1. What time is it?
12:42pm

2. Name as it appears on your birth certificate:
Mary Elizabeth Phillips (born to be a nun or saint)

3. Nicknames:
Marise, (pronounced "muh-reese"), RiseyP (pronounced "reesey pee"), Mise
(pronounced "Meece") -- and yes, some people call me Maurice!

4. Parent's names:
Rex Cyrus Phillips and Mary Catherine O'Neill Phillips

5. Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake?
29 + 3

6. Date that you regularly blow them out?
July 8

7. Pets:
One cat, Kismet -- and two pugs, Opus & Ike

8. Height:
67.5 inches

9. Eye color:
blue

10. Hair color:
multi, brown & blond

11. Piercing:
two on each ear, one on each navel

12. Tattoos:
maybe someday

13. How much do you love your job:
hard to come back after a vacation, but not terribly so

14. Birthplace:
LA, CA

15. Hometown:
Yorba Linda, CA - home of Tricky Dick's birthplace/library

16. Current Residence:
San Rafael, CA

18. Been in love?
oui

19. Been to Africa?
non

20. Been toilet-papering?
oui

21. Loved somebody so much it made you cry?
certainly, in the traditional way... but also whenever I see someone I love
doing really well at something difficult - like my friend Lisa at her dance
recital - I cry at that kinda stuff too. My kids are going to squeeze ALL
the tears outta me!

22. Been in a car accident?
yes, never serious tho -- and also in ones involving my car and stationary,
non-sentient objects ;-)

23. Croutons or Bacon Bits:
crewwwwtons, especially Chatham Village & homemade

24. 2 doors or 4 (on a car):
2 doors look better, but sad to say, i'm getting to that age where no less
than 4 will do.

25. Sprite or 7 Up:
7-up, i guess. but i prefer flavored sparkling water

26. Favorite Movie:
In a pinch, I'd say Shawshank Redemption

27. Favorite Holiday:
T-giving, love to cook & eat

28. Favorite Day of the week:
Thursday, love to go out at night & do Friday/Saturday type things.

29. Favorite Word or phrase:
Ogunquit (a nice beach town in Maine)

30. Favorite Toothpaste:
Tom's of Maine (hey, we got a theme going on...)

31. Favorite Restaurant:
Lark Creek Inn, Larkspur, CA

32. Favorite Flowers:
sterling roses (the small, fragrant lavender ones)

33. Favorite drink:
Cabernet Franc

34. Favorite Sport to watch:
gymnastics (floor exercise)

35. Preferred Type of Ice:
crushed

36. Favorite Sesame Street Character:
Big Bird

37. Disney/Warner bros:
Warner Brothers, but only because they license PowerPuff Girls merchandise

38. Favorite Fast Food Restaurant:
In-N-Out

39. When was your last hospital visit?
a couple months ago, when I took Matt in for his broken toe

40. What color is your bedroom's carpet?
pale silvery green

41. How many times did you fail your Permit and/or Drivers License Test?
once - very humiliating

42. Who is the last person you got mail from before you got this e-mail?
Maureen

43. Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
nope - i only commit victimless crimes anyway ;-)

44. Which single store would you choose to max out your credit card?
prolly Nordy's - boring, but it's the best place to get the full range of
stuff I like

45. What do you do most often when you are bored?
answer e-mail questionnaires

46. Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest
away:
I tend to lose touch with people when they move too far away; guess my best
job at keeping in touch with someone out of state would be Nancy, who lives
in River Forest, IL.

47. Most annoying thing?
guilt trips & other nefarious forms of passive/aggressive manipulation

48. Bedtime:
10-11pm

49. Who will respond to this the fastest?
no idea; i recently sent something like this to a bunch of people & only one
responded!!

50. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond?
everyone ;-)