75 questions
[[1. Who are you? ]]
I am Hazel, a woman who is more secure and assured of herself than she has ever been before.
[[2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?]]
First, that I may not necessarily fit any mold of sub-genres, though I have an affinity for a certain few. Second, that just because I'm quiet doesn't mean that I agree. Third, that I still always surprise those who confess to know me the most, or the longest.
[[3. When you aren't filling out 5,000 question surveys like this one what are you doing?]]
Usually, I'm getting into a nasty habit which is also known as living in the real world.
[[4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).]]
English and Art took equal footing. Everything else was in the same level, really.
[[5. What is your biggest goal for this year?]]
To move out from my current job and into my design-related career. Preferably part-time.
[[6. Where will you be in 5 years?]]
That depends. At current status, I will most likely still be living on the Gold Coast, although I refuse to let 5 years pass before I get into my career. I would also like to be working for myself.
[[7. What do you want to be when you grow up?]]
A mature, level-headed, well-rounded adult.
[[8. Are you more child-like or childish?]]
Sometimes I can be childish, but retaining a child-like sense of things is always healthy.
[[9. What is the last thing you said out loud? ]]
"That was pretty good."
[[10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?]]
"Fuckin Awesome" by Spiderbait
[[11. Have you ever taken a martial arts class? ]]
Yes, but it was almost 20 years ago.
[[12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?]]
My life has pretty much levelled out now. It's not going to stay the same for long and hopefully within the next few months it will get better.
[[13. Does time really heal all wounds?]]
Yes. And time also wounds all heels.
[[14. How do you handle a rainy day?]]
If it was up to me, I'd stay inside curled up in bed and lazing the day away. Rain doesn't faze me, but if I don't have to be out in it, then I won't. :)
[[15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?]]
Well, I've had my luggage misdirected and I've untangled holiday lights. Hands down, losing your luggage is worse.
[[16. How is your relationship with your parents?]]
It's not star quality, but it's better than it was before.
[[17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?]]
It depends on the situation. I'm blissfully unaware of most group politics and I like to keep it that way.
[[18. What is the truest thing that you know?]]
Myself.
[[19. What do you want your life to be like, as the future takes clearer shape?]]
Happy, fulfilling and well adjusted. I don't know if I could really ask for anything more.
[[20. Have you ever been given a second chance?]]
Surely, although I may not have recognized it at the time.
[[21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?]]
I tend to give.
[[22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart?]]
Absolutely.
[[23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?]]
Being hit on the calf so hard with the handle of a feather duster, that it created a red welt that was an inch wide and 4 inches long. That and that tooth filling where the anaesthesia hadn't quite done its job yet.
[[24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?]]
Being scarred at the very early age of 3 with the impression that nobody wanted me around. Also when I found out during a certain relationship that he wasn't ready or willing to fight for it.
[[25. Who have you hugged today?]]
Nobody.
[[26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?]]
Myself, when I went to rent some more DVDs. Other than that, it's no one, really. I got stuck with the grumpy brother at home and had to suffer his PMS.
[[27. Do you have a lot to learn?]]
But of course!
[[28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?]]
How to fly unaided, how to be successful, and how to continuing living a happy life.
[[29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?]]
How they make me feel. It is always this impression that lasts the longest, even if it is brought about by the other two.
[[30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?]]
Respect, trust, patience, understanding and knowing when to say sorry.
[[31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?]]
Fly around the world, meet the love of my life and be a published illustrator/designer/writer.
[[32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?]]
Living the rest of my life as a quadruplegic, hurting someone I care about deeply and being forced to give up my faith.
[[33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?]]
I don't know. I haven't quite decided yet. Well, I believe in doing the right thing.
[[34. What does each decade make you think of:]]
The 19..
20's: Art deco!
30's: Gangsters, tommy guns and sultry vixens crooning in smoky nightclubs.
40's: The movie "Pleasantville". Swing, Swing, Swing.
50's: Those old gas guzzling cars that weighed a ton because they were solid metal.
60's: Hippies.
70's: Sideburns.
80's: Yuppies. The hair and the music. And the "fashion".
90's: Grunge and techno music.
2000: A dawn of a new era, personally speaking.
[[35. Which decade do you feel you belong in and why?]]
Almost all. I can relate to those better. Except for the 60s and 70s.
[[36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?]]
Most classic Beatles would be among my top tunes, or Elvis' "All Shook Up".
[[37. If you could say any sentence to the president of the USA what would it be?]]
Pretzels. It would've been a pretzel.
[[38. What's your favorite tv channel to watch in the middle of the night?]]
Channel 10. It usually has music videos on late nights.
[[39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?]]
I personally like Mosenrath, but I doubt that I am like him. I don't know what villain or villainnes I could be.
[[40. Have you ever been a girlscout/boyscout?]]
No.
[[41. If you were travelling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?]]
Fly!
[[42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?]]
Because of something in the atmosphere that the sunlight bounces off of to make the thing look blue.
[[43. What does your name mean?]]
"Commanding leader" or it could also mean the hazelnut tree.
[[44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outerspace?]]
Outerspace. There's gotta be someone out there!
[[45. Word association]]
what's the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:
air: jordan
meat: steak
different: strokes
pink: panther
deserve: love
white: eyes
elvis: "uh-hunh-huh"
cilantro: herb
heart: broken
clash: of the titans
pulp: orange
[[46. If you could meet any person who is dead and famous who would you want it to be?]]
Jim Henson.
[[47. What if you could meet anyone alive and famous?]]
Probably someone like Matt Stawicki.
[[48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?]]
Tough call. I could not decide.
[[49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?]]
A laptop with internet. And food. And facilities with matching toiletries... >.>
[[50. Have you ever saved someone's life or had your life saved?]]
I can't say I have had either.
[[51. Make up a definition for the following silly words.. ]]
Ummm... where?
[[52. What was the last thing you made with your own hands?]]
Completed: A christmas card for my boyfriend. Incomplete: A whole bunch of stuff which hasn't eventuated.
[[53. What was your favorite toy as a child?]]
I don't think I ever had one.
[[54. How many tv's are in your house?]]
One.
[[55. What is your favorite thing to do outside?]]
Wander, ponder and discover.
[[56. How do you feel when you see a rainbow?]]
"Mmmmmmmmmm puuurrrty."
[[57. Have you ever dreamt a dream that came true?]]
Yes.
[[58. Have you ever been to a psychic/tarot reader?]]
Yes.
[[59. What is your idea of paradise?]]
One of happiness and love.
[[60. Do you believe in heaven and if so what is it like?]]
Yes. See above answer.
[[61. Do you believe in Hell?]]
I believe that Hell is a state that is created by the soul when it isn't willing to accept its fate.
[[62. What one thing have you done that most people haven't?]]
Sang solo in front of a full cathedral and fellow classmates at the age of 7.
[[63. What is the kindest thing you have ever done?]]
I don't know. I'm not the person to ask because I don't know if what I do is kind or not. I just do it because it needs to be done.
[[64. Are you a patient person?]]
WTFOMG Is this survey ever gonna finish??! Okay, no I'm not the most patient person. I can get downright snippy at times.
[[65. What holiday should exist but doesn't?]]
Fridays. Friday should ALWAYS be a holiday.
[[66. What holiday shouldn't exist but does?]]
Holidays should ALWAYS exist. It doesn't matter what the reason is, as long as you don't have to go to school or work, it's all good!!
[[67. What's the best joke you ever heard?]]
They brought the woman before Jesus and they accused her of adultery. Finally Jesus said "Let those without sin cast the first stone!" There was a deathly silence and nobody moved. Just as people were turning to leave, suddenly out of nowhere there's a rock that comes hurtling through! Shocked, people turned to see where it came from. Jesus stood up to look, and when he saw the culprit he gave a loud exasperated sigh, and said...
"Aww Mom! Stay out of this!"
[[68. Where is the most fun place you have been?]]
Can't say I've been there yet. Whenever I go out to do something fun, there's always a person who becomes the raincloud or the wet blanket to spoil it. I suppose the most fun place I've been in then, is when I've zoned myself into the music when I'm on the dancefloor.
[[69. Is your hair its natural color?]]
Yes.
[[70. Do you have any deep dark secrets or are you pretty much up front?]]
I'm up front pretty much. Any deep dark secrets I have, I share with the one important person in my life so they're not so secret.
[[71. What is under your bed right now?]]
All my drawings. Perhaps I should not have buried them there.
[[72. If you were in the land of Oz would you want to live there or go home?]]
I think I'd want to go home. Munchkins, yellow brick roads and emerald cities are fine, but there's no place like home. I think it should oddly be noted that Australia is nicknamed Oz, so I guess I already AM living there!
[[73. If you drive do you frequently speed?]]
Not always. Only if everyone else is.
[[74. What is the world's best song to dance to?]]
Most of the Earth, Wind and Fire stuff. September, Boogie Wonderland etc. Techno of course, is always good.
[[75. What song was on the last time you danced with someone?]]
Fuck if I remember. That was more than 3 years ago since I went out, so I don't remember anymore.