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NDR Random Poll
Stolen from another board - it looks fun!
1. What time did you go to bed last night?
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time?
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10?
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it?
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours?
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be?
7. What were you doing before you started this?
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have?
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress?
Re: NDR Random Poll
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 10:30
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? I don't watch tv much. I like Unforgettable - Poppy Montgomery is my girl crush.
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Victoria
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Phil Collins - Both Sides. I'm not actually sure if I still have it. My taste in music stank in the 90s. I also had Billy Joel's River of Dreams album and Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell. So embarrassing.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? I feel like Molly Flynn (from Mike and Molly) most of the time - crazy family, etc.
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? A ballerina. Never gonna make it, I have a very heavy bony structure and I'm just not "delicate" enough (words of my dance instructor - 10th grade)
7. What were you doing before you started this? Ignoring the dog whining. Chatting wtih DH via IM.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? H and I shared a slice of lemon tart last night. It was ok, but not worth the calories.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Out of season clothes.
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 10:00
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Seinfeld
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? April
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? "It's a Sunshine Day - Best of the Brady Bunch" and yes I still have it!
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? I've been told Lucy from Peanuts cartoons.
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? Teacher or Architect. At this point I won't be but wish I could.
7. What were you doing before you started this? Putting away laundry. It will take me an hour b/c I keep finding something else more important to do.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Cadbury Creme Egg about 10 minutes ago. Not WeightWatchers friendly at all!
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Nothing
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 9:30. Early for me, but the cat woke me up at 4:30 yesterday morning!
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Designing Women.
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? I can't remember, but probably Lauren - we had 3 in my class.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? A German R&B artist whose name I've forgotten - a gift from my German high school exchange student in 1998. And yes, I do still own it, though why I'm not sure lol.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? The mom on The Blind Side. Alternately, Monica on Friends lol.
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? I wanted to be the Secretary of State. There's a whole story, but I'll suffice it to say that I was a very precocious child.
7. What were you doing before you started this? Eating dinner.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Mighta had half a package of Keebler cookies last night
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Swimwear in a tub.
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1. What time did you go to bed last night? 9:30pm
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time?Probably Friends
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Probably Valerie (sp?)
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? The soundtrack to the Babysitters Club movie. I think it is still hanging out in my childhood bedroom somewhere.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? I don't watch enough TV to have an opinion on this
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? A writer. I hope so.
7. What were you doing before you started this? Just hanging around the nest, wishing there was more action
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Turtle sundae ice cream
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Nothing but dust bunnies. Probably some on H's dirty clothes since he doesn't put them in the hamper, just drops them next to the bed...
1. What time did you go to bed last night? Early. Like 1030. I guess that's what happens when you turn 27.
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Umm... I used to be obsessed with full house and rescue 911, so that's my answer for all time.
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Hmmm... Not sure but I wanted to name my kid Nevaeh.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Some ridiculous puff daddy cd in the mid 90's. I do not own a single cd now.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? No one, I am a special snowflake.
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? An astronomer... And I don't think so.
7. What were you doing before you started this? Watching American idol. Still am.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? A white chocolate and butterscotch covered nutter butter. I've had about 10 since Saturday.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Frames, dining table extension, boxes of old portfolio work, sometimes a cat.
Stolen from another board - it looks fun!
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 11ish
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Ummm no idea. I'm not really that into tv
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? probably Jessica
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it?SWV, Sista's with Voices and no
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Ummmm... no idea?
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? All kinds of thing.
7. What were you doing before you started this? Getting ready to start more studying for finals
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? I'm eating Ice cream with caramel sauce on it...yeah
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? I don't think anything is under my bed or mattress.
This poll makes me feel like a boring person lol
1. What time did you go to bed last night? Early for me, 10:30. DH has been waking up early all week, which in turn wakes me up, so I needed the extra sleep.
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? A tie between Friends and Lost
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Probably something like Tiffany or Amber
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? All of the boy bands that were popular in the 90's
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Hmm, probably a cross between Monica from Friends and Jess from New Girl.
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? I was constantly changing what I wanted to be when I was little. For awhile it was an Investment Banker because I had read somewhere they made a lot of money, lol. I really don't want to be an investment banker now.
7. What were you doing before you started this? The poll? DH and I just got back from a run and I'm procrastinating before I go shower. I'm a weirdo who doesn't enjoy showering.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? A giant amazing sugar cookie from Potbelly last weekend. They are soooo good but probably have half a stick of butter in one cookie.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Wrapping paper...and a bunch of other stuff but I can't remember what it is, ha.
1. What time did you go to bed last night? A little after midnight. Damn you, Insurgent, for keeping me up!
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? The Wire
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? No idea. I think I've always pretty much liked my name.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? I think I once owned every DMX album. I'd give $herdog a run for her money. Thankfully I no longer own any of them.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? I imagine myself to be all kickass like Katniss from THG, but in reality I'm probably more along the lines of Jess from New Girl.
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? A pediatric surgeon, and no.
7. What were you doing before you started this? Walking the dog.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Lindt truffles. OMG, little balls of heaven.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? A duffel bag for travel.
1. What time did you go to bed last night?
9:30
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time?
of all time? Saved by the Bell, 90210, Lambchops
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10?
not sure
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Ace of Base - no
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours?
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be?
7. What were you doing before you started this? watching tV, chilling out
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? corn chips as a snack with the kiddos at church
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? nothing
1. What time did you go to bed last night?
10:30ish
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time?
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10?
hmmmm.. I think I always liked my name.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it?
The Monkeys?
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours?
Auntie Mame
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be?
Astronaut. I will never be an astronaut... I'm terrible at math, and the space suit would make my butt look fat...
7. What were you doing before you started this?
Watching Modern Family8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have?
Milk and Cookies Ice Cream with Baileys drizzled over top.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress?
A box of office supplies and a large metal box for winter/summer clothes.
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 9:30- I ran 4.5 miles last night, I was tired!
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Spongebob- go ahead, judge me.
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? I honestly don't remember.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? A choir CD of me singing in 10th grade
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Tina Fey
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? Ballerina, No.
7. What were you doing before you started this? Drinking wine with the H on the deck.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Chocolate cake
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Dog hair
1) 11:30
2) the Wire
3) Lisa
4)Tiffany's greatest hits. Sadly I don't have it anymore.
5) Tess from The Constant Gardener
6) Pro baseball player. Seems unlikely at this point.
7) Working
8) red velvet cupcake this afternoon
9) my wedding veil and a box of love letters. Probably also dust bunnies.
I'm a lurker but like polls...
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 12:15 am
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Breaking Bad, Freaks & Geeks, or Arrested Development
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Ashley
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Hanson, and not sure if I still have it
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Not sure about TV/movies, but I think I'm a cross between Elizabeth Bennet from Pride & Prejudice and Elinor Dashwood from Sense & Sensibility
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? A writer, and maybe
7. What were you doing before you started this? work
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? snickerdoodle
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? dust
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 11-ish
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Friends
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Stephanie
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Onyx..I think it's in my CD book thing that I haven't opened in years
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Rachel Greene
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? A teacher. I consider going back to school to become one all of the time, but get scared off b/c of the politics and my teacher friends always bitchin about it on FB
7. What were you doing before you started this? Writing a reply on my thread about 50 Shades of Grey
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? an ice cream sandwich (it was low-fat, if it matters)
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Quilts
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1. What time did you go to bed last night?
I was in bed by 9:30
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time?
Oh gosh ... I guess of all time would be Friends. It's still the one show that I turn on whenever it comes on (which is a lot).
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10?
I liked my name at 10. By 11, I had changed the spelling, but kept the name. One of my students told me that I had a good first name today, coincidentally.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it?
Savage Garden. I think I got rid of it when I moved out of my mom's house.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours?
I'm pretty similar to Lily from How I Met Your Mother
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be?
A movie star and a mother. I will definitely not be a movie star ever, but I may be a mom in the future.
7. What were you doing before you started this?
Eating dinner with my husband.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have?
Chocolate cake at work. It's staff appreciation week so I feel like everything I ate this week has been a "shouldn't-have".
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress?
It's totally clear under there.
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 10:00 pm
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? The Muppet Show
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Jennifer
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Sisqo - Unleash the Dragon
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Whitney Cummings on TV Show "Whitney"
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? Ballerina (not a chance)
7. What were you doing before you started this? Taking out the garbage
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? 2.5 white dinner rolls
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Rubbermaid storage containers with clothing inside
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1. What time did you go to bed last night? Not early enough! (10:15)
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? M*A*S*H
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? I have no idea lol.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Hanson. And no lol. (It was a cassette tape, actually.)
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? I don't know, which TV or film character is socially awkward?
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? Artist. I pretend to be.
7. What were you doing before you started this? I just sent a friend a message telling her the invitations I made for her kid's first birthday turned out great (she sent me 3 for my portfolio) and asked where she had them printed.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Chocolate chip ice cream. The fancy Kroger one. (I really do laugh about there being a "fancy" Kroger ice cream.)
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? 2 boxes of decorating crap, one of keepsakes and 1 that is half full of clothes I can't fit.
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1. What time did you go to bed last night? 1:00 a.m. Damn storm kept me up.
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Greys Anatomy.
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Andrea. Actually hate the name now lol.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Uh. Spice girls I guess. And no.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Monica from friends.. I'm diagnosed OCD..
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? Marinebiologist. No. Vet. No. Nurse. No. Chef. Working on it. ( : Graduate in march with my bachelors in Culinary Management. ( :
7. What were you doing before you started this? Laundry.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Pizza.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Four storage things. Not for storage. To keep my dog out of there, he destroyed our box spring.
To those of you who wanted your name to be Tiffany - be glad it isn't! That is my name and as someone who is much older than 10 now, I hate it. It's really not a good grown-up name at all!
But this is coming from the girl who wished her name was "April"
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 10:15pm.
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Lost, but my new favorite is Once Upon a Time.
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Emily.
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? 2gether
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Probably Monica from friends
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? First female president of the United States, don't want the job now but was a very ambitious child
7. What were you doing before you started this? Working, but needed a break.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Brownie for breakfast.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Just moved and our mattress is on the floor so no room for anything under it.
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 11?
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? I may get mobbed for saying this, but I sill heart "Sex & the City."
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? "Missy" and I am not a fan of that name now for sure!
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it?Ace of Base baby! I have no idea where it is.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? I dunno....
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? I wanted to be a dolphin trainer....hahahahaaaaaa! THAT will not happen
7. What were you doing before you started this? Answering work emails.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Chocolate mint in the breakroom.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? A game
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 11:30
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Gilmore Girls or How I Met Your Mother
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? Sarah
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Britney Spears and yes.
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Not sure on this one.
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? A singer- this was before I realized that I can't carry a tune for the life of me...
7. What were you doing before you started this? Working.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? A donut last week- felt like crap for hours afterwards.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Mine and DH's backpacking sleeping pads and dust bunnies.
1. What time did you go to bed last night? 11:00
2. What is your favorite TV show of all time? The Office
3. What did you want your name to be when you were 10? I've always liked my name
4. What?s the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? Britney Spears and yes
5. What TV or film character has a similar personality to yours? Reagan on "Up all Night"
6. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? A nurse, and no, my 6 aunts who are nurses talked me out of it.
7. What were you doing before you started this? Working.
8. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have? Green apple gummy rings.
9. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? Shotgun and shotgun shells. Yeah, nobody try to break into my house