Get to Know Me Better (although you knew already)
From a_lad_inane
1. Copy this whole list into your journal.
2. Bold the things that you have in common with me.
3. Whatever you don't bold, replace with things about you
01. I have a younger sister who has a fascination with radio-friendly rap.
02. I try as many different styles of music as possible, but I can only go so far.
03. I have brown eyes.
04. I'm not certain that I'll ever be 100% comfortable in my own body
05. I alternate between Converse Hi-tops and Reebok Walking shoes. I could use a bit of an expansion to my collection.
06. All I know is English, Spanglish, and bad German.
07. I finally saved my laptop from vegetative computerdom.
08. I also hate people who TypE LyKe D1s.
09. I have too many books in my room, which I've only read 40%.
10. I had a Publixsaurus tattoo once.
11. I gravitate more toward an androgynous style of clothes.
12. Sometimes I really miss the toys I had when I was a kid.
13. My grandma has the weirdest accidents. Once she tripped and fell on top of a cactus next to her door. Another day she stepped on the tail of a kitty, who was sleeping under her car, and the kitty bit her leg. The kitty was found dead a few days later from rabies. She also fell asleep in a McDonald's drive-thru. My other grandparents are dead.
14. I refuse to admit it when I'm tired and get all types of cranky.
15. Christmas makes me cranky for an angst related reason.
16. I was a dork at a young age, and I don't think I ever grew out of it.
17. I worry about things I cannot change.
18. I have a lot to learn.
19. I get almost violent when I see people use the wrong they're|their|there.
20. I have to scan my LJ Friends page more often than I'd like. But I read through the majority of it nearly every day.
21. I think middle school kids are the minions of the devil.
22. I hate when people yell.
23. I wish I'd worked less hard when I was in school.
24. I spend too much money on music and books.
25. I take corrections and criticism more personally than I should.
26. I would love to take up drawing or a creative handcraft.
27. I love going new places and seeing new things and trying out new stuff to eat.
28. Avocado makes almost everything taste better.
29. Although I try to stop, I can't turn off my laptop.
30. I love food way way way too much.
31. I really need some new music and books to check out.
32. I don't laugh out loud as much as I used to.
33. I desperately need to brush up on computer networking skills.
34. I have gotten much better at being social & making new friends over the past two years.
35. I doubt I have OCD or anything of that sort. I think I do suffer from some corkscrews of the brain and ADD.
36. I like to organize and vacuum my room only when it really starts to bug me, or I start sneezing a lot.
37. I tend to over-analyze things into little bitty pieces.
38. Crowds of people overwhelm me.
39. I'd be the worst member of the debate team--I have a hard time staunchly disagreeing with people a lot of the time and can see value in many points of view.
40. I wish I had the opportunity to spend more time with friends.
41. I really enjoy thoughtful gifts, even if they cost nothing.
42. I like people who are a bit out of the ordinary.
43. I am ticklish as fuck.
44. I can identify trees from a very long of way. No. 47: the larch.
45. I avoid holding grudges, but it's difficult for me to forget after forgiving.
46. I like figuring things out for myself.
47. I blush at the drop of a hat.
48. I really hate using the word "eclectic" to describe my taste in anything, and wish there was another better word (no, not "shitty," smartass).
49. I was the Statue of Liberty in kindergarten graduation.
50. In kindergarten, I chased around fat kids to hug them. In elementary, I was the girl with the sporty "boy watch."
51. I like silence at times.
52. I am extremely discreet with things people confide in me.
53. My vision is getting worse and worse the older I get.
54. I am shocked and amused when I discover that people are intimidated by me, and I have trouble imagining why they would be.
55. I like being alone sometimes.
56. Laundry is the devil. (and the Dishes without a dishwasher constitute Satan's minions)
57. I think consumer goods are way too expensive nowadays.
58. People who won't "just walk away" from fruitless arguments piss me off.
59. I make friends with doctors and dentists.
60. I'm not sure who I'm quoting.
61. I am sarcastic.
62. I tend to get involved in movies more than I would like.
63. I overreact about things sometimes.
64. Some songs still give me the chills.
65. I have really mundane dreams most of the time.
66. I wish I could travel more often.
67. I like salty snacks better than sweet ones.
68. Sometimes I feel like I'm invisible in crowds--people will bump into me, push me around, and just generally act as if they can't see me.
69. I think GW Bush is a stupid ass.
70. I think that if more people said "please" and "thank you" and smiled once in a while, our world would be a much nicer place to live in.
71. I like to build sandmen.
72. I don't know how to swim underwater.
73. I'm online a lot.
74. I have never donated blood.
75. I wish I could find a satisfactory arrangement for my closet.
76. I am always surprised to find that people actually like me & consider me a friend.
77. I was much more intolerant when I was younger, and it makes me cringe.
78. I'm a scarily voracious reader. I read everything, not just limited to books: instruction manuals, toothpaste tubes, the entire TV Guide, etc.
79. I hate talking on the telephone.
80. I am told I write very well.
81. I can be hard to deal with sometimes.
82. I cannot say no to a horror movie.
83. I love Jamba Juice peenya coladas (without yogurt).
84. I feel embarrassed for others on a pretty regular basis.
85. On some issues, I'm very firm in my beliefs.
86. I'm not a Catholic, which probably accounts for my fascination with all things Catholic.
87. Shoes make my feet big.
88. I have a hard time taking compliments.
89. I have two parrots since they make good pillows.
90. I worry too much.
91. I've done decently well so far in my life.
92. I've been boyfriendless for a while now.
93. I HATE when computers freeze.
94. When I'm stressed out, I withdraw
95. I am obsessed with philosophical ideas toward the nature of reality.
96. I vacillate between wildly extroverted and painfully introverted
97. I really hate it when people bring their children to the workplace.
98. My mother is not inordinately one of my role models.
99. I'm right-handed.
100. I wish I could get onstage and perform, but I am utterly performing-arts-deficient.
1. Copy this whole list into your journal.
2. Bold the things that you have in common with me.
3. Whatever you don't bold, replace with things about you
01. I have a younger sister who has a fascination with radio-friendly rap.
02. I try as many different styles of music as possible, but I can only go so far.
03. I have brown eyes.
04. I'm not certain that I'll ever be 100% comfortable in my own body
05. I alternate between Converse Hi-tops and Reebok Walking shoes. I could use a bit of an expansion to my collection.
06. All I know is English, Spanglish, and bad German.
07. I finally saved my laptop from vegetative computerdom.
08. I also hate people who TypE LyKe D1s.
09. I have too many books in my room, which I've only read 40%.
10. I had a Publixsaurus tattoo once.
11. I gravitate more toward an androgynous style of clothes.
12. Sometimes I really miss the toys I had when I was a kid.
13. My grandma has the weirdest accidents. Once she tripped and fell on top of a cactus next to her door. Another day she stepped on the tail of a kitty, who was sleeping under her car, and the kitty bit her leg. The kitty was found dead a few days later from rabies. She also fell asleep in a McDonald's drive-thru. My other grandparents are dead.
14. I refuse to admit it when I'm tired and get all types of cranky.
15. Christmas makes me cranky for an angst related reason.
16. I was a dork at a young age, and I don't think I ever grew out of it.
17. I worry about things I cannot change.
18. I have a lot to learn.
19. I get almost violent when I see people use the wrong they're|their|there.
20. I have to scan my LJ Friends page more often than I'd like. But I read through the majority of it nearly every day.
21. I think middle school kids are the minions of the devil.
22. I hate when people yell.
23. I wish I'd worked less hard when I was in school.
24. I spend too much money on music and books.
25. I take corrections and criticism more personally than I should.
26. I would love to take up drawing or a creative handcraft.
27. I love going new places and seeing new things and trying out new stuff to eat.
28. Avocado makes almost everything taste better.
29. Although I try to stop, I can't turn off my laptop.
30. I love food way way way too much.
31. I really need some new music and books to check out.
32. I don't laugh out loud as much as I used to.
33. I desperately need to brush up on computer networking skills.
34. I have gotten much better at being social & making new friends over the past two years.
35. I doubt I have OCD or anything of that sort. I think I do suffer from some corkscrews of the brain and ADD.
36. I like to organize and vacuum my room only when it really starts to bug me, or I start sneezing a lot.
37. I tend to over-analyze things into little bitty pieces.
38. Crowds of people overwhelm me.
39. I'd be the worst member of the debate team--I have a hard time staunchly disagreeing with people a lot of the time and can see value in many points of view.
40. I wish I had the opportunity to spend more time with friends.
41. I really enjoy thoughtful gifts, even if they cost nothing.
42. I like people who are a bit out of the ordinary.
43. I am ticklish as fuck.
44. I can identify trees from a very long of way. No. 47: the larch.
45. I avoid holding grudges, but it's difficult for me to forget after forgiving.
46. I like figuring things out for myself.
47. I blush at the drop of a hat.
48. I really hate using the word "eclectic" to describe my taste in anything, and wish there was another better word (no, not "shitty," smartass).
49. I was the Statue of Liberty in kindergarten graduation.
50. In kindergarten, I chased around fat kids to hug them. In elementary, I was the girl with the sporty "boy watch."
51. I like silence at times.
52. I am extremely discreet with things people confide in me.
53. My vision is getting worse and worse the older I get.
54. I am shocked and amused when I discover that people are intimidated by me, and I have trouble imagining why they would be.
55. I like being alone sometimes.
56. Laundry is the devil. (and the Dishes without a dishwasher constitute Satan's minions)
57. I think consumer goods are way too expensive nowadays.
58. People who won't "just walk away" from fruitless arguments piss me off.
59. I make friends with doctors and dentists.
60. I'm not sure who I'm quoting.
61. I am sarcastic.
62. I tend to get involved in movies more than I would like.
63. I overreact about things sometimes.
64. Some songs still give me the chills.
65. I have really mundane dreams most of the time.
66. I wish I could travel more often.
67. I like salty snacks better than sweet ones.
68. Sometimes I feel like I'm invisible in crowds--people will bump into me, push me around, and just generally act as if they can't see me.
69. I think GW Bush is a stupid ass.
70. I think that if more people said "please" and "thank you" and smiled once in a while, our world would be a much nicer place to live in.
71. I like to build sandmen.
72. I don't know how to swim underwater.
73. I'm online a lot.
74. I have never donated blood.
75. I wish I could find a satisfactory arrangement for my closet.
76. I am always surprised to find that people actually like me & consider me a friend.
77. I was much more intolerant when I was younger, and it makes me cringe.
78. I'm a scarily voracious reader. I read everything, not just limited to books: instruction manuals, toothpaste tubes, the entire TV Guide, etc.
79. I hate talking on the telephone.
80. I am told I write very well.
81. I can be hard to deal with sometimes.
82. I cannot say no to a horror movie.
83. I love Jamba Juice peenya coladas (without yogurt).
84. I feel embarrassed for others on a pretty regular basis.
85. On some issues, I'm very firm in my beliefs.
86. I'm not a Catholic, which probably accounts for my fascination with all things Catholic.
87. Shoes make my feet big.
88. I have a hard time taking compliments.
89. I have two parrots since they make good pillows.
90. I worry too much.
91. I've done decently well so far in my life.
92. I've been boyfriendless for a while now.
93. I HATE when computers freeze.
94. When I'm stressed out, I withdraw
95. I am obsessed with philosophical ideas toward the nature of reality.
96. I vacillate between wildly extroverted and painfully introverted
97. I really hate it when people bring their children to the workplace.
98. My mother is not inordinately one of my role models.
99. I'm right-handed.
100. I wish I could get onstage and perform, but I am utterly performing-arts-deficient.