So…what is the Monday Poll?
Well, it isn’t exactly a poll. It’s more of a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random list of questions I’ve been putting out to readers every Monday morning for the past 10 (!) years. (It’s like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you enjoy reading mine. ?
1. Cherries or strawberries? (Yes, or, because in this nightmare scenario you can only pick one.)
Cherries, especially Ranier, YUM!
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
R&B
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
Skydiving
4. Park or museum?
Park
5. Long or short nails?
Short, short, short!
6. Side or center part?
Side
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
If I were at my pre-baby size, tight and short; these days, however, flowing and floor-length.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
BREAKFAST!
9. Cool or crazy?
Crazy. Or crazy cool, LOL!
10. Black and white, or color?
Color
BONUS: Pen or pencil
Pen
Sweets, you know what I’ve decided? I’m not going to be afraid to say “yes” to new experiences and to new opportunities. That’s my theme for this week (and maybe even for the upcoming month of May). Say yes. 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Here are the questions to copy/paste.
1. Cherries or strawberries?
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
4. Park or museum?
5. Long or short nails?
6. Side or center part?
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
9. Cool or crazy?
10. Black and white, or color?
BONUS: Pen or pencil
Jane says
1. Cherries or strawberries? Strawberries, but only local NJ ones
2. Electronic, R&B or funk? R & B definitely
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving? Neither. Love to swim, but not with sharks and I am afraid of heights.
4. Park or museum? I like art museums
5. Long or short nails? Not too short, but not really long.
6. Side or center part? side part
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short? What about cocktail length. I am too short for floor length and too old for tight.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner? lunch
9. Cool or crazy? I like the idea of crazy cool as well.
10. Black and white, or color? I love black and white clothing
BONUS: Pen or pencil – pen
Have a great day!
Marina (Makeup4all) says
1. Cherries or strawberries? Strawberries
2. Electronic, R&B or funk? none
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving? skydiving
4. Park or museum? both!
5. Long or short nails? long almond shaped
6. Side or center part? usually side
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short? it depends on the mood but never too short
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner? ALL!!!
9. Cool or crazy? crazy
10. Black and white, or color? BLACK and red
BONUS: Pen or pencil pen
Have a great week, Karen x
Chris25 says
1. Cherries or strawberries?: Strawberries.
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?: Electronic.
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?: My two worst fears! Swimming with sharks.
4. Park or museum?: Museum.
5. Long or short nails?: Short.
6. Side or center part?: Side.
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?: Flowing and floor-length.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?: Breakfast.
9. Cool or crazy?: Cool.
10. Black and white, or color?: Color.
BONUS: Pen or pencil: Pen.
Chelsea says
1. Cherries or strawberries? Strawberries! I eat them almost every day. But Michigan is known for cherries, so I’d miss them a lot.
2. Electronic, R&B or funk? 90s R&B for life!
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving? EEEE they both sound awful. I’ll take sharks I guess.
4. Park or museum? Museum! But really it depends on the park and the museum.
5. Long or short nails? I love the look of long nails but I pick at my face too much for them.
6. Side or center part? Center part, always. I look odd with side parts.
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short? Both!
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner? Breakfast!
9. Cool or crazy? I’m probably more crazy than cool.
10. Black and white, or color? Black!
BONUS: Pen or pencil. Pen, preferably in a color
Syah says
1. Cherries!
2. R&B.
3. Oh god…Swimming with sharks gives me a pit in my stomach which probably means I should do it.
4. Museum!
5. Short.
6. Side part.
7. Flowing and floor-length always.
8. Brunch?
9. Crazy.
10. Color!
BONUS: Pen or pencil. Pencil. 🙂
Efrain says
1. Cherries or strawberries?
Strawberries, even though I’ve never tried fresh cherries.
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
R&B
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
Skydiving
4. Park or museum?
Museum
5. Long or short nails?
Short nails
6. Side or center part?
Center part.
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
I think it’d depend of my humor, but I’d prefer something knee-length and big like Christian Dior’s New Look.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Breakfast because Mexican breakfast can easily be brunch because of the amount of food and I don’t have to worry about carbs.
9. Cool or crazy?
Crazy, it’s better to think outside of the box.
10. Black and white, or color?
Color.
BONUS: Pen or pencil
Pencil.
Karen says
OMG! You’ve never had fresh cherries? Hopefully when you visit the Bay Area (because I know it’s gonna happen), it’ll be during a time when they’re available because they’re life changing.
Ya know, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a Mexican breakfast.
Efrain says
Going for cherries seems like a legit reason to go the Bay Area; in fact we also have cherries here but they’re on the expensive side.
A typical Mexican breakfast in a restaurant goes like this:
-A cup of hot coffee, hot chocolate or tea.
-A piece of Pan dulce.
-A glass of juice and/or fresh fruit.
-Main course: Chilaquiles with eggs, enchiladas, enfrijoladas, steak with nopales and black beans, eggs (scrambled, fried or in omelet) with beans, and even pancakes.
So yes it’s a big breakfast.
Ruchita says
1. Cherries or strawberries?
Strawberries.
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
Let’s get funky!
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
Yikes – probably skydiving.
4. Park or museum?
Park.
5. Long or short nails?
Short.
6. Side or center part?
Side part.
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
Flowing and flooor-length.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Breakfast all day.
9. Cool or crazy?
Crazy.
10. Black and white, or color?
Black because it goes with everything!
BONUS: Pen or pencil
Pen. I wonder if they still make those pens where you can click to select a color.
Happy Monday!
Karen says
Hi Ruchita,
How are you and the kitties doing? Did you guys do anything fun over the weekend?
I can’t summer is finally around the corner. Tabs is excited about going out every day.
Eleni says
Send me some colour because London is so grey today, it’s unbelievable! Happy Monday anyway :). Onto the questions:
1. Cherries or strawberries?
Cherries – actually I really don’t like strawberries. Not sweet enough.
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
R&B
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
Skydiving and ideally with a group!!
4. Park or museum?
Park and ice cream 🙂
5. Long or short nails?
Short and cute!
6. Side or center part?
Side
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
Both? Let’s go with flowing for today though.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Lunch! Although we Greeks eat big dinners too!
9. Cool or crazy?
Cool!
10. Black and white, or color?
Colour!
BONUS: Pen or pencil
Pen
xxx
Karen says
It’s gray and overcast here, too, Eleni. Hopefully the sun will come out soon!
Tammy says
Hope your week is off to a good start!
1. Cherries or strawberries? Strawberries
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
R&B
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
Skydiving
4. Park or museum?
Park
5. Long or short nails?
Short!
6. Side or center part?
Side
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
Flowing all the way!
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Yes.
9. Cool or crazy?
Crazy
10. Black and white, or color?
Color
BONUS: Pen or pencil
Pen. Yes, they still make the pens where you can click to select a color. In fact, there are customizable ones now! You can buy the “shell” of the pen and ink refills separately. There’s even different sizes of tips (0.3mms up to 0.7 mms)! I have one and love it to pieces.
Karen says
Thanks, Tammy! I hope your week is off to a great start, too.
By the way, I remember using those four-color click pens back in college. Everyone in my science classes LOVED them. All throughout lecture you could hear clicking pens in the background. Ahh, good times. I had no idea they still made them.
Denise Sheffield says
1. Cherries or strawberries?
Cherries! Touch choice because I love them both!
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
R&B
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
Neither, lol. Both sound like a horror show
4. Park or museum?
Park but I love museums too!
5. Long or short nails?
Short
6. Side or center part?
Center
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
Short not too tight though
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
dinner
9. Cool or crazy?
Crazy!
10. Black and white, or color?
Color!!
BONUS: Pen or pencil
pen
Karen says
Hi Denise,
Happy Monday to you! I hope you’re having a great one so far.
Katie says
1. Cherries or strawberries?
Fresh strawberries with whipped cream all the way. One of my favorite snacks of all time, always.
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
Ooh, R&B!
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
Neither, I’m terrified of falling and I know I’d freak out with the sharks. Maybe skydiving, to try to get over my fear.
4. Park or museum?
Museum, I’m a geek!
5. Long or short nails?
Shortish – like a millimeter or two past my fingertips. I’d keep them longer if I didn’t work with my hands.
6. Side or center part?
Just off-center.
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
Flowing and floor-length, so I can eat a big lunch.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Dinner! One of my favorite things is getting dinner with my mom.
9. Cool or crazy?
I wish I could be cool but I often come across as pretty wacky.
10. Black and white, or color?
Color! I love color.
BONUS: Pen or pencil
Pencil more often than pen, but a mix of two.
Karen says
Thanks for filling out the poll today, Katie. I didn’t know you were an R&B lover like me!
Now I’m craving strawberries with whipped cream, ha!
Katie says
I love R&B to chill out at night! And now I am too, ever since I saw the poll I’ve been wanting strawberries! I’ll have to pick up a box at the store tomorrow.
Rachel R. says
1. Cherries or strawberries? Strawberries
2. Electronic, R&B or funk? Funk
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving? Swimming with sharks would be a dream come true. I love them. Plus, I’m afraid of heights. I would only jump out of a plane if it were on fire.
4. Park or museum? Museum
5. Long or short nails? Short. I can’t do anything with long nails.
6. Side or center part? Side
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short? Flowing and floor-length
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner? Dinner
9. Cool or crazy? Crazy
10. Black and white, or color? Color
BONUS: Pen or pencil? Pen for writing; pencil for drawing or coloring
Lulle says
1. Cherries or strawberries?
It’s a tough one, but I’d pick strawberries. Although raspberries are my favorites!
2. Electronic, R&B or funk?
Electronic
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving?
As long as the sharks are not the people eating kind, then swimming. I’ve see a leopard shark while snorkeling once!
4. Park or museum?
I love both! I’ll say park because it’s more relaxing.
5. Long or short nails?
Short. I can’t stand when my nails get too long and I can’t type comfortably on my keyboard!
6. Side or center part?
Left side
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short?
I’m more comfortable in flowing and below the knee.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Dinner with a glass of good wine!
9. Cool or crazy?
Kool
10. Black and white, or color?
Hmm both? One statement color paired with black or white.
BONUS: Pen or pencil: fountain pen!
Hope you have a great week Karen! Mine had a really stressful start (outpatient surgery this morning) but things should go smoothly now.
Leelee B says
1. Strawberries (homegrown only!)
2. Funk music
3. Swimming with sharks. Yeah, I know.
4. Museum, museum, museum!!
5. Long nails.
6. Side part?
8. Dinner!
9. Cool.
10. Color?
BONUS: Marker
laura says
1. Cherries or strawberries? Cherries but that’s a tough one.
2. Electronic, R&B or funk? Electro.
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving? Swimming with anything, I am such a mermaid at heart.
4. Park or museum? Park. Museums bore me.
5. Long or short nails? I love long nails but they tend to be unpractical.
6. Side or center part? I have had a side part for years but recently I have discovered that a center part can be really pretty.
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short? Flowing and floor-length.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner? Breakfast. Although I tend to skip it and have a nice dinner.
9. Cool or crazy? Crazy.
10. Black and white, or color? COLOR!! I would die without color.
Tatiana says
1. Cherries or strawberries? Tough one. Gonna say Cherries because I feel the season is shorter than Strawberries.
2. Electronic, R&B or funk? Rock n roll.
3. Swimming with sharks, or skydiving? Skydiving?
4. Park or museum? Museum
5. Long or short nails? Short!
6. Side or center part? Side
7. Flowing and floor-length, or tight and short? Long and flowing.
8. Breakfast, lunch or dinner? Breakfast all day long. Waffles, pancakes, french toast, croissants, bacon and eggs! Eggs, scrambled, fried, poached, baked.
9. Cool or crazy? Crazy
10. Black and white, or color? B&W
BONUS: Pen or pencil Pens! Unless I’m drawing, then I like a nice smudgy pencil.