But all the cool kids are doing it...
× I miss somebody right now.
× I don't watch much TV these days.
✓ I own lots of books. (Not much fiction, but lots of science and philosophy. Also, tons of stuff from my years as a musician.)
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.
× I love to play video games.
✓ I've tried marijuana. (Twice, to see what all the fuss was about. However, like alcohol and most medicines, it had little effect on me.)
✓ I've watched porn movies. (Twice, to see what all the fuss was about. However, like alcohol and most medicines, it had little effect on me.)
× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (It is the best policy, except perhaps when dealing with those who are dishonest with themselves. But why am I wasting my time with them anyway?)
✓ I curse sometimes. (This is true, but I try to avoid doing so flippantly.)
✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. (I've had to grow up some more and put my life in a new direction. Thankfully, I have things pretty well in order now.)
✓ I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. (I have a leatherman on my keychain. It's better suited for keeping my nails manicured than it is for roughing it in a lean-to for a week, though.)
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× I have broken someone's bones. (Nope, but I have knocked someone's teeth out before, back when I played football in high school. I didn't intend to, though, and it was only a few. Besides, they must have been loose already to have been knocked out by a tackle. Or maybe I'm JUST THAT BEEFY!)
× I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal. (I'm an open book, baby!)
× I hate the rain. (I don't care for the rain around here, but the light, misty rain of Spring in Washington was AWESOME.)
× I'm paranoid at times.
× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
✓ I need/want money right now.
✓ I love sushi.
✓ I talk really, really fast. (When I'm excited I stop enunciating and start accelerating.)
× I have fresh breath in the morning.
✓ I have long hair.
× I have lost money in Las Vegas.
✓ I have at least one sibling. (A brother and a half-sister, both estranged. Rather, I'm the one estranged.)
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
× I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
✓ I like the way that I look. (I could stand to clean up and lose some girth, though.)
× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.
× I am usually pessimistic. (Cynical but generally optimistic.)
× I have a lot of mood swings.
× I think prostitution should be legalized.
× I slept with a roommate.
× I have a hidden talent.
× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
✓ I have a lot of friends.
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex.
× I enjoy talking on the phone.
× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
× I love to shop and/or window shop.
× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.
× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
✓ I have a mobile phone. (Ball-and-freakin'-chain, man.)
× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
✓ I've rejected someone before.
× I currently like/love someone.
× I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
× I want to have children in the future. (Eh, we'll see.)
× I have changed a diaper before.
× I've called the cops on a friend before.
✓ I'm not allergic to anything.
✓ I have a lot to learn.
✓ I am shy around the opposite sex. (I may not know what to say, but I say something all the same.)
× I'm online 24/7, even as an away message. (I shut down my computer when I go to bed, but when I'm up it's going and I'm online, although my away messages have little bearing on reality.)
× I have at least 5 away messages saved.
✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before. (See above. I do enjoy quality beer, though.)
✓ I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past. (He was more of a friendly acquiantance, really, whom I hadn't seen in years. She wanted to be with me but thought she'd never see me again, and was unhappy with him anyway.)
× I own the "South Park" movie.
× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.
✓ I enjoy some country music. (Bluegrass ROCKS!)
✓ I would die for my best friends.
✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.
✓ I have used my sexuality to advance my career. (The woman I was seeing found herself able to get me some gigs, so she did. Maybe that's not quite what this is taking about, though...)
× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
✓ I have dated a close friend's ex. (He was cool with it, and she thought it was hilarious.)
✓ I am happy at this moment.
× I'm obsessed with guys.
✓ Democrat. (I'm more of a Libertarian, but I tend to vote Democratic since they actually have members in government.)
✓ Republican. (Registered as such so I can vote in their primaries.)
× I don't even know what I am.
× I am punk rockish.
✓ I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
× I study for tests most of the time. (Nope, it makes me psych myself out. I prefer to learn things the first time through, anyway.)
× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
× I can work on a car. (Audio and electric, a bit. Mechanically, I can barely change my oil.)
× I love my job(s).
✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now. (Otherwise, what the hell am I doing?)
× I have more than just my ears pierced.
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can. (When I go through such a phase, occasionally.)
× I have jumped off a bridge.
✓ I love sea turtles. ("Gnarly.")
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
✓ I plan on achieving a major goal/dream. (Otherwise, what the hell am I doing?)
✓ I am proficient on a musical instrument. (Multiple. It was kinda my life, ya know?)
× I hate office jobs.
× I went to college out of state.
× I am adopted.
× I am a pyro. (It's fun to start fires in mischievous and explosive ways, but what follows doesn't really interest me.)
× I have thrown up from crying too much.
✓ I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved. (But it was as a secondary effect of something else they were doing, and they thought it worth it.)
× I fall for the worst people.
× I adore bright colours.
✓ I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.
✓ I can pick up things with my toes.
× I can't whistle.
✓ I have ridden/owned a horse.
× I still have every journal I've ever written in.
× I talk in my sleep.
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century. (Earlier in the century may have worked, though.)
× I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
× I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.
✓ I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
× I am a caffeine junkie.
× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.
× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.
× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
✓ I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner. (It's quite nice from time to time.)
✓ I'm an artist.
✓ I am ambidextrous. (Not regarding writing, but with many other things, sure.)
× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.
× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.
× I have terrible teeth.
× I hate my toes.
✓ I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.
× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
✓ I have lived in either three different states or countries. (Chicago, Portland/Vancouver, rural NC, and soon Richmond!)
✓ I am extremely flexible.
× I love hugs more than kisses.
✓ I want to own my own business.
× I smoke. (Nope, I'm just smokin'!
... sorry, I couldn't resist...)
× I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal.
✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then. (Entertainment hasn't made me cry, but I have been known to tear up.)
× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
× I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.
× I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me. (Most people can't think worth a whit, so I disregard most judgements apart from my friends'.)
× I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
✓ I have played strip poker with someone else before.
× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.
× I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
× I can't stand being alone.
× I have at least one obsession at any given time.
× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.
✓ I'm a judgmental asshole. (Maybe, or maybe I just have high standards and conviction in my opinions.)
× I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
× I have travelled on more than one continent.
× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.
× I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
✓ I am a Libertarian. (Kinda yeah, kinda no. I think they're alright, though.)
× I can speak more than one language.
× I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
✓ I would rather read than watch TV. (Passive entertainment isn't my thing.)
✓ I like reading fact more than fiction.
✓ I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
× I have no piercings.
✓ I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.
× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.
× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.
✓ I like most animals better than most people. (I'm all about that unconditional love.)
✓ I own a collection of retro games consoles. (Before college, I spent most of my time playing video games.)
× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.
× I have hit someone with a dead fish.
× I am compulsively honest.
× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.
× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× 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.
× I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.
× I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.
✓ I dislike milk.
× I obsessively wash my hands.
× I always carry something significant around with me.
× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.
✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others. (Otherwise, what the hell am I doing?)
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.
× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.
✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.
× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.
× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.
✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing. (Not as a rule, at least. I've met some stippers who have their shit together more than people in more conventional occupations.)
× I don't like to chew gum.
× 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.
× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.
× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other. (Otherwise, what the hell are they doing?)
× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly. (I'd like to...)
✓ I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.
✓ I have a custom-built computer.
× I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.
× I've gone skinny-dipping.
✓ I've performed in three plays.
✓ I enjoy burritos.
× I'm Irish and loving it.
✓ I have a thing for redheads.
× I am a twin!
× Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically '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 there were a way to erase past mistakes.
× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.
× I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
× I need more time to myself.
× I wish I was more open-minded.
× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
× I download songs from the internet.
× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.
× I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.
✓ I love playing Truth or Dare. (At least I did back in the day. I can't imagine that many of my friends would be up for it, though.)
× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone.
× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.
✓ I think this survey is particularly long. (No complaints, though.)
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.
× I can only hate someone that I love. (Hate's an incredibly poor use of my energy. If they do me no good then they are simply not in my life.)
× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.