Happiness is an open parking spot.
1. What does your Livejournal name mean?
"Localized injury or death of the tissues of a woody plant caused by excessive sun in summer and by the combined effects of sun and low temperatures in winter."
It also means that videre_licet held a gun to my head while thumbing through the AHD saying "Just pick something; no one cares what your stupid LJ name is anyway. But you need an LJ so we can snark at work."
2. Elaborate on your default photo?
Ummm . . . it's an eye? I've been doing bizarre color themes since I discovered the beauty of icon sharing. It doesn't meaning anything; I just thought it was pretty. However, the only pic that's been with me since day one is the dead boyfriend jumping with trenchcoat, which fits every color scheme, and . . . well, I just can't get rid of it.
3. Make up a question.
Aesthetics or substance?
4. What's your current relationship status?
I have a dead boyfriend and a live boyfriend.
5. What EXACTLY are you wearing right now?
Ballroom/gym clothes, ie, color. I've been ordered to wear color. This is entirely against my will. So, I have on an electric orange tank and gray-bluish tight-tight stretchy pants with Nike (blegh) shoes. And a polka-dot headband. You see why I hate dressing for ballroom? I'm never this unstylish. But I crashed at wyowanderer's last night and ran late for work this morning, so I've had no time to change. Blah. Life too fast.
6. What is your current problem?
Willful depression.
7. Who do you love most?
My Mom. Of course.
8. What makes you most happy?
ART.
9. Are you musically inclined?
And how. But it's on the backburner at moment.
10. If you could go back in time, and change something, what would you change?
I would magically create the perfect scenario that would enable my dead boyfriend to live. And then I would break up with him.
11. If you MUST be an animal for ONE day, what would you be?
A hummingbird.
12. Ever have a near death experience?
Not sure. I've had the adrenaline rush/life pass before eyes thing. But I get that whenever socialist is driving, sooo . . . grain of salt.
13. Name an obvious quality you have.
Height deficit disorder.
14. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
The Rainbow Connection, because it's fucking Jake's favorite Waltz. Yick.
15. Who did you cut and paste this from?
videre_licet
16. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Francis Ford Coppola.
17. Have you ever vandalized someone's private property?
Yes. Bad poetry on the bathroom walls at Sinagua? That was totally me. And I did pee on my therapist's lawn. Please don't psychoanalyze that.
18. Have you ever been in a fight?
Physical or verbal? And what about that one time on the trampoline, blackletter? Do good-natured beatings count? I suppose the answer is yes. But I think I've cried in fights as often as I've made other people cry, which (I think) means I still have a soul.
19. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
Yes. And I loves it. I am an exhibitionist stage-whore.
20. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite/same sex?
Faces. I like the pretty ones. Because I'm shallow.
21. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
A skinny double capp, short cup.
24. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Yes, but it's always Uma Thurman, immediately followed by "But waaaaaaaaay shorter," and I always respond negatively.
25. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows?
Me and television don't get along. Although I have a weakness for Pixar.
26. Did you have braces?
Nope, and I have the snaggletooth to prove it.
27. Are you comfortable with your height?
Yes, so much so that I refuse to wear heels under 2". (Totally ripped off videre, because it's so true.)
28. What is the most romantic thing someone has ever done for you?
Two weeks after we'd begun dating, Daniel offered to fly me to Ireland for a romantic Christmas getaway. This was supposed to be my surprise Christmas present, and he gave it to me the first day of Christmas vacation.
I thought the whole thing was mildly creepy, so I declined.
29. Do you speak any other languages?
I've banged my head on Spanish, Dutch and German, but only the Spanish much stuck.
30. Do you have a crush on someone on your livejournal?
I can honestly say that given the right opportunity and perfect alignment of the stars, all of the people on this journal (at least all of the ones I've met in person) could be, are or have been potential crushes. Does that make me a slut?