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Sarah Chan, wife of Mayor Don Iveson
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( l7 v k, \: W- o1) It’s Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast?. W" h9 n0 z7 A! K" V* P
. K2 a+ ]7 H0 n; } T% MA Cappuccino, made with full fat milk.
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2) If you didn’t do what you do for a living, what would you be?: A% d! |9 o: ~ P/ H2 u9 Y
0 C6 v \4 H: _" ?( |, ?8 iI love my students, so it’s difficult to imagine life without teaching and music. I would probably get paid meagerly for all the not-for-profit work I am currently doing for free?
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) c. t% }( P0 Z3) Who’s your hero?4 j" K& D3 |' p/ n n: w. |
, h; h1 x, f" h+ B; {% Q/ G! DMy Parents. I would be nothing without them. Literally and figuratively!8 D8 v5 D$ j/ X
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4) Last book you couldn’t put down?+ g1 M; i' M( ~ f
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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I also love the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. After my English degree, it has been difficult for me to look at words on a page without falling asleep immediately.
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5) Who was your childhood celebrity crush?
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Bon Jovi.* P0 _* S8 G3 H! h& ?6 H
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6) What’s playing in your iPod (CD, cassette or eight-track) right now?
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" x& i: N& n& p" Y1 I; \Recently, lots of AC/DC, Kansas, and Aerosmith. Nostalgic tunes that make up the soundtrack to my summer trips to the lake. Also, Chromeo and Robyn when it’s time for a dance party.
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, ~ H+ a0 {: e8 X7) If you could see one concert, what would it be?* c, F' ?& A9 R% S# L6 T
* ?# c% Q& N2 L6 b) \" yRolling Stones. Everybody tells me that the Stones are better than the Beatles (I am a huge Beatles fan) and follows up by stating I can’t make an accurate assessment of the Stones because I haven’t seen them live. I would consider it a part of my research.
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9 w) p8 N( m4 t5 z8) What’s the best thing about Edmonton?
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& Z2 W/ a- T( W7 @( W; H/ t+ gThe people. I am quite fond of our current mayor.
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9) What’s your weirdest habit?" C+ _/ P! U0 D5 s( V: d
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How about my most irksome habit? Saying what I think. It routinely gets me into trouble and makes it difficult to make friends.
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10) What’s your biggest pet peeve?/ r& R/ p6 [ J
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Can I have two? Inefficiency and insincerity. Though the latter is just a different version of the prior.
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11) What’s your fast-food guilty pleasure?
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+ L4 d9 ?' ?) u* g( S7 aTeen combo at A&W, with root beer.% D& K/ ] G, \% L
: r, N1 ^3 l* ?" g/ O% X12) What was your most embarrassing moment?! ^8 @1 k4 A. e! h2 L
, K$ i$ r- ?- R* `: ~' l; yToo many to count! I have the habit of embarrassing myself almost daily. Everything from forgetting having previously meeting people, to spilling coffee on myself, and always putting my foot in my mouth. I run the gamut of embarrassing moments.3 Y( c" W* d$ f- D4 n- Q% T7 Q
/ U% a; L/ z/ ]13) Which person, alive or dead, would you like to have dinner with?
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' G1 O# V' Z7 ~) `- p/ FMy Grandma, at one of the Chinese diners in Vancouver’s Chinatown of the 90s. I miss her so much.) c9 ]' Z, w. o, J+ T- j9 J9 x
( i0 z( \) G, ^14) What’s your favourite vacation destination?
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Hong Kong. The transit system is phenomenal.
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1 u. ]6 n* _; d, Y15) What is your favourite TV show?: g% ?% S0 U R/ x
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The Wire and Buffy if we’re going way back. Also love Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead.
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16) What’s your dream car?
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My dream transportation is a completed LRT network in tandem with my bike!
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9 o# v1 i$ t: s, g# s& n6 i, T17) If you could have one super power, what would it be?
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" {! Q# w' H+ o9 sBe two places at once.
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& n) b5 |! m& |8 c/ e: v18) What’s the one thing you haven’t done that you’d love to do?
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, |# F1 N7 m2 uSee my kids grow up to be awesome adults.
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19) If we’re buying, you’re having....( F5 w2 Z: V9 s* Q# ~# f
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Champagne and french fries.2 m- o. s% u# R+ C4 j) h
6 o% q1 J( V! @, l) J4 n20) What are your words to live by?4 E! }$ N+ u7 u9 D
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What’s next?
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FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 03, 2015
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