Memes: When Inspiration Just Won't Strike
Actually, I do have a small stash of icons to post, but since I saw this and felt like filling it out, I thought I would. Icons to follow, though, promise.
1. WHAT CURSE WORD DO YOU USE THE MOST?
Hmmm. "Damn" or "shit," probably. There was a time when it would've been the f-word, but I've cut back on my swearing a bit lately.
2. DO YOU OWN AN IPOD?
Yup. Have had three, actually- one upgraded by choice, one upgraded by force (as in stolen and had to buy another).
3. WHAT PERSON ON YOUR FLIST DO YOU TALK TO THE MOST?
Outside of LJ, by far under_duress. Within LJ, probably evilgeniuslady.
4. WHAT TIME IS Y0UR ALARM CLOCK SET TO?
Right now, 10:00. Have to reset it for about 7:30 tomorrow, though.
5. DO YOU STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST PERSON YOU KISSED?
Heh. Yup.
6. DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE ON 9/11/01?
Yeah. Sitting in my dorm room watching as much of it unfold as I could, then running to get to my Brit Lit I class. Half the people there had been in class since about eight that morning and had no idea what had happened.
7. WOULD YOU RATHER TAKE THE PICTURE OR BE IN THE PICTURE?
Definitely taking them. This has recently created problems, though, as I've been needing a picture of myself for something and have exactly none. Or no decent ones, anyway.
8. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
The Prestige, and it was excellent. Go and see it- you won't regret it.
9. DO ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS HAVE CHILDREN?
Not in RL, but some online friends do.
10. HAS ANYONE EVER CALLED YOU LAZY?
My mother, on a regular basis, and she's not exactly wrong.
11. DO YOU EVER TAKE MEDICATION TO HELP YOU FALL ASLEEP?
Yeah. Not recently, but I have in the past. I've had some ongoing issues with insomnia- sad, really, since sleeping is my favorite pastime.
12. WHAT CD IS CURRENTLY IN YOUR CD PLAYER?
In the CD-ROM drive on my computer, which is the only player I have, The Beatles Anthology, disc one (that's the documentary, not the music CDs). If this is a way of asking what it was I listened to last, it would probably be either my playlist of cowboy songs (don't laugh, they're quite good!) or The Best of Simon & Garfunkel.
13. DO YOU PREFER REGULAR OR CHOCOLATE MILK?
Depends on what I'm eating. For Oreos, definitely regular. Just alone, probably chocolate.
14. HAS ANYONE TOLD YOU A SECRET THIS WEEK?
Not that I can think of.
15. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD STARBUCKS?
Not since I left the States, so at least six weeks.
16. CAN YOU WHISTLE?
Yup.
17. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Totally depends on who I'm looking at. If a guy has great eyes, maybe his eyes. If he's funny, maybe that. Whatever stands out about the person of the opposite gender I happen to be looking at.
18. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?
Rugby game on Wednesday, Thanksgiving dinner with friends next week, Presidents' Weekend (all the old girls from rugby come back and we have a match and stuff), finishing up this term and going home for the holidays. Oh, and my pension refund from the Japanese government getting here, because I definitely need the money (and it'll mean I can buy a new computer).
19. DID YOU WATCH CARTOONS AS A CHILD?
Yes. I was especially fond of The Adventures of Link and the Nicktoons (Rocko's Modern Life is still pretty damn funny, IMHO), but I'd watch just about anything (some things never change).
23. DO YOU OWN ANY BAND T-SHIRTS?
Yep, though I think they're all either Beatles or U2.
24. WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING IN ONE HOUR?
Probably dragging myself out of my room and into the rain to make the 20-minute death march to the library, then to the finance office to pay some of my tuition, then back to my room to do some reading on behavioralism. Woo.
25. IS ANYONE IN LOVE WITH YOU?
Not that I'm aware of. *sigh*
26. WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD?
Ahem. That would be a friend of mine singing "Bananaphone" yesterday. Or was he singing "Baby Baluga"? Either way, I'm pretty sure it was one of those two.
27. LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
I almost cried yesterday when the guy at the bank told me that yes, I'd actually spent half an hour standing in line just so he could send me away and not give me an account because I'm missing one arbitrary form that no other bank asked for and that I wasn't told I needed. This was the third bank I'd gone to in a week that was giving me the run-around. Ugh.
28. ARE YOU ON A DESKTOP COMPUTER OR A LAPTOP?
Powerbook G4 in the dorm. Think the next compy's going to have to be a PC, though (and feel free to offer any suggestions there- I'm leaning toward a Toshiba Qosmio, for the record).
29. ARE YOU CURRENTLY WANTING ANY PIERCINGS OR TATTOOS?
Nope, never really had the desire. I've considered getting my ears pierced, but I just can't be arsed, really.
30. WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?
Windy, cold and pissing down with rain, as usual.
31. WOULD YOU EVER DATE A GIRL/GUY COVERED IN TATTOOS?
Well, what constitutes "covered in tattoos"? I mean, a sleeve tattoo or something might not be a big deal, but I'm fairly sure I couldn't date that guy who shaved his head and tattooed himself up as a lizard (or the dude with a dragon tattooed on his penis, either). But hey, never say never- maybe he's got a great personality or something. It'd be a challenge, though, as I don't generally find an abundance of tattoos to be a turn-on.
32. WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE THIS?
Slept, got the grocery delivery from the nice Asda man, put the groceries away.
33. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SLEPT ON THE FLOOR?
Camping out in Colorado in August.
34. HOW MANY HOURS OF SLEEP DO YOU NEED TO FUNCTION?
I've gone on zero or two and functioned, just not very well. Ideally, I'd be getting eight hours a night, but that almost never happens.
35. DO YOU EAT BREAKFAST DAILY?
No, I'm terrible about it. I just bought some cereal in the hopes of doing better, though.
36. ARE YOUR DAYS FAST-PACED?
Sometimes. Other times they're excruciatingly slow.
37. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?
Met some friends, went out for Indian and then oogled Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in The Prestige.
38. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Relentlessly.
39. HOW OLD WILL YOU BE TURNING ON YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY?
25. And just typing that makes me feel old.
40. ARE YOU PICKY ABOUT SPELLING AND GRAMMAR?
Yeah, I'm a regular grammar Nazi. I try really hard not to do too much correcting of other peoples' grammar, but misspelled words and poor punctuation really set my teeth on edge. I blame my mother the teacher, who spent most of my childhood correcting my grammar. Good skill to have for writing papers, though.
41. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SIX FLAGS?
Yeah, I've been to the one in Pennsylvania, but it was ages ago. I've been to Busch Gardens more often. And this is a really random question.
43. DO YOU GET ALONG BETTER WITH THE SAME SEX OR THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Usually opposite. An unfortunate consequence of this is that I'm almost always the "friend who happens to be a girl" and never the "girlfriend." I have several really close female friends, though.
44. DO YOU LIKE MUSTARD?
Love it, especially the wholegrain, deli-style stuff. Mmmm.
45. DO YOU SLEEP ON YOUR SIDE?
Nah, on my stomach.
46. DO YOU WATCH THE NEWS?
Not much now, since I have no TV and no common room to watch it in. I do read it, though. Oh, unless you count Daily Show clips on YouTube as "news," in which case I watch it, as well.
47. HOW DID YOU GET ONE OF YOUR SCARS?
Surgery.
48. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU MAD?
Definitely the guy at the bank. Grrr.
49. DO YOU LIKE ANYBODY?
What, "like" like? Sure.
50. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU PURCHASED?
Groceries.
1. WHAT CURSE WORD DO YOU USE THE MOST?
Hmmm. "Damn" or "shit," probably. There was a time when it would've been the f-word, but I've cut back on my swearing a bit lately.
2. DO YOU OWN AN IPOD?
Yup. Have had three, actually- one upgraded by choice, one upgraded by force (as in stolen and had to buy another).
3. WHAT PERSON ON YOUR FLIST DO YOU TALK TO THE MOST?
Outside of LJ, by far under_duress. Within LJ, probably evilgeniuslady.
4. WHAT TIME IS Y0UR ALARM CLOCK SET TO?
Right now, 10:00. Have to reset it for about 7:30 tomorrow, though.
5. DO YOU STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST PERSON YOU KISSED?
Heh. Yup.
6. DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE ON 9/11/01?
Yeah. Sitting in my dorm room watching as much of it unfold as I could, then running to get to my Brit Lit I class. Half the people there had been in class since about eight that morning and had no idea what had happened.
7. WOULD YOU RATHER TAKE THE PICTURE OR BE IN THE PICTURE?
Definitely taking them. This has recently created problems, though, as I've been needing a picture of myself for something and have exactly none. Or no decent ones, anyway.
8. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
The Prestige, and it was excellent. Go and see it- you won't regret it.
9. DO ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS HAVE CHILDREN?
Not in RL, but some online friends do.
10. HAS ANYONE EVER CALLED YOU LAZY?
My mother, on a regular basis, and she's not exactly wrong.
11. DO YOU EVER TAKE MEDICATION TO HELP YOU FALL ASLEEP?
Yeah. Not recently, but I have in the past. I've had some ongoing issues with insomnia- sad, really, since sleeping is my favorite pastime.
12. WHAT CD IS CURRENTLY IN YOUR CD PLAYER?
In the CD-ROM drive on my computer, which is the only player I have, The Beatles Anthology, disc one (that's the documentary, not the music CDs). If this is a way of asking what it was I listened to last, it would probably be either my playlist of cowboy songs (don't laugh, they're quite good!) or The Best of Simon & Garfunkel.
13. DO YOU PREFER REGULAR OR CHOCOLATE MILK?
Depends on what I'm eating. For Oreos, definitely regular. Just alone, probably chocolate.
14. HAS ANYONE TOLD YOU A SECRET THIS WEEK?
Not that I can think of.
15. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD STARBUCKS?
Not since I left the States, so at least six weeks.
16. CAN YOU WHISTLE?
Yup.
17. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Totally depends on who I'm looking at. If a guy has great eyes, maybe his eyes. If he's funny, maybe that. Whatever stands out about the person of the opposite gender I happen to be looking at.
18. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?
Rugby game on Wednesday, Thanksgiving dinner with friends next week, Presidents' Weekend (all the old girls from rugby come back and we have a match and stuff), finishing up this term and going home for the holidays. Oh, and my pension refund from the Japanese government getting here, because I definitely need the money (and it'll mean I can buy a new computer).
19. DID YOU WATCH CARTOONS AS A CHILD?
Yes. I was especially fond of The Adventures of Link and the Nicktoons (Rocko's Modern Life is still pretty damn funny, IMHO), but I'd watch just about anything (some things never change).
23. DO YOU OWN ANY BAND T-SHIRTS?
Yep, though I think they're all either Beatles or U2.
24. WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING IN ONE HOUR?
Probably dragging myself out of my room and into the rain to make the 20-minute death march to the library, then to the finance office to pay some of my tuition, then back to my room to do some reading on behavioralism. Woo.
25. IS ANYONE IN LOVE WITH YOU?
Not that I'm aware of. *sigh*
26. WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD?
Ahem. That would be a friend of mine singing "Bananaphone" yesterday. Or was he singing "Baby Baluga"? Either way, I'm pretty sure it was one of those two.
27. LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
I almost cried yesterday when the guy at the bank told me that yes, I'd actually spent half an hour standing in line just so he could send me away and not give me an account because I'm missing one arbitrary form that no other bank asked for and that I wasn't told I needed. This was the third bank I'd gone to in a week that was giving me the run-around. Ugh.
28. ARE YOU ON A DESKTOP COMPUTER OR A LAPTOP?
Powerbook G4 in the dorm. Think the next compy's going to have to be a PC, though (and feel free to offer any suggestions there- I'm leaning toward a Toshiba Qosmio, for the record).
29. ARE YOU CURRENTLY WANTING ANY PIERCINGS OR TATTOOS?
Nope, never really had the desire. I've considered getting my ears pierced, but I just can't be arsed, really.
30. WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?
Windy, cold and pissing down with rain, as usual.
31. WOULD YOU EVER DATE A GIRL/GUY COVERED IN TATTOOS?
Well, what constitutes "covered in tattoos"? I mean, a sleeve tattoo or something might not be a big deal, but I'm fairly sure I couldn't date that guy who shaved his head and tattooed himself up as a lizard (or the dude with a dragon tattooed on his penis, either). But hey, never say never- maybe he's got a great personality or something. It'd be a challenge, though, as I don't generally find an abundance of tattoos to be a turn-on.
32. WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE THIS?
Slept, got the grocery delivery from the nice Asda man, put the groceries away.
33. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SLEPT ON THE FLOOR?
Camping out in Colorado in August.
34. HOW MANY HOURS OF SLEEP DO YOU NEED TO FUNCTION?
I've gone on zero or two and functioned, just not very well. Ideally, I'd be getting eight hours a night, but that almost never happens.
35. DO YOU EAT BREAKFAST DAILY?
No, I'm terrible about it. I just bought some cereal in the hopes of doing better, though.
36. ARE YOUR DAYS FAST-PACED?
Sometimes. Other times they're excruciatingly slow.
37. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?
Met some friends, went out for Indian and then oogled Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in The Prestige.
38. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Relentlessly.
39. HOW OLD WILL YOU BE TURNING ON YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY?
25. And just typing that makes me feel old.
40. ARE YOU PICKY ABOUT SPELLING AND GRAMMAR?
Yeah, I'm a regular grammar Nazi. I try really hard not to do too much correcting of other peoples' grammar, but misspelled words and poor punctuation really set my teeth on edge. I blame my mother the teacher, who spent most of my childhood correcting my grammar. Good skill to have for writing papers, though.
41. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SIX FLAGS?
Yeah, I've been to the one in Pennsylvania, but it was ages ago. I've been to Busch Gardens more often. And this is a really random question.
43. DO YOU GET ALONG BETTER WITH THE SAME SEX OR THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Usually opposite. An unfortunate consequence of this is that I'm almost always the "friend who happens to be a girl" and never the "girlfriend." I have several really close female friends, though.
44. DO YOU LIKE MUSTARD?
Love it, especially the wholegrain, deli-style stuff. Mmmm.
45. DO YOU SLEEP ON YOUR SIDE?
Nah, on my stomach.
46. DO YOU WATCH THE NEWS?
Not much now, since I have no TV and no common room to watch it in. I do read it, though. Oh, unless you count Daily Show clips on YouTube as "news," in which case I watch it, as well.
47. HOW DID YOU GET ONE OF YOUR SCARS?
Surgery.
48. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU MAD?
Definitely the guy at the bank. Grrr.
49. DO YOU LIKE ANYBODY?
What, "like" like? Sure.
50. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU PURCHASED?
Groceries.