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Childhood weirdness
Did you spend your childhood time with mostly real or imaginary friends?: Some of both. Frequently my real friends and my imaginary friends all played together or my real friends pretended to be other people, so… yeah.
Did people consider you an odd child?: Duh.
Do you have memories that go back to when you were only a few months old?: No. I have a memory from when I was about 2 and a half, though – walking around the corner into the kitchen to see a pile of presents for me. Not sure if they were christmas or birthday gifts, but I remember being excited.
Do you remember any thoughts you had when you were very young?: Sorta – see above.
Were they intricate or simple thoughts?: Just visual memories.
If you answered “intricate”, give an example of one of those thoughts:
Were your dreams very vivid as a child?: Yep. Still are, sorta.
What is the strangest memory you have from early childhood?: Having a horrific nightmare about E.T. of all things.
Were you a child prodigy or did you display any gifts at a young age? Well, I was in the Gifted and Talented Education program in school and started reading early.
What was the most “grown-up” thing you ever said as a child?: Not sure. I was always pretty grown up for a kid.
What were your favorite TV shows in early childhood?: Loads. “Mystery!” and “Misfits of Science” and whatnot.
Were you afraid of monsters?: To some extent, yes.
Did you believe that fictional characters were real?: I wished they were.
Were you more quiet and artistic or loud and physical?: both.
Issues
Do you eat meat?: Yep.
If you do, what is your justification for it?: I’m higher up on the food chain, it’s tasty, and I’m lazy. Getting enough protein from a vegetarian diet is just too much work considering that I have canine teeth and a gut than can digest meat.
If you could legalize 3 things in Canada, what would they be?: Um, in Canada? Maybe in the US… I’d legalize Gay marriage with all its attendant rights and responsibilities, pot smoking in private residences, and I’d get rid of the Patriot Act.
Do you believe in the death penalty?: No.
Should it be used? No! Duh!
Did Mumia do it?: Not a clue.
If you had a choice, which country would you have chosen to be born into?: Hm… probably Canada.
What are your opinions of Michael Moore?: He’s sort of the equivalent of Rush Limbaugh for the Left wing. I wish he didn’t manipulate his footage so much – he strikes me as someone with a lot to say but instead of making reasoned documentaries he makes propaganda, and that’s not all that helpful.
Describe your feelings about marijuana legalization: See above.
What about gay marriage?: Ditto.
Red, White and Blue is a ghastly color combination, right?: No. It’s traditional.
What television news coverage do you detest the most?: Fox.
What will you do if Bush is re-elected?: Wow, this is an old survey!
Which state do you think will drop off into the ocean first?: None of them, geology doesn’t work that way.
Who do you consider “American Heroes”? Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the founders, and those who sacrifice for the greater good.
Completely Obtuse and Silly Questions
Have you ever taken something apart just to see how it worked? Yep.
Do you ever yell at the television while you are alone? Definitely.
Name a few things (if any) that you bought on Ebay recently: Undergarments (new, of course)
Are the Muppets sinister? No.
Do you watch the Science Channel (Discovery) on a regular basis?: Yep.
Ever gotten into an “in person” argument with a total stranger? Yes.
Sugar or Honey? Both.
What’s on your desk right now? My desk at home is totally cluttered with random crap – CDs, candles, photos, pens, papers…
How many e-mails do you receive a day? hundreds.
Do you think that time travel is a possibility?:Not in my lifetime.
Have you ever had a past life regression? No.
Are you slightly addicted to online tests and surveys? Naw.
San Francisco or New York City?: Never been to NY, so… yeah.
What are your favorite color combinations?: I like autumn colors, blues, greens… I wear a lot of black.
Close your eyes and type the first random image that pops into your head? My bed. I am so sleepy.
Do you enjoy night or day better? Neither. I like daytime because I can see better and sunlight makes me feel better mood-wise, but night is when I get to hang out with friends and stuff.
Favorite animal: Bats!
Have you ever been to a protest? Yes.
Aggravated a cop on purpose? No.
Worst decision you ever made? Not sure.
Ever gone train hopping/ridden the rails?: No.
Best invention of this century? Worst?: of THIS century? too early to tell. The last century? Improvements in hygiene; over-prescribed antibiotics.
Ever put your hand through a window?: No.
List a few words you hate the sound of: words don’t usually bother me, but those pointless smacking sounds people make with their lips when thinking annoy me.
And a few you like the sound of: Gibbous. Ululation. Felinity.
Are you sick of this survey yet? Nope. But I’m doing it in doses, so…
Emotions and Such
Have you attempted suicide more than once? No.
Cutting? I plead the 5th.
Do you get violent when you are angry? Sometimes.
Which emotion are you most consumed by? Positive: Negative: Love; rage.
Are you highly emotive? Yes.
Do you discuss problems or keep them to yourself? I have a very select couple of people I discuss them with.
Do you fall in love easily? Not particularly.
What age/year was the most difficult for you? Tie between first semester Junior Year of college and my year of grad school.
How do you channel your anger/sadness? Exercise.
Ever been addicted to alcohol or drugs? No. Well.. okay, I’m a caffeine addict.
Ever been homeless? No.
List a few simple things that make you happy: a purring cat. putting my feet up to read a book. falling asleep next to the bf.
When were you most recently your happiest? Over the weekend, in LA with the bf.
Do you consider yourself empathetic? Yes, but not extremely so.
Friends
Do you have friends that are drastically different from each other? Definitely.
List a few key traits that all of your friends have in common: They’re all warped people in some way or another.
Do you keep in touch with friends from high school? Yep.
Have you lost touch with many of your friends? Some.
Are they mostly local or long distance? Some of each.
When you go out with friends, what kinds of things do you do? See movies, go out to meals, stuff like that.
Have you ever been betrayed by a close friend? Yes.
If yes, are you still friends with that person? No. I still hate him even though I was in 2nd grade when it happened. I’ve been more selective about who I get close to since then.
Are your friends mostly your age, younger or older? Mostly older.
Do you have a hard time making friends because most people bore you? Not especially.
Do you like to hang out with friends one-on-one or in groups? Some of both.
Which of your online friends do you have the most in common with? Not sure.
Family
Are you close to your family? Some of them.
What traits are you glad you inherited from them? persistence, courage, determination.
Which traits are you pissed off you inherited from them? Stubbornness, a quick temper.
What sitcom does your family most remind you of? I don’t watch sitcoms.
Does your family live locally or far away? some of both.
Have you ever stopped speaking to someone in your family? Not on purpose.
Have either of your parents died? Not yet, knock on wood.
Is your family very much like you or are you opposites? I’m a weird blend of my parents, who are very different people.
How many siblings do you have? none.
Has your family ever thrown food at each other? No.
Are the holidays a nightmare or a time of joy? Some of both.
Do you look like your parents? Yep.
List one interesting fact about your family: My grandfather was a child prodigy on the marimba.
Lovers
Gay, straight, bisexual or no idea? Straight but not narrow.
Married/partnered? Got a long-term bf.
Ever gone out with someone you were embarrassed to be seen with? No.
Ever broken someone
