<p>Okay, people! We've spent way too much time obsessing over something about which we can do absolutely nothing at this point...</p>
<p>Being a veteran recipient of compulsive e-mail forwarders, it seems the questionnaire format can spark up some lively conversation--you know, something other than offers to share in the riches of deposed African nobility, cheap prescription drugs and stock tips!</p>
<p>So here goes. Just answer the questions:</p>
<p>(1) FAVORITE FAST FOOD JOINT?
(2) FAVORITE MINDLESS TELEVISION SHOW?
(3) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--MALE?
(4) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--FEMALE?
(5) FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA?
(6) LEAST FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA?
(7) FAVORITE IRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER?
(8) BEST MALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS?
(9) BEST FEMALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS?
(10) FAVORITE NOTRE DAME LANDMARK?</p>
<p>I'll start with my answers:</p>
<p>(1) Sonic (it's not just good, it's SONIC good!--Love the tator tots!)
(2) Next (I'm screening what the kids watch, honest! :))
(3) Tom Cruise (Brooke Shields ought to slap him!)
(4) Britney Spears (at first I thought she married K-Fed as a PR stunt, before realizing she really is that stupid!)
(5) History
(6) Science of any kind
(7) Jeff Samardja (he's got the will to win!)
(8) I would have said Morrissey, but my son is in Fisher now and really loves it, so it's my new favorite...but from 1980-1984 it was Morrissey hands down
(9) LYONS HALL, then, now, and forever more, beyond question! :)
(10) Nothing beats the Golden Dome aglow while walking across the campus at night</p>
<p>Okay, folks--what are you waiting for? Pile on!!!!!!!!!!! :)</p>
<ol>
<li>Portillo's (its a chicago thing)</li>
<li>Laguna Beach</li>
<li>Tom Cruise</li>
<li>Jessica Simpson</li>
<li>Science? I'm not totally sure.</li>
<li>HISTORY</li>
<li>BRADY QUINN!! And I also love Zibby and John Sullivan.</li>
<li>Um, my dad was in Dillon?</li>
<li>Walsh? That's where my mom was.</li>
<li>Probably the Grotto or the quad.</li>
</ol>
<p>(1) Wendy's
(2) Laguna Beach (my Fairfield County town is just like it, sadly)
(3) Tom Cruise
(4) Paris Hilton
(5) Biology
(6) History
(7) Brady Quinn. need i say more?
(8) ??? i wish i knew
(9) ???
(10) the golden dome</p>
<p>We went to Portillo's last time we were in Chicago...it was awesome! Looks like Tom Cruise is the uncontested ridiculous male celebrity so far... Let's keep it rolling!</p>
<p>(1) FAVORITE FAST FOOD JOINT?Tie between Wendy's & Subway
(2) FAVORITE MINDLESS TELEVISION SHOW? All MY CHildren
(3) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--MALE? ATom Cruise
(4) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--FEMALE? Paris Hilton
(5) FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? Anatomy
(6) LEAST FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? Literature
(7) FAVORITE IRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER? Tie Jeff/Brady
(8) BEST MALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? I have an affection for Pangborn Hall DOn't know what it is now
(9) BEST FEMALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS?
(10) FAVORITE NOTRE DAME LANDMARK? Touchdown Jesus</p>
<p>I figure since the last reply I made was only about Portillo's, I'll actually answer the questions this time!</p>
<p>(1) FAVORITE FAST FOOD JOINT? Subway, it's all about the Italian BMT.
(2) FAVORITE MINDLESS TELEVISION SHOW? Those Real World/Road Rules challenges.
(3) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--MALE? Hmm. Well there seems to be a consensus on Tom Cruise.
(4) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--FEMALE? Britney Spears and I think Madonna is pretty ridiculous sometimes too.
(5) FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? Literature!
(6) LEAST FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? History.
(7) FAVORITE IRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER? Brady Quinn. It's a shame he'll gone the year I (might) finally get to ND.
(8) BEST MALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? ....I can't really say!
(9) BEST FEMALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? See #8
(10) FAVORITE NOTRE DAME LANDMARK? The Grotto. I could pray there for hours.</p>
<p>(1) FAVORITE FAST FOOD JOINT? Leeann Chin (MN chain- I miss it SO much!)
(2) FAVORITE MINDLESS TELEVISION SHOW? Gilmore Girls
(3) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--MALE? So many to choose from...
(4) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--FEMALE? Again...
(5) FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? Biology/Chemistry
(6) LEAST FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? Philosophy...ugh
(7) FAVORITE IRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER? Brady Quinn
(8) BEST MALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? Hmm...maybe Dillon?
(9) BEST FEMALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? Walsh of course!
(10) FAVORITE NOTRE DAME LANDMARK? The Basilica</p>
<p>(1) FAVORITE FAST FOOD JOINT? In - N - Out typing that made me hungry
(2) FAVORITE MINDLESS TELEVISION SHOW? Pardon the Interuption
(3) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--MALE? Tom Cruise
(4) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--FEMALE? Lindsey Lohan (sp)
(5) FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? History
(6) LEAST FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? Literature
(7) FAVORITE IRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER? Jeff Samardja only cuz of baseball
(8) BEST MALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? .....
(9) BEST FEMALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? .....
(10) FAVORITE NOTRE DAME LANDMARK? touchdown jesus</p>
<p>Is Laguna Beach still pretending to be a spontaneous reality show? I've watched it a few times, and find it hard to believe (disturbing? :)) that there could possibly be that many ditzy high school girls on the planet!</p>
<p>(1) FAVORITE FAST FOOD JOINT? Wendy's or Sonic (gotta love those Ched R' Bites)
(2) FAVORITE MINDLESS TELEVISION SHOW? Laguna or The OC
(3) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--MALE? Def. Tom Cruise
(4) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--FEMALE? Um....?
(5) FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? Economics/Math
(6) LEAST FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? I don't really have one....yet
(7) FAVORITE IRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER? Brady Quinn or Zbikowski
(8) BEST MALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? Alumni or O'Neill
(9) BEST FEMALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? Lyons (on account my sister lives there)
(10) FAVORITE NOTRE DAME LANDMARK? The Grotto/Main Building</p>
<p>Chillin and RunRin, you both say that Laguna Beach isn't all that far from how high school girls are today. My daughter says the same. Just curious, are you guys or girls, and how do you cope with that much blatant ditziness? I know at times it irritates her, but she has a good group of friends that don't operate in that orbit... How bout you?</p>
<p>1) FAVORITE FAST FOOD JOINT? potillos! yeah chicago
(2) FAVORITE MINDLESS TELEVISION SHOW? the oc, watched season 3 in a week! :)
(3) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--MALE? i'm not gonna lie i don't know any celebrity gossip, im sheltered in my little world of school football/basketball and the little social time i have
(4) MOST RIDICULOUS CELEBRITY--FEMALE?
(5) FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? math/economics!
(6) LEAST FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREA? english lit
(7) FAVORITE IRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER? TOMMY Z!! i go to schaumburg and watched him literally dominate us in football in 8th grade as quarterback of buffalo grove and i fell in love lol
(8) BEST MALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? wish i knew, ummm which dorm wont he intramural fball league? lol that's my favorite
(9) BEST FEMALE DORM ON NOTRE DAME CAMPUS? walsh! my favorite cousin (who is with us for thanksgiving :) yay) lives there!
(10) FAVORITE NOTRE DAME LANDMARK? touchdown jesus, hands down</p>
<p>FAST FOOD- Wendy's
MINDLESS TV SHOW- Yo Momma
RIDICULOUS MALE CELEBRITY- Tom Cruise (why not?)
RIDICULOUS FEMALE CELEBRITY- Paris Hilton/ Nicole Ritchie
FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT- History, government, etc...
LEAST FAVORITE ACADEMIC SUBJECT-anything with math
FAVORITE IRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER- Dan Carlson...and Fasano before him. I guess it's just the combo blocking/great hands TE.. and it's my old position.
BEST MALE DORM- ZAHM! Go Zahmbies!
BEST FEMALE DORM- Cavanaugh
FAVORITE ND LANDMARK- Golden Dome</p>
<p>I guess I'm pretty much use to it, but there is usually only a small click or group that is like that, and I usually dont chill with them..... but yet again i do on some ocasion and i usually walk away with a head ache</p>
<p>They usually think they are the hottest... most popular people at a party or something... but usualy they are the butt of most jokes</p>
<p>I am a guy and you just pretty much laugh at them behind their backs....that's how you deal. My group of friends definitely don't have stuff like that going on. In reality though there isn't too much of that going on...then again I live in a small town, not a suburb so the cliches aren't quite so inclusive. But yeah, the drama is still definitely there.</p>
<p>My daughter is convinced these Laguna types have a hammerlock on the guys, and so she writes off the guys that hang in the Laguna social orbit. I tell her that guys are guys, and if a group of cute girls--ditzy or not--take the initiative to have them come along, the guys are going to go. A wee bit of stubborn on her part that she figures if they succumb to that scene, they aren't worth the time. I try and tell her it's not all that well-thought of a decision on the guys' part. Cute girls say come on let's hang out; guys say sure. End of in-depth relationship analysis! </p>
<p>Very interesting to get your perspectives on this! :)</p>