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I have lots of free time here. And I keep getting not enough sleep which means that I have a hard time focusing. Thus, I meme.
Stolen from ishidashipper
ONE - Spell your name without vowels: nn lzbth pschk
TWO - Are you single?: Yes, in that I am not in a relationship; but no, in that I am sorta involved with someone(s)
THREE - Whats your favorite number?: Eight
FOUR - What color do you wear most?: Blues and greens, maybe - I wear a LOT of colors
FIVE - Beige. Boooooring.
SIX - What are you listening to: The air conditioning and the person working in the office near me
SEVEN - What do you smoke? Very, very occasional drags on other people's cigarettes that I think it's cute to steal when I'm drunk
EIGHT - Are you happy with your life right now?: Very much so, though there's an underlying feeling of instability that makes me nervous
NINE - Anyone ever said you resemble a celebrity?: When I went in drag to the mustache party in Japan someone said I looked like Westley from Princess Bride, and last time I went to take my passport photo the woman said I looked like Lindsay Lohan (this was pre-rehab)
TEN - What is your favorite class in school?: My favorite course in college was definitely Gay & Lesbian Documentary with the gay Mr. Rogers Bob Connelly
ELEVEN - Do you shop at hollister/abercrombie/AE?: I do not have that kind of money, no.
TWELVE - How do you make money?: I whore myself out to businesses in DC that need temps
THIRTEEN - Who is your best friend?: Well, dimethirwen is my wife, and I tell all my secrets to either her or Bess or Ahimsa, so probably one of those three
FOURTEEN - Where do you go to school?: The School of Paying Your Own Rent
FIFTEEN - Are you outgoing?: Generally, unless the person in question is a devastatingly handsome lesbian or a fantastically impressive rugby player, in which case I am more likely to stand off to one side gibbering.
SIXTEEN - One word to describe you?: Um... complex?
SEVENTEEN - Favorite pair of shoes?: Barefootedness.
EIGHTEEN - Do you own big sunglasses?: My sunglasses are medium-large but do not make me look like I am hiding from paparazzi
NINETEEN - Where do you wish you were right now?: Dozing off, outside, on a beach, still soaking wet from having been playing in the waves, with the sun drying me.
TWENTY - What should you be doing right now?: Eh, maybe writing another cover letter or reading productively, but it doesn't really matter.
TWENTY ONE - Do you have a crush on anyone right now?: I guess it's fair to call it a crush, yeah.
THE CANS:
Can you blow a bubble?: Yeah yeah!!
Can you dance?: Everyone can dance.
Can you do a cart wheel?: Indeed.
Can you tie a cherry stem with your mouth?: Yes, and I'm surprised every time I do.
Can you touch your toes?: And then put my palms on the floor.
Can you whistle?: Yep.
Can you wiggle your ears?: I think I can but it turns out I can only wiggle my scalp.
Can you wiggle your nose?: Nope.
Can you roll your tongue?: Like a hot dog bun!
THE DIDS:
Did you ever get into a fist fight at school?: I got into a fight once, but it was less fists and more "I am sitting on the floor changing out of my gym clothes and you are being scary and threatening!!"
Did you ever run away from home?: Nope, surprisingly enough.
Did you ever want to be a doctor?: Probably, but not since I realized that meant blood and guts and stuff.
Did you ever want to be a fire fighter?: Not as a child, but occasionally now I feel like that would be a great way to both break down gender stereotypes and get to slide down poles.
THE DOS:
Do you believe in God?: I believe in an oversoul that other people would call God, I think.
Do you know how to swim?: I'm a friggin' fish.
Do you like roller coasters?: Loooove them. I am going to Pittsburgh in August in part because I was bribed with tickets to Kennywood.
Do you own a bike?: Yes, though right now it is living in a basement.
Do you think you could handle the stuff they eat on those reality shows?: Ew, no, I can barely handle protein bars.
THE DOES:
Does hair loss run through your family?: Come to think of it, I'm not sure... maybe in the men?
Does your car get good gas mileage?: It's pretty decent.
Does your family have family picnics?: No, but my dad's side has a triennial reunion which is held at the beach which is where I'm going to be in TWO WEEKS YAY!
THE HAVES:
Have you ever been on a plane?: Yes, a lot. I was 3 weeks old the first time.
Have you ever asked someone out?: Yeah, it's scary but really fun when they say yes!
Have you ever been asked out by someone?: Yeah... but so far that's been less fun. Which is lame.
Have you ever been to the ocean?: HI. I LOVE THE OCEAN. I WANT TO GO BACK.
Have you ever gone fishing?: Once. I was thirteen and my five year old cousin was the only one who caught anything.
Have you ever painted your nails?: Oh indeed, I have painted them black, rainbow (a different color for each nail!) and even put little flowers on them. That was all at least a few yars ago, though.
THE LASTS:
Last person you hung out with?: Little Sam and Ahimsa before we went to look at our hopeful-future house.
Last thing you said out loud?: "Good afternoon, this is Sweet-Ass Temp Assignment, how can I help you? ...who? ...No, no one by that name works at this office... have a nice day!"
Last thing someone said to you?: "Al Barry - A-L B-A-R-R-Y - Okay, thank you, bye."
THE WHATS:
What are you listening to?: This meme already asked this question once, and again I am reminded that all I can hear is the AC and my own typing.
What is the temperature outside?: Exactly what you'd expect of July in a city built on a swamp: hot and wet
What radio station do you listen to?: I scroll a lot, but I think 99.5 is my first preset
What was the last restaurant you ate at?: PotBelly's - technically a deli, but whatev
What was the last thing you bought?: Vaginal health (paid for my gyno appointment this morning - GO ME)
What was the last thing you had to drink?: Very sugary and FREE cranberry punch-drink
What was the last thing on TV you watched?: Hm... I think I watched an episode or two of Shear Genius the other night?
THE WHOS:
Who is your newest friend you added to facebook?: Charles Simian, the red stuffed monkey that belongs to the girlfriend of a woman I play rugby with.
Who was the last person you MSN'd?: I do not have MSN... last time I IM'ed someone it was... Jacqui? Maybe?
Who talked to you on the phone last?: My Dad.
Who was the last person you took a picture of?: Myself, because like Ish, I am VAIN.
Who was the last person to leave you a comment?: The anon commenter who unerstands fractals and complex planes
Who was the last person you said I love you to?: Either Carmen or Bess, whichever I talked to last.
CRYING SECTION:
Ever really cried your heart out?: Oh god yes.
Ever cried yourself to sleep?: I don't really understand this concept - does it mean "cried until you fell asleep, still crying" or "cried until you stopped, then fell asleep"? Because I've done the latter but the former seems impossible to me.
Ever cried on your friend's shoulder?: Till there was a big wet spot.
Ever cried over the opposite sex?: I think this question is trying to ask if I have ever cried over someone in my romantic sphere, in which case yes.
Do you cry when you get an injury?: No, with the exception of when I get hit massively in the face, in which case it's just a physical response.
Do certain songs make you cry?: Depending on my mood and the context, some can.
Do certain movies make you cry?: Oh man, I cry SO easily sometimes. Like I have legit choked up at those Gardasil commercials? You know, the "One Less" business? So basically any movie that tries can make me cry.
HAPPY SECTION:
Are you a happy person?: Very much so, to the point where it would really be more productive for me to just be a little sad and get over it.
What can make you happy?: Friends making me laugh. Cute girls flirting with me. Kittens or the antics of squirrels or other cute fuzzy things. Babies when they are smiley and not mine. Being outside on a nice warm day, especially if there are trees or an ocean.
Do you wish you were happier?: Nah, I'm pretty happy with my happiness level.
Is being happy overrated?: I don't really know how happiness is rated? but I think it's really, really important but that it's also good to be able to embrace downer emotions to.
Can music make you happy?: Oh goodness yes.
SELF ESTEEM SECTION:
Is your self-esteem extremely low?: Nooooo I think I am kind of the shit 8D
Do you believe in yourself?: I guess so, but I don't really have a goal to believe towards.
Are you good looking?: Decent, but mostly it depends on taste.
Do you wish you could be someone else?: No way - I love me.
LOOK AT ME:
What is your current hair colour?: Brownishly blondish hair-colored.
Current piercings?: Two lobe piercings per ear, plus an industrial and a cartilage hoop in the right ear.
Have any tattoos?: Single cherry blossom on my right hip.
Straight hair or curly: Straight except that apparently it gets kinda wavy when it's short.
CURRENTLY WEARING:
What shirt are you wearing?: A cute green checked button-down that I bought at an H&M in Germany in 2000, back before H&M had made it across the ocean. Amazingly it still fits AND looks good.
Shoes?: Black strappy sandals with leaf-shapes on them that I bought in Paris two summers ago.
Necklaces?: A white-and-silver chunky pendant thingy on a black leather cord that I bought at El Rastro in Madrid.
...Yes, I have a lot of stuff from other countries. This is because I am usually too broke/busy to go shopping in the States, but abroad I figure I can excuse spending the money because then I can go "I bought these shoes in Paris!!!"
HAVE YOU EVER:
Hugged someone?: All the time. I think hugs are a key part of a healthy lifestyle.
Been on the phone until the sun came up?: A few times, some of them great, some of them miserable horrible fights.
Laughed so hard you peed in your pants?: ...No, I'm pretty sure not.
Laughed so hard you cried?: Yup.
Got in a fight with someone?: Yeah, many times. I'm generally pretty cool and level-headed but I can fight over nothing like no one's business when there's something really wrong.
THE LAST:
Person you talked to in person?: Not counting the employees at Sweet-Ass Temp Job... Erica, this morning when I asked her if she was done with the bathroom. Actual conversation: Neal, Ahimsa, and Little Sam after seeing the house.
Person you talked to online?: I really don't remember.
Person you talked to on the phone?: My dad and random people calling the SATJ
Person you hugged?: I think Ahimsa, yesterday.
Time you had a shower?: This morning.
RANDOM.
Do you like surveys?: When I am enjoying wasting my life away, yes.
What kind of shampoo do you use?: Right now Garnier Fructise. It smells fantastically fruity in both connocations of the word.
Do you get along with your parents?: Yeah, but not in the way where we talk about the details of my life.
Do you have mental breakdowns?: Occasionally, but hopefully now that I'm done with school, I'll have a mental breakdown holiday (at least until I start a Big-Girl Pants Job)
Did you ever tell your parents you didn't feel good so you didn't have to go to school?: Oh all the time. I wouldn't have except my mother never believed in 'mental health days'
CURRENT:
Current mood: I haaaaaaate air conditioning... and I want a nap.
Current music: STILL NO MUSIC JUST THE SOUND OF AC. And the elevators dinging. And my typing.
Current hair style: Short, and with Matt Cream in it.
Current thing I ought to buy?: Who, the person who wrote this survey? You should buy tickets to something that you really enjoy.
Current desktop picture?: Me in profile looking out at the Itsukushima shrine's tori-in-the-water as the sun set behind it. It's so beautiful and reminds me of that whole amazing trip.
Current book: Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam, but I'm also in the middle of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a re-read of Girls, Visions, and Everything, and this rugby book I can't remember the name of that I bought in the airport in Edinburgh that is 1/5 an amazingly fascinating history of rugby and 4/5 a pedantic list of names of any and all significant players, coaches, refs, and IRB officials over the past 100 years
Stolen from ishidashipper
ONE - Spell your name without vowels: nn lzbth pschk
TWO - Are you single?: Yes, in that I am not in a relationship; but no, in that I am sorta involved with someone(s)
THREE - Whats your favorite number?: Eight
FOUR - What color do you wear most?: Blues and greens, maybe - I wear a LOT of colors
FIVE - Beige. Boooooring.
SIX - What are you listening to: The air conditioning and the person working in the office near me
SEVEN - What do you smoke? Very, very occasional drags on other people's cigarettes that I think it's cute to steal when I'm drunk
EIGHT - Are you happy with your life right now?: Very much so, though there's an underlying feeling of instability that makes me nervous
NINE - Anyone ever said you resemble a celebrity?: When I went in drag to the mustache party in Japan someone said I looked like Westley from Princess Bride, and last time I went to take my passport photo the woman said I looked like Lindsay Lohan (this was pre-rehab)
TEN - What is your favorite class in school?: My favorite course in college was definitely Gay & Lesbian Documentary with the gay Mr. Rogers Bob Connelly
ELEVEN - Do you shop at hollister/abercrombie/AE?: I do not have that kind of money, no.
TWELVE - How do you make money?: I whore myself out to businesses in DC that need temps
THIRTEEN - Who is your best friend?: Well, dimethirwen is my wife, and I tell all my secrets to either her or Bess or Ahimsa, so probably one of those three
FOURTEEN - Where do you go to school?: The School of Paying Your Own Rent
FIFTEEN - Are you outgoing?: Generally, unless the person in question is a devastatingly handsome lesbian or a fantastically impressive rugby player, in which case I am more likely to stand off to one side gibbering.
SIXTEEN - One word to describe you?: Um... complex?
SEVENTEEN - Favorite pair of shoes?: Barefootedness.
EIGHTEEN - Do you own big sunglasses?: My sunglasses are medium-large but do not make me look like I am hiding from paparazzi
NINETEEN - Where do you wish you were right now?: Dozing off, outside, on a beach, still soaking wet from having been playing in the waves, with the sun drying me.
TWENTY - What should you be doing right now?: Eh, maybe writing another cover letter or reading productively, but it doesn't really matter.
TWENTY ONE - Do you have a crush on anyone right now?: I guess it's fair to call it a crush, yeah.
THE CANS:
Can you blow a bubble?: Yeah yeah!!
Can you dance?: Everyone can dance.
Can you do a cart wheel?: Indeed.
Can you tie a cherry stem with your mouth?: Yes, and I'm surprised every time I do.
Can you touch your toes?: And then put my palms on the floor.
Can you whistle?: Yep.
Can you wiggle your ears?: I think I can but it turns out I can only wiggle my scalp.
Can you wiggle your nose?: Nope.
Can you roll your tongue?: Like a hot dog bun!
THE DIDS:
Did you ever get into a fist fight at school?: I got into a fight once, but it was less fists and more "I am sitting on the floor changing out of my gym clothes and you are being scary and threatening!!"
Did you ever run away from home?: Nope, surprisingly enough.
Did you ever want to be a doctor?: Probably, but not since I realized that meant blood and guts and stuff.
Did you ever want to be a fire fighter?: Not as a child, but occasionally now I feel like that would be a great way to both break down gender stereotypes and get to slide down poles.
THE DOS:
Do you believe in God?: I believe in an oversoul that other people would call God, I think.
Do you know how to swim?: I'm a friggin' fish.
Do you like roller coasters?: Loooove them. I am going to Pittsburgh in August in part because I was bribed with tickets to Kennywood.
Do you own a bike?: Yes, though right now it is living in a basement.
Do you think you could handle the stuff they eat on those reality shows?: Ew, no, I can barely handle protein bars.
THE DOES:
Does hair loss run through your family?: Come to think of it, I'm not sure... maybe in the men?
Does your car get good gas mileage?: It's pretty decent.
Does your family have family picnics?: No, but my dad's side has a triennial reunion which is held at the beach which is where I'm going to be in TWO WEEKS YAY!
THE HAVES:
Have you ever been on a plane?: Yes, a lot. I was 3 weeks old the first time.
Have you ever asked someone out?: Yeah, it's scary but really fun when they say yes!
Have you ever been asked out by someone?: Yeah... but so far that's been less fun. Which is lame.
Have you ever been to the ocean?: HI. I LOVE THE OCEAN. I WANT TO GO BACK.
Have you ever gone fishing?: Once. I was thirteen and my five year old cousin was the only one who caught anything.
Have you ever painted your nails?: Oh indeed, I have painted them black, rainbow (a different color for each nail!) and even put little flowers on them. That was all at least a few yars ago, though.
THE LASTS:
Last person you hung out with?: Little Sam and Ahimsa before we went to look at our hopeful-future house.
Last thing you said out loud?: "Good afternoon, this is Sweet-Ass Temp Assignment, how can I help you? ...who? ...No, no one by that name works at this office... have a nice day!"
Last thing someone said to you?: "Al Barry - A-L B-A-R-R-Y - Okay, thank you, bye."
THE WHATS:
What are you listening to?: This meme already asked this question once, and again I am reminded that all I can hear is the AC and my own typing.
What is the temperature outside?: Exactly what you'd expect of July in a city built on a swamp: hot and wet
What radio station do you listen to?: I scroll a lot, but I think 99.5 is my first preset
What was the last restaurant you ate at?: PotBelly's - technically a deli, but whatev
What was the last thing you bought?: Vaginal health (paid for my gyno appointment this morning - GO ME)
What was the last thing you had to drink?: Very sugary and FREE cranberry punch-drink
What was the last thing on TV you watched?: Hm... I think I watched an episode or two of Shear Genius the other night?
THE WHOS:
Who is your newest friend you added to facebook?: Charles Simian, the red stuffed monkey that belongs to the girlfriend of a woman I play rugby with.
Who was the last person you MSN'd?: I do not have MSN... last time I IM'ed someone it was... Jacqui? Maybe?
Who talked to you on the phone last?: My Dad.
Who was the last person you took a picture of?: Myself, because like Ish, I am VAIN.
Who was the last person to leave you a comment?: The anon commenter who unerstands fractals and complex planes
Who was the last person you said I love you to?: Either Carmen or Bess, whichever I talked to last.
CRYING SECTION:
Ever really cried your heart out?: Oh god yes.
Ever cried yourself to sleep?: I don't really understand this concept - does it mean "cried until you fell asleep, still crying" or "cried until you stopped, then fell asleep"? Because I've done the latter but the former seems impossible to me.
Ever cried on your friend's shoulder?: Till there was a big wet spot.
Ever cried over the opposite sex?: I think this question is trying to ask if I have ever cried over someone in my romantic sphere, in which case yes.
Do you cry when you get an injury?: No, with the exception of when I get hit massively in the face, in which case it's just a physical response.
Do certain songs make you cry?: Depending on my mood and the context, some can.
Do certain movies make you cry?: Oh man, I cry SO easily sometimes. Like I have legit choked up at those Gardasil commercials? You know, the "One Less" business? So basically any movie that tries can make me cry.
HAPPY SECTION:
Are you a happy person?: Very much so, to the point where it would really be more productive for me to just be a little sad and get over it.
What can make you happy?: Friends making me laugh. Cute girls flirting with me. Kittens or the antics of squirrels or other cute fuzzy things. Babies when they are smiley and not mine. Being outside on a nice warm day, especially if there are trees or an ocean.
Do you wish you were happier?: Nah, I'm pretty happy with my happiness level.
Is being happy overrated?: I don't really know how happiness is rated? but I think it's really, really important but that it's also good to be able to embrace downer emotions to.
Can music make you happy?: Oh goodness yes.
SELF ESTEEM SECTION:
Is your self-esteem extremely low?: Nooooo I think I am kind of the shit 8D
Do you believe in yourself?: I guess so, but I don't really have a goal to believe towards.
Are you good looking?: Decent, but mostly it depends on taste.
Do you wish you could be someone else?: No way - I love me.
LOOK AT ME:
What is your current hair colour?: Brownishly blondish hair-colored.
Current piercings?: Two lobe piercings per ear, plus an industrial and a cartilage hoop in the right ear.
Have any tattoos?: Single cherry blossom on my right hip.
Straight hair or curly: Straight except that apparently it gets kinda wavy when it's short.
CURRENTLY WEARING:
What shirt are you wearing?: A cute green checked button-down that I bought at an H&M in Germany in 2000, back before H&M had made it across the ocean. Amazingly it still fits AND looks good.
Shoes?: Black strappy sandals with leaf-shapes on them that I bought in Paris two summers ago.
Necklaces?: A white-and-silver chunky pendant thingy on a black leather cord that I bought at El Rastro in Madrid.
...Yes, I have a lot of stuff from other countries. This is because I am usually too broke/busy to go shopping in the States, but abroad I figure I can excuse spending the money because then I can go "I bought these shoes in Paris!!!"
HAVE YOU EVER:
Hugged someone?: All the time. I think hugs are a key part of a healthy lifestyle.
Been on the phone until the sun came up?: A few times, some of them great, some of them miserable horrible fights.
Laughed so hard you peed in your pants?: ...No, I'm pretty sure not.
Laughed so hard you cried?: Yup.
Got in a fight with someone?: Yeah, many times. I'm generally pretty cool and level-headed but I can fight over nothing like no one's business when there's something really wrong.
THE LAST:
Person you talked to in person?: Not counting the employees at Sweet-Ass Temp Job... Erica, this morning when I asked her if she was done with the bathroom. Actual conversation: Neal, Ahimsa, and Little Sam after seeing the house.
Person you talked to online?: I really don't remember.
Person you talked to on the phone?: My dad and random people calling the SATJ
Person you hugged?: I think Ahimsa, yesterday.
Time you had a shower?: This morning.
RANDOM.
Do you like surveys?: When I am enjoying wasting my life away, yes.
What kind of shampoo do you use?: Right now Garnier Fructise. It smells fantastically fruity in both connocations of the word.
Do you get along with your parents?: Yeah, but not in the way where we talk about the details of my life.
Do you have mental breakdowns?: Occasionally, but hopefully now that I'm done with school, I'll have a mental breakdown holiday (at least until I start a Big-Girl Pants Job)
Did you ever tell your parents you didn't feel good so you didn't have to go to school?: Oh all the time. I wouldn't have except my mother never believed in 'mental health days'
CURRENT:
Current mood: I haaaaaaate air conditioning... and I want a nap.
Current music: STILL NO MUSIC JUST THE SOUND OF AC. And the elevators dinging. And my typing.
Current hair style: Short, and with Matt Cream in it.
Current thing I ought to buy?: Who, the person who wrote this survey? You should buy tickets to something that you really enjoy.
Current desktop picture?: Me in profile looking out at the Itsukushima shrine's tori-in-the-water as the sun set behind it. It's so beautiful and reminds me of that whole amazing trip.
Current book: Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam, but I'm also in the middle of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a re-read of Girls, Visions, and Everything, and this rugby book I can't remember the name of that I bought in the airport in Edinburgh that is 1/5 an amazingly fascinating history of rugby and 4/5 a pedantic list of names of any and all significant players, coaches, refs, and IRB officials over the past 100 years