Wherein HJ is a Sheep

Jul 10, 2006 16:12

This has been passed around more than... I don't know, something that gets passed around a lot.

Anyway, I tried to make this interesting to read by quipping and snarking a lot.

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.  (Several somebodies, really.)
✓ I don't watch much TV these days.  (It's summer. Not much is on.)
✓ I own lots of books.  (I need a second bookshelf, really.)

✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.  (Glasses.)
× I love to play video games.  (Not especially. It's a rare thing for me, although I tend to buy Madden every year.)
✓ I've tried marijuana.  (In college.)

✓ I've watched porn movies.  (I am a boy.)
× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.  (My relationships all seem to end quite well. Or else, one or the other person disappears. I've been the disappearing one.)
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.  (Tends to work out.)

✓ I curse sometimes.  (I almost left this unchecked due to the "sometimes.")
✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.  (Quite.)
× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.  (Uh. No.)

* * * * *

× I have broken someone's bones.
✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.  (Doesn't everyone?)
× I hate the rain.

✓ I'm paranoid at times.
× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.  (Nah. I'm pretty much happy with how I look.)
✓ I need/want money right now.  (Well, want, sure. I think most everyone could handle some extra money.)

× I love sushi.  (I am allergic to sea food.)
× I talk really, really fast.  (Not especially.)
× I have fresh breath in the morning.  (Ha! Who does?)

× I have long hair.  (You could remove the "hair" and this still might not get checked.)
× I have lost money in Las Vegas.  (Never been there.)
✓ I have at least one sibling.  (Younger brother.)

× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
✓ I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.  (I wore a wig, but only for the duration of a party. It was orange, and to my shoulders.)
× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.

✓ I like the way that I look.  (Sure.)
✓ I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.  (I kept my break-up with my former fiancee quiet for a few weeks, which pretty much meant I lied to everyone but her for a little bit.)
× I am usually pessimistic.

× I have a lot of mood swings.
× I think prostitution should be legalized.
✓ I slept with a roommate.  (Not at the time of roommate-hood, but I've slept with former roommates and I've been roommates with people I've slept with. I guess that counts, but isn't to the intent of the question.)

✓ I have a hidden talent.  (But you can't know, because it's hidden! Bwa ha ha ha!)
✓ I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.  (Pretty much.)
× I have a lot of friends.

✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex.
× I enjoy talking on the phone.   (Hate it with a passion.)
× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.

× I love to shop and/or window shop.
× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.
× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.  (My mom is AWESOME, yo. She rocks.)

✓ I have a mobile phone.
× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
✓ I've rejected someone before.  (I was polite, though, and didn't make any sort of weakest link comments.)

✓ I currently like/love someone.
× I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
✓ I want to have children in the future.  (Well, not in the sense of bearing them myself, as I am a boy-type. But yeah, eventually.)

✓ I have changed a diaper before.
× I've called the cops on a friend before.
× I'm not allergic to anything.

✓ I have a lot to learn.  (The world is a big place.)
× I am shy around the opposite sex.  (Ha. Nope. Most of my friends growing up were female, so I am anything but shy.)
× I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.

× I have at least 5 away messages saved.
✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before.
× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.

× I own the "South Park" movie.
× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.
✓ I enjoy some country music.  (Some. Older stuff.)

✓ I would die for my best friends.  (There are worse things than dying for something or someone you care about.)
✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.  (Quite.)
× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.

× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.  (I am actually not a big fan of Halloween.)
× I have dated a close friend's ex.  (I have friends who have done this, but I never have. Go figure.)
✓ I am happy at this moment.  (My life ain't so bad.)

× I'm obsessed with guys.  (Heh. No.)
× Democrat.  (Ah, political parties, that which makes me groan.)
× Republican.  (Again, yeah.)

× I don't even know what I am.  (I am a human; I am not a tree.)
✓ I am punk rockish.  (Yeah, I only wrote fanfic about 70's punk. Sort of. It was Harry Potter, after all.)
× I go for older guys/girls, not younger.  (I am not terribly picky about age, as long as the differential isn't too big.)

× I study for tests most of the time.  (My study skills are a joke.)
× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
✓ I can work on a car.  (Not well or anything.)

✓ I love my job(s).  (My job is cool.)
✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now.  (And gosh darn it, people like me.)
× I have more than just my ears pierced.

× I walk barefoot wherever I can.  (Not really.)
✓ I have jumped off a bridge.  (In my defense, it was not a tall bridge, and it was fun.)
× I love sea turtles.  (Ninja turtles, yes! Sea turtles? Not so much.)

× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.  (Noope.)
✓ I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.  (One day, I will merge a monkey and a pony.)
× I am proficient on a musical instrument.

× I hate office jobs.
× I went to college out of state.
× I am adopted.

× I am a pyro.
× I have thrown up from crying too much.
✓ I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.  (Who hasn't?)

× I fall for the worst people.
× I adore bright colours.
× I usually like covers better than originals.   (No way.)

× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.
✓ I can pick up things with my toes.  (W00t.)
✓ I can't whistle.  (I have tried for many years. I cannot do it. I don't know why.)

× I have ridden/owned a horse.
× I still have every journal I've ever written in.
✓ I talk in my sleep.  (Apparently, I say things like, "We have to jump over the aliens!" and then grab people in the bed and try to help them jump.)

× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.
✓ I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.  (I am guilty of this.)
× I wear a toe ring.

✓ I have a tattoo.  (On my back.)
× I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
× I am a caffeine junkie.

× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.
× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.
× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.

× I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.  (I don't much like wine, which at times makes me stick out a bit.)
✓ I'm an artist.  (Arteest, thank you very much. =))
× I am ambidextrous.  (Oh, how I wish.)

× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.
× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.
× I have terrible teeth.  (I have quite nice teeth.)

× I hate my toes.  (I have quite nice toes.)
✓ I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.
× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.

× I have lived in either three different states or countries.
✓ I am extremely flexible.  (I used to be a springboard diver in high school.)
× I love hugs more than kisses.  (They are equal in my world.)

✓ I want to own my own business.
× I smoke.
× I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.  (Not so much lately.)

× Nobody has ever said I'm normal.  (People have. They were not exceedingly observant people, but they have.)
✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.  (Yes, I'm a sap. We all know it. Move along.)
× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.  (Some, but not many.)

× I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.  (Hee. My first thought was how the Pussycat Dolls sometimes dress, all burlesque and the like. And I thought, "Well, yes, that is not too bad.")
× I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.  (I'm used to it. You'll survive. =))
× I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.

✓ I have played strip poker with someone else before.  (This seems a silly game to play by yourself. Strip Solitaire, however, is a different matter.)
✓ I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.  (I was sad.)
× I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.  (I'm not sure, but if confronted, I do know who to call.)

× I can't stand being alone.
✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time.  (Not a huge obsession, but a little one, at least.)
× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.  (I don't even own a scale.)

× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.
× I'm a judgmental asshole.  (This seems like the type of thing one would not know about one's self.)
× I'm a HUGE drama-queen.

× I have travelled on more than one continent.
× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.  (My dad is pretty damn cool, too.)
× I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.  (Not especially.)

× I am a Libertarian.  (I have some Libertarian friends, though.)
✓ I can speak more than one language.  (There is no qualifier here to see how well I can speak said languages.)
× I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.  (Not really.)

✓ I would rather read than watch TV.  (For the most part, yeah.)
× I like reading fact more than fiction.  (Ha! No.)
✓ I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.  (And how.)

✓ I have no piercings.
× I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.
× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.  (I do not really understand this question...)

× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.  (However, fun fact about the HJ household Christmas celebration: due to a fun family marriage years and years ago, usually there are more Jews than Christians there.)
× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.  (I was born because my parents got it on without birth control. I understood this at far too young an age, too.)
× I like most animals better than most people.

× I own a collection of retro games consoles.
× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.  (I like physical exercise.)
× I have hit someone with a dead fish.  (No, but damn do I want to, now.)

× I am compulsively honest.  (Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.)
× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.
× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.  (I suppose this is true, but I do not have the boobies, so it is less a big deal than it could be.)

× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex.  (Wow, this is specific. I wonder if anyone read this and thought, "Damn that five minute qualifier! I was so close!")
× I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.
✓ I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.  (I remember showers, though, don't worry.)

× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.
× I dislike milk.
× I obsessively wash my hands.  (I wouldn't say obsessively, but I like to keep them clean.)

✓ I always carry something significant around with me.  (My backpack, which is full of practically everything I own.)
✓ Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.  (I don't have all that much hair any longer.)
✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.  (Can you be aware you need to be more self-aware? It seems contradictory.)

× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.
× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.
✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.

× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.
× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.  (I do both.)
× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.  (Heh.)

× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.
✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.  (This is not to say that some aren't, but for the most part, I think most just need money and don't have many skills other than being naked. And some of those pole tricks look difficult!)
× I don't like to chew gum.

× I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.
✓ I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.  (Dude, where's my car?)
✓ I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.  (Heh. More.)

✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.
× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.
✓ I love to sing.  (Unfortunately, others do not share this love of my singing.)

× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.
✓ I have a custom-built computer.  (Dual 2.0ghz G5 PowerMac.)
✓ I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.  (Mad science is my dream. I want to make Conan O'Brien's "If They Mated" a reality.)

× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.
✓ I've gone skinny-dipping.
× I've performed in three plays.

× I enjoy burritos.
× I'm Irish and loving it.
✓ I have a thing for redheads.  (Yes; yes, I do. Can't help it.)

× I am a twin!
× Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.  (I like to combine the two.)
× Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.  (I am tempted to finish the quiz now, just for the irony.)

× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.
× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.
× I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.

× I need more time to myself.
× I wish I was more open-minded.
× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.

✓ I download songs from the internet.  (But I usually buy them from iTunes.)
× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.  (I don't understand this one.)
✓ I say random things to freak people out.  (Not always to freak people out, but often times this is the end result anyway.)

× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.  (Again: huh?)
× I love playing Truth or Dare.
× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.

× Music helps me remember that I am not alone.
× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.
✓ I think this survey is particularly long.  (And how.)

× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.
× I can only hate someone that I love.  (I am an equal-opportunity hater.)
× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

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