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daA couple of people explicitly asked whether I was going to do this meme, so I figure I'd give it a whirl.
1. Elaborate on your default icon.
Photo in August 2005 by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
persephoneplace , sitting in the grass with her and![[info]](https://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
melted_snowball watching lovecraftienne 's soccer team play a game. melted_snowball had made a picnic dinner of jerk chicken and asparagus and it was a nice evening until the gnats came out, if I recall. :)
2. What's your current relationship status?
Happily attached. A work in progress.
3. Ever have a near-death experience?
I had a quarter ton of farm equipment fall on me when I was 5. But nothing nearly as exciting since then.
4. Name an obvious quality you have.
Obvious to whom? To someone who meets me in person, I have a fairly large nose. To someone who meets me online, I'm silly. To someone who has known me for a while, I'm patient.
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
"Fanfare for the Common Man" / Aaron Copland.
6. Any celeb you would marry?
Nope.
7. Who will cut and paste this first?
I don't know if anyone on my friends-list hasn't done this meme if they're going to. It's surprisingly fun, though a bit long.
8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
Yes. A haircutter once said I looked like Tom Cruise. I laughed and made fun of her, but it worked- I did tip. :)
9. Do you wear a watch? What kind?
A Timex, at least 15 years old. It's on its 4th battery and 10th or so wristband.
10. Do you have anything pierced?
Nope.
11. Do you have any tattoos?
Nope.
12. Do you like pain?
No, unless I need reminding that I'm alive.
13. Do you like to shop?
Not so much, though I'm getting better at it.
14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
A box of chocolate almonds at the Symphony this evening.
15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card?
A very warm wool coat this afternoon.
16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
Karl A., a friend in Cambridge.
17. What is on your desktop background?
A photo of a lightning strike, taken by this guy named Baud. My other monitor usually has a photo of our neighbourhood in fog.
18. What is the background on your cell phone?
Black.
19. Do you like redheads?
Yes.
20. Do you know any twins?
Yes.
21. Do you have any weird relatives?
Yes.
22. What was the last movie you watched?
Yes. Er, Spinal Tap.
23. What was the last book you read?
The Trouble with Normal, by Michael Werner.
24. Is there such a thing as love at first sight, or it is more likely to be "lust at first sight"?
What is love? Baby don't hurt me. No more.
25. What's your favourite book?
Geeah.... Can't answer without categories. I have about a dozen favourite memoirs. My favourite Quaker book is Listening Spiritually (in two volumes) by Patricia Loring. I very much like browsing through a coffee-table book we have of Andy Goldsworthy sculpture photos. I have a half a dozen or so favourite science fiction books that I re-read every few years, including Greg Bear and David Gerrold and Greg Egan.
26. When was the last time you visited the street where you first lived?
Quite some time ago. Probably mid-90s, with my parents.
Oh hey. New answer: just now. Here's the apartment. Thanks google street views!
27. When was the last time you googled your own name?
Oh hey... No, really probably 3-4 weeks ago. I'm number three.
28. What was/is your favourite subject at school?
Art, English, or Math.
29. What was/is your least favourite subject at school?
Gym.
30. Do you like having your photograph taken?
Not particularly, but I like having photos I like of me. Yes, it's messy.
31. What time were you born?
I don't remember very clearly TBH. But I think it was 5am.
32. Ever seriously questioned your sanity?
I have indeed felt mentally uneasy, but I don't know what sanity is yet.
33. How many phone numbers do you have remembered and can say off the top of your head?
A bit more than a dozen, though some are defunct (my grandmother's in NYC, one of our numbers in Ithaca). 1-800-635-5483 was Dr. Ruth's call-in number.
34. Can you Limbo?
No, but I've been lost in space and time.
35. Have you ever killed your own dinner?
Oh no, don't slay that potato, what never done anything to youuuuu. Yes, I've killed and eaten seafood and vegetables.
I didn't actually hold the gun, but I was partly responsible for a Bambi getting turned into Bambi steaks, this one time in high-school with my friend Todd. His mom served some of Bambi later on.
36. How long have you been living at your current residence?
Six years, three months, and seventeen days.
37. What phobias do you have?
I'm not terribly fond of cockroaches. I don't like being smothered, drowned, or electrocuted.
38. What's your ideal breakfast?
Bacon and eggs, hash browns and toast. Or NY-style everything bagel with cream cheese and lox. Or waffles, butter, and maple syrup.
Hey, I'm hungry.
39. Where are you right now?
At question 39. Duh.
40. Why do you blog?
To deepen connections with friends and with my future self.
41. What would you call your autobiography?
I've always been fond of the quote by Albert Schweitzer, "Pessimism of Intellect; Optimism of Spirit" so maybe I'd steal that.
42. What's the longest time you've stayed out of the country/where?
I have no idea what that should mean. Amusingly, I just received a mailing concerning a class-action lawsuit against Mastercard and Visa for overcharging on foreign-currency transactiions on US-dollar credit cards. They asked how many days I was outside the US between 1996 and 2006. Or I could take a flat $25. I'm not sure how I'll answer.
43. Do you use ICQ, AOL Buddy list etc.?
Yes.
44. Do you have nightmares frequently?
No. Though it seems I talk in my sleep when I do.
45. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
That depends on which other person I was, of course. If you're asking whether two of me would get along, I think so. As one hypothetical, I expect I would be friends with a time-traveller-me or identical clone. As long as we didn't have to share an office-chair. That would be awkward.
46. Which TV character could you be friends with?
No idea. I don't think Doctor Who and I would hit it off; I'm not the right gender.
47. What's on your mouse pad?
My mouse.
48. What is your ring tone?
Rover barking.
49. What did you watch on TV last night?
Last night I watched a bunch of Doctor Who Confidential episodes, which is usually the closest you'll get to me watching TV.
50. Scary movies or happy endings?
Mostly I avoid the scary movies, so by default that leaves happy endings, but that's unsatisfying because there are lots of crap movies with happy endings, which I'd avoid just as much as the scary movies. So, mu.
1. Elaborate on your default icon.
Photo in August 2005 by
persephoneplace , sitting in the grass with her andmelted_snowball watching lovecraftienne 's soccer team play a game. melted_snowball had made a picnic dinner of jerk chicken and asparagus and it was a nice evening until the gnats came out, if I recall. :)2. What's your current relationship status?
Happily attached. A work in progress.
3. Ever have a near-death experience?
I had a quarter ton of farm equipment fall on me when I was 5. But nothing nearly as exciting since then.
4. Name an obvious quality you have.
Obvious to whom? To someone who meets me in person, I have a fairly large nose. To someone who meets me online, I'm silly. To someone who has known me for a while, I'm patient.
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
"Fanfare for the Common Man" / Aaron Copland.
6. Any celeb you would marry?
Nope.
7. Who will cut and paste this first?
I don't know if anyone on my friends-list hasn't done this meme if they're going to. It's surprisingly fun, though a bit long.
8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
Yes. A haircutter once said I looked like Tom Cruise. I laughed and made fun of her, but it worked- I did tip. :)
9. Do you wear a watch? What kind?
A Timex, at least 15 years old. It's on its 4th battery and 10th or so wristband.
10. Do you have anything pierced?
Nope.
11. Do you have any tattoos?
Nope.
12. Do you like pain?
No, unless I need reminding that I'm alive.
13. Do you like to shop?
Not so much, though I'm getting better at it.
14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
A box of chocolate almonds at the Symphony this evening.
15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card?
A very warm wool coat this afternoon.
16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
Karl A., a friend in Cambridge.
17. What is on your desktop background?
A photo of a lightning strike, taken by this guy named Baud. My other monitor usually has a photo of our neighbourhood in fog.
18. What is the background on your cell phone?
Black.
19. Do you like redheads?
Yes.
20. Do you know any twins?
Yes.
21. Do you have any weird relatives?
Yes.
22. What was the last movie you watched?
Yes. Er, Spinal Tap.
23. What was the last book you read?
The Trouble with Normal, by Michael Werner.
24. Is there such a thing as love at first sight, or it is more likely to be "lust at first sight"?
What is love? Baby don't hurt me. No more.
25. What's your favourite book?
Geeah.... Can't answer without categories. I have about a dozen favourite memoirs. My favourite Quaker book is Listening Spiritually (in two volumes) by Patricia Loring. I very much like browsing through a coffee-table book we have of Andy Goldsworthy sculpture photos. I have a half a dozen or so favourite science fiction books that I re-read every few years, including Greg Bear and David Gerrold and Greg Egan.
26. When was the last time you visited the street where you first lived?
Quite some time ago. Probably mid-90s, with my parents.
Oh hey. New answer: just now. Here's the apartment. Thanks google street views!
27. When was the last time you googled your own name?
Oh hey... No, really probably 3-4 weeks ago. I'm number three.
28. What was/is your favourite subject at school?
Art, English, or Math.
29. What was/is your least favourite subject at school?
Gym.
30. Do you like having your photograph taken?
Not particularly, but I like having photos I like of me. Yes, it's messy.
31. What time were you born?
I don't remember very clearly TBH. But I think it was 5am.
32. Ever seriously questioned your sanity?
I have indeed felt mentally uneasy, but I don't know what sanity is yet.
33. How many phone numbers do you have remembered and can say off the top of your head?
A bit more than a dozen, though some are defunct (my grandmother's in NYC, one of our numbers in Ithaca). 1-800-635-5483 was Dr. Ruth's call-in number.
34. Can you Limbo?
No, but I've been lost in space and time.
35. Have you ever killed your own dinner?
Oh no, don't slay that potato, what never done anything to youuuuu. Yes, I've killed and eaten seafood and vegetables.
I didn't actually hold the gun, but I was partly responsible for a Bambi getting turned into Bambi steaks, this one time in high-school with my friend Todd. His mom served some of Bambi later on.
36. How long have you been living at your current residence?
Six years, three months, and seventeen days.
37. What phobias do you have?
I'm not terribly fond of cockroaches. I don't like being smothered, drowned, or electrocuted.
38. What's your ideal breakfast?
Bacon and eggs, hash browns and toast. Or NY-style everything bagel with cream cheese and lox. Or waffles, butter, and maple syrup.
Hey, I'm hungry.
39. Where are you right now?
At question 39. Duh.
40. Why do you blog?
To deepen connections with friends and with my future self.
41. What would you call your autobiography?
I've always been fond of the quote by Albert Schweitzer, "Pessimism of Intellect; Optimism of Spirit" so maybe I'd steal that.
42. What's the longest time you've stayed out of the country/where?
I have no idea what that should mean. Amusingly, I just received a mailing concerning a class-action lawsuit against Mastercard and Visa for overcharging on foreign-currency transactiions on US-dollar credit cards. They asked how many days I was outside the US between 1996 and 2006. Or I could take a flat $25. I'm not sure how I'll answer.
43. Do you use ICQ, AOL Buddy list etc.?
Yes.
44. Do you have nightmares frequently?
No. Though it seems I talk in my sleep when I do.
45. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
That depends on which other person I was, of course. If you're asking whether two of me would get along, I think so. As one hypothetical, I expect I would be friends with a time-traveller-me or identical clone. As long as we didn't have to share an office-chair. That would be awkward.
46. Which TV character could you be friends with?
No idea. I don't think Doctor Who and I would hit it off; I'm not the right gender.
47. What's on your mouse pad?
My mouse.
48. What is your ring tone?
Rover barking.
49. What did you watch on TV last night?
Last night I watched a bunch of Doctor Who Confidential episodes, which is usually the closest you'll get to me watching TV.
50. Scary movies or happy endings?
Mostly I avoid the scary movies, so by default that leaves happy endings, but that's unsatisfying because there are lots of crap movies with happy endings, which I'd avoid just as much as the scary movies. So, mu.
