And because PJM asked me to.
IF YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST (or, you know, not), I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!
And #20 better be yes, or SO HELP ME!
1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favourite Movie:
5. Favourite Song or Album:
6. Favourite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favourite memory of us?
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you?
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IF YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST (or, you know, not), I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!
And #20 better be yes, or SO HELP ME!
1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favourite Movie:
5. Favourite Song or Album:
6. Favourite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favourite memory of us?
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you?
b
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Date: 2007-05-20 04:01 am (UTC)2. Age: 24
3. Single or Taken: Single
4. Favourite Movie: Master and Commander
5. Favourite Song or Album: Boston and St. John's
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Great Big Sea
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: None
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Not yet.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Try to avoid paying tax, get a high salary, get married but don't overload the minivan. I may or may not be referring to the board game.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Either way, it's time to start pouring another Guinness!
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Yeah.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Mocking someone somewhere.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Jujubes.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I once won a DVD player for supporting and Ecuadorian cheese factory.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? Good health, Good family, happiness.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Only if you know how.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Canada
19. What is your big weakness? I'm just too nice.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes, of course.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Social sciences and language.
22. Describe your accent. Newfie with a hint of geek.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? We'd all live closer?
24. What do you wear to sleep? boxers
25. Trousers or skirts? I prefer to chase skirts.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? BEER!
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Stop time.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you?
Nope!
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Date: 2007-05-20 04:03 am (UTC)2. Age: 23
3. Single or Taken: Single.
4. Favourite Movie: Gattaca. Or Love, Actually. Depends on my mood
5. Favourite Song or Album: "Wonderous Stories", by Yes
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Pink Floyd
7. Dirty or Clean: Er. My room is dirty. I'm not.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Ears.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Not as far as I know.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Do the next thing.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Half empty, but it was a free drink.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Probably.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Er. Pass? I'm exhausted, and my memory is coming up blank right now.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Pizza.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I didn't lose my last baby tooth until I was sixteen.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? Enough money for a car, an interesting job, and to own my own home.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure. Airfare's on you, though.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Canada, I suppose. Which is good as that's where I live.
19. What is your big weakness? People who are in a rough spot.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Favourite subject was Chemistry. Best was English.
22. Describe your accent. Generic Mainland Canadian with a hint of acquired Newfoundland. Unless I've been speaking with my parents, in which case it's a weird combination of Yorkshire and Dorset.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Nope.
24. What do you wear to sleep? ...wear?
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol. Cigarettes are expensive and incredibly smelly.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Tell horrible jokes.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Nope :p
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Date: 2007-05-20 04:13 am (UTC)2. Age: 26 June 6th
3. Single or Taken: Ugh. Single...
4. Favourite Movie: LotR trilogy
5. Favourite Song or Album: Overall, Wonderwall by Oasis
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Band - Evanscence
7. Dirty or Clean: Kinda a situation by situation thing
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Just one exta hole in the left upper ear, then lower ear piercing, and a few fake tattoos
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? No
10. What's your philosophy on life? You get one shot at this, so make it something to remember
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? There is not bottle....it's all in your mind....
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? How did you find out??!
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Erg....that one where...yeah
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Flirting with comic geeks every Wednesday
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I worked as a vet tech for 2 years
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
world peaceMoney to get out of debt, a boyfriend, and the ability to draw very very well17. Can we get together and make a cake? What kind you want?
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Texas. Not the USA, just Texas
19. What is your big weakness? Sad people
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Band
22. Describe your accent: I'm a Native Texan.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? No, it's not my place to change anyone but myself.
24. What do you wear to sleep? ;)
25. Trousers or skirts? Jeans
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? None
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Run up your credit card bill :D
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? No, I think I'm meme-ed out.
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Date: 2007-05-20 04:33 am (UTC)2. Age: 45
3. Single or Taken: Taken (doubly so)
4. Favourite Movie: The Big Sleep
5. Favourite Song or Album: Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos or A Pocketful of Shells by Al Stewart
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Al Stewart
7. Dirty or Clean: Mostly clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: this image (a dragon eye) on my left shoulder (http://www.maranci.net/beast.gif), and both ears pierced.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Indirectly through various gaming forums.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Utilitarianism + Hedonism.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Half-full.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Yes, but I might fail, I suck at keeping secrets.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Reading some of your more interesting and humorous posts.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
...1) Immortality (or at minimum, a lifespan measured in millennia).
...2) Overall mental enhancement to a superhuman degree
...3) $20 million.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Only if you come to Oregon
18. Which country is your spiritual home? None or all, or more accurately, the entire first world.
19. What is your big weakness? Shyness.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? History.
22. Describe your accent: US TV news.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep? Nothing.
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? alcohol, good wine is a profound joy and cigarettes are utterly vile.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Game.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Possibly.
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Date: 2007-05-20 04:54 am (UTC)2. Age: 33
3. Single or Taken: Single at the moment, although that may change depending on these next few dates with this girl.
4. Favourite Movie:
5. Favourite Song or Album: If I Ever Leave This World Alive by Flogging Molly
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Nick Cave
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Three: "Pulcherrimus Penitus" on inside right forearm and an abstract symbol on each shoulder
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Through gaming industry stuff
10. What's your philosophy on life? Change the way people think and things will never be the same, and we are our actions and nothing else.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? The bottle is a container for holding stuff, that's all. And I can always add more to the bottle if needed.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Yeah.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Your unabiding hatred of Solid! :)
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Bad movies!
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I can count seven decks of cards.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
a) the physical health of a 25 year old Olympic-calibre athelete throughout my lifetime
b) the ability to make two sides of any conflict understand their opposition
c) 47 billion dollars
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Show up in New Jersey... and I still won't bake with you. But there are many strip clubs here.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Wherever I'm standing.
19. What is your big weakness? Knowing my limitations.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Except for your unabiding hatred of Solid!, yeah.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Creative writing
22. Describe your accent: Broadcast Standard
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? You wouldn't hate on Solid! :)
24. What do you wear to sleep? Depends
25. Trousers or skirts? Pants, please...
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? No thank you.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? I'd be on a plane to Chicago to spend it with my best friend. Sorry, but she's way hotter than you....
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Eh...
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Date: 2007-05-23 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-20 05:57 am (UTC)2. 35
3. Single
4. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Quadrophenia
6. Devo
7. Very, very dirty
8. Immaculate
9. Not really.
10. Half of life is losing gracefully.
11. Good thing half of mine is in a redundant bottle.
12. Yes.
13. That time that you did the thing.
14. Unmentionable.
15. I can recite the alphabet backwards.
16. Self control, self mastery, self awareness.
17. You betcha.
18. United States.
19. Procrastination.
20. All people are good people.
21. Computer science.
22. Midwesterner.
23. You're beautiful, you're beautiful, it's true.
24. Nothing.
25. Nothing.
26. Nothing.
27. Fugu.
28. No, but you do what you gotta do.
what the heck, here you go.
Date: 2007-05-20 06:32 am (UTC)2. Age: 35
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: Way too many to list. Last seen was "Meet Joe Black"
5. Favourite Song or Album: Also way too many to list. Current favorite is Luscious Jackson's "Naked Eye"
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Tori Amos
7. Dirty or Clean: Hygiene? Clean. Mind? Dirty dirty dirty.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Tattoo on my left arm. It's in the user pic. Ears used to be pierced; now there's just the ghosts of holes there.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? We met once at one of those cons. Prior, you were convinced I was a hoax. Or something like that.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Hope for the best, expect the worst... and take life by the balls, anyway.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Who drank my damned bottle?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? yes.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Proving I was real. I believe I was waving around a rum and coke at the time.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Filling these things out. Lets me talk about myself. :p
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I can wiggle my ears.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? #1: Get PA job, thereby allowing me the life I want. #2: To spend the rest of my life with K. #3: That my kids should be happy and find success doing what they love.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure. But I pick the frosting. I don't eat a lot of frosting, so I'm picky about it.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? One I haven't visited yet, although my aunt is this week: Ireland.
19. What is your big weakness? I'm not telling you that. Because if I tell you that, you'll find your way into my secret lair and blow it up.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Duh.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? English.
22. Describe your accent: American, with central Texas and upper Delaware regional accents at times. (I know it's weird.)
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Just your wardrobe. KIDDING.
24. What do you wear to sleep? t-shirts.
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers, of course.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol. My permanent accessory.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? First, there's that tricky "visiting" thing. Then I think I'd take you sky-diving. (What?)
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Nope. But you can do it in a reply if you really want to.
Re: what the heck, here you go.
Date: 2007-05-22 03:15 pm (UTC)2. Age: 34
3. Single or Taken: Married, if that counts
4. Favourite Movie: Die Hard
5. Favourite Song or Album: I can listen to Tom Sawyer all day
6. Favourite Band/Artist: I'll go with Rush for convenience
7. Dirty or Clean: Call me Mr. Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: None. I'm so dull.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Yes, in a particularly amusing way.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Philosophies are a form of self torture.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Half Empty.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? This is difficult. Possibly, but not probably.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Me finally getting proof of your corporeal existence.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Claremont '80s era X-Men.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I have exactly two nipples.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? A big 'ol gaming room with a never emptying fridge, a Green Lantern ring, and three kids.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure! I love cake!
18. Which country is your spiritual home? The one that's my Physical home, thank God.
19. What is your big weakness? I don't trust people.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes, yes you are.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? English!
22. Describe your accent: South Ontario Hoser.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? You're perfect, just the way you are.
24. What do you wear to sleep? A smile.
25. Trousers or skirts? Capri pants.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? I'm thinking strippers. And gambling.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Sure. Eventually.
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Date: 2007-05-20 01:30 pm (UTC)1. Your Middle Name: Anthony. My dad wanted his son named Tony, my Mom wanted Douglas. They compromised.
2. Age: 41
3. Single or Taken: Single
4. Favourite Movie: Miller's Crossing
5. Favourite Song or Album of the Moment: Stan Rogers - The Mary Ellen Carter.
6. Favourite Band/Artist of the Moment: The Aquabats.
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Tattoos.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? No, not for lack of sorta trying.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Good things never happen to me.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Empty. But I try to see it as half full, really I do.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Honestly, it depends on the secret.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? We'll always have Paris. Which is to say any memory I have of us is entirely fictional.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Nothing illegal, but also nothing I'm going to post in a public forum.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I'm qualified to rapell out of helicopters and to set up basic demolitions. Flying around and exploding things? I'm almost a superhero!
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? 1. Wealth. It may not buy happiness, but there are a lot of gateways to happiness I can achieve with wealth. 2. I wish I was physiologically 25. Too not be 'old and broken' would be awesome. 3. I wish my memory was better.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Yes, but you better do the icing.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Canada. There's nothing I love more than some solitude on a rocky outcropping on a small lake in the early evening, hearing the cry of a loon and th alp of little waves on the shore.
19. What is your big weakness? Sweets? Anything at knee level, forcing me to bend? Coffee?
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Sure.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? History, although my best mark in High School (but not Uni) was Calculus ... because it was all new, and I didn't get bored.
22. Describe your accent. Middle Canadian? (http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&speakerid=407)
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Sure, you'd post in my journal all the time, telling me how cool and awesome I was! No, I don't think so ... not until I actually got to know you, anyway.
24. What do you wear to sleep? Sheets? Underclothes in barracks, when there are always other people in the room with you.
25. Trousers or skirts? Pants.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? I tell you what. If you only have one day left ... I'll let you decide what we can do together, and fully understand if you chose to spend it with other people.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Probably not. Then again, why the hell not. If nothing else, the utter paucity of responses will serve to bring me down from my current high morale.
Doug.
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Date: 2007-05-20 02:10 pm (UTC)2. 54
3. Single, or does taken by cats count?
4. Being There
5. Don't have just one.
6. Same as above
7. Clean
8. Pierced ears only
9. We do indeed
10. It is what it is
11. Half empty, I tend to be a pessimist
12. I probably would
13. It would have to be the Sam Elliot silliness at the Buffy meet up. I still crack up whenever I think about it.
14. Lately it's going to Fabian's Cafe where they have the most marvelous cakes.
15. I was supposed to be a leftie but they changed me
16. 1. That my sister would pay off her debt and back off where my apartment is concerned so that I can have some closure.
2. That I figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life
3. To remain sound in mind and body until the end of my days
17. I don't see why not.
18. Switzerland
19. Lately chocolate
20. Yes, I think you are.
21. English
22. Canadian?
23. Other than having you and cynra live closer to where I am, no.
24. Oversize T shirts
25. It used to be skirts, but lately it's trousers
26. I quit smoking almost 15 years ago, and seldom drink because of the whole drinking and driving thing.
27. Play euchre? I'm not in to gaming but since it would be your last day I'd accommodate you, but you'd have no competition.
28. Already have and you responded
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Date: 2007-05-20 02:37 pm (UTC)2. Age: 43
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Favourite Song or Album:
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Probably the Cure
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: No tats, pierced left ear
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Only through other internet fora.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Leave the place better than you found it.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Half full.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Yes
13. What is your favourite memory of us? That firefight in Nepal with those opium runners.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? French pop music.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: My clothes once left a party several hours before I did.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? 1) Financial security for myself and my family; 2) That the US right wing become politically irrelevant; 3) A Ferrari.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? I'm up for it, but it would require some logistics.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Texas ;-)
19. What is your big weakness? Redheads.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? I've seen no evidence to the contrary.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent: Flat, Middle-American, ranging into Southern Drawl if I'm tahrd.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? I don't know you well enough.
24. What do you wear to sleep? Nada
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? If you were in Houston, I'd take you to NASA. With enough warning, maybe introduce you to an Astronaut.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Probably.
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Date: 2007-05-20 03:58 pm (UTC)2. Age: 27 (I almost typed 'twenty-six' in there)
3. Single or Taken: Woefully inert
4. Favourite Movie: THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
5. Favourite Song or Album: ILLINOIS
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Hawksley Workman
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Not yet
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? We recognise each other outside of LJ
10. What's your philosophy on life? I'll get there sooner or later
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Depends on what it's a bottle of
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Very probably
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Sadly LARPish
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Poker, punctuation
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: Born seven-and-a-half weeks early
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? Happiness, fame, money (then peace)
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Just no frosting jokes
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Canada, though I'm fond of the UK never having been there
19. What is your big weakness? An unfortunate mixture of pride, intelligence, and laziness
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes or I'd remove you from my friendslist
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? English
22. Describe your accent: Educated Southeastern Ontarian
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Your infatuation with smartcars
24. What do you wear to sleep? Jammie bottoms and a Deutscher Fussballbund jersey from their '98 campaign
25. Trousers or skirts? On whom?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol, THEN cigarettes if I've forgotten that I don't smoke
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Exchange pleasantries before I pushed you toward someone more significant in your life
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Sooner or later
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Date: 2007-05-20 05:42 pm (UTC)2. Age: 48
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: All That Jazz
5. Favourite Song or Album: Excitable Boy (album)
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Warren Zevon
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: None
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? not really
10. What's your philosophy on life? It's easier to be nice than to be mean, and you make more friends along the way who can help you when you need it.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Half-full
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Probably
13. What is your favourite memory of us? uh, this maybe
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? ice cream
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I'm a baseball fanatic who has seen games in over 40 major league and 30 minor league parks.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? 1) I want James Stephen back; 2) Financial security; 3) my ideal weight and in shape
17. Can we get together and make a cake? fine by me, but it will be a long trip
18. Which country is your spiritual home? U-S-A! U-S-A!
19. What is your big weakness? Food
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Absolutely!
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Chemistry in high school, journalism in college
22. Describe your accent nondescript middle American
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Don't change a hair for me, not if you care for me
24. What do you wear to sleep? undies, or nothing, depending on the night's plans (is that TMI?)
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? alcohol, but only occasionally
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? whatever you wanted -- I imagine some drinking would be involved
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? answer hazy, try again later ;-)
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Date: 2007-05-20 10:03 pm (UTC)2. Age: 37
3. Single or Taken: Sadly Single
4. Favourite Movie: Just one?
5. Favourite Song or Album: Just one?
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Just one?
7. Dirty or Clean: Mind, dirty.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Yes.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? No.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Learn new exeriences, have fun, try to be mostly nice to each other.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? MOre importantly, what's in the bottle?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Depends on the secret.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Being silly in LJ.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Splurging on food.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: Just one? Seriously, I'd imagine you'd know 'em all by now.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake? You make it, I'll eat it. Or I'll make dinner, you make dessert?
18. Which country is your spiritual home? England.
19. What is your big weakness? My anger?
20. Do you think I'm a good person? No. (Whatcha gonna do, big head boy? Bring it on!)
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Photography, History, English, Graphic Arts, Television Production.
22. Describe your accent: I really don't have much of one. Some southern-isms like "y'all" and I pronounce "with" more like "wiv", stuffs like that.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? I'd strengthen your neck muscles to support that big head.
24. What do you wear to sleep? Generally a t-shirt and boxers.
25. Trousers or skirts? No, a t-shirt and boxers.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Cigs are fucking gross.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? I seriously doubt you'd want to spend your last day with me.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Sure why not.
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Date: 2007-05-20 10:30 pm (UTC)2. Age: 26
3. Single or Taken: Married
4. Favourite Movie: Love Actually
5. Favourite Song or Album: currently, 'Just Like Heaven' by The Cure
6. Favourite Band/Artist: the Indigo Girls
7. Dirty or Clean: mostly clean, sometimes dirty ;-)
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: three tattoos, 2 piercings in each ear
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? nope
10. What's your philosophy on life? Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Usually half-full
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Maybe
13. What is your favourite memory of us? erm ... I like it when you blog about movies and comic books
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? chocolate
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I can wiggle my ears both simultaneously and separately
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? A) enough money B) lifelong relationship for me and my husband C) family/friends happiness
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure! What kind?
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Hmmm ... not sure yet
19. What is your big weakness? cheese and chocolate
20. Do you think I'm a good person? definitely
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? English/languages
22. Describe your accent: Southern!
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Nah
24. What do you wear to sleep? a nightshirt
25. Trousers or skirts? skirts
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? If I have to choose ... clove cigarettes
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Bake a cake!
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? Possibly.
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Date: 2007-05-21 03:38 am (UTC)2. Age: 28
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: Brazil, or Bad Santa
5. Favourite Song or Album: Sgt. Pepper's
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Billy Joel I think
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: None
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Indeed
10. What's your philosophy on life? Open mind but keep your bullshit detector on
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Half-full
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? I'd give you a sense of the subject matter and ask if you'd want to know. Probably I'd tell you.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? I like most such memories. Star Wars Trivia is a good one.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Painting miniatures, if I ever had any fucking time for it
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: Sang in a musical recently
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? I get taller. I have better respiratory fitness. I get perpetual control over the Fox network, to cancel all their news shows and support all their sci-fi shows.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Name the day
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Israel or Russia
19. What is your big weakness? Anxiety
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yeps
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Interaction design (ie. UI)
22. Describe your accent. Jersey came to toronto then took lots of Latin and Shakespeare classes and tried to mix Stephen King-speak with Buffyspeak.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Likely not.
24. What do you wear to sleep? Boxers.
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Storm the palace!
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? I don't post much, I never have any fucking time.
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Date: 2007-05-21 06:48 am (UTC)2. Age: 41
3. Single or Taken: Married
4. Favourite Movie: Ghostbusters
5. Favourite Song or Album: Badlands
6. Favourite Band/Artist: The Clash
7. Dirty or Clean: Cleanish.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Nope. I don't have that many T-shirts I'd still wear after 20 years, either.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Yep.
10. What's your philosophy on life? "Every day my eye grows keener, my good right arm stronger, my silly enemies more futile."
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? One of my bottles? Half-full halfway through the night, baby.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? By definition.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Conthulhu 2002.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Earnest military SF.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I have kissed the Blarney Stone.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? A) $200 million. B) Healthy, youthful immortality for
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure!
18. Which country is your spiritual home? America, baby.
19. What is your big weakness? Hot leftist chicks.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Modulo the whole human depravity thing, sure.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? History.
22. Describe your accent: Midwestern, with hints of Okie or Great Lakes Vowel Shift under varying stimuli.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? I'd hook you up with some of those millions, if this wishing thing paid off.
24. What do you wear to sleep? It's all me, babe.
25. Trousers or skirts? Sweat pants or boxers. I'm a writer, baby.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Sweet, sweet alcohol.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? I'd let you pick.
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? Nope.
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Date: 2007-05-21 02:22 pm (UTC)2. Age: About to turn 33.
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: Um, yeah, I think we just had a whole post about this? Fight Club. Still no icon for it, though.
5. Favourite Song or Album: Way to tough to answer. Instead, I'll tell you that the one on heaviest rotation right now is probably Metric's Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
6. Favourite Band/Artist: The Pixies, hands down.
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean?
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Yes to tattoos. Piercings? Not so much.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? No.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Society as a whole has designed life to be hard and shitty, but it's very possible to carve out a spot for you that's actually pretty nice.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Eh, half-full.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Probably.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? It was some Firefly rant that made me Friend you, if memory serves.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Grey's Anatomy. It's shitty as hell, and I can't stop watching.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I can watch a movie once, and then quote it almost all the way through. It's a gift, and a curse.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? Six-pack abs. Perfect teeth. Invisibility on command.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure. I don't cook much, but I enjoy baking. I've got some oatmeal butterscotch cookies that I made next to me right now.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Norway.
19. What is your big weakness? Women folk.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes?
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Best? Math. Favorite? History.
22. Describe your accent People sometimes ack if I'm from the Minnesota area, which is weird, 'cause I've never been there. Must be the Norse genes.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Don't know. What do you what?
24. What do you wear to sleep? Boxers.
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Neither for me, but for anyone I'm with, I'll choose alcohol.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? I'd let you spend it with your wife, and simply bid you a fond ado.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? No.
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Date: 2007-05-21 03:21 pm (UTC)2. 37
3. Taken, which is to say, married.
4. Goodfellas
5. I can't say I have one, since popular music and I don't get along.
6. The Beatles, believe it or not.
7. Clean
8. Of course not.
9. Yes
10. Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
11. Half-full
12. Yes
13. Conthulhu 2002
14. Not sure I have one; I don't feel guilty about nearly enough of the many stupid things I do
15. I can eat a disturbingly large number of black olives in one sitting
16. Happiness for my children. Good health for me and my family. And, sure, a couple of hundred million in the bank.
17. We could, but you'd regret it, because, though I cook well, I do not bake well.
18. USA, I suppose
19. My children
20. Yes
21. Depends on when. I grade school, my best and my favorite were both Science. In high school, both were history.
22. Mid-Atlantic, but I've been away from home since I was 17, so I've acquire a few verbal oddities that differentiate me from other speakers with this accent.
23. I have a poor track record in changing other human beings, so I'd leave well enough alone.
24. Boxers
25. Trousers, though, not being so highfalutin, I call them pants.
26. Neither -- bleh
27. I doubt you'd want to spend your last day with me and, if you did, I'd assume you were dying of a brain tumor.
28. No way.
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Date: 2007-05-21 06:18 pm (UTC)2. Age: 28
3. Single or Taken: Single
4. Favourite Movie: "Inside Man"
5. Favourite Song or Album: "Right in Two"
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Alice In Chains
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Tattoo
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Not that I am aware of...
10. What's your philosophy on life? Treat others with respect and honesty, and when that fails "Kill them all, God will know his own."
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? It's still a wieghted weapon in either case.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? I don't know depends on the secret. Suprise party, yeah, kepeing you in the dark for plausible deniability, not so much.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Skipping chips of sodium metal across the pool during swim meets (j/k).
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? World Of Warcraft or "Circle of Iron."
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I am one of those players that manages to find the one thing that you can do to bypass all the plot of a module.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? Absolute Control over the Electromagnetic Spectrum, a higher metabolism, and wisdom
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure, but I can't bake.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Italy
19. What is your big weakness? I avoid conflict too often.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Sure
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Biochemistry
22. Describe your accent It's a mix of the Midwest and the south, so it's neutral with odd accents on certain words.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Not that I know of.
24. What do you wear to sleep? Shorts or Nothing
25. Trousers or skirts? I like both on my women, and the only skirt a gent should wear is a kilt.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol. Smoking is foul.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Talk comics and enjoy good food.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Sure, though I have done this in the past.
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Date: 2007-05-21 11:06 pm (UTC)2. Age: 27
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: Amelie
5. Favourite Song or Album: Tam Lin, by Fairport Convention
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Steeleye Span, let's say.
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Nope.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Yep!
10. What's your philosophy on life? Just relax and be pragmatic about things.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Half-full. :)
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Probably not.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? I hate questions like this almost more than I hate listing "favorites".
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? I don't feel guilty about things that cause me pleasure. :)
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I have double-jointed thumbs.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? That I had better social skills, that I could sing, and that I was more dedicated/motivated.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure thing!
18. Which country is your spiritual home? I don't believe in anything 'spiritual'. Canada is where I live.
19. What is your big weakness? I can't let some things go - I will debate/argue about something in the most inappropriate settings for as long as it takes. :/
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes. :)
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Anythign where I got to argue/debate in class. ;)
22. Describe your accent - Canadian. :)
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Not a thing! Maybe I'd move you into the city and rid you of your environmentally damaging suburban lifestyle, though. ;)
24. What do you wear to sleep? Not a thing. ;)
25. Trousers or skirts? Pance.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohols.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Board games!
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? No sir.
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Date: 2007-05-22 05:46 am (UTC)1. Your Middle Name: Michael
2. Age: 37
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: The Matrix
5. Favourite Song or Album: You Shook Me All Night Long by ACDC
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Melissa Etheridge
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Not on me
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Yessir
10. What's your philosophy on life? Not to have a philosophy of life
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Empty, cause I finished it, but don't worry, I ordered another round
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Of course. Hell, I'd probably keep a secret from you even if it was in your best interest to know it. Cause that's just how I roll.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? That one magical night in Cancun, the setting sun, the waves lapping upon the beach... or maybe it was trying to kill your insane Midget with my stupid Minotaur-King.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Porn
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: Drawing a blank, and don't really care enough to linger on this question any longer
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? To be youthful forever, to be immune to all harm and three more wishes. Oh and World Peace wouldn't even have cracked my Top Ten so no need to bar it in my case.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Only if you'll jump out of it afterwards
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Canada
19. What is your big weakness? My lack of strength
20. Do you think I'm a good person? As good as you need to be
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Math (or Computer Science in High School)
22. Describe your accent: Circumflex
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Only if it would benefit me in some way. Otherwise why would I care, really?
24. What do you wear to sleep? Nada. Hey, you ASKED, so don't frikkin' blame me for the nightmares.
25. Trousers or skirts? On women, definitely skirts. Me? Neither. Really, I have never worn a skirt or a trouser in my life. Pants work though.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Dear God man, if you only have one day to live, you better not want to spend it with ME.
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Nope. As you've recently so sarcastically pointed out, I don't post in my own blog :)
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Date: 2007-05-22 02:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-22 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-23 06:52 am (UTC)2. Age: I'll be 26 in a month
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: The Crow
5. Favourite Song or Album: Too many to list!
6. Favourite Band/Artist: If I have to just choose one it's Nine Inch Nails
7. Dirty or Clean: I'm clean, I just took a bath!
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Only ears pierced. Once upon a time my tongue was pierced. Tattoos are coming soon.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Nope.
10. What's your philosophy on life? I think we're here to learn as much as possible.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? I usually say half-empty, but don't consider myself a pessimist.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Probably not, I'm not one to keep things from people.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? I don't really have one!
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Reality TV
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I can roll my tongue.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? Children, enough money to be comfortable for the rest of my life, invisibility
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure, I like cake!
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Probably Ireland
19. What is your big weakness? Hmm, it depends on what kind of weakness we're talking about....
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Sure, you haven't proven otherwise at least
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Drama was my favorite
22. Describe your accent Midwestern, with a touch of Chicago
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Nope, you is you, and you should be you
24. What do you wear to sleep? I don't.
25. Trousers or skirts? I can't even remember the last time I wore a skirt.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Well, since I'm a smoker I can't have alcohol without cigarettes. But I can have cigarettes without alcohol. So I guess cigarettes.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Make a cake??
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? Sure, but mine's slightly different. Someone else on my flist posted this and I'm reposting that one!
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Date: 2007-05-23 12:05 pm (UTC)1. Your Middle Name: Elizabeth
2. Age: 28
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: White Christmas
5. Favourite Song or Album: Brian Wilson by BNL
6. Favourite Band/Artist: BNL
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: belly button pierced, 2 in each ear lobe and 1 in the cartilage in my left ear
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? yuppers!
10. What's your philosophy on life? treat others the way you want to be treated
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? depends on the day
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? all depends on what the secret was
13. What is your favourite memory of us? there are so many of you on my massage table
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? dairy queen blizzard
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: laughter is my kryptonite
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? all debts paid off, my dream home, enough money to be comfortable (not rich just comfortable)
17. Can we get together and make a cake? um, sure!
18. Which country is your spiritual home? egypt i think?
19. What is your big weakness? cheesecake... mmmm
20. Do you think I'm a good person? i sure do!!
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? english
22. Describe your accent: candian eh?
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? nah i likes ya the way you are!
24. What do you wear to sleep? summer: boxers and tank, winter: tshirt and long cotton yoga pants
25. Trousers or skirts? skirts
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? just a little alcohol
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? me give you a massage?!
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you? sure!
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Date: 2007-05-23 12:07 pm (UTC)