- Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Robert and Richard - Pair of good-looking twins that used to play water polo with me back in the day.
- Where was your first kiss?
New Kingston Drive-In, over to the left of the entrance, we were sitting on the gravel.
- Have you ever seriously vandalised someone else’s property?
Not “seriously.”
- Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
I do remember slapping a classmate in about Grade 3 so hard it left a bright handprint.
- Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?
In a few choirs, once by myself in a high school talent competition back in first form.
- What’s the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Has to be the smile.
- What really turns you on?
Confidence, intelligence, dancing skills
- What do you order at Starbucks?
Hot chocolate (can’t stand coffee).
- What is your biggest mistake?
Waiting too long for someone.
- Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
Never!! I am pain-averse.
- Say something totally random about yourself:
My left foot is bigger than my right.
- Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
If Cabbage Patch dolls count as celebrities.
- Do you still watch children’s movies or TV shows?
Absolutely, love Disney movies and most other animated films, plus gotta have my Cartoon Channel.
- Did you have braces?
Never, gotta love the rabbit teeth.
- Are you comfortable with your height?
Most of the time.
- What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you?
On hearing that I had spent my birthday alone a couple weeks prior to meeting him, he turned up at my door with a cake and gift to celebrate.
- When do you know it’s love?
I just do…
- Do you speak any other languages?
A reasonable amount of French (used to be fluent), some basic Spanish, some basic American Sign Language, tried learning Italian and Japanese but never got very far.
- Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
Nope, more fun to go to the beach.
- What magazines do you read?
In no particular order:
- MAD
- Glamour
- Cosmo
- Self
- Fitness
- National Geographic
- Have you ever ridden in a limo?
No, and I continue to tell myself it’s overrated.
- Has anyone you were really close to passed away?
Adedayo “Dayo” Adefuye, high school friend who died during the summer between 2nd and 3rd form.
- Do you watch MTV?
Never really got into it.
- What’s something that really annoys you?
Fakeness/pushiness/dishonesty in people.
- What’s something you really like?
I’m a big fan of dolphins.
- Do you like Michael Jackson?
The music, yes - the man, not so much (too weird for me).
- Can you dance?
Yeah baby.
- What’s the latest you have ever stayed up?
Right through sunrise. Reason: inevitably talking to a guy.
- Have you ever thought that you were honestly going to die?
Only once, tyre blew out on an expressway in Miami, car spun a couple times.
- Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
No ambulance, but emergency room saw me for falling and hitting the back of my head once.