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1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
I once incised a massive gash in my elbow (probably about 3 mm deep) when I fell quite dramatically off my bike and smashed into the pavement. It's a pretty impressive scar.
2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Posters (LotR, Death Valley, Stanford Tennis, Karate, MH plays) and photographs of all my lovely friends and family!
Where is #3?
The only ones I know are Thing 1 and Thing 2...
4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
classical, rock so long as it has more than 3 chords per song and doesn't beat your brains out, pop, folk, a lot of different things...
5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
around 14:30, I believe
6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
to find the book I lost in the dorm lounge the other day. Darn it, I can't believe that someone would have taken it! Oh, and another 3 hours in the day would be nice, too.
7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
Iceland and everyone in it, the book I lost, fish, my TF, [edit: Appaloo]...
8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION(S)?
most expensive would be my violin; most prized...I actually can't think of an object to which I'm emotionally attached above all others. A lot of different things, I suppose, that upon losing would suddenly reveal their significance in my mind. Pretty much anything I've received as a gift carries a special sort of significance - I'm really serious about taking care of gifts.
10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
not very...
11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
no, unless there is something besides the dark to make me afraid.
12. LAST PERSON WHO MADE YOU CRY?
Aaron.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOGNE / PERFUME?
Don't have one. Deodorant is plenty for me.
14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Somehow any ideal I construct in my mind always tends to have dark or even black hair, although I'm often attracted to quasi-blondes in real life. Eyes don't have to be a specific color - bonus points if they're interesting, though.
16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK?
energy drink. no caffeine, preferably. coffee sucks, except as ice cream.
17. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?
Good Italian prosciutto.
18. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I wouldn't say no to a good mandarin orange right now.
19. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?
I haven't the faintest notion.
20. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST GIFT?
I am not entirely sure of that. Might have been Appaloo (my childhood doll).
21. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
A charcoal-gray Stanford sweatshirts, khaki shorts, black volleyball T-shirt. And underwear.
22. DO YOU LIKE ANYBODY?
No. I hate everybody.
...rrright. I mean, what is this, 6th grade? As in "Do you like anybody? wink wink nudge nude knowwhatImean knowwhatImean?"
Actually, I take that back. In middle school there was no option of answering "no" to that question.
23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
no, I am not.
24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
Erm...I have two shirts from Columbia outerwear that are really comfortable...does that count?
25. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM CAR?
Haven't given that much thought. luzifer_'s idea of a purple VW Beetle sounds pretty sweet, though...
26. DO YOU HAVE A PET RIGHT NOW?
nope
59. WHO IS YOUR FAMOUS/ ACTOR/ SINGER CRUSH?
meh. I'm too out of touch for that kind of stuff.
60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
The aforementioned Appaloo was my trusted companion through many years. Acually, I'm going to go back and add her to the list of things I miss.
61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
erm...many...probably between 30 and 40...
63. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Registered trademark. That'll be five hundred dollars for an unpermitted use of a trademarked term right there, Mr. Quiz.
64. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?
Do you think I've been in a mosh pit?
65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY?
Intelligence, compassion, humor, patience with my idiosyncrasies, imagination, good looks.
66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
Bazai-Dai, Powerful Icelandic Queen, Tigermouse, m Helga g,
70. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
a tossup between lemon sorbet and coffee ice cream.
73. WHO/WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST RIGHT NOW?
dammit, what is this, psych 101? I don't change that fast, you know...
Actually, though, all this this ice cream talk brought to mind my mom's rhubarb sorbet...which I haven't had in years...oh baby...sooo good...
74. HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?
0
75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
what am I going to say, yes? it won't make you a better person, or anything...although the shrink who dropped in those "what do you miss most" questions might argue otherwise...
76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
the humming of traffic on a faraway highway
77. LAST THING YOU DRANK?
a cranberry-black cherry Juice Squeeze
78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Name is Andrew Murray, heads up a Geotechnical Engineering company where I may be working over the summer.
79. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX?
depends on whether I see them, hear them, or smell them first. I've yet to be introduced to a person via touch, let alone taste...
80. FAVORITE THOUGHT PROVOKING SONG?
I do love Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman", although I don't know whether that really qualifies.
81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE?
I'm blanking on this.
82. FAVORITE DRINK(S) ?
water, pink lemonade, really good champagne
83. FAVORITE ZODIAC SIGN?
I'm torn between my own aries, the first in the cycle, and our counterparts the final sign pisces.
84. Favorite Sport?
Karate to practice, tennis to watch
85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?
dark brown
86. EYE COLOR?
hazel (ranging between green and brown depending on the light)
87. HEIGHT?
164 cm, 5'4''
88. SIBLINGS?
two younger brothers and a younger sister
89. FAVORITE MONTH?
depends on the continent. In California, I think October and April are wonderful - in Iceland, July and August. Although all months are special in their own way.
90. YOU LIKE SUSHI?
haven't ever had proper sushi
91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
This German TV series from the 80's called Heimat.
92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
The first day when I can smell the spring.
93. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
wellduh...seeing as my track record is 0 for 2, and my turndowns have included "I have to ask my mom", I bet you can see why...
95. KISSES OR HUGS?
hugs are fore eeeeeveryone! kisses...are a very different matter.
96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
snerk
97. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
A paperback copy of J.M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello, behind which there is a long and complicated story which I will one day get around to telling.
98. WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
again. 6th grade, wot?
99. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
Just finished Elizabeth Costello. Next on my list are an excerpt from Mein Kampf for IHUM, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and Kafka's The Judgment.
100. ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH ANYONE?
Love is a strong word, and often misused.