1. It is a lovely 21 degrees here in Oklahoma, and since walking in from the parking lot, I can’t seem to warm up. I’ve got the coffee to my right and the space heater to the left and the non-functional central heat blowing above me. What do you do to get warm when you are very cold?
Well, a warm shower if practicable. Or hot tea (coffee, somehow, doesn’t work in the same way).
2. What is the first thing you do in the morning after you get up?
Put the kettle on for tea.
3. Do you remember the very first video game you ever played (arcade, handheld, console, etc.)? What do you remember about that experience?
Not really. I think the first game I played was a Donkey-Kong handheld game, but I’m not at all sure.
4. Do you have a good memory or do you find that you need to write things down to remember them?
I tend to remember things better if I’ve written them down – without having to check what I’ve written, that is. It also depends on how concentrated I am at the point where I get the information in the first place – I suppose that’s probably why writing it down helps, to write something down you have to actually think about it (unless you’re a stenographer, of course).
5. I am currently really getting a kick out of the Citibank Citicard commercials about Identity theft, to the point of quoting them out loud (which no one gets, I really need new some geeky-er friends). What are some of your all-time favorite television commercials?
The Tine Melk commercial with the kids and the various types of milk (“Sur”, “Lett” etc. – you have to be Norwegian to have a clue what I’m talking about) were good. Some of the Norwegian lottery (Lotto) commercials have been pretty good, too. However, if a commercial is really memorable it’s more often because it’s unintentionally funny.
6. Since Thanksgiving is this week, I felt like I just had to throw in the obligatory food question, so here goes. Do you have a favorite Thanksgiving food that is made by one person, and no one makes it better? If not, then what is your favorite food to eat at Thanksgiving? (Those who don’t celebrate Thanksgiving feel free to insert your favorite fall food)
Sorry, too tired, will skip this one (no thanksgiving here, in any case).
7. Wireless telephone companies will now let you move your cell number to another carrier, or move your land line number to your cell. Not only is this incredibly convenient, it forces cell phone companies to be more competitive. Are you planning to switch cell phone companies as a result of this new law, or possibly pit two companies against each other for a better deal?
We’ve been able to do this for some time in Norway. I’ve been meaning to change my company, actually, or at least the kind of contract I’m on, but I never seem to get around to it. I use my mobile so little that I’m only likely to save 5-10 dollars a month at most, so the incentive to go to a lot of hassle to change it really isn’t there…
1. Layers, layers, layers of clothing, a bath, vaccuum (or other activity), a few gallons of tea ;)
2. Wake up the cat
3. Some sort of console at my cousin’s house, with coloured sheets in front of the screen – a different sheet for different games.
4. My memory is erratic. Sometimes all I remember is that I forget, sometimes I remember phone numbers of people I haven’t spoken to in decades (really!)
5. Even Apeldoorn bellen (insurance company)… When you’re smiling (tooth paste)… Ben (mobile phone company, now T-mobile)… and there’s been this really good one lately, which I have currently forgotten.
6. No Thanksgiving, thank goodness. My fav fall food is anything with pumpkin, prepared by yours truely (partly because I don’t know anyone besides moi mad enough to attack a pumpkin)
7. Have been able to for a long time, only thing I changed was my phone. I looked into one company, because you pay everything from one package and your unused package is forwarded to the next month indefinitely, but it turned out rather more expensive than my company.