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Days of busybusy (magazine, family stuff, social stuff, housekeeping stuff) has fried my brain. I'm broke, but my pantries (typo: panties) are full (eww!) and the magazine will start wending its way to people tomorrow, after which the next issue goes to the printer at the end of the month (oy!). Been really enjoying reading The Graveyard Book to the Munchkin, and catching up with TV shows while I do clerical stuff for the magazine.
Haven't talked much about my new hobby, which is couponing, because I'm strangely embarrassed to be having so much fun doing it. I got $22 worth of stuff at CVS today for $.89 plus tax, and I immediately called my mom to brag. It's a game, and I'm having a blast (and feeding my family for less than $80 most weeks). Also, I think I will never again run out of cereal, toothpaste, mayonnaise, spaghetti sauce, or canned soup. Those things are always on sale.
I'll italicize the answers I steal from her.
1 How tall are you barefoot?
5'8", but everyone thinks I'm taller.
2. Full Name:
Serene Vannoy
3. Do you own a gun?
Nope.
4. If you had a mental disorder, what would it be?
Oh, who knows. I also don't know which viral illness I'll get next. *shrug* (Slight rant: mental disorders don't choose people to match up with based on their personalities. They're illnesses, and don't say much if anything about the person they afflict, besides the fact that they live with that illness.)
5. How many letters are in your crush's first name?
I don't think I have any crushes at the moment.
6. What do you think of hot dogs?
They're okay. Maybe once a year, I get in the mood for them and like them a lot, but mostly, they're just okay.
7. What's your favourite Christmas song?
I like sappy xmas ballads like "Merry Christmas, Darling" and "Tender Tennessee Christmas"
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Nothing, but I have to drink a cup of water with my pills, so I choke it down. I can't really bear to eat or drink for the first couple hours of the day.
9. Do you do push-ups?
No.
10. Have you ever done ecstasy?
No.
11. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
I have two boyfriends.
12. Do you like the rain?
Yep.
13. Are you sweet?
Sometimes.
15. Do you have ADD?
No.
16. Full Initials:
SJV
17. Name 4 thoughts at this exact moment:
Are people really able to pin their thoughts down that easily? As soon as I try to grab them, they fly away.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
someotherguy is playing his Pandora and cleaning the kitchen. I can hear him humming and stuff, but I'm not aware of much going on in my head besides this quiz.
18. Name the last 3 things you have bought in the past week:
Groceries at Safeway (saved $82.23); groceries at CVS (saved $22.27); smoothie at Jamba Juice for the kid, but I bought that with her money, so the last thing before that was a grocery run yesterday, I think.
20. What time did you wake up today?
Around 10. We were up until 3 or so.
21. Can you spell?
Very well, thanks.
22. Current worry?
dbubley is seriously ill (fuck cancer!), and I worry about her, and about the rest of the family. It's really hard on the whole family when someone is sick, especially if it's for longer than a week. We're all really worried, and there's not a whole lot we can do besides support her in taking her meds and stuff, so it's hard.
23. Current hate?
I don't have any real hates. I have peeves, and things that make me sad, but hate is too much effort. (But really, fuck cancer!)
24. Favourite place to be?
Home.
25. Least favourite place to be?
Anywhere my kids' mom is.
26. Where would you like to go right now?
Noplace. In fact, I'd like a week at home pretty badly.
27. Do you own slippers?
Yes. I'm currently wearing my killer rabbit slippers. Thanks,someotherguy!
28. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Wherever my partners are.
29. Do you burn or tan?
Burn, badly, then tan, deeply.
30. Yellow or blue:
Eh.
31 Would you be a pirate?
Hell no.
32. Last time your phone rang?
Dunno.
33. What song do you sing in the shower?
I have lots of faves, and this answer might end up long: The entire "Solitaire Standing" album (Suzanne Vega); "Woman's Work" (Tracy Chapman); "Diamonds and Rust", "Luba, the Baroness" (Joan Baez); "Free Man in Paris", "Carey", "Chelsea Morning", "California", "Chalkmark in a Rainstorm" and others (Joni Mitchell); "Tapestry" (Carole King); "Down on My Knees" (Trisha Yearwood); "His Only Need", "It Ain't Easy to Say Goodbye" (Wynnona); "Ghost", "Dead Man's Hill" (Indigo Girls); and lots more.
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
When I was awake, vampires. When I slept, I had some really truly seriously bizarre recurring nightmares, and I still remember a few of them. They were freaky and terrifying.
35. What's in your pockets right now?
Nothing.
36. Last thing that made you laugh?
I live with a hilarious person. I laugh all the time. I'll tell you what -- next time he makes me laugh (and it will probably be before I'm done with this quiz), I'll come back and update.
37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
My brothers had the special ones. Mine were brown. Bleah.
38. Worst injury you've ever had?
I was stabbed. It didn't do a ton of damage, in the end, but I lost a lot of blood and almost died.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
One, but we use our computers to watch DVDs and TV shows on, too, so arguably, there are five or something.
43. Does someone have a crush on you?
If they do, they haven't told me about it.
44. Do you wish on stars?
No.
45. What is your favorite book?
I don't have one favourite. Some faves are Beloved, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Coraline, Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do, and American Gods.
46. What song did you last hear?
Currently listening to something I don't recognize onsomeotherguy's Pandora station.
47. When were you last kissed?
Maybe ten minutes ago.
48. What is your favorite cereal?
Hmm. Corn flakes? Cream of wheat? Raisin bran?
49. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Having sex, I think.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
Actually, I awoke with pains in my chest, so I woke afraid, and went and ate some aspirin. (It's a common side effect of my meds, but I will let my doc know about it.)
1. What is your name as it appears on your birth certificate?
Heh, no. That's classified, Citizen. (It's easyish to find that info, but I do try not to put it all in one place.)
2. Does anyone ever misspell your name?
Yep. And mispronounce, too. My favorite was a co-worker who called me "Cyrene".
3. Has anyone ever made fun of your last name?
Yup. "Avoid the Vannoid."
4. Relationship status?
Poly and partnered with two wonderful men.
5. How old are you?
Hmm, full name, age... want my city of birth, too?
6. What city were you born in?
This sounds more and more like an identity-theft mine.
7. How did you celebrate your last birthday?
My family threw me a party. Look: http://serenepages.org/images/birthday
8. Name the last 5 cities you have lived in:
Oakland, San Diego, Spring Valley, La Mesa, Blossvale
9. What is your heritage?
1/4 Russian/Polish Jew; 1/4 Italian; 1/2 English/Irish/Dutch/German mutt.
10. What does your voice sound like?
I'll send you a sample in email if you haven't heard my voice and want to. Other than that, it's hard for me to describe my own voice.
11. What is your style?
Not sure how to answer this. If sartorial style is what's being asked, I mostly wear dresses, bare legs, and Birkenstocks. If some other thing, then hmm. I'd like to hear my friends' answers to this one.
12. What do you spend most of your money on?
Food, power, phone, Internet. If you mean discretionary cash, then the magazine.
13. Describe your...
HAIR: Long, dark brown, very wavy. Here's a good representation of it: http://pics.livejournal.com/serenejournal/pic/00002xdr/g3
EYES: Brown (the color of root beer)
BODY SHAPE: Tall and fat (and please, no static about the f-word, it's just a descriptor, like "short")
FINGERNAILS: Short.
14. What shampoo and conditioner do you use? Neutrogena shampoo, no conditioner.
15. Do you enjoy bubble baths?
Yes, I do, but we don't have a bathtub.
16. What shower gel or soap do you use?
Dove Sensitive Skin.
17. What kind of shoes do you wear?
Birkenstocks, pretty much year-round.
18. What do you sleep in?
Nothin'.
19. What is your favorite cosmetic brand?
I don't wear make-up. When I did, I had to use Almay because of skin sensitivities.
20. Describe your weirdest hobby:
I publish a magazine that very few people even understand the purpose of, and I do it without advertisers or capital.
21. What are your favorite TV shows?
Hmm. Torchwood, Doctor Who, The West Wing, Flash Forward, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, M*A*S*H...
22. What was the last album you listened to?
Oy. I ripped "1100 Bel Air Place" for my mom.
23. What was the last DVD you watched?
We just finished watching "Dr. No", which I hadn't seen before.
24. What are you reading at the moment?
Reading The Graveyard Book with the kid; on my own, The Mercedes Coffin (Kellerman), and Apocalypse Chow (about having an earthquake kit with real food in it, not Spam and Saltines).
25. Where do you work?
UC Berkeley!
26. What do you want to do as a career?
I'm actually okay without a solid career goal. I am fine with having jobs, and I currently love my jobs, so it's all good.
27. Do you listen to a wide range of music or one particular kind?
I have pretty narrow musical tastes in general (folk-rock singer-songwriters are my real joy), but there's probably not a single genre in which I can't find a song or two I really like.
28. What CD do you listen to most?
"August and Everything After"
29. What is your favorite film?
Probably Bull Durham, and I don't care who knows it. :-)
30. Have you ever stolen a street sign?
No.
31. Have you ever peed in the woods?
Sure.
32. What is your favorite food?
I don't have one favorite, but I'm a sucker for my mom's cooking, vegan sushi, and good, fresh, crisp, sweet watermelon.
33. Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
Yep.
34. Would you ever pose nude in a magazine?
Sure!
35. Can you change the oil in a car?
Yes, and I can change and gap the spark plugs, too.
36. Where would you like to get married?
I don't really care that much about where, or even if, but when we were planning a wedding, we talked about doing it outdoors. I doubt we'll pursue it again.
37. Ever fired a gun?
Yes. I was a pretty good shot.
38. Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Some of them are, but I love them.
39. What age do you plan to have children?
I don't plan to have kids of my own, but I'm enjoying raising the kids I ended up with.
40. If you could go anywhere...
I *can* go anywhere. I like where I am.
Haven't talked much about my new hobby, which is couponing, because I'm strangely embarrassed to be having so much fun doing it. I got $22 worth of stuff at CVS today for $.89 plus tax, and I immediately called my mom to brag. It's a game, and I'm having a blast (and feeding my family for less than $80 most weeks). Also, I think I will never again run out of cereal, toothpaste, mayonnaise, spaghetti sauce, or canned soup. Those things are always on sale.
I'll italicize the answers I steal from her.
1 How tall are you barefoot?
5'8", but everyone thinks I'm taller.
2. Full Name:
Serene Vannoy
3. Do you own a gun?
Nope.
4. If you had a mental disorder, what would it be?
Oh, who knows. I also don't know which viral illness I'll get next. *shrug* (Slight rant: mental disorders don't choose people to match up with based on their personalities. They're illnesses, and don't say much if anything about the person they afflict, besides the fact that they live with that illness.)
5. How many letters are in your crush's first name?
I don't think I have any crushes at the moment.
6. What do you think of hot dogs?
They're okay. Maybe once a year, I get in the mood for them and like them a lot, but mostly, they're just okay.
7. What's your favourite Christmas song?
I like sappy xmas ballads like "Merry Christmas, Darling" and "Tender Tennessee Christmas"
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Nothing, but I have to drink a cup of water with my pills, so I choke it down. I can't really bear to eat or drink for the first couple hours of the day.
9. Do you do push-ups?
No.
10. Have you ever done ecstasy?
No.
11. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
I have two boyfriends.
12. Do you like the rain?
Yep.
13. Are you sweet?
Sometimes.
15. Do you have ADD?
No.
16. Full Initials:
SJV
17. Name 4 thoughts at this exact moment:
Are people really able to pin their thoughts down that easily? As soon as I try to grab them, they fly away.
someotherguy is playing his Pandora and cleaning the kitchen. I can hear him humming and stuff, but I'm not aware of much going on in my head besides this quiz.18. Name the last 3 things you have bought in the past week:
Groceries at Safeway (saved $82.23); groceries at CVS (saved $22.27); smoothie at Jamba Juice for the kid, but I bought that with her money, so the last thing before that was a grocery run yesterday, I think.
20. What time did you wake up today?
Around 10. We were up until 3 or so.
21. Can you spell?
Very well, thanks.
22. Current worry?
dbubley is seriously ill (fuck cancer!), and I worry about her, and about the rest of the family. It's really hard on the whole family when someone is sick, especially if it's for longer than a week. We're all really worried, and there's not a whole lot we can do besides support her in taking her meds and stuff, so it's hard. 23. Current hate?
I don't have any real hates. I have peeves, and things that make me sad, but hate is too much effort. (But really, fuck cancer!)
24. Favourite place to be?
Home.
25. Least favourite place to be?
Anywhere my kids' mom is.
26. Where would you like to go right now?
Noplace. In fact, I'd like a week at home pretty badly.
27. Do you own slippers?
Yes. I'm currently wearing my killer rabbit slippers. Thanks,
someotherguy!28. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Wherever my partners are.
29. Do you burn or tan?
Burn, badly, then tan, deeply.
30. Yellow or blue:
Eh.
31 Would you be a pirate?
Hell no.
32. Last time your phone rang?
Dunno.
33. What song do you sing in the shower?
I have lots of faves, and this answer might end up long: The entire "Solitaire Standing" album (Suzanne Vega); "Woman's Work" (Tracy Chapman); "Diamonds and Rust", "Luba, the Baroness" (Joan Baez); "Free Man in Paris", "Carey", "Chelsea Morning", "California", "Chalkmark in a Rainstorm" and others (Joni Mitchell); "Tapestry" (Carole King); "Down on My Knees" (Trisha Yearwood); "His Only Need", "It Ain't Easy to Say Goodbye" (Wynnona); "Ghost", "Dead Man's Hill" (Indigo Girls); and lots more.
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
When I was awake, vampires. When I slept, I had some really truly seriously bizarre recurring nightmares, and I still remember a few of them. They were freaky and terrifying.
35. What's in your pockets right now?
Nothing.
36. Last thing that made you laugh?
I live with a hilarious person. I laugh all the time. I'll tell you what -- next time he makes me laugh (and it will probably be before I'm done with this quiz), I'll come back and update.
37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
My brothers had the special ones. Mine were brown. Bleah.
38. Worst injury you've ever had?
I was stabbed. It didn't do a ton of damage, in the end, but I lost a lot of blood and almost died.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
One, but we use our computers to watch DVDs and TV shows on, too, so arguably, there are five or something.
43. Does someone have a crush on you?
If they do, they haven't told me about it.
44. Do you wish on stars?
No.
45. What is your favorite book?
I don't have one favourite. Some faves are Beloved, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Coraline, Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do, and American Gods.
46. What song did you last hear?
Currently listening to something I don't recognize on
someotherguy's Pandora station.47. When were you last kissed?
Maybe ten minutes ago.
48. What is your favorite cereal?
Hmm. Corn flakes? Cream of wheat? Raisin bran?
49. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Having sex, I think.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
Actually, I awoke with pains in my chest, so I woke afraid, and went and ate some aspirin. (It's a common side effect of my meds, but I will let my doc know about it.)
1. What is your name as it appears on your birth certificate?
Heh, no. That's classified, Citizen. (It's easyish to find that info, but I do try not to put it all in one place.)
2. Does anyone ever misspell your name?
Yep. And mispronounce, too. My favorite was a co-worker who called me "Cyrene".
3. Has anyone ever made fun of your last name?
Yup. "Avoid the Vannoid."
4. Relationship status?
Poly and partnered with two wonderful men.
5. How old are you?
Hmm, full name, age... want my city of birth, too?
6. What city were you born in?
This sounds more and more like an identity-theft mine.
7. How did you celebrate your last birthday?
My family threw me a party. Look: http://serenepages.org/images/birthday
8. Name the last 5 cities you have lived in:
Oakland, San Diego, Spring Valley, La Mesa, Blossvale
9. What is your heritage?
1/4 Russian/Polish Jew; 1/4 Italian; 1/2 English/Irish/Dutch/German mutt.
10. What does your voice sound like?
I'll send you a sample in email if you haven't heard my voice and want to. Other than that, it's hard for me to describe my own voice.
11. What is your style?
Not sure how to answer this. If sartorial style is what's being asked, I mostly wear dresses, bare legs, and Birkenstocks. If some other thing, then hmm. I'd like to hear my friends' answers to this one.
12. What do you spend most of your money on?
Food, power, phone, Internet. If you mean discretionary cash, then the magazine.
13. Describe your...
HAIR: Long, dark brown, very wavy. Here's a good representation of it: http://pics.livejournal.com/serenejournal/pic/00002xdr/g3
EYES: Brown (the color of root beer)
BODY SHAPE: Tall and fat (and please, no static about the f-word, it's just a descriptor, like "short")
FINGERNAILS: Short.
14. What shampoo and conditioner do you use? Neutrogena shampoo, no conditioner.
15. Do you enjoy bubble baths?
Yes, I do, but we don't have a bathtub.
16. What shower gel or soap do you use?
Dove Sensitive Skin.
17. What kind of shoes do you wear?
Birkenstocks, pretty much year-round.
18. What do you sleep in?
Nothin'.
19. What is your favorite cosmetic brand?
I don't wear make-up. When I did, I had to use Almay because of skin sensitivities.
20. Describe your weirdest hobby:
I publish a magazine that very few people even understand the purpose of, and I do it without advertisers or capital.
21. What are your favorite TV shows?
Hmm. Torchwood, Doctor Who, The West Wing, Flash Forward, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, M*A*S*H...
22. What was the last album you listened to?
Oy. I ripped "1100 Bel Air Place" for my mom.
23. What was the last DVD you watched?
We just finished watching "Dr. No", which I hadn't seen before.
24. What are you reading at the moment?
Reading The Graveyard Book with the kid; on my own, The Mercedes Coffin (Kellerman), and Apocalypse Chow (about having an earthquake kit with real food in it, not Spam and Saltines).
25. Where do you work?
UC Berkeley!
26. What do you want to do as a career?
I'm actually okay without a solid career goal. I am fine with having jobs, and I currently love my jobs, so it's all good.
27. Do you listen to a wide range of music or one particular kind?
I have pretty narrow musical tastes in general (folk-rock singer-songwriters are my real joy), but there's probably not a single genre in which I can't find a song or two I really like.
28. What CD do you listen to most?
"August and Everything After"
29. What is your favorite film?
Probably Bull Durham, and I don't care who knows it. :-)
30. Have you ever stolen a street sign?
No.
31. Have you ever peed in the woods?
Sure.
32. What is your favorite food?
I don't have one favorite, but I'm a sucker for my mom's cooking, vegan sushi, and good, fresh, crisp, sweet watermelon.
33. Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
Yep.
34. Would you ever pose nude in a magazine?
Sure!
35. Can you change the oil in a car?
Yes, and I can change and gap the spark plugs, too.
36. Where would you like to get married?
I don't really care that much about where, or even if, but when we were planning a wedding, we talked about doing it outdoors. I doubt we'll pursue it again.
37. Ever fired a gun?
Yes. I was a pretty good shot.
38. Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Some of them are, but I love them.
39. What age do you plan to have children?
I don't plan to have kids of my own, but I'm enjoying raising the kids I ended up with.
40. If you could go anywhere...
I *can* go anywhere. I like where I am.