Did someone say over 30?
Gacked from several people on my flist…a meme in which I can actually relate to the questions. \0/
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
My cable/internet bill. Mainly because Comcast and I have a dysfunctional relationship built primarily on my utter disdain for the bastards and I resent giving them money. And they evidently resent giving me the Intrawebs based on the number of times I have to go beat my damn modem into submission.
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
Um. *thinks back hard* A little French place back four or five years ago? I don't really do romantic dinners. Unless they're RPG romantic dinners. And even then they make me LOL a bit.
3. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Sleeping. I rock the wild weekend nights, yo. And yet…I'm awake. At 2 a.m. and there's no booze or sex involved. Dammit.
4. How many colleges did you attend?
One for both undergrad and grad.
5. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
Because it has long sleeves and I'm a bit cold. And it has a cartoon of Smokey the Bear about to beat a marshmallow-roasting Boy Scout over the head with a shovel on it. And that amuses me.
6. What are your thoughts on gas prices?
I don't think about gas prices. I don't have a car. WOOT, urban public transportation FTW. \0/ Even if I did want the MBTA to DIAF during my commute tonight.
7. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Fucking hell, not already.
8. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
If Yuri doesn't lie still I'm going to kill him. My cat and I have a nightly tussle that revolves around him being desperate for petting the moment I start to fall asleep. Which results in pathetic miaows and desperate head butts despite the fact that he spends two or three hours prior to bedtime curled up right next to me.
9. Do you miss being a child?
Yes and no. I don't miss a large part of my childhood. But I miss some of the moments of irresponsibility and joy that come with being a kid. But, hey, as an adult, no one's forcing me into bed at some horribly early hour, or telling me I can't watch or read or do what I want to watch or read or do. \0/
10. What errand/chore do you despise?
Laundry. I hate it with a passion. Haaaaaaate.
11. Get up early or sleep in?
Hm. Neither really. In general, I sleep about four or five hours a night. Sleeping in for me is getting seven or eight.
12. Have you found real love yet?
Yes.
13. Favorite lunch meat?
Bacon. (Shut up, I can make a BLT with it and it's meat. That makes it a lunch meat for me.)
14. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?
There are no Wal-Marts near me. I go to Target instead. And usually I'm only going to get something I can't order offline, so...
15. Beach or lake?
Beach. But only if it's off-season and uncrowded. I prefer the ocean in winter.
16. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
No, I think marriage is a fantastic institution and one that should be available to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation. I am 100% pro-marriage. For other people. *g* I'm not so interested in it for myself, to be honest.
17. Sopranos or Desperate Housewives?
I have zero interest in either, despite having seen episodes of both.
18.What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Johnny Weir and Paris Childers. Because that would be absolutely hysterical. If neither of them are available, then I'd like to have dinner with Lady Gaga. Because she is awesome. And hot. (Speaking of whom, have you SEEN the Telephone video? Sweet Jesus above, that is the hottest video I've seen in ages. Naked!Gaga FTW. Also the prison yard kiss? Holy crap. I could watch that over and over and over and over and over. \0/ for butch/femme! Also, the bikini hallway dance? *bites knuckles* Dear God, I love her.)
19. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
LOLOLOLOL. There's a reason I prefer not to drive. I've wrecked my car four times, the last time totalling it and landing myself in the hospital with an open broken ankle that turned my foot ninety degrees from where it was supposed to be naturally and which caused me to be out of work for three months and have seven pins and a plate put into my ankle bones. Frankenfoot, FTW.
This would be the reason I prefer to rely on public transportation now. I have really crap depth perception in my vision due to a birth defect in my eyes that's left me using one eye for close up and one eye for distance instead of focusing them together. This is NOT A GOOD THING when you are driving, I have discovered. So now I beg friends to chauffeur me when necessary and the rest of the time walk or hop on a bus or train.
20. Ever use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
No. But I did empty one just for the hell of it once to see what it did.
21. Ring tone?
Bird In A Cage by the Old 97's. And speaking of, next week I'm going to three Rhett Miller concerts, one Thursday and two next Saturday night. \0/ Expect squeeage. Because there will be. Muchly.
22. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
In the bathroom of a Japanese airport on a stopover en route to the Philippines.
23. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
*ponders* I lived in LA for two years and drove all up and down the coast to escape the city, so I've been from San Diego to San Francisco now. I would like to go back to Big Sur though.
24. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
I would kill for a new career. I'm ridiculously meh about graphic design now.
25. How old are you?
Forty days away from being 38. Gah. Cue the beginnings of a two-year existential crisis.
26. Do you have a go to person?
Yes. Generally Isolde and Noe right now.
27. Are you where you want to be in life?
Nowhere close, but I like to think that I'm finally on the path. Knock wood.
28. Growing up, what were your favorite cartoons?
Scooby Doo. I had the most ridiculous crush on Velma. Seriously, someone should have known I was queer then. I also loved pretty much anything Sid and Marty Krofft did with an unholy passion--the Banana Splits, H.R. Pufnstuf, the Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monster, Land of the Lost. Then there were The Jetsons, The Flinstones, Speed Buggy, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the Laff-a-lympics (I LOVED the Really Rottens; this should not be surprising), Captain Caveman, Hong Kong Phooey…my God, I watched a lot of TV when I was a kid. And then there were the short In The News segments that played between cartoons on Saturday morning. I LOVED THOSE.
29. What about you do you think has changed the most?
A lot. Ten years ago I was an emotional mess. I've managed to unknot quite a bit of old baggage and become a hell of a lot more self-aware since. And I've learned to actually like who I am finally instead of wishing I was someone different. I think that's probably the most important thing I've learned over the years.
30. Looking back at high school were they the best years of your life?
No, but they weren't horrible. I wouldn't want to go through them again, but looking back I can see the traces of who I am now starting to devlop in ickle!me, and that kind of makes me smile a bit.
31. Are there times you still feel like a kid?
Not really. I was a weirdly adult little kid for the most part.
32. Did you ever own troll dolls?
I had one up until I moved to Boston four years ago. Now it's in a box at my mom's somewhere with the stuff that hasn't yet made it up to me. Don't be mocking the troll dolls. They're awesome.
33. Did you have a pager?
Yes, and I hated it and never used it. Which annoyed my mother when she was trying to reach me.
34. Where was the hang out spot when you were a teenager?
I have no damn idea. I wasn't the hanging-out sort of teenager. I loathed the mall, and I despised cruising. I preferred seeing my friends at school and then going home and curling up in a book or a bit of TV. I was more of an introverted antisocial teenager than anything. I wandered around school dressed in black (to my mother's dismay I've never grown out of that, no matter how many brightly coloured sweaters she gives me for Christmas or birthdays), quoting lines from Funny Face, and telling everyone that they should read The Metamorphosis because it was so awesome. I had no social life, in other words.
35. Were you the type of kid you would want your children to hang out with?
Probably. I was quirky. I like quirky.
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1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
My cable/internet bill. Mainly because Comcast and I have a dysfunctional relationship built primarily on my utter disdain for the bastards and I resent giving them money. And they evidently resent giving me the Intrawebs based on the number of times I have to go beat my damn modem into submission.
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
Um. *thinks back hard* A little French place back four or five years ago? I don't really do romantic dinners. Unless they're RPG romantic dinners. And even then they make me LOL a bit.
3. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Sleeping. I rock the wild weekend nights, yo. And yet…I'm awake. At 2 a.m. and there's no booze or sex involved. Dammit.
4. How many colleges did you attend?
One for both undergrad and grad.
5. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
Because it has long sleeves and I'm a bit cold. And it has a cartoon of Smokey the Bear about to beat a marshmallow-roasting Boy Scout over the head with a shovel on it. And that amuses me.
6. What are your thoughts on gas prices?
I don't think about gas prices. I don't have a car. WOOT, urban public transportation FTW. \0/ Even if I did want the MBTA to DIAF during my commute tonight.
7. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Fucking hell, not already.
8. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
If Yuri doesn't lie still I'm going to kill him. My cat and I have a nightly tussle that revolves around him being desperate for petting the moment I start to fall asleep. Which results in pathetic miaows and desperate head butts despite the fact that he spends two or three hours prior to bedtime curled up right next to me.
9. Do you miss being a child?
Yes and no. I don't miss a large part of my childhood. But I miss some of the moments of irresponsibility and joy that come with being a kid. But, hey, as an adult, no one's forcing me into bed at some horribly early hour, or telling me I can't watch or read or do what I want to watch or read or do. \0/
10. What errand/chore do you despise?
Laundry. I hate it with a passion. Haaaaaaate.
11. Get up early or sleep in?
Hm. Neither really. In general, I sleep about four or five hours a night. Sleeping in for me is getting seven or eight.
12. Have you found real love yet?
Yes.
13. Favorite lunch meat?
Bacon. (Shut up, I can make a BLT with it and it's meat. That makes it a lunch meat for me.)
14. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?
There are no Wal-Marts near me. I go to Target instead. And usually I'm only going to get something I can't order offline, so...
15. Beach or lake?
Beach. But only if it's off-season and uncrowded. I prefer the ocean in winter.
16. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
No, I think marriage is a fantastic institution and one that should be available to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation. I am 100% pro-marriage. For other people. *g* I'm not so interested in it for myself, to be honest.
17. Sopranos or Desperate Housewives?
I have zero interest in either, despite having seen episodes of both.
18.What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Johnny Weir and Paris Childers. Because that would be absolutely hysterical. If neither of them are available, then I'd like to have dinner with Lady Gaga. Because she is awesome. And hot. (Speaking of whom, have you SEEN the Telephone video? Sweet Jesus above, that is the hottest video I've seen in ages. Naked!Gaga FTW. Also the prison yard kiss? Holy crap. I could watch that over and over and over and over and over. \0/ for butch/femme! Also, the bikini hallway dance? *bites knuckles* Dear God, I love her.)
19. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
LOLOLOLOL. There's a reason I prefer not to drive. I've wrecked my car four times, the last time totalling it and landing myself in the hospital with an open broken ankle that turned my foot ninety degrees from where it was supposed to be naturally and which caused me to be out of work for three months and have seven pins and a plate put into my ankle bones. Frankenfoot, FTW.
This would be the reason I prefer to rely on public transportation now. I have really crap depth perception in my vision due to a birth defect in my eyes that's left me using one eye for close up and one eye for distance instead of focusing them together. This is NOT A GOOD THING when you are driving, I have discovered. So now I beg friends to chauffeur me when necessary and the rest of the time walk or hop on a bus or train.
20. Ever use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
No. But I did empty one just for the hell of it once to see what it did.
21. Ring tone?
Bird In A Cage by the Old 97's. And speaking of, next week I'm going to three Rhett Miller concerts, one Thursday and two next Saturday night. \0/ Expect squeeage. Because there will be. Muchly.
22. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
In the bathroom of a Japanese airport on a stopover en route to the Philippines.
23. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
*ponders* I lived in LA for two years and drove all up and down the coast to escape the city, so I've been from San Diego to San Francisco now. I would like to go back to Big Sur though.
24. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
I would kill for a new career. I'm ridiculously meh about graphic design now.
25. How old are you?
Forty days away from being 38. Gah. Cue the beginnings of a two-year existential crisis.
26. Do you have a go to person?
Yes. Generally Isolde and Noe right now.
27. Are you where you want to be in life?
Nowhere close, but I like to think that I'm finally on the path. Knock wood.
28. Growing up, what were your favorite cartoons?
Scooby Doo. I had the most ridiculous crush on Velma. Seriously, someone should have known I was queer then. I also loved pretty much anything Sid and Marty Krofft did with an unholy passion--the Banana Splits, H.R. Pufnstuf, the Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monster, Land of the Lost. Then there were The Jetsons, The Flinstones, Speed Buggy, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the Laff-a-lympics (I LOVED the Really Rottens; this should not be surprising), Captain Caveman, Hong Kong Phooey…my God, I watched a lot of TV when I was a kid. And then there were the short In The News segments that played between cartoons on Saturday morning. I LOVED THOSE.
29. What about you do you think has changed the most?
A lot. Ten years ago I was an emotional mess. I've managed to unknot quite a bit of old baggage and become a hell of a lot more self-aware since. And I've learned to actually like who I am finally instead of wishing I was someone different. I think that's probably the most important thing I've learned over the years.
30. Looking back at high school were they the best years of your life?
No, but they weren't horrible. I wouldn't want to go through them again, but looking back I can see the traces of who I am now starting to devlop in ickle!me, and that kind of makes me smile a bit.
31. Are there times you still feel like a kid?
Not really. I was a weirdly adult little kid for the most part.
32. Did you ever own troll dolls?
I had one up until I moved to Boston four years ago. Now it's in a box at my mom's somewhere with the stuff that hasn't yet made it up to me. Don't be mocking the troll dolls. They're awesome.
33. Did you have a pager?
Yes, and I hated it and never used it. Which annoyed my mother when she was trying to reach me.
34. Where was the hang out spot when you were a teenager?
I have no damn idea. I wasn't the hanging-out sort of teenager. I loathed the mall, and I despised cruising. I preferred seeing my friends at school and then going home and curling up in a book or a bit of TV. I was more of an introverted antisocial teenager than anything. I wandered around school dressed in black (to my mother's dismay I've never grown out of that, no matter how many brightly coloured sweaters she gives me for Christmas or birthdays), quoting lines from Funny Face, and telling everyone that they should read The Metamorphosis because it was so awesome. I had no social life, in other words.
35. Were you the type of kid you would want your children to hang out with?
Probably. I was quirky. I like quirky.
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