Friday Five
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angledge1. What's your favorite "weekend" roadtrip destination (someplace within about 400 miles of home)?
Ithaca, NY, the location of my alma mater, Cornell University. Ithaca is fun for me because 1) some of my college friends have settled there; 2) it's full of strong memories from college days; 3) it's splendidly beautiful; & 4) it's an interesting little town full of strange & wonderful people. I highly recommend it as a weekend trip, even if you don't know anyone there. Also it was once picked by Girlfriends magazine as the best small town in America for lesbians - makes me wish I'd been out during college ....
2. Who taught you how to drive?
Eek. My mother. We both barely survived the experience.
3. Do you have a "dream car"? If so, what is it?
My dream is a living situation where I don't need a car. But since I've fallen in love with a determined suburbanite, that may be improbable. So barring that, I'd love either a gas-electric hybrid like a Prius, or a Cooper Mini. I also really enjoy being a passenger on Stacy's Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.
4. Do you consider yourself a good driver?
Not particularly. I speed constantly, I eat while I drive, I play with the radio. I've caused two accidents (both minor, but still). I once hit a duck at 75 miles per hour. On the other hand, I've never driven while drunk, I don't talk on a cell phone while driving, & I can drive just about any vehicle short of a 18-wheeler.
5. What was your first car?
1981 Buick Regal two-door sedan, brown on brown paint job with a brown velour interior. The car was so ugly she was nicknamed Medusa.
Ithaca, NY, the location of my alma mater, Cornell University. Ithaca is fun for me because 1) some of my college friends have settled there; 2) it's full of strong memories from college days; 3) it's splendidly beautiful; & 4) it's an interesting little town full of strange & wonderful people. I highly recommend it as a weekend trip, even if you don't know anyone there. Also it was once picked by Girlfriends magazine as the best small town in America for lesbians - makes me wish I'd been out during college ....
2. Who taught you how to drive?
Eek. My mother. We both barely survived the experience.
3. Do you have a "dream car"? If so, what is it?
My dream is a living situation where I don't need a car. But since I've fallen in love with a determined suburbanite, that may be improbable. So barring that, I'd love either a gas-electric hybrid like a Prius, or a Cooper Mini. I also really enjoy being a passenger on Stacy's Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.
4. Do you consider yourself a good driver?
Not particularly. I speed constantly, I eat while I drive, I play with the radio. I've caused two accidents (both minor, but still). I once hit a duck at 75 miles per hour. On the other hand, I've never driven while drunk, I don't talk on a cell phone while driving, & I can drive just about any vehicle short of a 18-wheeler.
5. What was your first car?
1981 Buick Regal two-door sedan, brown on brown paint job with a brown velour interior. The car was so ugly she was nicknamed Medusa.
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Date: 2003-09-19 08:10 am (UTC)1. What's your favorite "weekend" roadtrip destination (someplace within about 400 miles of home)?
Like you said, Ithaca, New York. If I'm making a roadtrip there, generally it means A) bunch of friends, B) bunch of drinks, C) bunch of shenanigans, and D) bunch of games. Yes, all of the above, 9 times out of 10. Plus, sure, it's all pretty and stuff. But really, it's about the wacky hijinks.
2. Who taught you how to drive?
Mom, Dad, Driver's Ed, Family Friend, and the arcade game Pole Position.
3. Do you have a "dream car"? If so, what is it?
See any James Bond movie where he has a car with jets, missiles, guns, cloaking devices, aquatic capabilities, and a thousand other shiny gadgets. Damn straight.
4. Do you consider yourself a good driver?
Moderately. I'm pretty aware of the road, drive extra-safe in bad weather, don't drive drunk, and stuff. Sure, I've gotten pulled over for speeding before, a few times, but that's nothing really special.
5. What was your first car?
1984 Audi Fox, maroon red like a fox, by coincidence. Destroyed by a pile of dirt. How lame.
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Date: 2003-09-19 09:24 am (UTC)1. What's your favorite "weekend" roadtrip destination (someplace within about 400 miles of home)?
Ditto Ithaca, though I don't like to do it on less than a 3 day weekend since it's pretty far from here. I also like Philly and NYC.
2. Who taught you how to drive?
Parents. I don't recommend learning on a stick.my dad nearly killed me a billion times over.
3. Do you have a "dream car"? If so, what is it?
If someone would make a hybrid SUV that gets, like, 40mpg, I'd be all over it. Barring that, I may try for a hybrid Honda Civic next.
4. Do you consider yourself a good driver?
Yes. I speed but keep a safe following distance, and haven't been in an accident (with someone else) since I was 16. I much prefer driving than riding with others, though that may be more about my own paranoia than it is about the driving skills of my friends.
5. What was your first car?
1991 Toyota 4Runner- and I still have it!
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Date: 2003-09-19 10:02 am (UTC)You can't sign up for it separately. It's just one of the things that goes on within the Grrls In Action email list. I'll usually post them here, though.
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Date: 2003-09-19 10:09 am (UTC)