I humbly request...
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jenhowell for the number of posts that will be all about surveys for a while. She is taking the 5000-question survey and said she'd be stoked if other people would take it, and I'm all about talking about myself, so here we go.
THE 5000 QUESTION SURVEY Version 2.0
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1. Who are you?
Serene
2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?
I'm fallible; I'm a humanist; I think out loud, so what I say isn't always my final thought on things.
3. Who did you take this survey from (the entire survey is available here: http://www.myspace.com/5000_question_survey)? [Caution: that page will hurt your eyes. Hit the "The Questions" link as quickly as you can.]
jenhowell
When you aren't filling out 5000 question surveys, what are you doing?
Is this question 3a? Reading, singing, cooking, walking, avoiding work, working, knitting, having sex. Not necessarily in that order.
4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).
Loved music and drama classes. Loved math and chemistry. Hated geography and biology. Hated PE. Love English.
5. What is your biggest goal for this year?
I don't tend to do big goals. I would like to work on becoming more financially solvent, though.
6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Right here is fine.
7. What stage of life are you in right now?
Middle age, baby, and I'm loving it.
8. Are you more child-like or childish?
Child-like, I think, but people who know me are welcome to contradict that.
9. What is the last thing you said out loud?
"Oh, dear" (someotherguy showed me a child's toothmarks on a foam sword he had just bought for his nephew.)
10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?
"The Bug" (Mark Knopfler)
11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
Nope.
12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
Yes.
13. Does time really heal all wounds?
For me it does.
14. How do you handle a rainy day?
Go out for a walk!
15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
Losing my luggage. I like untangling things.
16. How is your relationship with your parents?
I'm close to my mom, though she and I don't see eye to eye on much. I'm friendly with my dad and stepmother, and I like them a lot, but we're not close.
Will you miss them when they are gone?
Shit, yeah.
17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
I tend to be aware of the gestalt, but not the details.
18. What is the truest thing that you know?
That this moment is all we ever have to work with.
19. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A singer.
20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
And a third, and a fourth, and...
21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?
I think I'm pretty balanced there.
22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?
I think so.
23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?
Spinal tap. Oh, man, I almost barfed from the pain.
24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?
I'd rather not say.
25. Who have you hugged today?
stonebender, someotherguy, sogwife
26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
stonebender braved the doctor's office with me, which is no small deal. He offered me moral support when I saw the thyroid doc (more tests are needed; no news yet.)
27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Oh, yes. Yes yes yes. More, it seems, every day.
28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?
How to have contentment; how to be productive; how to play the piano.
29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?
I dunno. That's a hard thing for me to quantify.
30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Trust; goodwill; compatibility; goodwill; compassion; communication; goodwill.
31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?
A Live
B Live
C Live
32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?
A Causing another person's death
B
C
Can't think of two more.
33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
No.
34. What does each decade make you think of:
The 19..
20's: Flappers; the beginning of the Great Depression
30's: The Great Depression; my mother's birth; Gone with the Wind; the Wizard of Oz; World War II
40's: World War II; my father's birth; The Andrews Sisters
50's: Rock 'n' Roll; Elvis; my mother in high school; Korea
60's: Hippies; VW bugs; Vietnam; Summer of Love; LSD; the Beatles
70's: Vietnam; Disco; Spain; Saturday Night Fever; Star Wars; Close Encounters
80's: Narrow ties; Greed is Good; Billy Joel; Molly Ringwald; high school; my parents' divorce
90's: Grunge bands; the 7-Eleven incident; my years on the commune; meeting cute-poet-chick and TOTGA
2000 (so far): love love love love love
2010's: we'll see
35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?
I don't really feel a connection to decades. I'm most attached to this moment now.
36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
"Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Hotel California"
37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country?
The USA; an oligarchy of fiends.
If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be?
"Who has to give you a blow job in order for you to finally be impeached?"
38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/heroes.shtml
39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?
Hmmmmmmmm. Dunno. Help me out here, folks.
40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?
Yep, I was a girl scout for a year or two.
41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?
Take a boat. I love the water, and am a nervous flyer.
42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?
Blue: because of the way the atmosphere scatters light; Black: because there's relatively little light reaching us with the sun on the other side of the earth.
43. What does your name mean?
Peaceful.
44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?
The ocean, I think, but I don't really have an explorer's urge at all.
45. Word association
What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:
Air: Oxygen
Meat: Loaf
Different: Change
Pink: Panties
Deserve: Reserve
White: Why
Elvis: Presley
Magic: Bullet
Heart: Card
Clash: Titan
Pulp: Fiction
46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be?
My nana.
47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive?
I'd rather not say.
48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?
Bull Durham.
49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?
You mean besides tools to get me unstuck? I want a sink, a toilet, some food, a comfy thing to sleep on --- wait. I just want to not be stuck in an elevator, okay?
jenhowell for the number of posts that will be all about surveys for a while. She is taking the 5000-question survey and said she'd be stoked if other people would take it, and I'm all about talking about myself, so here we go.THE 5000 QUESTION SURVEY Version 2.0
--
1. Who are you?
Serene
2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?
I'm fallible; I'm a humanist; I think out loud, so what I say isn't always my final thought on things.
3. Who did you take this survey from (the entire survey is available here: http://www.myspace.com/5000_question_survey)? [Caution: that page will hurt your eyes. Hit the "The Questions" link as quickly as you can.]
jenhowellWhen you aren't filling out 5000 question surveys, what are you doing?
Is this question 3a? Reading, singing, cooking, walking, avoiding work, working, knitting, having sex. Not necessarily in that order.
4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).
Loved music and drama classes. Loved math and chemistry. Hated geography and biology. Hated PE. Love English.
5. What is your biggest goal for this year?
I don't tend to do big goals. I would like to work on becoming more financially solvent, though.
6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Right here is fine.
7. What stage of life are you in right now?
Middle age, baby, and I'm loving it.
8. Are you more child-like or childish?
Child-like, I think, but people who know me are welcome to contradict that.
9. What is the last thing you said out loud?
"Oh, dear" (
someotherguy showed me a child's toothmarks on a foam sword he had just bought for his nephew.)10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?
"The Bug" (Mark Knopfler)
11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
Nope.
12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
Yes.
13. Does time really heal all wounds?
For me it does.
14. How do you handle a rainy day?
Go out for a walk!
15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
Losing my luggage. I like untangling things.
16. How is your relationship with your parents?
I'm close to my mom, though she and I don't see eye to eye on much. I'm friendly with my dad and stepmother, and I like them a lot, but we're not close.
Will you miss them when they are gone?
Shit, yeah.
17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
I tend to be aware of the gestalt, but not the details.
18. What is the truest thing that you know?
That this moment is all we ever have to work with.
19. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A singer.
20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
And a third, and a fourth, and...
21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?
I think I'm pretty balanced there.
22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?
I think so.
23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?
Spinal tap. Oh, man, I almost barfed from the pain.
24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?
I'd rather not say.
25. Who have you hugged today?
stonebender, someotherguy, sogwife26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
stonebender braved the doctor's office with me, which is no small deal. He offered me moral support when I saw the thyroid doc (more tests are needed; no news yet.)27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Oh, yes. Yes yes yes. More, it seems, every day.
28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?
How to have contentment; how to be productive; how to play the piano.
29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?
I dunno. That's a hard thing for me to quantify.
30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Trust; goodwill; compatibility; goodwill; compassion; communication; goodwill.
31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?
A Live
B Live
C Live
32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?
A Causing another person's death
B
C
Can't think of two more.
33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
No.
34. What does each decade make you think of:
The 19..
20's: Flappers; the beginning of the Great Depression
30's: The Great Depression; my mother's birth; Gone with the Wind; the Wizard of Oz; World War II
40's: World War II; my father's birth; The Andrews Sisters
50's: Rock 'n' Roll; Elvis; my mother in high school; Korea
60's: Hippies; VW bugs; Vietnam; Summer of Love; LSD; the Beatles
70's: Vietnam; Disco; Spain; Saturday Night Fever; Star Wars; Close Encounters
80's: Narrow ties; Greed is Good; Billy Joel; Molly Ringwald; high school; my parents' divorce
90's: Grunge bands; the 7-Eleven incident; my years on the commune; meeting cute-poet-chick and TOTGA
2000 (so far): love love love love love
2010's: we'll see
35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?
I don't really feel a connection to decades. I'm most attached to this moment now.
36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
"Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Hotel California"
37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country?
The USA; an oligarchy of fiends.
If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be?
"Who has to give you a blow job in order for you to finally be impeached?"
38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/heroes.shtml
39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?
Hmmmmmmmm. Dunno. Help me out here, folks.
40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?
Yep, I was a girl scout for a year or two.
41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?
Take a boat. I love the water, and am a nervous flyer.
42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?
Blue: because of the way the atmosphere scatters light; Black: because there's relatively little light reaching us with the sun on the other side of the earth.
43. What does your name mean?
Peaceful.
44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?
The ocean, I think, but I don't really have an explorer's urge at all.
45. Word association
What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:
Air: Oxygen
Meat: Loaf
Different: Change
Pink: Panties
Deserve: Reserve
White: Why
Elvis: Presley
Magic: Bullet
Heart: Card
Clash: Titan
Pulp: Fiction
46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be?
My nana.
47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive?
I'd rather not say.
48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?
Bull Durham.
49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?
You mean besides tools to get me unstuck? I want a sink, a toilet, some food, a comfy thing to sleep on --- wait. I just want to not be stuck in an elevator, okay?