Do you like Mexican food?
Yes
What's your favorite dish?
Impossible to determine, but I really like tacos and enchiladas.
How about on the side-black beans, pinto beans, refried beans, rice?
Not so much...a little
What about heat-mild, medium, hot?
mild
Will you celebrate with Mexican food and drink on May 5th aka Cinco de Mayo?
Not likely
2. Ever been to Mexico?
No, not even when I was with my husband stationed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona for nearly three years. The government really frowned upon visiting then because, even though it was 40 years ago, drugs, murder, and crime were rampant. It's been a big problem for a long time.
For work or holiday? Love it or no?
My husband did visit for business years later and saw the seamier side of things so he did not love it. I think one must visit the resorts to see the delights.
If you haven't been, is this a place you'd like to visit?
no
Can you speak Spanish?
No, though I enjoy hearing it spoken. In my corner, French is the second language. I took French for three years and understand it slightly better than I can speak it. I am taking German classes now with Duolingo...kind of fun! (I also took German for two years in college. Sprechen Sie Deutsch?)
3. What's one thing you may accomplish this month?
Planting my summer planters and getting a few things to Goodwill. I'd also like to go on a day trip or two or three.
4. If you were mayor of your village, city, or town, what's one thing you'd like to see changed, done away with, revamped, or accomplished?
Only one? There are soooooo many. Why don't I just make a bullet list and thank you for this opportunity to vent.
➡I would require that people clean up their properties so that property values would be maintained across neighborhoods. One can be poor and also tidy. Shabby is okay, but filth is unacceptable for the public good.
➡I would stop recycling in our transfer station because we already know that nothing is being sold for recycling—until it is, this activity is a waste of our time and tax dollars (extra man power to handle it all).
➡I would put the day removed from the times we are allowed to use the transfer station back! Good grief...they keep taking things away and it is so frustrating.
➡I would re-design the traffic flow in the town square before someone gets killed and add a traffic light with green arrows for left turns.
➡I would replace a police officer, maybe two, even three.
➡I would pave a few streets and fill in lots of potholes.
➡I would have a Community Clean Up Day with lots of fun events and prizes.
➡I would re-paint the town bridge. It's an eyesore and the main feature of our town. It is a disgrace for it to be in this condition.
Is serving in public office something you've ever seriously considered?
Yes, but I am prone to righteous indignation (she said euphemistically) so that prevents me from taking on certain tasks.
5. What's something that may be popular, but that you just don't get?
Tattoos, which have been around forever, yet I just don't get them.
Even my darling had a tattoo. Thank goodness, it was high on his arm. It said, "Big John." He once had a doctor ask him if that was a tall outhouse. Witty, cheeky doctor! π
6. Can't let this week slip by without mentioning Thursday May 4th is Star Wars Day. As in 'May the 4th be with you' ahem. Are you a fan of the Star Wars series?
not especially, more of a Star Trek fan than a Star Wars one and not much of a fan of either
Exactly how much of a fan are you? On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being 'I've seen every film, own the action figures, might have dressed as Darth Vader for Halloween one year', and 1 being, 'what's a Vader?' -where do you land?
2
7. Scroll back through your blog posts and in three sentences or less tell us the general theme of your fourth blog post. Does it still ring true today? Is it a topic you re-visit on your blog from time to time?
It was a music recommendation. I have not heard the performer's work in a long, long time. I still make music recommendations and, in fact, did on the post prior to this one.
8. Insert your own random thought here.