36 Questions Meme
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periantari, and anyone else who wants to do it.
36 Questions for me to get to know you better:
1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.
35) Do you believe in God?
A.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
periantari, and anyone else who wants to do it.36 Questions for me to get to know you better:
1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.
35) Do you believe in God?
A.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
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Date: 2008-02-02 12:22 pm (UTC)A. Nope, whether this is good or bad has yet to be decided :p
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I always wanted to be a vet - then I realised I had some issues with blood.... *shudders*
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. drawing. I'd illustrate all my stories
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Orange juice... plain and simple, but you'll have me giggle quite a lot after it :)
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Mushrooms :)
6) What was the last book you read?
A. Last meaning "finished" or meaning "currently reading"? The first would be Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman, the latter is Stephen King's Wizards and Glass... the fourth part of his Dark Tower series.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Aquarius
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Nope
9) Worst Habit?
A. I worry too much. About EVERYTHING... even if 'everything' lies 2 years in the future.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. Of course!
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Scottish Country Dancing if that can be considered a sport. Apart from that it would be swimming, though I haven't been in a pool for over a year :(
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Both, I'd see. Optimistic on the outside, but when the worry part of me surfaces I tend to be rather negative for a couple of hours.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Panic? *doesn't like elevators too much*
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Having to change school for one year. I was stuck in a class where everybody had known each other for at least 3 years and noone liked me. I was teased every morning, I sat on my own and I absolutely hated it.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I have three backup copies of all documents I have on my computer, and still I'm scared the computer might crash and I'd lose everything I've written. For, of course, on the day the computer crashes, all the other things would mysteriously break as well. See the worry side here? :p
16) Do you have any pets?
A. Unfortunately not
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. Hobbits! :p You're most welcome at any time!
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. I can't even remember. I liked your stories and you knew a lot about the Shire and all.... fascinating ... :p
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Scary! If ever I have children and somebody wants to present them with clowns, somebody and clown may leave the house immediately. Well... somebody might stay, but clown has to go. *shudders*
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. bigger boobs? :p
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. that depends on the crime, I'd say.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. brown.
23) Ever been arrested?
A. no
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. bottle
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. save itand continue the life I have - apart from the job :p
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. a year ago I would have said River Rhine, now it's the beach.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. yes
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. write
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. not a lot
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. German speakers saying "sink" instead of "think"... even though I do struggle with that as well.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. versatile
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. I'd say yes
35) Do you believe in God?
A. I believe in some outside force, whether you call it God or angels or anything else. What I don't believe in is what the church preaches.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
yes
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Date: 2008-02-02 04:17 pm (UTC)A. Nope.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I had quite a few. :P First I wanted to be a teacher, then a doctor, then a marine biologist, then a vet.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. The talent of socializing effortlessly. :P
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Water or herbal tea. That's all I drink these days, alas.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. I suppose sweet potato. I've been doing a lot with acorn squash recently, though. :P
6) What was the last book you read?
A. "Under Enemy Colors" by S. Thomas Russell. Best nautical fiction I've read in ages!
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Um... Capricorn?
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Nope. Well, pierced ears, but I am too lazy to wear earrings almost ever.
9) Worst Habit?
A. Like
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. I, and Samwise the Subaru, would jump at the chance to convey you somewhere! :P
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. I hate most sports. My favourite unit in P.E. was square dancing...
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. I'd say very optimistic.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Pick your brain about hobbits!
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Can't think of anything so bad that it didn't have a good side too.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. On my desk in lab, I have a model set of teeth, which is clamped onto an Orc action figure.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. I don't technically own them, but there are two kitties living in my apartment, whom I love.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I would shriek excitedly, and possibly jump up and down.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. I don't remember, but you were, and are, one of my hobbity heroes; for your fics, your crafty endeavours, and your genteel manners. :P
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Creepy.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. Better skin!
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Probably the former. I don't think you'd need me to be your conscience.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Bluish around the outside, brownish around the inside.
23) Ever been arrested?
A. Nope.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Don't drink soda, but back when I did, I liked the individual-sized bottles best, because I could close and open them at will. :P
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Catch up on my tithing. And put the rest in the bank.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. Home! :P
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. No.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Work on crafty things while watching something good on TV.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Sometimes in my head, but never out loud.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Feeling rather mellow right now, so it's hard to think of one. :P Grammar/spelling errors in professionally published works, maybe...
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Boring.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Sometimes.
35) Do you believe in God?
A. Yes.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Yes!
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Date: 2008-02-02 04:59 pm (UTC)1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A. Married 36 years!
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. To be a writer
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. Drawing
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Strawberries and cream frappachino from Starbucks
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Squash
6) What was the last book you read?
A. Celtic Faeries by Nigel Suckling
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Saggitarius
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Ears
9) Worst Habit?
A. Assuming people won't like me
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. If you looked like you needed it; maybe you're just having a nice walk!
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Baseball
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Generally optimistic
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. I read this wrong at P's, so will answer better here: definitely, talk shop! :)
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Learning my child had bipolar disorder
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I regularly see an energy healer
16) Do you have any pets?
A. Yes, 3 cats (Pippin, Sam, and Tamsin)
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I'd fix a pot of tea and talk Tolkien
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. Positive--you friended me!
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Scary
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. Better legs
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Conscience
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Blue
23) Ever been arrested?
A. No
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Either
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Give a tenth to charity and put the rest away for the kids
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. My writing room
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. I don't know; I have a friend who does (she SEES them!)
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Write
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Unfortunately, yes!
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Mean people
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Compassionate
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Yes
35) Do you believe in God?
A. Yes
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you? Considering. When I set up my LJ it was just for footnotes on my writing. I don't really use it for anything personal. But maybe that's why nobody ever talks to me, huh? :)
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Date: 2008-02-02 05:21 pm (UTC)1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A. Nope.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I wanted to be a vet... and then I took one semester of college Chemistry and changed my mind.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I wish I had more hand-eye coordination... I'm terrible at sports because I trip over my own feet!
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Hmm, probably a frozen lemonade.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Green beans.
6) What was the last book you read?
A. The Kite Runner
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Virgo.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Yep, I have two piercings in each earlobe and one in my ear cartilage.
9) Worst Habit?
A. Procrastinating, definitely.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. Sure!
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Soccer and hockey.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. I guess I have more of a realistic attitude... sometimes it's a little negative.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Probably worry a lot about when the elevator was going to start working again. I try to avoid riding elevators because I'm afraid they'll get stuck!
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. My best friend died my senior year of high school.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I love cold tomatoes, tomato sauce and ketchup, but I cannot stand stewed tomatoes or tomatoes that are chunky and warm in the slightest.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. Well, my parents have three cats that I grew up with... I live at college with a fish and a roommate.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I would invite you in and offer you a seat on the futon, probably. :)
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. You were the first person to add me as a friend on Livejournal, and I thought that was very friendly and sweet of you. :)
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Scary! I had an aunt who had a whole room full of them when I was little, and I hated having to sleep in there.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. This is going to sound really strange, but my feet are brick shaped and it's impossible to find shoes. I would probably change that.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Probably your crime partner, although it would depend on the crime. :)
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Brown.
23) Ever been arrested?
A. Nope.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. I don't drink soda very often, but if I had to pick it would be diet coke in a can.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Help my mom and dad with my sister's and my college expenses.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. At home... I know, I'm boring!
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. A little, yes... to the extent that I don't enjoy hanging out in graveyards at night.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Waste time on the internet.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Not really.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. I hate when people put the toilet paper roll on backwards. I don't know, it's always driven me crazy.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Student. I'm really your typical college student and I tend to occupy myself with typical college student things. That, and I'm broke!
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Sure, to a certain extent.
35) Do you believe in God?
A. Yep.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Sure!
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Date: 2008-02-03 01:45 am (UTC)A. Very married for thousands of years
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. To be able to make my own rules
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. almost any would do
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. diet coke with lots of ice
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. peas
6) What was the last book you read?
A. "Quite Ugly One Morning" by Christopher Brookmyer (audio while driving to work as I don't have much time to read.)
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Aries (the Ram see the connection to sheep at all?)
8) Any tattoos and/or piercings? Explain where.
A. Just pierced ears, two holes in one ear and one in the other (Lopsided)
9) Worst habit?
A. shopping too much
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. I know you and so yes I would. Anytime at all.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. major League Baseball or Roller Derby either amuses me
12) Do you have a negative or optimistic attitude?
A. With some folks the glass is half empty, with others half full, with me, I don't even have a glass! (Negative on all fronts)
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Talk LOTR with you.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I prefer to sleep in the floor rather than in a bed.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. cats and an African Claw Frog and a husband
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I'd probably be at work because I always am!
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. Outgoing and friendly( in person that is) On line, Friendly and a terrific writer (Had to edit this one. because I did a copy and paste and that first 'impression one was from my post to another LJ'er. You are NOT shy! LOL)
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Clowns are the devil's play-things.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. I'd look taller. I wouldn't be any taller but I would look like I was.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Partner in crime
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. brown
23) Ever been arrested?
A. no, only pulled over by the cops for various car violations
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. bottle
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. travel and buy shoes
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. movie theater
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. yes but I don't think they believe in me
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. internet!
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Hell no!
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. narrow-minded people
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Me
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Not in the love-at-first-sight-all-you-need-is-love way. It takes time and work to have a romance
35) Do you believe in God?
A. I'm still thinking this one over
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. If I'm not too lazy
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Date: 2008-02-03 05:27 pm (UTC)A.yes
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.to be an olympic figure skater :)
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.Drawing
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.Bloody Mary with a pickle spear
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.hard to choose a favourite because I like them all, but I'll say corn on the cob.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.Paths of Darkness by R.A. Salvatore
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.Pisces
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.ears
9) Worst Habit?
A. procrastinating
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.of course
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. baseball
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.optimistic
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. talk hobbits!
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. lost my best friend to cancer
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. my boyfriend and I are both leap year babies!
16) Do you have any pets?
A. two cats
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I'd invite you in for tea!
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. very knowledgable about canon.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. scary
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. my weight
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. crime partner
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. blue
23) Ever been arrested?
A. yes
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. either
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. pay off my trailer
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. TFI Friday's
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. No
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. read a book
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. yes
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. bigotry
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. friendly
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. yes
35) Do you believe in God?
A. yes
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
sure