Quiz-Meme Thing

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Putting this here so I can link to it, but I don't particularly feel like spamming everyone on my flist with it, or posting anywhere on the first page.

This entry is BACKDATED July 11, 2006.

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.  (the awful thing is, they're not that far away)	✓ I don't watch much TV these days.  (nothing that's not online or being watched by someone else)	✓ I own lots of books.  (including lots I wish I didn't own!)
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.  (contacts; my glasses give me a headache)	✓ I love to play video games.  (...sometimes)	× I've tried marijuana.  (though I once told someone I had)
✓ I've watched porn movies.  (unintentionally (ARG))	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.  (almost always)
✓ I curse sometimes.  (mainly at myself)	✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.  (for better or worse)	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

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× I have broken someone's bones.	✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.  (several, my shame threshold is lower than others')	× I hate the rain.  (who hates the rain? rain is great.)
✓ I'm paranoid at times.  (and at other times, happily oblivious)	× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.	× I need/want money right now.  (I'm privilaged)
✓ I love sushi.  (who doesn't?)	× I talk really, really fast.  (no faster than other North Eastern USians, I think.)	✓ I have fresh breath in the morning.  (pretty much. it's the upscale diet (when I came home and opened the fridge, I almost died, it was THAT organic).)
× I have long hair.  (until recently)	× I have lost money in Las Vegas.	✓ I have at least one sibling.  (a younger brother :D)
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.	✓ I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.  (fingernails, so much more convenient than growing them out)	× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
× I like the way that I look.  (no, but I'm working on it)	× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.  (no, but I've lied to my family)	× I am usually pessimistic.  (I am usually rational)
✓ I have a lot of mood swings.  (secritly, but I try not to let anyone know)	× I think prostitution should be legalized.  (definitely NOT)	× I slept with a roommate.
✓ I have a hidden talent.  (doesn't everyone?)	× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.	× I have a lot of friends.  (define "a lot")
× I have pecked someone of the same sex.	✓ I enjoy talking on the phone.   (occasionally. it can be easier than talking in person, but sometimes you just don't want to talk at all)	× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
✓ I love to shop and/or window shop.  (I like the (false) sense of accomplishment it gives me :))	✓ I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.  (hahahaha. of course.)	× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.  (not anymore)
✓ I have a mobile phone.  (with a really crappy camera)	× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.  (been drunk, haven't passed out. there was just a study on the permanent harmful effects on memory of this, especially for teens, in the NYT Health section.)	✓ I've rejected someone before.  (and regretted it afterwards)
✓ I currently like/love someone.  (many people! /copout answer)	✓ I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.  (HA. HA. HA. HA. HA.)	× I want to have children in the future.  (not particularly, no)
✓ I have changed a diaper before.	× I've called the cops on a friend before.	✓ I'm not allergic to anything.
✓ I have a lot to learn.  (so does everyone.)	× I am shy around the opposite sex.  (definitely not)	× I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.(I hate IM)
× I have at least 5 away messages saved.  (no see you don't get it, I REALLY hate IM)	✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before.	× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
× I own the "South Park" movie.  (my brother does)	✓ I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.  (ALL THE TIME)	✓ I enjoy some country music.  (keyword "some")
× I would die for my best friends.	✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.  (though I deny it just as often (to lessen the pressure))	× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.  (no, but dressing up is pretty cool)	✓ I have dated a close friend's ex.  (SO AWKWARD)	✓ I am happy at this moment.  (I'm happy most of the time (content, at least))
× I'm obsessed with guys.	× Democrat.  (functionally yes, but I'd rather not confine myself)	× Republican.
✓I don't even know what I am.  (oh, I know.)	× I am punk rockish.	× I go for older guys/girls, not younger.  (it depends. generally I prefer my own age, or close to it.)
× I study for tests most of the time.  (IF ONLY)	× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.	× I can work on a car.
× I love my job(s).  (I don't have a job, unless you count school, in which case yes, I do love school (I also hate it))	× I am comfortable with who I am right now.  (I've come to terms, not quite the same thing)	× I have more than just my ears pierced.  (just ears)
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can.  (:D)	× I have jumped off a bridge.	✓ I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.	× I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.  (no, though I'd like to do something productive with my life)	✓ I am proficient on a musical instrument.  (....well, maybe not *proficient*)
× I hate office jobs.	✓ I went to college out of state.  (Michigan, woo!)	× I am adopted.
× I am a pyro.   (I've known a few)	× I have thrown up from crying too much.  (I don't throw up. EVER.)	× I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
× I fall for the worst people.	✓ I adore bright colours.  (:D)	× I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.  (I love them, they're awesome.)	✓ I can pick up things with my toes.	× I can't whistle.
× I have ridden/owned a horse.  (only at fairs, which hardly counts)	× I still have every journal I've ever written in.  (I'm not a journaler by nature, the one time I tried I gave up within a week, lost the journal within a month)	✓ I talk in my sleep.  (or so I've heard)
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.	✓ I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.  (YES)	× I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.	× I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.	× I am a caffeine junkie.  (a tea junkie, but not necessarily caffinated)
× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.  (ew.)	× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.	× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.  (everything I've collected is standard: coins, stamps, rocks, postcards, baseball cards, snow globes.)
✓ I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.  (when I don't have any work to do)	✓ I'm an artist.  (*twirls mustache*)	× I am ambidextrous.  (I wish)
× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.  (once upon a time...)	× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.  (I THINK NOT)	× I have terrible teeth.  (I have awesome teeth, they're my best feature)
× I hate my toes.  (what did toes ever do to you?)	✓ I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.	× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.  (...technically yes, but it sounds so sad, put that way)
× I have lived in either three different states or countries.  (Just New Jersey and Michigan.)	× I am extremely flexible.  (used to be)	× I love hugs more than kisses.  (hugs are underhanded ways to achieve full-bogy contact with people you aren't dating. I prefer kisses, they're much more straightforward.)
× I want to own my own business.	× I smoke.  (I have only known one Physics major who smoked. she was cool, though.)	✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.  (this sentence makes no sense! in any case, YES.)
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal.  (people tell me I'm normal all the time! usually after I worry out loud that I'm a freak because of X completely normal thing.)	✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.  (I'm always losing contact lenses to My Girl, and a certain periodic chemical imbalance is guarenteed to make me cry at news headlines. I've never cried over a video game.)	× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
✓ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.  (There are cafes in Tokyo for this, you know.)	✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.  (is anyone?)	✓ I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.  (my middle name is "space cadet")
× I have played strip poker with someone else before.  (I got invited to a two-piece party one. that's a party where you're only allowed two items of clothing (your choice -- could be a shirt and shorts, could be two socks))	× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.	× I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.  (not at all)
× I can't stand being alone.  (not for prolonged periods of time, but for a week or two, it's okay.)	✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time.  (NATURALLY)	× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.  (confine myself to once in the morning, and once at night)
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.  (I am too lazy to spend much money)	× I'm a judgmental asshole.	× I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent.  (North America, Europe. *fails at world travel*)	× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.  (my parents are wonderful and I love them a lot.)	✓ I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.  (sometimes I think the key to success online is having a lot of confidence, not a lot of self-esteem.)
× I am a Libertarian.	× I can speak more than one language.  (Je voudrais la parler. (See! Ungrammatical!))	× I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.  (I can't fall asleep unless it's quiet. I also can't concentrate on schoolwork if anyone is talking within earshot (in person, on tv, on the radio, in a song).)
✓ I would rather read than watch TV.  (Yep.)	× I like reading fact more than fiction.  (On the contrary, I learn all my facts from fiction.)	✓ I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.  (every time, it never fails)
× I have no piercings.	✓ I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.  (airport)	× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.	× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.	× I like most animals better than most people.
× I own a collection of retro games consoles.  (my brother does)	× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.	× I have hit someone with a dead fish.  (what.)
× I am compulsively honest.  (I used to be. =_=;)	× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.	× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× 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.	× I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.  (see note above about shame)	× I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.  (see previous note about needing QUIET.)	× I dislike milk.	× I obsessively wash my hands.
× I always carry something significant around with me.	× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.	✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.  (I don't think being more self-aware helps with that. but yes to both.)
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.  (I am largely immune to homesickness.)	× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.  (FREAK.)	✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.  (OBVIOUSLY.)
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.	× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.	× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.	✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.  (Of course not!)	× I don't like to chew gum.  (I love chewing gum, I am a big gum-chewer.)
✓ I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.  (Obessed, yes, time machine, not so much.)	✓ I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.  (I can never remember for the life of me where I parked my HOUSE. My (lack of) memory for mundanities is truly frightening, though I've gotten much better since entering college.)	× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.  (I missed that boat, and got the college angst thing instead.)
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.	× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.	✓ I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.  (she'd kill me.)	× I have a custom-built computer.	× I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.  (...not literally, no, but I get the impulse behind it.)
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.  (...)	× I've gone skinny-dipping.	✓ I've performed in three plays.  (seven, and been in the orchetra for three)
✓ I enjoy burritos.	× I'm Irish and loving it.	× I have a thing for redheads.  (brunettes, dirty blondes, Russians and Mathematicians)
× I am a twin!	✓ Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.	× Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.  (I always *mean* to.)
✓ I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.  (who doesn't?)	× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.  (...that would be *awful*)	✓ I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.  (some people might call this neurotic, but I prefer to think of it as driven.)
× I need more time to myself.	× I wish I was more open-minded.  (I wish I was less easily persuaded by others, actually.)	× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
✓ I download songs from the internet.	× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.	✓ I say random things to freak people out.  (not intentionally, but...)
✓ I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.  (not really the ending, more like the entire second half)	× I love playing Truth or Dare.  (I hate it.)	× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.  (not attention span is not long enough for slow music)
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone.  (no, but it's powerful in other ways)	✓ Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.  (many things allow me to temporaily forget my problems, I'm good at forgetting.)	✓ I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.  (I wish some of them *were* real-life friends, but generally no. my rl friends are great (just very, very different).)	× I can only hate someone that I love.  (what's wrong with hating people you hate?)	× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.  (though I did once return an espresso because "you forgot to fill the cup up all the way.")