The 26 Questions (except it's really 25) Survey
Swiped from several people on the flist.
1. You have $10 and need to buy snacks at a gas station; what do you buy?
Tortilla chips (local if they have 'em), a jar of salsa, and a package of shortbread cookies.
2. If you had to be reincarnated as some sort of sea-dwelling creature, what would you be?
One of the big-brained octopi.
3. Who's your favorite redhead?
Oooh, toughie. PB is strawberry blonde, and I think most of the other redheads I know are dyed. Or I could name Tif from high school; she was natural, too.
4. What do you order when you're at a pancake house?
Depends. Either blinzes, or fried eggs sunny side up with bacon and a short stack.
5. Do you own any... naughty toys?
Yup. What's with the ellipsis?
6. Have you made out with anyone on your friends list?
Yup.
7. Describe your favorite pair of underwear:
Um, it's pretty much regular underwear - cotton, wide elastic waistband, high cut legs - except that it's garnet red. (I have another pair in deep magenta. They're comfy.)
8. Describe the last time you were injured:
Dropped a plate edge-on from chest height onto my foot. Broke skin, bruised the bone, damned ped swelled up for a week, didn't break the plate.
9. Are there any odd things that make you feel comfortable?
I probably have a skewed idea of what "odd" means in this context. I keep several plastic boxes of semiprecious stones underneath my side of the bed so I can sleep on top of my hoard, and I feel vaguely uncomfortable sleeping anywhere where I don't have at least some of my stones with me.
What the hell happened to question 10?
11. Tell me a weird story from your high school years:
Geez, we'll be here for years. Let's see, there was the time that the leader of the saxophone section was doing a "sermon" in Southern Black Preacher half-chanting style about the rest of the band on the bus on the way home from a marching contest, and in the course of it told the freshman trumpeter I had a crush on that he was missing out on an opportunity to get laid and he should take me to the prom . . .
12. What is the wallpaper on your cell phone?
None; I like my layouts uncluttered.
13. Soda?
No, thank you, but if you have iced tea I'll have some of that.
14. Flavor of pudding?
If I'm making it from scratch, chocolate or tapioca. If it's packaged, I kind of like their coconut cream.
15. What type of shirt are you wearing?
A clearance t-shirt from Northern Sun that reads "Team Mascot." I have no idea what team.
16. Prescription medication?
Just the Pill, at the moment.
17. If you could use only one form of transportation for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Assuming that walking does not count as transportation for the purposes of this question, a public bus/train system that actually works in a semi-efficient manner to get people places on time. If the question really means "what would I like to drive," then a sleek little Vespa will do just fine, thanks.
18. How many people are on your friends list?
55 or 56 or 57, depending on whether you want to count the joint journal as two people or one and whether a comic strip counts as a person.
19. How many people on your list do you know in real life?
45
20. What are you listening to right now?
See the "current music" line . . .
21. Most recent movie you watched?
In the theater, Brokeback Mountain; on DVD, the first CardCaptor Sakura movie.
22. Name 5 things you have with you at all times:
Glasses, rings, watch, a necklace of some sort. Can't think of a 5th.
23. Would you rather give or receive a foot massage?
Either sounds good to me.
24. Name a teacher you had the hots for:
Geez, you want me to pick just one? Dr. Spike, who I had for at least two linguistics courses at Rice.
25. What is a saying that you use a lot?
Life is . . . complicated.
26. What's one piece of advice that you think should be passed on to every child?
"Crawl into another head, stand up, take a look around." There are six billion other sentient creatures - at least - around whose needs, wishes, and dreams are every bit as poignant and important as yours. Yours, in turn, are every bit as poignant and important as any one of theirs. You are no more than any one of them, and no less. The better you can empathize with them, the better a person you will be for yourself.
1. You have $10 and need to buy snacks at a gas station; what do you buy?
Tortilla chips (local if they have 'em), a jar of salsa, and a package of shortbread cookies.
2. If you had to be reincarnated as some sort of sea-dwelling creature, what would you be?
One of the big-brained octopi.
3. Who's your favorite redhead?
Oooh, toughie. PB is strawberry blonde, and I think most of the other redheads I know are dyed. Or I could name Tif from high school; she was natural, too.
4. What do you order when you're at a pancake house?
Depends. Either blinzes, or fried eggs sunny side up with bacon and a short stack.
5. Do you own any... naughty toys?
Yup. What's with the ellipsis?
6. Have you made out with anyone on your friends list?
Yup.
7. Describe your favorite pair of underwear:
Um, it's pretty much regular underwear - cotton, wide elastic waistband, high cut legs - except that it's garnet red. (I have another pair in deep magenta. They're comfy.)
8. Describe the last time you were injured:
Dropped a plate edge-on from chest height onto my foot. Broke skin, bruised the bone, damned ped swelled up for a week, didn't break the plate.
9. Are there any odd things that make you feel comfortable?
I probably have a skewed idea of what "odd" means in this context. I keep several plastic boxes of semiprecious stones underneath my side of the bed so I can sleep on top of my hoard, and I feel vaguely uncomfortable sleeping anywhere where I don't have at least some of my stones with me.
What the hell happened to question 10?
11. Tell me a weird story from your high school years:
Geez, we'll be here for years. Let's see, there was the time that the leader of the saxophone section was doing a "sermon" in Southern Black Preacher half-chanting style about the rest of the band on the bus on the way home from a marching contest, and in the course of it told the freshman trumpeter I had a crush on that he was missing out on an opportunity to get laid and he should take me to the prom . . .
12. What is the wallpaper on your cell phone?
None; I like my layouts uncluttered.
13. Soda?
No, thank you, but if you have iced tea I'll have some of that.
14. Flavor of pudding?
If I'm making it from scratch, chocolate or tapioca. If it's packaged, I kind of like their coconut cream.
15. What type of shirt are you wearing?
A clearance t-shirt from Northern Sun that reads "Team Mascot." I have no idea what team.
16. Prescription medication?
Just the Pill, at the moment.
17. If you could use only one form of transportation for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Assuming that walking does not count as transportation for the purposes of this question, a public bus/train system that actually works in a semi-efficient manner to get people places on time. If the question really means "what would I like to drive," then a sleek little Vespa will do just fine, thanks.
18. How many people are on your friends list?
55 or 56 or 57, depending on whether you want to count the joint journal as two people or one and whether a comic strip counts as a person.
19. How many people on your list do you know in real life?
45
20. What are you listening to right now?
See the "current music" line . . .
21. Most recent movie you watched?
In the theater, Brokeback Mountain; on DVD, the first CardCaptor Sakura movie.
22. Name 5 things you have with you at all times:
Glasses, rings, watch, a necklace of some sort. Can't think of a 5th.
23. Would you rather give or receive a foot massage?
Either sounds good to me.
24. Name a teacher you had the hots for:
Geez, you want me to pick just one? Dr. Spike, who I had for at least two linguistics courses at Rice.
25. What is a saying that you use a lot?
Life is . . . complicated.
26. What's one piece of advice that you think should be passed on to every child?
"Crawl into another head, stand up, take a look around." There are six billion other sentient creatures - at least - around whose needs, wishes, and dreams are every bit as poignant and important as yours. Yours, in turn, are every bit as poignant and important as any one of theirs. You are no more than any one of them, and no less. The better you can empathize with them, the better a person you will be for yourself.