Friday's Feast #07 - Two in one!

Note: The Friday's Feast website is down today, so I just came up with my own personal version of Friday's Feast for this week... Then I found Bethany's website with more (and better redacted) questions, so I'm playing both!

GABRIEL's FRIDAY FEAST

Appetizer - What would be your most treasured memory of your childhood?
I'm not sure... the first memory that came to my mind was when I was about 9 or 10 years old and scored a goal playing a soccer game with my uncle Ernesto and his friends. Not only I was the only kid on the field, I was an awful soccer player; they just let me play because I was getting annoying, but then I found a ball bouncing in front of me, I kicked it as hard as I could... and it went in! I thought I was in Heaven.

Soup - When was the last time you just 'bit your tongue'?
Yesterday morning. Can't say more.

Salad - Name that silly fact about you that was unknown...until now.
Back when I was a kid, I was afraid of a newspaper, because it had an article about a Dutch school teacher that had died climbing the Aconcagua. I was so impressed by that, that I hid the newspaper behind the chimney, and would come back periodically just to check that it was still there... only to put it back and run away (I bet it's still there after more than 30 years!).

Main Course - You're a superhero, but with 'non typical' superpowers. What would your super powers be, and what would you like to be called?
My 'non typical' superpower would be the ability to turn healthy vegetables into meat! I'd like to be called 'Atkins Man'.

Dessert - World Cup final, Olympic Games, Superbowl, World Series, NBA finals, Stanley Cup... which one would you like to play in?
Being the soccer fan I am, my first reaction would be to say "To play in the World Cup final". But to me, there's no sport event like the Olympics. To be part of the opening ceremonies, to live in the Olympic village, to compete against the world's best, that would be priceless. And imagine if I brought a medal home!/div>

BETHANY's FREAKY FRIDAY QUESTIONS

1. What are some of your favorite websites?
Mostly newspapers from Argentina (Ecos Diarios, Clarin, Ole) and here in Waterloo (The Record). Those I visit every day. Then, my blogbuddies; and after that, my guilty pleasures: sites like TMZ and Enemigo del Silencio (both dedicated to gossip, the latter also from Argentina).

2. If you had boy/girl twins today, what would you name them?
Mmm... the boy would probably be José (my middle name) and the girl Verónica Agostina (I chose both my and my wife's favourite girl names).

3. What was your favorite grade in elementary school? Did you have a favorite teacher?
I think it was grade four, back in my hometown (Necochea, Argentina). I don't remember my teacher's name, but I liked her very much. Same with grade five, and I do remember the teacher's name (Teresa).

4. What types of punishment did your parents use while you were growing up? Which were most effective on you?
I don't think my father ever punished me, since my parents got divorced when I was six and I wasn't living with him. The 'favourite' method would be physical punishment, sometimes to the point of exhaustion. But it never worked...

5. Can you parallel park? Did you have to parallel park for your driving exam?
Yes, I can. I mean, most of the times. OK, sometimes I am just terrible! And yes, it was part of my driving exam both in Argentina and then in US.

Bonus: Use this site to find where you should live. What are your top 5 and have you ever been to them before?
This is what I got:

1. Anchorage, Alaska (!)
2. Palmer, Alaska (!!)
3. Lewiston, Maine
4. Kent, Washington
5. Plymouth, New Hampshire

Of all of those, I have only driven past Lewiston back in April of 1998. Now, look at the cities. Two in Alaska, one in Maine, one in Washington, one in New Hampshire. Number six on the list was also from Washington state. Can you tell I live in Canada and I like cold weather? :-)

This was a lot of fun!!

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