORITE SMELL? Coffee. Mmmmm.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Reni, my bestest gal pal.

25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Brains/Mind.

26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON YOU STOLE THIS from? Yeah, she’s pretty cool.

27. FAVORITE DRINK? Cherry Diet Pepsi.

28. FAVORITE SPORT? I don’t do sports.

29. EYE COLOR? Brown.

30. HAT SIZE? Not a clue.

31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Nope. Four-eyes here.

32. FAVORITE FOOD? Tomato soup and avocado.

33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings.

34. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO TO WASTE TIME? Netty things.

35. SUMMER OR WINTER? This is Houston, don’t be silly.

36. HUGS OR KISSES? Kisses.

37. FAVORITE DESSERT? Lemon bars.

38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Respond? Like Christine, I’m not e-mailing this to anyone.

39. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Again. What she said.

40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Everything I can about ex-YU.

41. WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Duh. A mouse. A purple VAIO mouse to be precise.

42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? I didn’t watch TV last night. When I do watch it, I almost always watch shows Robert has TIVO’d for me, such as True Blood.

43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Music.

44. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? Stones, man.

45. THE FURTHEST YOU’VE BEEN FROM HOME? Orange County, California

46. WHAT’S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Like a Stupid Pet Trick? I can sing the Israeli National Anthem. In Hebrew.

47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? San Antonio, Texas.

48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? No one. I shamelessly stole it from Christine.

You know, we don’t celebrate Christmas around here. There’s just Robert and me. We have no kids. Our friends are grown and don’t expect anything. I do give a little something to my co-workers. But I’ve never been one to stand around in a crowd, and especially at oh-dark-thirty in the morning.

People the likes of the horde of rabid shoppers at the Forest Hills Queens Wal-Mart who trampled a store worker to death and then went about their shopping as if nothing were wrong, and some of whom in fact became outraged when asked to leave due to the worker’s death, just amaze me.

Shoppers stepped over the man on the ground and streamed into the store. When told to leave, they complained that they had been in line since Thursday morning.

To that I say, WTF? and Boo-fucking-hoo! So some cheapskate moron wasted an entire day of his/her life waiting in line in a store parking lot? While a man lay dying inside the store? For what?! There is no toy, no cheap-ass appliance, shoddy article of clothing or any other tangible thing worth all that time on my part and a human life on someone else’s (or my, for that matter) part.

Jesus Christ, you fuckers have screwed up priorities.

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• The only Christmas decorating I’m doing. Go peek. http://www.joniverse.com #