Saturday, August 04, 2007

Tell Us About Yourself

One great thing about my job is that I get to meet a lot of people. On a trip to Canada I met Samantha from Karen Fosters. She is one of the funnest people you could ever meet because she has this little obsession with questions. That's right, questions. Sam has 14 pages of written questions that she keeps with her most of the time (they have the honey mustard stains to prove it). These aren't questions like where we came from or why we're here or any of those other deep things. These are fun questions to ask people so that you have more to talk about than the weather. I asked her to send me some of her favorites to post on our blog and she was kind enough to oblige.

We'd love to see your answers, so be sure to post.

What two bands/singers (one still playing together/alive and one not together/dead) would you like to come play at your b-day party (e.g. Aerosmith/Abba)?

If you could have dinner with one living famous man and one living famous woman who would they be (you all three have dinner together)?

If you could have dinner with one dead famous man and one dead famous women who would they be (they would not show up like something out of a horror movie...they would look normal!).

If you had the perfect mate and the rest of the world was either all male or all female, which would you choose (this is tougher than it seems...).

If you could have one superhero talent, what would it be (e.g. being invisible)?

If you could be one famous person for a day who would you be and what would you do?

If you could be one of our friends or family members for a day, who would you be and what would you do?

14 comments:

Susan said...

1) Simon & Garfunkel / the Beatles
2) Dr. Phil & Oprah
3) Joseph & Emma
4) all male
5) Super house cleaning powers...thinkit, it is done.
6) I would only want to be me, but if fame carries fortune with it, I would seek out people to help. The kind of people who need help (in any way), but don't ask for it. They seem to be the ones who truly need it. maybe like an extreme makeover home edition type thing.
7) I would be my husband just to gain a better appreciation for what he does everyday.

Lindy Stamper said...

1, Bill Elliott Orchestra with Erin McKeowen
2, Martha Stewart & Duff Goldman (from Food network)
3, Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
4, all female (I know we get dramatic, but we get stuff done instead of dancing in circles)
5, do things really fast (is that a power?)
6, I'd be... no one drunk on tv or tabloids. Hmmm... I guess I'd like to be Liv Tyler. She's pretty, classy, down to earth, and appreciative to everyone and has positive attitude. I think I would just be her on her movie set or just a day see how she can be so positive and not jaded.
7, Your friends/family, hmm... I'd be your secretary, learn under you and be inspired and see what the process of making a line is like from start to finish to marketing.

LizzyHouse said...

Hi... I am your cousin! I had your website on my blog but I will update it with your blog now. I'm Elizabeth House (Shirley is my Aunt)! I am a printmaking/design student at BYU-Idaho. I thought I would just say hello, and that I am really proud of you guys!

Chris said...

1. PRINCE/jim morrison
2.Stephen King and Patricia Cornwall (both authors) or eric and julie comstock :)
3. elvis (for my mom) and amelia earhart (my girls both love her)
4. all female (too much testoterone the other way)
5. the ability to be 2 places at once
6. hmmm no clue....
7. would probab;y be my hubby as long as he would be trading with me.so we both gain a better understanding of each others day
:D

Veronica Hugger said...

What two bands/singers (one still playing together/alive and one not together/dead) would you like to come play at your b-day party (e.g. Aerosmith/Abba)?
- The Cars/The Beatles

If you could have dinner with one living famous man and one living famous woman who would they be (you all three have dinner together)?
- Osama Bin Laden and Condie Rice (who would bring appropriate back-up)

If you could have dinner with one dead famous man and one dead famous women who would they be (they would not show up like something out of a horror movie...they would look normal!).
- John Paul II and Mother Teresa

If you had the perfect mate and the rest of the world was either all male or all female, which would you choose (this is tougher than it seems...).
- Female

If you could have one superhero talent, what would it be (e.g. being invisible)?
- I'm with Sue; give me powers to wish something done, and it's done!

If you could be one famous person for a day who would you be and what would you do?
- Let's be the highest winning lottery winner and give away all the winnings!

If you could be one of our friends or family members for a day, who would you be and what would you do?
- I'd be your co-hort and help you film videos all day, but I could only tolerate moving chipboard pieces in tiny increments for so long, then we'd have to video some serious scrapbooking.

janet said...

1.Bon Jovi / Beatles
2. Jon Bon Jovi (yes I love him) / Ellen Degeneres
3.You know...I really don't know!
4. All male...women can be catty!!! I don't want all women fighting for my perfect mate! LOL!
5. Invisible
6. I don't think I would want to be any famous person...except I would like their money!
7/. One of my kids...to see our household through their eyes!

Melanie said...

1)Bon Jovi / Wilson Phillips
2)George W. Bush and Oprah (should be interesting, huh?)
3)Noah, and hmmm...Princess Di
4)female
5)fly
6) For a day - I think being Oprah would be fun. I'd like to do the big give-aways that she does - and maybe give away some cars or houses and vacations, too.
7)For a day? my daughter. She is always so happy and cheerful and has the funniest dreams. I don't know what I'd do, but it would probably be fun.
7)

Susan said...

1. Gin Blossoms & Beatles
2. Hillary Clinton & Mikhail Gorbachev
3. Benjamin Franklin & Madame Curie.
4. this IS tough....though I think I would have to go with all male.
5. I would like to have that magic cooking/cleaning power like Mrs. Weasley in Harry Potter...you know, where the knives self-cut the veggies and the brooms self-sweep! (then I would have a clean house, fed family...and I could scrap more! lol!)
6. I would say Bill Gates or Warren Buffet so I could channel their monies to charity...but I think they have already gotten that covered. so assuming that with this change of person I would also be able to do things that would stick after my day I would probably be president and make a WHOLE lotta changes.
7. I would be one of my sons so that I could finally see what goes on in their minds! lol!!

this was fun you guys! 14 pages of questions, huh?!?!? wouldn't that make a really fun mini album project??

Susan said...

oh yeah....and I think YOU guys need to answer these questions too!

Julie said...

By popular demand, here are our answers.

Julie: Paul Simon and Dean Martin
Eric: Elvis Costello & The Attractions and Ella Fitzgerald

Julie: Stephen Hawking and Oprah (she'll think of good questions to ask)
Eric: Chaim Potok and Steve Jobs

Julie: Helen Keller (with a translator) and Leonardo Da Vinci (with a translator)
Eric: Pearl S Buck and Richard Dibenkorn

Julie: All male, but I would enforce a strict neutering policy!
Eric: All female

Julie: The power to heal people
Eric: Flying

Julie: Nora Jones and I would record special cd's just for my kids. (They don't like my real singing voice.)
Eric: George Bush and I would end the war in Iraq

Julie: I would be Eric and have Julie make me dinner.
Eric: I would be our 2 year old Jack and I would enjoy a day of no stress.

scrappaleica said...

1.Nelly Furtado/Elvis

2.George W. Bush/ Hilary Clinton

3.JFK /Marilyn Monroe

4.all male

5.I would freeze time( then I could savour every little moment I have with my grandparents and also I would've frozen the moment where knowing my friends were going to be killed I would want to talk to them just one last time.)

6.I would want to be the head of the richest pharmaceutical company in the world and I would give FREE medicine to all the poor people in the world that are sick & dying because they cannot afford it.

7. I would love to be my husband, so that he could have a day of rest because he works so hard so that I can stay at home with our kids.

Thanks for these questions...they were fun!

Julie said...

I told Lindsay he had to play too. Here are his answers:

The Bee Gee’s/ Queen- maybe the original Jackson 5

Billy Crystal/ Meg Ryan- I might even have to have what there having

Howard Hughes / Natalie Wood

Of course Female. Could we do away a certain time of the month also? If that could happen I would probably be worshiped!

To be able to fly, I hate crowded planes. There are probably times that being invisible could come in handy.

Billy Crystal- I would go to the restaurant and meet Lindsay and Meg Ryan

I would be the neighbors dog and would listen to the horrific sounds of people screaming at there kids, “don’t step on the carpet, you have dog………………………….on you’re shoes.

Mom of Twins x Two said...

1) Phil Collins/Jim Morrison
2) President and Mrs. Bush
3) George Washington/Betsy Ross
4) All male (i'm more comfortable with them and love sports).
5) Can eat whatever I want and never gain weight.
6) Oprah. I would travel and visit cool places with my friends.
7) My nephew who is 19 and in college. Just to see what it's like now and what it's like as a male.

Julie Overby said...

Julie: I would be Eric and have Julie make me dinner.
Eric: I would be our 2 year old Jack and I would enjoy a day of no stress.


TOO FUNNY!! These are really hard questions!!

1) Newsboys/Silverwind
2) Billy Graham/Oprah
3) King David/Princess Diana
4) female (must have SOMEONE to talk with that understands! lol!)
5) to read peoples minds! (guess work done!)
6) I think being famous would be very hard. I can't even think of anyones shoes I'd want to fill for even a day! I feel like a pageant girl answering an impromptu question! AH! Stage fright just got to me! I have a heart for Africa so I guess I would also Oprah and I would visit the schools that she has set up as well as the everyday village schools.

7) One of YOUR family or friends - I would be whoever packs your paper. I could just inhale that smell all day long!! One of MY family or friends... hmm... probably my son so that I could just sit and stare in the mirror all day long making faces at myself and not have any cares of the world on my shoulders!