99(-ish)-question survey
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tomallen, along with at least one of his answers.
99 questions...
1. How old will you be in five years? 45 and change
2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?someotherguy
3. How tall are you? 5'8" or 5'9", depending on who's measuring me.
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? Some down time; getting caught up on work stuff.
5. What's the last movie you saw? "Blood Diamond"
6. Who was the last person you called? My boss.
7. Who was the last person to call you? My boss.
8. What was the last text message you received? "OK have fun!"
9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail? Someone at the medical center (about my treadmill test on Tuesday).
10. Do you prefer to call or text? Depends on context, but I get free text messages, so I do that unless I need to call.
11. What were you doing at 12am last night? Probably working. I sent my boss a work email at 11:50pm, then sent work emails in a steady stream from 12:25-12:58, so it's a good bet.
12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced? Divorced.
13. When is the last time you saw your mom? Mother's Day.
14. What color are your eyes? Medium brown.
15. What time did you wake up today? Right about 8.
16. What are you wearing right now? red velvet minidress, Birkenstocks.
17. What is your favorite Christmas song? "Merry Christmas, Darling."
18. Where is your favorite place to be? In my home.
19. Where is your least favourite place to be? Sleeping on a bed that's too hard.
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Actually, right here is just fine, unless I can do it teleporter-style, with no travel costs. Then I'm off to Wiscon!
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? Somewhere near here, I'm hoping.
22. Do you tan or burn? Both.
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Vampires.
24. What was the last thing that REALLY made you laugh? Number 4
25. How many TVs do you have in your house? 1, but it is only used to play DVDs on.
26. How big is your bed? Cal King (not big enough)
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? I have a desktop that technically belongs to work, andsomeotherguy and sogwife have laptops.
28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? Without.
29. What color are your sheets? We have four sets right now -- sage green, tan, white, and pink. No, wait, 5 -- we also have the chocolate satin ones.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 1
31. What is your favorite season? Probably spring, but it's not a strong preference.
32. What do you like about fall? Rain. Breezes. Changes in the trees. Apple harvest time.
33. What do you like about winter? Rain. Snow (to visit, not to live in). Giftmas.loracs's Christmas House. My anniversaries.
34. What do you like about the summer? Sunshine. People come to visit. My birthday.
35. What do you like about spring? Warm (not hot) breezy days. My partners start to recover from winter.
36. How many states/provinces have you lived in? Six.
37. What cities/towns have you lived in? Let's see. Roughly in order: New London, San Diego, Spring Valley, Honolulu, Bremerton, New London(/Groton?), Philadelphia, Rota, Spring Valley, San Diego, Spring Valley, Blossvale, Spring Valley, San Diego, La Mesa, Spring Valley, San Diego, Chula Vista, San Diego, Spring Valley, El Cajon, San Diego, Oakland. (And that doesn't include the moves within the same town.)
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? Shoes, if they're super-comfy.
39. Are you a social person? That's a hard question for me to answer. Within my comfort levels (i.e., in text or in my own home) I have a fair bit of social energy. Getting out of the house and seeing people takes a lot out of me, and while I enjoy it, it takes some recovering from.
40. What was the last thing you ate? A raspberry Newton
41. What is your favorite restaurant? Hmm. Hard to say, but one of the best I've been to was Gin in Temecula, for literally the best sushi I've ever had.
42. What is your favorite ice cream? I like Haagen-Dasz a lot, usually their coffee or mango (the ice cream, not the sorbet, though that's good too).
43. What is your favorite dessert? Either gelato or pie.
44. What is your favorite kind of soup? Oh, that's too hard. I LOVE soup. If I had to pick just one, though? Probably tom kha gai.
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich? PB&J is yucky. You can have my share.
46. Do you like Chinese food? I could live on it... and have at some points in my life.
47. Do you like coffee? Yeah, it's fine.
48. How many glasses of water a day? A few. I don't drink much else.
49. What do you drink in the morning? I don't eat or drink for the first couple of hours in the morning.
[Note fromtomallen, I believe: What happened to 50? These memes need a good quality control agent. So, I'm going to make up my own:]
50. What do you eat for breakfast? After I'm up and ready for food, I usually eat leftovers, but sometimes, if my partner(s) are just getting up then, I eat whatever I'm cooking for them, which always includes some carb source (toast, potatoes, pancakes) and some protein (eggs, cottage cheese), and I often skip the protein part.
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? Nope. Atstonebender's, I'm usually on the left. At our place, I'm on the right if it's just two of us, and in the middle if there are three of us, in general, but it's something I don't care about.
52. Do you know how to play poker? I know the rules, but I'm not good at strategy stuff.
53. Do you like to cuddle? Yes, with my partners or my kids. It feels odd with just-friends, and I'm not sure why.
54. Have you ever been to Canada? We had a stopover in Newfoundland on our way back from Spain, but besides that, no.
55. Do you have an addictive personality? Not really, though I would have described myself that way in past times.
56. Do you eat out or at home more often? Definitely at home, but the better we're doing money-wise, the more we eat out, because we all like eating out, and it's a fun reward when we have money to throw around.
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? Nope, but if I knew Sophia Loren, I would.
59. Do you want kids? Sometimes. Not having any, though.
60. Do you speak any other languages? I can hold a conversation in Spanish, and a really halting conversation in ASL.
61. Have you ever gotten stitches? So many I can't count them.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? Yes.
63. Do you prefer the ocean or a pool? Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats? Nope, either is fine.
65. Do you know how to drive stick? Yes. Or was this supposed to be a naughty question?
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on? Food. Big surprise, huh?
67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7? No.
68. What is your favorite TV show? Lately, Heroes. Of all time, probably The West Wing.
69. Can you roll your tongue? Yes. Want to see?
[NO 70 EITHER (why not?)]
70. Can you wiggle your ears? No.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? Nope.
72. What is the main ring tone on your phone? Whatever the Verizon default was on the phone. I don't care about ringtones.
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little? Um, no. Does anyone?
74. What red object is closest to you right now? A diary from a couple of years ago. It's got some pretty angsty stuff in it.
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth? Yeah.
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? The door stays open all the time.
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? Bees.
78. What is on your computer screen (wallpaper) now? I have a program that switches it around (thanks,autographedcat). Right now it's a photo of the Obon festival in Tokyo.
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? Nothing.
80. What is your favorite food? Hard to pick, but Thai or sushi, I guess.
81. Can you change the oil on a car? Yup.
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? Nope, never.
83. Have you ever run out of gas? Yes, but not in a long, long time.
84. What is your usual bedtime? Sometime between 11 and 2.
85. What was the last book you read? I'm reading Rage, by Jonathan Kellerman.
86. Do you read the newspaper? Nope
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? Yeah. Vegetarian Times, Cooking Light, the American Atheist newsletter, and a couple of random free subscriptions to business-oriented magazines that I get on the list for because I own my own business.
89. Do you watch soap operas? If "Lost" counts, yeah.
90. Do you dance in the car? I rarely listen to music in the car anymore, I've been enjoying the silence. But sometimes I crank it up and do the driver dance.
91. What radio station did you last listen to? KFOG
92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you? Me andsomeotherguy, in a picture sogwife took, developed, and framed. One of my favorite gifts ever.
93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? Directions to get toloracs's work to pick up Gilly.
94. What is your favorite candle scent? I can't do scented stuff, but I used to love vanilla.
95. What is your favorite board game? Trivial Pursuit. I totally rule at anything with useless knowledge.
[SOMEONE ABSCONDED WITH 96 AND 97]
96. What kind of exercise do you get? I walk a lot.
97. Paper or plastic? Depends. Usually, we take our reusable bags, but I like the paper ones to keep the recycling in, and the plastic ones for when it rains.
98. Who was your favorite teacher in high school? Larry Nordell for Chemistry and Physics.
99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent? A week, I think.
tomallen, along with at least one of his answers.99 questions...
1. How old will you be in five years? 45 and change
2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?
someotherguy3. How tall are you? 5'8" or 5'9", depending on who's measuring me.
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? Some down time; getting caught up on work stuff.
5. What's the last movie you saw? "Blood Diamond"
6. Who was the last person you called? My boss.
7. Who was the last person to call you? My boss.
8. What was the last text message you received? "OK have fun!"
9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail? Someone at the medical center (about my treadmill test on Tuesday).
10. Do you prefer to call or text? Depends on context, but I get free text messages, so I do that unless I need to call.
11. What were you doing at 12am last night? Probably working. I sent my boss a work email at 11:50pm, then sent work emails in a steady stream from 12:25-12:58, so it's a good bet.
12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced? Divorced.
13. When is the last time you saw your mom? Mother's Day.
14. What color are your eyes? Medium brown.
15. What time did you wake up today? Right about 8.
16. What are you wearing right now? red velvet minidress, Birkenstocks.
17. What is your favorite Christmas song? "Merry Christmas, Darling."
18. Where is your favorite place to be? In my home.
19. Where is your least favourite place to be? Sleeping on a bed that's too hard.
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Actually, right here is just fine, unless I can do it teleporter-style, with no travel costs. Then I'm off to Wiscon!
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? Somewhere near here, I'm hoping.
22. Do you tan or burn? Both.
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Vampires.
24. What was the last thing that REALLY made you laugh? Number 4
25. How many TVs do you have in your house? 1, but it is only used to play DVDs on.
26. How big is your bed? Cal King (not big enough)
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? I have a desktop that technically belongs to work, and
someotherguy and sogwife have laptops.28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? Without.
29. What color are your sheets? We have four sets right now -- sage green, tan, white, and pink. No, wait, 5 -- we also have the chocolate satin ones.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 1
31. What is your favorite season? Probably spring, but it's not a strong preference.
32. What do you like about fall? Rain. Breezes. Changes in the trees. Apple harvest time.
33. What do you like about winter? Rain. Snow (to visit, not to live in). Giftmas.
loracs's Christmas House. My anniversaries.34. What do you like about the summer? Sunshine. People come to visit. My birthday.
35. What do you like about spring? Warm (not hot) breezy days. My partners start to recover from winter.
36. How many states/provinces have you lived in? Six.
37. What cities/towns have you lived in? Let's see. Roughly in order: New London, San Diego, Spring Valley, Honolulu, Bremerton, New London(/Groton?), Philadelphia, Rota, Spring Valley, San Diego, Spring Valley, Blossvale, Spring Valley, San Diego, La Mesa, Spring Valley, San Diego, Chula Vista, San Diego, Spring Valley, El Cajon, San Diego, Oakland. (And that doesn't include the moves within the same town.)
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? Shoes, if they're super-comfy.
39. Are you a social person? That's a hard question for me to answer. Within my comfort levels (i.e., in text or in my own home) I have a fair bit of social energy. Getting out of the house and seeing people takes a lot out of me, and while I enjoy it, it takes some recovering from.
40. What was the last thing you ate? A raspberry Newton
41. What is your favorite restaurant? Hmm. Hard to say, but one of the best I've been to was Gin in Temecula, for literally the best sushi I've ever had.
42. What is your favorite ice cream? I like Haagen-Dasz a lot, usually their coffee or mango (the ice cream, not the sorbet, though that's good too).
43. What is your favorite dessert? Either gelato or pie.
44. What is your favorite kind of soup? Oh, that's too hard. I LOVE soup. If I had to pick just one, though? Probably tom kha gai.
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich? PB&J is yucky. You can have my share.
46. Do you like Chinese food? I could live on it... and have at some points in my life.
47. Do you like coffee? Yeah, it's fine.
48. How many glasses of water a day? A few. I don't drink much else.
49. What do you drink in the morning? I don't eat or drink for the first couple of hours in the morning.
[Note from
tomallen, I believe: What happened to 50? These memes need a good quality control agent. So, I'm going to make up my own:]50. What do you eat for breakfast? After I'm up and ready for food, I usually eat leftovers, but sometimes, if my partner(s) are just getting up then, I eat whatever I'm cooking for them, which always includes some carb source (toast, potatoes, pancakes) and some protein (eggs, cottage cheese), and I often skip the protein part.
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? Nope. At
stonebender's, I'm usually on the left. At our place, I'm on the right if it's just two of us, and in the middle if there are three of us, in general, but it's something I don't care about.52. Do you know how to play poker? I know the rules, but I'm not good at strategy stuff.
53. Do you like to cuddle? Yes, with my partners or my kids. It feels odd with just-friends, and I'm not sure why.
54. Have you ever been to Canada? We had a stopover in Newfoundland on our way back from Spain, but besides that, no.
55. Do you have an addictive personality? Not really, though I would have described myself that way in past times.
56. Do you eat out or at home more often? Definitely at home, but the better we're doing money-wise, the more we eat out, because we all like eating out, and it's a fun reward when we have money to throw around.
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? Nope, but if I knew Sophia Loren, I would.
59. Do you want kids? Sometimes. Not having any, though.
60. Do you speak any other languages? I can hold a conversation in Spanish, and a really halting conversation in ASL.
61. Have you ever gotten stitches? So many I can't count them.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? Yes.
63. Do you prefer the ocean or a pool? Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats? Nope, either is fine.
65. Do you know how to drive stick? Yes. Or was this supposed to be a naughty question?
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on? Food. Big surprise, huh?
67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7? No.
68. What is your favorite TV show? Lately, Heroes. Of all time, probably The West Wing.
69. Can you roll your tongue? Yes. Want to see?
[NO 70 EITHER (why not?)]
70. Can you wiggle your ears? No.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? Nope.
72. What is the main ring tone on your phone? Whatever the Verizon default was on the phone. I don't care about ringtones.
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little? Um, no. Does anyone?
74. What red object is closest to you right now? A diary from a couple of years ago. It's got some pretty angsty stuff in it.
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth? Yeah.
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? The door stays open all the time.
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? Bees.
78. What is on your computer screen (wallpaper) now? I have a program that switches it around (thanks,
autographedcat). Right now it's a photo of the Obon festival in Tokyo.79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? Nothing.
80. What is your favorite food? Hard to pick, but Thai or sushi, I guess.
81. Can you change the oil on a car? Yup.
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? Nope, never.
83. Have you ever run out of gas? Yes, but not in a long, long time.
84. What is your usual bedtime? Sometime between 11 and 2.
85. What was the last book you read? I'm reading Rage, by Jonathan Kellerman.
86. Do you read the newspaper? Nope
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? Yeah. Vegetarian Times, Cooking Light, the American Atheist newsletter, and a couple of random free subscriptions to business-oriented magazines that I get on the list for because I own my own business.
89. Do you watch soap operas? If "Lost" counts, yeah.
90. Do you dance in the car? I rarely listen to music in the car anymore, I've been enjoying the silence. But sometimes I crank it up and do the driver dance.
91. What radio station did you last listen to? KFOG
92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you? Me and
someotherguy, in a picture sogwife took, developed, and framed. One of my favorite gifts ever.93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? Directions to get to
loracs's work to pick up Gilly.94. What is your favorite candle scent? I can't do scented stuff, but I used to love vanilla.
95. What is your favorite board game? Trivial Pursuit. I totally rule at anything with useless knowledge.
[SOMEONE ABSCONDED WITH 96 AND 97]
96. What kind of exercise do you get? I walk a lot.
97. Paper or plastic? Depends. Usually, we take our reusable bags, but I like the paper ones to keep the recycling in, and the plastic ones for when it rains.
98. Who was your favorite teacher in high school? Larry Nordell for Chemistry and Physics.
99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent? A week, I think.