The Compulsory About Kris Section

note: I borrowed this survey from another web page. I'm not sure where they go it from. As if I was original enough to come up with this! No, someone else was putting off homework when they wrote this. I just put off homework during my early days at UW by filling it out. So, here's the dirt (trivial as it may be) on me in case you're curious.

• Name:Krista Michelle Hill (nee Nichols)
• Age: just figure it out ... my birthday is right there
• Birthdate: Sept. 8, 1978
• Height: 5 feet 6 inches
• Favorite quote:"Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith." Paul Tillich, Cathlolic theologian
• Location: Maple Valley, Washington
• Eye color: Sort of a gray/blue color
• Favorite color: blue just about any shade
• Hobbies: playing pool, reading, writing, playing guitar, surfing the net, listening to music, watching and playing sports
• College you want to attend: Columbia or Northwestern, though it's more likely I'll go to grad school at the University of Washington because it's going to be more convenient and the UW is more likely to accept me than the first two
• Favorite stores to shop in: REI, Old Navy, Silver Platters, Barnes and Noble, Guitar Center, Eddie Bauer, Nordstrom, Hot Topic, Spencer's, Harry and David's...there was this great bookstore in Spokane called Auntie's...=)...oh and the UW Bookstore on campus is SO cool ... if you're evern in Spokane, go to 4,000 Holes, it's a record shop, especially cool if you like the Beatles
• Guys, with or without hats? Put that lid on boy
• Girls, with or without nail polish? Nail polish, ugh, what a messy waste of time, who honestly looks at your nails and cares? Only people who do nails and I dont.
• Favorite drink in the fridge: water ... Snapple diet lemon ice tea...I may have been a sugar addict but that all changed on 3/21/02 when I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
• Favorite TV shows:Law and Order, My Family, Boiling Point, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Good Eats, Coupling, What Not To Wear, American Chopper, CSI, Monty Python's Flying Circus (I have the entire series on DVD...woohoo!), Red Dwarf, Xena (yeah it's campy, but Sam Raimi rocks), West Wing, Scrubs, The Crocodile Hunter, Animal Precinct
• What's on your mousepad? A map of the world
• What's on your desktop? um,Gerard Butler, he played the Phantom in the 2004 film "The Phantom of the Opera"
• In the car, AC or open windows?I didn't used to have AC and I actually went through an entire summer in Vegas without it in the car ... now I have a cool car, literally and figuratively, but the AC don't get cranked up until it's 90 degrees or above
• Do you consider yourself hot or cute? I am totally hot, duh.
• Do you believe in yourself? I uh, gosh, I suppose so...I guess there's some level of confidence or else I wouldn't be employed
• Favorite board games: Dont laugh...Star Wars monopoly and The Simpsons version of Clue ...
• Favorite sounds: my husband playing one of our five guitars, my husband laughing at my goofiness and occasionally my cat purring
• Favorite smell: popcorn no doubt I am such a snack junkie ... hell, most food smells good
• Drinks, with or without ice cubes: if the drink is warm or it's hot outside, ice cubes are necessary, otherwise, nope
• Do you do chores? My house is a pit if I dont do them occasionally
• Worst feeling in the world: Biting into food and discovering something that shouldnt be there
• Best feeling in the world: Encores at rock concerts because there's the feeling that the rush of live music wont ever end
• Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Drink, play pool, go out and play in the rain, waste time and kill brain cells by playing video games, spend "quality time" with my husband, friends, family, etc ...
• Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Still married, working at a publication of some sort and possibly working on my PhD
• First thought when you wake up in the morning: unghgghg splurgle sploit thud ow
• Teachers- friends or enemies? Better friends than enemies
• Do you have a cell phone or beeper? I had a pager and I hated it ... now I have a cell phone and I wonder how I survived without it ... damn electronic leashes *sigh*
• Do you get motion sickness? nope
• Rollercoasters- deadly or exciting? Exciting only if it requires riders to be at least 46 inches tall
• Pen or pencil? College converted me to the merits of using pen...the only time I don't use pen is when I write poems...
• Favorite authors: Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Weiss, Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Aldous Huxley, Douglas Adams, Brian Jacques, Robert Frost, e.e. cummings, Shakespeare
• How many rings before you answer the phone? Usually one or two, since I have specific ringers on my cell phone for everyone in my phone book...
• Coolest thing in your house: my bachelor's degree from the University of Washington, my computer and to complete the four-way tie, my husband and my cat, MacKenzie
• Future son names: Michael (after my best friend)
• Future daughter names: Elizabeth (after my mom and sister)
• What has made you cry the most? The loss of my father back in 86 it still makes me cry sometimes
• Are you a good friend? I am the best friend you'll ever have, devoted and loyal till the day I die, my friends are like family and they mean the world to me
• Chocolate or vanilla cake?both have redeeming qualities worthy of my consideration...
• Do you like to drive? Oh, hell yeah, who doesnt?
• Girls- curly or straight hair? Curly even though I know it's a nightmare to take care of
• Guys- hair or no hair? Buzz cut, I cut Jason's hair myself now that we finally have our own clippers
• Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? Mmm, Jason's not really an animal, nor is he stuffed, so I guess the answer is no
• Thunderstorms- cool or scary? Hail hail hail dropping on the roof of my car while zipping past lightning bolts and dashing through the rain quite cool
• Favorite bands: Oasis, The Beatles, Live, Everclear, Nirvana, Metallica, Santana, The Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominoes, Cream, Pearl Jam, Third Eye Blind, Dave Matthews Band, Garbage, The Verve
• Where do you want to live in the future? San Francisco would be ideal ... someday when we have lots of money
• Strangest name of someone you know: America (well, she was a middle school classmate ... I went to high school with twins named Princess and Kitten ... that was weird, too)
• Most embarrassing CD in your collection: It used to be Madonna's "Ray of Light" but my husband sold it. Now it's Robbie Williams "The Ego Has Landed" Although I think my husband's copy of the Lovin' Spoonful's greatest hits is by far the most shameful.
• Most memorable bumper sticker: A woman should be in the HOUSE, the Senate and Oval Office
• Class you loved most in school: Any religion, communications or history class
• Do you have any nicknames? Nickel, Lil Nickel, Nickels Quarters and Dimes, Worm, Booker, Punk, Sexy Girl, Luigi, Second Player, Cartman, KHill (pronounced Kayhill), quills, quillybrat, quillyBgood
• Are you proud of yourself?In general sure, but that doesn't mean I ever stop striving to improve myself
• Last movie you saw in a theatre: er ... Phantom of the Opera for the sixth time
• Next movie you'll see: Phantom of the Opera
• What movie made you cry? I am not telling because then people will constantly trying to get me to see movies that will make me cry -- okay okay, "Good Will Hunting" I absolutely bawled through one scene ... but I am not telling which one ... *zips lips*
• What color is the carpet in your room? I think it's grey
• What color sheets do you have on your bed? they're cream and blue plaid flannel
• What was your first CD? Metallica: Metallica (aka The Black Album)
• Favorite Halloween costume: Wonder Woman (I was five and cute and my sister held me down long enough to get makeup on me at a time when I was actually adorable)
• Most prized possesion: oh, I admit it, I'm an addict, my growing cell phone collection and my iPod
• Seafood? Shrimp, crab and lobster, preferably if I caught it myself or its supah fresh. I absolutely hate all but two types of fish, salmon and tuna.
• Coffee drinker? I have quit coffee...been off the stuff for a year. Now I drink sugar-free Red bull
• Tea drinker? I like iced tea...but not hot tea...yeah I'm just full of contradictions
• Who's your crush? I'm not telling, but his name starts with a J *grin*
• Shower at night or in the morning? morning
• Favorite pickup line: Hey baby, you must be tired because you've been running around my head all night long.
• What movie have you seen the most times? Monty Python and the Holy Grail in a dead lock with the Star Wars Trilogy at about 12.
• What is the most romantic song? Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton
• Guys with muscles- attractive or not? I like tall basketball player boys, lean mean dunking machines are my style some muscle is good, but I don't want no Mr Olympia ... blech
• Any pets? a pain in the ass tabby cat called MacKenzie ... of course, he has his moments and a sweet 6-year-old beagle named Lucy that we adopted last year from a rescue group
• Have you ever been in love? I'm in love right now, with the sweetest guy in the world
• What's your sign? Virgo, ya know, anal retentive and over analytical, thats me
• Favorite fruit: Peaches (he he Mike)
• What do you look for in a member of the opposite sex? a functioning brain and feet that stay out of their mouths
• If you could dye your hair one color, what would it be? blue bright bright blue koolaid works really well especially island punch or blueberry flavor ... although considering I'm a responsible adult now with a real world job I suppose a more realistic choice would be red ... I guess I was punk once
• If you could have a tattoo, what and where would it be? I have one on my right shoulder blade that's a quill pen in an ink bottle ... got it in Vegas on my 24th birthday
• If you could meet one person, who would it be? Gerard Butler!!! OMG!!!
• What's your favorite brand of gum? Orbitz bubblemint
• If you could get anything pierced, what would it be? Piercings are sick and wrong
• What's on the walls in your room? A Union Jack and a Rampant Lion
• Is the glass half empty or half full? oh I admit it, I'm a pessimist, half-empty
• What's on your ceiling? a ceiling fan
• Pick a song that describes yourself or that you can relate to: Wonderwall by Oasis and My Oh My by David Gray
• What's your favorite flavor Snapple? Diet Raspberry Iced Tea
• Favorite movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dead Poet's Society, The Crow, Good Will Hunting, Life of Brian, the Evil Dead trilogy (Sam Raimi rocks!, Mr Holland's Opus
• Favorite actor: Gerard Butler and Kevin Spacey
• Favorite actress: uh...Pamela Anderson, no wait, Jenny McCarthy, no no, thats not it, uh, Amaya from the Real World Hawaii, no, not her either, shit, all I can think of are blondes or chicks with big lips, Drew Barrymore, no, Cameron Diaz, oh, I KNOW! Cate Blanchett or Judy Dench
• Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi. And don't ever let anyone tell you they're the same, cause they're NOT.
• If you were a dog, what would your name be? Menolly (now there's an obscure Dragonriders of Pern reference for you)
• How do you eat an Oreo? I like to lick the cream from the middle
• What kind of milk is your favorite? I now drink one percent, but one can't forget that chocolate milk (lowfat of course) also has its merits
• If you were to kill someone, how would you do it? with my bare hands I would probably strangle or beat someone to death I can be pretty violent
• Right, lefty or ambidexterous? Ambidexterous
• Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? Usually, except for when I'm really really tired
• Favorite Adam Sandler movie? Happy Gilmore (and I would like to note that up until a couple months ago that was the ONLY Adam Sandler movie I had ever seen...and it was worth it just to see Sandler get his ass whooped by Bob Barker...damn, the Price is Right guy said "bitch"! That just cracks me up.)
• What do you wear to bed? clothes
• When you meet a person of the opposite sex, the first thing you do is...look for a wedding ring...hey, I'm being honest, here, right?
• Have you ever been attacked by a big dog?No big dogs usually just try to lick me, its those damn chihouhas that want my chalupas...oh, wait, thats a commericial isn't it
• Do you ever save your online conversations?on line conversations, huh?
• Do you eat chicken fingers with a fork? Isnt the name self-explanatory
• Do you eat the stems of broccoli? I've learned to like broccoli lately ... all of it
• Boxers or briefs? I buy Jason boxer briefs from eddie bauer
• If you could be anything in a kitchen, what would you be? what the hell kind of question is that?
• Would you ever ask a random guy for his shirt? um, no ... I can't imagine a situation where that would ever be necessary, can you?
• If you could be one gardening tool, what would it be? You said tool... huh huh huh
• If you were a shoe, what kind would you be? Etnies or Simple Old Skools
• If you could do anything to the person you hated the most, what would it be? Hate is such a strong word.
• What's your favorite flavor of Jell-O? Do you know what that stuff is made of? Ew.
• What's under your bed? My cat. And guitar cases.
• Who're your best friends? Jason is my best friend, absolutely...and of course I can't forget Mike Wilson, who can read my mind better than any psychic and who knew me when I was 12 and still likes me anyway...also Ilyse, who has always been there for me...and the girl from Jackson, Kathleen
• What's the best number in the world? 2 (I always come in second, Im always second player, etc...its an even number and my lucky number and just the right number of people to make my marriage work)
• When you take a shower, do you do everything twice? What kind of an OCD freak would do that?
• Pizza or burgers? I love burgers, but I like to make them myself and thin-crust pizza with just cheese
• How many hours a day are you online? Probably too many
• Leader or follower? Im obnoxious and extroverted, therefore I must be a leader, I was section leader and sports editor of the high school newspaper. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
• Quiet or talkative? Talkative. Ask anyone when they can get a word in edgewise.
• Wallets or organizers? I have a wallet and a PDA
• What's the best sport? Basketball, baseball and footie (soccer) are tied for that honor in my world. But I love just about every sport, when the summer Olympics come around I'm in heaven. I'm a sports nut. I'm a huge Seattle Mariners fan, I love college hoops, particularly the Gonzaga Bulldogs (my former school...go Zags!) and I am a devout Washington Husky football fan...when we move back to Seattle I'm buying lifetime season tickets for Husky home football games...if you prick me, do I bleed? yer damn right I do and I bleed purple and gold! *chuckle*

Sick of me now? Or do you want to know more?