Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazahkstan

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1. Name: Victoria

2. Age: 18

3. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose? I've never been overseas so anywhere sounds wonderful. Er, almost anywhere. Somewhere in western Europe, I guess, because it seems beautiful over there and I know I'd like how liberal things are over there. England, because I can already speak a mangled form of the language. Spain because I WANT to learn the language and already know a little bit. I'd love to travel ALL OVER the world someday and see everything I can.

4. What would your Room of Requirement look like? A ZOO! :DDD

5. Who is your least favorite Harry Potter character? No matter how "redeemed" or "justified" or "good" Snape is, I will never be able to like him. I don't care about his reasons for being a failure as a human being, and I especially hated what happened to him in Deathly Hallows. I'll never be able to take Snape seriously again. Big bad scary man who's really a bitter seventeen year old on the inside, picking on schoolchildren, holding grudges against his schoolrival's child, playing spy, all because Dumbledore's manipulating him (ohwow let's not talk about how wrrrongggg that idea is) and out of love for a friend who never seemed to like him much? No. Sorry. That's creepy and pathetic. I didn't even care that he died. God, man - grow up and move on!

6. Is the glass half empty or half full? If you're emptying it, it's half-empty. If you're filling it, it's half-full. However, this answer is neither philosophical nor insightful, sooo ... the glass is half-empty. But I'm always aware that things could be worse - the glass could be completely empty, so I have a fantastic talent for tormenting myself with this knowledge.

7. Give us a quotation (Can be from a famous person, a song, or even a poem - whatever you want) you feel represents your life or personality.

"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
- Anais Nin

"To dare is to lose one's footing temporarily. To not dare is to lose oneself."
- Soren Kierkegaard

8. In your life, who comes first: family or friends? Friends. I'm a teenager - do you really think I value my family right now?! I've made and am making some really fantastic friends, and I adore them so much - we really understand each other and we just fit together. I'm still searching for my other half, or at least people whom I can trust and love, but I'm getting there. I want to know that someone's got my back and I've got theirs.

9. What is your favorite childhood memory? The first time I flew in an airplane, I was really, really scared. Terrified. Until the plane started moving really fast and then I LOVED IT, and once we were in the air - it was the best thing in the world. The light turbulence we encountered was fun, too. And the landing. I really enjoyed the landing because it was rough. And, another, related memory that stands out: the first time I rode the Aviator, because I was FLYING. What else can I say about that?! At least a hundred feet off the ground with a terrified friend cringing in the seat next to me, and all I could do was scream my joy!

10. What would you say is your biggest flaw? Oh god, I HAVE NO SELF-CONTROL. I'm irresponsible, immature, flighty, lazy, late to everything, absent-minded, disorganized. I speak without thinking first, I procrastinate with EVERYTHING I do, I either explosively overreact or have no reaction at all, I have trouble with committing and keeping promises, I don't learn my from mistakes, I repeat the same mistakes over and over and over again, I can't seem to foresee the consequences of my actions, I have the attention span of a FLEA, and I never want to do anything that isn't fun. I give my emotions WAY too much control over everything. When I'm happy, I'm a screaming blur of color. When I'm unhappy, I'm half dead. Everything just ... stops and I can't do anything.

11. If you had been at Hogwarts during Harry’s fifth year, do you think that you would have joined the D.A.? In a heartbeat! How could anyone pass up the opportunity to stick it to Umbridge while learning advanced defense spells? Plus I'm really drawn to things that are done in secrecy ... it just makes everything more exciting.

12. Describe how you react to difficult or stressful situations. I have a knack for creating stressful situations for myself. As we speak, I'm caught in academic quicksand: I've got tons of homework to do, I've got LATE work to finish, I took two tests today that I didn't study for, and I have a paper due next week and I haven't started on it! CLEARLY I AM REALLY GOING SOMEWHERE IN LIFE, RIGHT? I honestly think that I do this because my life isn't exciting enough, so I play Russian Roulette with my future.

But when things start to fall down around my ears, I usually don't react very much. I kind of block it out, go do something fun ... Until I can't ignore it any longer and then I plow through it. Occasionally I get overwhelmed and then I go a little crazy and usually laugh hysterically for a long time and I really have a terrible habit of trying to pretend problems aren't really there. Yeah, that's it. I ignore it, and then I laugh at it.

13. Which do you value more: compassion or justice? Compassion is beautiful and kind and inspirational, but if this question is being applied to a situation, then the person in trouble probably deserves what's coming to them. People will take advantage of compassion because it doesn't hurt them, so if you spare someone the punishment for their actions, they usually won't think, "What a wonderful person! I should stop doing the bad things I do and be like him/her!" No, they'll think, "What a sucker! I knew I could get away with it!" and keep repeating the action because they think they won't suffer any consequences. And justice will eventually be served ... I never let go of a grudge.

Compassion should be applied in some situations, but I've found that with most people, it's just another way of allowing them to walk all over you.

14. Would you say that you’re a child at heart, or that you have an old soul? I am DEFINITELY a child at heart! I'm never serious (unless I'm unhappy) and I love attention and laughter. I play tricks on people all the time - my friends won't click any links I send them because it's usually something bizarre, disgusting, or frightening (by their standards, at least). I'm always talking in a funny voice or making a funny face or generally acting like a hyper little kid. I climb all over stuff, jump from things, run for no reason, and, well ... generally make myself look like an idiot. Fortunately, I couldn't care less. My curiosity is insatiable and I have so much energy can't - be - still -

15. Which Hogwarts House do you think that the Sorting Hat would place you in? Gryffindor, because that's just where I belong. I'm passionate, stubborn, loud, idealistic, kinda tactless and frank, enthusiastic, chivalrous, etc. I'm kind of just crazy and angry. I love it.
(I edited this answer because this application is four months old. The old answer no longer applies.)

16. Do you care which gender you are stamped as (If yes, tell us which gender you would like to be stamped as)? I don't want to meet the person who would judge my personality by the gender of my stamp character. Give me whatever fits! Or else.

17. Anything else?
Why am I nocturnal?

And laughter is my response to every emotion imaginable. Sometimes this is a bad thing.

18. If you have a picture of yourself and feel comfortable posting it, please do so! Pictures are fun!




My hair is a monster that can never be tamed, my eyes are hazel (brown and green), and I am so pale that I can't take pictures of myself with the flash on because I glow.

That last part was a slight exaggeration.