Blog entry recovered from MySpace archive, first published Thursday January 25, 2007.
Silly, long survey
Since I tend not to post bulletins with these things - except in cases of occasional mental aberration - I'm posting this here. Besides, here it's a matter of record and doesn't disappear after a few days.
[ NOW ]
Current mood:
Bored; weary; depressed.
Current music:
Silence
Current taste:
Uh?
Current hair:
Long. Unbearably wavy.
Current clothes:
Jeans; t-shirt; quilted shirt; Cat boots.
Current annoyance:
Lack of a job; lack of money.
Current smell:
?
Current thing I should be doing:
Working. If only I had a job.
Current windows open:
kmail; firefox (x2); konqueror; konsole (x2, with 8 tabs in total); kwrite (to write this). Not one piece of Microsoft junk in evidence.
Current desktop picture:
The Pit - Valentine 2007 flyer.
Current favorite band:
Floyd; Frost; Kino; Pallas; Korn; Linkin Park (yes, honestly); Rammstein.
Current book:
Quiller's Run, Adam Hall; The Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan; The Neutronium Alechemist, Peter Hamilton.
Current cd in stereo:
None.
Current crush:
...
Current favorite celeb:
Celebs are wholly over-rated.
[ DO YOU.. ]
Smoke?:
Not for a very long time.
Do drugs?:
Not significantly.
Have a dream that keeps coming back?:
Not for a very long time.
Remember your first love?:
No, sadly.
Still love him/her?:
Since I don't remember it, how can I?
Read the newspaper?:
When I have time and can get hold of a publication worthy of the name.
Have any gay or lesbian friends?:
Yes, I think it's fair to say I probably do.
Believe in miracles?:
Every miracle has been worked for very hard by someone.
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?:
On the fence.
Consider yourself tolerant of others?:
Most of the time.
Consider love a mistake?:
Occasionally. Loving, or being loved by, the wrong person can be very dangerous to one's well-being.
Like the taste of alcohol?:
Hell, yes.
Have a favorite candy?:
No.
Believe in astrology?:
Hell, no.
Believe in magic?:
Hell, no.
Believe in god?:
Hell, no.
Have any pets:
No.
Go to or plan to go to college:
Been there, done that.
Have any piercings?:
No.
Have any tattoos?:
No.
Hate yourself:
Where's the mileage in that?
Have an obsession?:
Other than computers and geekery? No.
Have a secret crush?:
If I did, and said so, it wouldn't be secret would it?
Have a best friend?:
I value all my true friends - new and old - highly. It wouldn't serve to start rating them against each other.
Wish on stars?:
Duh, no.
[ LOVE LIFE ]
Ever been in love?:
The jury's out.
Do you believe in love at first sight?:
Open verdict.
Do you believe in "the one?":
Absolutely not. In 6 billion people on the planet there are bound to be huge numbers of people with the right qualities. It's just a matter of random circumstance which of them - if any - you happen to meet and bond with.
Describe your ideal significant other:
Don't believe in ideals in practice. This is an imperfect world.
[ETC]
Have you ever played a game that required removal of clothing?:
Sadly, not that I ever recall.
Have you ever been intoxicated?:
Many a time.
Have you ever been caught "doing something?":
No.
Are you a tease?:
Am I? Hardly for me to say.
Shy to make the first move?:
I have been in the past. That seems to have started changing at last.
[ APPEARANCE ]
Hair:
Long; dark; intolerably wavy. (Why couldn't I have been blessed with basically straight hair?)
Eyes:
Brown.
Height:
5' 10"
[ LAST THING.. ]
Bought:
Shopping.
Ate & Drank:
Salami roll.
Read:
Other than this survey? Some product blurb or other.
Watched on TV:
Magnum Force.
[ EITHER OR.. ]
beer or cider:
Yes
drinks or shots:
Drinks
cats or dogs:
Both, but primarily cats
single or taken:
Yes
pen or pencil:
Yes
gloves or mittens:
Gloves
food or candy:
Food
cassette or cd:
Yes
coke or pepsi:
Sorry? What is this "Pepsi" of which you speak?
[ WHO DO YOU WANT TO.. ]
kill:
No-one. I'd only consider it in defence, in which case I probably could as a last resort.
get really wasted with:
Dunno.
look like:
I'm fine thanks. Why would I want to be someone else?
avoid:
Anyone who represents trouble.
[ LAST PERSON YOU.. ]
saw:
The person it should have been.
talked to on the phone:
The person it should have been.
hugged:
The person it should have been.
instant messaged:
Not working right now.
kissed:
The person it should have been.
[ HAVE YOU EVER.. ]
Drank alcohol?:
Ba-duh...
Done drugs?:
Inhalers; alcohol.
Broken the law?:
In more ways than I can count.
Run away from home?:
No.
Broken a bone?:
Cracked a few. Never had a cast.
Played Truth Or Dare?:
Boring. No.
Kissed someone you didn't know?:
Yes.
Been in a fight?:
Yes.
Come close to dying?:
Yes.
[ WHAT IS.. ]
Your bedroom like?:
A room with my bed, clothes and other stuff in.
Your favorite thing for breakfast?:
Food.
Your favorite restaurant?:
Apparently it's not a restaurant any more. The Buena Mesa in Fuengirola.
What's on your bedside table?:
Clutter; lots of books; clutter; money; clutter; candle glass; clutter; and alarm clock. Oh, and clutter.
What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?:
Good question. Damned if I can remember.
What is your biggest fear?:
Not living up to my own standards.
Spontaneous or plain?:
Odd. That's not a diametric opposition. I'd have to go with spontaneity, though.
Do you know how to play poker?:
Yes.
What do you carry with you at all times?:
Wallet; money; inhalers; mobile 'phone; glasses; pen; keys.
How do you drive?:
Feet on the pedals; hands on the wheel? How do you expect me to drive?
What do you miss most about being little?:
Having no cares except wanting to stay up to watch TV.
Are you happy with your given name?:
Indeed.
What color is your bedroom?:
Whatever colour it was when I moved into the house in the 90s. Who gives a flying milk cart about colour?
Have you ever been in a play?:
As a kid. Hasn't everyone?
Do poor, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?:
In themselves? No. When they get ceaselessly shoved down your throat as the vehicle for someone else's agenda? Yes.
Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?:
Most of the time. I have a bark. And sometimes I have a bite, but it's usually deserved.
Would you repost this survey?
If I didn't know better, I'd say that's what I was doing...
