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1)Which vows did you make as a kid?Does 15 count as being a kid? I swore I wouldn't eat meat anymore. And I haven't.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
About my individuality? That I comprehend multiple hegemonic settings but I think I'm coming to understand I don't comprehend even one very well.
What's synesthesia?
3) Childhood nicknames?
Peewee, which became "Pee" over time. I'm not kidding. I'm 6ft3 now, by the way.
Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Hm. Thor? I don't know. I'd have to think about this further.
Persephone? Really? But that means you had to go underground part of the year. But maybe you like that.
5)What's the universal language?
Esperanto. But who actually speaks it?
Smiling, as stupid as it sounds. Everybody gets that. Right?
Strangest conviction?
That spirits and fairies are all around me. I think I've said that before.
Oh, and there was that time with the chocolate, ladders, and electric tape outside of the bakery, but the police couldn't make the conviction stick:)
If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
John Cheever, maybe. Haruki Murakami, I hope.
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
People who want me to follow unwritten rules and not acknowledge them when they're stupid. People who want me to "not talk about it."
9)What's your catharsis?
Working out, lately.
10)Ideal home?
I like my home now but I wouldn't mind a condo in Assisi and a teleportation machine.
11) Most enduring resentment?
I'm not answering this one.
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
13)Random amusing fact?
My first kiss was in a cemetery.
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Amy Grant.
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
Tang and Pizza, back in high school.
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Reflective and humble. And resembling Monica Bellucci.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To write books about training teachers and sleep a lot.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
See #16.
19)What are you waiting for?
My body to feel like tackling the elliptical. Should be ready in about ten minutes.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
The extremely hot checkout girls at Costco.
1)Which vows did you make as a kid? To find mt 'real parent' the King and Queen - I had delusions of being a princess who had been adopted out to save from the wicked queen - too many disney films lol
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
No idea lol
3) Childhood nicknames?
Mini Mee - because I'm small and my surname is Mee
Cinderella - this is more now - I always disappear around midnight on nights out.
Hailstone
I have a goodreads nickname given to me by Nick - Tennisball
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Aphordite(sp) - Goddess of Love, beauty and sexual rapture.
5)What's the universal language?
Smiling
6) Strangest conviction?
Mot sure!!!
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Stephen King
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Driving Test Examiners - I've failed 4 tests so far :::pulls an angry face::::
9)What's your catharsis?
Dancing
10)Ideal home?
The castle in Beauty and the Beast, including the talking objects
11) Most enduring resentment?
Don't think I have an enduring resentment!
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Harry Potter Series
13)Random amusing fact?
For years I was a pom pom dancer - it was know as Morris dancing but people got it confused with the men in white with sticks and bells.
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond - hes so cute - search BBC website for him!!!
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
a healthy one
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Kind, honest, intelligent
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
to unite all cheerleaders and take over the world - toe touchs all round people
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Jon Non Jovi
19)What are you waiting for?
Love
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
My friend Dan - I think my dreams are trying to tell me something.
1)Which vows did you make as a kid? I wanted to save the whales. I adopted a humpback whale and an orca, named Ralph and Edward respectively. They both lived in the Puget Sound, near Seattle. I loved whales. I sort of miss my whale obsession.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
That I was the only kid who really preferred reading to running around outside. And I really thought I was the only one to "get" the things I was reading.
3) Childhood nicknames?
My dad still calls me the Princess of Ireland, (or, "It's Herself!" or some variant) as he is really into his Irish heritage, and I look very very Irish, and his joke was always that I should go to Tara and reclaim the lost throne. I don't know, it makes him happy. :) Also, unfortunately, "Kelly," rhymes with a lot of things. I won't repeat them here, but there was a lot of rhyming nicknames.
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Mythic? Hmmm... Morrigan, or Morgan Le Fey. Totally misunderstood. Also? I am badass evil in my dreams, apparently: http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/ce...
(Persephone is a good one, though. As is Thor. Equally badass.)
5)What's the universal language?
Violin music. Corny, but I think its true.
6) Strangest conviction?
That if I make a bet with myself, or think something nasty, and don't keep the consequences of it, I often get a twinge that God (and I don't even believe in God, so) or some power will know about it and hold it against me in the afterlife, if there is one. Seriously, I sometimes picture a movie screen or tape of my thoughts being played back to me endlessly while I'm either laughed at or yelled at until I'm in tears.
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Graham Greene, on my bad days. But I'd hope for Guy Gavriel Kay. For then my life would be touched by gods, fit into the ages past, and be wise and learned and beautiful.
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
The word "should," My parents' expectations of me, and the idea that I should trust other people's taste in things rather than trying it for myself.
9)What's your catharsis?
Used to be singing. I'm getting back into that.
10)Ideal home?
A big brick house in Scotland with a bunch of horses to take care of and plenty of big fireplaces, and a side vacation time-share in the Greek islands.
11) Most enduring resentment?
Yeah, this one's a bit personal for me to answer, but trust me, its still burning.
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
The windswept shot of Marianne in the rain in the movie of Sense and Sensibility reciting Shakespeare poetry in despair up until Colonel Brandon carries her home, the Bach cello suites as performed by Yo-Yo Ma, the violin transcription of Chopin's Nocturne in C Minor performed by Joshua Bell- it is sex on a stick, people, the scene in the Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay when the mosaic artist Crispin is told that his magnificent piece of work on top of a dome is going to be taken down because it does not conform to current religious ideas, and he gets back up there to do a last day of work on it anyway.
13)Random amusing fact?
To stay with the first kiss theme... my first kiss was in full view of half my friends, who were driving us home after we'd all been out for a night.
14)Who's your strangest crush?
I suppose that depends on what qualifies as strange... David Straithairn is probably really strange to most people. Ever since I saw him play Theseus in Midsummer I've had a /huge/ crush on him. Oh, be still my heart just thinking about it.
Also, I had a huge crush on one of my European history professors in college. He wasn't even that good looking, really, and he could be kind of abrasive to people he thought were stupid or wrong. I won't get into it further except to say that the few people I told thought I was insane.
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
The strawberries and Wheat thins diet. There are days I live entirely off that.
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
this is different for different situations.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
Perposterous? To somehow become the Renaissance woman I always dreamed I'd be overnight, but use my infinitely subtle, highly educated and talented powers for diplomatic good.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
I'll have to get back to you on that.
19)What are you waiting for?
The end of the day, so I can go home and kick the SO's ass at Scrabble.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
The Joker. Yeah, its not been good.
Unfortunately, "Kelly," rhymes with a lot of things. I won't repeat them here, but there was a lot of rhyming nicknames. Smelly, belly, helly, felly, delly...hee. This is fun.
Sherri, let's do it. In solidarity for the unfortunately named. *prepares for epic tickling!*
)Which vows did you make as a kid?
That I would never become my mother (in my early teens). Now I know this is a vow nearly impossible to keep.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
My delusions!
3) Childhood nicknames?
Jellybean.
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Medusa
5)What's the universal language?
Love? Isn't that what all the songs say?
6) Strangest conviction?
That my dog understands everything I say to her. But that's not so strange. Truth is, if it is my conviction, I doubt I would find it strange -- others will/would. and they can go suck an egg.
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Mother Goose.
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Camel crickets.
9)What's your catharsis?
Chocolate and sex...but not at the same time.
10)Ideal home?
The Biltmore House. Or a well-lit cave.
11) Most enduring resentment?
All of my resentments are equally enduring.
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Film -- On the Waterfront. Song-- If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands. Book - How To Live Forever.
13)Random amusing fact?
My second toe is longer than my "big toe"
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Walter Cronkite
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
The Send-Me-All-Your-Money-And-I'll-Send-You-Back-Commonsense-Nutrition-Suggestions Diet
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Someone unlike me.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To be able to use the word "cunning" in any situation and not smirk.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Most? Ha! You will all be my slaves....
19)What are you waiting for?
The ice cream truck.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
The ice cream truck driver.
That I would never become my mother (in my early teens). Now I know this is a vow nearly impossible to keep.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
My delusions!
3) Childhood nicknames?
Jellybean.
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Medusa
5)What's the universal language?
Love? Isn't that what all the songs say?
6) Strangest conviction?
That my dog understands everything I say to her. But that's not so strange. Truth is, if it is my conviction, I doubt I would find it strange -- others will/would. and they can go suck an egg.
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Mother Goose.
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Camel crickets.
9)What's your catharsis?
Chocolate and sex...but not at the same time.
10)Ideal home?
The Biltmore House. Or a well-lit cave.
11) Most enduring resentment?
All of my resentments are equally enduring.
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Film -- On the Waterfront. Song-- If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands. Book - How To Live Forever.
13)Random amusing fact?
My second toe is longer than my "big toe"
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Walter Cronkite
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
The Send-Me-All-Your-Money-And-I'll-Send-You-Back-Commonsense-Nutrition-Suggestions Diet
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Someone unlike me.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To be able to use the word "cunning" in any situation and not smirk.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Most? Ha! You will all be my slaves....
19)What are you waiting for?
The ice cream truck.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
The ice cream truck driver.
Jenni, chocolate and sex go quite well together hehe
Randomanthony, synesthesia's mixed senses. So, you see sounds and taste sights.
1)Which vows did you make as a kid? To save my city from giant monsters like godzilla
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
Since my assimilation, I have no individuality. They're right, resistance is futile.
3) Childhood nicknames?
kaybee, kiddo, kris, kat, crete
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
One of the sirens, then there would be a purpose behind killing people with my singing
5)What's the universal language?
whining
6) Strangest conviction?
That we can't possibly be the only intellegent life in the universe.
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
any and all electronics at work. They are all conspiring against me. I can hear them whispering. But revenge will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine! Bwwwhahhaahahahaa...ha..ha. *cough*
9)What's your catharsis?
Knowing that I excell in my mediocraty..
10)Ideal home?
on a private island, where I get to pick and choose it's inhabitants
11) Most enduring resentment?
oh, there are so many.....
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
"just an ordinary day" by shirley jackson, that way I could live in a different short story every day
13)Random amusing fact?
I can cross one eye at a time.
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Islington, the angel from Neverwhere. Nothing better than an angel gone insane.
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
losing weight by watching fitness shows. Although I suppose if you watched a cooking show you'd start gaining it back....
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
someone who can trade offhand remarks littered with random lines from books and movies.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To convince the world that acid washed pleated jeans are so in now... and then sit back and laugh cuz really...who would believe that!
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Adrian Brody's
19)What are you waiting for?
It to stop raining this summer so I can walk on the grass without it sounding like im treading across a super saturated sponge.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
ex's. I think I'm going to stick a burning sage stick in my ear at night so I can cleanse my head.
1)Which vows did you make as a kid? To never kiss a girl, because they’re gross. I’ve since recanted.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
That I’m the only one with powerful telekinetic powers, and a comprehensive vocabulary of the English language.
P.S. I’m pretty sure you made up the word "synesthesia".
3) Childhood nicknames?
Juggernaut (I was a lot bigger than everyone until Jr. High)
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Achilles – except I’d go back to the damn river, put my foot in past my ankle, and ask my mom why she was so lazy?
5)What's the universal language?
Violence. Everybody understands violence. You box anybody on the ears, and regardless of their race, creed, religion, ethnic background, or native language – they know you’re not pleased with them. Good old, dependable violence. That’s how I communicate when I travel abroad.
6) Strangest conviction?
That I captured Rebecca’s soul, and keep it in a Mason jar on the bottom shelf in the pantry. Don’t worry, I poked holes in the lid.
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Louis L’amour – because everybody gets what they’ve got coming. Not that what I’ve got coming to me is anything good. I’d just rather see it coming.
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Monkey obesity and infant illiteracy
9)What's your catharsis?
Being completely alone
10)Ideal home?
A place out in the middle of nowhere in the high desert of the Southwest
11) Most enduring resentment?
I’m pretty peeved at everybody who told me that finding a good job would be a piece of cake as long as I had a degree.
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Song - Amarillo Sky/Book – First Man in Rome
13)Random amusing fact?
Maine doesn’t exist. It’s all a conspiracy perpetuated by the CIA and Stephen King.
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Chetara, from the Thunder Cats.
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
Thick-crust pizza and no-bake cookies diet.
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Someone just like me, but patient, intelligent, motivated, and good-looking.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
After the government scrapped plans for the Gay bomb, I began work on the non-hippie bomb. I plan to work out all the kinks and drop one on Berkley, CA by May of 2011.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
No can do.
19)What are you waiting for?
Everyone to realize that I’m right.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
Sister-in-law, but not that way. ::Shudders at the thought::
That girl who beat King Dinosaur in a spelling bee is a BITCH.And ladies, I am impervious to tickling. It's my superpower.
Dinosaur, your treehouse is awesome. All you need on it is some automatic water balloon launchers.
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: I made many including but not limited to; killing my sisters, stealing my neighbors dog (actually did that, that puppy was chained to a tree 24/7, still got the ass beating of my life from that) world domination, captain an ark colonization space ship.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
Smoking, I know best. I know it is bad, but I love it still... I'm not giving it up, there MINE! I have faith that there will be a cure for lung cancer soon. I know delusional.
3) Childhood nicknames?
Green giant, Lurch.
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Zeus.
5)What's the universal language?
Math duh!
6) Strangest conviction?
Smoking is fine, science will fix that pesky cancer/heart disease and all that. weather it happens in time to save me is another question, I am not prepared to answer at this time.
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Peter F. Hamilton: his male characters always get the girl;)
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
I have a filing cabinet full of decelerations of war; Terrorism, Uber left fascists, uber right fascists, low fat ice cream, bio-fuels, whats a better pet dog/cat, confusing repressive tax "laws", my neighbor, that horrible weed that has taken over my yard, people that drive with their heads up their asses.
9)What's your catharsis?
suave use of crass, offensive, and abusive language
10)Ideal home?
Massive log cabin.
11) Most enduring resentment?
Well there are a few, none of which I feel like sharing... So I can make one up. 4 months after conception my mother ingested some powerful narcotics. I distinctly recall the vile substance invading my amniotic fluid, needless to say I was not pleased. I made her regret it 5 months later. Boy was she shocked to find out just how painful a newborn baby's death grip can be,when attached to her labia.
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
This is just a silly question.
13)Random amusing fact?
That every planets atmospheric temperature in our solar system has increased at the same rate as earths. I wonder what the goreacle has to say about that. Surely the sun could not be affecting our climate. No way that's crazy talk.
14)Who's your strangest crush?
I don't think I have one. I do find many women attractive. But I don't think that is a crush.
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
Monster energy drinks, smokes, red meat.
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Anyone rational.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To construct a massive Trebuchet, and deploy it against my neighbor. I also plan on enlisting the help of as many goodreads patrons as possible. I figure the more people we have working on it the more people there will be to chip in on the legal fee's.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
I have got to go with KD on this one.
19)What are you waiting for?
The bottom to fall out from under me. Watching everything that I have worked for fade away. My wife to wake up and realize she is wasting her time.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
Midgets. There are always midgets. I don't remember ever dream, but every dream I can remember when I wake up has midgets.
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To ignore God forever because he let a kitten die even though I pleaded with him to save it. Of course, ignoring God just brings about more misery in your life. It took a long time for me to figure that out though.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
uhm... everything? It's a sickness, I realize.
3) Childhood nicknames?
Cricket. The Scribble Kid.
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Artemis.
5)What's the universal language?
sex
6) Strangest conviction?
the gods play with me like a tinker toy.
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Chuck Palaniuk
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
liberal dingbats... stop being on my side, you make my side look stupid!!!
9)What's your catharsis?
a day at the ocean
10)Ideal home?
Restored farm house near a creek, a wood, and wide open spaces... not far from town.
11) Most enduring resentment?
climbing over the crib rails causes gravity to pull you downward
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
marriage??? ::::runs like hell:::::
13)Random amusing fact?
when caterpillars transform into butterflies, they completely liquify in their cocoon, lose their heads, and alter their DNA. Man that trips me out completely!
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Gary Sinise
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
Turkey on Sourdough Roll with Everything Diet
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
smart, funny, good looking, thinks I'm a goddess
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To subvert the dominant paradigm by poking it with sticks like a badger in a hole until it gets really angry and explodes.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
yeah, uhm, I'm no good at that. except for very short period of time involving leather, restraints, and a ping pong paddle. In which case... a mastery of the genre is all that is generally required. : )
19)What are you waiting for?
the next wave
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
Uillean bagpipe player Christy O'Leary. :::sigh::::
I work under the assumption, Sherri, that hanging around the Axis means encountering riding crops every now and then. There's no avoiding it:)
Just as an side note, in response to all this: You people are even more interesting than I thought you were. Well done. Carry on. :)
OK, I'll play...1) Which vows did you make as a kid?
After seeing The Karate Kid, I swore I'd learn how to catch bugs with chopsticks. I have yet to master that trick.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
I drink more tea than just about any other person alive. Nope, I'm not necessarily proud of that fact.
3) Childhood nicknames?
My Mum used to call me Frog because I had very long and slender limbs as a child. She still calls me Frog in her letters and e-mails, all of which start, 'Dear Frog'.
4) Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Yep, Persephone sounds about right to me, Rebecca.
5) What's the universal language?
Chocolate.
6) Strangest conviction?
I used to think I had it in me to become an assassin. I've since dropped that notion, although I do still feel fairly homicidal when people make a lot of noise late at night and so keep me from falling asleep.
7) If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Henry James, undoubtedly. I'm an insanely Jamesian character. And slightly McEwanesque, too, I suspect.
8) On what/whom have you declared war?
Noise. I absolutely cannot stand noise. Dripping taps, creaking doors, snoring and other people's music drive me up the wall.
9) What's your catharsis?
Piano music, brilliantly photogenic light and films that make me cry.
10) Ideal home?
Somewhere near a big city with proper bookshops and good arthouse cinemas, but without noisy neighbours. A nice gum tree or weeping willow in the garden would be a great bonus.
11) Most enduring resentment?
Apart from a whole lot of private stuff with which I'm not going to bother anyone, the fact that I can't play the piano. 'tis not fair!
12) Piece of music/book/film you'd marry?
The ending to The Road Home, which is the perfect marriage of images, music and sentiment. Ever so manipulative, but oooooooooh.
13) Random amusing fact?
I can't pronounce the word 'maths'.
14) Who's your strangest crush?
I had a serious crush on Mark from Battle of the Planets when I was ten. Go on, beat that, you lot!
15) Diet you'd pioneer?
A chocolate-and-tea diet, obviously.
16) What's your ideal kind of person?
I love passionate people. It doesn't really matter what they're passionate about, as long as they understand what it's like to be passionate or even a little obsessive about things.
17) What's your 'cunning plan'? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To invent a horrible and lethal sound and kill all noisy people with it.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Previous experience has taught me that I am entirely unsuited to being a slave. I wouldn't wish myself upon anyone.
19) What are you waiting for?
The miraculous arrival of opportunity and self-discipline, so that I can finally go and make some dreams come true.
20) Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
I wish I could remember! I never remember my dreams. Anyone wish to come and make my dreams more memorable? You're welcome, you know. As long as you don't make too much noise.
Muffy, I mean, Sherri, right back at you!:)
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To live by the Girl Scout law:
I will do my best:
to be honest
to be fair
to help where I am needed
to be cheerful
to be friendly and considerate
to be a sister to every Girl Scout
to respect authority
to use resources wisely
to protect and improve the world around me
to show respect for myself and others through my words and actions
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
My musical taste. Ahem. And it's NOT a delusion.
3) Childhood nicknames?
Tigerlily.
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Athena, Goddess of wisdom.
5)What's the universal language?
gesticulating wildly
6) Strangest conviction?
My cat understands exactly what I'm saying to him.
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Truman Capote.
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Guar gum and carrageenan in my ice cream. Out! Out! Damned gums!
9)What's your catharsis?
Singing. Badly.
10)Ideal home?
Beach cottage.
11) Most enduring resentment?
Having to move right before junior high.
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg.
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy.
"The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
13)Random amusing fact?
Dan-o from Hawaii 5-O ("Book 'em, Dan-o!") came to my first grade class to tell us about dental hygiene.
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Spock. Always Spock.
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
Chocolate and banana breakfast plan.
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Smart, funny, and kind, and gets my references.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To stamp out gravity.
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Spock's, duh!
19)What are you waiting for?
Bullet trains and light rail everywhere. 90 minutes from New York to Paris. More leisure, more artists everywhere.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
Those demanding French professors, with their tests.
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I sympathise, Sherri. I've shared walls for most of my life (it's hard to get away from that sort of thing when you've lived in three of the five most densely populated countries on earth), but so far I've always been very lucky in my neighbours, give or take a couple of saxophone players. Usually the noise that annoys me is either in my own house (dripping taps, snoring roommates) or out on the street. I live across the street from a fast-food restaurant which attracts a very rowdy clientele -- kids who have a tendency to start yelling across the street or switching on car radios very loudly in the middle of the night, just when I'm about to fall asleep. As a bad insomniac, I get frustrated with that sort of thing. In addition, my house is being renovated at the moment, AND they're widening my road, so these are noisy times. Anyhow, enough complaining from me. Good luck with your own shared-wall experience. I hope you get used to everything before it does your head in!
That girl who beat King Dinosaur in a spelling bee is a BITCH.RA, I totally sneered at that girl when I read about her! A 7th grader named Brandy beat me when I was in 6th grade. I still have my second place trophy that screams, "TWO K'S IN BOOKKEEPER, DUMB ASS!!!"
It's funny how these memories stick. I went to a Catholic grade school and won a "religion bee" because I knew the Jewish name for God was "Yahweh". Fuck yes! I got a candy bar.
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Jackie, some artists are more effective than others. Helene Grimaud turns the air gold.
Sarah, I hadn't heard of that novel. *intrigued*
I swore suicide if the tigers perished.
2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
My synesthesia. I have such an 'only synesthete in the village' complex.
3) Childhood nicknames?
The Incredible Sulk. Beans. Sarah Bernhardt.
4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Persephone *likes gothic men*
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5)What's the universal language?
Gurning.
6) Strangest conviction?
That I don't have a human soul. *shakes fist at own insanity*
7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Henry James. Despite always describing my life as Dickensian.
8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Clocks. I refuse to have them near me. The ticking's an incessant affirmation of the present. I stop any I can lay my hands on.
9)What's your catharsis?
Used to be cello, now it's vandalism.
10)Ideal home?
The gingerbread house.
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11) Most enduring resentment?
Peter Pan for not delivering me from age.
12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
The first Brahms cello sonata. Menace masquerading as beauty. OR the Elgar cello concerto kinda a love song to a vanished world.
13)Random amusing fact?
First bloke I kissed was called Jesus.
14)Who's your strangest crush?
Heifetz. Legendary violinist. There's fairytale cruelty in his passion
15)Diet you'd pioneer?
Flammable food. Pyromaniacs are a neglected market.
16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Someone saturated with another world.
17)What's your "cunning plan"? (It's gotta be something preposterous.)
To obtain Hedy's beauty and via it David Tennant's incarnation of the Doctor.
*shakes head at self*
18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
DC's *grins*
19)What are you waiting for?
The oak woods to reclaim the country.
20)Who's recently been loitering in your dreams?
Jon Stewart
*thanks the BFG*