OK, here's the recreation:<br><br><br><br><b>If Mr. Tess was out of the picture (no offense intended), who would you want to be stranded on a desert island with? (Other than Mr. Tess, again, no offense intended).</b><br><br>
If I have to pick a real person, I dunno, maybe Bono. But my real heartthrob is totally fictional. He’s a character I made up and he’s one of the main characters in my piece-of-dreck unfinished novel. That guy’s been in my head for over a decade. Of course, it’s easy to build the perfect man in your own imagination!<br><br><br><br><b>Do you ever go dancing? If not, what kind of dancing would you most like to learn to do?</b><br><br>
I don’t, but I would like to learn ballroom dancing. I’ve been talking about dragging Mr. Tess to lessons for years, but I just haven’t done it.<br><br><br><br><b>If you suddenly had a million dollars, what would you do with it?<br><br>
If you won a million dollars what would be the first thing you would buy?</b><br><br>
I’d buy a few acres of land in the country, live as eco-friendly a lifestyle as I could, and grow both native plants and organic produce. I’d donate a chunk to The Nature Conservancy, and invest the rest to make sure I could continue to live that lifestyle as long as possible.<br><br><br><br><b>What does your favorite piece of jewelry look like?</b><br><br>
I don’t wear much jewelry, and what I do wear is very simple and understated, mostly silver. I guess my favorite necklace is a thin, twisted silver chain with tiny silver beads spaced along it. I wear it all the time.<br><br><br><br><b>Which would you rather spread on bread: Strawberry preserves, mango preserves, or peach preserves?</b><br><br>
Probably strawberry. I’d much rather eat mangoes fresh, and I prefer peaches in the form of crisp or cobbler. But my actual favorite preserves are seedless raspberry. I like the really tart fruits in preserves-- the sweeter ones get too sweet for me. BTW, I really prefer jam over jelly or preserves.<br><br><br><br><b>Would you be willing to take in an untamed feral cat if it had no other place to go?</b><br><br>
Probably, if I had room, unless it had special medical needs that I didn’t feel capable of meeting properly. Of course, I’m already full up on rescued cats—I have one more than I’m allowed at my apartment!<br><br><br><br><b>What's your favorite color?</b><br><br>
I like too many colors to pick just one. But I tend to favor strong, bright colors with names like aubergine, emerald, and sapphire.<br><br><br><br><b>Do you like science fiction and/or fantasy? Have you ever read Tolkien?</b><br><br>
Yes and yes. I grew up on Heinlen. My current bookshelf includes Arthur C. Clarke, Kim Stanley Robinson, David Eddings, Mercedes Lackey, and Kate Elliott. But I’ve read many more that I don’t own. I usually gravitate toward the SF/fantasy section first when I enter a bookstore or library. I’ve read LOTR several times (the Hobbit many more), seen the movies several times, and I sort-of read the Silmarillion. I’ve also read Dennis McKiernan, which is just a blatant take-off of Middle-Earth, but enjoyable despite (or perhaps because of) that.<br><br><br><br><b>What was your favorite subject in HS?</b><br><br>
Science hands down. A tossup between chemistry and biology. In HS I think I liked chemistry more, but when I got to college I decided it was biology.<br><br><br><br><b>you list your occupation as "houseplant rescuer"... what kind of houseplants do you have?</b><br><br>
Numerous. A couple of ficus benjamina, several philodendrons, several dracaena, several pothos, a spathiphyllum, a couple of schefflera, Chinese evergreen, the list goes on. Some I bought, but I’d guess at least half of them were either funeral plants or the like, or were rescued from the homes of family and friends, or from the dumpster! I hate my peace lily—it’s so needy, always drooping, asking for more water!<br><br><br><br><b>What kind of lawyer are you? As in, prosecution, class action, real estate...</b><br><br>
I did insurance litigation for about 4 years, defending insurance companies when policyholders sued them over claim disputes. Since I quit that, I’ve been doing contract work that usually involves assisting firms with large lawsuits that suck up a lot of resources. A lot of high-volume document review and management.<br><br><br><br><b>Is law school really that bad?</b><br><br>
No, I found it pretty easy. I think the problem is that so many people who go to law school tend to be really driven, obsessive over-achievers, and they try to do too much. But the bar exam, now THAT sucked.<br><br><br><br><b>How much did your first case change or reinforce your expectations of law?</b><br><br>
My first case was a mass toxic tort case on behalf of a neighborhood full of really poor black people, against a petrochemical refinery that had a release of a noxious substance. It didn’t really change my expectations of law, but it taught me a lot about people. There are always a few bad apples who just want to take advantage.<br><br><br><br><b>Do you like roller coasters?</b><br><br>
I love them. The more drops, loops and corkscrews, the better! When I was a teen, I had a dream of travelling the country to ride all the best coasters. Hmm, that hasn’t happened. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/brood.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":brood:"><br><br><br><br><b>What's a law that's not on the books in your area that you think should be?</b><br><br>
I actually wrote a proposed statute in law school that would have banned smoking in all public places. It was part of a seminar on health legislation. Not that it would ever get passed-- we have enough controversy just getting cigarettes out of the restaurants, let alone the bars and nightclubs!<br><br><br><br><b>What was the most enjoyable concert you've ever been to?</b><br><br>
They Might Be Giants at Numbers here in Houston a few years ago. I’m not normally a concert-goer, but TMBG is my absolute favorite band, and it was in a small venue, so it was more fun than a giant arena.<br><br><br><br><b>What do you like on a falafel?</b><br><br>
I just have it with the usual fixins that the local restaurant put on their falafel sandwiches—tahini sauce, onions, tomatoes and pickles. Why, are there other ways to eat falafel? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/huh.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="
"><br><br><br><br><b>What percentage of your friends are not lawyers?</b><br><br>
Virtually all of my friends are non-lawyers. Primarily because the average lawyer is a self-absorbed prick. (Can I say that on VB?) <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/lipsrsealed2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":sealed:"><br><br><br><br><b>What's your favorite lawyer joke? (Come on, you know you have one)</b><br><br>
There are too many good lawyer jokes to pick one. Actually, it’s been a while since I heard any lawyer jokes, so I can’t really remember any of the witty ones. There are some really funny ones, though.<br><br><br><br><b>What's the story behind your username?</b><br><br>
It’s from Madeleine L’Engle’s book A Wrinkle In Time, a young adult science fiction book that I loved when I was a kid. In it, they used the interdimensional properties of the tesseract, a four-dimensional cube, to travel to other dimensions.<br><br><br><br><b>Do you sleep late on Sundays, or get up early?</b><br><br>
I’m usually up by 8:30 on any day when I have a choice about when to get up.<br><br><br><br><b>Do you support any charities?</b><br><br>
Only one regularly—The Nature Conservancy. I used to be a member of lots of different environmental groups, but to save myself junk mail and headaches, I decided to pick one and stick with it. I make an annual donation.<br><br><br><br><b>What's your idea of the perfect day?</b><br><br>
It would involve great sex, great company, eating delicious meals cooked for me by someone else, and doing fun things outside in beautiful surroundings. I think there would definitely be a picnic lunch on the shore of a small island in a lovely mountain lake.
