Question: What part of your day do you enjoy the most?
I am a night-owl by nature. I’d have to say that my most productive hours are often between 11 pm and 1 am. So much creativity can flow for me at those times, and it’s quiet because the rest of the world is asleep. I admit that I haven’t seen much of those hours lately. And while I’ll never call myself a morning person, I have actually been enjoying waking up and working out in the morning. It’s a great way to jump-start the metabolism and to get my day off and running to an energetic start.
Question: What is your opinion of the color red?
Very bold. Very Spanish. Very American. Very sexy. Very timeless.
My IKEA computer desk is red, and I like the punch of color that it adds to the corner of my living room.
Question: When you first meet a person are you able to remember his or her name? If not, why not? If so, how do you do that?
Unfortunately, I don’t generally remember people’s names at first meeting. I think it’s because there is always a level of social anxiety at work when meeting a new person. Sometimes, I have to ask more than once what a person’s name is. I’ve heard that repeating a person’s name three times gets it in your head. “Ally? Hi Ally! Nice to meet you, Ally.” That always seems forced and cheesy to me, so I choose authenticity over remembering names. I can tell when I make a good connection with someone, though. So when a good connection is made, and I want to get to know a person better, I usually say, “I’m sorry. I’m terrible with names. What’s your name again?” And then that person is relieved because they can’t remember my name either!
Question: Charmed or Bewitched?
Since I saw her yesterday, I'm going to go with Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Question: What is the dumbest pair of earrings that you've ever worn out in public?
I’m not going to say that they’re dumb, but they were definitely a craze that I participated in. Pretty much every day of junior high right on into high school, I faithfully wore my shrimp earrings that looked a lot like these.
When I lived in NYC in the mid to late 90s, I noticed that a fad among many of the Puerto Rican-American women living there was to wear this style of shrimp earrings with one’s name scripted across them. I still think they're a cool look...I couldn't pull it off, though.Would you like me to interview you? Here are the rules:
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2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
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6 comments:
Love your answers.
I'm a morning lark for the same reason that you are a night owl-- I'm searching for quiet.
I never use that repeat a new person's name three times rule either. It sounds so forced.
And the shrimp style earrings?!! Ooh-la-la. Such a look!
Fun meme, huh?
I really liked your answers! Great shrimp earrings :)
I am also terrible remembering people's names. Like you, I confess and move on. Or sometimes (like with neighbors) I associate their names with a song or a tv character or something like that.
I like that you know that people are relieved that you can't remember their name...I am always thrilled, because I don't remember their names either.
Fun questions, Ally, and great answers, Tracy. :) See, I know both of your names! But I've repeated them in my head more than three times. ;)
Shrimp earrings. I'm sure if I looked into my past, I'd find a pair of those. Autumn loves Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I keep forgetting to put the last part of this meme in my post. haha I guess I like being asked, but not do the asking!
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