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rosa_acicularis) wrote2007-10-21 11:03 pm
rosa_acicularis) wrote2007-10-21 11:03 pm
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I know you all find me endlessly fascinating, so...
What's that you say, Mr. Watch? It's meme o'clock?
Awesome.
Snagged fromeponymous_rose, who knows a thing or two about awesome herself.
Awesome.
Snagged from
eponymous_rose, who knows a thing or two about awesome herself. 1) Are your parents married or divorced?
My mother was widowed when I was a baby, but she's been remarried and divorced a number of times since. At the moment, she's going through a single phase.
2) Are you a vegetarian?
Nope. However, years of living with vegans and vegetarians have left me pretty meat-free simply out of habit. Tofu is healthful and delicious.
3) Do you believe in Heaven?
Reincarnation is my afterlife of choice, actually.
4) Have you ever come close to dying?
About half an hour ago I stubbed my toe on my bedside table. It certainly felt like a mortal wound.
5) What jewellery do you wear?
My watch, various combinations of earrings, a couple of rings, and occasionally a tiara. When I'm feeling particularly pretty.
6) Favorite time of day?
Dusk.
7) Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
Hell yeah! (I get really excited about broccoli.)
8) Do you wear makeup?
Yup.
9) Ever had plastic surgery?
Nope.
10) Do you color your hair?
Nah. My hair's too dark for dye unless I bleach it first, and I'm far too prissy about my hair to do that.
11) What do you wear to bed?
T-shirt and boxers.
12) Have you ever done anything illegal?
I occasionally reach dangerous levels of awesome; it's only a matter of time before I myself am made illegal, for the sake of the public good. (In other words: yes, but only lame stuff.)
13) Can you roll your tongue?
NO, and I am constantly mocked for it. Damn you, father, and your insufficient genes.
14) Do you tweeze your eyebrows?
Yup. Sometimes I like to make them into little topiary animals.
15) What kind of sneakers?
Chucks, baby.
16) Do you believe in abortions?
I'm Pro-Choice, yes.
17) What is you natural hair colour?
Dark Mahogany. (No, I'm not brunette; my hair is the color of a well-polished dining room table.)
18) Do you have any children?
Nuh-uh.
19) Do you snore?
Apparently I make little singing noises while I sleep. I didn't believe it until a tape recording was made for my benefit. It sounded suspiciously like the Don Ho song "Tiny Bubbles".
20) If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?
Easy. Good ol' Londontown.
21) Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
No, but I often fall asleep with a book cradled in my arms. Not quite as cuddly.
22) If you ever won the lottery, what would you do first?
Wonder how I hell I managed to win without ever buying a ticket.
23) Gold or silver?
Silver.
24) Hamburger or hot dog?
Asparagus.
25) If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Asparagus. I would have the oddest urine.
26) City, beach, or country?
Beach. I could live without the sand, but I love the ocean.
27) What was the last thing you touched?
Besides the keyboard? I just scratched my dog's butt a second ago. (What? He had an itch.)
28) Where did you eat last?
At the table.
29) When's the last time you cried?
All right, so I got a little sniffly when I watched Wizard of Oz for the forty-seventh time this afternoon. That doesn't make me a sucker. It was thesis stress, honestly! (Oh, who am I kidding? I'm a total sap.)
30) Do you read blogs?
Sometimes? I guess?
31) Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
Absolutely not. I never appear in public in trousers; it is undignified and improper.
32) Ever been involved with the police?
There was a slight misunderstanding once over a midnight tea party my friends and I may or may not have held on a golf course, which may or may not have involved hopping a huge, wrought iron fence and copious amounts of alcohol. (It was that sort of tea party.) Also, there was that whole caught naked in the Rhododendron Garden thing. Which was...embarrassing. And chilly.
33) What's your favourite shampoo?
This $12-a-bottle stuff I get at Fred Meyer. Have I mentioned that I'm extremely vain about my hair?
34) Do you talk in your sleep?
It's more of a humming, really...
35) Ocean or pool?
Ocean. I love swimming when the water's so cold that you can barely feel your limbs.
36) What's your favorite song at the moment?
Feist's "Brandy Alexander"
38) Window seat or aisle?
Dude. Window.
39) Have you ever met any one famous?
I went to boarding school with a lot of daughters of famous people. A good friend's dad is a popular director/actor, and because she's sort of sensitive about it, I've learned to treat that sort of thing like it's no big deal. (Obviously, exceptions would be made for certain British actors. The sort of exceptions that involve shrieking and jumping up and down a lot.)
40) Do you feel that you've had a truly successful life?
No, and I won't until I've finally learned how to whistle.
41) Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?
Twirl it, drop it in my lap, and then hurl the table across the room in a fit of Hulk-like rage.
42) Ricki Lake or Oprah?
Ricki gets points for Hairspray, but I'm going to have to go with Oprah.
43) Basketball or Football?
Basketball kicks football's ass.
44) How long do your showers last?
The hair, people! The hair takes time.
45) Cake or ice cream?
Ice cream. With a cone, please.
47) Are you self-conscious?
How silly. I'm perfect, didn't you know? (Except for the whistling thing. And the tongue rolling. Dammit.)
48) Have you ever drank so much you threw up?
No, and you know why? Because I hydrate properly.
49) Have you ever given money to a tramp?
I live in Portland. I carry granola bars and spare dollar bills in my pockets for easy access.
50) Have you been in love?
Yuppers.
51) Where do you wish you were?
First answer to pop into my head? In David the Gnome's house.
52) Are you wearing socks?
That's a rather personal question. I don't feel comfortable answering.
53) Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Yes. It was awesome. Aside from the, you know, glass in my skull.
54) Can you tango?
Both Argentine and ballroom. Portland's a big tango town, actually.
55) Last gift you received?
A tote bag from the British Library, courtesy of my globe-trotting BFF/former roommate. [Unknown site tag]
56) Last sport you played?
Does pool count?
57) Things you spend a lot of money on?
Hair care products. Also, college isn't exactly cheap.
58) Where do you live?
Candyland.
59) Where were you born?
Annapolis, Maryland, a few blocks from the Naval Academy.
60) Last wedding attended?
Some friends of mine who recently got hitched. It was sweet in an 'Oh my god, they're going to kill each other' sort of way.
61) Favourite fast food restaurant?
I haven't been to a fast food place in years. Umm...I liked Wendy's Frostys.
63) Most hated food?
OMG MUSHROOMS I HATE THEM SO MUCH.
64) What's your least fav. chore?
Vacuuming. Which is a problem when you have a beige rug and a black dog.
65) Can you sing?
When I was little, my grand plan was to become an opera singer. Years of lessons and many wasted hours of adolescence later, I realized that I actually wasn't all that into it. So yes, but only in Italian.
66) Last person you instant messaged?
I honestly have no idea. It would have been ages ago.
67) Last place you went on holiday?
Candyland.
68) Favorite regular drink?
Coca-cola. I also use it to remove dead bugs from my windshield!
69) Current crush?
Complicated question. Rather than dip into the drama well, I shall note that this is question number 69 and snicker like a ten-year-old boy.
70) Do ya want people to do this meme?
No, I want them to come and vacuum my apartment.
My mother was widowed when I was a baby, but she's been remarried and divorced a number of times since. At the moment, she's going through a single phase.
2) Are you a vegetarian?
Nope. However, years of living with vegans and vegetarians have left me pretty meat-free simply out of habit. Tofu is healthful and delicious.
3) Do you believe in Heaven?
Reincarnation is my afterlife of choice, actually.
4) Have you ever come close to dying?
About half an hour ago I stubbed my toe on my bedside table. It certainly felt like a mortal wound.
5) What jewellery do you wear?
My watch, various combinations of earrings, a couple of rings, and occasionally a tiara. When I'm feeling particularly pretty.
6) Favorite time of day?
Dusk.
7) Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
Hell yeah! (I get really excited about broccoli.)
8) Do you wear makeup?
Yup.
9) Ever had plastic surgery?
Nope.
10) Do you color your hair?
Nah. My hair's too dark for dye unless I bleach it first, and I'm far too prissy about my hair to do that.
11) What do you wear to bed?
T-shirt and boxers.
12) Have you ever done anything illegal?
I occasionally reach dangerous levels of awesome; it's only a matter of time before I myself am made illegal, for the sake of the public good. (In other words: yes, but only lame stuff.)
13) Can you roll your tongue?
NO, and I am constantly mocked for it. Damn you, father, and your insufficient genes.
14) Do you tweeze your eyebrows?
Yup. Sometimes I like to make them into little topiary animals.
15) What kind of sneakers?
Chucks, baby.
16) Do you believe in abortions?
I'm Pro-Choice, yes.
17) What is you natural hair colour?
Dark Mahogany. (No, I'm not brunette; my hair is the color of a well-polished dining room table.)
18) Do you have any children?
Nuh-uh.
19) Do you snore?
Apparently I make little singing noises while I sleep. I didn't believe it until a tape recording was made for my benefit. It sounded suspiciously like the Don Ho song "Tiny Bubbles".
20) If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?
Easy. Good ol' Londontown.
21) Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
No, but I often fall asleep with a book cradled in my arms. Not quite as cuddly.
22) If you ever won the lottery, what would you do first?
Wonder how I hell I managed to win without ever buying a ticket.
23) Gold or silver?
Silver.
24) Hamburger or hot dog?
Asparagus.
25) If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Asparagus. I would have the oddest urine.
26) City, beach, or country?
Beach. I could live without the sand, but I love the ocean.
27) What was the last thing you touched?
Besides the keyboard? I just scratched my dog's butt a second ago. (What? He had an itch.)
28) Where did you eat last?
At the table.
29) When's the last time you cried?
All right, so I got a little sniffly when I watched Wizard of Oz for the forty-seventh time this afternoon. That doesn't make me a sucker. It was thesis stress, honestly! (Oh, who am I kidding? I'm a total sap.)
30) Do you read blogs?
Sometimes? I guess?
31) Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
Absolutely not. I never appear in public in trousers; it is undignified and improper.
32) Ever been involved with the police?
There was a slight misunderstanding once over a midnight tea party my friends and I may or may not have held on a golf course, which may or may not have involved hopping a huge, wrought iron fence and copious amounts of alcohol. (It was that sort of tea party.) Also, there was that whole caught naked in the Rhododendron Garden thing. Which was...embarrassing. And chilly.
33) What's your favourite shampoo?
This $12-a-bottle stuff I get at Fred Meyer. Have I mentioned that I'm extremely vain about my hair?
34) Do you talk in your sleep?
It's more of a humming, really...
35) Ocean or pool?
Ocean. I love swimming when the water's so cold that you can barely feel your limbs.
36) What's your favorite song at the moment?
Feist's "Brandy Alexander"
38) Window seat or aisle?
Dude. Window.
39) Have you ever met any one famous?
I went to boarding school with a lot of daughters of famous people. A good friend's dad is a popular director/actor, and because she's sort of sensitive about it, I've learned to treat that sort of thing like it's no big deal. (Obviously, exceptions would be made for certain British actors. The sort of exceptions that involve shrieking and jumping up and down a lot.)
40) Do you feel that you've had a truly successful life?
No, and I won't until I've finally learned how to whistle.
41) Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?
Twirl it, drop it in my lap, and then hurl the table across the room in a fit of Hulk-like rage.
42) Ricki Lake or Oprah?
Ricki gets points for Hairspray, but I'm going to have to go with Oprah.
43) Basketball or Football?
Basketball kicks football's ass.
44) How long do your showers last?
The hair, people! The hair takes time.
45) Cake or ice cream?
Ice cream. With a cone, please.
47) Are you self-conscious?
How silly. I'm perfect, didn't you know? (Except for the whistling thing. And the tongue rolling. Dammit.)
48) Have you ever drank so much you threw up?
No, and you know why? Because I hydrate properly.
49) Have you ever given money to a tramp?
I live in Portland. I carry granola bars and spare dollar bills in my pockets for easy access.
50) Have you been in love?
Yuppers.
51) Where do you wish you were?
First answer to pop into my head? In David the Gnome's house.
52) Are you wearing socks?
That's a rather personal question. I don't feel comfortable answering.
53) Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Yes. It was awesome. Aside from the, you know, glass in my skull.
54) Can you tango?
Both Argentine and ballroom. Portland's a big tango town, actually.
55) Last gift you received?
A tote bag from the British Library, courtesy of my globe-trotting BFF/former roommate. [Unknown site tag]
56) Last sport you played?
Does pool count?
57) Things you spend a lot of money on?
Hair care products. Also, college isn't exactly cheap.
58) Where do you live?
Candyland.
59) Where were you born?
Annapolis, Maryland, a few blocks from the Naval Academy.
60) Last wedding attended?
Some friends of mine who recently got hitched. It was sweet in an 'Oh my god, they're going to kill each other' sort of way.
61) Favourite fast food restaurant?
I haven't been to a fast food place in years. Umm...I liked Wendy's Frostys.
63) Most hated food?
OMG MUSHROOMS I HATE THEM SO MUCH.
64) What's your least fav. chore?
Vacuuming. Which is a problem when you have a beige rug and a black dog.
65) Can you sing?
When I was little, my grand plan was to become an opera singer. Years of lessons and many wasted hours of adolescence later, I realized that I actually wasn't all that into it. So yes, but only in Italian.
66) Last person you instant messaged?
I honestly have no idea. It would have been ages ago.
67) Last place you went on holiday?
Candyland.
68) Favorite regular drink?
Coca-cola. I also use it to remove dead bugs from my windshield!
69) Current crush?
Complicated question. Rather than dip into the drama well, I shall note that this is question number 69 and snicker like a ten-year-old boy.
70) Do ya want people to do this meme?
No, I want them to come and vacuum my apartment.