Addendum: Long, long meme

[greygirlbeast]

Because a nixar can get awfully bored, out here in the wide, wide desolation of Nurn with only the occasional lizard for company, here's a Very Long Meme (why these things are not merely called questionnaires, I cannot say*) that I found on MySpace, behind the cut:



[ Nicknames ] Bear, Tai'lah

[ Screen names] Greygirlbeast, Nar'eth

[ Birthday ] May 26, 1964

[ Age ] Do the math.

[ Weight ] 175 lbs.

[ Astrological sign? ] I don't do that astrology dren.

[ Chinese zodiac sign? ] Ah, whatever. Dragon. I think.

[ Location ] Nurn, in the south of the Land of Mordor

[ Marital Status ] In a committed relationship. I'd be married were this country not run by homphobic asshats.

[ Eye color ] black (though I usually wear hazel-green contacts to keep the MiBs at bay)

[ Shoe size ] 9

[ Parents still together? ] No.

[ Siblings? ] A sister.

[ Nieces/Nephews? ] A nephew.

[ Kids of your own? ] Never.

[ Grandkids? ] Given the above response, that would be a neat trick.

[ Pets? ] Hubero Padfoot Wu (Siamese/Tonkinese asshole) and Chiana (Siberian dwarf hamster)

[ Education? ] ongoing.

[ Rent, lease, or own your home? ] rent

[ Have any credit cards? ] Too damn many.

[ What do you drive? ] I don't drive.

Favorites
[ Color ] Green

[ Number ] 7

[ Animal ] cephalopods, lepidosaurians, cats, bears, crocodilians and most other archosaurs (birds included), gorillas, elephants, pinnepeds, whales, and otters

[ Vehicle ] car

[ Flower ] irises, Peruvian lilies, roses, daisy fleabane, violets, daisies, all the Orchidaceae

[ Shape ] triangle

[ Drinks ] stout, ales, comospolitans, absinthe, tequila, vodka

[ Soda ] root beer, Orange Crush

[ Book ] We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

[ Band ] The Decemberists

[ Song ] "Fascination Street" by The Cure (and a thousand others)

[ Food ] Well, I eat a lot of it.

Do you...
[ Color your hair? ] Oh, indeed.

[ Twirl your hair? ] No.

[ Have tattoos? ] No.

[ Piercing? ] Yes, though not as many as I once did.

[ Cheat on tests/homework? ] No.

[ Drink/Smoke? ] I do drink, but quit smoking in 1997.

[ Like roller coasters? ] Yes, though I have not ridden one since 1983.

[ Wish you could live somewhere else] New England

[ Want more piercings? ] Probably.

[ Like cleaning? ] I don't like it, but it must be done. I hate clutter and mess.

[Write in cursive or print? ] I print, so that people may read what I write.

[ Carry a donor card? ] No.

[ Swear a lot? ] Fuck yeah.

[ Own a web cam? ] Yes

[ Know how to drive? ] Yes

[ Diet? ] Occasionally

[ Own a cell phone? ] Yes

[ Ever get off the darn computer? ] Hardly, ever, or so it seems.

[ Habla Espanol? ] Just a tad.

Have you ever...
[ Gotten a speeding ticket?] Many, long ago.

[ DUI? ] No

[ Been in a wreck? ] Not since 1998

[ Been arrested? ] Several times

[ Been in a fist fight? ] Yes

[ Kicked someone in the nuts? ] Yes

[ Stolen anything? ] Yes

[ Held a gun? ] Yes

[ Drank? ] I assume this means something other than water or my own saliva. Yes.

[ Been so drunk you couldn't remember your name?] Bingo.

[Considered a life of crime? ] Yes (an assassin, specifically)

[ Considered being a hooker?] Yes

[ Cried over a girl? ] Yes

[ Cried over a boy? ] Yes

[ Lied to someone? ] Times beyond counting.

[ Been in love? ] Three times for sure now.

[ Fallen for your best friend? ] Yes.

[ Made out with JUST a friend? ] Yes.

[ Been rejected? ] Yes. But not since 1997.

[ Used someone? ] We all use someone, sooner or later.

[ Been used? ] Yes.

[ Been kissed? ] I love quizzes written by preteens.


Now
[Current mood] hungry
[Current music] Rasputina
[Current taste] saliva
[Current hair] dirty
[Current annoyance] my blasted feet
[Current smell] Spooky cooking
[Current thing I ought to be doing] helping Spooky cook
[Current windows open?] no
[Current desktop picture] a jellyfish
[Current book] The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien et John Steinbeck: A Biography by Jay Parini.
[Current crush] Besides Spooky? Nymphadora Tonks and River Tam.
[Current favorite celeb] Adrien Brody
[Current hate] waste
[Current job] author


The last time
[Last book you read] Steven Bach's Final Cut

[Last movie you saw] My Fair Lady

[Last thing you had to drink] Besides my own saliva? Red Bull.

[Last thing you ate} Sardines, pasta salad.

[Last person you talked to on the phone] my lit agent

Do you...
[Do drugs?] Whenever possible.

[Have a dream that keeps coming back?] Yes.

[Play an instrument?] Alto sax, drums, dulcimer, keyboard.

[Believe there is life on other planets?] It would be idiotic to believe otherwise.

[Remember your first love?] Yes

[Still love him/her?] No

[Read the newspaper?] No

[Have any gay or lesbian friends?] Duh.

[Believe in miracles?] No

[Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?] Depends.

[Consider yourself tolerant of others?] Yes

[Consider love a mistake?] No

[Have a favorite candy?] Skittles

[Do well in school?] I did okay, though not really as okay I I would have like to have done.

[Go to or plan to go to college] As they say in Georgia, done been.

[Wear hats?] Yes

[Hate yourself?] I have issues with myself.

[Have an obsession?] Several.

[Have a secret crush?] No

[Do they know yet?] It wouldn't be a secret, then, would it?

[Collect anything?] Yes. Fossils, books, coffee cups, enemies.

[Have a best friend?] Yes

[Close friends?] A few.

[Like your handwriting?] No

[Care about looks?] My own? Yes, for I am wicked vain. In others? Not as much.

=Love life=

[First crush] A girl in 4th grade. Wait...there was a girl before that, in 1970.

[First kiss] I cannot recall.

[Single or attached?] See above.

[Ever been in love?] See above.

[Do you believe in love at first sight?] Not really.

[Do you believe in "the one?"] You mean Neo?

[Describe your ideal significant other] Spooky.



Well, that was perfectly pointless.

* According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.), a meme is "A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another." A questionnaire, however, is "A form containing a set of questions, especially one addressed to a statistically significant number of subjects as a way of gathering information for a survey." But I guess this is one of those web things, like writing mic when you actually mean mike...

Comments

[anthologie.livejournal.com]

(Yes, I read that far) How is the Children of Hurin, so far? It's my least favorite of the Middle Earth tales, but the review I read (over on Powells, I think) made it sound really excellent.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

How is the Children of Hurin, so far?

I am liking it quite a bit, actually.

links, in the usual fashion

[extatika.livejournal.com]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/11/skynet_takes_control/

http://richarddawkins.net/article,990,Those-fanatical-atheists,Dan-Gardner-The-Ottawa-Citizen

Re: links, in the usual fashion

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links! Especially the second one.

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

Who is the person in the user pic? (icon) that you are using in this entry...
Incredibly intriguing face, esp the eyes.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Who is the person in the user pic? (icon) that you are using in this entry...
Incredibly intriguing face, esp the eyes.

Nymphadora Tonks, as played by Natalia Gastiain Tena in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[chenderson.livejournal.com]

MiB?

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

MiB?

Men in black.

[tactileson.livejournal.com]

This may seem completely random, but I have been struck by it for the last few weeks now. There is a British comedy on PBS that airs here on Sunday nights called Waiting For God, about an old folks home and it's wild tenets. I swear that watching the curmudgeonly and hilariously sharp witted Diana on there shows me what you're going to be like at age sixty-something. If you've never seen it you should. I think you'd get a good chuckle or two out of it.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

This may seem completely random, but I have been struck by it for the last few weeks now. There is a British comedy on PBS that airs here on Sunday nights called Waiting For God, about an old folks home and it's wild tenets.

I haven't, but this puts me in mind of The Duplex Planet (http://www.duplexplanet.com/) (mentioned in Silk, by the way).

I swear that watching the curmudgeonly and hilariously sharp witted Diana on there shows me what you're going to be like at age sixty-something.

Okay, now I'll have to watch...

[tactileson.livejournal.com]

I've not heard of the Duplex Planet, but I shall check it out.
Here's a great article from the BBC on Waiting For God.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/w/waitingforgod_1299003284.shtml

[cause-catyljan.livejournal.com]

Waiting for God? That hasn't been on over here for years. Classic British television...

[tactileson.livejournal.com]

Waiting for God? That hasn't been on over here for years. Classic British television...

Definitely classic. I think it ended it's run sometime in the mid-nineties. Over here PBS plays all kinds of British t.v. shows. My roommate is hooked on many of them, Faulty Towers, As Time Goes By, Monarch of the Glen, etc. Waiting for God was the one that got me hooked. Diana is just a classic character.

[cause-catyljan.livejournal.com]

I was about 10 when it ended. It's healthy growing up with such grouchy, misanthropic role models. Do you get One Foot in the Grave? Very much in the same mould. You must have seen Red Dwarf...

[tactileson.livejournal.com]

I've never seen One Foot in the Grave, I don't think we get that one here. We do get Keeping Up Appearances, which just may be the comically worst show I've ever seen. It's so campy that you can't not like it. I have seen Red Dwarf, but it's been ages. I always liked it.

[cause-catyljan.livejournal.com]

One Foot in the Grave was pretty good. About this curmudgeonly old man and his long suffering wife/neighbours/friends etc.... Keeping... does tap into a particular vein of middle england - the pretensions, the aspirations. The type of person who votes Conservative...

[happyspector.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'm not the only psycho fantasy writer with a rampaging River crush (I'm intuiting that yours is also rampaging).

Who's Nymphadora Tonks?