30 questions meme
1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Nobody I actually know, but there are a couple of 'sirs': Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sir Laurence Olivier.
2. Where was your first kiss?
The roller skating rink in Norman, OK.
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
No.
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
I've dreamed about it (not kidding!), but never actually hit anyone, no matter the sex.
5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?
Yes. Once. After going to see a play a friend of ours was in, Anna and I went with the cast to a karaoke bar. I sang "I Feel Lucky" by Mary Chapin Carpenter and was so nervous that I forgot to turn the microphone on until someone slipped up on the stage and did it for me.
6. What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex?
Overall face/hair.
7. What really turns you on?
... I have no idea.
8. What do you order at Starbucks?
Nothing. BLECH. Even their chai is nasty-bitter.
9. What is your biggest mistake?
Not following through with things that would eventually lead to career and thus presumably personal happiness... this is an ongoing mistake.
10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
Not really. I have a habit of pushing on already-existing bruises and cuts to see if they're still tender (yes, same as 30 minutes ago), but otherwise I'm very much a wimp.
11. Say something totally random about yourself.
I tan very easily. One reason I wear sleeveless tops (aside from preferring how they feel) is to avoid tan lines on my arms. Because I will get them.
12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
I think someone once told me I looked like some famous person, but I can't remember who said it or who I was supposed to look like.
13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?
Yep!
14. Did you have braces?
No. They shaved my teeth instead. *shudder*
15. Are you comfortable with your height?
Most of the time. I sometimes want to be taller to redistribute the weight.
16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the opposite sex has done for you?
Erm. Blanking right now.
17. When do you know it's love?
Well, as my mom told me, it's when you want to always be with that person. Which obviously means I've never really been in love, because I've yet to want to sacrifice my privacy. The only thing I can think of is when you find out you've lost someone for good and totally fall apart even when you thought you were long since over that person.
18. Do you speak any other languages?
As a kid I was fairly proficient in Spanish (was mistaken for Venezuelan by someone who couldn't see me). These days my Spanish has mixed with the random Japanese I've learned from watching anime and the result is a really weird smattering of both. That still doesn't mean I can construct a sentence.
19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
Yes. Once. For a costume.
20. What magazines do you read?
Semi-regularly: Shojo Beat. That's it.
21. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
For my dad's funeral. I was kicked out of the back because it was too crowded and thus rode up front with the driver and gave him directions. While I didn't particularly want to sit with Irene's parents and other relatives, I did feel that I -- as my dad's only child and only blood relative aside from my grandparents -- was entitled to sit in the back. I was a bit irritated, but then again Irene was already irritated with me for not sitting in the main church with her for the memorial service the night before. Hello, open coffin that I wasn't expecting, no way I was going to sit where I could see it. I wouldn't go in for the funeral, either.
22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?
My dad, though we weren't as close when he died as we had been when I was younger. But I have plenty of good memories and only one regret: that he was only in my life for 18 years.
23. Do you watch MTV?
No, though I watched it all the time in middle school (1986-1988).
24. What's something that really annoys you?
Dishes in the sink.
25. What's something you really like?
Hiking along the California bluffs overlooking the ocean.
26. Do you like Michael Jackson?
He gets creepier looking every year. I like some of his music.
27. Can you dance?
I took one class of east-coast lindy swing and I did pretty well -- too well, I outpaced my partners and kept leading by accident and frustration. But I bet I can't do it anymore. I love to dance, but I hate people to see me dance. So I dance at home where there's only the cats to see. And occasionally if I've had too much to drink, I will dance where someone can see me. I am far too self-conscious about things like that. Dance Dance Revolution does NOT count. But I dream about ballroom dancing.
28. What's the latest you have ever stayed up?
36 hours? Something like that. It was when I worked at Borders and we pulled an all-night and day massive cleanup.
29. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
No.
30.Do you actually read these when other people fill them out?
Usually. If I can't read them right away I sometimes don't get back to them, but otherwise yes.
Nobody I actually know, but there are a couple of 'sirs': Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sir Laurence Olivier.
2. Where was your first kiss?
The roller skating rink in Norman, OK.
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
No.
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
I've dreamed about it (not kidding!), but never actually hit anyone, no matter the sex.
5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?
Yes. Once. After going to see a play a friend of ours was in, Anna and I went with the cast to a karaoke bar. I sang "I Feel Lucky" by Mary Chapin Carpenter and was so nervous that I forgot to turn the microphone on until someone slipped up on the stage and did it for me.
6. What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex?
Overall face/hair.
7. What really turns you on?
... I have no idea.
8. What do you order at Starbucks?
Nothing. BLECH. Even their chai is nasty-bitter.
9. What is your biggest mistake?
Not following through with things that would eventually lead to career and thus presumably personal happiness... this is an ongoing mistake.
10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
Not really. I have a habit of pushing on already-existing bruises and cuts to see if they're still tender (yes, same as 30 minutes ago), but otherwise I'm very much a wimp.
11. Say something totally random about yourself.
I tan very easily. One reason I wear sleeveless tops (aside from preferring how they feel) is to avoid tan lines on my arms. Because I will get them.
12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
I think someone once told me I looked like some famous person, but I can't remember who said it or who I was supposed to look like.
13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?
Yep!
14. Did you have braces?
No. They shaved my teeth instead. *shudder*
15. Are you comfortable with your height?
Most of the time. I sometimes want to be taller to redistribute the weight.
16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the opposite sex has done for you?
Erm. Blanking right now.
17. When do you know it's love?
Well, as my mom told me, it's when you want to always be with that person. Which obviously means I've never really been in love, because I've yet to want to sacrifice my privacy. The only thing I can think of is when you find out you've lost someone for good and totally fall apart even when you thought you were long since over that person.
18. Do you speak any other languages?
As a kid I was fairly proficient in Spanish (was mistaken for Venezuelan by someone who couldn't see me). These days my Spanish has mixed with the random Japanese I've learned from watching anime and the result is a really weird smattering of both. That still doesn't mean I can construct a sentence.
19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
Yes. Once. For a costume.
20. What magazines do you read?
Semi-regularly: Shojo Beat. That's it.
21. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
For my dad's funeral. I was kicked out of the back because it was too crowded and thus rode up front with the driver and gave him directions. While I didn't particularly want to sit with Irene's parents and other relatives, I did feel that I -- as my dad's only child and only blood relative aside from my grandparents -- was entitled to sit in the back. I was a bit irritated, but then again Irene was already irritated with me for not sitting in the main church with her for the memorial service the night before. Hello, open coffin that I wasn't expecting, no way I was going to sit where I could see it. I wouldn't go in for the funeral, either.
22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?
My dad, though we weren't as close when he died as we had been when I was younger. But I have plenty of good memories and only one regret: that he was only in my life for 18 years.
23. Do you watch MTV?
No, though I watched it all the time in middle school (1986-1988).
24. What's something that really annoys you?
Dishes in the sink.
25. What's something you really like?
Hiking along the California bluffs overlooking the ocean.
26. Do you like Michael Jackson?
He gets creepier looking every year. I like some of his music.
27. Can you dance?
I took one class of east-coast lindy swing and I did pretty well -- too well, I outpaced my partners and kept leading by accident and frustration. But I bet I can't do it anymore. I love to dance, but I hate people to see me dance. So I dance at home where there's only the cats to see. And occasionally if I've had too much to drink, I will dance where someone can see me. I am far too self-conscious about things like that. Dance Dance Revolution does NOT count. But I dream about ballroom dancing.
28. What's the latest you have ever stayed up?
36 hours? Something like that. It was when I worked at Borders and we pulled an all-night and day massive cleanup.
29. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
No.
30.Do you actually read these when other people fill them out?
Usually. If I can't read them right away I sometimes don't get back to them, but otherwise yes.