A-Z

[serene]

This survey was nicked from micheinnz, along with at least one of her answers. (For some reason, this survey made me want to give a bunch of smart-ass answers, but I decided not to. Not sure why.)



A - Available: Welllllll... If someone as perfect for me as my current partners came along, maybe, but that's frankly a little hard to imagine
A - Age: 40
A - Annoyance: Currently, the asshat on one of my listservs who is saying that sub-minimum-wage jobs are not inherently exploitative
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B - Best feature: My capacity for joy
B - Best friend[s]: I have several
B - Beer: Yucky
B - Birthday: Next month
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C - Crush: None right now
C - Car: We borrow (long-term at this point) dbubley's car, but we really only drive it once a week
C - Career: More like a series of jobs, and I'm cool with that
C - Candy: toffee!
C - Cell phone: Handy-dandy, especially when the boss pays the bill
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D - Day or night: Both!
D - Dream Car: Zero emissions, reliable, safe, inexpensive
D - Dogs or Cats: I like cats, but don't want pets
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E - Egg nog: Yummy, but once a year is enough
E - Easiest person to talk to: Hmm. Depends on my mood, but I have virtually no difficulty talking with stonebender or someotherguy
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F - Favorite color[s]: I don't have a favorite. Sometimes I say "red", but really, there's no one favorite color
F - Favorite food: Oh, sheesh, I have way too many favorites to list
F - Favorite month: See Favorite color[s]
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G - Gummy Bears: can take 'em or leave 'em
G - Giver or taker: Both, as necessary
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H - Hair color: My natural color is brown. I lightened it to an odd auburnish tint recently
H - Happy: Most of the time, yeah.
H - Height: 5'8" or 5'9" depending on who's doing the measuring
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I - Instrument: I can muddle through on piano, guitar, or recorder, or at least I could last time I tried, but it's been a long time
I - Ice Cream: Yes, please!
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J - Jewelry: I own a fair bit of jewelry, but almost never wear any
J - Job: I have (as I usually do) multiple jobs: homemaker; fill-in clerical worker; contract copyeditor; program manager for a small software company
J - Jail: Never been in one, for any reason, but I've visited.
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K - Kids: None of my own, but my sister's kids are immensely dear to me.
K - Kick boxing or Karate: Neither, thanks.
K - Kindergarten: Oy. Catholic. Mrs. Urbanek. Paddled every day because I wouldn't close my eyes during naptime.
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L - Longest Car Ride: Connecticut to San Diego, probably.
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M - Milk flavour: Chocolate milk is one of my very favorite foods, even though it makes me sick to drink it.
M - Most missed memory: If it's a "missed memory" how can I know what it is? [I stole micheinnz's answer, but I will add: why the hell does this question show up on so many surveys? It's bizarre!]
M - Movie last watched: The Mummy's Ghost
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N - Number of siblings: Three
N - Number of tattoos: None
N - Nickname[s]: Serene, Sweetie, Princess, Sweetness, Girlness, Aunt San, Sandi, Girl, Girlness
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O - One wish: An end to unnecessary suffering
O - One regret: I cheated on someone once.
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P - Piercings: Two in left ear, one in right. [Oddly, I stole that answer from micheinnz
P - Personality: Often, too damned perky
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Q - Quote: Quotation confesses inferiority. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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R - Reason to smile: Life is good.
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S - Song last heard: For real: I don't remember. In my head, "Cradle and All"
S - Shoes: I love my Birkenstocks so very much
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T - Time you woke up: About 6am
T - Time Now: About 7:45pm
T - Time for bed: About midnight, usually
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U - Unpredictable: Sometimes
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V - Vegetable you hate: Brussels sprouts (and I hate that I do, because it's such a cliche.)
V - Vacation spot: Next real vacation will be either to someotherguy's mom's in Northern California, or to alt.polycon in Las Vegas. Usually, though, our vacations are to see family.
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W - Worst habit: Interrupting people. I think I'm getting better, but I notice I still do it a lot.
W - Weather right now: Warm and clear.
W - Where are you going to travel next: Probably to someotherguy's mom's for Thanksgiving
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X - X-Ray: So many I could not possibly count.
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Y - Year it is now: 2007
Y - Yellow: Not on me, makes me look like I am badly jaundiced.
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Z - Zoo Animal: I don't do zoos. Don't do captive animals at all, including pets (and I don't feel like arguing over whether they're technically captive or not. I'm fine with other people's wanting/having pets; it's just not for me.)