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*1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.*
Sophia Loren
*2. Where was your first kiss?*
On the lips. (But really, at ROTC camp in San Diego.)
*3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
Of course not.
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?*
Yes. But he was trying to kill me, so I think it was only fair.
*5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?*
Yes, thousands (and too many times to count).
*6. What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex?*
Depends on the people (and the preferred sex changes over time).
*7. What really turns you on?*
Smarts. Wit. Passion. A good tongue.
*8. What do you order at Starbucks?*
I've never bought anything at Starbucks.
*9. What is your biggest mistake?*
Spending years letting the church tell me how to live.
*10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?*
Yes.
*11. Say something totally random about yourself.*
I think dragonflies are one of the most beautiful things ever.
*12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?*
Yes. I got Kathy Najimy a lot when I was fatter.
*13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?*
I still watch old Disney movies. I'm still fascinated by Maleficent, f'rinstance.
*14. Did you have braces?*
Nearly four years.
*15. Are you comfortable with your height?*
Yes.
*16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you?*
Too many things to list. There was a "*ding*" from TOTGA in the mail early on that melted me and still does (I still have it).
*17. When do you know it's love?*
When I know.
*18. Do you speak any other languages?*
I do okay in Spanish. I can struggle through a simple conversation in ASL.
*19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon?*
Nope, I like my skin healthy.
*20. What magazines do you read?*
Not any regularly, but occasionally American Atheist, Skeptical Enquirer, Vegetarian Times, Veggie Life, Utne, TV Guide, Self (at work in the locker room), etc.
*21. Have you ever ridden in a limo?*
Once. I hated it.
*22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?*
One.
*23. Do you watch mtv?*
Nope.
*24. What's something that really annoys you?*
The US Government.
*25. What's something you really like?* Soft ginger cookies. --mactavish, you will love the ones at Peet's in Berkeley.
*26. Do you like Michael Jackson?*
Don't like or dislike him.
*27. Can you dance?*
Yes, but not well, and it's not enjoyable for me at all.
*28. What's the latest you have ever stayed up?*
Days.
*29. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?*
Yes.
*30. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out?*
Sometimes, depending on how much time/energy I have.
*32. What are your car/truck radio buttons set to?*
KQED, another public radio station whose call letters I'm blanking on, KPFA, KFOG
*33. When you're completely burned out, what's a good way to recharge (other than sleep)?*
Spend time withsomeotherguy or my mom.
*34. Favorite place you've traveled?*
Morocco.
*35. What do you want to try that you haven't yet?*
SCUBA diving.
*36. Five things you love to eat, and five things you hate to eat?* I love popcorn, fresh peaches, coffee ice cream, avocado sushi, and really good watermelon.
I hate plums, fresh papaya (dried is fine), soups with ham/bacon in them, sun-dried tomatoes, and, unless I'm in the mood for them, certain spices (cinnamon, cumin, caraway, nutmeg, and a few others).
*37. Did you learn to drive stick or automatic first?*
Automatic.
*38. Do you like board games?*
Some of them, with some people.
*39. Tell me your opinion about gambling. Like for money.*
I could probably think of something I care less about, but it would take work.
*40. How many dictionaries do you own?*
Don't know. One or more, and a fast internet connection.
*41. What's your favorite medium to work in?*
Words.
*42. What was your undergraduate major, and was it always that or did you switch?*
Oy. Started with music. Then pre-med chem, then math, then undeclared, then English writing.
*43. Worst physical pain you've been in?*
Spinal tap. Badly done. Oh, my god. I nearly vomited, the pain was so intense.
*44. Who's your best friend?* I don't have one "best," but I match better withsomeotherguy than with anyone else in the world. But it's like "what's the best kind of sushi?"
*45. Was high school good? Why (not)?*
I mostly hated it, but it had its good moments.
*46. What kinds of music do you like best? Get specific, if you can.*
There are few genres I like almost nothing in. Currently, and for most of the past 15 or so years, I like a folky rock, so John Gorka and Indigo Girls work well for me. I adore Paul Simon, in and out of S&G, think he's one of the better songwriters of the past 100 years. I have favorite songs by about a million other artists. I dislike most classical, instrumental, and opera music. I love some show tunes, can't be bothered with others, as with country music. I don't like much rap or hip hop. I usually dislike electronica, industrial, grunge.
*47. Last three CDs you bought:*
I only remember one I've bought this year. Tracy Chapman (an old one to replace one I sold long ago).
*48. And conversely, what kinds of music would you rather never hear?*
The bad remakes on the muzak at work. Oh, my god. The remake of "Go Your Own Way" makes me want to gouge my eardrums out with an apple corer.
*49. Five favorite movies:*
I just posted about this tokightp's recent post.
*50. What's something other people like that you just can't get into?*
Johnny Depp
*51. When you want to look good, what do you wear?*
Slinky clothes
*52. When your heart breaks, how do you put it back together?*
Time.
*53. Should the following be exterminated:
white briefs:* I don't care.
*blue eyeshadow:* I don't care.
*pants that create the muffin-top look on women:* I don't know what that means
*flip flops in the office:* I don't care
*54. Were you a Boy/Girl Scout?*
Yes.
*55. Can you swim?*
Yes.
*56. Tell me your guilty pleasures:
I have none.
*
*57. Do you have a library card?*
Yes.
*58. What's the best present you've received in the past five years?*
I don't do well with "best" -- I have lots of bests.
*59. Do you have a favorite:
Painter:* No
*Sculptor:* No
*Photographer:*sogwife, but I'm definitely biased by non-artistic considerations
*Writer (fiction):* Probably Toni Morrison
Writer (science fiction/fantasy): Asimov
Poet: Tough one. Possibly Mary Oliver, which surprises me to say.
Writer (nonfiction): Audre Lorde
*60. You're in a strange city for the weekend. What will you do while you're there?*
Go home. I have little interest in travel for its own sake. I would rather be with people I love.
*61. Are you thrifty?*
Mostly.
*62. You bought tickets for a cultural event. What are you going to see?*
Almost certainly a concert or a poetry reading/slam.
*63. What's something you're hanging onto that you don't need anymore?*
Sorrow over cute-poet-chick.
mactavish:*1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.*
Sophia Loren
*2. Where was your first kiss?*
On the lips. (But really, at ROTC camp in San Diego.)
*3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
Of course not.
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?*
Yes. But he was trying to kill me, so I think it was only fair.
*5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?*
Yes, thousands (and too many times to count).
*6. What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex?*
Depends on the people (and the preferred sex changes over time).
*7. What really turns you on?*
Smarts. Wit. Passion. A good tongue.
*8. What do you order at Starbucks?*
I've never bought anything at Starbucks.
*9. What is your biggest mistake?*
Spending years letting the church tell me how to live.
*10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?*
Yes.
*11. Say something totally random about yourself.*
I think dragonflies are one of the most beautiful things ever.
*12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?*
Yes. I got Kathy Najimy a lot when I was fatter.
*13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?*
I still watch old Disney movies. I'm still fascinated by Maleficent, f'rinstance.
*14. Did you have braces?*
Nearly four years.
*15. Are you comfortable with your height?*
Yes.
*16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you?*
Too many things to list. There was a "*ding*" from TOTGA in the mail early on that melted me and still does (I still have it).
*17. When do you know it's love?*
When I know.
*18. Do you speak any other languages?*
I do okay in Spanish. I can struggle through a simple conversation in ASL.
*19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon?*
Nope, I like my skin healthy.
*20. What magazines do you read?*
Not any regularly, but occasionally American Atheist, Skeptical Enquirer, Vegetarian Times, Veggie Life, Utne, TV Guide, Self (at work in the locker room), etc.
*21. Have you ever ridden in a limo?*
Once. I hated it.
*22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?*
One.
*23. Do you watch mtv?*
Nope.
*24. What's something that really annoys you?*
The US Government.
*25. What's something you really like?* Soft ginger cookies. --
mactavish, you will love the ones at Peet's in Berkeley.*26. Do you like Michael Jackson?*
Don't like or dislike him.
*27. Can you dance?*
Yes, but not well, and it's not enjoyable for me at all.
*28. What's the latest you have ever stayed up?*
Days.
*29. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?*
Yes.
*30. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out?*
Sometimes, depending on how much time/energy I have.
*32. What are your car/truck radio buttons set to?*
KQED, another public radio station whose call letters I'm blanking on, KPFA, KFOG
*33. When you're completely burned out, what's a good way to recharge (other than sleep)?*
Spend time with
someotherguy or my mom.*34. Favorite place you've traveled?*
Morocco.
*35. What do you want to try that you haven't yet?*
SCUBA diving.
*36. Five things you love to eat, and five things you hate to eat?* I love popcorn, fresh peaches, coffee ice cream, avocado sushi, and really good watermelon.
I hate plums, fresh papaya (dried is fine), soups with ham/bacon in them, sun-dried tomatoes, and, unless I'm in the mood for them, certain spices (cinnamon, cumin, caraway, nutmeg, and a few others).
*37. Did you learn to drive stick or automatic first?*
Automatic.
*38. Do you like board games?*
Some of them, with some people.
*39. Tell me your opinion about gambling. Like for money.*
I could probably think of something I care less about, but it would take work.
*40. How many dictionaries do you own?*
Don't know. One or more, and a fast internet connection.
*41. What's your favorite medium to work in?*
Words.
*42. What was your undergraduate major, and was it always that or did you switch?*
Oy. Started with music. Then pre-med chem, then math, then undeclared, then English writing.
*43. Worst physical pain you've been in?*
Spinal tap. Badly done. Oh, my god. I nearly vomited, the pain was so intense.
*44. Who's your best friend?* I don't have one "best," but I match better with
someotherguy than with anyone else in the world. But it's like "what's the best kind of sushi?"*45. Was high school good? Why (not)?*
I mostly hated it, but it had its good moments.
*46. What kinds of music do you like best? Get specific, if you can.*
There are few genres I like almost nothing in. Currently, and for most of the past 15 or so years, I like a folky rock, so John Gorka and Indigo Girls work well for me. I adore Paul Simon, in and out of S&G, think he's one of the better songwriters of the past 100 years. I have favorite songs by about a million other artists. I dislike most classical, instrumental, and opera music. I love some show tunes, can't be bothered with others, as with country music. I don't like much rap or hip hop. I usually dislike electronica, industrial, grunge.
*47. Last three CDs you bought:*
I only remember one I've bought this year. Tracy Chapman (an old one to replace one I sold long ago).
*48. And conversely, what kinds of music would you rather never hear?*
The bad remakes on the muzak at work. Oh, my god. The remake of "Go Your Own Way" makes me want to gouge my eardrums out with an apple corer.
*49. Five favorite movies:*
I just posted about this to
kightp's recent post.*50. What's something other people like that you just can't get into?*
Johnny Depp
*51. When you want to look good, what do you wear?*
Slinky clothes
*52. When your heart breaks, how do you put it back together?*
Time.
*53. Should the following be exterminated:
white briefs:* I don't care.
*blue eyeshadow:* I don't care.
*pants that create the muffin-top look on women:* I don't know what that means
*flip flops in the office:* I don't care
*54. Were you a Boy/Girl Scout?*
Yes.
*55. Can you swim?*
Yes.
*56. Tell me your guilty pleasures:
I have none.
*
*57. Do you have a library card?*
Yes.
*58. What's the best present you've received in the past five years?*
I don't do well with "best" -- I have lots of bests.
*59. Do you have a favorite:
Painter:* No
*Sculptor:* No
*Photographer:*
sogwife, but I'm definitely biased by non-artistic considerations*Writer (fiction):* Probably Toni Morrison
Writer (science fiction/fantasy): Asimov
Poet: Tough one. Possibly Mary Oliver, which surprises me to say.
Writer (nonfiction): Audre Lorde
*60. You're in a strange city for the weekend. What will you do while you're there?*
Go home. I have little interest in travel for its own sake. I would rather be with people I love.
*61. Are you thrifty?*
Mostly.
*62. You bought tickets for a cultural event. What are you going to see?*
Almost certainly a concert or a poetry reading/slam.
*63. What's something you're hanging onto that you don't need anymore?*
Sorrow over cute-poet-chick.
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Date: 2005-10-06 05:39 pm (UTC)(ginger burns my mouth fairly easily and frequently.)