part of a much longer survey i took from murasakineko42
1. Who are you?
Melynda
2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?
* I don't relate to people well. I am one of those people who can never think of anything to say in order to have a conversation with someone. I dislike small talk. It's part of the reason, I think, that I have so few friends. People feel I'm standoffish or whatever. Maybe I am.
* I am still a student and will be working full time while going to school full time this upcoming semester so I may be dead by December. The fact that I am 34 years old and still an undergrad gives my life a perspective that is very sad.
* I love animals, especially my dog Darwin. Because he is perfect, adorable, and I love him.
3. When you aren't filling out 5,000 question surveys like this one what are you doing?
Working, schoolwork, or gaming. Sometimes watching tv if it's around the time any of the ones I watch are on.
4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).
Well, my classes last semester were Norse Mythology, Archaic Greece, a history class that was essentially about how to study history, and then Japanese.
Archaic Greece was probably my favorite. Early Greek history has always been an interest of mine and actually where my history studies are essentially settling. Plus I liked having a British professor for this class. He was pretty awesome and extremely British.
Then the class that was supposed to teach you the right ways of studying history. Most people see history as a bunch of dates and names, but there's a lot more there and you really have to change your way of thinking when you study history and can't view things from the perspective of someone looking back all the time.
Japanese class I didn't enjoy as much as I hoped I would. I love the language and I enjoyed learning it, I did not enjoy the way they chose to teach it. It was very much a learn your lines and then perform sort of thing, I don't have the memory for that sort of thing. Plus I didn't like having to keep track of which one of like 7 different instructors we might have that day because they all taught in widely different ways.
Lastly was Norse Mythology. That class was so fucking boring I only stayed awake during one class and that was because I was spending my time copying notes from another class into a new notebook because I didn't like the one I started taking the notes in. So boring. I really wish I hadn't bothered. There were other classes I could've gotten a literature credit with.
5. What is your biggest goal for this year?
Biggest? Probably acing my classes this semester. I HAVE to raise my GPA for personal and scholarship reasons.
6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Hopefully out of grad school... maybe working in a museum or academic library. We'll see.
7. What stage of life are you in right now?
Early thirties, regretting that I am no longer in my 20s. I liked my 20s.
8. Are you more child-like or childish?
What the hell is the difference? I think I can be both at any time. I'd like to think less childish, but I know I have my moments.
9. What is the last thing you said out loud?
"Hey Hugo." My cat just walked by.
10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?
'Why Does It Always Rain on Me?' by Travis.
11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
No, but I used to beg my mom to sign me up for Tae Kwon Do when I was a kid and she never would. I think my life would be different, because I'd probably be in better shape. My brother, though, got to do Judo and karate. Because he's a boy. *eye roll*
12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
Whenever it starts to get better, something happens to try to level it out. But lately it seems more bad than good.
13. Does time really heal all wounds?
No, not all of them.
14. How do you handle a rainy day?
I stay inside unless I absolutely have to go outside. I don't generally do a lot of stuff outside, so rain rarely ruins any plans I might have, but I don't especially enjoy getting rained on so...
15. Which is worse -- losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
Uh, losing luggage. If you lose your clothes, you have to replace them and that tends to be extremely expensive. Tangled holiday lights? Go buy another box of lights. They're like a dollar at Target.
16. How is your relationship with your parents? Will you miss them when they are gone?
Not too long ago I was living blissfully by myself. Now due to my mom having to move, she lives with me which is not fun. At all. But with our schedules starting to regulate, we really don't see each other that often. Since she's the only parent I've ever had, yeah. I'll miss her a lot.
17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
Sometimes too much so, but other times I don't pay much attention. It depends on what I'm doing.
18. What is the truest thing that you know?
Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes.
19. What did you want to be when you grew up?
At times I wanted to be a singer and then grew out of that delusion. I wanted to be a teacher for the majority of my past. An astronaut, a librarian, someone who worked in NASA mission control (after I got a little too worried about being lost in space), a doctor, an archaeologist, etc.
20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
Yes.
21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?
I try to be a giver when I can be. I don't like being a taker.
22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?
It depends on the decision being made? Ultimately it's a decision so can't be that open if you've picked one thing over others.
23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?
Before I figured out what the issue was, I was having serious, serious stomach pains. Turned out it's a gall bladder issue (I'm pretty damn sure the thing needs to come out but I haven't had insurance in order for that to happen). I had to change my diet and cut some things out (like soda or anything else that is carbonated). When I eventually went to the ER about it (and the non-stop day of vomiting that it caused) I was laying on the floor of the ER waiting room bathroom it hurt so much. Thankfully they took me into the back fairly quickly.
24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?
I don't know, there have been many moments where I've dealt with self-doubt and bouts of depression and/or anxiety. There isn't one that stands out.
25. Who have you hugged today?
My awesome dog Darwin.
26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
They trusted me, details private.
27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Yes.
28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?
* Be fluent in many different languages.
* Cook in a much more versatile fashion.
* Be a computer whiz.
29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do, or how other people make you feel?
What people say and do, sometimes. I have a selective memory so sometimes I remember that way, sometimes I just don't remember.
30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Trust, communication, commitment, compromise, acceptance and forgiveness. <--Amy's answer is good.
31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?
Graduate college/grad school, be financially secure, have a family
32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?
Living with dementia, I've seen what that does to people.
Other than that, there isn't anything that can't be dealt with or survived.
33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
I am an activist for animal rights, I've always supported animal-related causes.
34. What does each decade make you think of? The 19..
20's: flappers and bob hair cuts
30's: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, Amelia Earhart.
40's: WW2, holocaust, ladies hairstyles
50's: terrible recipes (just read a cookbook from the era), sexism, racism, and rock n'roll.
60's: space race, civil rights, The Beatles, hippies, Woodstock, assassinations.
70's: Vietnam, Nixon, Watergate, dead Elvis.
80's: cassette tapes, My Little Pony, Madonna, and Cyndi Lauper.
90's: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Alanis Morrisette when she was angry.
2000's: College, ACME, living in PA, Sept 11th, Lost
010's: Civil unrest across the world, terrorism, political manipulators
35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?
The 90s. My prime education years, I graduated in 2000 afterall.
36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
A Woman Left Lonely by Janis Joplin.
37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country? If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be?
The US of A and that leader would be Barack Obama. If I could say anything it would probably be that I'll miss him. I've really enjoyed having someone in the White House who acted like a person and was relate-able. Well, maybe Bill Clinton was too, but I was a kid when he was president and didn't pay any attention. Politically the racism that surfaced after his winning the presidency really crippled what he was able to do, but I think he's done the best he could. There are some things that aren't great, but that's always the way it is.
38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
Netflix.
39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?
No idea. They are all basically terrible so hopefully none of them.
40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?
I was a girl scout for a few years, I wish I had stuck with it, actually.
41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?
Since air travel is a thing, I'd have to go with that instead of pretending that the height of travel is the Mayflower.
42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?
It isn't black, though, it's just a darker blue.
43. What does your name mean?
According to the internet it means bee or honey which I have never heard before.
44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?
Space.
45. Word association: What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:
Air: bender.
Meat: grinder.
Different: same.
Pink: purple.
Deserve: want.
White: black.
Elvis: stoiko.
Magic: act.
Heart: brain.
Clash: of the Titans.
Pulp: orange juice.
46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be?
Jane Austen.
47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive?
Fran Healy... He's the only member of my favorite band I haven't met.
48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?
Moulin Rouge, but I wouldn't watch it every day.
49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?
Why the hell am I planning to spend time in an elevator? I guess I'd bring food, a coloring book, something to read, and a phone to call for help with.
50. Have you ever saved someone's life or had your life saved?
Who is to say the effect you have on someone's life?
51. Make up a definition for the following silly words...
Fruitgoogle: A way to google fruit-specific information.
Ambytime: Time to take ambiene.
Asscactus: A disease of the ass.
52. What was the last thing you made with your own hands?
Lunch.
53. What was your favorite toy as a child?
I didn't have a specific toy, I loved them all equally.
54. How many TV’s are in your house?
One that works.
55. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
Drive.
56. How do you feel when you see a rainbow?
Nothing in particular.
57. Have you ever dreamt a dream that came true?
I typically don't remember my dreams, so I really couldn't say.
58. Have you ever been to a psychic/tarot reader?
Yes, yes I have. I haven't been in a few years though.
59. What is your idea of paradise?
Quiet, not a lot of people, I have enough money to not have to work and can focus on my school. Enough room for my animals.
60. Do you believe in God and if so what is he/she/it like?
No, not really. I relate more to pagan religions that believe in nature and not necessarily a god that created everything.
61. Do you believe in Hell?
No.
62. What one thing have you done that most people haven't?
I've been to Japan. Not many people I've met have.
63. What is the kindest thing you have ever done?
I have absolutely no idea.
64. Are you a patient person?
Yes, I think so.
65. What holiday should exist but doesn't?
Something acknowledging women for a change would be nice. Every national holiday we have that is for a person is for a man.
66. What holiday shouldn't exist but does?
Columbus Day.
67. What's the best joke you ever heard?
Eh, I'm not really a joke person.
68. Where is the most fun place you have EVER been?
Many a Barnes & Noble.
69. Is your hair natural or dyed?
Dyed. My hair is basically been dyed since 8th grade.
70. Do you have any deep dark secrets or are you pretty much up front?
I have things I keep to myself but I don't think of them as "deep dark secrets."
71. What is under your bed right now?
Nothing. My bed still isn't set up properly so it's just my mattress on the floor.
72. If you were in the Land of Oz would you want to live there or go home?
Go home. Oz seems like a terrible place.
73. If you drive do you frequently speed?
Not so much recently, but I'm usually going within the range of 5mph more than the speed limit.
74. What is the world's best song to dance to?
I don't dance.
75. What song was on the last time you danced with someone?
Again, I don't dance.
76. Do you prefer Disney or Warner Brothers?
Disney.
77. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo?
No particular animal. Whatever we came to first.
78. Would you consider yourself to be romantic?
Sure? Probably.
79. If the earth stopped rotating would we all fly off?
No, we'd all be burned into the atmosphere.
80. What is the one thing that you love to do so much that you would make sacrifices to be able to do it?
Learning.
81. If you (and everyone) had to lose one right or freedom, but you could pick which one everyone had to lose, what would you pick?
Guns. Take the guns.
82. If you had to choose would you live on the equator or at the North Pole?
Equator, I guess. I hate the heat, but I don't want to live with seals and polar bears.
83. Would you rather give up listening to music or watching television?
Neither. I guess tv though.
84. What do you think makes someone a hero?
Taking a risk that others wouldn't do for the benefit of others.
85. What cartoon would you like to be a character in?
Either Avatar or Legend of Korra. Bending, yo.
86. Name one thing that turns your stomach:
Anxiety makes me queasy.
87. What was the last thing you paid for?
Rent.
88. Are you a coupon clipper?
I try to be, but I'm rarely organized enough with my shopping.
89. Get anything good in the mail recently?
Nope.
90. Which would you rather take as a gym class -- dancing, sailing, karate, or bowling?
Karate or sailing. Or bowling.
91. In Star Trek people 'beam' back and forth between different places. What this means is they stand in a little tube and their molecules are deconstructed and sent to another tube somewhere else where they are reassembled. Only problem is when the molecules are deconstructed the person is dead. When they are put back together it is only a clone that has all the dead person's memories. So -- is the person who gets beamed the same person on both ends?
lol... Yes. They are physically and mentally the same person.
92. What insects are you afraid of?
All of them except butterflies, lightning bugs, and pill bugs.
93. If you could print any phrase on a T-shirt, what would it say?
No idea. I'm getting to the end of this and this question just feels like a waste of time.
94. What's the most eccentric thing you have ever worn?
I have this hideous shirt that is a button up and has ugly green flowers on it. I wear it ironically.
95. If you could pick one food that you could eat all you wanted but it would have no effect on how much you weigh, what food would it be?
Chinese food.
96. What are your parents interested in?
My mom likes animals and mostly spends her time dealing with them. She also has depression issues so she likes things that can make her laugh.
97. Have you ever caught an insect and kept it as a pet? Have you ever caught and tamed a wild animal?
No. I tried to catch a baby rabbit once, but that was a waste of everyone's time.
98. What is more helpful to you, wishes or plans?
A little bit of both. Plans are obviously the most tangibly helpful, but wishes give hope which is helpful too.
99. When do you feel your life energy the strongest?
At night.
100. You are spending the night alone in the woods and may bring only 3 items with you. What do you bring?
A tent, a sleeping bag, and food.