Saturday 9

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9: You're Beautiful (2005)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.


1) The first line is of this song is, "My life is brilliant." Using one word, describe your life.

Changing

2)  This is about a chance encounter between strangers in a crowd,specifically the subway. What "crowded place" were you most recently in?  

The nursery on the first beautiful sunny day. Everybody was out buying plants and flowers.

Got Pots?

3) Near the very end of this song, James Blunt sings, "It's time to face the truth." Do you believe you face things head on? Or do you tend to deny or put off the unpleasant?

I withdraw for a bit, then I face it.

4) James Blunt went to an all-boys school. Some educators recommend single-sex classrooms because they maintain girls just naturally approach subjects like math and science differently than boys do. Do you agree?

I have no opinion about this. Our daughter is an electrical engineer and our granddaughter is excellent with math, but I don't know that they approach it differently. 

5) Blunt put his father in charge of his finances. Income taxes are top of mind for many of us this time of year. Do you do your own taxes? Or do you go to an accountant or tax preparation service?

My husband always did the taxes until this year and I did them for the first time with help of turbo tax.

6)  In 2005, the year this song was a hit, the sitcom How I Met Your Mother was also popular.  Do you know how your parents met?

At church, I think. I'm really not sure.

7) 2005 is also the year Tom Cruise famously jumped on a sofa. Do you remember where he did this?

Yes. The O show. I didn't see it ...just remember what a big deal was made of it.

8) 2005 was also the year YouTube really took off. What's the last video you watched?

A clip from Everybody Loves Raymond about healthy snacks.

9) Random question ... Which of these high profile jobs would you enjoy more: head of General Motors, CEO of Apple or president of the New York Yankees? 

Maybe  the New York Yankees. I like baseball. 

My answers may be a little boring this week. One story I will tell about my parents was that my grandparents were very strict with my mom. When she and dad went out on a date, they were supposed to go to church. However, they went to a cake/pie supper instead. My mom won the "pretty girl's cake" and when she brought it home, my Granny was mighty put out with her for telling a fib and told her she should have won the ugly girl's cake!