Here's last year's quiz-

Mun Mun Quiz II (2003)


1.Mun's childhood arch-enemy was:
a) Matthew
b) Stephanie
c) Lynne
d) Elana
[Last names deleted]

2.Name the location where Mun has NOT thrown up?
a) Ralphs Market in Pasadena
b) The Tioga pass
c) Throughout the Angeles forest
d) The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion orchestra section

3.At around age 4, Mun announced that when she grew up she would marry:

a) Chico Marx
b) Dusty (from Dusty's Treehouse)
c) Javitt, the samoyed dog down the street
d) Dana Andrews (co-star of faved movie "Up In Arms")

4.Sheeba is the name of
a) Mun's computer
b) Mun's late dog
c) Mun's car
d) Mun's unfinished novel

5. Shortly after a 5-day-long visit from Mun and her dad in August, their German hostess:

a) Moved and left no forwarding address
b) Checked herself into rehab
c) Had a small stroke

6. In the classic Bustown Kids tour-de-force, "The Bustown Kids Go to Lake Arrowhead," Josie Kidd gets scared because

a) There is a "running,screaming burglar"
b) Mr. And Mrs. Pilly's son, Ghost Person, appears
c) The posters are running around

7.In Mun's opinion, one of the most underrated films of all time is

a) Bugsy Malone
b) Little Darlings
c) Foxes
d) International Velvet


8. In the last 15 years, the dumbest thing Mun did NOT buy was

a) Vintage spats, one size too small
b) A Dijeridu
c) The Fisher Price Little People parking garage
d) View Master slides of Pee Wee's playhouse
e) Mun bought all of the items above

Note to self: Remember to ask P. if I can borrow his bootleg copy of Smile.

Hurrah, we're all free now

I always leave my screen door propped wide open so my cats can come in and out easily. The other day a hummingbird didn't see the screen and flew right into it. Its beak got stuck in the mesh. I sheltered it from the cats who were too stunned to pounce right away. It freed itself after a second and flew away. I'm embarrassed to say I found its predicament a little amusing. It looked like a something out of a cartoon. That's schadenfreude for you.

Have you ever been watching what you think is Frontline on PBS and the show has the same serious narrator with the chilling voice as Frontline and everything seems like Frontline only at the end it turns out you've been watching Nova? Then, you think, oh, yeah, it's Tuesday night this is Nova. But why did it seem like Frontline? Why don't they just call it Frontline instead of pretending it's Nova?

It's weird now that I have comments on my blog, my rhetorical questions aren't really rhetorical anymore. On the other hand, nobody answers the questions or reads this blog, so I guess they are still rhetorical.

Has anyone tried Jack in the Box's new chicken tacos? If so, please tell me how they compare to their delicious yet horrifyingly greasy beef tacos.

Trader Joe's has beautiful daffodils this week for 99 cents. Daffodils are also poisonous to cats, so I put them on a shelf my cats can't get to. Go buy some, okay?

A Friendly Reminder

Easter is almost here. If you have cats, be aware that Easter Lillies are poisonous to them. For a list of plants toxic to pets, check out this link.

• http://www.furr-angels.com/toxicplants.htm

In Googling myself, I came across an interesting tidbit. There was a Saint Mun in the 5th century who was the nephew of Saint Patrick. He was a hermit who lived on an island called Lough Ree. I'm kind of a hermit too. Maybe I'll be beatified or canonized one day by a religious cult.

I've been having zero thoughts lately yet I feel compelled to post something. So,to prepare you for this year's birthday quiz, here is an old quiz. I'll post the answers another day...

THE MUN MUN QUIZ (2001)

Having never been married, I feel a little left out when re-runs of the Newlywed Game are on. After all, who knows my endearing little quirks? On whose head could I bop a piece of poster board in mock anger and get away with it? Let’s see how well you know the real Mun.

1) When "makin' whoopee," Mun would say it's most like what Graham Greene novel?

a.The Power and the Glory
b.Journey Without Maps
c.The Third Man

2) When Mun titrates the dosage of her pills, she cuts them with:

a. a karate chop
b. her teeth
c. a switchblade

3) Mun's most enticing pickup line is

a. How do I get to the Maori exhibit?
b. Why don't you come over and bust up this
here chiffarobe?
c. Tell me about the voices.

4) When reading her cats' Osho Zen Tarot, Milo chose which card:

a. The Miser (4 of Rainbows)
b. The Source (Ace of Fire)
c. Friendliness (2 of Water)

5) Inkblot chose which tarot card?

a. Politics (7 of Clouds)
b. Understanding (Page of Water)
c. Exhaustion (9 of Fire)

6) Mun is most attacted to

a. Brad Pitt
b. Pierce Brosnan
c. Nathan Lane
d. Keanu Reeves

7) What is NOT a way Mun & Oge like to taunt their sister, Margaret?

a.By chanting, "Where's My Catpin?" over and over under their breaths.
b. By singing clown music whenever Margaret wears a red sweater.
c.By spamming Margaret's inbox with good luck totems and voodoo curses.
[Note:This question had to be tossed out because,unbeknownst to me,it turns out we do all of those things]

8) Mun's favorite Jackie Chan movie (by a hair) is

a. Supercop 2
b. Who Am I?
c. First Strike

9) At Baskin Robbins, Mun is most likely to order

a. a milkshake
b. a banana split
c. an ice cream soda

10)When Mun failed to know the significance of the battle of Dunkirk in World War II, her Uncle Jack was

a.Appalled at her shocking ignorance
b. Shocked at her apalling ignorance
c. Ignorant of her apalling shock

10) What Ultimate Fighting Champion has NOT trained Mun in jiu jitsu?

a. Vitor Belfort
b. John Lewis
c. Ken Shamrock

11) When given a choice of Pixie sticks, Mun will always choose

a.Red and Purple
b.Orange and Green

12) Mun identifies most closely with which Bustown Kid?

a.Fatso Riley
b.General Nixon
c.Greenie Baby
d.Ch'lie the Pig
e.What's a Bustown Kid?

I didn't realize bloggers could add comment links from Haloscan for free. Thanks for the tip, Safety Neal! I know that only about three people ever read this blog. However, if anyone *feels* like adding comments to old postings, I will be checking my backfiles compulsively until something shows up. It'll be like hunting for easter eggs.

The aphasias are in bloom again.

Chicks dig me.

But why don't Chucks?

Instead of doing my homework, I've been thinking about Rumpelstilskin. Why did knowing Rumpelstilskin's name obliterate him? I"ve gotta think about it more, but I bet I can figure it out using a Jungian analysis. That is, consider all the characters as parts of one person's psyche. I'll have to check Bettelheim's "Uses of Enchantment" and see if he talks about it. Rumpelstilskin is one of those fairy tales that leaves a bad taste in your mouth. The king is a real piece of work. He's the kind of superego I can do without.

Holy shit! Have you seen George Harrison's son, Dhani?

I like this website http://www.thememoryhole.org/
I was thinking about taking my nephews to Sea World, but maybe I'll stick to Legoland. Check out the site index for Sea World and see the horrific result of whales colliding during a show.