Well, it's still slow at work today...because budgets weren't entered into the computer like they were supposed to be yesterday, soooooo...I found some memes to do. And I also have a rant brewing in my head, and maybe I'll even have time to write that...or maybe not. But, in the meantime, I have memeage! *fanfare*
First, there's this one, which I snagged from
incisivis. Why I like these sorts of things, I'll never know. But, nevertheless, here it is:
1) Bold what is true about you.
2) Italicize what you wish was true about you.
3) Add one true thing about you to the end of the list.
4) Tag five LJ friends.
* I miss somebody right now.
* I don't watch much TV these days.
(Make that, "I don't watch ANY TV these days" and it'll be completely true!)
* I own lots of books.
(And I'd like to own a lot more...)
* I wear glasses or contact lenses.
* I love to play video games.
* I've tried marijuana.
(And it made me horribly sick, and I have never touched illicit drugs since then.)
* I've watched porn movies.
(NOT willingly, however...)
* I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
* I believe honesty is usually always the best policy.
* I curse sometimes. As opposed to constantly.
(Y'know...This one is bad. If I bold it, that means I curse sometimes. If I don't bold it, that means I curse constantly. Actually, the correct answer for me is "I curse never. As opposed to 'sometimes' or 'constantly.'" It was something about which I became strongly convicted about 4 years ago or so. So, I stopped.)
* 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.
(Nah, I'll tell you anything about me, really. But there are things that you probably don't want to hear... ;) )
* 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.
* I need/want money right now.
* I love sushi.
(GACK!!! I don't even like fish when it's cooked...)
* I talk really, really fast.
* I have fresh breath in the morning.
* I have long hair.
* I have lost money in Las Vegas.
* I have at least one sibling.
* I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
(Ireland)
* 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.
* I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.
* I am usually pessimistic.
* I have a lot of mood swings.
* I think prostitution should be legalized.
* I slept with a roommate.
* I have a hidden talent.
* I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
* I have a lot of friends.
* I have pecked someone of the same sex.
(What the heck does this mean? Like "pecked on the cheek?" If that's the case, then, sure I have. I mean, who the heck hasn't done that? Weird question...
* I enjoy talking on the phone.
(I HATE THE TELEPHONE!!! Worst invention ever, in my book.)
* I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
(I wish I could wear them to work...)
* I love to shop and/or window shop.
* I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.
* I don't hate anyone.
* I'm a pretty good dancer.
* I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
* I have a cell phone.
(That I don't have to pay for and that I hardly use because, as I said, I hate telephones. :) )
* I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
* I've rejected someone before.
* 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.
(Like, I know NOTHING about quantum mechanics, for instance... ;) )
* I am shy around the opposite sex.
* I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
* I have at least 5 away messages saved.
* 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.
(I likes me the sappy stuff, I does. And Garth Brooks's "The River" is one of my favorite songs...)
* I would die for my best friends.
(I would only die for people I love. And I don't always love my friends.)
* I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.
* I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
* Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
* I have dated a close friend's ex.
* I am happy at this moment.
* I'm obsessed with guys.
* Democrat.
* Conservative Republican.
(I categorically refuse all political labels, thankyouverymuch.)
* I am punk rockish.
* I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
* I study for tests most of the time.
(Never had to... ;) )
* I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
* I can work on a car.
(Well, if I have the right tools and a garage, I can. Unfortunately, I have neither of those at the moment...)
* I love my job.
* I am comfortable with who I am right now.
* I have more than just my ears pierced.
* I walk barefoot wherever I can.
* I have jumped off a bridge.
(In an innertube. Into a championship whitewater kayaking course. In February. Nearly drowned halfway down the course. Will never do that again. :) )
* I love sea turtles.
* I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
* I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
* I am proficient on a musical instrument.
(*points at icon*)
* I hate office jobs.
* I went to college out of state.
(Well, I went to Princeton while living in Pennsylvania, but I lived right across the river, so it wasn't like it was a big deal or anything...)
* 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.
* I fall for the worst people and have been hurt every time.
* I adore bright colors.
* I usually like covers better than originals.
* I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.
* I can pick up things with my toes.
(Who can't?)
* I can't whistle.
(Well, I can't whistle the right way, anyway. Most people whistle by blowing air out. I whistle by sucking air in. ;) )
* I have ridden/owned a horse. And fallen off.
* 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.
(Like, I was so meant to live in the 19th century. No phones, no electricity, no TVs, and no loud, obnoxious music. And lots of waltzes! I love waltzes! That, to me, would be really, really good. Well, except for the corsets. I don't know if I could handle those... And there would be no computers, either. But then, if I'd never been exposed to a computer, then I wouldn't know what I was missing, so I think I'd be OK. Oh, to have been born in 1865 instead of 1965... *sigh*)
* I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
* 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 cosplayed or know what cosplaying is.
* I have been to over 15 conventions.
(Mostly Star Trek ones, but also three Transformers ones.)
* I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
* I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.
* I'm an artist.
* 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.
* I want to own my own business.
* I smoke.
* I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
* Nobody has ever said I'm normal.
* Sad movies, games, fics and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.
(Are you kidding? Sad movies will make me bawl like an infant. *sigh*)
* I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
(Well, firearms, at least. I don't really like combat/assault weapons. Too powerful for moi. I'm more into precision than power.)
* I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.
* I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.
* 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 believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
* I can't stand being alone.
(On the contrary, I'm pretty darn happy when alone...)
* I have at least one obsession at any given time.
* 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 have traveled on more than one continent.
(Just Antarctica and South America to go...)
* I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.
* I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
* I am a Libertarian.
* I can speak more than one language.
(Sort of, anyway... I used to be really good at German, but languages are a "Use it or lose it" kind of thing, and there isn't much call for speaking German in the United States. I might have gotten better use out of Spanish...but I flatly refuse to learn how to speak it, so there we are.)
* I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
* I would rather read than watch TV.
* I like reading fact more than fiction.
* I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
* 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.
* I've been married and am now divorced.
* 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.
* I have written/read erotic stories.
* I am compulsively honest.
* I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.
(Although I only officially learned about it about four years ago...)
* I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers. And not been ashamed.
* I have gone from wishing I was a boy to revelling in being a girl to feeling like a boy 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.
* 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 that 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.
* 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.
(Nah, I cheated and popped it into Dreamweaver. :) )
* I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
(Hey, in the 70s it wasn't "cool" to be a Trekker. :) )
* I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.
(Rather, I think they're desperate...)
* 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 only bolded half because only the first half is true. I like to read about and learn medieval history. SCA participation aside, I have no real wish to live it or even to observe it. 'Twas brutal, indeed...)
* I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.
* Had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
* Wishes people would be more empathic and honest with each other.
* I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.
* I love to sing.
* I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.
* I have a custom-built computer.
* I want to have 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 thrown a knife at someone
* Though of age to do so, I've never drank alcohol.
*I know how to use a comma, a semicolon, and a colon correctly!
And I won't tag anyone. If you want to do this silly thing, go ahead. If you don't, go in peace. :)
And then there are the questions from
raisedbymoogles. Behold!
1) So, I know you like TFs and Spongebob. Which children's show can you really not stand?
Seasame Street. When I was a kid, I never understood why other kids liked it so much. (I was way more of a "Captain Kangaroo" kid.) And now, as an adult, I still don't know why kids like it so much...
2) What material possession are you most lusting after right now?
Y'know, I'm really not a "Material Girl" anymore. Six years of practicing Buddhism kinda bludgeoned that whole mindset out of me, I'm afraid. I guess the closest thing would be wanting the addition on the house that we want to put on. I want a bathroom that the adults in the house don't have to share with two pre-teen boys... ;)
3) Have you ever lived anywhere besides Colorado?
Yep. I was born in Ireland and lived all of my childhood and half of my teen years in Woodstock, Illinois. Then, when my father died when I was 15, we moved back to Ireland. But then I decided when I was 16 that I wanted to finish school in the US, not in Ireland, so I moved back to the States by myself. I lived in Pennsylvania because, ostensibly, my aunt was my guardian. But I had my own apartment that I paid for with my father's life insurance money and a job working 30 hours a week. I lived in various places in Pennsylvania until I moved to Colorado in 2002. But I don't think I'll live anywhere else, if I can help it. It's way too nice here. :)
4) What's your favorite breakfast cereal?
Hmmmm... I don't eat a whole lot of cereal. (That's more like
frostymook's territory.) But when I do, my favorite is probably Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch. I also like King Vitamin, but I can't find it anywhere in this area. Boo. :(
5) Which do you prefer, 3D or 2D animation?
I'm old skool. I like 2D. Especially with lots of animation errors. ;)
And that be it...for now...MWAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! *cough, sputter*