"all these pictures of you..."
It's been weeks since I've written here - so before it becomes a full month, I thought I'd do something out of character for this journal, and post a survey. (What can I say? All the crazy kids are doing it these days.) This one's actually pretty interesting; I copy/pasted it from a certain tiger's journal, and I'd love if anyone wants to post ( Read more... )
[ ] I am shorter than 5'4. //
[ ] A few here and there. Some on my knees from surgery and others from the random bumps and bangs of growing up and life in the modern age. I have a couple around my Adam's Apple from my recent attempts to properly learn how to shave with a single blade.
[X] I tan easily. //I go from Yankee White to Lobster in under 8 minutes.
[X ] I wish my hair was a different color. // Purple, or blue hi-lites. I kind of miss my old mahogany red.
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[X] I am self-conscious about my appearance. // Quite, very-much-so to the point that I will dive for cover if I see a camera being moved in my direction.
[X] I have/I've had braces. // And then I had my wisdom teeth out which messed up all of the braces even with a retainer. The great *SIGH* experience of my life.
[X] I wear glasses/contacts // Glasses but they are out of focus so I do not wear them. Right eye is 20/20, the left eye alone is not so good. Both eyes open are 20/20.
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free. //
[ ] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger. // Usually a gay guy about 6' tall wearing nice sneakers.
[ ] I have more than 2 piercings.
[ ] I have piercings in places besides my ears.
[X] I have freckles. // Viva le Nose!
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[X] I've sworn at my parents.
[X] I've run away from home. // I went to college out of state to get away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[ ] I want to have kids someday. // I want to adopt.... wait, I guess that could be considered having children...*hmmms*...I guess I mean to say not biological children.
[ ] I've had children.
[X] I've lost a child. // Still the most difficult thing in my life to think about or put words to. It has changed me and someone else in a way that cannot be fully explained. I guess in a way it has made me more scared of the biological but not the blessing of life.
School/Work
[X] I'm in school. // Always learning. I hate going a day without learning something.
[X] I have a job. // Indeed I do. Always on the move Sam I Am.
[X] I've fallen asleep at work/school. // Guilty, but there were no alarms or issues at work. Just a Sunday afternoon nap here or there with my head laying next to the very loud phone.
[X] I've missed a week or more of school. // Knee surgeries have their evil ways.
[ ] I've been on the Dean's List within the last 2 years.
[ ] I failed more than 1 class last year.
[ ] I've stolen something from my job.
[ ] I've been fired.
[X] I've skipped class. // I think I skipped an entire semester of an English Literature class yet still got a B for doing all the work.
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[X] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation.
[X] Disney movies still make me cry. // Jim Henson makes me cry more though. Dark Crystal still leaves me waist deep in Kleenex.
[ ] I've peed from laughing.
[X] I've snorted while laughing.
[X] I've laughed so hard I've cried.
[ ] I've glued my hand to something. // No but a certain Pink Girl has gotten glue on my hand after a round of arts and crafty crafts.
[X} I've laughed til some kind of beverage came out of my nose
[ ] I've had my pants rip in public.
Health
[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment.
[X] I've gotten stitches. // Wisdom teeth and knees
[ ] I've broken a bone.
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed. // All too recently.
[ ] I've sat in a doctor's office with a friend.
[X] I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
[ ] I had a serious surgery.
[X] I've had chicken pox. // It's a lie that you can only have it once. *sigh* Twice due to my brother or something so very darn close that the doctor had to begrudgingly call it chicken pox.
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[ ] I've driven over 200 miles in one day. // That would be a small amount dream luxury compared to some of my driving.
[X] I've been on a plane.
[ ] I've been to Canada.
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[X] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[X] I've been to Europe.
[ ] I've been to Africa.
Experiences
[X] I've gotten lost in my city. // A few people have seen me quietly panic when I'm asked to drive somewhere that I have never driven before, and then panic more when we DO get lost. At least I'm the rare sort that will admit to such and ask directions without driving around for hours.
[X] I've seen a shooting star. // Bastien, Sophie and Bird diving for a vegan desert.
[X] I've wished on a shooting star. // Always. And on my Baby Car's mileage display.
[X] I've seen a meteor shower.
[X] I've gone out in public in my pajamas. // Two nights in the cold in just my bottoms because I realized I had forgotten my phone out in the car. Apparently your voicemail message served as both a wake-up call and a beacon to risk such a chilly adventure.
[X] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[X] I've kicked a guy where it hurts. // Meant it too.
[ ] I've been to a casino. // Only the faux kind in the Las Vegas Airport.
[ ] I've been skydiving.
[ ] I've been an abuse victim.
[X] I've played spin the bottle.
[ ] I've consumed a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] I've crashed a car.
[ ] I've been skiing
[X] I've been in a play. // Grade school through high school thank you very much Mr. Andrew Loyd Weber!
[X] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
[X] I've seen the Northern Lights. // And I have also seen Southern Comfort. :)
[X] I've sat on a roof top at night.
[ ] I've played chicken.
[X] I've played a prank on someone.
[X] I've ridden in a taxi.
[X] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[X] I've eaten sushi. // I live for sushi, in fact I further live for unagi (eel). MMMMMMM my mouth is watering just thinking about it! I also like the vegan sushi too.
[ ] I've been snowboarding.
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[X] I'm single
[X] I'm in a relationship.
[X] I'm engaged. // Why limit life to a title. I choose all three because I have had my eyes opened that it is far more important that ones knows and can express Love, than to pigeon-hole the crap out of a relationship my thinking within a box.
[X] I'm married. // To someone else's cats.
[X] I've had someone cheat on me.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[X] I've been the dumpee more than the dumper. // Sucks.
[X] I miss someone right now. // Many someones, very much.
[X] I have a fear of commitment. // I view it as more of a pure panic that I'm not going to be able to properly help provide so I get all sorts of frozen up.
[X] I have a fear of abandonment.
[X] I've cheated in a relationship.
[ ] I've gotten divorced.
[X] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[X] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[X] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
Sexuality
[ ] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex
[ ] I've kissed someone of the same sex
[X] I've had a crush on a teacher. // Does a teaching assistant count?
[X] I've been kissed in the rain. // And swooned. (I'll keep your answer here as it mirrors my own response).
[X] I've hugged a stranger.
Honesty/Crime
[X] I am a terrible liar.
[X] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't
[X] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[ ] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[X] I am keeping a secret from the world.
[X] I've cheated while playing a game. // I live to cheat on video games. I have much more fun with them that way.
[ ] I've cheated on a test.
[X] I've run a red light. // Yellow turned red, but yes I will count it as the same thing.
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[X] I've witnessed a crime.
[ ] I've been in a fist fight.
[ ] I've been arrested.
[ ] I've shoplifted
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[X] I've consumed alcohol.
[ ] I regularly drink.
[ ] I've passed out from drinking.
[ ] I have passed out at least once in the past 6 months.
[ ] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
[ ] I've snorted cocaine.
[ ] I've eaten schrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[ ] I've done hard drugs.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick. // I used to have lemon honey cough drops in high school because candy was not allowed but I needed something to suck on to help me think.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem.
[ ] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[X] I shut others out when I'm depressed. // Working on this one... (Ditto)
[ ] I'm anorexic or bulimic.
[X] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
[ ] I've hurt myself on purpose.
[ ] I'm addicted to self harm.
[X] I've woken up crying. // Missing people hurts.
[X] I've cried myself to sleep.
[ ] I see a therapist.
Death and Suicide
[ ] I'm afraid of dying.
[X] I hate funerals. // I wish we celebrated the lives of those we lost with dancing and flowers and things befitting what they've left with us, rather than mourned in traditional and morbid fashion. (I will also call a Ditto here.)
[X] I've seen someone dying. // My mom. At the end she was so bad that I was the one who signed the doctor's permission to take her off life support just so she could know peace at last.
[X] Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
[ ] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[ ] I've planned my own suicide.
[ ] I've attempted suicide.
[ ] I've written a eulogy for myself.
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[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[ ] I own an iPod or MP3 player.
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[X] I own something from Hot Topic. // My cigarette case wallet that I picked up 2+ years ago during Christmas Shopping with a certain pink lass.
[ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
[X] I collect comic books. // Sadly this has wained over the past year. More titles I want = more expense which I don't want. I miss the days of $0.25 books. *sigh*
[X] I own something from The Gap.
[X] I own something I got on eBay.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie.
[ ] I own something from Hollister Co.
Political/Social Attitudes
[ ] In general, I don't like people.
[X] I'm a feminist. // You know as much. :)
[X] I'm outgoing. // I'm naturally outgoing, but I also have social anxiety and like a lot of solitude; as well as to spend time with one close person at a time. Focus is important to me; really absorbing people. (I will ditto this)
[ ] I listen to political music. // I listen to U2 and Erin McKeown but in all honest Korn really killed my ability to tolerate the term "political music".
[X] I'm Democratic. // In actuality I'm Anti-Dumbass
[ ] I'm Republican.
[X] I don't like Bush because he is dumb.
[X] I don't like Bush with my own reasons to back it up.
[ ] I am for Bush.
[X] I dress fairly modestly.
[ ] My attitude is, "If you've got it, flaunt it."
Random
[X] I can sing well. // I sing in the shower all I want and I don't care who is outside or worry about selling a single ticket. Outside of the shower you will probably not hear a peep unless I break out into a funny song and dance that I have just made up.
[ ] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
[ ] I open up to others easily.
[X] I watch the news. // More often, though, I read it. (Ditto)
[ ] I don't kill bugs. // Bugs die unless they are ladybugs or daddy longlegs
[ ] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme.
[X] I curse regularly.
[X] I sing in the shower. // See above
[ ] I am a morning person.
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
[X] I'm a snob about grammar. // Onllly whenz Iz writss tuh ya livesz journalstist yo! ;)
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.
[X] I twirl my hair // I've let it grow a bit and become curly. When I gel my hair I generally play with it now and then.
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name
[~] I love being neat. // I really like being tidy, but things in my life tend to pile up, and it's not always the top priority. (Ditto with the addition that I usually know where things are in the clutter)
[ ] I love Spam
[ ] I've copied more than 20 CDs in a day.
[X] I bake well. // Born and bread (pun intended) to bake!
[X] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue // Only pink on you but otherwise my favorite is not on the list.
[X] I would wear pajamas to class.
[ ] I like Martha Stewart.
[X] I know how to shoot a gun.
[X] I am in love with love.
[X] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS. // See joke entry above. Otherwise no.
[X] I laugh at my own jokes. // Sometimes.
[X] I eat fast food weekly. // Sigh... balanced by vegan or organic goodness.
[X] I believe in ghosts.
[ ] I am online 24/7, even as an away message.
[ ] I've not turned anything in and still gotten an A in a certain class.
[ ] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[ ] I am really ticklish in one spot.
[ ] I love white chocolate
[ ] I bite my nails.
[X] I'm good at remembering faces.
[ ] I'm good at remembering names.
[ ] I'm good at remembering dates.
[X] My answers are totally honest.
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Sometimes I really dislike the word limit on LJ postings. Sorry for all the spam entries but the system had me break them up in order to post.
I got your voicemail, just trying to think of an appropriately Pink response to hearing your voice. =)
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Wow. Wow, I'm so happy that you did the whole survey. I must say, in response I have about 1,000 different urges to nudge you, hug you, tickle you, tease you, kiss you, arch an eyebrow at you, cry with you, laugh with you... You get the idea. I've been well enough to be more socially active, in steps of sorts, recently - and this has also led to me thinking of you a great deal. Not just the plans we're making, for when your being not away for work overlaps with me being fit for play, but just - everything.
We sure do have an amazing history. And there's no greater joy, for me, than knowing - really feeling - that history continue to grow. Maybe I'll make a list of responses to this amazingly massive survey later, or maybe I'll bring things up randomly, but for now:
I love you. I miss you. And maybe if we use enough stardust and willpower, we can meet in our dreams tonight - since it looks like it's gonna be a bit longer until we meet in literal three dimensions. Along with the stardust, I'll be sure to bring the kitties! ;)
p.s.: Hey, you just answered my question about loving Spam. Cuz if the above many posts could even be called spam... well, then I guess I love at least some form of it! xxxxoo.
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okay, allright, and p.p.p.s.: You know I've always thought your hair would look amaaazing in a deep, sweet burgundy! I could find you a very nice, high-quality burgundy-mahogany blend, if you'd like me to do the honours - I myself am making the very daring decision of swerving from pure pink to lavendar with hot and deep pink stripes and tips! (Oh, which also means I'll have extra purple - and some random left-over blue-purple - if you go for highlights instead of mahogany! I say it's about time you dove into this one particular dream, bebe.) And hey, we both know we can just shave our heads if something goes wrong, right?!
okay... I'll totally start responding to your answers point-by-point if I let myself, so I need to stop typing for now. Oooh, I miss you so much! Kisses & kisses & more kisses to you, darling.
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Message for you over on my LJ since your e-mail appears to be all horky dork today.
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