The musical dimensions of Sleastak
Seven deadly sins.
ANGER
1. Who did you last get angry with? The human race as a whole.
2. What is your weapon of choice? My intelligence combined with my extreme stubbornness.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? I wouldn’t hit ANYONE unless I was defending myself or a friend.
4. How about of the same sex? See above.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? I don’t think anyone has had cause to be particularly upset at me lately.
6. What is your pet peeve? The phrase “chill out!” Nothing is more likely to make me do the opposite.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I’ll put it this way - I have a long memory.
SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time? Got out of bed on the right side of midday.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? 5pm? 6? I think I woke up at about 6pm on the day after the first time I ever got heinously drunk. And oh boy, did I ever regret THAT.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't: There are two. Steve, who I last saw at a Mayhem gig last year, and Stephen, who worked with me during my first year at Uni.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? “The planets aren’t alligned correctly, so I’m not coming out.” Although I didn’t actually make it, it was made for me. And yes, it was utter bollocks.
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones...)? I don’t believe so, no.
6. When was the last time you got a good workout in? This morning. After a couple of hours, I finally worked out what day it was.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? I don’t have an alarm clock as such. I set my stereo to switch itself on and blast me out of bed every day.
GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? It USED to be Bacardi Breezer. I guess the most expensive thing I drink these days is Newcastle Brown.
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat? Meat in general is good.
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event? This would be one horrible night back in January 2004. I can’t remember exactly how much I had to drink, but apparently I fell over backwards with a pint of Kronenbourg in my hand and managed to keep it intact. And then I stood up and dropped it.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? Why would anyone pay to eat less?
5. Do you have an issue with your weight? Nnnf. Yes :(
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? You can’t really go wrong with sweets.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH"? Can’t say I ever have, no… o_O
LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? One. Don’t even fucking ask.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)? See above.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? I pride myself on not being a stereotypical bloke, so no.
4. Have you "done it"? Done what exactly? Tie my shoelaces? Eat doughnuts?
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Hair, if that counts as a body part. Otherwise, eyes and smile.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? Amusingly, yes. I live in Hillfields, so go figure.
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? Certainly not.
GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own? None. Credit cards are evil. EVIL!!!
2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Anywhere that sells music.
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? Start my own record company.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Rich.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? Well it wouldn’t be boring if I was making megabucks, would it?
6. Have you ever stolen anything? Just the usual student type stuff, my crowning glory being nicking a “for sale” sign whilst perilously drunk and putting it up in my garden, completely confusing my housemates at the time.
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? I don’t know, and I’m not about to attempt to count them.
PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of? Getting a 2:1.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? See above.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? Happiness.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? No. Should I?
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? I’m not a competitive person.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? Not since I was 10.
7. What did you do today that you're proud of? Argued with a checkout girl over her attempts to overcharge me. We’re far too polite in this country in my opinion.
ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? I wouldn’t mind the amount of hard drive space that Matt Organic seems to have.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? Anyone who watches that programme and enjoys it needs to have a word with themselves.
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? Who writes these questions?
4. Have you ever been cheated on? Being as I’ve never had a girlfriend, no.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? There’s a tiny part of me that wishes my muscles were more developed.
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? The ability to relax.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? I’m glad I didn’t.
8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? Pride. Everyone should have a certain degree of it.
Seven Heavenly Virtues
FAITH
1. What religion do you follow? Chris-ism.
2. What religion were you raised as? My parents aren’t religious, but they did try to shoehorn me into a Church of England school. I came out hating religion with an undying passion.
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? A human property, and one I’m not especially good at.
4. Do you believe in magic? Not in the typical sense. I believe we engineer our own magic.
5. What was the last promise you broke? I don’t break promises so much as take aeons to follow them through. And yes, I know it’s annoying.
6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it? Almost every day of my life from the ages of 5 to 13. Hey, I didn’t ASK to be sent to a school full of religious maniacs.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? Perfection is entirely subjective in my opinion.
HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? I wanted a chaos-free Christmas, and for once I got it, so yes.
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? A good job, the continuation of my existing close friendships, and maybe my first girlfriend.
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? I’m a firm believer in idealism, so yes. Dealing with disappointment is what life is all about.
5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Nah, I don’t gamble.
6. Do you gamble? If so, what game or activity? See above.
7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? I don’t believe I’ve ever called anything off because of bad weather.
CHARITY
1. What causes do you support? There aren’t any I actively support.
2. What causes have you given money or time to? I’ve volunteered my time on stalls set up by the Socialist Students. That’s about it.
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless? No, and I refuse to be guilt-tripped by this lame questionnaire.
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group? Maybe. Who knows?
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? No. Money can be utilised in bad ways.
6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food? None of my friends have ever needed help of this nature, but I’d be the first to help out a close friend if it was within my means.
7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need? My friends are all as neurotic as I am, so there have been numerous incidents in which I’ve trekked into the town centre because someone had withdrawn too much money from the cashpoint and was afraid of walking around on their own, gone over and sat with someone while they ate because they were afraid of “drug dealers” in their kitchen, etc.
FORTITUDE
1. What are you most afraid of? Dying alone.
2. What did you do today that was really brave? Made the decision to drastically cut down on the amount of alcohol I drink.
3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why? The Happiness Angel. If you have to ask, then you'll never know.
4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? There are infinite lengths I’d go to for someone I loved.
5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? Courage.
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? If so, when? If not, how do you overcome it? No. I love playing with Coybito. I usually have a beer or two to relax before I go onstage.
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower? A leader in some ways, and a follower in others.
JUSTICE
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? Were you chosen? Thankfully, no.
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? No fucking chance. I’d play the mental disability card.
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? Absolutely not.
4. Which should be guaranteed legal: I’m guessing we’ve got half a question here.
5. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? Not at all.
6. What was your favorite media circus trial? I don’t believe I’ve ever followed one.
7. Have you ever written a letter to a politician? No.
TEMPERANCE
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on? Alcohol and Internet use.
2. Do you collect anything? Yes, and my room looks like a record shop because of it.
3. Are you addicted to anything? See question 1.
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? Oddly, no.
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? Debit card. I live in Coventry and am rather nervous about carrying cash around with me.
6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do: Start drinking.
7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? I have Asperger Syndrome. My life is one big obsession.
PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know? That’s a toss-up between Matt Organic and Amy.
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? No, but it’s something I can see myself doing.
3. Do you take advice when it's given? I try to.
4. What area are you wisest in? Music shopping.
5. Do you drive defensively? I don’t drive, but I imagine I’d be the type.
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? I’ve never had sex, full stop.
7. What did you learn today? I have more balls than I thought I did.
8. And of course, what is your favorite heavenly virtue? Hope.
And before anyone asks, yes I am having trouble thinking of five things that make me happy.
ANGER
1. Who did you last get angry with? The human race as a whole.
2. What is your weapon of choice? My intelligence combined with my extreme stubbornness.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? I wouldn’t hit ANYONE unless I was defending myself or a friend.
4. How about of the same sex? See above.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? I don’t think anyone has had cause to be particularly upset at me lately.
6. What is your pet peeve? The phrase “chill out!” Nothing is more likely to make me do the opposite.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I’ll put it this way - I have a long memory.
SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time? Got out of bed on the right side of midday.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? 5pm? 6? I think I woke up at about 6pm on the day after the first time I ever got heinously drunk. And oh boy, did I ever regret THAT.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't: There are two. Steve, who I last saw at a Mayhem gig last year, and Stephen, who worked with me during my first year at Uni.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? “The planets aren’t alligned correctly, so I’m not coming out.” Although I didn’t actually make it, it was made for me. And yes, it was utter bollocks.
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones...)? I don’t believe so, no.
6. When was the last time you got a good workout in? This morning. After a couple of hours, I finally worked out what day it was.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? I don’t have an alarm clock as such. I set my stereo to switch itself on and blast me out of bed every day.
GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? It USED to be Bacardi Breezer. I guess the most expensive thing I drink these days is Newcastle Brown.
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat? Meat in general is good.
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event? This would be one horrible night back in January 2004. I can’t remember exactly how much I had to drink, but apparently I fell over backwards with a pint of Kronenbourg in my hand and managed to keep it intact. And then I stood up and dropped it.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? Why would anyone pay to eat less?
5. Do you have an issue with your weight? Nnnf. Yes :(
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? You can’t really go wrong with sweets.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH"? Can’t say I ever have, no… o_O
LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? One. Don’t even fucking ask.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)? See above.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? I pride myself on not being a stereotypical bloke, so no.
4. Have you "done it"? Done what exactly? Tie my shoelaces? Eat doughnuts?
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Hair, if that counts as a body part. Otherwise, eyes and smile.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? Amusingly, yes. I live in Hillfields, so go figure.
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? Certainly not.
GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own? None. Credit cards are evil. EVIL!!!
2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Anywhere that sells music.
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? Start my own record company.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Rich.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? Well it wouldn’t be boring if I was making megabucks, would it?
6. Have you ever stolen anything? Just the usual student type stuff, my crowning glory being nicking a “for sale” sign whilst perilously drunk and putting it up in my garden, completely confusing my housemates at the time.
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? I don’t know, and I’m not about to attempt to count them.
PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of? Getting a 2:1.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? See above.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? Happiness.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? No. Should I?
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? I’m not a competitive person.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? Not since I was 10.
7. What did you do today that you're proud of? Argued with a checkout girl over her attempts to overcharge me. We’re far too polite in this country in my opinion.
ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? I wouldn’t mind the amount of hard drive space that Matt Organic seems to have.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? Anyone who watches that programme and enjoys it needs to have a word with themselves.
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? Who writes these questions?
4. Have you ever been cheated on? Being as I’ve never had a girlfriend, no.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? There’s a tiny part of me that wishes my muscles were more developed.
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? The ability to relax.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? I’m glad I didn’t.
8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? Pride. Everyone should have a certain degree of it.
Seven Heavenly Virtues
FAITH
1. What religion do you follow? Chris-ism.
2. What religion were you raised as? My parents aren’t religious, but they did try to shoehorn me into a Church of England school. I came out hating religion with an undying passion.
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? A human property, and one I’m not especially good at.
4. Do you believe in magic? Not in the typical sense. I believe we engineer our own magic.
5. What was the last promise you broke? I don’t break promises so much as take aeons to follow them through. And yes, I know it’s annoying.
6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it? Almost every day of my life from the ages of 5 to 13. Hey, I didn’t ASK to be sent to a school full of religious maniacs.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? Perfection is entirely subjective in my opinion.
HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? I wanted a chaos-free Christmas, and for once I got it, so yes.
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? A good job, the continuation of my existing close friendships, and maybe my first girlfriend.
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? I’m a firm believer in idealism, so yes. Dealing with disappointment is what life is all about.
5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Nah, I don’t gamble.
6. Do you gamble? If so, what game or activity? See above.
7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? I don’t believe I’ve ever called anything off because of bad weather.
CHARITY
1. What causes do you support? There aren’t any I actively support.
2. What causes have you given money or time to? I’ve volunteered my time on stalls set up by the Socialist Students. That’s about it.
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless? No, and I refuse to be guilt-tripped by this lame questionnaire.
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group? Maybe. Who knows?
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? No. Money can be utilised in bad ways.
6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food? None of my friends have ever needed help of this nature, but I’d be the first to help out a close friend if it was within my means.
7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need? My friends are all as neurotic as I am, so there have been numerous incidents in which I’ve trekked into the town centre because someone had withdrawn too much money from the cashpoint and was afraid of walking around on their own, gone over and sat with someone while they ate because they were afraid of “drug dealers” in their kitchen, etc.
FORTITUDE
1. What are you most afraid of? Dying alone.
2. What did you do today that was really brave? Made the decision to drastically cut down on the amount of alcohol I drink.
3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why? The Happiness Angel. If you have to ask, then you'll never know.
4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? There are infinite lengths I’d go to for someone I loved.
5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? Courage.
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? If so, when? If not, how do you overcome it? No. I love playing with Coybito. I usually have a beer or two to relax before I go onstage.
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower? A leader in some ways, and a follower in others.
JUSTICE
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? Were you chosen? Thankfully, no.
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? No fucking chance. I’d play the mental disability card.
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? Absolutely not.
4. Which should be guaranteed legal: I’m guessing we’ve got half a question here.
5. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? Not at all.
6. What was your favorite media circus trial? I don’t believe I’ve ever followed one.
7. Have you ever written a letter to a politician? No.
TEMPERANCE
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on? Alcohol and Internet use.
2. Do you collect anything? Yes, and my room looks like a record shop because of it.
3. Are you addicted to anything? See question 1.
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? Oddly, no.
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? Debit card. I live in Coventry and am rather nervous about carrying cash around with me.
6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do: Start drinking.
7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? I have Asperger Syndrome. My life is one big obsession.
PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know? That’s a toss-up between Matt Organic and Amy.
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? No, but it’s something I can see myself doing.
3. Do you take advice when it's given? I try to.
4. What area are you wisest in? Music shopping.
5. Do you drive defensively? I don’t drive, but I imagine I’d be the type.
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? I’ve never had sex, full stop.
7. What did you learn today? I have more balls than I thought I did.
8. And of course, what is your favorite heavenly virtue? Hope.
And before anyone asks, yes I am having trouble thinking of five things that make me happy.