I got one of those "Get to Know your Friends" surveys in my email the other day and thought I'd share my responses...

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* NAME: Stone Cold

1. WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING? 0510
2. DIAMONDS OR PEARLS? I can't eat either one, so I really don't care.
3. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT A THEATER? "Ice Age."
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE T. V. SHOW? Anything on the Discovery Channel
5. WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? A 30-egg omelette
6. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Freezing
7. FAVORITE CUISINE? Arctic
8. WHAT FOOD DO YOU DISLIKE? Anything lean
9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? White
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD AT THE MOMENT? The soundtrack from "Cold Mountain."
11. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? A Yukon, of course.
12. FAVORITE LUNCH? Grilled cheese and seal sandwiches
13. WHAT CHARACTERISTICS IN PEOPLE DO YOU DISLIKE? Not tasting good.
14. MY FAVORITE PAST-TIME IS: Eating
15. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Spitsbergen. It's my ancestral homeland.
16. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SINGER(S)? Vanilla Ice, Ice Cube, Ice-T
17. FAVORITE BRAND OF CLOTHING? I don't wear clothes
18. TO WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE? The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
19. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY? My 2nd, when I killed my first seal all by myself.
20. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? Hockey and wrestling.
21. FURTHEST PLACE YOU ARE SENDING THIS? Minnesota
22. PERSON YOU LEAST EXPECT TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU? Raya, since she isn't used to talking to bears.
23. PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND IT BACK FIRST? Christine
24. GOAL YOU HAVE FOR YOURSELF? To eat as much as I can, stay cool, and maul a few insurgents
25. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? December 11th
25a. ANY FAMOUS PEOPLE SHARE YOUR BIRTHDAY? Nobody better try to muscle in on MY birthday!
26. HOW MANY WEDDINGS HAVE YOU BEEN IN, INCLUDING YOUR OWN ? I was going to be a ringbearer at Josh and Kelly's wedding, but I ate the ring.
27. ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A NIGHT PERSON? Here I'm a night person, because it's too darned hot during the day!
28. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE? 87
29. PETS: None. I am one.
30. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? I broke into the freezer at the dining hall last night and not only did I have a good meal, but I had the best night's sleep I've had since arriving here!
31. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE ? bigger.
32. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Hot. and hungry
33. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? Seal-flavored jelly beans
34. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLANT OR FLOWER? I don't eat plants or flowers, so it doesn't matter much
35. WHAT DAY ON THE CALENDAR ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO? Whenever it starts getting cooler here.
36. WHERE IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE EVER BEEN FROM HOME? Basra, Iraq
37. A SMALL THING YOU REALLY ENJOY? Getting a letter from Milkshake
38. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? "Call of the Wild," and "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?"
39. WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? Beating up another bear for the right to marry Milkshake
40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALBUM? Whichever Foreigner album had "Cold as Ice"
41. WHAT MAKES YOU CRINGE? Global warming
42. IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Eat
43. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THAT YOU WILL VISIT AGAIN? Norway
44. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THAT YOU WILL NEVER VISIT AGAIN? Iraq
44. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? Ice Age, Cool as Ice,The Ice Harvest, The Day After Tomorrow
45. WHICH CAME FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG? The bear that surprised and ate both of them.
46. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU MADE SMILE TODAY? None yet. Usually I make people scream.
47. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD, WHAT DO YOU SEE? Something that needs more snow and ice
48. CATS OR DOGS? Cats - I get nervous around dogs.
49 GOOD OR BAD? Hungry.
50. SOMETHING PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU? I ran away from home when I was just an adolescent because my older siblings kept beating me up. I ended up leaving Alaska for Minnesota because I thought White Bear Lake sounded like a great place to live. That was where Kelly found and adopted me.