As you have noticed, this has been a slow week on the blog front. Sorry guys ... I'm two workdays away from spring break and I'm a little overwhelmed. On break I should be a blogging fool. In fact, I have a blog project that should fill up a lot of space.

For now, here's a survey thing I found on Myspace ... yeah ... a survey thing I found on Myspace

100 Things You Might Not Have Known About Me!

(number 101 is "I hate overused exclamation points.")

1. EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT RING?
No, though I've given one ...

2. LONGEST RELATIONSHIP?
six and a half years and counting.

3. LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?
A page-a-day calendar my mother-in-law forgot to give me at Christmas ... January-March are sitting in a big slab on my desk right now.

4. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DROPPED YOUR CELL?
Not as often as it has dropped me.

5. WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT?
Um ...

6. THING(S) YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON?
well ... comic books, okay ... comic books and debt ... and, because I'm married to Amanda, travel

7. LAST THING YOU ATE:
Sun Chips ... with some ducks I know.

8. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX??
Look ... I know this is awful but, if they're standing up ... it's probably breasts. I'm not proud of this, but I can't lie to you people!

9. ONE FAVORITE SONG?
No ... though "I Will" by the Beatles is way up there

10. WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Columbia University, Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York State

11. HIGH SCHOOL YOU ATTENDED:
Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA

12. CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER?
Cingular

13. FAVORITE MALL STORE(S):
bookstores ... comic stores ... yep ...

14. LONGEST JOB YOU HAD?
This is sad, but three semesters at Quinnipiac ... though two of those were just one class per semester

15. DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF DICE?:
Do the ones that come in my Wizard of Oz Monopoly game count?

16. DO YOU PRANK CALL PEOPLE?:
No. And did my answer to that last one sound gay?

17. LAST WEDDING ATTENDED?:
My cousin Jane's last summer, but I'll be at another one next weekend.

18. DO YOU FIND DANNY GIBEL SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE?
Don't know who he is, but I'm guessing no.

19. LAST TIME YOU ATTENDED CHURCH:
Believe it or not, it was the weekend before last. Dan and I were visiting Alison and Scott and attended a Unitarian Universalist service.

20. FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT:
I like many far too much, and while I probably frequen Subway more often I'll say McDonald's because it just makes me feel so darn American.

21. BIGGEST LIE YOU HAVE HEARD?
"I'm a uniter, not a divider."

23. WHERE'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT WITH FRIENDS?
Huh ... another question that shows how few friends I have ... I'll say Alice's Teacup, though I probably prefer hanging around in a living room with takeout.

24. CAN YOU COOK?:
Well I'm not physically incapable ...

25. WHAT CAR DO YOU DRIVE?:
Don't have a regular car, though Amanda still owns her Saturn and we get that out semi-often.

26. BEST KISSER?:
Amanda (like I'm gonna say someone else ...)

27. LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Childhood ... sorry, I'm dead inside.

28. MOST DISLIKED FOOD:
I'll say Brussels Sprouts

29. THING YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
I don't get upset easily.

30. THING YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
I'm too lazy

32. LONGEST SHIFT YOU HAVE WORKED AT A JOB?
Well, once or twice at Summer Theatre I worked 9-12:30, 2-5:30, 7-dawn (with lights changeover) if that counts

33. FAVORITE MOVIE?:
I'm terrible at narrowing down ... I'll say The Muppet Movie for today

34. CAN YOU SING?:
No ... listen to that Allegories album sometime

35. LAST CONCERT ATTENDED?:
Golly ... does an in-store TMBG appearance count? They did perform.

36. LAST KISS?:
Amanda an hour or so ago.

37. LAST MOVIE RENTED:
G just arrived via Netflix ... it's class-related.

38. THING YOU NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT?
wallet/Metrocard

39. FAVORITE VACATION SPOT?:
London

40. HAVE YOU EVER STABBED A PUERTO-RICAN WITH A nail gun?
I think he was Dominican ...

41. DO YOU LIKE CHINESE FOOD?:
In America, yes ... oddly, not in China

42. IS YOUR ROOM CLEAN?:
bedroom, yes because I share it with someone ... study, no

43. LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER?:
desktop, though many important files are on my near-death Ibook

44. FAVORITE COMEDIAN?
Abe ... well, maybe Eugene Mirman

46. SLEEP WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES?
Well, not nude ...

47. WHO SLEEPS WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT?:
Amanda ... and often Fenway

48. DO LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS WORK?
Yes ... sitcom pilot about them do not, though

49. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE?
Five or six ... not all resulted in tickets ... and once I was frisked because I fit the description of a bank robber .. seriously, but I was just walking then

50. PANCAKES OR FRENCH TOAST?
pancakes

51. DO YOU LIKE COFFEE?:
No.

52. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?:
Scrambled or omelets ... poached have their charm, too

53. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY?:
No

54. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?:
Amanda calling me for lunch

55. LAST PERSON ON YOUR MISSED CALL LIST?:
Some guy in Orange County who called me by mistake thinking I wanted "tickets" for something

56. WHAT WAS THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE YOU RECIEVED?
"Yo dog, update?" from Abe, wanting a Sox score ... but my phone was nearly dead.

57. MCDONALDS OR BURGER KING?
Well, as I said above, McDonald's but to everything there is a season.

58. NUMBER OF PILLOWS?
One per occupant ... except when Fenwya joins us, in which case he often steals mine.

59. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING RIGHT NOW?
The soundtrack to the nice but misguided 1999 Broadway revival of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

60. PICK A LYRIC, ANY LYRIC OR SONG?
Well, that's not a question, but ... "I already know the ending, it's the part that makes your face implode. I don't know what makes your face implode, but that's the way the movie ends"

61. WHAT KIND OF JELLY DO YOU LIKE ON YOUR PB & J SANDWICH?:
If it must be jelly, strawberry, but I prefer jam ... raspberry, ideally

62. CAN YOU PLAY POOL?:
no

63. CAN YOU SWIM?
yes, but I don't ... it's a scam

64. FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Mint chocolate chip (to clarify the abpve, I hate getting water in my ears)

65. DO YOU LIKE MAPS?:
Quite a bit, though a free map I got from Kelloggs as a child made me think the US was an island with a flat north coast.

66. TELL ME A RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOURSELF?
I used to think the US had a flat north coast

68. EVER ATTEND A THEME PARTY?:
Yes ... the theme always seems to be "annoy Noah"

69. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?
Summer, but basically any season I can be a curmudgeonly jerk, as I am above

70. LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED AT SOMETHING STUPID?:
A few hours ago, though I forget what it was

71. WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING?
4:20 AM ... yeah ... I don't want to talk about it

72. BEST THING ABOUT WINTER?:
The first three snowfalls ... oh, and Christmas

73. LAST TIME A COP GAVE YOU A TICKET?:
For parking, last summer

75. NAME OF YOUR FIRST PET?:
Madonna (but that was long before the pop singer came around) ... I use her son Ishmael for my porn name, though

76. DO YOU THINK PIRATES ARE COOL OR OVERRATED?:
Overrated ... the joke's a little done, guys ... of course I've used them in two plays now

77. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?
I may see RICHARD III and try to visit the Riviera for a Sox game on Sunday

78. Ever had your butthole licked?
No ... and how the hell did this question get mixed in with the rest?

79. Is there someone you work with or go to school with that you want to bone?
Well, I suppose technically I work with Amanda in the sense that we both work in offices at Columbia ...

80. Ever had a sexual thought while in class or at work and it turned you on?
Um ... duh

81. What's the one thing you won't do for a million dollars?
Spend one million and one dollars

82. Ever had sex with someone so ugly that you just had to say "damn, i've stooped to a all time low"?
No, I always use the proper indefinite article before a noun that starts with a vowel.

83. Have you ever farted on your partner?
Look, you share a bed for six years, things happen and may I say that this survey is starting to get really gross and personal

84. Have you done your taxes this year?
Yes, in the sense that we sent stuff to my accountant and got it back and owed money and now we aren't going to Ireland this summer so thanks for bringing it up

85. DO YOU OwN A LAPTOP? ???
Well I guess repetitive questions are better than dirty ones.

87. ARE YOU SMILING?:
Not after questions 78-83

88. DO YOU HAVE ON EYELINER?:
No. I actually really hate it. I hate all makeup but putting a pointy pencil near my eye is really not much fun.

89. DO YOU MISS SOMEONE RIGHT NOW?
Sure.

90. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
Tokyo ... no, Italy

91. DO YOU HAVE A MYSPACE?:
Yeah, recently ... http://www.myspace.com/smithnoah

92. ARE YOU GOING TO GRADUATE?:
Probably not again, no

93. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?:
Would it be cute or weird to mention my wife ... I'd say it kinda goes beyond that

94. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NAME?
DEWEY!

95. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHING SUIT?:
Black, I think

96. DOES YOUR SCHOOL START IN AUGUST?:
The one I work at? Yes.

97. DID YOU GO ON VACATION LAST MONTH?
Other than a weekend in Boston, no.

99. DO YOU HAVE A SISTER?
Well, I guess I have six or seven sister schools ...

100. ARE YOU UPSTAIRS?
Many of them