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nrivkis....
THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND
1. Why anyone would want to pass prejudice on to their children
2. Why someone would choose a sport with possible life-threatening consequences (such as skydiving or extreme downhill skiing)
3. Why people chop down perfectly lovely evergreens and put them in their living rooms
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME
1. Death
2. Dismemberment
3. Loss of my own sight, hearing, or voice
THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN
1. How to speak some foreign languages fluently
2. How to blow glass
3. How to do gymnastics
THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. A night shirt
2. Underpants
3. Bed covers (hey, it's morning, okay?)
THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1. Bottle of water
2. My watch
3. Medicine bottles
THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. Visit every state in the US
2. Visit every continent
3. Marry Warren
THREE GOOD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. Fanatically loyal
2. I value my friends as they are
3. If I have enough of something for myself and someone needs it, I share
THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. I can be cranky
2. Workaholic
3. Impatient at times
THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE
1. Slovak
2. Russian Jew
3. Egyptian Jew
THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. My hair
2. My legs
3. My eyes (mostly that they don't need glasses)
THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. My figure
2. My crappy immune system
3. My skin
THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME
1. I can talk backwards
2. I have never babysat a human being
3. I have perfect pitch
THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST
1. "...and..." (mostly when doing newscasts)
2. Deef! (A doggie noise I picked up from Lady when she was a puppy)
3. Grrrf. (A doggie noise I picked up from Fuzzball)
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. England
2. Boston
3. Los Angeles
THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY
1. Lynn
2. Lynnie (mostly my family calls me this)
3. Miss or Ms. Gold ("Mrs. Gold" is my mother, aunt, or sister-in-law, folks!)
THREE SCREEN NAMES I HAVE OR HAD
1. FIGMO
2. LynnGold ("FIGMO" was already taken on AOL)
3. lgold (for work)
nrivkis....THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND
1. Why anyone would want to pass prejudice on to their children
2. Why someone would choose a sport with possible life-threatening consequences (such as skydiving or extreme downhill skiing)
3. Why people chop down perfectly lovely evergreens and put them in their living rooms
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME
1. Death
2. Dismemberment
3. Loss of my own sight, hearing, or voice
THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN
1. How to speak some foreign languages fluently
2. How to blow glass
3. How to do gymnastics
THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. A night shirt
2. Underpants
3. Bed covers (hey, it's morning, okay?)
THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1. Bottle of water
2. My watch
3. Medicine bottles
THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. Visit every state in the US
2. Visit every continent
3. Marry Warren
THREE GOOD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. Fanatically loyal
2. I value my friends as they are
3. If I have enough of something for myself and someone needs it, I share
THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. I can be cranky
2. Workaholic
3. Impatient at times
THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE
1. Slovak
2. Russian Jew
3. Egyptian Jew
THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. My hair
2. My legs
3. My eyes (mostly that they don't need glasses)
THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. My figure
2. My crappy immune system
3. My skin
THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME
1. I can talk backwards
2. I have never babysat a human being
3. I have perfect pitch
THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST
1. "...and..." (mostly when doing newscasts)
2. Deef! (A doggie noise I picked up from Lady when she was a puppy)
3. Grrrf. (A doggie noise I picked up from Fuzzball)
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. England
2. Boston
3. Los Angeles
THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY
1. Lynn
2. Lynnie (mostly my family calls me this)
3. Miss or Ms. Gold ("Mrs. Gold" is my mother, aunt, or sister-in-law, folks!)
THREE SCREEN NAMES I HAVE OR HAD
1. FIGMO
2. LynnGold ("FIGMO" was already taken on AOL)
3. lgold (for work)
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2. Why someone would choose a sport with possible life-threatening consequences (such as skydiving or extreme downhill skiing)
*cough* as a motorcyclist, I can try to answer this one.
*Life* is a sport with possible life-threatening consequences. The only thing that's certain is that you're going out feet first. I refuse to tiptoe through it, only to arrive safely at death. And the rewards... ever *been* on a bike? Felt the immediacy with your environment, the rush of speed as you accelerate out of a corner, the skill and mental calculation and physical endeavor of finding the perfect line to get the bike through a corner? Then there's the beauty of a road trip unencumbered by 4,000 pounds of glass and steel, the ability to feel temperature changes and smell things you'd never experience in a car.
Two people who "got it" were Ernest Hemingway and Col. T.E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia":
"There are three true 'sports' in the world: bull fighting, mountain climbing, and motor racing. All the rest are just games." --Ernest Hemingway
"It is usually my satisfaction to purr along gently about 60 mph, drink in the air and the general view. I lose detail, even at such moderate speeds, but gain comprehension. When I open her out a little more, as for instance across Salisbury Plain, at 80 or so, I feel the earth moulding herself under me. It is me piling up this hill, hollowing this valley, stretching out this level place. Almost the earth comes alive, heaving and tossing on each side like a sea. That's a thing that the slow coach will never feel. It is the reward of speed. I could write you pages of the lustfulness of moving swiftly." --Col. T.E. Lawrence
"Facing death every weekend is what keeps me living." --random t-shirt
(Yes, I'm perfectly aware that Col. Lawrence died in a motorcycle accident.)
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(Hey! I can talk backwards too! Remind me of this next con...)