{"id":1916,"date":"2006-07-10T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-10T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2006-07-10T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-10T16:12:00","slug":"memetime-house-of-the-rising-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/10\/memetime-house-of-the-rising-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Memetime: House of the Rising Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t remember who posted this originally that I cribbed it from. I like it.. I did it. You can too if you wish.<\/p>\n

-me <\/p>\n

(Click here<\/a> to post your own answers for this meme.)<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n\n<\/col>\n\n\n\n\n\n
✓<\/b> I miss somebody right now.<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I don’t watch much TV<\/b> these days.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Comparitively speaking to longer ago when I watched far too much)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I own lots of books<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Despte my lack of reading fiction… I own a ton of books. Some fiction, many reference.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I wear glasses<\/b> or contact lenses.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And even after lasek. I am 20-35… Which as I was 20-5000+ before… I’m really not minding)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I love to play video games<\/b>.  (Unless it’s a game that makes me think… it really doesn’t do a lot for me.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’ve tried marijuana<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (But I didn’t exhale)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I’ve watched porn<\/b> movies.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (If this comes as a surprise to anyone… Granted… Unless they hit specific interests… this too is similar to a video game.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have been the psycho-ex<\/b> in a past relationship.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Personally, I don’t think one socially matures into a realationship until about 50.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I believe honesty<\/b> is usually the best policy.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And this was a long lesson to learn.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I curse<\/b> sometimes.  (My father was from Brooklyn. I curse a lot.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Part of who I am is challenging myself to refine who I am. I am a work in progress.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I carry my knife<\/b>\/razor everywhere with me.  (And my sword is too heavy and unweildy. Though, if you ever visit. Ask me about Butterflies)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/col>\n<\/table>\n

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×<\/b> I have broken someone’s bones<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have a secret that I am ashamed<\/b> to reveal.<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I hate the rain<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Furry people hate wet. (Note: That is people of fur, not furries. I have fur, I am not a ‘furry’))<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I’m paranoid<\/b> at times.  (Much like cursing sometimes… I am going to uncheck this one. This is a constant state for me. This is something I live with that I acknowledge and work through all the time.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I would get plastic surgery<\/b> if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I need\/want money<\/b> right now.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I don’t think I ever need money. But I’m more than happy to desire more. There are loads of things you can do with cash.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I love sushi<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I think I could live on the stuff ;))<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I talk really, really fast.  (I <\/i>can<\/i> take really, really fast. I can also choose to speak very clearly.)<\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have fresh breath<\/b> in the morning.  (Well, unless you are defining fresh<\/b> in the way your mother did before she punsihed you.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have long hair<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Oh, yeah. And when it’s sraightened you can tell just how long it is.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have lost money<\/b> in Las Vegas.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And one day I will cease doing that.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have at least one sibling<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Which I will not elaborate on. I’m in a fraternal order now. I have many brothers and sisters now.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I was born in a country<\/b> outside of the U.S.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have worn fake hair<\/b>\/fingernails\/eyelashes in the past.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I was a single, balding software engineer in L.A. That meant I had disposable cash and a superficial need to look pretty. I got better… Now I’m better with how I look.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I couldn’t survive without Caller I.D.<\/b><\/span><\/u><\/span>  ((sings) We screen. Zoom in on the answering machine…. <\/i>Speak<\/i>)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I like the way that I look.  (better, not great. See fake hair<\/b> above.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have lied<\/b> to a good friend in the last 6 months.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I am usually pessimistic<\/b>.  (Glass half full of half empty? I’m the one trying to figure out how to smash it to a million pieces.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I have a lot of mood swings<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I think prostitution<\/b> should be legalized.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I think consentual crime is a contradiction in terms.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I slept<\/b> with a roommate<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Dunno if this counts. She was dating me and we got a lease together)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have a hidden talent<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Which will remain hidden)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’m always hyper<\/b> no matter how much sugar I have.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have a lot of friends<\/b>.  (I have a lot of acquaintences. the friends I have are lasting, tight, real, and dependable. Quality, not quantity.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have pecked someone of the same sex<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I enjoy talking on the phone<\/b>.   (I actually really don’t do well at this. And I have a great phone voice. It’s primarily the fact that I am easily distracted and phone give little sensory load to hold my focus.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I practically live in sweatpants<\/b> or PJ pants.  (Leather vest all the way.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I love to shop and\/or window shop<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Typically, Yes. On occassion, no. And yes… I will tell you, “No, the dress doesn’t make you look fat, your ass being 2 miles wide makes you look fat, the dress just highlights it in a way that FoxNews wouldn’t even cover.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’m obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Obsession is sucha strong word. I like strong words. My obsession runs deeper than posting and reading. I write code.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’m completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (The next time you are likely to see me with my mother is at her competancy hearing.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have a mobile phone<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I like tech. I’m good at tech. mwahahaha)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have passed out drunk<\/b> in the past 6 months.  (I haven’t passed out drunk in the last 15 years. Granted that was the only time)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’ve rejected someone before.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And am getting better at it.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I currently like\/love<\/b> someone.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (someone(s)… Though to be honest. I often fight the urge to <\/i>like<\/i> someone. For some reason it creates a wave of “Back away, he likes you” which daunts the whole process.)<\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.  (Oh, I know what I want to do. This sort of falls back on the whole “Wants money” thing in order to fulfil.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I want to have children<\/b> in the future.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (With the loving woman sleping next to me at 32 weeks 5 days of pregnancy; I damn well better<\/b>)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I have changed a diaper<\/b> before.  (Aiiiiigh)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’ve called the cops on a friend before.  (I’ve called on a friend who was a cop before?)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’m not allergic<\/b> to anything.  (Bwa ha ha ha ha ha… A ha ha haha.. hahahah..hee hee heee hoo ooo hhohoho a ha haha ha. heh)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have a lot to learn.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Yet, oh aspirant, let thy victories bring thee not Vanity, for with increase of Knowledge should come increase of Wisdom. He who knoweth little, thinketh he knoweth much; but he who knoweth much hath learned his own ignorance. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool, than of him. Liber Librae, #5)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I am shy around the opposite sex.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (See daunting the process under <\/i>like\/love<\/i> above)<\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’m online 24\/7, even as an away message.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I can be reached 24\/7 about 99.9% of the time.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have at least 5 away messages<\/b> saved.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Yeah, well.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have tried alcohol<\/b> or drugs<\/b> before.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Horrors! And I actually understand moderation.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have made a move on a friend’s significant other<\/b> or crush in the past.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Ain’t poly wonderful sometimes.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I own the “South Park”<\/b> movie.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (It’s a musical. Of course I bought it.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have avoided assignments at work\/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I have avoided chores at home with Livejournal. Granted, I still finish tasks put before me.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I enjoy some country music<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I think I can count the number of songs on a wood shop teachers off hand.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I would die for my best friends<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (See quality, not quantity. You never want to hear the following words from me, “You made girl cry.”)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’m obsessive<\/b>, and often a perfectionist<\/b>.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have used my sexuality<\/b> to advance my career.  (see <\/i>allergic<\/i> above.)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I think Halloween<\/b> is awesome because you get free candy.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have dated<\/b> a close friend’s ex<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (See <\/i>friend’s significant other<\/i> above.)<\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I am happy<\/b> at this moment.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I have a mild case of the creeping crud.. But I’m of good spirits.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I’m obsessed with guys<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> Democrat<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (In some ways. See also Republican)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> Republican<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (In some ways. See also Democrat)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I don’t even know what I am<\/b>.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I am punk<\/b> rockish.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I go for older guys\/girls, not younger.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I study for tests<\/b> most of the time.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (More so than I used to.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I tie my shoelaces<\/b> differently from anyone I’ve ever met.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I can work on a car<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I’m going to take this one on the technicality. I can infact park myself on the roof of a car with my laptop and get work done :))<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I love my job(s)<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I love what I do right now. there are things I would love more and things I would love less. But right now is a good place.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I am comfortable with who I am right now.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (But I am always looking to improve.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have more than just my ears pierced<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I walk barefoot<\/b> wherever I can.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Those who know me… get it. Those who humour me… make me happy.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have jumped<\/b> off a bridge<\/b>.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I love sea turtles<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I plan on achieving a major goal<\/b>\/dream.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Oh, yes… It shall come to pass.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I am proficient on a musical instrument<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I hate office jobs<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Depsite loving my job(s)… I hate working in a cube.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I went to college out of state.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I have only lived in Washington a year. I’ve done most things out of state. Now granted, this is probably referring to ‘not the state where mom and dad were’.. and in fact… still yes.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I am adopted<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I am a pyro<\/b>.   (Used to be.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have thrown up from crying too much.  (This is just hard to picture… And kinda gross. So I won’t even try.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Just because you’re paranoid.. doesn’t mean they aren’t always out to get you.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I fall for the worst people.  (I seem to have improved and this is no longer the case.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I adore bright colours<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I won’t wear them.. but I adore them.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I usually like covers better than originals.   (Not usually, but there are some. I tend to like Doors covers better than the original.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees<\/b> and TGIFridays<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Yesterday, I left a comment card. It read, “I beg you. Please, buy the rights to the actual Happy Birthday song”)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I can pick up things with my toes.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Yup.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I can’t whistle<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have ridden\/owned a horse<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Ridden. Once as a kid. It took off like a shot dragging me under trees. No real physical damange. Never ridden one since.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I still have every journal<\/b> I’ve ever written in.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (both of them.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I talk in my sleep.  (Only for effect.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I’ve often thought that I was born in the wrong century<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Just can’t tell if it’s 400 to early or 400 too late.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (No try involved. It just happens)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I wear a toe ring<\/b>.  (I’ve thought about it.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I have a tattoo<\/b>.  (No comment)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I can’t stand at LEAST one person that I work with.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Yeah, this seems to be a constant. I refer to it as the “FrankBurns” factor. There’s always one.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I am a caffeine<\/b> junkie.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (IV DRIP! STAT!)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I am completely tree-huggy spiritual<\/b>, and I’m not ashamed at all.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder<\/b>.  (no)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I will collect<\/b> anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Much to my pack-rat partner’s chagrin.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I enjoy a nice glass of wine<\/b> with dinner.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’m an artist<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And though I don’t paint, sculpt, mold, or etch… few would argue this statement.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I am ambidextrous<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (On most things except writing. I am favoured to the right.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I sleep with so many stuffed animals<\/b>, I can hardly fit on my bed.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> If it weren’t for having to see other people naked, I’d live in a nudist colony<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have terrible teeth<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (What… you think I didn’t know?)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I hate my toes<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And I’d know better than most)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I did this meme even though I wasn’t tagged by the person who took it before me.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (yup)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have more friends<\/b> on the internet than in real life.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I have more acquiaintances on the internet than in real life. My friends are a subset of my acquaintences.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have lived in either three different states or countries<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (6 states, I believe)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I am extremely flexible<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I love hugs<\/b> more than kisses<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (This could be the topic of a long S&F post. But won’t be.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I want to own my own business<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I do own my own business. We just don’t make any money… yet.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I smoke<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I spend way too much time on the computer<\/b> than on anything else.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Well, yeah.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> Nobody has ever said I’m normal<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I honestly have never had anyone pronounce me as normal beyond trying to be funny. Which is odd because I do consider myself normal albeit unique.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears<\/b> every now and then.  (Choked up maybe. Tears… almost never.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms<\/b> and combat weapons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I like the way women look in stylized men’s suits.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (There was this production of “My Fair Lady” in High School. Her name was Stevie. She snuck to the costume room and put on my tux for a photo. Oh….MY god.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I don’t like it when people are unpleased<\/b> or seem unpleased with me.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Yeah well.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have been described as a dreamer<\/b> or likely to have my head up in the clouds.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And it’s really okay there.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have played strip poker<\/b> with someone else before.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (What? How do you think I got started on this whole Hold’em thing?)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And I am far better than I was 10 years ago.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I believe in ghosts<\/b> and the paranormal.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (As for what I believe… I’m not telling.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I can’t stand being alone<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Yeah, well. That’s me. I am bad at being alone. I try compensating. It often makes it far worse.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have at least one obsession<\/b> at any given time.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (at least. usually multiple.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I weigh<\/b> myself, pee\/poo, and then weigh myself again.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I consistently spend way too much money<\/b> on obsessions-of-the-moment.  (I actually don’t think it’s ever, “Too much”)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’m a judgmental asshole<\/b>.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’m a HUGE drama-queen<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I have travelled on more than one continent<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Lived in Holland for a summer)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I need people to tell me I’m good at something in order to feel that I am.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Validation helps. I know it shouldn’t.. but, there you are.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I am a Libertarian<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (In some ways. See Democrat and Rebublican(sic) above.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I can speak more than one language<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Competancy… that’s another issue.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I often wonder if it is narcolepsy.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I would rather read<\/b> than watch TV.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I like reading fact<\/b> more than fiction.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (O’Reilley pwns me.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And the code is sooooo much sweeter.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I have no piercings<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have spent the night in a train station<\/b> or other public place.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (It’s a really wierd story.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have been so upset over my physical gender<\/b> that I cried.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Better now.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> There have been times when I have wondered “Why was I born?”<\/b> and may\/may not have cried over it.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (My family took the fun out of dysfunctional)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I like most animals<\/b> better than most people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I own a collection of retro games consoles<\/b>.  (Game consoles? No. Apple ][ hardware… Oh ,yeah.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (And I really wish it didn’t.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have hit someone with a dead fish<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I am compulsively honest<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I was born with a congenital birth defect<\/b> that has never been repaired.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Aparently… it is fatal. I’m told I’m going to die one day and there’s nothing I can do about it.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have danced topless<\/b> in front of dozens of complete strangers.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Yeah… it’s probably best that you missed it.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex<\/b>.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I am unashamedly bisexual<\/b>, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I sometimes won’t sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Easily distractable.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I dislike milk<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I didn’t used to. But to be fair… milk disliked me first.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I obsessively wash<\/b> my hands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I always carry<\/b> something significant around with me.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (yeah.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> Sometimes I’d rather wear a wig<\/b> in day-to-day life than use my own hair.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Sometimes. I’m getting better)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’ve pushed myself to become more self-aware<\/b> and thereby more aware of others.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (This is a major piece of my life.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother<\/b>.  (See <\/i>Allergic<\/i> above)<\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I hand wrote all the HTML<\/b> tags in this document.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Roll the sleeves up coder. That’s me.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’ve liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Oh darn. Guess I am an individual)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I have been clinically dead<\/b> for a brief period of time.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> Instead of feeling sympathy\/empathy<\/b> with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (One will slowly degenerate into the other over time if the person doesn’t take care of themselves.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I participate\/have participated in auto drag races<\/b> and won.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I do not ‘get’ most comedy acts<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I don’t think strippers<\/b> are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Personally, I think if society would stop treating it as such a horrible thing, the class would come up and there wouldn’t be such a horrible drug or economic problem.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I don’t like to chew gum<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I am obsessed with history\/historical things and can’t wait for someone to build a time machine<\/b> so I can be the first to use it.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I had the TEEN ANGST<\/b> thing going for at least 2-3 years.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Anyone who says “High School was the best years of your life” should be shot.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I wish people would be more empathic and honest<\/b> with each other.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I can hope.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I play Dungeons and Dragons<\/b> weekly.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I love to sing<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I just wish I had more faith in my voice.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I want to live in my mother’s basement<\/b> when I grow up.  (AAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I have a custom-built computer<\/b>.  (Hardware, no. Software… Oh yeah.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I want to create a certain someone’s babies<\/b>, even though there’s a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (If I put the list here, I can think of at least 20 people who’d never speak to me again.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I would be in a relationship with one of my pets<\/b> if they were human.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’ve gone skinny-dipping<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Boys, there’s a time an a place for everything and it’s called college.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I’ve performed in three plays<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I’ve performed in 30 plays. Maybe even 50.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I enjoy burritos<\/b>.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’m Irish<\/b> and loving it.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I have a thing for redheads<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Oh, how I’d forgotten that.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I am a twin<\/b>!<\/td>\n✓<\/b> Most of the times, I’d rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically ‘fun’.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (yup.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Not many.. but a few. And in such a way that it wouldn’t affect where I am no.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I sleep<\/b> more than 12 hours a day.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I wish I could be prouder<\/b> of what I’ve accomplished, but it’s never enough.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (yup.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I need more time to myself.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Though I’m bad at being alone.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I wish I was more open-minded<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I curse my own close mindedness at times.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n✓<\/b> I hope that I go really prematurely grey.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (I’m going for that kill bill 2, long oriental beard thingee :))<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
✓<\/b> I download<\/b> songs from the internet.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Legally of course ;))<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’ve just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note<\/b> with my best friend.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I say random<\/b> things to freak people out.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (What? You mean you haven’t ever critiqued the way that tobacco on a vole’s back makes him squeak like a 13 year old girl watching American Idol?)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I’m still a little mad about the ending of Death Note<\/b>.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I love playing Truth or Dare<\/b>.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (Just never get the chance.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I love listening to slow music<\/b>, but I hate singing to it.  (In the words of Willy Wonka, “Strike that… reverse it”)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> Music helps me remember that I am not alone.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> Playing my favorite sport<\/b> makes me temporarily forget my problems.<\/td>\n✓<\/b> I think this survey<\/b> is particularly long.<\/span><\/u><\/span>  (But nonetheless, entertaining.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
×<\/b> I prefer my LJ friends<\/b> to my real-life ones.  (Not really possible.)<\/i><\/small><\/td>\n ×<\/b> I can only hate someone that I love.<\/td>\n ×<\/b> I’ve ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/col>\n<\/table>\n

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