May I let my voice be a clarion call. I will use these words for justice. I will use these words for truth. And humour.

Monday, October 9, 2006

 

Some long and random survey, poorly formatted...

























✓ I miss
somebody right now.
(lots of
people)





✓ I don't
watch much TV these days.




✓ I own
lots of books.







✓ I wear
glasses or contact lenses.




✓ I love
to play video games.





✓ I've
tried marijuana.






✓ I've
watched porn movies.
(in
public, no less.)




× I have been the
psycho-ex in a past relationship. (nope,
i'm always chill.)




✓ I
believe honesty is usually the best policy.







✓ I curse
sometimes.





✓ I have
changed a lot mentally over the last year.
(and
spiritually)





× I carry my
knife/razor everywhere with me. (not since the stupid airline security stuff. i used to keep a leatherman in my bookbag since they're so handy, but i find that i forget to take it out when going on planes, and then realize at the airport after checking my bags but before going through the security checkpoint that i still have it, so i have to mail it to myself
which is so annoying...)































































































































































































































































































































































































× I have broken
someone's bones. (no, but i've thought
about it on occasion. :| i'm not proud of that.)





✓ I have
a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.
(i
think everyone's probably got one or more. if you don't, um....
want some?)





× I hate the rain.
(rain's okay sometimes. i don't hate it, but
sometimes i'd prefer not to get surprised while biking home...)






✓ I'm
paranoid at times.





✓ I would
get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and
scar-free.
(i don't know what
i'd do, but i'd go check it out. i'd rather stay as-is, and be
able to change my avatar in VR.)




× I need/want
money
right now. (nope.)







✓ I love
sushi.





× I talk really,
really fast. (sloooowww...)




× I have fresh breath

in the morning. (nope.)






× I have long hair.
(used to, a couple times.)





✓ I have
lost money in Las Vegas.
(i
went with twenty to lose, and i lost that.)





✓ I have
at least one sibling.






× I was born in a
country outside of the U.S.




✓ I
have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.


(when i worked at the Great Dane in Madison, I
wore this very nutty wig that looked oddly real, because it was my
real hair color and a bit wavy, but was the most messed up hair. a
coworker said the wig made me look like i had just gotten done
mixing up CAT in the bathtub. (for the record, i have not ever
tried methamphetamines, nor would ever advocate the use of it to
anyone. scary stuff. but my wig looked like it.))




×
I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.







✓ I like
the way that I look.





×
I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.




✓ I am
usually pessimistic.







×
I have a lot of mood swings.





✓ I think
prostitution should be legalized.




✓ I
slept with a roommate.
(oops)






✓ I have
a hidden talent.





×
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.




×
I have a lot of friends. (what's a lot
mean?)







×
I have pecked someone of the same sex.





×
I enjoy talking on the phone. (the best
conversations are under 1 minute, and to the point. holding the
phone to my ear hurts my ear and my arm.)




✓ I
practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.

(ever since the big lebowski, i have a preference
for those leisure pants/PJs when I can. either that or baggy
shorts.)






✓ I
love to shop and/or window shop.
(guitar
store, CD store.)





×
I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.




×
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother. (my
mother is great.)







✓ I
have a mobile phone.
(it's
okay i guess. i don't like being constantly available so sometimes
just don't pick it up.)





× I have passed out
drunk in the past 6 months. (hardly any
alcohol lately, but back in the 'rites of passage' days i did have
some very woozy blackouts.)




✓ I've
rejected someone before.
(i was
a dummy in high school. cute girl but i was looking the other
way... and i accidentally broke up with a couple girlfriends later
on. oops.)







✓ I
currently like/love someone.
(lots
of people, but especially my sweetie.)




× I have no idea what
I want to do for the rest of my life.





✓ I want
to have children in the future.
(yeah.
one. maybe two, definitely no more than two.)







× I have changed a
diaper before.





× I've called the
cops on a friend before.




× I'm not allergic

to anything.






✓ I have
a lot to learn.





× I am shy around the
opposite sex.




× I'm online 24/7,
even as an away message.







× I have at least 5
away messages saved.





✓ I have
tried alcohol or drugs before.
(is
this a trick question?)





× I have made a move
on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.






× I own the "South
Park"
movie.




× I have avoided
assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.




✓ I enjoy
some country music.
(old
school - johnny cash, willie nelson, the mandrell sisters, dolly
parton, kenny rogers)







✓ I would
die for my best friends.





✓ I'm
obsessive, and often a perfectionist.





×
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.







×
I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.




×
I have dated a close friend's ex.





✓ I am
happy at this moment.






×
I'm obsessed with guys.




×
Democrat. (yawn...)




×

Republican. (heck no.)






×

I don't even know what I am.




✓ I
am punk rockish.
(my
heart plays distorted power chords, spits, and is covered in duct
tape)





×
I go for older guys/girls, not younger.






×
I study for tests most of the time.





✓ I tie
my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.




×
I can work on a car. (if i had taken small
engine repair in high school, i'd have loved to get a ford F-150
Custom Deluxe for the classic engine.)







×
I love my job(s).





✓ I am
comfortable with who I am right now.




✓ I have
more than just my ears pierced.







×
I walk barefoot wherever I can.





×
I have jumped off a bridge.





×
I love sea turtles.






×
I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.





✓ I plan
on achieving a major goal/dream.




✓ I am
proficient on a musical instrument.







✓ I hate
office jobs.





×
I went to college out of state.




×

I am adopted.






×

I am a pyro.




×
I have thrown up from crying too much.





×
I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.






×
I fall for the worst people.




✓ I adore
bright colours.





×
I usually like covers better than originals.






✓ I hate
chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.




×
I can pick up things with my toes.




×
I can't whistle.







✓ I have
ridden/owned a horse.





✓ I still
have every journal I've ever written in.





×
I talk in my sleep.






✓ I've
often thought that I was born in the wrong century.





✓ I try
to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.




×

I wear a toe ring.






✓ I have
a tattoo.





×
I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.





✓ I
am a caffeine junkie.
(recovering
caffeine addict. for me, caffeine is like alcohol, sadly.)






✓ I am
completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at
all.




×
If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one
murder.





×
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the
better.






✓ I enjoy
a nice glass of wine with dinner.




✓ I'm an
artist.




✓ I am
ambidextrous.







×
I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on
my bed.





×
If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a
nudist colony. (i'd live in a nudist colony
either way.)




✓ I
have terrible teeth.
(my
teeth are ok in general, but for some reason one of my teeth, the
enamel is wearing too thin and its getting ugly.)






×
I hate my toes. (i like my toes, and my
feet.)




×

I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took
it before me.




×
I have more friends on the internet than in real life.







✓ I have
lived in either three different states or countries.





×
I am extremely flexible.





✓ I love
hugs more than kisses.






×
I want to own my own business.




×

I smoke.




×
I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything
else.







✓ Nobody
has ever said I'm normal.





✓ Sad
movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears
every now and then.





×
I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and
combat weapons.







✓ I
like the way women look in stylized men's suits.

(I think women in suits look jim-dandy, but don't
generally find the look attractive in any sort of 'come hither'
kind of way.)




✓ I don't
like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with
me.





✓ I
have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head
up in the clouds.
(i'm not the
only one.)







✓ I
have played strip poker with someone else before.

(yeah, in high school, and everybody wimped out.)





×
I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional
help.





×
I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.







×
I can't stand being alone. (i like being
alone, but not all the time.)




✓ I have
at least one obsession at any given time.





×
I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.






×
I consistently spend way too much money on
obsessions-of-the-moment.




×
I'm a judgmental asshole.




×

I'm a HUGE drama-queen.






×

I have travelled on more than one continent.




×
I sometimes wish my father would just disappear. (no
way. my dad's great.)





×
I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel
that I am.






✓ I
am a Libertarian.
(not
really.)





✓ I
can speak more than one language.

(english, mathematics, a little spanish, a little
C)




×

I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
(my partner once fell asleep during a Corrosion of
Conformity concert.)






✓ I would
rather read than watch TV.





✓ I like
reading fact more than fiction.




✓ I
have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to
do.
(in fact i'm
procrasstinating right now.)







×
I have no piercings.




✓ I
have spent the night in a train station or other public
place.
(does 'in the ditch by an
exit ramp off of highway 94' in western Wisconsin' count? :)

i
don't know what i was thinking....)





×
I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
(i'm not excited about my gender, and wish there
were technology where i could jump back and forth as my mood fits,
but never felt so strongly about it to bring tears.)







×
I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a
miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that
night.




×
There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I
born?"
and may/may not have cried over it.




×

I like most animals better than most people.






×

I own a collection of retro games consoles.




×
The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.





×
I have hit someone with a dead fish.






✓ I
am compulsively honest.
(i
don't lie because i have such a selective memory that i couldn't
keep the made-up stories straight.)





×
I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never
been repaired.




×
I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete
strangers.







✓ I have
gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to
feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not
cared a whit for my actual sex.





×
I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations
for my desires for different genders.





×
I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I
forget to.






×

I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music
on.




✓ I
dislike milk.
(yuck. rice
milk all the way.)





×
I obsessively wash my hands.






×
I always carry something significant around with me.




✓ Sometimes
I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own
hair.
(i like the idea of having
a few different looks, though a decent wig that doesn't look like
some mall-chick or soccer mom (neither of which i'd aspire to look
like) is $$$)





✓ I've
pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more
aware of others.
(yup.)






×
Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss
my mother.




×

I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.




✓ I've
liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad
or weird.







×
I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.





×
Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their
problems, I simply become annoyed.




×
I participate/have participated in auto drag races and
won.






×
I do not 'get' most comedy acts. (i love
and respect comics for saying what they say, often in the face of
jeering, or worse, indifference.)




✓ I
don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for
dancing.
(not any more than i
think waitstaff, haircutters, or actuaries are money-greedy or
slutty.)





×
I don't like to chew gum.






✓ I am
obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone
to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.




×
I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the
car
.




✓ I
had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.


(is it over yet?)






✓ I wish
people would be more empathic and honest with each other.





×
I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.




✓ I love
to sing.







×
I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.




✓ I have
a custom-built computer.





×
I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though
there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.






×
I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they
were human.




✓ I've
gone skinny-dipping.




✓ I've
performed in three plays.







✓ I enjoy
burritos.





×
I'm Irish and loving it.





×
I have a thing for redheads.







×
I am a twin!




✓ Most of
the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing
something generically 'fun'.





✓ Once
I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is
completed before I move on to something else.
(a
friend once told me i'm like a spider who never drops a
thread.)






×
I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.




×

I sleep more than 12 hours a day.




✓ I wish
I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's
never enough.







✓ I need
more time to myself.




✓ I
wish I was more open-minded.
(i
consider myself very open-minded already, but the more open my
mind is, the more i recognize it's just the beginning.)




×

I hope that I go really prematurely grey.






✓ I
download songs from the internet.





×
I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best
friend.




×
I say random things to freak people out.






×
I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.




×

I love playing Truth or Dare.




✓ I love
listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.







✓ Music
helps me remember that I am not alone.
(were
it not for ministry, pixies, pj harvey, sonic youth, flaming lips,
meat beat manifesto, melvins, and tool, i'd be lost.)





✓ Playing
my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.

(volleyball takes me away completely for an
hour.)




✓ I think
this survey is particularly long.






×
I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.




×

I can only hate someone that I love.




×
I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at
Starbucks.








(Click
here
to post your own answers for this meme.)

lyrics:
"Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A
Cave And Grooving With A Pict" - Pink
Floyd

"Drill, drill, drill. Dugga, dugga, dugga." - Wire

colors: smoothe

mood: tired.

chant/prayer/mantra: engage.


pax
hominibus,
joel


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