Insomnia is a bitch
I can't sleep and I'm not smoking pot anymore, so I'm taking the survey from Rachel's journal and filling it out. I refuse to answer some questions because they are either too retarded or too personal to share with everyone. Onward...
(1) Your gender: male
(2) Straight: yes
(3) Gay: no
(4) Bi: no
(5) Your birthday: 4/25/80
(6) Age you act: Depends on the day. I'd say I average about 22.
(7) Age you wish you were: 22
(8) Your height: 5'6"
(9) The color of your eyes: brown
(10) Happy with it?: sure
(11) The color of your hair: dark brown.
(12) Happy with it?: sure
(13) Left/right/ambidextrous?: Right
(14) Your living arrangement?: I have a great house with 3 great people. Very happy.
(27) Your family: crazy
(29) What's your job: musician/student
(30) Piercings?: my eyebrow once upon a time
(31) Tattoos?: nope
(32) Obsessions?: Survivor, music, the internet.
(35) Do you speak another language? A little french.
(36) Have a favorite quote?: "That's what she said." "Your mom." Pretty much the entire scripts of Pulp Fiction and The Big Lebowski.
(37) Do you have a webpage?: keithlowen.com/bands.htm is a work in progress. I own a co-designed theprivates.net and started the Keith, Hail To The Keith, The Privates, Rich Creamy Paint, and Brian Fuzzell myspace profiles. I also still have me old one sort of up at www.angelfire.com/space/keithlowen.
DEEP THOUGHTS about life and you in it
(38) Do you live in the moment?: I guess.
(39) Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?: Usually.
(40) Do you have any secrets?: Of course.
(41) Do you hate yourself?: not usually.
(42) Do you like your handwriting?: It's terrible, but I sort of like it anyway.
(43) Do you have any bad habits?: Bad eating habits, smoking, biting my nails, popping my knuckles and surely a few others.
(44) What is the compliment you get most from people? Mostly music stuff.
(45) If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?: KEITH
(46) What's your biggest fear?: Failure
(47) Can you sing: I try
(48) Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool?: No.
(49) Are you a loner?: Not on purpose, but I have to be sometimes.
(51) If you were another person, would you be friends with you?: Definitely. I have a lot in common with me.
(53) Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?: I wish I was more motivated to obtain the things I really want, if that makes sense.
(54) Are you passive or aggressive?: passive, generally.
(55) Have you got a ?: huh?
(56) What is your greatest strength and weakness? strength: understanding and consideration of others weakness: understanding and consideration of myself.
(57) If you could change one thing about yourself?: see 53. if we mean physically, I wish I could be a couple inches taller for one thing.
(58) There are three wells, love, beauty and creativity, which one do you choose?: love for sure
(59) How do you vent?: talk to my close friends.
(60) Do you think you are emotionally strong?: Not as strong as I once thought I was.
(61) Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?: I still want to have a successful run at music for one. Tour, make a living at it, etc.
(62) Do you think life has been good so far?: Today, yes. Ask me on another day and you may get another answer.
(63) What is the most important lesson you've learned from life?: short-term confrontation is better than long-term consequences.
(64) What do you like the most about your body?: I usually like my chest/shoulders
(65) And least?: My genes cause certain areas to always be chubby.
(66) Do you think you are good looking?: Somedays.
(67) Are you confident?: Somedays.
(68) What is the fictional character you're most like?: I'm really struggling to think of one. What do you think?
(69) Do people know how you feel?: Probably just my closest friends.
(70) Are you perceived wrongly?: often
DO YOU...
(71) Smoke?: sadly
(72) Do drugs?: not lately, but yeah
(73) Read the newspaper?: Online a few times per week.
(74) Pray?: here and there
(75) Go to church? No
(76) Talk to strangers who IM you?: I never go on IM anymore.
(78) Take walks in the rain?: no
(79) Talk to people even though you hate them?: Yes.
(80) Drive?: yes
(81) Like to drive fast?: yes
HAVE YOU EVER...
(82) Liked your voice?: Shouldn't this be under "do you..."? Anyway, not really.
(83) Hurt yourself?: On purpose? Not really. On accident? Of course.
(84) Been out of the country?: England, France, Mexico, Japan, Canada and a bunch of Islands.
(85) Eaten something that made other people sick?: I guess not.
(86) Burped?: frequently
(87) Been unfaithful?: never
(88) Been in love?: yes
(89) Done drugs?: this has been covered.
(90) Gone skinny dipping?: yes
(92) Had a surgery?: yes. my knee.
(93) Ran away from home?: no
(94) Played strip poker: no
(95) Gotten beaten up?: no
(97) Been picked on?: yes
(98) Been on stage?: ha
(99) Been so drunk that you know you're supposed to go out on a date with someone, but you can't remember with who or when and that you faint when you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, not to mention your breath?: retarded
(101) Thought about suicide: yes
(102) Pulled an all-nighter?: yes
(103) If yes, what is your record?: I don't know, 30-something hours probably.
(105) Talked on the phone all night?: don't think so.
(106) Slept together with the opposite sex without actually having sex?: yes
(107) Slept all day?: yes
(108) Killed someone?: no
(109) Made out with a stranger?: not a complete stranger.
(110) Had sex with a stranger?: no
(111) Thought you're going crazy?: yes
(112) Kissed the same sex?: not really
(113) Done anything sexual with the same sex?: no
(114) Been betrayed?: yes
(115) Had a dream that came true?: yes
(116) Broken the law?: yes
(117) Met a famous person?: plenty
(118) Have you ever killed an animal by accident?: sure
(146) Stolen anything?: nothing major
(147) Been on radio/TV.?: yes
(148) Been in a mosh-pit?: no
(149) Had a nervous breakdown?: more or less
(150) Considered religious vocation?: no
(151) Been criticized about your sexual performance?: not that I know of
(152) Bungee jumped?: twice
(153) Had a dream that kept coming back?: yes
CLOTHES and other fashion
(154) Shoe brand?: sketchers
(155) Brand of clothing?: not really a brand guy
(156) Cologne/perfume?: I like gillete after shave lotion
(157) What are you normally wearing to school/work?: t-shirt and some form of polyester pants
(159) Wear hats?: very rare
(161) Wear make-up?: no
(162) Favorite place to shop?: urban outfitters, venus and mars, thrift stores, and a once a year mall trip.
(163) Favorite article of clothing?: I guess my red polyester pants
(164) Are you trendy?: not really
(165) Would you rather wear a uniform to school?: no
BELIEFS
(166) Believe in life on other planets?: yes
(167) Miracles?: depends on your definition
(168) Astrology?: not really, but I still read horoscopes.
(169) Magic?: no
(170) God?: loaded question. yes, but not in any sort of traditional way.
(171) Satan?: no
(172) Santa?: dumb
(173) Ghosts?: no
(174) Luck?: well, "chance," yes
(175) Love at first sight?: no
(176) Yin and Yang?: no
(177) Witches?: dumb
(178) Easter bunny?: dumb
(179) Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: yes
(180) Believe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?: dumb
(181) Do you wish on stars?: no
LOVE, and all that
(182) Did you get frightened or uncomfortable seeing that as a section title?: no
(183) Do you remember your first love?: yes
(184) Still love him/her?: in a way, yes
(185) Do you consider love a mistake?: no
(186) What do you find romantic?: going out of your way to show someone you care (surprises, little gifts, etc.)
(187) Turn-on?: head scratching, massage, or just about any touching
(188) Turn-off?: I don't know, farting, or most types of bodily expulsion
(189) Do you base your judgment on looks alone: no
(200) If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel?: depends on the situation, maybe flattered, maybe inconvenienced, maybe uncomfortable, or maybe some combination.
(201) Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them or going "blind"?: knowing someone to some extent.
(202) Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out?: I guess I have in the past, but in the end it's probably easier this way.
(203) Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive?: yes
(204) Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?: Some girls do. Some girls don't.
(205) What is best about the opposite sex?: Generally more emotional/understanding/etc
(206) What is the worst thing about the opposite sex?: Can be too emotional and irrational.
(207) What's the last present someone gave you?: Not sure. Probably a Snicker's Marathon Bar from Rachel
(208) Are you in love?: no
(209) Do you want to be?: sure
(210) What would you do if you were walking down the street and saw some hot guy/girl standing on the sidewalk?: Probably look at them and then keep walking
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON...
(211) That haunted you?: ep
(212) You wanted to kill?: I don't think I can say that here.
(213) That you laughed at?: Probably Ben Harper
(214) That laughed at you?: Probably his girlfriend
(215) That turned you on?: See 212
(216) You went shopping with?: Mindy Painter and Ashley Spurgeon
(217) That broke your heart?: See 211
(218) To disappoint you?: Probably Vanessa
(219) To ask you out?: I don't know if I'm allowed to say that either, sorry this is turning out so boring, but I don't want to piss anyone off.
(220) To make you cry?: see 211
(221) To brighten up your day?: probably sarah and shawna
(222) That you thought about?: well, considering that last question, sarah and shawna.
(223) You saw a movie with?: Liz Knight (Sideways)
(224) You talked to on the phone?: Roxy.
(225) You talked to through IM?: I can't remember that far back. Probably either Ashley Spurgeon or one of those Evansville girls.
(226) You saw?: Ben Harper and Holly Anderson
(227) You lost?: Vanessa, I guess.
(229) You thought was completely insane?: I work with a lot of people with mental problems, so...
(230) You wanted to be?: Joel McAnulty, probably
(231) You told off?: Rich Painter. Didn't really tell him off, per se, just confronted him.
(232) You trusted?: Andrea
(233) You turned down?: Ben Harper (unless this was supposed to be in the romantic sense?)
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
(234) Smiled?: coffee with Ben, Holly, Sam and Raf
(235) Laughed?: same
(236) Cried?: Probably either December '03 or January '04
(237) Bought something?: Cigarettes yesterday
(238) Danced?: with Stephanie at some random party in east nashville
(239) Were sarcastic?: I'm never sarcastic (that was sarcasm)
(240) hugged someone?: my mom tonight
(241) Talked to an ex?: depends on your definition of ex. Talked to three people I've dated at one time or another this week. Been about two months since I talked to an ex-long-term girlfriend.
(242) Watched your fave movie?: A month or so.
(243) Had a nightmare?: Last week I dreamt that Sam/Rob (one person in the dream) were violently killing my cat.
(245) Talked on the phone?: last night
(246) Listened to the radio?: coming home from work yesterday.
(247) Watched TV?: Watched some On Demand last night
(248) Went out?: tonight to cafe coco
(249) Helped someone?: Delivered food to a senior citizen yesterday, for one.
(250) Were mean?: I was an asshole to Sam tonight. Sorry.
(251) Sang?: Harper practice tonight
(252) Saw a movie in a theater?: Been almost a month
(253) Said "I love you"?: quite awhile.
(254) Missed someone?: today.
(255) Fought with a family member?: with my mom tonight, but nothing serious
(256) Fought with a friend?: Big ordeal with Rich and Mindy a couple weeks ago.
(257) Had a serious conversation?: coffee talk tonight
(258) Got drunk?: New Year's Eve
(259) Had sex?: Sorry, can't tell.
Sorry this turned out to be the most boring thing ever. There were barely any interesting questions, and I wussed out on all of 'em. You'll just have to ask me in person.
(1) Your gender: male
(2) Straight: yes
(3) Gay: no
(4) Bi: no
(5) Your birthday: 4/25/80
(6) Age you act: Depends on the day. I'd say I average about 22.
(7) Age you wish you were: 22
(8) Your height: 5'6"
(9) The color of your eyes: brown
(10) Happy with it?: sure
(11) The color of your hair: dark brown.
(12) Happy with it?: sure
(13) Left/right/ambidextrous?: Right
(14) Your living arrangement?: I have a great house with 3 great people. Very happy.
(27) Your family: crazy
(29) What's your job: musician/student
(30) Piercings?: my eyebrow once upon a time
(31) Tattoos?: nope
(32) Obsessions?: Survivor, music, the internet.
(35) Do you speak another language? A little french.
(36) Have a favorite quote?: "That's what she said." "Your mom." Pretty much the entire scripts of Pulp Fiction and The Big Lebowski.
(37) Do you have a webpage?: keithlowen.com/bands.htm is a work in progress. I own a co-designed theprivates.net and started the Keith, Hail To The Keith, The Privates, Rich Creamy Paint, and Brian Fuzzell myspace profiles. I also still have me old one sort of up at www.angelfire.com/space/keithlowen.
DEEP THOUGHTS about life and you in it
(38) Do you live in the moment?: I guess.
(39) Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?: Usually.
(40) Do you have any secrets?: Of course.
(41) Do you hate yourself?: not usually.
(42) Do you like your handwriting?: It's terrible, but I sort of like it anyway.
(43) Do you have any bad habits?: Bad eating habits, smoking, biting my nails, popping my knuckles and surely a few others.
(44) What is the compliment you get most from people? Mostly music stuff.
(45) If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?: KEITH
(46) What's your biggest fear?: Failure
(47) Can you sing: I try
(48) Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool?: No.
(49) Are you a loner?: Not on purpose, but I have to be sometimes.
(51) If you were another person, would you be friends with you?: Definitely. I have a lot in common with me.
(53) Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?: I wish I was more motivated to obtain the things I really want, if that makes sense.
(54) Are you passive or aggressive?: passive, generally.
(55) Have you got a ?: huh?
(56) What is your greatest strength and weakness? strength: understanding and consideration of others weakness: understanding and consideration of myself.
(57) If you could change one thing about yourself?: see 53. if we mean physically, I wish I could be a couple inches taller for one thing.
(58) There are three wells, love, beauty and creativity, which one do you choose?: love for sure
(59) How do you vent?: talk to my close friends.
(60) Do you think you are emotionally strong?: Not as strong as I once thought I was.
(61) Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?: I still want to have a successful run at music for one. Tour, make a living at it, etc.
(62) Do you think life has been good so far?: Today, yes. Ask me on another day and you may get another answer.
(63) What is the most important lesson you've learned from life?: short-term confrontation is better than long-term consequences.
(64) What do you like the most about your body?: I usually like my chest/shoulders
(65) And least?: My genes cause certain areas to always be chubby.
(66) Do you think you are good looking?: Somedays.
(67) Are you confident?: Somedays.
(68) What is the fictional character you're most like?: I'm really struggling to think of one. What do you think?
(69) Do people know how you feel?: Probably just my closest friends.
(70) Are you perceived wrongly?: often
DO YOU...
(71) Smoke?: sadly
(72) Do drugs?: not lately, but yeah
(73) Read the newspaper?: Online a few times per week.
(74) Pray?: here and there
(75) Go to church? No
(76) Talk to strangers who IM you?: I never go on IM anymore.
(78) Take walks in the rain?: no
(79) Talk to people even though you hate them?: Yes.
(80) Drive?: yes
(81) Like to drive fast?: yes
HAVE YOU EVER...
(82) Liked your voice?: Shouldn't this be under "do you..."? Anyway, not really.
(83) Hurt yourself?: On purpose? Not really. On accident? Of course.
(84) Been out of the country?: England, France, Mexico, Japan, Canada and a bunch of Islands.
(85) Eaten something that made other people sick?: I guess not.
(86) Burped?: frequently
(87) Been unfaithful?: never
(88) Been in love?: yes
(89) Done drugs?: this has been covered.
(90) Gone skinny dipping?: yes
(92) Had a surgery?: yes. my knee.
(93) Ran away from home?: no
(94) Played strip poker: no
(95) Gotten beaten up?: no
(97) Been picked on?: yes
(98) Been on stage?: ha
(99) Been so drunk that you know you're supposed to go out on a date with someone, but you can't remember with who or when and that you faint when you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, not to mention your breath?: retarded
(101) Thought about suicide: yes
(102) Pulled an all-nighter?: yes
(103) If yes, what is your record?: I don't know, 30-something hours probably.
(105) Talked on the phone all night?: don't think so.
(106) Slept together with the opposite sex without actually having sex?: yes
(107) Slept all day?: yes
(108) Killed someone?: no
(109) Made out with a stranger?: not a complete stranger.
(110) Had sex with a stranger?: no
(111) Thought you're going crazy?: yes
(112) Kissed the same sex?: not really
(113) Done anything sexual with the same sex?: no
(114) Been betrayed?: yes
(115) Had a dream that came true?: yes
(116) Broken the law?: yes
(117) Met a famous person?: plenty
(118) Have you ever killed an animal by accident?: sure
(146) Stolen anything?: nothing major
(147) Been on radio/TV.?: yes
(148) Been in a mosh-pit?: no
(149) Had a nervous breakdown?: more or less
(150) Considered religious vocation?: no
(151) Been criticized about your sexual performance?: not that I know of
(152) Bungee jumped?: twice
(153) Had a dream that kept coming back?: yes
CLOTHES and other fashion
(154) Shoe brand?: sketchers
(155) Brand of clothing?: not really a brand guy
(156) Cologne/perfume?: I like gillete after shave lotion
(157) What are you normally wearing to school/work?: t-shirt and some form of polyester pants
(159) Wear hats?: very rare
(161) Wear make-up?: no
(162) Favorite place to shop?: urban outfitters, venus and mars, thrift stores, and a once a year mall trip.
(163) Favorite article of clothing?: I guess my red polyester pants
(164) Are you trendy?: not really
(165) Would you rather wear a uniform to school?: no
BELIEFS
(166) Believe in life on other planets?: yes
(167) Miracles?: depends on your definition
(168) Astrology?: not really, but I still read horoscopes.
(169) Magic?: no
(170) God?: loaded question. yes, but not in any sort of traditional way.
(171) Satan?: no
(172) Santa?: dumb
(173) Ghosts?: no
(174) Luck?: well, "chance," yes
(175) Love at first sight?: no
(176) Yin and Yang?: no
(177) Witches?: dumb
(178) Easter bunny?: dumb
(179) Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: yes
(180) Believe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?: dumb
(181) Do you wish on stars?: no
LOVE, and all that
(182) Did you get frightened or uncomfortable seeing that as a section title?: no
(183) Do you remember your first love?: yes
(184) Still love him/her?: in a way, yes
(185) Do you consider love a mistake?: no
(186) What do you find romantic?: going out of your way to show someone you care (surprises, little gifts, etc.)
(187) Turn-on?: head scratching, massage, or just about any touching
(188) Turn-off?: I don't know, farting, or most types of bodily expulsion
(189) Do you base your judgment on looks alone: no
(200) If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel?: depends on the situation, maybe flattered, maybe inconvenienced, maybe uncomfortable, or maybe some combination.
(201) Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them or going "blind"?: knowing someone to some extent.
(202) Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out?: I guess I have in the past, but in the end it's probably easier this way.
(203) Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive?: yes
(204) Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?: Some girls do. Some girls don't.
(205) What is best about the opposite sex?: Generally more emotional/understanding/etc
(206) What is the worst thing about the opposite sex?: Can be too emotional and irrational.
(207) What's the last present someone gave you?: Not sure. Probably a Snicker's Marathon Bar from Rachel
(208) Are you in love?: no
(209) Do you want to be?: sure
(210) What would you do if you were walking down the street and saw some hot guy/girl standing on the sidewalk?: Probably look at them and then keep walking
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON...
(211) That haunted you?: ep
(212) You wanted to kill?: I don't think I can say that here.
(213) That you laughed at?: Probably Ben Harper
(214) That laughed at you?: Probably his girlfriend
(215) That turned you on?: See 212
(216) You went shopping with?: Mindy Painter and Ashley Spurgeon
(217) That broke your heart?: See 211
(218) To disappoint you?: Probably Vanessa
(219) To ask you out?: I don't know if I'm allowed to say that either, sorry this is turning out so boring, but I don't want to piss anyone off.
(220) To make you cry?: see 211
(221) To brighten up your day?: probably sarah and shawna
(222) That you thought about?: well, considering that last question, sarah and shawna.
(223) You saw a movie with?: Liz Knight (Sideways)
(224) You talked to on the phone?: Roxy.
(225) You talked to through IM?: I can't remember that far back. Probably either Ashley Spurgeon or one of those Evansville girls.
(226) You saw?: Ben Harper and Holly Anderson
(227) You lost?: Vanessa, I guess.
(229) You thought was completely insane?: I work with a lot of people with mental problems, so...
(230) You wanted to be?: Joel McAnulty, probably
(231) You told off?: Rich Painter. Didn't really tell him off, per se, just confronted him.
(232) You trusted?: Andrea
(233) You turned down?: Ben Harper (unless this was supposed to be in the romantic sense?)
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
(234) Smiled?: coffee with Ben, Holly, Sam and Raf
(235) Laughed?: same
(236) Cried?: Probably either December '03 or January '04
(237) Bought something?: Cigarettes yesterday
(238) Danced?: with Stephanie at some random party in east nashville
(239) Were sarcastic?: I'm never sarcastic (that was sarcasm)
(240) hugged someone?: my mom tonight
(241) Talked to an ex?: depends on your definition of ex. Talked to three people I've dated at one time or another this week. Been about two months since I talked to an ex-long-term girlfriend.
(242) Watched your fave movie?: A month or so.
(243) Had a nightmare?: Last week I dreamt that Sam/Rob (one person in the dream) were violently killing my cat.
(245) Talked on the phone?: last night
(246) Listened to the radio?: coming home from work yesterday.
(247) Watched TV?: Watched some On Demand last night
(248) Went out?: tonight to cafe coco
(249) Helped someone?: Delivered food to a senior citizen yesterday, for one.
(250) Were mean?: I was an asshole to Sam tonight. Sorry.
(251) Sang?: Harper practice tonight
(252) Saw a movie in a theater?: Been almost a month
(253) Said "I love you"?: quite awhile.
(254) Missed someone?: today.
(255) Fought with a family member?: with my mom tonight, but nothing serious
(256) Fought with a friend?: Big ordeal with Rich and Mindy a couple weeks ago.
(257) Had a serious conversation?: coffee talk tonight
(258) Got drunk?: New Year's Eve
(259) Had sex?: Sorry, can't tell.
Sorry this turned out to be the most boring thing ever. There were barely any interesting questions, and I wussed out on all of 'em. You'll just have to ask me in person.