Jon

  • What time is it?
    5:17, Beijing Time
  • Name as it appears on your birth certificate:
    Jon David W*******
  • Nickname:
    Spyboy, Roach, J, Jonny, White Boy, and LaoWai (old foreigner)
  • Parents' names:
    Gary and Donna
  • Number of candles on your last birthday:
    3 (one was the character for er (two), the character shi (ten) and the character for si (four)
  • Date that you regularly blow them out:
    October 25
  • Pets:
    one rock, a bunch of ants, and that thing growing under the carpet.
  • Height:
    5'9"
  • Eye color:
    brown
  • Hair color:
    Reddish golden blondish brown
  • Piercing:
    Just one through my tongue
  • Tattoos:
    None.
  • How much do you love your job:
    i'm down to 10 hours a week for the next 4 weeks, so i love that. I just finished teaching 19 hours a week, plus 4 hours of primary and 3 hours of business, and i had to fail someone for cheating. i was hating that miserably.
  • Birthplace:
    Irving, TX
  • Current residence:
    Wuhan, China
  • Been in Love:
    Maybe 3 times. I try to think that they don't count.
  • Been to Europe:
    been to 21 of its countries (counting the Vatican City and Turkey)
  • Been toilet papering:
    No. But i would really love some thick and soft toilet paper right now.
  • Been toilet papered:
    No. But i've been tortilla'd. My friends were weird. They threw tortillas on my car, trees, and house back in high school. I went with them once.
  • Love someone so much it made you cry?
    No. But i've been loved so little it made me cry. (Remember, I try to think that i've never been in love for real).
  • Been in a car crash?
    No.
  • Croutons or bacon bits:
    Croutons with garlic and butter.
  • Doors on car:
    no car. the taxis have 4 (only one can be opened from inside), mamus have none, and buses have 2--one in front, one in back.
  • Coffee or ice cream:
    Icecream. I was once a mormon. I gave up coffee. I gave up a lot of things. I don't know why coffee is the only thing I still don't do.
  • Blanket or stuffed animal:
    Had a stuffed ewok. Now have a stuffed lemur named danny. I want a blanket now. It's cold.
  • Dumper or Dumpee:
    Never dated. Usually the one to kick someone out of bed though. Kidding.
  • Salad dressing:
    I really want a creamy Italian right now. I love creamy Italians (Yummy-hehe)
  • Color of socks:
    they were white three months ago. Now they are grey. :(
  • Favorite number:
    right now-4. it just sounds cool in chinese.
  • Favorite time of day:
     
  • Favorite Place to be kissed:
    definitely the lips. I hate the ears. It's too loud.
  • Favorite movie:
    The Muppets Take Manhattan
  • Favorite Quote:
    I learn by going where I have to go (Theodore Roethke)
  • Favorite type of food:
    Anything not smelling like sewer, that didn't once bark, and that doesn't have a head and eyeballs attached when served to me.
  • Day of the Week:
    Friday. Only teach from 8-noon at the primary school. Hokey Pokey, anyone?
  • TV Show:
    It was the Simpsons. Now I only watch Scooby Doo.
  • Toothpaste:
    Tom's of Maine: Fennel. Right now, Crest with the picture of the bright shiny tooth.
  • Favorite flower:
    Chrysanthymums. They taste good in boiled water.
  • Least Favorite:
    the fake ones at the shop down the road.
  • Sport to watch:
    Gymnastics, Diving (and right now ping-pong)
  • Fast Food Restaurant:
    McDonalds. Right now they have Christmas Music and Christmas trees and all the employees have santa clause hats and they tell me "Mar-ee Kris-uh-mus!"
  • When was your last hospital visit?
    About 2 months ago for acupuncture on my head.
  • Favorite drink:
    Kiwi Juice and coconut milk
  • What color is your bedroom carpet?
    i think it is trying to be red.
  • How many times did you fail your permit and/or drivers test?
    ZERO
  • What do you think of Ouija boards?
    I think they are hard to spell.
  • Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
    Someplace with working sewer, air conditioning, a health code, garbage pick-up, pasteurized milk, and no stinky tofu. Then again, that would be boring.
  • Who is the last person you got e-mail from before this?
    My cousin, Katie.
  • Which store would you choose to Max your credit on?
    Barnes and Noble, The SMU FineArts Supply Store, and The Apple Computer store.
  • What do you do when you are bored?
    Walk down a new street.
  • What words or phrases do you overuse?
    "You Know?" "So...." Shei Shei (Thank you in Chinese...no matter what or who, i say it. I'm stupid).
  • Friend who lives farthest away?
    Hmmm. Karen Burciaga. She lives in Boston. But relatively speaking, most of you live pretty far from me.
  • Most annoying thing in the world?
    Phlegm being spit from a passing bus onto the street where i am standing. People ordering Stinky Tofu and eating next to me. Being pointed at. Being called LaoWai, and watching kids poop and pee on the street while i'm eating.
  • Best thing in the world?
    Eating out with friends, reading email from home, being called "the skinny one" (when the other foreign teacher is referred by our boss as "the fat one").
  • Bedtime:
    11:30pm
  • Who will respond to this fastest?
    Sara first
  • Who is least likely to respond at all?
    Mick
  • Something nice about the person who sent this to you?
    Sara writes to me regularly, she shares teaching tips, cultural tips, and she is a hoot. She falls a lot when she ice skates, and that makes me look better, and the people at fancy, ritzy, swank shoppes think we make a good about-to-be-married rich couple.
  • What time is it now?
    5:56pm on Friday, Beijing Time.