Friday, April 25, 2008

More Silly Meme Time

Aren't they all silly? I guess I'm really bored tonight. Honestly though, I hope some of my answers will provoke responses from people and get me to open up and share my thoughts with people. Nods again to Bryi.

The check marks mean the statement is true, the X's that the statement is false, and tildes [~] that the statement is semi-true. My own comments are in the brackets.

x I miss somebody right now.
✓ I don't watch much TV these days.
✓ I own a lot of books.
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.
✓ I love to play video games.
✓ I've tried marijuana. (I regret it a bit.)
✓ I've watched porn movies.
x I've been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.
x I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. (I don't think so.)
x I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
x I have broken someones bones.
✓ I have a secret I'm ashamed to reveal. (I probably do, but I'd also probably answer honestly if the correct question was asked.)
~ I hate the rain. (I'd say it's more of a love-hate relationship.)
✓ I'm paranoid at times.
✓ I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost and scar free. (I don't think very much of my nose.)
✓ I want/need money right now. (I'd like some more money, but I don't need it.)
x I love sushi.
x I talk really, really fast. (I don't think I do.)
x I have fresh breath in the morning.
x I have long hair. (I'd like to see what it would be like longer though.)
x I have lost money in Las Vegas.
x I have at least one sibling.
✓ I was born in a country outside of the US.
x I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
x I couldn't survive without caller ID.
x I like the way that I look. (Again, my nose. It's mostly my hair that bothers me though.)
✓ I have lied to a good friend in the last six months. (I'm not quite sure, but I probably have about something inconsequential.)
~ I am usually pessimistic. (I would say I'm a realist, but I vary between the two extremes based on my mood.)
x I have a lot of mood swings.
✓ I think prostitution should be legalized. (I may or may not outline my arguments in another post.)
x I slept with a roommate.
x I have a hidden talent.
x I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
x I have a lot of friends. (I'd say I have a lot of acquaintances and a few close friends.)
x I have pecked someone of the same sex.
x I enjoy talking on the phone.
x I practically live in sweatpants or pj's.
✓ I love to shop or window shop.
x I'm obsessed with Xanga or Livejournal.
x I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
x I have a mobile phone.
x I have passed out drunk in the last six months.
x I've rejected someone before. (I assume the question is about a relationship.)
x I currently like/love someone.
~ I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. (Some ideas, but I'm still working on it.)
~ I want to have children in the future. (Generally, no. It would depend on what my significant other wanted too though.)
x I have changed a diaper before.
x I've called the cops on a friend before.
x I'm not allergic to anything. (Pollen.)
✓ I have a lot to learn.
✓ I'm shy around the opposite sex. (Sometimes.)
x I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
x I have at least 5 away messages saved.
✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before.
x I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
x I own "South Park" the movie.
x I have avoided schoolwork to be on Livejournal.
✓ I enjoy some country music. (I blame my uncle.)
~ I would die for my best friends. (Honestly, it depends on the circumstances.)
✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.
x I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
x I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. (I stopped trick-or-treating at about eight.)
x I have dated a close friend's ex.
x I am happy at this moment.
x I'm obsessed with guys.
x Democrat.
x Republican.
x I don't even know what I am. (I assume the question is about political affiliation.)
x I am punk-rockish.
~ I go for older guys/girls, not younger. (I got for the individual.)
x I study for tests most of the time.
x I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've met.
x I can work on a car.
x I love my job. (No job.)
✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now. (I know who I am, but I don't know where I'm going.)
x I have more than just my ears pierced.
x I walk barefoot whenever I can.
x I have jumped off a bridge. (I don't recall ever doing it...)
~ I love sea turtles. (I think 'love' is too strong a term.)
x I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
✓ I plan on achieving a major goal or dream.
x I am proficient on a musical instrument.
x I hate office jobs.
x I went to college out of state.
x I am adopted.
✓ I am a pyro. (I like candles, fireplaces, and campfires if that counts.)
x I have thrown up from crying too much.
✓ I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
x I fall for the worst people.
x I adore bright colours.
x I usually like covers better than originals.
x I hate chain restaurants like Applebees and TGI Fridays.
✓ I can pick up things with my toes.
~ I can't whistle. (I'm learning!)
x I have ridden/owned a horse.
x I still have every journal I've ever written in.
x I talk in my sleep. (Not that I'm aware of.)
~ I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century. (I fantasize about living in a different time period.)
✓ I try to forget things by drowning them out with lots of distractions.
x I wear a toe ring.
x I have a tattoo. (I'm not ruling out getting one.)
x I can't stand at least one person that I work with.
x I am a caffeine junkie.
x I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and not ashamed at all.
x If I knew I could get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.
x I will collect anything; the more nonsensical, the better.
✓ I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.
✓ I'm an artist.
x I am ambidextrous.
x I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed. (I used to.)
x If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.
~ I have terrible teeth. (Probably.)
x I hate my toes.
✓ I have more friends on the Internet than I do in real life. (Probably.)
x I have lived in more than three states or countries.
✓ I am extremely flexible.
✓ I love hugs more than kisses.
x I want to own my own business.
x I smoke.
✓ I spend way too much time on the computer.
✓ Nobody has ever said I'm normal.
✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.
~ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits. (I don't know about stylized...)
✓ I don't like it when people are displeased or seem displeased with me.
✓ I've been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head in the clouds. (By myself to myself.)
x I have played strip poker with someone before.
✓ I have had emotional troubles for which I've sought professional help.
x I believe in ghosts and the paranormal. (But I don't deny the possibility.)
x I can't stand being alone.
x I have at least one obsession at any given time.
x I consistently spend too much money on obsessions of the moment.
✓ I can be a judgmental asshole. (I would agree completely if not for the 'asshole' part.)
x I'm a huge drama-queen.
✓ I have traveled on more than one continent. (North America and Europe.)
x I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.
✓ I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am. (Most of the time I feel that they're lying or mocking me.)
✓ I am a Libertarian. (Moderate.)
x I can speak more than one language.
x I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as can be.
✓ I would rather read than watch TV.
~ I like reading fact more than fiction. (About equal.)
x I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
✓ I have no piercings.
x I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.
x I have been so upset about my physical gender that I cried.
x I once spent Christmas alone because there was a miscommunication over which parent was supposed to have me that night.
✓ There have been many times I've wondered "Why was I born?" I may or may not have cried about it.
x I like animals better than most people.
x I own a collection of retro game consoles.
x The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.
x I have hit someone with a dead fish.
✓ I am compulsively honest. (If anything, it's the opposite.)
x I was born with a congenital birth defect that was never repaired.
x I have danced topless in front of complete strangers.
x I have gone from wishing I was a girl to reveling 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.
x I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.
x Some days I won't eat for a whole day or sleep a whole night because I forget to.
x I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.
x I dislike milk.
~ I obsessively wash my hands. (Sometimes.)
x I always carry something significant with me.
x Sometimes I'd rather use a wig in day to day life instead of my own hair.
✓ I've pushed myself to become more self aware and therefore more aware of others.
x I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.
✓ I've liked something which a majority of people thought was bad or weird.
x I've been clinically dead for a brief period of time.
✓ Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply get annoyed. (Sometimes.)
x I have participated in auto drag races and won.
x I do not 'get' most comedy acts.
✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.
x I don't like to chew gum.
✓ I am obsessed with history and historical things, and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it. (Except I wouldn't use the time machine.)
x I can never remember for the life of me where the car is parked.
x I had the teen angst thing going for at least 2-3 years.
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.
x I play Dungeons & Dragons weekly.
x I love to sing.
x I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.
x I have a custom built computer.
x I want to create a certain someone's babies, even if there's a 0% possibility of ever achieving it.
x I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.
x I've gone skinny dipping.
x I've performed in three plays.
✓ I enjoy burritos.
x I'm Irish and loving it.
✓ I have a thing for redheads.
x I am a twin.
✓ Most of the time, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.
x Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before moving on to something else.
~ I wish there was a way to erase past mistakes. (There are times.)
x I sleep more than 12 hours a day.
✓ I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but its never enough.
x I need more time to myself.
x I wish I was more open-minded.
x I hope that I go prematurely gray.
✓ I download songs from the Internet. (I have in the past.)
x I say random things to freak people out.
~ I love playing Truth or Dare. (I haven't played. I think it would be an interesting experience.)
x I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
x Music helps me remember that I am not alone.
x Playing my favorite sport helps me forget my problems.
✓ I think this survey is particularly long.
x I prefer my LJ friends to my real life ones.
x I can only hate someone I love.
x I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

Silly Meme Time

Choose a band/artist and answer ONLY IN song titles by that band (you pick your own band or artist, don't use the same one as the person who did this before you).

Band: U2
Male or Female? The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Describe Yourself: Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Where do you want to be? Where The Streets Have No Name
How do others feel about you? Even Better Than The Real Thing
How do you feel about you? I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
How do you live? Last Night On Earth
How do you love? Two Hearts Beat As One
Words of Wisdom: Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

If anyone wants an explanation of my choices, leave a comment and I'll get right on it.

With a nod to Bryi.