another q&a meme going around
Dec. 22nd, 2003 03:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdWe stayed up all night lsat night keeping longestnight, slept for four hours and am back up already. And yet it's already 3:30 and it feels like noon. Maybe! But it was fun. Plus I got my b0rken lamer Windows desktop machine working right again (mmmmm fdisk) which is good. So here, have some questions and answers.
30+ questions
1. Living arrangement?
With partner![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
annathepiper in a group household with risu and mamishka, and an assortment of cats and birds.
2. What book are you reading now?
Right now, I'm answering a quiz! But I'm carrying around Ecotopia Rising, by... some guy whose name I forget.
3. What's on your mouse pad?
I don't have one; I use a trackball and Wacom tablet on my desktop, and a touchpad on my Powerbook.
4. What's your favourite board game?
Scrabble. I really like it. I don't know why. I'm not particularly good at it.
5. Your favourite magazine?
I haven't really read any magazines for a while. But I do like Old House Journal.
6. Favourite smells?
annathepiper's hair. The roses in the garden. The cucumber-scented body wash I buy. The scents of English breakfast tea, of fresh bacon, of strawberries, of good spaghetti sauce, but not all at once.
7. Favourite sound?
...I have no idea how to describe it. I hear it in music sometimes - mostly electronic - and it makes my brain explode in a good way.
8. Worst feeling in the world?
I already described that whenannathepiper had the bike accident.
9. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?
"What do I have to do today?"
10. Favourite colours?
Red! And strong, darker greens.
11. How many rings before you answer the phone?
...however many it takes for me to get to it? Two? Maybe three? After four, the machine picks up and I figure it got there first, it can answer.
12. Name of future children?
I don't know!
13. Most important thing in life?
Purpose.
14. Favourite food?
Sushi! And ice cream. And occasionally pho.
15. Chocolate or vanilla ice cream?
MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP.
16. Do you like to drive fast?
I don't like to drive.
17. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Sometimes! Sometimes a wolf, sometimes a big frog, sometimes a bear.
18. Storms - cool or scary?
I love thunder and lightning. It's the only thing I miss about the midwest.
19. What type was your first car?
Some nasty old Chevy with too much body rust and which had a habit of shutting off would you pressed the go pedal. God, I hated that car.
21. Favourite alcoholic drink?
Peppermint schnapps!
22. What is your zodiac sign?
I dunno. It depends upon what my actual birthdate was.
23. Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
Not usually.
24. If you could have any job you wanted what would it be?
THE BOSS OF YOU.
Actually, figuring that out's kind of what I've been working on lately!
25. Ever been in love?
Several times! And still am! And want more. Mmmmm. ^_^
26. Is the glass half empty or half full?
It's too big!
27. Favourite book?
Too many answers! (um. Anvil of Stars, Greg Bear. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. American Gods Neil Gaiman. The City and the Stars, Arthur C. Clarke. China Mountain Zhang, Maureen F. McHugh. The original four-volume Elfquest, Wendy and Richard Pini. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick. Nobilis, Rebecca Borgstrom. Ramona and Beezus, Beverly Cleary. The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Suess.)
28. What's under your bed?
Sword, fire escape ladder, safe-sex toys, a box with some books in it. I think. And dust.
29. Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?
Yes. Otherwise, it'd look like this: ird/ a96h4539erl or p00o p9o4 69e@
30. Favourite number?
Eight!
31. Least favourite sport to watch?
Most of them. Particularly NASCAR and golf.
32. Favourite movie?
Yikes! Too many! (Casablanca, Brazil, and Buckaroo Banzai all come to mind, along with Dark City, The Lion in Winter, Ghostbusters, and The Manchurian Candidate.
33. Cartoon character?
um. Anime? Tonjou Utena. Current American? Shego, and also Zim. Comedy short, modern? Slappy Squirrel. Weirdly drawn? Buttercup of the Powerpuff Girls. Classical theatre era? Daffy Duck.
30+ questions
1. Living arrangement?
With partner
annathepiper in a group household with risu and mamishka, and an assortment of cats and birds.2. What book are you reading now?
Right now, I'm answering a quiz! But I'm carrying around Ecotopia Rising, by... some guy whose name I forget.
3. What's on your mouse pad?
I don't have one; I use a trackball and Wacom tablet on my desktop, and a touchpad on my Powerbook.
4. What's your favourite board game?
Scrabble. I really like it. I don't know why. I'm not particularly good at it.
5. Your favourite magazine?
I haven't really read any magazines for a while. But I do like Old House Journal.
6. Favourite smells?
annathepiper's hair. The roses in the garden. The cucumber-scented body wash I buy. The scents of English breakfast tea, of fresh bacon, of strawberries, of good spaghetti sauce, but not all at once.7. Favourite sound?
...I have no idea how to describe it. I hear it in music sometimes - mostly electronic - and it makes my brain explode in a good way.
8. Worst feeling in the world?
I already described that when
annathepiper had the bike accident.9. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?
"What do I have to do today?"
10. Favourite colours?
Red! And strong, darker greens.
11. How many rings before you answer the phone?
...however many it takes for me to get to it? Two? Maybe three? After four, the machine picks up and I figure it got there first, it can answer.
12. Name of future children?
I don't know!
13. Most important thing in life?
Purpose.
14. Favourite food?
Sushi! And ice cream. And occasionally pho.
15. Chocolate or vanilla ice cream?
MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP.
16. Do you like to drive fast?
I don't like to drive.
17. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Sometimes! Sometimes a wolf, sometimes a big frog, sometimes a bear.
18. Storms - cool or scary?
I love thunder and lightning. It's the only thing I miss about the midwest.
19. What type was your first car?
Some nasty old Chevy with too much body rust and which had a habit of shutting off would you pressed the go pedal. God, I hated that car.
21. Favourite alcoholic drink?
Peppermint schnapps!
22. What is your zodiac sign?
I dunno. It depends upon what my actual birthdate was.
23. Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
Not usually.
24. If you could have any job you wanted what would it be?
THE BOSS OF YOU.
Actually, figuring that out's kind of what I've been working on lately!
25. Ever been in love?
Several times! And still am! And want more. Mmmmm. ^_^
26. Is the glass half empty or half full?
It's too big!
27. Favourite book?
Too many answers! (um. Anvil of Stars, Greg Bear. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. American Gods Neil Gaiman. The City and the Stars, Arthur C. Clarke. China Mountain Zhang, Maureen F. McHugh. The original four-volume Elfquest, Wendy and Richard Pini. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick. Nobilis, Rebecca Borgstrom. Ramona and Beezus, Beverly Cleary. The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Suess.)
28. What's under your bed?
Sword, fire escape ladder, safe-sex toys, a box with some books in it. I think. And dust.
29. Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?
Yes. Otherwise, it'd look like this: ird/ a96h4539erl or p00o p9o4 69e@
30. Favourite number?
Eight!
31. Least favourite sport to watch?
Most of them. Particularly NASCAR and golf.
32. Favourite movie?
Yikes! Too many! (Casablanca, Brazil, and Buckaroo Banzai all come to mind, along with Dark City, The Lion in Winter, Ghostbusters, and The Manchurian Candidate.
33. Cartoon character?
um. Anime? Tonjou Utena. Current American? Shego, and also Zim. Comedy short, modern? Slappy Squirrel. Weirdly drawn? Buttercup of the Powerpuff Girls. Classical theatre era? Daffy Duck.
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uhmm, interesting
Date: 2003-12-22 05:24 pm (UTC)2- Nibbling on Morone's "Hellfire Nation" and Shire's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"
3 - A photo of me in WotR reenacting uniform my Mommy made.
4 - Risk or Monoply
5 - Sceintific American is my fav that we subscribe to.
6 - Tough one, a former Girl freind wore a scent that was almost pherimonic to me, but I never found out what it was. Warm bread dough rising.
7 - The Sea
8 - Lose of close loved one, failing to "be there" when really needed.
9 - What WAS that dream lst night?
10 - Earth tones
11 - Few as possible
12 - Anthony or Ann if there was
13 - Value to others
14 - Pot roast
15 - Used to be Chocolat, now as often as not, vanilla
16 - Only as fast as conditions, rather than posted speed, allowed.
17 - No, but do have dogs and lots of pillows
18 - Cool, especially as thunder stroms are rare.
19 - 1970 Ford Van, 3 - speed manual
21 - Stoli 100 proof Vodka, sweet fortified wines
22 - Leo
23 - Sometimes, but often feed them to the Dog
24 - Pretty much what I'm already doing
25 - Really bad many years ago
26 - about right, less likely to spill.
27 - Books I could read over and over again - Turtledove's "Guns of the South", used to be "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", "The visual display of quantitative data"
28 - Woolybuggers, the small auxillery dog.
29 - Approximately, though I can touch type, I still look at my hands and loose the anchor keys.
30 - Six
31 - Most of them, Ice skating
32 - Too many to choose, but 2001, The whole Jackson Lord of the Rings, The Beast (war in Afghanistan), Field of Dreams.
33 - Zim, the Vietnamese guy and Myriel from Courage the Cowardly dog, Daria.
Re: uhmm, interesting
Date: 2003-12-22 05:48 pm (UTC)I liked that book a lot. It reminds me of some other book I should have put on the list and didn't, but ... well, I can't remember what it is yet. marf.
The whole Jackson Lord of the Rings
I thought of it, of course, but it's all still too new for me to be sure yet. It is amazing, regardless.