the seven deadly sins meme
Because I'm stuck at the office between meetings. Swiped from tzikeh.
WRATH
Who did you last get angry with?
A coworker/colleague. Typical.
What is your weapon of choice?
Depends. Sarcasm's pretty much my default. Righteousness has its uses. Being too bored to care sometimes works.
Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
Under normal circumstances, no. If harassed by drunken gaybasher wannabes who are between me and my car, past precedent suggests a pretty definitive "yes."
How about of the same sex?
No.
Who was the last person that got really angry at you?
Probably the coworker/colleague mentioned above, but I tend to be pretty dense about this stuff unless it's made very explicit. I'm not good with subtle.
What is your pet peeve?
I have to pick one? Okay: willful stupidity. Genuine stupidity gets my pity along with my annoyance; strategic stupidity gets my unremitting ire.
Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?
Depends. I don't hold grudges against people I care about. People I don't particularly care for (i.e. most people)? Yes indeed.
SLOTH
What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
Done at all? Nothing. Done enough of? The dissertation.
What is the latest you've ever woken up?
In non-jet-lag non-illness circumstances? 4pm, as a kid. In the last decade, noon.
Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't.
A beloved faraway friend who's about to finish her PhD in comparative linguistics with a minor in cognitive psychology.
What is the last lame excuse you've made?
"I don't feel like it."
Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through?
I'm not sure I've ever watched an infomercial at all. Aren't those a cable thing?
When was the last time you got a good workout in?
About three hours ago when I biked in to school at a pretty good clip (17 mph on the straightaway by the lake).
How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
I don't use the snooze button.
GLUTTONY
What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Does Italian soda count? How about fancy upscale root beer? Nothing with coffee in it, that's for sure.
White meat or dark meat?
White.
What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
Three-quarters of a bottle of wine over the course of a four-hour dinner party.
Have you ever used a professional diet company?
No.
Do you have an issue with your weight?
Not anymore. A relatively recent phenomenon, I might add.
Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
Crunchy.
Have you ever taken food "to go" from a buffet?
Isn't the point of a buffet that by the end you never want food again?
LUST
How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
Between competitive swimming, massage class, and random anti-clothing acquaintances in college? Um... probably 80 or 90. Possibly more.
How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
Slightly fewer than that -- say 75.
Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation?
Nope. I'm more likely to stare at hands (see below).
Have you wanted someone who was taken?
"Yes" doesn't quite begin to cover this one. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure I've ever wanted someone who *wasn't* taken at some point during the wanting.
What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
I notice hands. And I'm fond of that lickable place under the ear. But what I find most lovely has varied pretty widely depending on the person, and often has to do with expressions or movements more than features.
Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
Nope.
Have you ever had a one-night stand?
Not if we're being strictly literal.
GREED
How many credit cards do you own?
One.
What's your guilty pleasure?
I don't usually have guilt about pleasure. I have guilt about things I *don't* do.
If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?
Invest it. Use the first few years' interest to pay off my favorite people's student loans, take renenet and a couple of other people to London for two weeks, buy a metric ton of stuff at my local feminist bookstore, and buy the gorgeous wool comforter I've been wanting for a couple of years now. And then once I got a job I would use it to buy a lovely house with room for lots of cats, and to remodel the kitchen to my specifications.
Would you rather be rich or famous?
Rich. Duh. Fame usually involves interacting with other people.
Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
I can imagine circumstances under which I would, but they're pretty extreme. So: probably not.
Have you ever stolen anything?
Heh. Yes. I recently amused a friend by launching into "Shoplifting 101" in my Teacher Voice.
How many mp3's are on your hard drive?
Not sure -- I'm not on my home computer. I recently did a good deal of archiving and deleting and got it down to under 5Gb, but I think I'm back up near 6Gb again. In terms of number of songs... a couple thousand, maybe?
PRIDE
What's the one thing you've done that you're most proud of?
Become a good teacher.
What's the one thing you've done that your parents are most proud of?
I wish I knew. Probably "graduate from high school," but that's a guess.
What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?
In general? Become a better teacher. Right now? Finish my dissertation. Sadly, desire isn't translating into action in that instance.
Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
Not always, but when I do, I *really* do. I am capable of being not just competitive but really, really petty.
Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?
Yes. Though this happens less and less as I insist on hanging out with smart people.
Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
Yes, though not recently.
What did you do today that you're proud of?
Laid some conceptual groundwork for a literary theory syllabus. Made soup from a recipe I'd never used before.
ENVY
What item of your friend's would you most want to have for your own?
Anyone who has a better computer than I do, I want it.
If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
Hmm. I wouldn't, I don't think. Most of the people I know who are happy with their lives are happy in ways that wouldn't make *me* happy.
Have you ever been cheated on?
Not that I know about.
Have you ever cheated on someone?
Nope. If I'm going to crash and burn a relationship, I'd like to do it with a little more panache than that, please.
Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
Am I a woman in contemporary America? Of course I have. Less and less so as the years go by, though.
What trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
Focus. Patience. And the ability to work on getting better at something I'm not naturally good at, which I suppose is a subset of patience.
What is your favorite deadly sin?
Gluttony, of course - not just food but indulgence more generally.
WRATH
Who did you last get angry with?
A coworker/colleague. Typical.
What is your weapon of choice?
Depends. Sarcasm's pretty much my default. Righteousness has its uses. Being too bored to care sometimes works.
Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
Under normal circumstances, no. If harassed by drunken gaybasher wannabes who are between me and my car, past precedent suggests a pretty definitive "yes."
How about of the same sex?
No.
Who was the last person that got really angry at you?
Probably the coworker/colleague mentioned above, but I tend to be pretty dense about this stuff unless it's made very explicit. I'm not good with subtle.
What is your pet peeve?
I have to pick one? Okay: willful stupidity. Genuine stupidity gets my pity along with my annoyance; strategic stupidity gets my unremitting ire.
Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?
Depends. I don't hold grudges against people I care about. People I don't particularly care for (i.e. most people)? Yes indeed.
SLOTH
What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
Done at all? Nothing. Done enough of? The dissertation.
What is the latest you've ever woken up?
In non-jet-lag non-illness circumstances? 4pm, as a kid. In the last decade, noon.
Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't.
A beloved faraway friend who's about to finish her PhD in comparative linguistics with a minor in cognitive psychology.
What is the last lame excuse you've made?
"I don't feel like it."
Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through?
I'm not sure I've ever watched an infomercial at all. Aren't those a cable thing?
When was the last time you got a good workout in?
About three hours ago when I biked in to school at a pretty good clip (17 mph on the straightaway by the lake).
How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
I don't use the snooze button.
GLUTTONY
What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Does Italian soda count? How about fancy upscale root beer? Nothing with coffee in it, that's for sure.
White meat or dark meat?
White.
What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
Three-quarters of a bottle of wine over the course of a four-hour dinner party.
Have you ever used a professional diet company?
No.
Do you have an issue with your weight?
Not anymore. A relatively recent phenomenon, I might add.
Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
Crunchy.
Have you ever taken food "to go" from a buffet?
Isn't the point of a buffet that by the end you never want food again?
LUST
How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
Between competitive swimming, massage class, and random anti-clothing acquaintances in college? Um... probably 80 or 90. Possibly more.
How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
Slightly fewer than that -- say 75.
Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation?
Nope. I'm more likely to stare at hands (see below).
Have you wanted someone who was taken?
"Yes" doesn't quite begin to cover this one. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure I've ever wanted someone who *wasn't* taken at some point during the wanting.
What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
I notice hands. And I'm fond of that lickable place under the ear. But what I find most lovely has varied pretty widely depending on the person, and often has to do with expressions or movements more than features.
Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
Nope.
Have you ever had a one-night stand?
Not if we're being strictly literal.
GREED
How many credit cards do you own?
One.
What's your guilty pleasure?
I don't usually have guilt about pleasure. I have guilt about things I *don't* do.
If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?
Invest it. Use the first few years' interest to pay off my favorite people's student loans, take renenet and a couple of other people to London for two weeks, buy a metric ton of stuff at my local feminist bookstore, and buy the gorgeous wool comforter I've been wanting for a couple of years now. And then once I got a job I would use it to buy a lovely house with room for lots of cats, and to remodel the kitchen to my specifications.
Would you rather be rich or famous?
Rich. Duh. Fame usually involves interacting with other people.
Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
I can imagine circumstances under which I would, but they're pretty extreme. So: probably not.
Have you ever stolen anything?
Heh. Yes. I recently amused a friend by launching into "Shoplifting 101" in my Teacher Voice.
How many mp3's are on your hard drive?
Not sure -- I'm not on my home computer. I recently did a good deal of archiving and deleting and got it down to under 5Gb, but I think I'm back up near 6Gb again. In terms of number of songs... a couple thousand, maybe?
PRIDE
What's the one thing you've done that you're most proud of?
Become a good teacher.
What's the one thing you've done that your parents are most proud of?
I wish I knew. Probably "graduate from high school," but that's a guess.
What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?
In general? Become a better teacher. Right now? Finish my dissertation. Sadly, desire isn't translating into action in that instance.
Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
Not always, but when I do, I *really* do. I am capable of being not just competitive but really, really petty.
Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?
Yes. Though this happens less and less as I insist on hanging out with smart people.
Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
Yes, though not recently.
What did you do today that you're proud of?
Laid some conceptual groundwork for a literary theory syllabus. Made soup from a recipe I'd never used before.
ENVY
What item of your friend's would you most want to have for your own?
Anyone who has a better computer than I do, I want it.
If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
Hmm. I wouldn't, I don't think. Most of the people I know who are happy with their lives are happy in ways that wouldn't make *me* happy.
Have you ever been cheated on?
Not that I know about.
Have you ever cheated on someone?
Nope. If I'm going to crash and burn a relationship, I'd like to do it with a little more panache than that, please.
Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
Am I a woman in contemporary America? Of course I have. Less and less so as the years go by, though.
What trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
Focus. Patience. And the ability to work on getting better at something I'm not naturally good at, which I suppose is a subset of patience.
What is your favorite deadly sin?
Gluttony, of course - not just food but indulgence more generally.