make a wish

the usual website i get the friday five from had cruddy questions, so i chose the questions at another site. funny, i didn't know there were other 'friday five" websites out there...

1. When is your birthday?
january 9. this is the same birthday as dave matthews, joan baez, and richard nixon.

2. When you blow out the candles on your cake, do you make a wish? Have any of them come true?
i always make a wish. none of them ever come true.

3. How do you feel about birthdays and birthday celebrations?
i like my birthday, but i hate all of the attention. i just like any excuse to eat cake.

4. What has been your favorite birthday gift? What kind of gifts really blow you away?
justin gave me a lot of cool litle presents when i turned 26. i really liked them, because even though they were small, they really reflected who i am a person, and what my interests are. gifts that show someone really put in some thought blow me away like that.

5. What flavor cake do you prefer?
i'm simple. i like yellow cake with chocolate frosting. however, if it's an ice cream cake, i like yellow cake with chocolate ice cream.

i found another site with questions i liked better than the usual one, which had questions all pertaining to the internet, which i found rather dull. so, here are some questions from www.friday5.org:

1. What is one thing you always have with you?
i always have one of two things: my cell phone or this small moleskine-type journal where i write about deeper stuff than i would ever write on here. strangely enough, i would have written all that stuff here before, but ever since mid-september, i've chosen never again.

2. What are two things on your night-table (or next to your bed)?
this book called Get in the Game! The Girls' Guide to Money and Investing, and a bottle of water.

3. What are three things you learned in the last seven days?
courtesy of this podcast called "brain food," i have learned that acorns are poisonous to humans, and if they are ingested, they cause kidney damage; the universe has no center or end; there are some dogs that can detect autism in people, and can be trained to alert someone within an hour of them having a seizure.

4. What are four things parents always have to tell you?
"we'll support you, no matter what" (and by "support," i don't mean monetarily), "don't forget to eat well," "i love you," "i'm proud of you," and "everything will be okay."

5. What are five things you paid for in the last month?
groceries, my credit card bills, a christmas present for justin, lunch, and a CD to listen to in my car.