In which I am both Early and Late

Early because in lieu of a Thursday post, I signed up for Nicole Ducleroir's Bernard Pivot Blogfest today!

It's a fun little "getting to know you" kind of thing that I completely forgot. So I'm late getting it up here... (Today is also my big brother's birthday, so Happy Birthday to him!) 

Now for my late post that's actually early.

1. What is your favorite word? Although my crit partners would disagree, my favorite word is not "frowned." Or "looked."

I actually don't have a word that I savor as my favorite, but if there's one I use frequently in conversation, it would probably be Wow. Because, there's just so much to say wow about. In every way.

2. What is your least favorite word? It's a tie between "moist" and "snot." I also hate "glowered" (which is why I opt for "frowned"), and I've only recently come to terms with "chuckle."

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Music. I've always loved music of all kinds. I'm not really a genre stickler, although there are certain types of country music that are like nails on a chalkboard to me. My favorite is singing in a gorgeous four-part harmony.

I'll never forget this one time, JRM and I were visiting one of his former law school classmates in Georgia, and the classmate's girlfriend was there. The guys were sitting around playing guitars, and we all just joined in at this place where the song went into a four-part harmony... I can't remember what the song was, but I swear, my body vibrated with the beauty of that sound. We all stared at each other for a second like, "Did you just feel that?"

Yep. That'll do it.

4. What turns you off? The noise of a lawnmower engine early on a Saturday morning. Oh, and fearful people who refuse to change and grow. Especially the ones who  try to control others as a result. I've talked about this before--individuals who approach the world through the lens of "what I'm not" rather than defining what they are and trying to find common ground.

But that lawnmower engine. That really irritates me.

5. What is your favorite curse word? (This question just assumes that I use profanity. *smile*)

6. What sound or noise do you love?  Wait. Is this the same as Question 3? A nice, four-part harmony. And just for a Bonus, the sound of my little girls giggling. When they get all cracked up, it's impossible not to laugh with them. But I have a rule about laughing and crying alone in my presence...

7. What sound or noise do you hate? OK, time out. I'm seriously fouling this all up... I probably should've read the questions before starting... See Question 4--the lawnmower thing.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Hmm... I really, really liked working at the TV station, and that was never my actual profession. So either that or Oh! I know--Broadway performer. That would be awesome. (And it would incorporate Question 3, which seems to be where I got stuck in this exercise.)

9. What profession would you not like to do?  Doctor or nurse or anything involving bodily fluids or giving people shots. Or that hospital smell. Or snot. Moist snot. (All of these things can be added to Question 4.)

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Those poor angels can finally take a break now." Wait. That's what he's going to say. What I'd like Him to say would be something along the lines of, "See? You did better than you thought."

Now I can't wait to get around and read everyone else's answers! Have a great weekend, reader-friends. Til Monday~ <3

Bernard Pivot is a French journalist who liked to use a variation of the Proust (personality) Questionnaire at the end of his television interviews. James Lipton of The Actor's Studio took the questions and modified them for American audiences.