1. Date/Time born: July 29, 1969 1:30 p.m.

2. Name as it appears on birth certificate: Joy Dawn

3. Nicknames: Jo, Hop, Frog, Toad, Joyous, Joyful

4. Number of candles on your last birthday? 29. It’s all I’ll allow, but it has been thus for 7 years.

5. Pets? A very neurotic doggy named Sugar. And some fish, but they don’t count, because they aren’t mine and I don’t love them.

6. Tattoos: As in, beating out a tattoo on a drum? Lots of those, when I dance, but no markings on my skin, if that’s what is meant.

7. Birthplace: Fresno, CA … also known as Hooterville.

8. Town you live in: Fresno, CA … also known as H… oh, wait, I already did that.

9. Favourite vacation place: A beach, not too hot, with NO PEOPLE.

Actually any place with NO PEOPLE.

10. Favourite foods: Chocolate. Dark and European.

11. Have you ever loved someone so much it made you cry? Repeatedly. Frequently. Recently. Still.

12. Been in a car accident? Um, once. Kind of. Not bad, though.

13. Croutons or bacon bits? Hm. Flesh of animal or little stale bread bits…tough choice there. I’ll go with the flesh of animal…IF it’s real.

14. Favourite day of the week? Weekdays between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

15. Favourite restaurant? Steakhouses. Stuart Anderson’s Black Angus…or Outback… or anywhere else that serves GOOD red meat, medium rare.

16. Favourite flower? red red red red tulips

17. Favourite sport to watch? Couldn’t I just gouge my eyeballs out with a dull pencil? That might be more fun…

18. Favourite drink? Of late…water. It’s all I’m allowed anyway. Of course…nice, FRESH, real limeade is nice.

19. Favourite ice cream flavor? Tough call. I’m not into ice cream much these days. Too sweet. Likely something along the lines of chocolate, covered in chocolate, with bits of chocolate throughout…possibly spread over a nice fudge brownie. (Could this have something to do with the fact that I think ice cream is too sweet?)

20. Disney or Warner Bros? Depends on what I’m lookin’ fer. I’ll go with Disney, just because I have nearly every early cartoon movie song memorized.

21. Favourite fast food restaurant? hmmm… the local Mars Drive In. REAL beef…nice n juicy.

22. What color is your bedroom carpet? emerald green.

23. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? two. But that’s

because it was the old crotchety broad. The third time was the charm…as in, I charmed the young man giving the test.

24. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? All of them?

25. What do you do most often when you are bored? Uh. I’m doing it. Sitting in front of the computer.

26. Most annoying thing people say to me: It’s not so much WHAT they

say…as the fact that, usually, they’re saying anything at all. I welcome conversation from so few people. Everything else grates on my nerves. If a specific answer is necessary…”How old are you?”

27. Bedtime: Recently, the wee hours of the morning. I prefer it that way. Always have.

28. Favourite TV show: CSI. I guess. I don’t know. I don’t much watch TV.

29. Last person(s) you went out to dinner with? Out. To dinner. WITH people…Interesting concept.

30. What is your favorite automobile? Whatever’s fast and corners well. Sure as hell isn’t what I drive, though…

31. What is your favorite old car? Um…whatever’s fast and corners

well…

32. What do you drive? A purple Saturn. Not fast. Does not corner well.

33. What are you listening to right now? My air conditioner.

34. What time is it? 8:44 p.m. PST

35. Were you named after anyone? Not really, though my middle name is the same middle name as one of my aunts. And I was NOT named after two dish soaps.

36. Do you wish on stars? I just wish. In all futility.

37. Which finger is your favorite? Ya know…I’d show ya, but…well…you might find it offensive.

38. When did you last cry? About which thing? But REALLY crying, as in heartbroken crying…within the last 6 months. And more than once. Damn it.

39. Do you like your handwriting? Not at all.

40. What is your favorite lunch meat? Roast beast.

41. Any bad habits? Many. But I like to call them ‘quirks’. ‘Bad habit’ has such a negative connotation, don’tcha know.

42. What is your most embarrassing CD on the shelf? Well…it’s a little embarrassing to say I have a Josh Groban cd…it’s not what you’d typically

call my style.

43. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? If I were another person, probably not…because if I were anyone other than who/what

I am, I wouldn’t like me…and wouldn’t give myself the chance to be friends with me.

44. Are you a daredevil? I don’t think so.

45. Where is your second home? AHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That’s funny. Second home.

46. Do you trust others easily? I trust no one. Especially people who say “TRUST ME!” Too often my lack of trust is quickly proven to be a wise thing.

47. What was your favorite toy as a child? Raggedy Ann. But she wasn’t a toy. She was my best friend in the whole world.

48. What class in school do you think is totally useless? PE. It IS

useless.

49. Do you have a journal? Kind of. Not really. Not … well, oh, I don’t know.

50. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Naw. Me? Nevah.

51. What do you look for in a guy/girl? Braaaainsssssss….. that reminds me…I’m hungry. Seriously, imbeciles need not apply. Creativity is a plus. Tall is good, very good. Not ‘needy’ is essential.

52. Would you bungee jump? I think not.

53. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? How do you untie thong sandals?

54. Do you think that you are strong? Emotionally, yes, mentally, sort of, physically, no.

55. What are your favorite colors? black and red

56. What is your least favorite thing? That changes from day to day…but for the most part, deliberate ignorance is my least favorite thing. Or, at least, deliberate obliviousness.

57. How many wisdom teeth do you have? Four.

58. How many people have a crush on you right now? I dare not speculate. My ego could suffer. And it’s so very fragile.

59. Who do you miss most right now? Not sayin’

60. What color pants are you wearing? Pants. I’m supposed to be wearing pants?