HTML/long slow death = my new OTP
Sorry to whoever saw the first attempt at this post. Copying things from other places strips the hard returns (I LOVE that slightly dirty sounding term for creating a new line of text) so that WALLOFTEXT ensues. Not pretty.
I've been annoyingly anti-social lately, which is stupid because I just had a delightful influx of great new friends /waves!!! on my list. I should really do a intro post with links to some of my past self-illusory posts, but in lieu of that, for now, I'll give you a meme.
I stole this blatantly from eye_knead_name. Basically it's 101 questions and their answers (the very fact that I add that quantifier should tell the new folks a bit about me, muahahhaa). I just edited because the period after 'muahahhahaha' wasn't outside the parenthesis. I am teh pathetic.
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1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
I have scars on both of my knees from a time when I was about nine and was with a group of other homeschooled children at a huge house/property of one of their family's. They had a looonnnngggg driveway of gravel, and we were constantly told not to run on it (btw, this is random, but how do parents KNOW you're not supposed to run on that? I mean, if I hadn't have done what I ended up doing to get the scars, I'd never know what happened when one runs on loose gravel... Is it a parent thing, or a 'I knew through demonstration sometime in the past' thing...).
Yeah, I ran on it. I fell and skidded three feet on my knees. I remember crying hysterically and calling for my mother. She tells me I called for her as she was carrying me into the house. Disobedient, hysterical, and delirious+++.
...wait, you thought a nine year old that slid three feet on loose gravel was funny? YOU BASTARDS!
2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Stucco :(
3. DO YOU GRIND YOUR TEETH OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP?
Talk, yes.
4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
All sorts, but mostly what would be termed as 'acoustic.'
5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
4:45PM, PST.
6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
To re-start my life from the age of 17. I'm pretty sure that, given the way my life worked out, I'd still end up meeting Gregory, but even if I had to start over with NO memories at all of the mistakes I made, I would still like to give it a shot, just in case I could change it even a little.
7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
My father. Yes, it's a 'what' question, and I answered a 'who.'
8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION(S)?
My laptop, because of what's on it, not because it's a computer. /semantics
9. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
5'11".
10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
Yes and no. If I'm in a familiar place I'm okay. On the Atlanta metro system surrounded by scads of people--yes.
11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
Yes, but I actually have a sleep disorder (confusion [sigh:] arousal disorder) that does that to me, and when I started my medicine for it, it actually staved off the fear. Unfortunately now I've begun noticing that it doesn't work as well as it did, so sometimes I'm afraid again. I actually wake up and think there are people in my room, and I take achingly long slow movements to get my hand to the light by the bed. It's amusing, because I KNOW that if I turn the light on they won't be there, but I believe they're there until I can prove it to myself.
Sleep disorders are fun!
12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?
Gregory, for being obtuse. Though, I made MYSELF cry over feeling mad at something he said. So it was really me.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOGNE FOR A GUY?
None. Which I should qualify with the fact that I'd probably have a preference if I'd ever dated more than two men (I am compelled to adjust that to one boy and one man) who both don't wear any.
14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
I really love greenish or grey eyes (Terry O'Quinn who plays John Locke (EDIT: ...on LOST. Note to self: NOT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING) has the most fantastic green eyes), which is lucky because Gregory's are grey that can turn greenish sometimes.
15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF PROPOSING?
In front of a mirror. *ducks thrown rotten fruit*
16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK?
Coffee.
17. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING/s? < --ILLEGAL 's' INSERT!
Black olives and bacon.
18. IF YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Alfredo sauce (I'm starting to realize why I need to lose weight).
20. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A GOLDFISH?
... no.
21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU?
Oh, snap. I think I actually know the answer (like, I know what I got right after I was born) but I can't recall right now. The first thing I can remember was getting a pink pillow from my mother that was promptly named Pinky (I wasn't that creative back then...) which ended up being 'Binky' which really confused my future best friend Bianca whose nickname was 'Binky.'
22. DO YOU LIKE ANYBODY?
I'm going to take this to mean something other than the original intent and confess that I tend to like people until they do or say something inherently dis-likeable. By which I mean I'll hold a conversation with anyone off the street (had a great convo about kid's vitamins with the bagger and cashier grocery shopping two days ago), without compunction.
23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
No.
24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
Venezia. Which is bittersweet, because it's a plus-size brand that is fantastic, but I need to lose weight (and am at the very low-end of the range)...
26. DO YOU HAVE A PET RIGHT NOW?
Unfortunately, no. Gregory promised me a cat, back before we were married, if the apartment complex we wanted to move into ended up having a two-bedroom apartment for us (at the time there were none free, and we had to move very shortly). They did, but he's allergic, and I couldn't bring myself to take him up on it (sappy+++)
27. WHAT KIND IS IT?
This question is very, VERY interesting when filling in the list starting at 101. Even though I checked #26 I'm answering this the way I would have if I hadn't. Purple.
28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
Yes. Replace 'leaving' with DYING. Have done so.
29. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
Telling them. Too few people recognize a gesture meant in thanks for what it really means, and I've found that anything from telling the manager of a restaurant how well they've done or letting your mother know just how much you appreciate the little things she's done for you over the years can both have a great effect on the recipient's day.
30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED:
42 (LOST & Hitchhiker's Guide +++).
31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
Brunettes, as I'm sick of the blondes getting all the attention (have you NOTICED how many Disney heroines are blonde?)
32. WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN?
Ugh. Sadly, my doctor's office. We've been very medically unlucky lately (medical tag @ my journal for the curious).
33. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?
Bad drivers.
34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE USA?
I've only been to Canada.
35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
I'm incredibly paranoid that I've done something wrong and am perpetually apologizing, even though I usually haven't done anything to apologize for, and often apologizing for other people.
36. MET ANYONE FAMOUS?
Ann B. Davis (Alice on the Brady Bunch) went to my church for years.
37. FIRST JOB?
First official job was at Wendy's, two days after I graduated from high school. I'd decided to put off college, and we went in to eat right as the manager was muttering under her breath about the person that had just quit. We couldn't help but overhear and my mom sort of nudged me and I asked her if she needed someone to help out. After a five minute conversation as we ordered, she hired me on the spot with no interview. I was proud of that job. We always used gloves, we continually won speed and quality of service awards, and I had a really high reputation with them when I finally did leave for school.
38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
Yes, but it was justified. And the person kind of called me... For almost four years this one person kept calling our house asking for the same person. Finally two more people started calling asking for the same guy, and I snapped.
Person Who Has Been Calling and Just Doesn't Get the Point: Is Stan there?
Me: He's dead.
PWHBCaJDGtP: ...
40. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SURGERY?
To get my wisdom teeth out, yes. If you live in Western PA and are afraid of orthodontists/need surgery on your teeth, I have a number for you, that guy was FANTASTIC.
41. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE DENTIST LATELY?
Nope. I have really good teeth which is good because I take horrid care of them.
42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
My singing. Though a lot of times they're silent compliments, the kind where someone's eyes light up and their jaw drops. *is unabashedly proud of the gift I've been given*
43. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES?
No, and I have fantastically interestingly crooked back teeth.
44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Whatever I didn't get for Christmas and won't get for my anniversary (March 1 is my birthday (also daughteroffaith's, /wave!!), wedding anniversary is the 23rd).
45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
My husband doesn't want any, I want more than one (being an only child wasn't something I'd probably do deliberately to my own progeny), hopefully.
46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No, though my mother admits that right after having sex she and my father mused aloud about whether she may have just conceived, and they picked out names right then. If I'd been a boy I would have been Jeremiah, after my father.
47. Do you wish on stars?
Yes. And um... I don't recall any of those dreams not coming true. Including wishing a teacher of mine felt the same way I did about him (omg is right, you can close your jaw now--nothing happened), and that I'd kiss the love of my life (which I did, seven years after making the wish, it was gross and I stopped loving him that instant, LOL).
48. WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?
Woke up at 3 PM (which isn't actually strange for me, I have a sleep disorder called delayed phase), called my mom, went out to see her and take her to dinner, bought some books, came home, started reading them, then got sucked in by my friends list and started filling this out...
49. WHAT SHAMPOO DO YOU USE?
Something that smells good and is kind of cheap.
50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Not really.
51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Okay, so I see 'lunch meat' and am transported back to 1996 when I went to the Olympics as a mission trip and we were fed with lunchmeat for three weeks and now I can't stand the thought of it and will likely never eat it again, cause come to think of it, it's 2006, and it's ten years later, and I still jump up in my seat and get all 'ew gross' about it. (Runon sentences++)
That being said, roast turkey. Aren't I reaaaallly annoying?
52. ANY BAD HABITS?
I suck my thumb.
53. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF?
An instrumental Beatles CD, because I bought it going OMG TWO CD SET OF THE BEATLES FOR CHEAP and I didn't realize it was actually not the real Beatles. As to music I classify as embarrassing... I don't really do that. If I like it, that's enough for me. John Denver is actually my favorite artist, though I consider him so much more entwined with my life, musically, that I forgot about him entirely when answering the question farther down asking about favorite artists. John's more like a family member to me (and for some reason, most of the time when I say that to people they're like, he's DEAD, you know? Like I wouldn't know he's dead if I say he's my favorite singer? Also, do you asshats realize that saying that a month after he died in that blunt tone is kind of insensitive for those of us who are afraid we'll die in a plane crash and then our favorite singer does? No, I didn't think you did.)
54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yeah, I think I would. I think I'd be constantly beating up on me v.1 to socialize more, though.
56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
They matter, generally, but not to me. I can remember being surprised and pleased when people referred to my husband as really attractive. I think I was actually really proud of myself for not ever really registering that as a big deal (even though he kinda is), and never as something that informed the business of falling in love.
57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
Gah. I don't, really. It only fades when I stop paying attention it. Or if I break something.
58. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
The house my father died in. It hurt to move from there.
59. WHO IS YOUR FAMOUS/ ACTOR/ SINGER CRUSH?
>.> I have a list. They all could be my father are all over a certain milestone age...
-Gary Oldman (Sirius in HP, also in Sid and Nancy, the Fifth Element, etc)
-Billy Petersen (best known as Gil Grissom on CSI, also played Will Graham in Manhunter, was in the Skulls, Fear, Kiss the Sky, etc)
-David Thewlis (Lupin in HP, also in Besieged, Seven Years in Tibet, The Omen, etc)
-David Caruso (Horatio Caine in CSI: Miami, also well known as John Kelly in NYPD: Blue. Was in Jade, Proof of Life, Session 9, etc)
-Terry O'Quinn (John Locke in LOST, also known from shows like Alias, West Wing, and (I LOL'd when I realized this) was in the Cutting Edge)
60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
I sometimes wonder how the hell I didn't start showing Slytherin* tendencies in my life until recently. My favorite toy was a teddy bear. I got him one day on the school bus. The driver or a teacher or whoever held it up for everyone to see and asked who had left it on the bus. I said it was mine, so adamantly that I can't remember if anyone objected or not (and if they had, I was strong-willed enough to probably have convinced the adult it was mine anyway), and took it possessively. I never admitted that it was anyone else's, nor do I ever remember even feeling guilty for that.
Wow, I was a bitch as a five year old!
*Just to clarify: the Slytherinness to which I refer is the 'knowing what I wanted and getting it no matter what' not the 'I took a teddy bear from some other five year old.' :P
61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
I don't have one. Gregory says the first day that he'll have a cell is the day after they declare it a legal necessity for citizenship.
62. WERE YOU A FAN OF BARNEY AS A KID?
Gah. Barney wasn't on TV when I was a kid.
63. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
*looks at you steadily* What do you think?
64. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?
Nope, I've yet to go to a concert that isn't Christian, and most Christian concerts I've been to (Third Day! Jars of Clay!) aren't really the mosh pit type.
65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
Charisma. I very cleverly conceitedly look for the kind of person that I not only enjoy spending time with, but who makes me look good by association. However, in my defense, I discovered that I did this unconsciously, so that takes away the omg manipulative and shallow bad connotations of it. *nods*
66. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE?
Anywhere from 8-10 depending on the maker or the type of shoe. Being so tall, I actually hadn't ever bought high heels until my husband's best friend's wedding (so awkward description XD), and found to my horror that not only are larger shoes usually hideous, but that fancy shoes typically require you to inflate your shoe size to find one that fits...
67. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE BAND/SINGER?
Three-way tie. Sarah McLachlan, KT Tunstall, and Alanis Morissette. I should mention that I'm filling this out from the bottom up, so you'll probably be sick of my explanations of things by the time you get to them, they'll have been linked like five times by then *headdesk*.
68. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW?
Dead heat tie between CSI and LOST.
69. WHAT WAS YOUR ACT/SAT SCORE?
Why wasn't this the one night stand question?
*giggles* I was SUCH a scholar up until my father's death in my junior year at high school. After that (not really anything we could have foreseen or avoided), three weeks later, my best friend's dad died in a fire. All school and friend support shifted from me to her, and sort of... stayed that way. I rebelled by doing SHIT in school. Straight D's my senior year. The night before the SAT's, I was at a nearly all-night cast party for our school musical. Which is a lot of lead-in to explain the fact that I'm not very proud of My score: 1040. Incidentally, I was 11th in my class, which sort of indicates how well I did before I started to skip half the school year...
I consoled myself about this with my best friend's comment, made during a time when we were both leaders in our Christian youth group--'at least it can remind you of the unreached peoples!' (the '10/40 window' is a term used to describe an area on the world map where the most non-Christians live. I'm not quite as... gosh I can't come up with a non offensive word... Let's just say that I don't necessarily think that, as the site linked states, those people are necessarily 'spiritually impoverished souls,' as I did at the time.)
70. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Edy's Slow Churned Orange & Cream.
71. DO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR FINGERS AND TOES?
Yep. I am not Anne Boleyn. /historybuff
72. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT?
'Worked out'... I guess when G and I went to Blackwater Falls and Swallow Falls during his vacation earlier this month. Walking around the areas was just about as much as I ever do that qualifies as 'working out.'
Online pic I found of Blackwater at maximum flow.
73. WHO/WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST RIGHT NOW?
My husband's best friend moved with his new wife to South Carolina to attend school, and they had been friends since they were like, ten years old. We'd gotten accustomed to spending unhealthy a lot of time hanging out, the four of us, and their absence is something I am not adjusting to very well.
74. WHATS THE FASTEST YOU HAVE GONE IN A CAR?
I tend to drive from 65-85 mph normally, but I went (I think) about 120 one night in the Squirrel Hill Tunnels at 2 AM coming home from a friend's house. They're usually completely empty and it's a local custom to race through there to see how fast you can get in enough time to slow down to be seen exiting at a normal speed.
75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
No pressure, they're lengthy.
76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
KT Tunstall's Eye to the Telescope and Alanis Morissette's Under Rug Swept.
77. LAST THING YOU DRANK?
Arizona Sweet Tea.
78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My mom.
79. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Eyes.
80. FAVORITE FEEL GOOD SONG?
KT Tunstall's Black Horse and a Cherry Tree:
I had a really horrible demoralizing experience at a doctor's office earlier last month, and as I sobbed drove down 8 floors worth of a parking garage, the first thing on the radio (I turned on *NPR* (national public radio) and for some reason it was playing) was this song, and it cheered me up immensely.
81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE?
Really stupid selfish drivers.
82. FAVORITE MONTH OF THE YEAR
September! I love the time when the weather gets just cool enough to wear long sleeves for the first time since summer, and when the upcoming change of season causes the weather to include thunderstorms as well as clear skies... plus I just love windy September days.
83. FAVORITE ZODIAC SIGN?
Favorite zodiac sign? Odd question.
Because of a card in the wildly zany card game Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot, that stipulates a fair amount of goodies if the player rolls either the current zodiac sign, their own zodiac sign, or the 'age' zodiac sign (which I believe is either Aquarius or Pices, I can't remember, and I'm a Pices, so either of the latter work). By the way, that game is made of awesome and I highly recommend it like woah.
84. FAVORITE SPORT?
FOOTBALL. (GOOOO STEELERS!!!) I'm such a crazy football nut that when I was convinced over the past few years that my watching a game guaranteed their loss, I stopped watching for a season...
...and we won the Superbowl. Alas, I've not been able to see the past two games (WE LOST AGAINST THE BUNGLES?! *headdesk*) and we still lost.
85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?
Reddish auburn Brown.
86. EYE COLOR?
Deep brown, since I was born. I was not born with blue eyes, strangely.
87. HEIGHT? Didn't you ask this once?
I am a gangly 5'11", and I HATE it. I feel like some sort of monstrosity towering over delicately petite women XD.
88. SIBLINGS?
None.
89. FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTURANT?
'Fast Food' Quiznos.
90. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
I like what I've had but that's very limited... and I'm not a fan of sweetly salty spicy.
91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
Shark's season premiere on CBS. (A+)
92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
Never really thought about it... can't really come up with one.
93. WEIRD SOUNDS MADE FROM YOUR BODY?
I can't really burp. I never could, even as a baby (parents, you can feel for how difficult it was for mine when they tried to burp me). Instead, I sort of make 'something's dying in there' groaning noises involuntarily, sometimes.
94. REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
Independent.
95. KISSES OR HUGS?
Hugs. I think I still have a lot to learn about how awesome kissing can be, but I'm happy with hugs for now.
96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
Relationship, never tried a one night stand, doubt I ever will.
97. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
Three books at Barnes and Noble:
-Unlocking the Meaning of LOST (theoretical look at the themes of LOST, conjecture about the future of the show)
-The Machine Crusade (second in the 'Legends of Dune' series co-authored by Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson)
-the 9/11 Commission Report (self-explanatory)
I think these three books pretty much sum up my interests pretty well, actually. I am a TV nut, a sci-fi/fantasy nut, and a disaster nut. All that's missing is the history, and that kind of fits into the last one.
98. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE?
2001 Buick Century ('sandstone,' *snerk*), after our 2000 Dodge Avenger was totaled.
99. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
*hides* Unlocking the Meaning of LOST; I was at Barnes and Noble today and had to decide between the authorized The LOST Chronicles (decided I'd wait until there was a Season 2 companion and get both), a really intriguing book called Getting LOST--Survival, Baggage, and Starting Over in J.J. Abrams' Lost. The only thing that prevented me from getting the second one is the expense (it was over my budget, as I got two other books too) and the promise that I'd end up with it eventually. I really loved the idea of it, because it's basically written by established professionals in their own right, writing about what they like/theorize about LOST. I'm such a fangirl for finding fangurls/bois in the ranks of the celebrity set. Like Stephen King's love of the HP universe (he loves LOST, too!)
So far, the one I did get is really cool, and is basically a book that delves into themes and theories for 'serious fans or people writing papers on similar subjects.'
100. ARE YOU IN LOVE?
Yes. The kind of pleasantly in love that doesn't need to bother with worrying about whether the recipient... reciprocates. :)
101. MASHED POTATOES OR MACARONI AND CHEESE?
Macaroni and Cheese! I freaking love that stuff (but, does anyone else actually make it according to the package? 'Cause I think making two boxes at once requires an entire stick of butter which is just O_O to me.
Bonus Question: 102. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU EDIT THIS POST?
15+. Sigh.
I've been annoyingly anti-social lately, which is stupid because I just had a delightful influx of great new friends /waves!!! on my list. I should really do a intro post with links to some of my past self-illusory posts, but in lieu of that, for now, I'll give you a meme.
I stole this blatantly from eye_knead_name. Basically it's 101 questions and their answers (the very fact that I add that quantifier should tell the new folks a bit about me, muahahhaa). I just edited because the period after 'muahahhahaha' wasn't outside the parenthesis. I am teh pathetic.
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1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
I have scars on both of my knees from a time when I was about nine and was with a group of other homeschooled children at a huge house/property of one of their family's. They had a looonnnngggg driveway of gravel, and we were constantly told not to run on it (btw, this is random, but how do parents KNOW you're not supposed to run on that? I mean, if I hadn't have done what I ended up doing to get the scars, I'd never know what happened when one runs on loose gravel... Is it a parent thing, or a 'I knew through demonstration sometime in the past' thing...).
Yeah, I ran on it. I fell and skidded three feet on my knees. I remember crying hysterically and calling for my mother. She tells me I called for her as she was carrying me into the house. Disobedient, hysterical, and delirious+++.
...wait, you thought a nine year old that slid three feet on loose gravel was funny? YOU BASTARDS!
2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Stucco :(
3. DO YOU GRIND YOUR TEETH OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP?
Talk, yes.
4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
All sorts, but mostly what would be termed as 'acoustic.'
5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
4:45PM, PST.
6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
To re-start my life from the age of 17. I'm pretty sure that, given the way my life worked out, I'd still end up meeting Gregory, but even if I had to start over with NO memories at all of the mistakes I made, I would still like to give it a shot, just in case I could change it even a little.
7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
My father. Yes, it's a 'what' question, and I answered a 'who.'
8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION(S)?
My laptop, because of what's on it, not because it's a computer. /semantics
9. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
5'11".
10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
Yes and no. If I'm in a familiar place I'm okay. On the Atlanta metro system surrounded by scads of people--yes.
11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
Yes, but I actually have a sleep disorder (confusion [sigh:] arousal disorder) that does that to me, and when I started my medicine for it, it actually staved off the fear. Unfortunately now I've begun noticing that it doesn't work as well as it did, so sometimes I'm afraid again. I actually wake up and think there are people in my room, and I take achingly long slow movements to get my hand to the light by the bed. It's amusing, because I KNOW that if I turn the light on they won't be there, but I believe they're there until I can prove it to myself.
Sleep disorders are fun!
12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?
Gregory, for being obtuse. Though, I made MYSELF cry over feeling mad at something he said. So it was really me.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOGNE FOR A GUY?
None. Which I should qualify with the fact that I'd probably have a preference if I'd ever dated more than two men (I am compelled to adjust that to one boy and one man) who both don't wear any.
14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
I really love greenish or grey eyes (Terry O'Quinn who plays John Locke (EDIT: ...on LOST. Note to self: NOT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING) has the most fantastic green eyes), which is lucky because Gregory's are grey that can turn greenish sometimes.
15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF PROPOSING?
In front of a mirror. *ducks thrown rotten fruit*
16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK?
Coffee.
17. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING/s? < --ILLEGAL 's' INSERT!
Black olives and bacon.
18. IF YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Alfredo sauce (I'm starting to realize why I need to lose weight).
20. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A GOLDFISH?
... no.
21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU?
Oh, snap. I think I actually know the answer (like, I know what I got right after I was born) but I can't recall right now. The first thing I can remember was getting a pink pillow from my mother that was promptly named Pinky (I wasn't that creative back then...) which ended up being 'Binky' which really confused my future best friend Bianca whose nickname was 'Binky.'
22. DO YOU LIKE ANYBODY?
I'm going to take this to mean something other than the original intent and confess that I tend to like people until they do or say something inherently dis-likeable. By which I mean I'll hold a conversation with anyone off the street (had a great convo about kid's vitamins with the bagger and cashier grocery shopping two days ago), without compunction.
23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
No.
24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
Venezia. Which is bittersweet, because it's a plus-size brand that is fantastic, but I need to lose weight (and am at the very low-end of the range)...
26. DO YOU HAVE A PET RIGHT NOW?
Unfortunately, no. Gregory promised me a cat, back before we were married, if the apartment complex we wanted to move into ended up having a two-bedroom apartment for us (at the time there were none free, and we had to move very shortly). They did, but he's allergic, and I couldn't bring myself to take him up on it (sappy+++)
27. WHAT KIND IS IT?
This question is very, VERY interesting when filling in the list starting at 101. Even though I checked #26 I'm answering this the way I would have if I hadn't. Purple.
28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
Yes. Replace 'leaving' with DYING. Have done so.
29. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
Telling them. Too few people recognize a gesture meant in thanks for what it really means, and I've found that anything from telling the manager of a restaurant how well they've done or letting your mother know just how much you appreciate the little things she's done for you over the years can both have a great effect on the recipient's day.
30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED:
42 (LOST & Hitchhiker's Guide +++).
31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
Brunettes, as I'm sick of the blondes getting all the attention (have you NOTICED how many Disney heroines are blonde?)
32. WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN?
Ugh. Sadly, my doctor's office. We've been very medically unlucky lately (medical tag @ my journal for the curious).
33. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?
Bad drivers.
34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE USA?
I've only been to Canada.
35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
I'm incredibly paranoid that I've done something wrong and am perpetually apologizing, even though I usually haven't done anything to apologize for, and often apologizing for other people.
36. MET ANYONE FAMOUS?
Ann B. Davis (Alice on the Brady Bunch) went to my church for years.
37. FIRST JOB?
First official job was at Wendy's, two days after I graduated from high school. I'd decided to put off college, and we went in to eat right as the manager was muttering under her breath about the person that had just quit. We couldn't help but overhear and my mom sort of nudged me and I asked her if she needed someone to help out. After a five minute conversation as we ordered, she hired me on the spot with no interview. I was proud of that job. We always used gloves, we continually won speed and quality of service awards, and I had a really high reputation with them when I finally did leave for school.
38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
Yes, but it was justified. And the person kind of called me... For almost four years this one person kept calling our house asking for the same person. Finally two more people started calling asking for the same guy, and I snapped.
Person Who Has Been Calling and Just Doesn't Get the Point: Is Stan there?
Me: He's dead.
PWHBCaJDGtP: ...
40. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SURGERY?
To get my wisdom teeth out, yes. If you live in Western PA and are afraid of orthodontists/need surgery on your teeth, I have a number for you, that guy was FANTASTIC.
41. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE DENTIST LATELY?
Nope. I have really good teeth which is good because I take horrid care of them.
42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
My singing. Though a lot of times they're silent compliments, the kind where someone's eyes light up and their jaw drops. *is unabashedly proud of the gift I've been given*
43. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES?
No, and I have fantastically interestingly crooked back teeth.
44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Whatever I didn't get for Christmas and won't get for my anniversary (March 1 is my birthday (also daughteroffaith's, /wave!!), wedding anniversary is the 23rd).
45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
My husband doesn't want any, I want more than one (being an only child wasn't something I'd probably do deliberately to my own progeny), hopefully.
46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No, though my mother admits that right after having sex she and my father mused aloud about whether she may have just conceived, and they picked out names right then. If I'd been a boy I would have been Jeremiah, after my father.
47. Do you wish on stars?
Yes. And um... I don't recall any of those dreams not coming true. Including wishing a teacher of mine felt the same way I did about him (omg is right, you can close your jaw now--nothing happened), and that I'd kiss the love of my life (which I did, seven years after making the wish, it was gross and I stopped loving him that instant, LOL).
48. WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?
Woke up at 3 PM (which isn't actually strange for me, I have a sleep disorder called delayed phase), called my mom, went out to see her and take her to dinner, bought some books, came home, started reading them, then got sucked in by my friends list and started filling this out...
49. WHAT SHAMPOO DO YOU USE?
Something that smells good and is kind of cheap.
50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Not really.
51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Okay, so I see 'lunch meat' and am transported back to 1996 when I went to the Olympics as a mission trip and we were fed with lunchmeat for three weeks and now I can't stand the thought of it and will likely never eat it again, cause come to think of it, it's 2006, and it's ten years later, and I still jump up in my seat and get all 'ew gross' about it. (Runon sentences++)
That being said, roast turkey. Aren't I reaaaallly annoying?
52. ANY BAD HABITS?
I suck my thumb.
53. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF?
An instrumental Beatles CD, because I bought it going OMG TWO CD SET OF THE BEATLES FOR CHEAP and I didn't realize it was actually not the real Beatles. As to music I classify as embarrassing... I don't really do that. If I like it, that's enough for me. John Denver is actually my favorite artist, though I consider him so much more entwined with my life, musically, that I forgot about him entirely when answering the question farther down asking about favorite artists. John's more like a family member to me (and for some reason, most of the time when I say that to people they're like, he's DEAD, you know? Like I wouldn't know he's dead if I say he's my favorite singer? Also, do you asshats realize that saying that a month after he died in that blunt tone is kind of insensitive for those of us who are afraid we'll die in a plane crash and then our favorite singer does? No, I didn't think you did.)
54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yeah, I think I would. I think I'd be constantly beating up on me v.1 to socialize more, though.
56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
They matter, generally, but not to me. I can remember being surprised and pleased when people referred to my husband as really attractive. I think I was actually really proud of myself for not ever really registering that as a big deal (even though he kinda is), and never as something that informed the business of falling in love.
57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
Gah. I don't, really. It only fades when I stop paying attention it. Or if I break something.
58. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
The house my father died in. It hurt to move from there.
59. WHO IS YOUR FAMOUS/ ACTOR/ SINGER CRUSH?
>.> I have a list. They all could be my father are all over a certain milestone age...
-Gary Oldman (Sirius in HP, also in Sid and Nancy, the Fifth Element, etc)
-Billy Petersen (best known as Gil Grissom on CSI, also played Will Graham in Manhunter, was in the Skulls, Fear, Kiss the Sky, etc)
-David Thewlis (Lupin in HP, also in Besieged, Seven Years in Tibet, The Omen, etc)
-David Caruso (Horatio Caine in CSI: Miami, also well known as John Kelly in NYPD: Blue. Was in Jade, Proof of Life, Session 9, etc)
-Terry O'Quinn (John Locke in LOST, also known from shows like Alias, West Wing, and (I LOL'd when I realized this) was in the Cutting Edge)
60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
I sometimes wonder how the hell I didn't start showing Slytherin* tendencies in my life until recently. My favorite toy was a teddy bear. I got him one day on the school bus. The driver or a teacher or whoever held it up for everyone to see and asked who had left it on the bus. I said it was mine, so adamantly that I can't remember if anyone objected or not (and if they had, I was strong-willed enough to probably have convinced the adult it was mine anyway), and took it possessively. I never admitted that it was anyone else's, nor do I ever remember even feeling guilty for that.
Wow, I was a bitch as a five year old!
*Just to clarify: the Slytherinness to which I refer is the 'knowing what I wanted and getting it no matter what' not the 'I took a teddy bear from some other five year old.' :P
61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
I don't have one. Gregory says the first day that he'll have a cell is the day after they declare it a legal necessity for citizenship.
62. WERE YOU A FAN OF BARNEY AS A KID?
Gah. Barney wasn't on TV when I was a kid.
63. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
*looks at you steadily* What do you think?
64. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?
Nope, I've yet to go to a concert that isn't Christian, and most Christian concerts I've been to (Third Day! Jars of Clay!) aren't really the mosh pit type.
65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
Charisma. I very cleverly conceitedly look for the kind of person that I not only enjoy spending time with, but who makes me look good by association. However, in my defense, I discovered that I did this unconsciously, so that takes away the omg manipulative and shallow bad connotations of it. *nods*
66. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE?
Anywhere from 8-10 depending on the maker or the type of shoe. Being so tall, I actually hadn't ever bought high heels until my husband's best friend's wedding (so awkward description XD), and found to my horror that not only are larger shoes usually hideous, but that fancy shoes typically require you to inflate your shoe size to find one that fits...
67. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE BAND/SINGER?
Three-way tie. Sarah McLachlan, KT Tunstall, and Alanis Morissette. I should mention that I'm filling this out from the bottom up, so you'll probably be sick of my explanations of things by the time you get to them, they'll have been linked like five times by then *headdesk*.
68. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW?
Dead heat tie between CSI and LOST.
69. WHAT WAS YOUR ACT/SAT SCORE?
Why wasn't this the one night stand question?
*giggles* I was SUCH a scholar up until my father's death in my junior year at high school. After that (not really anything we could have foreseen or avoided), three weeks later, my best friend's dad died in a fire. All school and friend support shifted from me to her, and sort of... stayed that way. I rebelled by doing SHIT in school. Straight D's my senior year. The night before the SAT's, I was at a nearly all-night cast party for our school musical. Which is a lot of lead-in to explain the fact that I'm not very proud of My score: 1040. Incidentally, I was 11th in my class, which sort of indicates how well I did before I started to skip half the school year...
I consoled myself about this with my best friend's comment, made during a time when we were both leaders in our Christian youth group--'at least it can remind you of the unreached peoples!' (the '10/40 window' is a term used to describe an area on the world map where the most non-Christians live. I'm not quite as... gosh I can't come up with a non offensive word... Let's just say that I don't necessarily think that, as the site linked states, those people are necessarily 'spiritually impoverished souls,' as I did at the time.)
70. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Edy's Slow Churned Orange & Cream.
71. DO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR FINGERS AND TOES?
Yep. I am not Anne Boleyn. /historybuff
72. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT?
'Worked out'... I guess when G and I went to Blackwater Falls and Swallow Falls during his vacation earlier this month. Walking around the areas was just about as much as I ever do that qualifies as 'working out.'
Online pic I found of Blackwater at maximum flow.
73. WHO/WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST RIGHT NOW?
My husband's best friend moved with his new wife to South Carolina to attend school, and they had been friends since they were like, ten years old. We'd gotten accustomed to spending unhealthy a lot of time hanging out, the four of us, and their absence is something I am not adjusting to very well.
74. WHATS THE FASTEST YOU HAVE GONE IN A CAR?
I tend to drive from 65-85 mph normally, but I went (I think) about 120 one night in the Squirrel Hill Tunnels at 2 AM coming home from a friend's house. They're usually completely empty and it's a local custom to race through there to see how fast you can get in enough time to slow down to be seen exiting at a normal speed.
75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
No pressure, they're lengthy.
76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
KT Tunstall's Eye to the Telescope and Alanis Morissette's Under Rug Swept.
77. LAST THING YOU DRANK?
Arizona Sweet Tea.
78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My mom.
79. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Eyes.
80. FAVORITE FEEL GOOD SONG?
KT Tunstall's Black Horse and a Cherry Tree:
Click to viewI had a really horrible demoralizing experience at a doctor's office earlier last month, and as I sobbed drove down 8 floors worth of a parking garage, the first thing on the radio (I turned on *NPR* (national public radio) and for some reason it was playing) was this song, and it cheered me up immensely.
81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE?
Really stupid selfish drivers.
82. FAVORITE MONTH OF THE YEAR
September! I love the time when the weather gets just cool enough to wear long sleeves for the first time since summer, and when the upcoming change of season causes the weather to include thunderstorms as well as clear skies... plus I just love windy September days.
83. FAVORITE ZODIAC SIGN?
Favorite zodiac sign? Odd question.
Because of a card in the wildly zany card game Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot, that stipulates a fair amount of goodies if the player rolls either the current zodiac sign, their own zodiac sign, or the 'age' zodiac sign (which I believe is either Aquarius or Pices, I can't remember, and I'm a Pices, so either of the latter work). By the way, that game is made of awesome and I highly recommend it like woah.
84. FAVORITE SPORT?
FOOTBALL. (GOOOO STEELERS!!!) I'm such a crazy football nut that when I was convinced over the past few years that my watching a game guaranteed their loss, I stopped watching for a season...
...and we won the Superbowl. Alas, I've not been able to see the past two games (WE LOST AGAINST THE BUNGLES?! *headdesk*) and we still lost.
85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?
Reddish auburn Brown.
86. EYE COLOR?
Deep brown, since I was born. I was not born with blue eyes, strangely.
87. HEIGHT? Didn't you ask this once?
I am a gangly 5'11", and I HATE it. I feel like some sort of monstrosity towering over delicately petite women XD.
88. SIBLINGS?
None.
89. FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTURANT?
'Fast Food' Quiznos.
90. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
I like what I've had but that's very limited... and I'm not a fan of sweetly salty spicy.
91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
Shark's season premiere on CBS. (A+)
92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
Never really thought about it... can't really come up with one.
93. WEIRD SOUNDS MADE FROM YOUR BODY?
I can't really burp. I never could, even as a baby (parents, you can feel for how difficult it was for mine when they tried to burp me). Instead, I sort of make 'something's dying in there' groaning noises involuntarily, sometimes.
94. REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
Independent.
95. KISSES OR HUGS?
Hugs. I think I still have a lot to learn about how awesome kissing can be, but I'm happy with hugs for now.
96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
Relationship, never tried a one night stand, doubt I ever will.
97. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
Three books at Barnes and Noble:
-Unlocking the Meaning of LOST (theoretical look at the themes of LOST, conjecture about the future of the show)
-The Machine Crusade (second in the 'Legends of Dune' series co-authored by Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson)
-the 9/11 Commission Report (self-explanatory)
I think these three books pretty much sum up my interests pretty well, actually. I am a TV nut, a sci-fi/fantasy nut, and a disaster nut. All that's missing is the history, and that kind of fits into the last one.
98. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE?
2001 Buick Century ('sandstone,' *snerk*), after our 2000 Dodge Avenger was totaled.
99. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
*hides* Unlocking the Meaning of LOST; I was at Barnes and Noble today and had to decide between the authorized The LOST Chronicles (decided I'd wait until there was a Season 2 companion and get both), a really intriguing book called Getting LOST--Survival, Baggage, and Starting Over in J.J. Abrams' Lost. The only thing that prevented me from getting the second one is the expense (it was over my budget, as I got two other books too) and the promise that I'd end up with it eventually. I really loved the idea of it, because it's basically written by established professionals in their own right, writing about what they like/theorize about LOST. I'm such a fangirl for finding fangurls/bois in the ranks of the celebrity set. Like Stephen King's love of the HP universe (he loves LOST, too!)
So far, the one I did get is really cool, and is basically a book that delves into themes and theories for 'serious fans or people writing papers on similar subjects.'
100. ARE YOU IN LOVE?
Yes. The kind of pleasantly in love that doesn't need to bother with worrying about whether the recipient... reciprocates. :)
101. MASHED POTATOES OR MACARONI AND CHEESE?
Macaroni and Cheese! I freaking love that stuff (but, does anyone else actually make it according to the package? 'Cause I think making two boxes at once requires an entire stick of butter which is just O_O to me.
Bonus Question: 102. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU EDIT THIS POST?
15+. Sigh.