So Christina sent me this one. I always love filling out surveys about myself. I feel like I should keep every one of these surveys I do and track my answers over a lifetime. It is interesting to see how we change. Anyway, here are my answers. If you are so inspired, copy and past the text into an e-mail and shoot it back to me (mandounette@free.fr).

Voila.

1. What time is it? 4:57
2. Name as it appears on birth certificate: Amanda Beth MacBlane
3. Nicknames: Mandounette, Mandoune, Doudoune, Ydnam, the Amazing Amanda, MackDaddy, Dodecahedron Girl, Klogbeb—Chief of the Boombaba tribe
4. Number of candles on your last birthday cake? I don't think I had a cake… but I did receive sake juice boxes.
5. Pets: I really, really, really want a cat and we are going to get one when we move. We want to name him Clark Gaybeul. Until this glorious moment, I have to content myself with Stephane's cat impressions.
6. Hair color: I'm a blonde. I tried to deny it, with Manic Panic and mousse that makes it looks darker. But it is blonde. I feel like I should be having more fun.
7. Piercings: 5 man-made holes in my body. 2 in each ear and the nose one.
8. Eye color: Well, I have mutt eyes…they're kind of green and grey with little orange flecks in them. I have studied them for hours trying to figure out what color they are.
9. Hometown: Rochester, New York
10. Town you live in: Saint-Mande, FRANCE
11. Favorite foods: baguettes, smoked gouda, babaganoush, pain au chocolat aux amandes (chocolate almond croissants), yogurt, mangoes, Navratan curry, mujadara, the Cosi Signature Salad, my vodka sauce!
12. Ever been to Africa: Sadly no. But the Youssou N'dour concert I went to last week was like being in Africa.
13. Been toilet papering: No, never. I am no vandal.
14. Love someone so much it made you cry? Of course. And I can make other people cry too!
15. Been in a car accident? Yes. My favorite was the Bob Dylan concert accident. It had it all—a banana explosion, drunk and/or stoned drivers, people fleeing the scene, cops finding them hiding in a ditch, a serious case of whiplash…
16. Croutons or bacon bits? Croutons. Especially homemade ones.
17. Favorite day of the week? Well, it is Friday of course.
18. Favorite restaurant? Oooh! There are so many.
Top 3 in Paris: Bistrot Lucas (super French), Vy Da (Vietnamese), Kilim (Turkish)
Top 3 in New York: Jasmine (Thai), the Skylight Diner (super American), 3D Bakery (Jamaican)
Top 3 in Ithaca: Just a Taste (tapas), Pangaea (new American), The Moosewood (veggie)
19. Favorite flower? I don't really have one. I like carnivorous plants though!
20. Favorite sport to watch? Live: baseball. On tv: gymnastics and figure skating (I'm such a girl…)
21. Favorite drink? Stella's Bloody Mary
22. Favorite ice cream flavor? Berthillon pear sorbet or hazelnut gelato
23. Disney or Warner Bros.? Pixar. I guess that's still Disney for now. Oh, well.
24. Favorite fast food restaurant? Wendy's in the States, Quick in France
25. What color is your bedroom carpet? No bedroom, no carpet.
26. How many times did you fail your driver's test? 0. "I'm an excellent driver. Dad lets me drive in the driveway. I'm an excellent driver."
27. Before this one, from whom did you get your last email? The New Yorker
28. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Express, La Fnac
29. What do you do most often when you are bored? Blog, plan my dream life
30. Most annoying thing people say to me? Anything that comes out of the mouth of a man on the street that I don't know.
31. Bedtime? Midnight.
32. Who will respond to this email the quickest? Carey, if she hasn't already sent me this e-mail in the past
33. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond? Competition is tight.
34. Favorite TV shows? Futurama, Smallville, Alias, True Hollywood Story, Seinfeld
35. Last person you went out to dinner with? Stephane and Maya at the Creperie!
36. Ford or Chevy? I come from a chevy family.
38. Time you finished this email? 5:44

And what happened to number 37 I ask you?