Question Meme
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next_to_normalSnagged from... just about everyone, at this point.
1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.
See under the cut for my questions fromms_scarletibis and beloved_77.
1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.
See under the cut for my questions from
ms_scarletibis and beloved_77.From Scarlet:
1. What's your favorite film of all time?
I'm always terrible at this one, because I can never settle on just one. I'll go with "The Princess Bride" - it's a classic.
2. Did you ever dream of being a princess as a little girl? If yes, and given the opporotunity to be one today, would you take it?
Probably... I was big into the Disney princesses as a kid. Oh, and when I was a teenager, I wanted to marry Prince William and become Queen of England. :) Given the opportunity today... are we talking fairy tale princess or real-life princess? Because those Disney girls always seem to have evil witches or stepmothers coming after them, and I could do without that kind of stress. Being a real-life princess... hmm, it could be cool, if I'd eventually get to be queen and run the country. But those things are mostly just ceremonial, so I think I'd rather be President.
3. If you had to choose between the "perfect body" and being a genius, which would it be?
Well, I'm already a genius, so can I have a perfect body on top of that? :)
4. If you had one wish for the world, what would it be?
Well, world peace sounds a little too Miss America cliché... so does ending poverty, I guess, but I think that's what I'd wish for.
5. Who would you rather hang with--Riley or Angelus?
Er - does Angelus want to kill me? No question that he'd be the more entertaining of the two, but I have to say, I'd rather be bored than dead. Assuming, of course, that we're talking about the original, super-evil Angelus of the good old days, not the namby-pamby post-soul Angelus who sneaks into people's bedrooms to draw pictures and kill fish. I could totally take that guy.
From IB:
1. What did you dislike most about being an only child?
Probably my parents' overprotectiveness and increased pressure on me. There actually isn't much I disliked about it - I was never lonely as a child, I didn't get spoiled, and I feel that spending a lot of time with adults meant that I was always more mature than my peers. I had all of my parents' attention - but that also meant that they felt they had to do a really good job with me, because I was their only chance.
2. What was the first thing you ever wrote?
Well, I was "writing" as young as age 5, when I would make up stories and dictate them to my mother, who typed them up on the typewriter. They were mostly stories about princesses - I remember one about a princess and a wolf that turned into a prince, and another that had something to do with a golden pearl necklace... I don't think Disney will be clamoring for the rights anytime soon, lol. My first real story (like, with a semi-coherent plot that didn't require the use of a stenographer) was probably when I was around 10 or so. I can't remember the title, but it was about two sisters who had this evil magic spider in their backyard, and the younger sister got turned into stone when the spider bit her. (This was inspired by my parents' purchase of a stone fountain statue of a little girl with a watering can, which they put in the garden in the backyard.)
3. You've got three wishes. What would they be?
Um... love, lots of money, and I guess that poverty thing.
4. What do you find most perplexing about the opposite sex?
Oh, lord, what don't I find perplexing? How about how to find a good one that likes me? That's got me pretty flummoxed.
5. Whom do you most admire and why?
I've never really had role models or idols or anything. As a woman in politics who wants to work in the White House someday, I'm pretty impressed by Hillary Clinton these days.
1. What's your favorite film of all time?
I'm always terrible at this one, because I can never settle on just one. I'll go with "The Princess Bride" - it's a classic.
2. Did you ever dream of being a princess as a little girl? If yes, and given the opporotunity to be one today, would you take it?
Probably... I was big into the Disney princesses as a kid. Oh, and when I was a teenager, I wanted to marry Prince William and become Queen of England. :) Given the opportunity today... are we talking fairy tale princess or real-life princess? Because those Disney girls always seem to have evil witches or stepmothers coming after them, and I could do without that kind of stress. Being a real-life princess... hmm, it could be cool, if I'd eventually get to be queen and run the country. But those things are mostly just ceremonial, so I think I'd rather be President.
3. If you had to choose between the "perfect body" and being a genius, which would it be?
Well, I'm already a genius, so can I have a perfect body on top of that? :)
4. If you had one wish for the world, what would it be?
Well, world peace sounds a little too Miss America cliché... so does ending poverty, I guess, but I think that's what I'd wish for.
5. Who would you rather hang with--Riley or Angelus?
Er - does Angelus want to kill me? No question that he'd be the more entertaining of the two, but I have to say, I'd rather be bored than dead. Assuming, of course, that we're talking about the original, super-evil Angelus of the good old days, not the namby-pamby post-soul Angelus who sneaks into people's bedrooms to draw pictures and kill fish. I could totally take that guy.
From IB:
1. What did you dislike most about being an only child?
Probably my parents' overprotectiveness and increased pressure on me. There actually isn't much I disliked about it - I was never lonely as a child, I didn't get spoiled, and I feel that spending a lot of time with adults meant that I was always more mature than my peers. I had all of my parents' attention - but that also meant that they felt they had to do a really good job with me, because I was their only chance.
2. What was the first thing you ever wrote?
Well, I was "writing" as young as age 5, when I would make up stories and dictate them to my mother, who typed them up on the typewriter. They were mostly stories about princesses - I remember one about a princess and a wolf that turned into a prince, and another that had something to do with a golden pearl necklace... I don't think Disney will be clamoring for the rights anytime soon, lol. My first real story (like, with a semi-coherent plot that didn't require the use of a stenographer) was probably when I was around 10 or so. I can't remember the title, but it was about two sisters who had this evil magic spider in their backyard, and the younger sister got turned into stone when the spider bit her. (This was inspired by my parents' purchase of a stone fountain statue of a little girl with a watering can, which they put in the garden in the backyard.)
3. You've got three wishes. What would they be?
Um... love, lots of money, and I guess that poverty thing.
4. What do you find most perplexing about the opposite sex?
Oh, lord, what don't I find perplexing? How about how to find a good one that likes me? That's got me pretty flummoxed.
5. Whom do you most admire and why?
I've never really had role models or idols or anything. As a woman in politics who wants to work in the White House someday, I'm pretty impressed by Hillary Clinton these days.
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Date: Jun. 8th, 2008 04:47 am (UTC)Heh, heh, that was really random.
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Date: Jun. 8th, 2008 01:59 pm (UTC)1. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up and why?
2. What's the dumbest thing you've ever done?
3. If you could change one thing about your husband, what would it be?
4. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
5. Describe yourself in three words.
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Date: Jun. 9th, 2008 12:23 am (UTC)2. Fallen in love with a boy who decided he was gay...after I had already fallen in love with him. That was not pretty.
3. Oooooo...Actually, I don't think I'd change anything. He can annoy the hell out of me, but that's only to be expected.
4. I'd live in Manhattan in a newly remodeled penthouse apartment with a rooftop terrace with a pool. We, Mr. IB and I, would have a small villa near Florence close to this restaurant there where we had the best meal we have ever eaten--ever. And maybe a little apartment in Paris. Not that I've thought this out or anything...
5. Funny, analytical, honest.
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Date: Jun. 9th, 2008 06:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Jun. 9th, 2008 03:23 pm (UTC)2. Who was your first crush?
3. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
4. What was the best kiss you ever had?
5. What is one skill you have that's unique?
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Date: Jun. 9th, 2008 06:12 pm (UTC)2. Christian Patton--the first boy I ever liked. He was one grade ahead of me and just the most adorable, sweetest thing ever. He was well mannered and had dimples. I was just silly, puppy dog in love with him. Of course, I wasn't his type.
3. Fuck if I know--that question is diverged in a yellow wood. One instance is not appealing in the least, and the other will make me sound delusional. For these reasons, I prefer to keep mum about both.
4. Probably the dream I had a few days ago involving JM. Oh, real life? Right....my asshole ex-boyfriend. Our first kiss was just magical, and lasted for a couple of hours.
5. One skill, eh? Um...writing songs and poetry I suppose. That, and I can pop my knuckles just by stretching out my fingers and then bending them.