Your favorite virtue?
Broadmindedness.
Your favorite qualities in a person.
Honesty and loyalty.
Your chief characteristic.
Ambition (although it is sometimes seen as “overzealousness” and being hard to work with).
What you appreciate most in your friends.
Truthfulness (although sometimes it hurts, and you wanna slap them upside the head!!).
Your main fault.
Overextending myself, which I do on a daily basis (but hey, I am now part of AARP, so you know you can’t teach me anything).
Your favorite occupation.
DUH, running a Disney Park (or playing one of the princesses).
Your idea of happiness.
My family at home, my extended family in Ohio and Arizona, and my true friends make up my happiness.
Your idea of misery?
Loved the character Kathy Bates played in the movie. Oh, that’s not what you are looking for: definitely losing my family.
If not yourself, who would you be?
Someone in a position of power who would have influence and the possibility to change worldviews and trends (maybe the Pope, just for the red Prada shoes, and that damn hat).
Your favorite color?
“Disney Bouncy, Bouncy, Tigger Orange” (you have to see the tattoo to understand).
Where would you like to live?
Europe. In some countries, they are so much more laid back then we are here. Bill and I have visited many places where they work to go on their vacations. We in the U.S. are programmed to work our asses off, and have to save everything. It is for this reason so many people here miss out on seeing the beauty and wonders the world has to offer.
Your heroes in real life?
Three great men: Larry Kramer, the Dali Lama, and my husband.
Your favorite food and drink?
Sushi & flavored vodkas. I probably would mix them together in a blender: Sushitini?
What do you hate the most?
Untruthfulness, gossipmongers, and the damn bloody horror movies that my husband makes me watch–I usually have my head buried under a pillow!
The reform you admire the most?
Being a former service member, the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
The natural talent you’d like to be gifted with?
A singing voice (unlike my current one that makes the dogs run away and the neighbors call the cops thinking someone is being bludgeoned).
How do you wish to die?
Happy, holding my hubby’s hand (oh, yeah, and quickly: I am not good at pain and blood–see the horror movie reference above).
What is your present state of mind?
I lost my mind years ago, so it doesn’t have a present state.
Terry DeCarlo is the Director of Development for Broward House,
South Florida’s oldest and largest not-for-profit HIV/AIDS service organization.