Q&A session stolen from empressjad

[the_siobhan]

(See her LJ for my answers if you really give a shit.)

1) Ever been in a relationship lasting over 5 years?
A.

2) What was your dream growing up?
A.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.

5) Favorite book?
A.

6) What was the last book you read?
A.

7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.

9) Worst Habit?
A.

10) Best attribute?
A.

11) What is your favorite hobby?
A.

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.

15) Best thing to ever happen to you?
A.

16) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.

17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.

19) What scares you?
A.

20) If you could change one thing about how you are, what would it be?
A.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.

22) What color eyes do you have?
A.

23) Ever been arrested?
A.

24) Cake or pie?
A.

25) If you won $100 today, what would you do with it?
A.

26) Tell me something you wanted me to know about you.
A.

27) What's your favorite place to hang out?
A.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.

30) Do you swear a lot?
A.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.

34) Strangest place you've had sex?
A.

35) Do you believe in an afterlife?
A.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.

37. May I un-screen your your answers?
A.

Comments

[excess-and-oohs.livejournal.com]

1) Ever been in a relationship lasting over 5 years?
A. no, actually

2) What was your dream growing up?
A. to be a lawyer!

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. i wish i could juggle

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. anything, really. just not jaegermeister.

5) Favorite book?
A. The Cities Book

6) What was the last book you read?
A. fran lebowitz short stories

7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. gemini

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. no tattoos, a few piercings: 3 ear, one eyebrow, one vertical hood. i think that's all. i only have one left that isn't closed :)

9) Worst Habit?
A. i am a pathological flirt

10) Best attribute?
A. very open minded.

11) What is your favorite hobby?
A. sex

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. depends on my mood

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. play rock, paper, scissors, of course. or avoid eye contact and hide. or have sex.

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. being hospitalized

15) Best thing to ever happen to you?
A. my family (meaning my husband and my son, and the upcoming one)

16) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. i'm pretty gullible

17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. i would pretend i wasn't home (nothing personal, i just hate unexpected visitors).

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. i don't think we've ever met in person. actually, your userpic is the first i think i have ever seen you. blatant? that's a compliment.

19) What scares you?
A. not much. i have a genuine snake phobia though.

20) If you could change one thing about how you are, what would it be?
A. i can be intolerant of others' behaviour/mannerisms.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. partner, definitely.

22) What color eyes do you have?
A. green

23) Ever been arrested?
A. no. it must be really hard to get arrested.

24) Cake or pie?
A. cake.

25) If you won $100 today, what would you do with it?
A. nothing special. just put it in checking account for whatever good or bad it's needed for.

26) Tell me something you wanted me to know about you.
A. i am totally addicted to frech vanilla coffeemate. sick, i know.

27) What's your favorite place to hang out?
A. any hammock is good.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. no, unfortunately.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. think

30) Do you swear a lot?
A. not as much now with the child. i miss it.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. not sure. probably eating noises or someone trying to whisper in my ear.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. strong

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. yes

34) Strangest place you've had sex?
A. on a totally public (side) stairway in the limelight in nyc.

35) Do you believe in an afterlife?
A. `i believe my consciousness will never die. even if it's just in the wind or the ocean or space.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. yes

37. May I un-screen your your answers?
A. yes

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. i don't think we've ever met in person. actually, your userpic is the first i think i have ever seen you. blatant? that's a compliment.

I have this vague idea that we met once at a Haven party. That was so long ago though, that I might be mis-remembering.

[eveofdstruction.livejournal.com]

1) Ever been in a relationship lasting over 5 years?
A. I've been with ramonarjona for 14 years. blackavar and I will hit 5 years in a few months.

2) What was your dream growing up?
A. To be a ballerina/neurosurgeon/astronaut. Not too sorry to have missed the mark on that one. :)

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.The ability to pick up instruments easily, or even just to play one competently.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.These days a French 75. I go through phases though.

5) Favorite book?
A. Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

6) What was the last book you read?
A. The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks

7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Capricorn

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Celticy crescent moon on the nape of my neck. Standard single ear peircings. Nasty scar from a navel peircing gone wrong.

9) Worst Habit?
A. Procrastination

10) Best attribute?
A. I have great people skills. My voice. It really depends what part of life I'm thinking of.

11) What is your favorite hobby?
A. Can't choose just one. Reading and knitting.

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. I have a pretty positive outlook, but it has certainly become more pragmatic inthe lasat 5 years.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Do I have to answer this question?

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Assorted reproductive trauma. Hard to choose just one part of it, but probably Rhiannon's genetic disorder and heart defect.

15) Best thing to ever happen to you?
A. Being Rhiannon's mom.

16) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I am weird and compulsive about grocery shopping. I always shop the same store and having to choose a new one is a huge trauma. I have to shop the store in the same order every time or I kind of freak out. Must start in the produce section and work my way through even if I just need to grab some milk.

17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I would squee joyfully, hug you, and change the guestroom sheets.

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. I was a little scared, but only for about 5 minutes.

19) What scares you?
A. Parenting

20) If you could change one thing about how you are, what would it be?
A. I would like more hair. Other than that I'm pretty good. Come to think of it I'd ditch the chronic pain too.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Depends entirely on the crime

22) What color eyes do you have?
A.Brown

23) Ever been arrested?
A. Nope

24) Cake or pie?
A. both!

25) If you won $100 today, what would you do with it?
A. Go buy comic books. Or yarn.

26) Tell me something you wanted me to know about you.
A.

27) What's your favorite place to hang out?
A. Probably home.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. not sure

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. read. Have lunch with friends.

30) Do you swear a lot?
A. A lot more than the other preschool mommies.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Windshield wipers that are not perfectly adjusted for the amount of rain falling.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Shiny

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Yes, very much so. I don't expect it, but a tiny little bit goes a long way.

34) Strangest place you've had sex?
A. The boiler/machine room of Kennedy Theater at the University of Hawaii Manoa campus.

35) Do you believe in an afterlife?
A. not sure

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. but I already read your answers.

37. May I un-screen your your answers?
A. yes

[the_axel]

1) Ever been in a relationship lasting over 5 years?
A. Yes. 6 years with you, and before that with Maya (which lasted just under 6).

2) What was your dream growing up?
A. WWIII. I didn't have any expectations of a future.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. Memory for practical stuff.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Coffee porter. Or Stout. Or a Gibson. Or...

5) Favorite book?
A. I can't choose just one...
...
...hundred.

6) What was the last book you read?
A. Last one I finished was "Fragile Things" by Neil Gaiman.

7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Gemini with Aquarius rising, Mercury in Gemini, I forget the rest.

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. No.

9) Worst Habit?
A. My epic skills in procrastination.

10) Best attribute?
A. the_siobhan

11) What is your favorite hobby?
A. The newest one.

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Yes.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. NSFW

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Dad's death.

15) Best thing to ever happen to you?
A. Meeting Maya. It led to me moving to Toronto & everything that happened since.

16) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. There's nothing weird about me. Fact.

17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. Much the same as when you show up expectedly, I guess.

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. I was blind. You were nice. It's such a long time ago that I don't remember any details.

19) What scares you?
A. Losing you.

20) If you could change one thing about how you are, what would it be?
A. My memory.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Both, in equal measures.

22) What color eyes do you have?
A. The green side of hazel.

23) Ever been arrested?
A. Yes. Convicted even.

24) Cake or pie?
A. Both. With ice cream.

25) If you won $100 today, what would you do with it?
A. Throw it in the bank. Fritter it away.

26) Tell me something you wanted me to know about you.
A. I love you.

27) What's your favorite place to hang out?
A. The pub.
With you.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. Define 'ghost'.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Travel the world. Visit friends.

30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Fuck no.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Nothing really bothers me that much consistently enough to qualify.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Mercurial.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. For my definition of romance.
Which I gather isn't entirely traditional.

34) Strangest place you've had sex?
A.

35) Do you believe in an afterlife?
A. I think you expressed my opinion pretty well. Spiritual recycling as it were.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. At some point in the next couple of weeks...

37. May I un-screen your your answers?
A. Surely.

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

1) Ever been in a relationship lasting over 5 years?
A. I currently am. It's been almost seven years, I think.

2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I wanted to be a fairy princess with long blonde hair and blue wings. Failing that, I wanted to marry Mighty Mouse and/or Boris Karloff.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I wish I could draw.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Currently, it's Malibu rum and diet coke. It used to be Jack Daniel's and orange juice.

5) Favorite book?
A. The Tooth Fairy, by Graham Joyce.

6) What was the last book you read?
A. My books for January are listed here (http://meetzemonsta.livejournal.com/410464.html#cutid1).

7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Libra, with my moon in Gemini and Capricorn rising. Or Capricorn moon and Gemini rising? I never remember that part.

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. 16 tattoos: Behind each ear, across my shoulders, on each collar bone, over my right breast, both upper arms, small of my back (it is NOT a tramp stamp), left inner forearm, left outer forearm, inside and outside of both wrists, and my right calf.
Six piercings: left nostril, labret, left tragus, two holes in each ear lobe, both cartilege tops.

9) Worst Habit?
A. I pull my hair out, although that's not so much a habit as an impulse control disorder. So, I'll have to say cracking my knees.

10) Best attribute?
A. I know exactly who I am.

11) What is your favorite hobby?
A. Collecting toy hearses.

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. I have a realistic attitude.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Talk trash. :D

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. The death of my mother.

15) Best thing to ever happen to you?
A. Deciding to go back to school to be a mortician.

16) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I used to get Jonathan Rhys Davies and Jonathan Rhys Meyers mixed up all the time. At one point, I thought the dwarf in Lord of the Rings was actually the pretty boy from Velvet Goldmine and I thought to myself, That's one HELL of a make-up job.

17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I would very swiftly make a run to the liquor store.

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. I was pretty drunk at the time, so I don't remember much about it. I do remember your mohawk and you grinning at me.

19) What scares you?
A. Things under the bed.

20) If you could change one thing about how you are, what would it be?
A. I would like to believe that I'm pretty.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Both.

22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Blue-grey.

23) Ever been arrested?
A. No. Came close a few times, though.

24) Cake or pie?
A. Pie, but only if it's pumpkin.

25) If you won $100 today, what would you do with it?
A. Buy cigarettes and comic books.

26) Tell me something you wanted me to know about you.
A. I think you're pretty much made of awesome. For serious.

27) What's your favorite place to hang out?
A. On my living room floor.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. Yes and no. I've seen some fairly crazy shit in my time, but I hesitate to use the term "ghosts".

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Read. And sleep.

30) Do you swear a lot?
A. I have a passing familiarity with it, yes.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. This week? People who smack their lips when they eat.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. I've recently been embracing being labeled as "morbid", so: morbid.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Sometimes. I'm kind of weird about romance. It seems like I only appreciate love when I have to endlessly chase it down.

34) Strangest place you've had sex?
A. In a tent in the front yard of a row home.

35) Do you believe in an afterlife?
A. Yes.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Maybe.

37. May I un-screen your your answers?
A. Sure!

[xthlcm.livejournal.com]

(I'm breaking my meme cherry on this one, I'll have you know)

1) Ever been in a relationship lasting over 5 years?
Seven! (and some change) (plus being friends for about 12)

2) What was your dream growing up?
To be an archaeologist. Then I found out that most of it was really boring, and you had to have a passion for it bordering on mania. I didn't.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
To compose and play music.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
Wilde Oscar.

5) Favorite book?
Nope.

6) What was the last book you read?
The Illusion of Progress in the Arab World, by Galal Amin

7) What zodiac sign are you?
Virgo

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
Celtic knotwork armband. It needs a coverup badly.

9) Worst Habit?
Fucking around on the Internet when I should be doing other things.

10) Best attribute?
Patience.

11) What is your favorite hobby?
My bike.

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
Negative.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
"Hey Sio? Punch through the ceiling and I'll give you a boost"

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Not on LJ.

15) Best thing to ever happen to you?
Taking a high school class at the Folger Shakespeare Library in DC. I met a ton of good friends that I still have to this day, including my wife.

16) Tell me one weird fact about you.
I'm very, very cuddly but simultaneously very hesitant to touch most people.

17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
That would be really awesome. I swear I would take you to a better pub than the last one I took you to in Boston.

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
I really don't remember. At the time I was distracted by someone else in your party. Later you intimidated me. Later still I realized that you were completely awesome.

19) What scares you?
Failing in my responsibilities. Also, drowning and cockroaches.

20) If you could change one thing about how you are, what would it be?
I'd be more self-confident.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
I think we're both pretty responsible people. These days at least. I'll have to go with partner ... IN JUSTICE!

22) What color eyes do you have?
Green and blue.

23) Ever been arrested?
Nope.

24) Cake or pie?
Meaningless. The composition of the dessert is a missing independent variable. If it was poo cake and rat pie, I would eat neither. Maybe rat pie if I was really hungry.

25) If you won $100 today, what would you do with it?
Next two rounds are on me.

26) Tell me something you wanted me to know about you.
I respect you quite a lot.

27) What's your favorite place to hang out?
Enormous Room, Central Square, Cambridge, MA

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
No.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
Play games.

30) Do you swear a lot?
Yes.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
People who don't use turn signals.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Lazy.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
Yes.

34) Strangest place you've had sex?
Not on LJ.

35) Do you believe in an afterlife?
I don't think death is the end, but then I don't believe in an afterlife as such.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
I don't like to put memes in my LJ. But I'm happy to indulge in them on other peoples'. :)

37. May I un-screen your your answers?
Sure.

OK, I'll bite (oh wait a second)

[dali-muse.livejournal.com]

1) Ever been in a relationship lasting over 5 years?
A.Six and a half years with rosif3r , it ended last year.

2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I wanted to be a wildlife veterinarian and save endangered species.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I wish a could carry a tune.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Coffee

5) Favorite book?
A. Lord of the Rings trilogy

6) What was the last book you read?
A. Lives of the Muses

7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Capricorn

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. No tats, used to have two piercings in each ear and both nipples pierced but my body has decided it doesn't like metal anymore. The short answer, none.

9) Worst Habit?
A. Sheesh, where do I start?

10) Best attribute?
A. Loyalty

11) What is your favorite hobby?
A. (embarassed grin) SHOPPING

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Negative, I expect my fellow humans to let me down, and they usually fullfill that expectation.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Probably start band geeking. Between the both of us, I'm sure we've seen hundreds of live shows.

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Attacked by the Bogeyman multiple times.

15) Best thing to ever happen to you?
A. Winning an all expenses paid trip to London for 5 days.

16) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I've never owned a computer until a month ago.

17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. Make some coffee and plan some mischief.

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. I knew of you before actually meeting you. For C8 registration, I sent an international money order to you via snailmail. Mostly I hung out with Boston people C8, but tried to meet new people each time I went to Convergence. Since I didn't know you, I didn't think that we would have anything in common which is why I had never approached you. Then the C13 and C14 vote drama started, and even though I had a hunch that you were more than capable of taking care of yourself, I still felt like I needed to defend you, or at least fight at your side. A comment that vonamuse made really stuck in my head and I couldn't believe that someone could say something really stupid like that. C13 was the year that I had to meet everyone that I had commented in various communities in LJ land. At last, we had something in common to talk about, or at least an ice breaker.

19) What scares you?
A. Aging.

20) If you could change one thing about how you are, what would it be?
A. I would not have scoliosis anymore.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Depends on the crime.

22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Hazel

23) Ever been arrested?
A. No, but I've been questioned by the police.

24) Cake or pie?
A. Cake

25) If you won $100 today, what would you do with it?
A. Pay for all these damn fillings I need to get.

26) Tell me something you wanted me to know about you.
A. Umm, I thought that's what I was already doing? *grin* But in relation to something I said above, I was adopted, I've never laid eyes on my birth mother.

27) What's your favorite place to hang out?
A. Manray (RIP)

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. yes,

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Embarassed to tell you this but SHOPPING!

30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Abso-fucking-lutely.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Well since I'm in retail, The arrogance and sense of entitlement that people have. "I wore this shoe for only 2 months and I demand a refund!"

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.fabulous

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. I perfer chivalry myself. Halmark romance crap, oh hell no!

34) Strangest place you've had sex?
A. OK, I'm boring. Not applicable.

35) Do you believe in an afterlife?
A. No

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. I might post this version, this is the third varient of this meme and at least 10 of my Flist has done this already.

37. May I un-screen your your answers?
A. Yes