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meme stolen from Carmen's lj. most people already know a lot of this information about me, but here ya go anyway.
(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
✓ I miss somebody right now. (i'm in freakin' Australia, i miss a lot of people. but one person in particular does come to mind.)
✓ I don't watch much TV these days. (no t.v.)
✓ I own lots of books. (kind of depends on your definition of "lots," but i'd say i own a fair amount.)
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.
× I love to play video games.
× I've tried marijuana.
× I've watched porn movies.
✓ I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. (i don't know that the term "psycho-ex" is really a fair assessment. but i certainly wasn't balanced.)
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (almost always)
✓ I curse sometimes. (bit more than sometimes, really)
✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
* * * * *
× I have broken someone's bones.
✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal. (don't we all?)
× I hate the rain. (freakin' love the rain!)
✓ I'm paranoid at times. (a lot less recently than in the past)
× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
✓ I need/want money right now. (again, don't we all? or am i just a super-capitalistic business student? yeah....that might be it.....)
✓ I love sushi.
✓ I talk really, really fast. (not always, but sometimes. it kind of comes along with being a new yorker.)
× I have fresh breath in the morning.
× I have long hair. (i used to, and i will again eventually)
× I have lost money in Las Vegas. (never been)
✓ I have at least one sibling. (three actually)
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
× I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
× I like the way that I look. (sometimes i do. not particularly at the moment, though)
× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.
× I am usually pessimistic.
× I have a lot of mood swings. (i did this past year, but not so much anymore.)
× I think prostitution should be legalized.
× I slept with a roommate.
✓ I have a hidden talent. (wouldn't you like to know....)
× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
✓ I have a lot of friends. (i'd like to think i do)
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex. (more than a peck, to be quite honest)
✓ I enjoy talking on the phone.
× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
✓ I love to shop and/or window shop. (with the right company it can be a lot of fun)
× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.
× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
✓ I have a mobile phone.
× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
✓ I've rejected someone before. (it was at camp and i was like 14. he was kind of creepy.)
✓ 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.
× 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. (who doesn't?)
× I am shy around the opposite sex. (i guess if it's a really cute guy that i don't know very well. but i am generally more comfortable around guys than girls. at least i seem to have more guy friends.)
✓ I'm online 24/7, even as an away message. (maybe not 24/7, but a lot)
✓ I have at least 5 away messages saved. (waaaaaay more than that)
✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before. (i enjoy the drinking, not gonna lie)
× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past. (never really made a move on anyone. i just let the move be made on me when i'm so inclined. i wouldn't be so inclined in that situation, though.)
× I own the "South Park" movie.
× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.
✓ I enjoy some country music. (very little)
✓ I would die for my best friends.
✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist. (definitely obsessive.....definitely)
× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
✓ I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. (and for other reasons)
× I have dated a close friend's ex. (i would never do something like that)
✓ I am happy at this moment. (i'm not sad)
× I'm obsessed with guys.
✓ Democrat. (democrat leaning, but really a moderate)
× Republican.
× I don't even know what I am.
× I am punk rockish.
✓ I go for older guys/girls, not younger. (but not much older, generally)
✓ I study for tests most of the time.
× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met. (how many ways are there to do it, really?)
× I can work on a car.
✓ I love my job(s). (i'm currently unemployed, but i loved RHA, and will hopefully be doing that again soon)
✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now.
✓ I have more than just my ears pierced. (navel)
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can.
× I have jumped off a bridge.
✓ I love sea turtles. (sure)
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
✓ I plan on achieving a major goal/dream. (becoming a corporate lawyer)
✓ I am proficient on a musical instrument. (violin and viola and a very little bit of piano)
× I hate office jobs.
✓ I went to college out of state. (D.C. baby!)
× 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. (it felt intentional. i guess that could be debated, though.)
✓ I fall for the worst people.
× I adore bright colours. (adore is a strong word)
× I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.
✓ I can pick up things with my toes.
× I can't whistle.
× I have ridden/owned a horse.
× I still have every journal I've ever written in.
× I talk in my sleep.
× 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 try to, but it usually doesn't work)
× I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.
× 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 never have wine with dinner. but if i did, i'm sure i would enjoy it.)
✓ I'm an artist. (sure, why not)
× I am ambidextrous.
× 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 hate my 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 love hugs more than kisses. (love 'em both, actually)
× I want to own my own business. (used to want to at one point)
× I smoke. (only very occasionally)
✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
✓ Nobody has ever said I'm normal. (weird and proud of it)
✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then. (sometimes more than a trickle)
× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
✓ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits. (very cool)
× I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me. (is unpleased even a word? i thought it was displeased. in any case, it used to really bother me, but i usually don't give a damn anymore.)
✓ 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.
✓ I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help. (i suffered from mild clinical depression this past year, but i'm better now)
× I believe in ghosts and the paranormal. (not really sure)
× I can't stand being alone. (sometimes i absolutely love being alone)
✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time. (i have many obsessions)
× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.
× I'm a judgmental asshole.
× I'm a HUGE drama-queen. (i really try not to be, and usually succeed. however, there have been occasions in the past when i've acted like one.)
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent. (North America, Asia, Europe, and now Australia!)
× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear. (my dad can be difficult to deal with a lot of the time, but i love him very much and would never want him to just disappear)
✓ I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am. (a lot of the time)
× I am a Libertarian.
✓ I can speak more than one language. (some french, and can understand and speak very little malayalam)
✓ I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
✓ I would rather read than watch TV. (sort of depends, but generally yes)
× I like reading fact more than fiction.
× I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do. (never actually pulled an all-nighter, though i do procrastinate a lot)
× 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 once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.
✓ There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.
× 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 have hit someone with a dead fish. (ummmmmm?)
× I am compulsively honest.
× 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 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.
× 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. (can't go without sleep, but i've forgotten to eat before)
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.
✓ I dislike milk.
× I obsessively wash my hands.
✓ I always carry something significant around with me.
× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.
✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others. (in the past year particularly)
× 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. (nothing in particular comes to mind, but knowing me that's entirely possible)
× 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 participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.
✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.
× 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 like history, but i'm not obsessed)
× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.
✓ I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years. (oh teen angst.....i had a very mild case, but had it nonetheless)
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other. (PLEASE!!!!)
× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.
✓ I love to sing. (not very good at it, but love to do it anyway)
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.
× I have a custom-built computer.
× I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× 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. (not quite)
× I have a thing for redheads. (does Lindsay Lohan count? lol)
× I am a twin! (i wish i was, b/c that would be cool. my brothers are twins.)
✓ Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'. (i don't believe the two are mutually exclusive)
× Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes. (there are definitely things in my past that i regret, but i think they've made me who i am, so i wouldn't actually erase anything if given the opportunity)
× 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.
× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.
× I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.
✓ I love playing Truth or Dare. (love Truth. not Dare so much.)
× 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.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.
× I can only hate someone that I love.
× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.
(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
✓ I miss somebody right now. (i'm in freakin' Australia, i miss a lot of people. but one person in particular does come to mind.)
✓ I don't watch much TV these days. (no t.v.)
✓ I own lots of books. (kind of depends on your definition of "lots," but i'd say i own a fair amount.)
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.
× I love to play video games.
× I've tried marijuana.
× I've watched porn movies.
✓ I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. (i don't know that the term "psycho-ex" is really a fair assessment. but i certainly wasn't balanced.)
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (almost always)
✓ I curse sometimes. (bit more than sometimes, really)
✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
* * * * *
× I have broken someone's bones.
✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal. (don't we all?)
× I hate the rain. (freakin' love the rain!)
✓ I'm paranoid at times. (a lot less recently than in the past)
× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
✓ I need/want money right now. (again, don't we all? or am i just a super-capitalistic business student? yeah....that might be it.....)
✓ I love sushi.
✓ I talk really, really fast. (not always, but sometimes. it kind of comes along with being a new yorker.)
× I have fresh breath in the morning.
× I have long hair. (i used to, and i will again eventually)
× I have lost money in Las Vegas. (never been)
✓ I have at least one sibling. (three actually)
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
× I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
× I like the way that I look. (sometimes i do. not particularly at the moment, though)
× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.
× I am usually pessimistic.
× I have a lot of mood swings. (i did this past year, but not so much anymore.)
× I think prostitution should be legalized.
× I slept with a roommate.
✓ I have a hidden talent. (wouldn't you like to know....)
× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
✓ I have a lot of friends. (i'd like to think i do)
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex. (more than a peck, to be quite honest)
✓ I enjoy talking on the phone.
× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
✓ I love to shop and/or window shop. (with the right company it can be a lot of fun)
× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.
× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
✓ I have a mobile phone.
× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
✓ I've rejected someone before. (it was at camp and i was like 14. he was kind of creepy.)
✓ 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.
× 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. (who doesn't?)
× I am shy around the opposite sex. (i guess if it's a really cute guy that i don't know very well. but i am generally more comfortable around guys than girls. at least i seem to have more guy friends.)
✓ I'm online 24/7, even as an away message. (maybe not 24/7, but a lot)
✓ I have at least 5 away messages saved. (waaaaaay more than that)
✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before. (i enjoy the drinking, not gonna lie)
× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past. (never really made a move on anyone. i just let the move be made on me when i'm so inclined. i wouldn't be so inclined in that situation, though.)
× I own the "South Park" movie.
× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.
✓ I enjoy some country music. (very little)
✓ I would die for my best friends.
✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist. (definitely obsessive.....definitely)
× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
✓ I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. (and for other reasons)
× I have dated a close friend's ex. (i would never do something like that)
✓ I am happy at this moment. (i'm not sad)
× I'm obsessed with guys.
✓ Democrat. (democrat leaning, but really a moderate)
× Republican.
× I don't even know what I am.
× I am punk rockish.
✓ I go for older guys/girls, not younger. (but not much older, generally)
✓ I study for tests most of the time.
× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met. (how many ways are there to do it, really?)
× I can work on a car.
✓ I love my job(s). (i'm currently unemployed, but i loved RHA, and will hopefully be doing that again soon)
✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now.
✓ I have more than just my ears pierced. (navel)
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can.
× I have jumped off a bridge.
✓ I love sea turtles. (sure)
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
✓ I plan on achieving a major goal/dream. (becoming a corporate lawyer)
✓ I am proficient on a musical instrument. (violin and viola and a very little bit of piano)
× I hate office jobs.
✓ I went to college out of state. (D.C. baby!)
× 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. (it felt intentional. i guess that could be debated, though.)
✓ I fall for the worst people.
× I adore bright colours. (adore is a strong word)
× I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.
✓ I can pick up things with my toes.
× I can't whistle.
× I have ridden/owned a horse.
× I still have every journal I've ever written in.
× I talk in my sleep.
× 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 try to, but it usually doesn't work)
× I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.
× 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 never have wine with dinner. but if i did, i'm sure i would enjoy it.)
✓ I'm an artist. (sure, why not)
× I am ambidextrous.
× 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 hate my 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 love hugs more than kisses. (love 'em both, actually)
× I want to own my own business. (used to want to at one point)
× I smoke. (only very occasionally)
✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
✓ Nobody has ever said I'm normal. (weird and proud of it)
✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then. (sometimes more than a trickle)
× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
✓ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits. (very cool)
× I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me. (is unpleased even a word? i thought it was displeased. in any case, it used to really bother me, but i usually don't give a damn anymore.)
✓ 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.
✓ I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help. (i suffered from mild clinical depression this past year, but i'm better now)
× I believe in ghosts and the paranormal. (not really sure)
× I can't stand being alone. (sometimes i absolutely love being alone)
✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time. (i have many obsessions)
× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.
× I'm a judgmental asshole.
× I'm a HUGE drama-queen. (i really try not to be, and usually succeed. however, there have been occasions in the past when i've acted like one.)
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent. (North America, Asia, Europe, and now Australia!)
× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear. (my dad can be difficult to deal with a lot of the time, but i love him very much and would never want him to just disappear)
✓ I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am. (a lot of the time)
× I am a Libertarian.
✓ I can speak more than one language. (some french, and can understand and speak very little malayalam)
✓ I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
✓ I would rather read than watch TV. (sort of depends, but generally yes)
× I like reading fact more than fiction.
× I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do. (never actually pulled an all-nighter, though i do procrastinate a lot)
× 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 once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.
✓ There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.
× 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 have hit someone with a dead fish. (ummmmmm?)
× I am compulsively honest.
× 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 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.
× 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. (can't go without sleep, but i've forgotten to eat before)
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.
✓ I dislike milk.
× I obsessively wash my hands.
✓ I always carry something significant around with me.
× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.
✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others. (in the past year particularly)
× 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. (nothing in particular comes to mind, but knowing me that's entirely possible)
× 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 participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.
✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.
× 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 like history, but i'm not obsessed)
× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.
✓ I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years. (oh teen angst.....i had a very mild case, but had it nonetheless)
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other. (PLEASE!!!!)
× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.
✓ I love to sing. (not very good at it, but love to do it anyway)
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.
× I have a custom-built computer.
× I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× 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. (not quite)
× I have a thing for redheads. (does Lindsay Lohan count? lol)
× I am a twin! (i wish i was, b/c that would be cool. my brothers are twins.)
✓ Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'. (i don't believe the two are mutually exclusive)
× Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes. (there are definitely things in my past that i regret, but i think they've made me who i am, so i wouldn't actually erase anything if given the opportunity)
× 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.
× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.
× I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.
✓ I love playing Truth or Dare. (love Truth. not Dare so much.)
× 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.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.
× I can only hate someone that I love.
× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.