yes. It's meme time. Again.
1) Full Name: Vanessa
2) Male/Female: BEEP BEEP INCONCLUSIVE.
3) Were you named after anyone?: Greek tradition states that it's proper and respectful to name kids after family members and because I was the first born grandchild, both my grandmothers launched into this feud that I should be named after them. My mum got so fed up with the both of them, she named me something completely random instead.
4) Does your name mean anything?: Actually no :P
5) Nick Name(s): Van, Vannie, Worm, Spoiled brat
6) Who do you think you look like: your worst nightmare no one in particular
7) Date Of Birth: 29/3/83. When I hit 28, I take cash, Visa, Mastercard....
8) Place of Birth and Current Location: I was born in North Middlesex Hospital in London and I currently reside in Nicosia, Cyprus :)
9) Nationality: I'm a dual national (British and Greek Cypriot). My family is predominantly from Cyprus (though they emigrated to London in the early 70s) with a French streak shoved in there somewhere
10) Astrology Sign: stubborn Aries
11) Chinese Astrology Sign: Boar I think
12) Religion: my left testicle
13) What’s your favorite smell?: petrol and vanilla. Not necessarily combined.
14) Political Position?: none really, which is ironic considering I studied politics at Uni.
15) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?: coffee or tea. Strong
16) Hair + Eye color: dark brown+dark brown
17) Do you look like anyone famous?: your worst nightmare didn't we go through this already?
18) What do you look like?: *throws hands up in the air* I dunno. Like a person?
19) Any unusual talents?: I can shave my legs with a butcher knife and totally not cut myself. Wait, that's not really a talent is it?
20) Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous?: Right handed.
21) Gay, Straight, Bi, or Other?: Well I've had my bi experiences, but I lean totally towards mechs men.
22) What do you do for a living?: I'm a freelance graphic and web designer.
23) What do you do for fun?: *thinks hard* many many things?
24) What are your favorite art materials to work with?: pencils
25) What kind of materials would you like to work with?: I'd love to master the art of chalk.
26) Have you met your grandparents?: ....yes?
27) Boyfriend / Girlfriend: Long term relationship.
28) Crush: I used to have the world's hugest crush on Tom Cruise. When I was 13.
29) What celebrity would you date if you could?: *pained look* do I really have to choose?
30) Current worries?: Oh the usual stuff. Money I suppose. Getting my own place in this economic crisis.
31) Favorite online Guy/Girl(s): THE MICROSOFT PAPER CLIP GUY.
32) Favorite place to be?: always has been my room.
33) Least favorite place to be?: my grandmother's house (my father's mother). She is a horrible, mean, miserable woman.
34) Do you burn or tan?: burn baby burrrrnnn
35) Ever break a bone?: My left wrist. It still is all wonky and aches from time to time.
36) What is your favorite cereal?: I don't like cereal :/
37) Person you cry with: I tend to cry myself with laughter with a lot of people. And then I laugh too hard that I can't breathe and end up flailing around the floor like a loon.
Do You Have...
38) Any sisters: one half-sister
39) Any brothers: two half-brothers
40) Any pets: too many
41) An Illness: not really.
42) A Pager: I don't know anyone who has one of those anymore
43) A Personal phone line: We haven't had a house phone in years. No point.
44) A Cell phone: Naturally
45) A visible birthmark: nope
46) A Pool or hot tub: nope
47) A Car: a couple :P
Describe Your...
48) Personality: apathetic, paranoid, perfectionist at points, stubborn, lazy, cynical, easy going, tolerant...
49) Driving: I'm a good driver but I tend to go over the speed limit. I also can't parallel park for shit.
50) Your clothing style: simple, dark clothes. If the occasion calls for it, I can dress appropriately but because I live in a hot climate, my wardrobe consists of just t-shirts.
51) Room: lots of colours, lots of action figures, lots of electrionics
52) What’s missing: *balances a long, thick bottle on her lap that's sticking upwards*
53) School: I don't go to school any more.
54) Bed: duvet, sheets, 6 pillows
55) Relationship with your parent(s): Quite good actually.
56) Do you believe in yourself: No, not really.
57) Do you believe in love at first sight?: I am as romantic as a rock. Therefore, no.
58) Consider yourself a good listener: I do consider myself a good listener yes, but I deal out harsh advice sometimes.
59) Have a future dream that you would like to share?: I VISH TO RULE THE VORLD MUAHAHAHA *cough* ahem, yes move along now.
60) Get Along with your parents: I get along great with my mum, though she pisses me off a lot of times (only because I care). My parents are divorced and my dad lives in another country so I don't see him all that often but I like spending time with him and I've inherited his weird, wonky sense of humour. My step parents can drop off and die for all I care.
61) Save your e-mail conversations: I have some emails saved between professors from uni, and also for work.
62) Pray: Er, no.
63) Believe in reincarnation: I'm one of those 'I'll believe it when I see it' people.
64) Brush your teeth twice a day?: most of the week
65) Like to talk on the phone: I used to like it. Not any more though.
66) Like to eat?: Yes. Unless it's breakfast. Or if I'm stressed.
67) Like to exercise?: Yes. I give my keyboard a very good workout (I enjoy walking the dog)
68) Like to watch sports?: Generally no, they bore the living crap out of me.
69) Sing in the car?: No... I'm either insulting someone else on the road or I have the volume cranked up too loud to hear myself sing anyway.
70) What is a dream that you have all the time?: I don't have recurring dreams. But they all seem to suffer from the recurring theme of 'crack'.
71) Dream in color: Yes.
72) Do you have nightmares?: Very very rarely. Usually too cracky.
73) Sleep with a stuffed animal: My boyfriend count?
74) Right next to you: *looks left* My dustbin.
75) On your favorite coffee cup?: A picture of a ram (it's one of those star sign mugs)
76) On your mouse pad: Teflon coated gaming mousepad that lights up.
77) favorite flavor of gum?: Mastic gum
78) Your brand of deodorant?: I really don't care what brand it is just as long as it's the spray, though I tend to stick mostly with Fa.
79) Your dream honeymoon spot: Grand safari or Thailand.
80) Your dream husband/wife: a bank account that never runs out...
81) Hiding in your closet?: Clothes, boxes of burnt dvds that would give me life imprisonment, old motherboards and graphics cards in their boxes, an official Atari 2600 console cabinet complete with manuals and games, maybe a blanket or two..
83) The name of one of your closest/best friends?: I have three (real life) best friends - Xenia who lives here, Natalie who is in Oxford at the moment and Krisztina who's currently in Hungary. Xenia I clicked with after we found out the same guy was two timing us with each other. Natalie I used to go to school with and Krisztina was my old uni buddy from the UK.
84) Your bad time of the day: Mornings. Definitely mornings.
85) Your worst fear(s): Being hated and useless.
86) What's the weather like: I dunno, it's sunny out.. I think it was raining earlier.
87) Your favorite time of year?: I really have no preference. I don't like autumn though. Depresses me.
88) Your favorite holiday?: Summer
89) A material weakness?: I'm a collector of action figures, zippos,busts and comics. Oh the expenses....
90) The weirdest food or drink that you like: I'm sure the local cuisine of any country would be considered weird.
91) At the top of your "to-do list"?: Finish a kinkmeme prompt, make bed, make coffee, go pee, brush teeth, finish some work for my clients... not in uh, that order.
92) The hardest thing about growing up: The responsibilities.
93) A pet peeve?: Zealots, people who take everything around them so fucking seriously and people who try too hard.
94) Your scariest moment: I'm sure I have plenty but I can't really remember any specific ones at the moment. I'm sure many of them are academically related. Like the one time I thought I was going to miss a deadline assessment or thinking that I lost a project etc.
95) Your attitude about love?: Love is primarily overrated and not many people understand it - they think they love someone but really, they're just following what they think they know based off less than stellar examples. However, once it is found and returned, then love is a wonderful thing no matter who it is, where they're from or how many :)
96) The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex?: My guy was working at a pub when I met him so one night I stole his baseball cap, stuffed it underneath my shirt and said in my most sexiest voice (I probably sounded retarded) "I'll be upstairs if you want it back."
97) The worst feeling in the world: Being ridiculed. Laughed up. Insecurity.
98) The best feeling in the world: The sense of relief when you take a piss after holding it for a long time.
99) Who sent this to you?: I was tagged and it's been saved in my drafts for a long time haha. Guess I forgot all about it.
100) Four to six people you tag: You and you and you.. and oh, you too and YOU!
2) Male/Female: BEEP BEEP INCONCLUSIVE.
3) Were you named after anyone?: Greek tradition states that it's proper and respectful to name kids after family members and because I was the first born grandchild, both my grandmothers launched into this feud that I should be named after them. My mum got so fed up with the both of them, she named me something completely random instead.
4) Does your name mean anything?: Actually no :P
5) Nick Name(s): Van, Vannie, Worm, Spoiled brat
6) Who do you think you look like: your worst nightmare no one in particular
7) Date Of Birth: 29/3/83. When I hit 28, I take cash, Visa, Mastercard....
8) Place of Birth and Current Location: I was born in North Middlesex Hospital in London and I currently reside in Nicosia, Cyprus :)
9) Nationality: I'm a dual national (British and Greek Cypriot). My family is predominantly from Cyprus (though they emigrated to London in the early 70s) with a French streak shoved in there somewhere
10) Astrology Sign: stubborn Aries
11) Chinese Astrology Sign: Boar I think
12) Religion: my left testicle
13) What’s your favorite smell?: petrol and vanilla. Not necessarily combined.
14) Political Position?: none really, which is ironic considering I studied politics at Uni.
15) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?: coffee or tea. Strong
16) Hair + Eye color: dark brown+dark brown
17) Do you look like anyone famous?: your worst nightmare didn't we go through this already?
18) What do you look like?: *throws hands up in the air* I dunno. Like a person?
19) Any unusual talents?: I can shave my legs with a butcher knife and totally not cut myself. Wait, that's not really a talent is it?
20) Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous?: Right handed.
21) Gay, Straight, Bi, or Other?: Well I've had my bi experiences, but I lean totally towards mechs men.
22) What do you do for a living?: I'm a freelance graphic and web designer.
23) What do you do for fun?: *thinks hard* many many things?
24) What are your favorite art materials to work with?: pencils
25) What kind of materials would you like to work with?: I'd love to master the art of chalk.
26) Have you met your grandparents?: ....yes?
27) Boyfriend / Girlfriend: Long term relationship.
28) Crush: I used to have the world's hugest crush on Tom Cruise. When I was 13.
29) What celebrity would you date if you could?: *pained look* do I really have to choose?
30) Current worries?: Oh the usual stuff. Money I suppose. Getting my own place in this economic crisis.
31) Favorite online Guy/Girl(s): THE MICROSOFT PAPER CLIP GUY.
32) Favorite place to be?: always has been my room.
33) Least favorite place to be?: my grandmother's house (my father's mother). She is a horrible, mean, miserable woman.
34) Do you burn or tan?: burn baby burrrrnnn
35) Ever break a bone?: My left wrist. It still is all wonky and aches from time to time.
36) What is your favorite cereal?: I don't like cereal :/
37) Person you cry with: I tend to cry myself with laughter with a lot of people. And then I laugh too hard that I can't breathe and end up flailing around the floor like a loon.
Do You Have...
38) Any sisters: one half-sister
39) Any brothers: two half-brothers
40) Any pets: too many
41) An Illness: not really.
42) A Pager: I don't know anyone who has one of those anymore
43) A Personal phone line: We haven't had a house phone in years. No point.
44) A Cell phone: Naturally
45) A visible birthmark: nope
46) A Pool or hot tub: nope
47) A Car: a couple :P
Describe Your...
48) Personality: apathetic, paranoid, perfectionist at points, stubborn, lazy, cynical, easy going, tolerant...
49) Driving: I'm a good driver but I tend to go over the speed limit. I also can't parallel park for shit.
50) Your clothing style: simple, dark clothes. If the occasion calls for it, I can dress appropriately but because I live in a hot climate, my wardrobe consists of just t-shirts.
51) Room: lots of colours, lots of action figures, lots of electrionics
52) What’s missing: *balances a long, thick bottle on her lap that's sticking upwards*
53) School: I don't go to school any more.
54) Bed: duvet, sheets, 6 pillows
55) Relationship with your parent(s): Quite good actually.
56) Do you believe in yourself: No, not really.
57) Do you believe in love at first sight?: I am as romantic as a rock. Therefore, no.
58) Consider yourself a good listener: I do consider myself a good listener yes, but I deal out harsh advice sometimes.
59) Have a future dream that you would like to share?: I VISH TO RULE THE VORLD MUAHAHAHA *cough* ahem, yes move along now.
60) Get Along with your parents: I get along great with my mum, though she pisses me off a lot of times (only because I care). My parents are divorced and my dad lives in another country so I don't see him all that often but I like spending time with him and I've inherited his weird, wonky sense of humour. My step parents can drop off and die for all I care.
61) Save your e-mail conversations: I have some emails saved between professors from uni, and also for work.
62) Pray: Er, no.
63) Believe in reincarnation: I'm one of those 'I'll believe it when I see it' people.
64) Brush your teeth twice a day?: most of the week
65) Like to talk on the phone: I used to like it. Not any more though.
66) Like to eat?: Yes. Unless it's breakfast. Or if I'm stressed.
67) Like to exercise?: Yes. I give my keyboard a very good workout (I enjoy walking the dog)
68) Like to watch sports?: Generally no, they bore the living crap out of me.
69) Sing in the car?: No... I'm either insulting someone else on the road or I have the volume cranked up too loud to hear myself sing anyway.
70) What is a dream that you have all the time?: I don't have recurring dreams. But they all seem to suffer from the recurring theme of 'crack'.
71) Dream in color: Yes.
72) Do you have nightmares?: Very very rarely. Usually too cracky.
73) Sleep with a stuffed animal: My boyfriend count?
74) Right next to you: *looks left* My dustbin.
75) On your favorite coffee cup?: A picture of a ram (it's one of those star sign mugs)
76) On your mouse pad: Teflon coated gaming mousepad that lights up.
77) favorite flavor of gum?: Mastic gum
78) Your brand of deodorant?: I really don't care what brand it is just as long as it's the spray, though I tend to stick mostly with Fa.
79) Your dream honeymoon spot: Grand safari or Thailand.
80) Your dream husband/wife: a bank account that never runs out...
81) Hiding in your closet?: Clothes, boxes of burnt dvds that would give me life imprisonment, old motherboards and graphics cards in their boxes, an official Atari 2600 console cabinet complete with manuals and games, maybe a blanket or two..
83) The name of one of your closest/best friends?: I have three (real life) best friends - Xenia who lives here, Natalie who is in Oxford at the moment and Krisztina who's currently in Hungary. Xenia I clicked with after we found out the same guy was two timing us with each other. Natalie I used to go to school with and Krisztina was my old uni buddy from the UK.
84) Your bad time of the day: Mornings. Definitely mornings.
85) Your worst fear(s): Being hated and useless.
86) What's the weather like: I dunno, it's sunny out.. I think it was raining earlier.
87) Your favorite time of year?: I really have no preference. I don't like autumn though. Depresses me.
88) Your favorite holiday?: Summer
89) A material weakness?: I'm a collector of action figures, zippos,busts and comics. Oh the expenses....
90) The weirdest food or drink that you like: I'm sure the local cuisine of any country would be considered weird.
91) At the top of your "to-do list"?: Finish a kinkmeme prompt, make bed, make coffee, go pee, brush teeth, finish some work for my clients... not in uh, that order.
92) The hardest thing about growing up: The responsibilities.
93) A pet peeve?: Zealots, people who take everything around them so fucking seriously and people who try too hard.
94) Your scariest moment: I'm sure I have plenty but I can't really remember any specific ones at the moment. I'm sure many of them are academically related. Like the one time I thought I was going to miss a deadline assessment or thinking that I lost a project etc.
95) Your attitude about love?: Love is primarily overrated and not many people understand it - they think they love someone but really, they're just following what they think they know based off less than stellar examples. However, once it is found and returned, then love is a wonderful thing no matter who it is, where they're from or how many :)
96) The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex?: My guy was working at a pub when I met him so one night I stole his baseball cap, stuffed it underneath my shirt and said in my most sexiest voice (I probably sounded retarded) "I'll be upstairs if you want it back."
97) The worst feeling in the world: Being ridiculed. Laughed up. Insecurity.
98) The best feeling in the world: The sense of relief when you take a piss after holding it for a long time.
99) Who sent this to you?: I was tagged and it's been saved in my drafts for a long time haha. Guess I forgot all about it.
100) Four to six people you tag: You and you and you.. and oh, you too and YOU!