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Courtesy of realcdaae.
1. How old do you wish you were? Any age younger than my current age.
2. Where were you when 9/11 happened? I’d just come home from the lab. It was lateish, I was exhausted and I was eating my dinner and trying to watch trash TV, but all that was showing were these bloody skyscrapers with smoke pouring out of them on every channel. Then I saw the second plane hit and thought “Holy fuck.” My dad was still awake saying his nightly prayers in the living room and when he stumbled up to go to bed I said to him, “Jesus, Dad, someone’s flown planes into the World Trade Centre!” He was half asleep so he muttered, “That’s nice.” And then he went to bed…Yeah. It was surreal.
3. What do you do when vending machines steal your money? I attack the bloody machine with a vengeance. It happens often in my building. So far, the score is Machine: 5000, Shayne: 2.
4. Do you consider yourself kind? Not really. I’m too cynical to be kind. I know you can be kind and cynical but for some reason it doesn’t apply to me.
5. If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be? Got one. Boring. Next question.
6. If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be? Spanish.
7. Do you know your neighbours? Not really. The ones on the right of us are nice and they periodically have cute cats that get run over. The ones on the left have an annoying yappy fucker of a dog that I wish would get run over.
8. What do you consider a vacation? Anywhere but here.
9. Do you follow your horoscope? Being a scientist and (usually) a student of rational thought, no.
10. Would you move for the person you loved? Bill Cosby said something very interesting once. He said (and I’m paraphrasing) that when he first was courting his wife-to-be, he loved her so much that he would move a mountain for her, and swim across an ocean for her. Twenty years later, he loved her even more than he had before, but he wouldn’t climb a set of stairs for her or swim across a bathtub for her. So ask me the question again in 20 years.
11. Are you touchy feely? Depends on the person. If they’re touchy-feely, I tend to be as well. If not, I respect their personal space.
12. Do you believe that opposites attract? All I know is that too much of the same thing is boring.
13. Dream job? Member of an insanely successful touring rock band.
14. Favourite channel(s)? TV sucks hairy dogs’ balls.
15. Favourite place to go on weekends? See question 8
16. Showers or baths? Showers. Ending up lying in your filthy bathwater is abhorrent.
17. Do you paint your nails? If I say yes am I gay?
18. Do you trust people easily? Not anymore. When I was a kid I was very quick to place my trust in anyone who was nice to me. Life taught me well.
19. What are your phobias? I have many. Spiders. Women drivers. Creationists. The list goes on. (The women drivers crack was just a joke. Really. Please don’t kill me.)
20. Do you want kids? Oh god. If this gets back to Eva…I don’t know. Sometimes it’s an appealing idea. Then I actually see/hear/detect the hideous odour of kids and think, “You know what? No. Definitely not. Keep your small personage away from me.” Maybe someday there will be Mini Shaynes running around. God help us all.
21. Do you keep a handwritten journal? Nah.
22. Where would you rather be right now? See questions 8 and 15.
24. Heavy or light sleep? Pretty heavy. I have to update alarm clocks because I get used to them and can tune them out after a while.
25. Are you paranoid? I believe Kurt Cobain summed this up very nicely in the song “Territorial Pissings.”
26. Are you impatient? Extremely.
27. Who can you relate to? I agree with realcdaae. This is a bloody stupid question.
28. How do you feel about interracial couples? Considering I’m in an interracial relationship, and have only ever had interracial relationships…comfortable?
29. Have you been burned by love? Bring on the stake and the kerosene, baby.
30. What's your life motto? I’m too cynical for life mottos.
31. What's your main ringtone on your mobile? “Ring ring.” There is a special place reserved in hell for mobile phone users who have annoying catchy ringtones. Yes I realise this includes most of my friends.
32. What were you doing at midnight last night? Sleeping for once.
33. What did the last text on your mobile say? “Always!” And no, I’m not explaining context.
34. Whose bed did you sleep in last night? Some hot girl’s. Eva’s. Yes, it’s my bed too. Shuddup.
35. What colour shirt are you wearing? Grey. With thum extwemely wuvwy lighter grey hemlineth…it’s hard to write in “camp.”
36. Most recent movie you watched? La Sierra…actually, that’s more a documentary. Um…you know, I actually think it was Batman. And no, it hasn’t been that long since I watched a movie, I just bought it on DVD, smart-arses.
37. Name three things you have on you at all times? Smokes, wallet, keys. In that order.
38. What colour are your bed sheets? Did the person writing this meme have a boring day or what? You know, I can’t remember. Because I have better things to do than look at the colour of my sodding sheets.
39. How much cash do you have on you right now? Four hundred Canadian dollars. Don’t ask.
40. What is your favourite part of the chicken? *sigh* Would you believe that I’m not trying for a hopeless pun when I say the breast?
41. What's your favourite town/city? As much as I bitch and moan about it, Melbourne.
42. I can't wait 'til: I can kill pop starlets with impunity/ I’m lying in my own filth in a gutter with an empty bottle of Jack resting on my belly/ I never have to do another PCR again/ I can throw various shoddy scientific instruments and items of office equipment out of our third floor window/ I can go to Jamaica and open my bar on the beach…this is one of those questions that could keep going so I’m stopping right here.
43. Who got you to join myspace? mywhat?
44. What did you have for dinner last night? George Foreman came to the rescue yet again and I knocked out that fat..
45. How tall are you barefoot? 5' 9”-10” (? Not sure really).
46. Have you ever smoked heroin? Nope. Don’t plan to either.
47. Do you own a gun? Oh, it’s high on my wish-list. There’s a bullet out there with Missy Higgins’s name on it.
48. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Mmm….coffee…………………I’m sorry, what?
49. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? It’s so secret even I don’t know about it. Seriously, when it comes to the opposite sex and perceived interest I’ve always been notoriously hopeless. Thank god I have a girlfriend who made all the moves for me 6 and a half years ago.
50. Do you have A.D.D.? Sometimes I think so. Like now, for instance.
51. What time did you wake up today? Six o’freaking-clock in the shitting morning.
52. Current worry? That I’m going to spend eternity in this bloody lab. And I will be here for eternity if this damned meme doesn’t end soon.
53. Current hate? I have many. Somewhere near the top of the list is Little Johnny Howard and his boss Dubya. And Bon Jovi. Oh God, I hate Bon Jovi. Hardcore soccer fans. Hang them all. EDIT Let's add having to edit typos and formatting problems in long LJ posts to that list...
54. Favourite place to be? See questions 8, 15 and 22.
55. Where would you like to travel? South America.
56. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs? Hopefully not here. Probably in another lab doing pointless work and wishing the same thing.
57. Last thing you ate? Coffee……mmm…. Yes coffee counts as food, damnit!! It’s its own food group as far as I’m concerned.
58. What songs do you sing in the shower? I try not to sing. It just spoils it for everybody.
59. Last thing that made you laugh? penelope_jane and her wonderful interpretation of molecular microbiological acronyms. Yes, I’m that boring.
60. Worst injury you've ever had? A very bad dog bite. I hope the dog was put down slowly and painfully. And yes, I love dogs but I still hope he was put down slowly and painfully. Little fucker.
61. Does someone have a crush on you? See question 49. I wouldn’t actually know.
62. What is your favourite candy?As I’ve gotten older, my sweet tooth has become less discerning.
63. What song do you want played at your funeral? AC/DC’s Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be.