Stupid Meme of the Day
It's a long one, but it pre-generates a cut-tag for you!
Here you go.
(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
× I miss somebody right now. (No, I'm filling out a meme!)
× I don't watch much TV these days. (I don't watch TV. I watch DVD's!)
✓ I own lots of books. (Thank you for not saying 'too many books' There's no such thing as too many books.)
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses. (All my life)
× I love to play video games. (Nope. Sorry.)
× I've tried marijuana. (I'm clean.)
✓ I've watched porn movies. (Never all the way through. I get bored too easily.)
× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. (I don't think so?)
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (I try. I don't always success, but I try.)
✓ I curse sometimes. (Hell, yeah! (smiley :-) included for the humor impaired))
× I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. (Not in the way I think is meant by the question.)
× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. (I used to, but I got tired of being hassled all the time.)
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× I have broken someone's bones. (Nope, nor had any of mine broken. Go me!)
✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal. (No, I won't tell you what it is.)
× I hate the rain. (I hate snow, but rain is OK.)
✓ I'm paranoid at times. (Who told you that?)
× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free. (Don't see the need.)
✓ I need/want money right now. (Alas, the periodic money crunch. I'm doing some remodeling on the house, and that's expensive.)
✓ I love sushi. (Or at least I like it a lot.)
× I talk really, really fast. (I talk a lot, but not that fast.)
× I have fresh breath in the morning. (Kinda personal here, don't you think?)
× I have long hair. (Nope. I did a few years ago, but it was too much hassle.)
✓ I have lost money in Las Vegas. (I lost my wallet somewhere on the campus. The 10 bucks wasn't so bad, but all the ID cards, etc was a huge hassle.)
✓ I have at least one sibling. (Two sisters, neither of whom (I think) read this.)
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S. (Although I did move to Germany when I was 4 months old. (Moved back to the USA when I was 3 - I don't remember a bit of it.))
× I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past. (Closest I've come here is toenail polish.)
× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D. (Always answer your own phone - it's a chance to be rude to somebody.)
✓ I like the way that I look. (Mostly.)
× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months. (I don't think so. See 'honesty' above.)
✓ I am usually pessimistic. (I don't think so, but I'm often told I am, so I'll check it.)
× I have a lot of mood swings. (I don't think so.)
✓ I think prostitution should be legalized. (Textbook victimless crime. This is another one of those cases where attempting to prevent the one 'crime' ends up causing so many others. (Sexual slavery, abuse, racketeering, etc.))
× I slept with a roommate. (My sex life is nobody's business except me and my teddy bear.)
× I have a hidden talent. (If so, it's remained hidden from me.)
× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have. (I don't think anyone has ever called me hyper.)
✓ I have a lot of friends. (Enough, at least.)
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex. (Of course!)
✓ I enjoy talking on the phone. (Give me a call sometime!)
× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
✓ I love to shop and/or window shop. (And yet somewhere I stopped doing it. Ah,well. The internet is almost as good, with a lot less chance for breakage!)
× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal. (I can quit any time I want to. (And in fact I have, several times, without even wanting to))
× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother. (No, she doesn't embarrass me. Frustrate me sometimes, though.)
✓ I have a mobile phone. (Doesn't everybody? Or is it just that I live in California?)
× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months. (I don't drink.)
✓ I've rejected someone before. (A couple of times without even realizing I was being hit on. Sigh. Cluelessness, thy name is Alex.)
× I currently like/love someone. (I believe the phrase is 'between relationships')
× I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. (I've known all my life what I want to be. I want to be eccentric! And I think I'm well on my way!)
× I want to have children in the future. (Never.)
✓ I have changed a diaper before. (Never again. (see above))
× I've called the cops on a friend before. (Probably should have. Drinking and driving don't mix.)
× I'm not allergic to anything. (Cat hair, dust, grass. None of it major, but enough that I can get the sniffles.)
× I have a lot to learn. (I know it all.)
× I am shy around the opposite sex. (I'm bisexual. That means I'm too shy to approach twice as many people.)
✓ I'm online 24/7, even as an away message. (Pretty much.)
✓ I have at least 5 away messages saved. (I try to keep it under control. Not like some people (you know who you are).)
✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before. (I have tried a variety of alcohol. Most of it doesn't appeal.)
× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past. (This is the one stupid dating mistake I've never made.)
× I own the "South Park" movie. (Gah! No!)
× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal. (Nope. I've been on LJ to avoid work, though.)
✓ I enjoy some country music. (I like the ballad-y stuff.)
✓ I would die for my best friends. (Hmm. I'd certainly kill for them, but die? I'll say yes.)
✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist. (OCD? Monk is my hero!)
× I have used my sexuality to advance my career. (Sadly, that's not an option for some of us.)
× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. (If I want chocolate, I can go and buy my own. And it's cheaper than a costume.)
✓ I have dated a close friend's ex. (That was weird. It was an exceptionally ugly breakup where I knew them both, took his side, and yet three months later I'm seeing her. There was remarkably little drama, I don't know why, but I was grateful. I haven't seen either of them for several years, though.)
✓ I am happy at this moment. (At least reasonably content.)
× I'm obsessed with guys. (Nope.)
× Democrat. (Libertarian)
× Republican. (Libertarian)
× I don't even know what I am. (Libertarian)
× I am punk rockish. (No, not punk. I tend for some pretty eclectic music, but I don't identify with any of it other than filk.)
× I go for older guys/girls, not younger. (I'd say I go for younger, but doing the math, a majority (slim, albeit) have been older. I like to think of myself as openminded.)
× I study for tests most of the time. (I never study. Maybe that's why college was such a disaster?)
× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met. (I don't wear shoes. Solves that problem. (Deck shoes or other slip-ons when forced.))
✓ I can work on a car. (Can, yes. Will, no.)
✓ I love my job(s). (Again, at least reasonably content.)
✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now. (Yeah, I am.)
× I have more than just my ears pierced. (I was born with exactly the right number of holes in my head. No need to add any more.)
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can. (Yes!)
✓ I have jumped off a bridge. (Of course, it was about 3 feet down at the time.)
✓ I love sea turtles. (They're so cute!)
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup. (Let's see. Average it out, and it comes to . . . $0.00 per year. Nope. I don't think so.)
× I plan on achieving a major goal/dream. (Each day, one day at a time.)
× I am proficient on a musical instrument. (I used to play the piano, and was quite good, but I never really enjoyed it. All talent has been lost at this point.)
× I hate office jobs. (I don't have to wash my hands all the time. Score!)
✓ I went to college out of state. (Several states. I bounced around a lot before I finally gave up.)
× I am adopted. (No, contrary to what my sister says. (kidding, sis!))
× I am a pyro. (Nope. I've seen what fire can do - I was caught in a brushfire when I was a kid. No injury or anything, but scared me to death.)
× I have thrown up from crying too much. (Nope.)
× I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved. (Yeah. Love makes everybody do strange things; sometimes you lash out.)
× I fall for the worst people. (I want to believe this is not true, so I'm not checking it.)
✓ I adore bright colours. (Shiny!)
× I usually like covers better than originals. (The original composer/lyricist generally has a much better grasp of the material. Not always, mind you, but that's the way to bet.)
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays. (Judge each by it's own merits.)
✓ I can pick up things with my toes. (Saves a lot of bending.)
× I can't whistle. (But can I whistle well?)
✓ I have ridden/owned a horse. (No particular desire to do it again. No particular allergy to the idea either, but I'm not going to instigate it.)
× I still have every journal I've ever written in. (I generally don't journal. I'm enough of a packrat that I might still have them all, but if I do, I don't know where they are.)
× I talk in my sleep. (I do snore, though.)
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century. (If I was to change anything, I'd most likely go forward.)
✓ I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions. (Spider solitaire is good for this!)
× I wear a toe ring. (Never had the urge.)
× I have a tattoo. (I've been tempted for so long, but I'm not willing to take the chance. I'd want it to be beautiful, and I don't want to risk getting one I wouldn't like the next week.)
× I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with. (Nope. Hasn't always been the case, of course.)
× I am a caffeine junkie. (I've gone cold-turkey before without any problems.)
✓ I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all. (Relatively close to my spiritual leanings. I'll check it.)
× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder. (Death is so final. I'm not ready to take responsibility for ending a life.)
✓ I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better. (Fortunately, I generally come to my senses a bit later and throw them all out.)
× I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner. (See above - don't drink.)
× I'm an artist. (I'm an audience.)
× I am ambidextrous. (God, no. The only purpose served by my right arm is balance. (I'm a lefty.))
✓ I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed. (I've got a few (well, more than a few), but I don't obsess about them. I actually need to unpack them - they mostly got bagged up when I replaced my bed.)
× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony. (That's not the reason. Commute distance, and home ownership are my issues with the idea.)
× I have terrible teeth. (Nope. Pretty good teeth.)
× I hate my toes. (*blink*)
× I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me. (That's OK - I always ignore memes I'm tagged for anyway.)
× I have more friends on the internet than in real life. (This is so not me. Of my friends list, I think there's maybe 2-4 people I consider friends that I haven't met in RL.)
✓ I have lived in either three different states or countries. (I've got that one beat. 7 or 8 I can think of off the top of my head.)
× I am extremely flexible. (Nope. The Alex is not bendy.)
✓ I love hugs more than kisses. (And snuggles.)
× I want to own my own business. (I'm torn - being my own boss sounds good, but a steady paycheck that I can count on is a hard lure to resist.)
× I smoke. (Never had the urge. If you do, please resist. It's bad for you.)
✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else. (Sigh. Yes. But it's addictive!)
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal. (I was once even accused of being a good influence.)
✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then. (Yeah. I can get emotional.)
× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons. (I used to be pretty decent, but it's been a long time. I've thought about joining a dojo.)
✓ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits. ("Elizabeth, those clothes do not flatter you at all. It should be a dress or nothing. I just happen to have no dress in my cabin."
Not really. They can look hot! But the quote was too good to pass up.)
✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me. (Doesn't everybody?)
✓ I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds. (Don't bother me, I'm building a castle.)
× I have played strip poker with someone else before. (I'd rather just get naked without messing around with playing cards.)
× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help. (I probably should have gotten professional help, but I haven't.)
✓ I believe in ghosts and the paranormal. (I've seen and experienced some pretty freaky stuff.)
× I can't stand being alone. (I've always got myself to talk to. But a good book is even better; it give us something to talk about.)
✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time. (It gets me through the day.)
× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again. (This level of obsession, though, is a bit much.)
✓ I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment. (I think I've gotten over this. We'll see.)
× I'm a judgmental asshole. (I almost never judge. But when I break this rule, I don't do it half-way.)
× I'm a HUGE drama-queen. (I don't think so.)
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent. (See above.)
× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear. (No. I don't want him to disappear. Dad? Do you hear that? Don't go away, okay?)
× I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am. (I respect my own judgement.)
✓ I am a Libertarian. (Finally, they got it right.)
× I can speak more than one language. (Leaving out computer languages, of course.)
✓ I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be. (I've been caught falling asleep at concerts, operas, etc.)
× I would rather read than watch TV. (I enjoy both.)
× I like reading fact more than fiction. (Nope. Fiction is better. Fiction makes sense.)
× I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do. (If I haven't finished it yet, it's not going to get down now.)
✓ I have no piercings. (Didn't we cover this already?)
✓ I have spent the night in a train station or other public place. (Slept in a car on more than one occasion.)
× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried. (I've never been unhappy with my gender.)
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night. (Other reasons, yes, but not this one.)
× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it. (Thinking about it, it's never been an issue - when asked that, my first instinct is to respond, "Why not?")
✓ I like most animals better than most people. (There have been several times in my life where my best friend was a cat or dog.)
× I own a collection of retro games consoles. (You're thinking of someone else.)
× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver. (Nope.)
✓ I have hit someone with a dead fish. (I'm pretty sure I did at some point. Not deliberately, but when the trout is squirming around in the bottom of the boat, and you're trying to catch it, strange things happen.)
× I am compulsively honest. (I think I used to be.)
× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired. (Not that I know of.)
× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers. (I don't dance.)
× 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. (See above.)
✓ I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders. (I never thought about the motivations, though. I don't know.)
✓ I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to. (Sure, why not.)
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on. (For me, it's a book.)
✓ I dislike milk. (Plain milk does nasty things to my digestion.)
× I obsessively wash my hands. (Not my obsession. I've got plenty others, though.)
× I always carry something significant around with me. (Not my obsession. I've got plenty others, though.)
× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair. (Why? That's a lot more trouble.)
✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others. (Hopefully it's working.)
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother. (I love my parents, but I think I love them more because we live in different states.)
× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document. (Egads. Why would someone do that? Hack together a script that will do it for you.)
✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird. (I think filk music qualifies. If not, one of my all-time favorite TV shows is Hogan's Heroes.)
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time. (I've tried not to live a medically exciting life.)
× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed. (Not most of the time. Some people, though . . .)
× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won. (Stupid thing to do - it's bad for the car.)
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts. (I simply hold professional comedians to a higher standard.)
× I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing. (I imagine they have as many different reasons for why they do their job as Software Engineers.)
✓ I don't like to chew gum. (It loses it's flavor so fast, and then it's just jaw exercise.)
✓ 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. (There's a lot of things I can think of to use a time machine for.)
× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car. (Occasionally, not very often.)
× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years. (I don't think so.)
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other. (Please, god, yes. Don't lie to each other, or at least don't lie to me. If you must lie, please make certain you are not caught.)
× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly. (Not currently, although at various times in the past. (Do you know of an ongoing game? Are you interested yourself?))
✓ I love to sing. (It can be fun.)
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up. (My parents never had a basement.)
✓ I have a custom-built computer. (Which one?)
✓ I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it. (Sure. I just don't want to be responsible for taking care of them.)
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human. (I don't know why, but this question squicks me.)
✓ I've gone skinny-dipping. (Only in a pool, never open water. Does it make a difference?)
✓ I've performed in three plays. (At least. I should get back into drama, I think.)
✓ I enjoy burritos. (Good ones. With lots of meat, sour cream, beans, some lettuce, sauce on the top . . . I'm going to lunch. Bye!)
× I'm Irish and loving it. (You've got to go back past 1850 in my family tree to find anyone not born in the US. I'm a one-man Western European melting pot.)
✓ I have a thing for redheads. (I blame Robert Heinlein.)
× I am a twin! (I've been told I have a twin out there, but I've never met him.)
✓ Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'. (The intellectual things are fun.)
× 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 I did. Sometimes I manage it.)
✓ I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes. (Ah well. Learning experiences!)
× I sleep more than 12 hours a day. (Since I got the CPAP, I sleep less than 6 hours a day, often less than 5. It's made my life so much better.)
× I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough. (I try not to dwell on regrets.)
× I need more time to myself. (I have too much time to myself as it is.)
× I wish I was more open-minded. (I'm tired of being open minded. There are too many idiots in the world.)
× I hope that I go really prematurely grey. (Too late. Although my barber said he spotted a couple gray hairs last time I was in.)
✓ I download songs from the internet. (Google 'Virtual filk' and find some for yourself.)
× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend. (I have no idea what this is about.)
✓ I say random things to freak people out. (I like to think of it as my way of forcing people to think/react outside their comfortable boxes.)
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note. (Still don't know what this is about, and I'm too lazy to Google it.)
× I love playing Truth or Dare. (I hate it. If forced to play, I cheat.)
× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it. (I like all types of music. And I'll sing along with most of it.)
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone. (Dude, a CD player is not your friend. You need to get out more.)
× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems. (I don't play a sport.)
✓ I think this survey is particularly long. (It's taking forever! Almost done, though.)
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones. (Most of them are RL friends. And I like it that way.)
× I can only hate someone that I love. (No, but it's a lot easier.)
× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks. (Coffee? Ehrg. No thanks.)
Here you go.
(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
× I miss somebody right now. (No, I'm filling out a meme!)
× I don't watch much TV these days. (I don't watch TV. I watch DVD's!)
✓ I own lots of books. (Thank you for not saying 'too many books' There's no such thing as too many books.)
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses. (All my life)
× I love to play video games. (Nope. Sorry.)
× I've tried marijuana. (I'm clean.)
✓ I've watched porn movies. (Never all the way through. I get bored too easily.)
× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. (I don't think so?)
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (I try. I don't always success, but I try.)
✓ I curse sometimes. (Hell, yeah! (smiley :-) included for the humor impaired))
× I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. (Not in the way I think is meant by the question.)
× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. (I used to, but I got tired of being hassled all the time.)
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× I have broken someone's bones. (Nope, nor had any of mine broken. Go me!)
✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal. (No, I won't tell you what it is.)
× I hate the rain. (I hate snow, but rain is OK.)
✓ I'm paranoid at times. (Who told you that?)
× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free. (Don't see the need.)
✓ I need/want money right now. (Alas, the periodic money crunch. I'm doing some remodeling on the house, and that's expensive.)
✓ I love sushi. (Or at least I like it a lot.)
× I talk really, really fast. (I talk a lot, but not that fast.)
× I have fresh breath in the morning. (Kinda personal here, don't you think?)
× I have long hair. (Nope. I did a few years ago, but it was too much hassle.)
✓ I have lost money in Las Vegas. (I lost my wallet somewhere on the campus. The 10 bucks wasn't so bad, but all the ID cards, etc was a huge hassle.)
✓ I have at least one sibling. (Two sisters, neither of whom (I think) read this.)
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S. (Although I did move to Germany when I was 4 months old. (Moved back to the USA when I was 3 - I don't remember a bit of it.))
× I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past. (Closest I've come here is toenail polish.)
× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D. (Always answer your own phone - it's a chance to be rude to somebody.)
✓ I like the way that I look. (Mostly.)
× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months. (I don't think so. See 'honesty' above.)
✓ I am usually pessimistic. (I don't think so, but I'm often told I am, so I'll check it.)
× I have a lot of mood swings. (I don't think so.)
✓ I think prostitution should be legalized. (Textbook victimless crime. This is another one of those cases where attempting to prevent the one 'crime' ends up causing so many others. (Sexual slavery, abuse, racketeering, etc.))
× I slept with a roommate. (My sex life is nobody's business except me and my teddy bear.)
× I have a hidden talent. (If so, it's remained hidden from me.)
× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have. (I don't think anyone has ever called me hyper.)
✓ I have a lot of friends. (Enough, at least.)
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex. (Of course!)
✓ I enjoy talking on the phone. (Give me a call sometime!)
× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
✓ I love to shop and/or window shop. (And yet somewhere I stopped doing it. Ah,well. The internet is almost as good, with a lot less chance for breakage!)
× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal. (I can quit any time I want to. (And in fact I have, several times, without even wanting to))
× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother. (No, she doesn't embarrass me. Frustrate me sometimes, though.)
✓ I have a mobile phone. (Doesn't everybody? Or is it just that I live in California?)
× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months. (I don't drink.)
✓ I've rejected someone before. (A couple of times without even realizing I was being hit on. Sigh. Cluelessness, thy name is Alex.)
× I currently like/love someone. (I believe the phrase is 'between relationships')
× I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. (I've known all my life what I want to be. I want to be eccentric! And I think I'm well on my way!)
× I want to have children in the future. (Never.)
✓ I have changed a diaper before. (Never again. (see above))
× I've called the cops on a friend before. (Probably should have. Drinking and driving don't mix.)
× I'm not allergic to anything. (Cat hair, dust, grass. None of it major, but enough that I can get the sniffles.)
× I have a lot to learn. (I know it all.)
× I am shy around the opposite sex. (I'm bisexual. That means I'm too shy to approach twice as many people.)
✓ I'm online 24/7, even as an away message. (Pretty much.)
✓ I have at least 5 away messages saved. (I try to keep it under control. Not like some people (you know who you are).)
✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before. (I have tried a variety of alcohol. Most of it doesn't appeal.)
× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past. (This is the one stupid dating mistake I've never made.)
× I own the "South Park" movie. (Gah! No!)
× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal. (Nope. I've been on LJ to avoid work, though.)
✓ I enjoy some country music. (I like the ballad-y stuff.)
✓ I would die for my best friends. (Hmm. I'd certainly kill for them, but die? I'll say yes.)
✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist. (OCD? Monk is my hero!)
× I have used my sexuality to advance my career. (Sadly, that's not an option for some of us.)
× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. (If I want chocolate, I can go and buy my own. And it's cheaper than a costume.)
✓ I have dated a close friend's ex. (That was weird. It was an exceptionally ugly breakup where I knew them both, took his side, and yet three months later I'm seeing her. There was remarkably little drama, I don't know why, but I was grateful. I haven't seen either of them for several years, though.)
✓ I am happy at this moment. (At least reasonably content.)
× I'm obsessed with guys. (Nope.)
× Democrat. (Libertarian)
× Republican. (Libertarian)
× I don't even know what I am. (Libertarian)
× I am punk rockish. (No, not punk. I tend for some pretty eclectic music, but I don't identify with any of it other than filk.)
× I go for older guys/girls, not younger. (I'd say I go for younger, but doing the math, a majority (slim, albeit) have been older. I like to think of myself as openminded.)
× I study for tests most of the time. (I never study. Maybe that's why college was such a disaster?)
× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met. (I don't wear shoes. Solves that problem. (Deck shoes or other slip-ons when forced.))
✓ I can work on a car. (Can, yes. Will, no.)
✓ I love my job(s). (Again, at least reasonably content.)
✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now. (Yeah, I am.)
× I have more than just my ears pierced. (I was born with exactly the right number of holes in my head. No need to add any more.)
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can. (Yes!)
✓ I have jumped off a bridge. (Of course, it was about 3 feet down at the time.)
✓ I love sea turtles. (They're so cute!)
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup. (Let's see. Average it out, and it comes to . . . $0.00 per year. Nope. I don't think so.)
× I plan on achieving a major goal/dream. (Each day, one day at a time.)
× I am proficient on a musical instrument. (I used to play the piano, and was quite good, but I never really enjoyed it. All talent has been lost at this point.)
× I hate office jobs. (I don't have to wash my hands all the time. Score!)
✓ I went to college out of state. (Several states. I bounced around a lot before I finally gave up.)
× I am adopted. (No, contrary to what my sister says. (kidding, sis!))
× I am a pyro. (Nope. I've seen what fire can do - I was caught in a brushfire when I was a kid. No injury or anything, but scared me to death.)
× I have thrown up from crying too much. (Nope.)
× I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved. (Yeah. Love makes everybody do strange things; sometimes you lash out.)
× I fall for the worst people. (I want to believe this is not true, so I'm not checking it.)
✓ I adore bright colours. (Shiny!)
× I usually like covers better than originals. (The original composer/lyricist generally has a much better grasp of the material. Not always, mind you, but that's the way to bet.)
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays. (Judge each by it's own merits.)
✓ I can pick up things with my toes. (Saves a lot of bending.)
× I can't whistle. (But can I whistle well?)
✓ I have ridden/owned a horse. (No particular desire to do it again. No particular allergy to the idea either, but I'm not going to instigate it.)
× I still have every journal I've ever written in. (I generally don't journal. I'm enough of a packrat that I might still have them all, but if I do, I don't know where they are.)
× I talk in my sleep. (I do snore, though.)
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century. (If I was to change anything, I'd most likely go forward.)
✓ I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions. (Spider solitaire is good for this!)
× I wear a toe ring. (Never had the urge.)
× I have a tattoo. (I've been tempted for so long, but I'm not willing to take the chance. I'd want it to be beautiful, and I don't want to risk getting one I wouldn't like the next week.)
× I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with. (Nope. Hasn't always been the case, of course.)
× I am a caffeine junkie. (I've gone cold-turkey before without any problems.)
✓ I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all. (Relatively close to my spiritual leanings. I'll check it.)
× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder. (Death is so final. I'm not ready to take responsibility for ending a life.)
✓ I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better. (Fortunately, I generally come to my senses a bit later and throw them all out.)
× I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner. (See above - don't drink.)
× I'm an artist. (I'm an audience.)
× I am ambidextrous. (God, no. The only purpose served by my right arm is balance. (I'm a lefty.))
✓ I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed. (I've got a few (well, more than a few), but I don't obsess about them. I actually need to unpack them - they mostly got bagged up when I replaced my bed.)
× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony. (That's not the reason. Commute distance, and home ownership are my issues with the idea.)
× I have terrible teeth. (Nope. Pretty good teeth.)
× I hate my toes. (*blink*)
× I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me. (That's OK - I always ignore memes I'm tagged for anyway.)
× I have more friends on the internet than in real life. (This is so not me. Of my friends list, I think there's maybe 2-4 people I consider friends that I haven't met in RL.)
✓ I have lived in either three different states or countries. (I've got that one beat. 7 or 8 I can think of off the top of my head.)
× I am extremely flexible. (Nope. The Alex is not bendy.)
✓ I love hugs more than kisses. (And snuggles.)
× I want to own my own business. (I'm torn - being my own boss sounds good, but a steady paycheck that I can count on is a hard lure to resist.)
× I smoke. (Never had the urge. If you do, please resist. It's bad for you.)
✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else. (Sigh. Yes. But it's addictive!)
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal. (I was once even accused of being a good influence.)
✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then. (Yeah. I can get emotional.)
× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons. (I used to be pretty decent, but it's been a long time. I've thought about joining a dojo.)
✓ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits. ("Elizabeth, those clothes do not flatter you at all. It should be a dress or nothing. I just happen to have no dress in my cabin."
Not really. They can look hot! But the quote was too good to pass up.)
✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me. (Doesn't everybody?)
✓ I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds. (Don't bother me, I'm building a castle.)
× I have played strip poker with someone else before. (I'd rather just get naked without messing around with playing cards.)
× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help. (I probably should have gotten professional help, but I haven't.)
✓ I believe in ghosts and the paranormal. (I've seen and experienced some pretty freaky stuff.)
× I can't stand being alone. (I've always got myself to talk to. But a good book is even better; it give us something to talk about.)
✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time. (It gets me through the day.)
× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again. (This level of obsession, though, is a bit much.)
✓ I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment. (I think I've gotten over this. We'll see.)
× I'm a judgmental asshole. (I almost never judge. But when I break this rule, I don't do it half-way.)
× I'm a HUGE drama-queen. (I don't think so.)
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent. (See above.)
× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear. (No. I don't want him to disappear. Dad? Do you hear that? Don't go away, okay?)
× I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am. (I respect my own judgement.)
✓ I am a Libertarian. (Finally, they got it right.)
× I can speak more than one language. (Leaving out computer languages, of course.)
✓ I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be. (I've been caught falling asleep at concerts, operas, etc.)
× I would rather read than watch TV. (I enjoy both.)
× I like reading fact more than fiction. (Nope. Fiction is better. Fiction makes sense.)
× I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do. (If I haven't finished it yet, it's not going to get down now.)
✓ I have no piercings. (Didn't we cover this already?)
✓ I have spent the night in a train station or other public place. (Slept in a car on more than one occasion.)
× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried. (I've never been unhappy with my gender.)
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night. (Other reasons, yes, but not this one.)
× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it. (Thinking about it, it's never been an issue - when asked that, my first instinct is to respond, "Why not?")
✓ I like most animals better than most people. (There have been several times in my life where my best friend was a cat or dog.)
× I own a collection of retro games consoles. (You're thinking of someone else.)
× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver. (Nope.)
✓ I have hit someone with a dead fish. (I'm pretty sure I did at some point. Not deliberately, but when the trout is squirming around in the bottom of the boat, and you're trying to catch it, strange things happen.)
× I am compulsively honest. (I think I used to be.)
× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired. (Not that I know of.)
× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers. (I don't dance.)
× 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. (See above.)
✓ I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders. (I never thought about the motivations, though. I don't know.)
✓ I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to. (Sure, why not.)
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on. (For me, it's a book.)
✓ I dislike milk. (Plain milk does nasty things to my digestion.)
× I obsessively wash my hands. (Not my obsession. I've got plenty others, though.)
× I always carry something significant around with me. (Not my obsession. I've got plenty others, though.)
× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair. (Why? That's a lot more trouble.)
✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others. (Hopefully it's working.)
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother. (I love my parents, but I think I love them more because we live in different states.)
× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document. (Egads. Why would someone do that? Hack together a script that will do it for you.)
✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird. (I think filk music qualifies. If not, one of my all-time favorite TV shows is Hogan's Heroes.)
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time. (I've tried not to live a medically exciting life.)
× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed. (Not most of the time. Some people, though . . .)
× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won. (Stupid thing to do - it's bad for the car.)
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts. (I simply hold professional comedians to a higher standard.)
× I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing. (I imagine they have as many different reasons for why they do their job as Software Engineers.)
✓ I don't like to chew gum. (It loses it's flavor so fast, and then it's just jaw exercise.)
✓ 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. (There's a lot of things I can think of to use a time machine for.)
× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car. (Occasionally, not very often.)
× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years. (I don't think so.)
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other. (Please, god, yes. Don't lie to each other, or at least don't lie to me. If you must lie, please make certain you are not caught.)
× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly. (Not currently, although at various times in the past. (Do you know of an ongoing game? Are you interested yourself?))
✓ I love to sing. (It can be fun.)
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up. (My parents never had a basement.)
✓ I have a custom-built computer. (Which one?)
✓ I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it. (Sure. I just don't want to be responsible for taking care of them.)
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human. (I don't know why, but this question squicks me.)
✓ I've gone skinny-dipping. (Only in a pool, never open water. Does it make a difference?)
✓ I've performed in three plays. (At least. I should get back into drama, I think.)
✓ I enjoy burritos. (Good ones. With lots of meat, sour cream, beans, some lettuce, sauce on the top . . . I'm going to lunch. Bye!)
× I'm Irish and loving it. (You've got to go back past 1850 in my family tree to find anyone not born in the US. I'm a one-man Western European melting pot.)
✓ I have a thing for redheads. (I blame Robert Heinlein.)
× I am a twin! (I've been told I have a twin out there, but I've never met him.)
✓ Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'. (The intellectual things are fun.)
× 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 I did. Sometimes I manage it.)
✓ I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes. (Ah well. Learning experiences!)
× I sleep more than 12 hours a day. (Since I got the CPAP, I sleep less than 6 hours a day, often less than 5. It's made my life so much better.)
× I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough. (I try not to dwell on regrets.)
× I need more time to myself. (I have too much time to myself as it is.)
× I wish I was more open-minded. (I'm tired of being open minded. There are too many idiots in the world.)
× I hope that I go really prematurely grey. (Too late. Although my barber said he spotted a couple gray hairs last time I was in.)
✓ I download songs from the internet. (Google 'Virtual filk' and find some for yourself.)
× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend. (I have no idea what this is about.)
✓ I say random things to freak people out. (I like to think of it as my way of forcing people to think/react outside their comfortable boxes.)
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note. (Still don't know what this is about, and I'm too lazy to Google it.)
× I love playing Truth or Dare. (I hate it. If forced to play, I cheat.)
× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it. (I like all types of music. And I'll sing along with most of it.)
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone. (Dude, a CD player is not your friend. You need to get out more.)
× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems. (I don't play a sport.)
✓ I think this survey is particularly long. (It's taking forever! Almost done, though.)
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones. (Most of them are RL friends. And I like it that way.)
× I can only hate someone that I love. (No, but it's a lot easier.)
× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks. (Coffee? Ehrg. No thanks.)