1: I’ll respond with something random about you: I love that you loved Little Golden Books as a child. Who knew??
2: I’ll challenge you to try something: use a slight accent one day at author mail and see if anyone picks up on it.
3: I’ll pick a color that I associate with you: Gold (your ring, the Emla earrings)
4: I’ll tell you something I like about you: You care deeply about how your friends are doing and want everyone to be happy.
5: I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you: Probably the view of your back from my subrights office as you stood near Leah’s desk circing acquisition materials.
6: I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of: a baby jungle cat
7: I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you: Seriously, what should I do with my hair? You have good hair and are good at research. Thoughts?

…Now do me!!

1: I’ll respond with something random about you: When I was 16, you once called me at work to ask how to work our microwave. I made fun of your for having a doctorate in something other than Basic Appliance Manipulation. You’ve obviously since blocked that out since you deny it ever happening. Not unlike how you deny telling me that “when {I} have five degrees, four from ivy league schools, then {I} can eat in the living room.”
2: I’ll challenge you to try something: Indian food. Trust me. Also, my stepmom totally owes me one if you go through with this.
3: I’ll pick a color that I associate with you: Orange and blue (like the rugby shirt you wear. Every day.)
4: I’ll tell you something I like about you: You have created some seriously fantastic offspring. Also, in retrospect, whenever I think about a difficult decision I had to make, I realize that you knew the right answer all along and you still let me get to it (or, miss it entirely) myself. That has got to be really hard to do.
5: I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you: My first memory, period, is of those dogwood trees that used to be in the front yard. My first one of you, I think, involves the record of Christmas Eve on Sesame Street you used to play for me before I went to bed, back when I was in the tiny bedroom. And a lot of you pulling my pigtails back when I was foolish enough to let you & mom do my hair.
6: I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of: An owl? I’ve run out of bears. Going for the wise-ness aspect. Alternatively, something with an enormous head. Thanks for passing that along.
7: I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you: Okay, seriously, C-R-I-S-T-I-N?? What were you THINKING? Subquestion: When I was born, did you have any ideas about who I’d grow up to be? How many of them were right?

1: I’ll respond with something random about you: On many more than one occasion, I’ve wished I had your inherent beauty. (cheese alert! Really, though)
2: I’ll challenge you to try something: Run a 5k this summer. I’m doing one May 20 and I’m more nervous about it than anything else in my life, so I think you should join me.
3: I’ll pick a color that I associate with you: warm yellow.
4: I’ll tell you something I like about you: How articulate you are. I’ve never seen you stumble over your words or search for ones that aren’t there.
5: I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you: My favorite one is from when we were practicing recruitment rotation before rush senior year and I had you and all the other #1s acting as PNMs (yeah, this response just got confusing for anyone who’s *Non-initiated*) and you guys started introducing yourselves at the door with fake names– you and barbara went on a harry potter kick, and at one point you shook my hand and intro’d yourself as Crookshanks.
6: I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of: Since I’m on a bear kick, I’m going with koala bear for you.
7: I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you: outside of who killed JonBenet, what other burning questions have you come across since college?
8: If I do this for you, you must post this in your journal: E, I’m leaving this mandate up for you.

1: I’ll respond with something random about you: Kyle knows all the words to the following songs: Love at First Sight/ Kylie Minogue; All Night Long/ Lionel Richie; Cry Me A River/ Justin Timberlake.
2: I’ll challenge you to try something: Use the sentence “Maybe those democrats really do have their heads on straight about something” without a lack of irony sometime in the next month.
3: I’ll pick a color that I associate with you: Green and Gold, specifically the stripes on your rugby jersey. Specifically, the one you’re wearing in the picture that you set as my desktop wallpaper sophomor year when you broke into my room and password protected my computer. Without telling me the password.
4: I’ll tell you something I like about you: You’re the most loyal person I know.
5: I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you: Beating everyone else on our respective freshman halls to Baskin Robbins during one of those awkward orientation socials, circa the third day of college.
6: I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of: A bear (non polar this time).
7: I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you: What does rabbit taste like?

LYF