It's a very early Friday morning, and I cannot sleep. Waking up with a temperature of 102 sort of makes trying to sleep a bit uncomfortable. Needless to say, I thought I'd take this opportunity to present this week's Friday's Feast:
Appetizer
What is your usual bedtime? Do you like that, or would you rather it be different?
My bedtime should be around 10:00 PM. I rarely follow that schedule, although yesterday I went to bed at 8:30 PM because I didn't feel good. And now, here I am up at 3:05 AM.
Soup
When it comes to advice, do you give more or receive more?
I tend to receive. I always like to hear how other people would handle any given situation.
Salad
Describe a memorable meal you've had.
My Mom's chicken and leeks all cooked in a wok and finished off with a light mustard sauce. Oh man. I long for that! And her spaghetti and meatballs, I cannot let that go unmentioned, either. No matter how hard I try, I cannot duplicate the same flavor of my Mom's spaghetti sauce.
Main Course
Name a work of fiction that affected the way you think about something.
Stephen King's "It." I love that book, although I feel it's a bit too lengthy at times. For some reason, that book inspired me to write a small collection of short stories in the early 1990s. I wrote them all on an an Atari 130XE, printed them out, and managed to lose them all a few years later. Bummer.
Dessert
What is your favorite type of fruit juice?
Orange. With lots of pulp. I prefer the "Simply Orange" brand.