Getting to Know You
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firecat, here's a survey / meme that I'd love it if my readers answered any or all of in the comments.
1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
26) This was left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.
34) This was also left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A.
35) Do you believe in God?
A.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.
And if you want my answers, let me know in your comment :)
firecat, here's a survey / meme that I'd love it if my readers answered any or all of in the comments.1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
26) This was left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.
34) This was also left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A.
35) Do you believe in God?
A.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.
And if you want my answers, let me know in your comment :)
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Date: 2008-01-31 11:19 pm (UTC)A. No.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I wanted to be an archaeologist.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. Singing.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Unsweetened iced tea. With no lemon.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Spinach. Or green beans, which aren't technically vegetables.
6) What was the last book you read?
A. An anthology of the greatest time-travel stories of the 20th century.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Aries.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. None of either.
9) Worst Habit?
A. Perendination.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. If I knew you, sure. We've never actually laid eyes on each other. :)
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Jumping to conclusions? Seriously, though, I guess that'd be bowling.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Optimistically negative.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. If I knew you, I'd talk to you. If I didn't know you, I'm sure we'd at least commiserate about being stuck on an elevator. :)
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. All I can think of are things that happened to other people, but I was really sad. Like when my father died, or my grandmother had to have emergency surgery, or when Gremlin died or when I had to decide to have Taz put to sleep.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I broke my left foot in college...playing tennis. During Tennis 101, even.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. Not any more. :(
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I'd welcome you in and offer you every hospitality.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. I figured anyone Marcia calls a friend is good enough for me to do the sme. :)
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. That depends a lot on the clown and the situation. Most of the time, they're of no interest to me. But sometimes, they're creepy as all get out.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. I'd be optimal weight.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. That would depend on the situation, but probably "conscience" is more likely. :)
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Greenish-bluish-brownish...which I think They call "hazel."
23) Ever been arrested?
A. Nope.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Bottle.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Pay off some debt.
26) This was left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A. Dendroaspis polylepis.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. Anywhere there's friends or family. Or entertainment such as Internet, movies, books, podcasts, music, or TV. :)
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. Not in the slightest.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. See #27. :) + Writing.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. That depends on what you're comparing it to. Compared to, say, nuns, I swear a lot. Compared to steel workers, I am a nun.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. People who let their snot-nosed brats run rampant in public spaces without any regard to other people.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Complex.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Sure.
34) This was also left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A. Skullcosm.
35) Do you believe in God?
A. Not in the slightest.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Maybe. :)
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Date: 2008-02-01 01:03 am (UTC)A. Perendination.
Ah, I do appreciate it when something sends me to the dictionary :)
what my answers were
Date: 2008-02-01 01:01 am (UTC)A. Sort of. Robert and I have the world's longest running brief meaningless fling.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. The first thing I remember wanting to be was an astronaut. Later I read about Madame Curie and wanted to be a chemist.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I'd like to pick up foreign languages easily.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Depends on my mood, but a gin and tonic is typical.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. I eat carrots almost daily.
6) What was the last book you read?
A. I'm in the middle of D. R. Meredith's By Hook or By Book.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Virgo.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. No. I have had mehndi (henna tattoos) done, but the whole idea of anything permanent creeps me out.
9) Worst Habit?
A. Sloth.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. If I noticed you, sure, but I can be kind of oblivious.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. To watch - baseball. To play - hmmm, I'm more a walk or dance than sports person, though I used to play tennis. And I do like to swim, though I rarely do.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Usually optimistic.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Talk.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. I was hit by a car when I was 15. I wasn't really injured, but it was traumatic anyway.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I always set the alarm clock for times ending in 17, 37 or 57.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. Not currently.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. The odds are that I wouldn't be home. If I were, I'd invite you in, of course.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. (omitted for generality)
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. I don't really think about clowns. More silly than cute or scary, I guess.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. My front upper teeth. It's a long story, involving an adult tooth not coming in, a couple of episodes of minor surgery and years of unsuccessful orthodontia.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. It would depend on the crime in question, but more likely your conscience.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. My documents list my eyes as hazel, though I have to admit I'm not entirely sure what color "hazel" is. I think of my eyes as sort of greyish-green.
23) Ever been arrested?
A. No.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. I mostly drink bottled seltzer. If I do drink soda, it tends to be cans because they're typically smaller.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Save half and use half for a trip somewhere.
26) This was left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A. Are there any goals you've given up on? I've sort of accepted that I'm not going to win the Olympics or the Nobel Prize, but only reluctantly.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. The deck of a small ship on the ocean. Just staring out at the water and sea birds. I can settle for watching the sea from land.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. No,
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Read.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. I swear more than I'd like to, but less than most people I know.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Voice recognition systems.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Intrepid.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Yes.
26) This was left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A. Wait, there was already a blank one. You want two? How do you feel about people who can't count? A. They should not be allowed to write surveys.
35) Do you believe in God?
A. I believe in the godly.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Sure.
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Date: 2008-02-08 10:39 pm (UTC)A. Surprisingly, Yes.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. Probably not to grow up, but I'd have to say to be a scientist.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I wish I could draw.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. A B&B
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Broccoli, hands down (or heads up.)
6) What was the last book you read?
A. Integrity -- by Egil Krogh
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Cancer
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. No. I used to have a pierced ear but developed metal sensitivity (other than musical.)
9) Worst Habit?
A. Procrastination.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. You!? Of course.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Basketball
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Optimistic
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Laugh about it. Alot.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Being kidnapped at age 4. Fortunately no long-term damage was done to me. My mother was a different situation.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I've had very drunken conversations with Roger Ebert and Frank Rich.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. Four Cats.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I'd apologize for the mess.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. Intelligent, witty and amazingly creative for a science type.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Can I vote neither?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. I'd like to be taller.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Conscience. I'm such a drag.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Brown.
23) Ever been arrested?
A. Yes. Both proudly (in the '60s) and not-so proudly.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Bottle.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Go to Rio.
26) This was left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A. Q. What is the favorite place you have visited. A. Oaxaca, Mexico.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. Home, if I have to hang.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. No.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. As I've just developed spare time, I'm still figuring it out.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. What the F**k do you think?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Bad speling.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Easy-Going.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Yes.
34) This was also left blank in the original. Pick a question you would like to be asked, and answer it.
A. Q. What is the least favorite place you have visited? A. Grenada, Nicaragua.
35) Do you believe in God?
A. Yes, but probably not in anyone else's definition of God.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. I would, but you've already answered the questions.
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Date: 2008-02-09 12:20 am (UTC)A. Being kidnapped at age 4. Fortunately no long-term damage was done to me. My mother was a different situation.
This sounds like a really interesting story. Were you kidnapped by a stranger or a relative?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Easy-Going.
Marcia and I usually describe you to people as the epitome of a charming Southern gentleman.