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1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Indifferent. For most of my living memory I had sliding doors on my cupboards rather than ones that properly open, so the difference was pretty negligible. I have a proper door now, but I don't really care.
2: Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels?
Nope. Not unless I think I might need them in the immediate future because I'm travelling.
3: Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
I don't think I sleep with sheets all that often, really. I know Kirsty makes Srs Bsns out of flanelette sheets come Winter time, so I suppose I must have, but it's a relative rarety.
4: Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
No, I have this thing where I believe in property rights.
5: Do you like to use post-it notes?
I wouldn't say I like using them, but I don't actively dislike them either. Lately I've been thinking of doing something like this on my office window at work, but I don't know where these people are finding their coloured Post-its. I can only find a really limited palette of colours.
6: Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
No.
7: Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?
I'm going to go with the bees.
8: Do you have freckles?
Not really.
9: Do you always smile for pictures?
Yeah. Unless it's a photo with regulations attached. I think maybe this is something of a recent development.
10: What is your biggest pet peeve?
I have so many of these I will end up in an early grave. It's impossible to pick just one. For now lets say spitting in public, just because I'm really amazed at how much it happens here. I honestly thought the idea of spitting wherever you want and whenever you want being Totally Normal and Okay was kind of an Asian thing, but apparently it's totally cool in California too. Which has me wondering if maybe it's actually cool everywhere and Australia is oddly repressed about spitting.
11: Do you ever count your steps when you walk?
No.
12: Have you ever peed in the woods?
Yes.
13: What about pooped in the woods?
Yes.
14: Do you ever dance even if theres no music playing?
I rarely dance if there is music playing, but it's been known to happen.
15: Do you chew your pens and pencils?
A little, but not an awful lot.
16: How many people have you slept with this week?
Nobody. Yet. cough
17: What size is your bed?
Really Super Fuck Off Big. I love it.
18: What is your Song of the week?
I've been listening to Turisas' latest album in preparation for seeing them live later this month. I think maybe March of the Varangian Guard gets stuck in my head the most.
19: Is it okay for guys to wear pink?
Sure, why not?
20: Do you still watch cartoons?
If anime counts, yeah.
21: Whats your least favorite movie?
I'm going to go with Grease, because everyone loves it despite the fact that it's terrible. The male main character is a complete meathead and the romance that everyone gets so worked up about is such a complete and obvious sham. The dude is only in the whole thing for sex. Here are the life lessons that Grease attempts to teach impressionable young minds:
- If your dumbass meathead boyfriend doesn't want to commit to a mature and serious relationship, just dress provocatively and shake your ass in his face, and then he will. Problem solved!
- Dangerous car racing is manly and awesome.
- Making fun of geeks is hilarious.
- Accidental pregnancies don't really happen! Condoms are lame.
22: Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?
Somewhere that I hadn't previously disclosed on the internet. Duh?
23: What do you drink with dinner?
I don't actually drink with dinner all that often.
24: What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
My mouth?
25: What is your favorite food?
Pizza?
26: What movies could you watch over and over and still love?
Bladerunner, Fight Club, Ghostbusters, Ghost in the Shell, Sneakers, Star Wars Episode III. Probably more.
27: Last person you kissed/kissed you?
Kirsty.
28: Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
Yeah, I was a scout for quite a long time.
29: Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?
I can't imagine that anybody would ever want me too.
30: When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?
Maybe 2003?
31: Can you change the oil on a car?
Probably.
32: Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
No.
33: Ever ran out of gas?
Yes, once. My first car's fuel guage stopped working at one point, so I had to estimate remaining fuel using the odometer. I would fill up the tank, reset the odometer, drive for a few days, and then refill the tank, paying attention to how much petrol it took to fill it. Combining that with the odometer reading would give me a crude estimate of km/L. I did that a view times, took the average km/L rating, figured out the theoretical maximum range of my car on a full tank and tried to never get within 50 km of it on one tank. I guess I played it too close once. I was going up a steep hill at the time, so gravity was working against me.
34: Favorite kind of sandwich?
There's a Deli near me which does this pretty awesome turkey, bacon and avocado sanwhich that I'm quite a fan of.
35: Best thing to eat for breakfast?
I'm into yoghurt these days.
36: What is your usual bedtime?
1 or 2am.
37: Are you lazy?
I prefer to think of myself as "energy efficient".
38: When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?
Unlike most Australians, I actually did go tick-or-treating for a good chunk of my childhood. Except now I really can't remember what any of my costumes where. Huh.
39: What is your Chinese astrological sign?
I think it's the ox?
40: How many languages can you speak?
Only one, fluently. I can comprehend a moderate amount of written or slowly spoken German, but my production is pretty poor. I know quite a bit less Japanese, but at least my comprehension and production of that are at roughly the same level.
41: Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
No. Last thing I was subscribed to, I think, was 2600, the Hacker Quarterly.
42: Which are better legos or lincoln logs?
Okay, so I just googled Lincoln Logs, and Lego is clearly superior, in that you can use it to make log cabins but also, and this is crucial, things which aren't log cabins. Which is most things.
43: Are you stubborn?
Yeah. But it's okay, because I'm right.
44: Who is better…Leno or Letterman?
I really detest that entire class of show/comedian. Leno, Letterman, Conan Obrien, Steven Colbert, all of those kinds of people. Their shows are all terrible and they all, apparently as a prerequisite for the job, have such smug, shit-eating expressions on their faces all the God damned time.
45: Ever watch soap operas?
I have passivley absorbed some episodes of Coronation Street at Kirsty's father's house, but that's about it.
46: Are you afraid of heights?
Somewhat, but not incapacitatingly.
47: Do you sing in the car?
With gusto.
48: Do you sing in the shower?
No.
49: Do you dance in the car?
That's not really practical? I guess I drum on the steering wheel sometimes.
50: Ever used a gun?
Yeah, I was a pretty avid plinker when I was younger.
51: Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?
My wedding.
52: Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Not cheesy, just really not my thing.
53: Is Christmas stressful?
Yeah, extremely.
54: Ever eat a pierogi?
I don't think so?
55: Favorite type of fruit pie?
Hard call. Traditionally the answer would have been apple without much hesitation. But then I moved to the US and discovered these Hostess brand cherry pie things that are fucking ridiculous.
56: Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
Astronaut, then astronomer, then theoretical astrophysicist (yes, really, I learned the phrase from Stargate).
57: Do you believe in ghosts?
No.
58: Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?
Yes.
59: Take a vitamin daily?
When I was much younger and my mother made my siblings and I, yeah. Started it again very recently but haven't exactly stuck to it.
60: Wear slippers?
Oh yeah. Sometimes all day. I once wore slippers to school in high school on a dare. For which I was handsomely rewarded with Dr Pepper.
61: Wear a bath robe?
Not really.
62: What do you wear to bed?
Depends on the weather.
63: First concert?
Weird Al, I think?
64: Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?
Target, but it's not something I'm really caught up on.
65: Nike or Adidas?
Neither.
66: Cheetos Or Fritos?
Not a huge Cheetos fan, still not quite sure what Fritos are.
67: Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?
Peanuts. Sunflower seeds make the roof of my mouth itchy.
68: Ever hear of the group Tres Bien?
Nope. Wondering now if this meme was originally started by one of their members as a kind of cheap and low-tech viral marketing.
69: Ever take dance lessons?
Only mandatory ones for silly school events.
70: Is there a profession you picture your future partner doing?
I don't expect to have a future partner.
71: Can you curl your tongue?
At all? Yes. In some specific manner I imagine this question may be referring to? I don't know.
72: Ever won a spelling bee?
I'm not sure I've ever participated in one.
73: Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
Yes.
74: Own any record albums?
No.
75: Own a record player?
No.
76: Regularly burn incense?
Not quite regularly.
77: Ever been in love?
Ja.
78: Who would you like to see in concert?
Turisas, Blind Guardian, Hammerfall, Manowar, Redshift
79: What was the last concert you saw?
Weird Al, I think?
80: Hot tea or cold tea?
Hot tea.
81: Tea or coffee?
Coffee.
82: Sugar or snickerdoodles?
...sugar is in Snickerdoodles.
83: Can you swim well?
Not especially.
84: Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?
Yep. I can tie my shoelaces, too!
85: Are you patient?
It's been said that I am, but I don't feel that I'm all that patient.
86: DJ or band, at a wedding?
DJ.
87: Ever won a contest?
When the Super Mario Brothers movie came out, I entered a colouring competition for it at my local video store. I won an MC Hammer cassette tape. Looking back, I have no idea what MC Hammer has to do with Mario. Maybe he was on the movie's soundtrack?
88: Ever have plastic surgery?
No.
89: Which are better black or green olives?
Black. But I'm not a big fan of either.
90: Can you knit or crochet?
Nope.
91: Best room for a fireplace?
Lounge room.
92: Do you want to get married?
Already am.
93: If married, how long have you been married?
4 years.
94: Who was your HS crush?
Yeah, I had like ten of those.
95: Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?
No.
96: Do you have kids?
No.
97: Do you want kids?
Some day, I think.
98: Whats your favorite color?
Black.
99: Do you miss anyone right now?
Not terribly.