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Basics
1. Name, nicknames, what you’d like to be called: Tegan! I was named after a Doctor Who character and some people call me Doc. Others call me Teegs, Mouse and/or Tegapie. My imaginative username was inspired by me.
2. Age, birthday: 21. 11th of June 1984
3. What color is your aura? A soft purple shine, Yellow glows around my head; Tiny Pikmin dance.
4. Describe yourself in meteorlogical terms, i.e. "Partly sunny with a chance of rain." Early morning drizzle lightens to a sunny outlook with very occasional showers. A Friday night haze is likely to set in.
Favourites
5. Five favourite/personally important songs, movies and books and why you chose them
8. What's on your favorite T-shirt? "Sorbet" and a bunch of what appears to be dead kittens. You can kind of see it in this (terrible) pic.
9. Which is your favourite Disney Princess? Snow White was by far the most attractive and her's in my favourite story.
10. What is your favorite poem and/or poet of all time? 24 Hour Poem by PI O (ha, he has "pie" in his name) is a 780 page poem that depicts 24 hours in one of Melbourne's more interesting suburbs, Fitzroy. It's written in real time so it takes 24 hours to read and it's all phonetic - the accents from "Multicultural Melbourne" come through perfectly.
11. What was your favorite television show as a child? Count Duckular heh heh heh heh.
12. Who is your favorite artist (painter, sculptor, etc)? I love the figures of Degas and Norman Lindsay most of all.
Random Questions
13. What do you want your tombstone to say?: "Yarr, tharr she be."
14. One interesting fact about you: I can move my little toes independently! Look, they're waving to you!
15. Tell us some of your favorite arbitrary (some might say “random”) items: I have an Amnesty International bib (pictured here) that I fundraised in for a year without washing once. I have a Bush/Cheney 2000 sticker that I don't know where to stick, a figurine of Phil Ken Sebben from Harvey Birdman and a copy of Real Ultimate Power - The Official Ninja Book that I found at a bus stop (!)
16. What is the one thing you can't take someone criticizing about you? My taste in [something] without a real argument as to why they dislike it and why it offends them that I should. It's hard to keep in mind that disagreeing is different to criticizing, though.
17. What are you shy about?/What topics do you consider "off-limits" in a conversation? Ah, these are two separate questions. I'm only shy about showing people my creative writing unless it's perfect in my eyes (which is often never) but nothing is "off-limits" in conversation. I'm a firm believer that the more topics we converse on, the more topics will exist. With more topics comes more creativity and that opens up a whole new world of happiness, gaiety and bounce!
18. Tell us a joke. I'm too scared to get out my tactless, racist jokes so here's something else: What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? Dying of cancer.
19. What do you think about: Karl Rove (and why Bush still hasn’t kicked him out of office)? There was once a time when I would rant and rave about American politics while sitting comfortable and warm on my antipodean island, drinking coconut milk and patting wallabies. This is no more as I am saving my heat to apply to my own stinky government. However, that doesn't mean I don't have an opinion (it's just not a very passionate one): From what I've read, Karl Rove seems a slimy little bastard and slimy little bastards are valuable to any administration, especially one that's a mighty fine boy club. Rove's ability to stay out of the media is pretty special and he's good at his job (that is to say, he's most likely evil). Bush (or rather, the Bush Administration) needs him. www.ilovekarlrove.com = lolza.
20. What do you think the word "tzusuj" would mean? It would be slang for an Austronesian language spoken in the Sulu Archipelago.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tzusuj
No entry found for tzusuj.
Did you mean Tausug?
21. Choose one:
b.) If you had the blood of 13 virgins, how do you think you got it? I traded it with some poor kid who wanted some of my crappier comics. I totally ripped him off.
22. Choose one:
a.) Why is a raven like a writing desk? Both can be, and have been, rapped about by Australian hiphop groups.
23. Choose one: Pick four people (celebrities, fictional character, whatever) that you'd invite to
b.) A cocktail party and what mini foods would you serve
And explain why you chose the aforementioned people. I like a good cocktail party. An assortment of savoury and sweet pies would be laid out - chicken and corn, spinach and ricotta, apple and, of course, cherry. What more do you need, than pie? Guests.
Special Agent Dale Cooper of Twin Peaks fame would be in attendance, dancing with the beautiful Uma Thurman. Both invitations were sent based on good looks and charm.
The recently departed Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International, will be chatting in the corner with the late, great, Frida Carlo while I, the wallflower of the event, stare at their greatness, knowledge and grace while idly nibbling the crust of a pie. Oh how I do like pie.
24. If we hate you and end up ripping you a new asshole, how will you handle this? Anger? Sadness? Indifference? What? Please explain. First a shock of rejection, inadequacy, asking myself questions like, "I am not good enough to be ALIVE?!" followed by a calming wave of disappointment. I'd be sad that I could not vote on others, give them a taste of my power, and this would become frustrated rage aimed at YOU for holding me back! It would last all of five minutes before swiftly returning to my regular state of indifference.
25. The pope, the leader of your country and you are in a plane. The pilot and co pilot tell you the plane is going down and there are only 4 parachutes. They take two and jump out. What do you do? (Please identify said country leader). John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, is left in the plane. Left to die. No attempts will be made to strap him onto one of us or teach him the brace position. I have nothing against the pope (yet), I'm sure he's a nice guy. John Howard is responsible for many a human rights violation and, hey, he's past retirement age.
26. Animals in people clothes Yes/No. Please explain your answer. Yes it happens, no, it generally shouldn't. I once had a neighbour who had two rottwielers. One of them was a bitch (the dog, not the neighbour, ha) and when she went on heat, the neighbour lady would put a pair of yellow bikini bottoms on the dog. I assumed this was to stop the male dog catching scent and going crazy on the humping. Then I saw the neighbour lady take photos. Of the dog. In bikini bottoms. Then I saw the neighbour lady lounging by the pool in those same bikini bottoms. I say again - yes it happens, no, it generally shouldn't.
27. A train leaves New York for London at a speed of 45 miles per hour. London is 3,470 miles away and at the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Do you believe anyone dumb enough to board this train deserves to drown? Oh you make me chuckle! I'd say 40% of those people deserve to die from stupidity, but the rest are just hopeful. With technology what it is now days, I'm sure there are light-hearted folk who believe that yes, maybe just maybe we can get across the ocean in a very heavy metal object. Wouldn't that be grand?
28. Who's hotter Charles Darwin or Jesus H. Christ? I'd think that being the son of god, if that is indeed the case, would make you pretty hott. I've only ever seen Charles Darwin with too much facial hair. You could lose a small child in there.
29. If you were stuck in a windowless, white room for a whole day with no means of occupying yourself, what would you do to keep busy? I'd sing every Beatles track I could remember then combine lyrics and tunes to create a whole new song! I'd get out the next day, mash it up and make MILLIONS!!
30. So, the Earth is going to be destroyed next week. What city would you absolutely have to see before it boiled into space? I want that week to be filled with beauty and bright colours. I'm going to Barcelona! For Antoni Gaudi's buildings, friends; the buildings.
31. Would you ever join the Italian Mafia? What about the Russian one? Either way - okay! I'm not sure at what capacity, though I cook up a great batch of pasta and could learn to distill vodka..
32. If you could run away and join the circus, what would you do there and why? If I could do anything in the circus, I'd be on the trapeze, flying with the greatest of ease. This would be my cover as I went about sabotaging the animal rights violations and eventually moving the lions and elephants into a rehabilitation program at a zoo. Sadly, the monkeys will be lost forever.
33. Which muppet you would be and why? Miss Piggy. On a less than perfect self-esteem day, while in high heels, I feel that I look like her. On a good self esteem day, Kermit. His laugh is contagious like The SARS.
34. What languages do you know? And why? I know Australian English because I was born and raised here. I know American English because all Australians are bombarded with it through TV and film media from a young age. I know a few things in Indonesian because it's our nearest neighbour and the government had a "learning exchange" program going on while I was in Primary School. The exchange was that they let us take their oil and gas and our children would know how to say, "Hello, how are you, I am good, and you."
35. What piece of literature do you absolutely want to douse with gasoline, gleefully burn, and then scatter the ashes the crossroads? I do not enjoy Poppy Z Brite. If I can only pick one book to destroy, Swamp Foetus is it. I read Exquisite Corpse and didn't enjoy the writing style, the characters or the story line but thought I'd give her (and the hype) the benefit of the doubt. Read some more, hated it all. Swamp Foetus is the worst.
36. If you are intending on having children, what would you name your children? / If you already have them, what are their names? / If you don't intend on having children, please explain why. I intend on adopting a child once I'm financially and mentally prepared (this will take a decade or two). I joke that I'll adopt a boy from Tibet and name him MooMoo. More likely he'll be named Max. If I adopt a girl, Dara, Lucy or Alice because they are nice names to say.
37. Fill in the blank:
A good roommate should never live with me as I cannot stand living with anybody else and I'll just get on your nerves.
What is a BETTER ending to these cliches?:
A watched pot never expects a Spanish Inquisition.
Always look on the Homeland Security website to check the terror level before going outside. You don't want to get arrested for being Not White Enough, do you?
38. What's your deepest, darkest sexual secret? This isn't very juicy. While sexually active for many years before hand, I did not have an orgasm until the age of 18. Now there have only been four people who've given me orgasms and I'm one of them. What a waste of time!!
39. Pick any of the following items and explain your choice: a red christmas tree, a rotten turkey, or a bag of candy that tasted like sand. Red christmas tree! The rotten turkey and sandy candy taste gross. The red christmas tree however - oh what a delicious treat! Also: pretty.
40. PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING: Hyenas are born with both a penis and a vagina.
41. Your photo here:
SO YOU LIKE THE TASTE OF MITTENS?!
Sure do.
WRONG! YOU'RE EATING GLITTENS!
Holy crap, I'm a hobo!
STICK TO EATING HAM, NEXT TIME!
Yeah, I sure do like that Christmas ham.
42. a.) (choose one of the following)
i.) A picture/photo of anything else:
This is my boyfriend. He is this hott all the time aren't you jealous.
This is my best friend eating a much-desired cookie. We were on the train back to the city AWAY from bumpkin land.
1. Name, nicknames, what you’d like to be called: Tegan! I was named after a Doctor Who character and some people call me Doc. Others call me Teegs, Mouse and/or Tegapie. My imaginative username was inspired by me.
2. Age, birthday: 21. 11th of June 1984
3. What color is your aura? A soft purple shine, Yellow glows around my head; Tiny Pikmin dance.
4. Describe yourself in meteorlogical terms, i.e. "Partly sunny with a chance of rain." Early morning drizzle lightens to a sunny outlook with very occasional showers. A Friday night haze is likely to set in.
Favourites
5. Five favourite/personally important songs, movies and books and why you chose them
- 1) You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers. I've just finished reading it with much glee and it seems to be one of those books that will be planted in the back of my mind for the next six months. I'll be making unspoken analogies between my life and the adventures therein and that's personally important to have.
2) The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. I like my comics and I like this comic a lot. Aside from the pretty, pretty pictures the story is in-depth and riveting.
3) If Twin Peaks doesn't qualify as a song, movie or book (and it really shouldn't) then I'll have to say Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. It's really all I've been watching recently as my boyfriend hasn't seen nearly enough Lynch and I'm all about forcing film and TV education on people.
4) Six Underground by The Sneaker Pimps makes me tingle in my chest on the edge between happy bouncy and sad mopey. I like that edge a lot.
5) Happiness by my favourite writer/director Todd Solondz. It's being rivaled for my favourite Solondz by Palindromes. I like films that pull you into the character's world so completely and then put you in a place of discomfort so you don't know if you should step back into reality, back into being Tegan in the cinema with her mouth salty from popcorn, or keep being that weirdo on the screen just to see where you go next.
- 1) Exploring cities by foot (and occasional public transport).
2) Attending writing courses, remembering and then forgetting I can write well, repeat.
3) Looking at houses for lease even when I don't intend on moving and imagining my stuff in them (this can be combined with exploring).
4) Nintendo.
5) Cooking, eating, cooking, eating.
8. What's on your favorite T-shirt? "Sorbet" and a bunch of what appears to be dead kittens. You can kind of see it in this (terrible) pic.
9. Which is your favourite Disney Princess? Snow White was by far the most attractive and her's in my favourite story.
10. What is your favorite poem and/or poet of all time? 24 Hour Poem by PI O (ha, he has "pie" in his name) is a 780 page poem that depicts 24 hours in one of Melbourne's more interesting suburbs, Fitzroy. It's written in real time so it takes 24 hours to read and it's all phonetic - the accents from "Multicultural Melbourne" come through perfectly.
11. What was your favorite television show as a child? Count Duckular heh heh heh heh.
12. Who is your favorite artist (painter, sculptor, etc)? I love the figures of Degas and Norman Lindsay most of all.
Random Questions
13. What do you want your tombstone to say?: "Yarr, tharr she be."
14. One interesting fact about you: I can move my little toes independently! Look, they're waving to you!
15. Tell us some of your favorite arbitrary (some might say “random”) items: I have an Amnesty International bib (pictured here) that I fundraised in for a year without washing once. I have a Bush/Cheney 2000 sticker that I don't know where to stick, a figurine of Phil Ken Sebben from Harvey Birdman and a copy of Real Ultimate Power - The Official Ninja Book that I found at a bus stop (!)
16. What is the one thing you can't take someone criticizing about you? My taste in [something] without a real argument as to why they dislike it and why it offends them that I should. It's hard to keep in mind that disagreeing is different to criticizing, though.
17. What are you shy about?/What topics do you consider "off-limits" in a conversation? Ah, these are two separate questions. I'm only shy about showing people my creative writing unless it's perfect in my eyes (which is often never) but nothing is "off-limits" in conversation. I'm a firm believer that the more topics we converse on, the more topics will exist. With more topics comes more creativity and that opens up a whole new world of happiness, gaiety and bounce!
18. Tell us a joke. I'm too scared to get out my tactless, racist jokes so here's something else: What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? Dying of cancer.
19. What do you think about: Karl Rove (and why Bush still hasn’t kicked him out of office)? There was once a time when I would rant and rave about American politics while sitting comfortable and warm on my antipodean island, drinking coconut milk and patting wallabies. This is no more as I am saving my heat to apply to my own stinky government. However, that doesn't mean I don't have an opinion (it's just not a very passionate one): From what I've read, Karl Rove seems a slimy little bastard and slimy little bastards are valuable to any administration, especially one that's a mighty fine boy club. Rove's ability to stay out of the media is pretty special and he's good at his job (that is to say, he's most likely evil). Bush (or rather, the Bush Administration) needs him. www.ilovekarlrove.com = lolza.
20. What do you think the word "tzusuj" would mean? It would be slang for an Austronesian language spoken in the Sulu Archipelago.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tzusuj
No entry found for tzusuj.
Did you mean Tausug?
21. Choose one:
b.) If you had the blood of 13 virgins, how do you think you got it? I traded it with some poor kid who wanted some of my crappier comics. I totally ripped him off.
22. Choose one:
a.) Why is a raven like a writing desk? Both can be, and have been, rapped about by Australian hiphop groups.
23. Choose one: Pick four people (celebrities, fictional character, whatever) that you'd invite to
b.) A cocktail party and what mini foods would you serve
And explain why you chose the aforementioned people. I like a good cocktail party. An assortment of savoury and sweet pies would be laid out - chicken and corn, spinach and ricotta, apple and, of course, cherry. What more do you need, than pie? Guests.
Special Agent Dale Cooper of Twin Peaks fame would be in attendance, dancing with the beautiful Uma Thurman. Both invitations were sent based on good looks and charm.
The recently departed Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International, will be chatting in the corner with the late, great, Frida Carlo while I, the wallflower of the event, stare at their greatness, knowledge and grace while idly nibbling the crust of a pie. Oh how I do like pie.
24. If we hate you and end up ripping you a new asshole, how will you handle this? Anger? Sadness? Indifference? What? Please explain. First a shock of rejection, inadequacy, asking myself questions like, "I am not good enough to be ALIVE?!" followed by a calming wave of disappointment. I'd be sad that I could not vote on others, give them a taste of my power, and this would become frustrated rage aimed at YOU for holding me back! It would last all of five minutes before swiftly returning to my regular state of indifference.
25. The pope, the leader of your country and you are in a plane. The pilot and co pilot tell you the plane is going down and there are only 4 parachutes. They take two and jump out. What do you do? (Please identify said country leader). John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, is left in the plane. Left to die. No attempts will be made to strap him onto one of us or teach him the brace position. I have nothing against the pope (yet), I'm sure he's a nice guy. John Howard is responsible for many a human rights violation and, hey, he's past retirement age.
26. Animals in people clothes Yes/No. Please explain your answer. Yes it happens, no, it generally shouldn't. I once had a neighbour who had two rottwielers. One of them was a bitch (the dog, not the neighbour, ha) and when she went on heat, the neighbour lady would put a pair of yellow bikini bottoms on the dog. I assumed this was to stop the male dog catching scent and going crazy on the humping. Then I saw the neighbour lady take photos. Of the dog. In bikini bottoms. Then I saw the neighbour lady lounging by the pool in those same bikini bottoms. I say again - yes it happens, no, it generally shouldn't.
27. A train leaves New York for London at a speed of 45 miles per hour. London is 3,470 miles away and at the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Do you believe anyone dumb enough to board this train deserves to drown? Oh you make me chuckle! I'd say 40% of those people deserve to die from stupidity, but the rest are just hopeful. With technology what it is now days, I'm sure there are light-hearted folk who believe that yes, maybe just maybe we can get across the ocean in a very heavy metal object. Wouldn't that be grand?
28. Who's hotter Charles Darwin or Jesus H. Christ? I'd think that being the son of god, if that is indeed the case, would make you pretty hott. I've only ever seen Charles Darwin with too much facial hair. You could lose a small child in there.
29. If you were stuck in a windowless, white room for a whole day with no means of occupying yourself, what would you do to keep busy? I'd sing every Beatles track I could remember then combine lyrics and tunes to create a whole new song! I'd get out the next day, mash it up and make MILLIONS!!
30. So, the Earth is going to be destroyed next week. What city would you absolutely have to see before it boiled into space? I want that week to be filled with beauty and bright colours. I'm going to Barcelona! For Antoni Gaudi's buildings, friends; the buildings.
31. Would you ever join the Italian Mafia? What about the Russian one? Either way - okay! I'm not sure at what capacity, though I cook up a great batch of pasta and could learn to distill vodka..
32. If you could run away and join the circus, what would you do there and why? If I could do anything in the circus, I'd be on the trapeze, flying with the greatest of ease. This would be my cover as I went about sabotaging the animal rights violations and eventually moving the lions and elephants into a rehabilitation program at a zoo. Sadly, the monkeys will be lost forever.
33. Which muppet you would be and why? Miss Piggy. On a less than perfect self-esteem day, while in high heels, I feel that I look like her. On a good self esteem day, Kermit. His laugh is contagious like The SARS.
34. What languages do you know? And why? I know Australian English because I was born and raised here. I know American English because all Australians are bombarded with it through TV and film media from a young age. I know a few things in Indonesian because it's our nearest neighbour and the government had a "learning exchange" program going on while I was in Primary School. The exchange was that they let us take their oil and gas and our children would know how to say, "Hello, how are you, I am good, and you."
35. What piece of literature do you absolutely want to douse with gasoline, gleefully burn, and then scatter the ashes the crossroads? I do not enjoy Poppy Z Brite. If I can only pick one book to destroy, Swamp Foetus is it. I read Exquisite Corpse and didn't enjoy the writing style, the characters or the story line but thought I'd give her (and the hype) the benefit of the doubt. Read some more, hated it all. Swamp Foetus is the worst.
36. If you are intending on having children, what would you name your children? / If you already have them, what are their names? / If you don't intend on having children, please explain why. I intend on adopting a child once I'm financially and mentally prepared (this will take a decade or two). I joke that I'll adopt a boy from Tibet and name him MooMoo. More likely he'll be named Max. If I adopt a girl, Dara, Lucy or Alice because they are nice names to say.
37. Fill in the blank:
A good roommate should never live with me as I cannot stand living with anybody else and I'll just get on your nerves.
What is a BETTER ending to these cliches?:
A watched pot never expects a Spanish Inquisition.
Always look on the Homeland Security website to check the terror level before going outside. You don't want to get arrested for being Not White Enough, do you?
38. What's your deepest, darkest sexual secret? This isn't very juicy. While sexually active for many years before hand, I did not have an orgasm until the age of 18. Now there have only been four people who've given me orgasms and I'm one of them. What a waste of time!!
39. Pick any of the following items and explain your choice: a red christmas tree, a rotten turkey, or a bag of candy that tasted like sand. Red christmas tree! The rotten turkey and sandy candy taste gross. The red christmas tree however - oh what a delicious treat! Also: pretty.
40. PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING: Hyenas are born with both a penis and a vagina.
41. Your photo here:
SO YOU LIKE THE TASTE OF MITTENS?!
Sure do.
WRONG! YOU'RE EATING GLITTENS!
Holy crap, I'm a hobo!
STICK TO EATING HAM, NEXT TIME!
Yeah, I sure do like that Christmas ham.
42. a.) (choose one of the following)
i.) A picture/photo of anything else:
This is my boyfriend. He is this hott all the time aren't you jealous.
This is my best friend eating a much-desired cookie. We were on the train back to the city AWAY from bumpkin land.