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mapsedge1. Elaborate on your default icon.
Me playing music at the Main Street Coffee House before its purchase by Lois McDonald and subsequent decline into highbrow, snooty non-profitability.
2. What's your current relationship status?
Married, o so married :)
3. Ever have a near-death experience?
Sorta. Although I didn't actually die and come back, when, trapped beneath my car and in a great deal of shock, I considered just closing my eyes and accepting that Death would be okay, I distinctly heard a voice - a male voice, as it happens - say, "No."
4. Name an obvious quality you have.
Perseverance, though my stamina is getting less and less every year.
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
At the moment, I don't have one. Lately, it's been "Maid on the Shore".
6. Name a celebrity you would marry.
Marry? No thanks. Naomi Watts comes to mind for other reasons, though.
7. Who will cut and paste this first?
Idiotic question.
8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
William Christopher.
9. Do you wear a watch? What kind?
With sensory issues? None. Don't like things that constrict.
10. Do you have anything pierced?
Left ear, back in college. The hole is still open, but I rarely put anything in it.
11. Do you have any tattoos?
No. Can't think of anything I'd want that permanently.
12. Do you like pain?
No, not really.
13. Do you like to shop?
I do not. I like to hunt and buy.
14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
Breakfast.
15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit/debit card?
Christmas presents.
16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
Someone for whom I'm attempting to repair a computer.
17. What is on your desktop background?
One of the generic Windows offerings - a gentle, peaceful, abstract, blue-ish wave.
18. What is the background on your cell phone?
Whatever came with the phone.
19. Do you like redheads?
And blonds, and brunettes, and...
20. Do you know any twins?
Only in multiples of two.
21. Do you have any weird relatives?
I am the weird relative. The only one in my family who hasn't swallowed the Dyed In The Wool Christianity pill...or, rather, the only one to spit it back out.
22. What was the last movie you watched?
Patrick Stewart's, A Christmas Carol.
23. What was the last book you read?
Trace, by Patricia Cornwell. Her writing isn't particularly good - all of her characters of the last ten years and five books have been essentially broken and unlikeable, and her mastery of the epilogue is second only to my mastery of nuclear physics - but the stories are at least interesting.
SECOND LIST
1) How old do you wish you were?
I remember 25 being a pretty good age to be.
2) Where were you when 9/11 happened?
In my home office, looking at my eight month old daughter and wondering what kind of world we'd brought her into.
3) What do you do when vending machines steal your money?
Have never had it happen.
4) Do you consider yourself kind?
I can be. If forebearing to speak one's mind in the face of abject thoughtlessness and stupidity is kind, then sure, I'm kind.
5) If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
Somewhere fleshy, away from bone.
6) If you could be fluent in any other language what would it be?
Chinese.
7) Do you know your neighbor?
S. Neighbors. Not well enough to Christmas or even grocery shop for, but well enough to borrow the odd yard tool or invite over for coffee.
8) What do you consider a vacation?
Staying overnight in just about any place that isn't home.
9) Do you follow your horoscope?
Not with any regularity. I'm a skeptic.
10) Would you move for the person you loved?
Yes.
11) Are you touchy feely?
As much as I can get away with.
12) Do you believe that opposites attract?
Yes, but I don't believe it's necessary.
13) Dream job?
Video/audio production work using equipment I don't have to nursemaid.
14) Favorite channel(s)?
Food and Travel.
15) Favorite place to go on weekends?
Go? Don't much favor "going" anywhere. I'm a home body.
16) Showers or Baths?
Showers. Unless I'm sick, then I like baths with salts.
17) Do you paint your nails?
No.
18) Do you trust people easily?
No, not at all.
19) What are your phobias?
Crowds. Long term: infirmity.
20) Do you want kids?
Speaking as a father: not always, no.
21) Do you keep a handwritten journal?
No.
22) Where would you rather be right now?
Home. Or Nebraska, which is pretty much the same thing.
23) What makes you feel warm and safe?
Few things do that, any more. Having my family home in the evenings.
25) Are you paranoid?
I'm cautious.
26) Are you impatient?
Depends. If there's an end in sight, yes.
27) Who can you relate to?
People who are thoughtful, but not in my profession. I cannot relate well to IT people as a rule.
28) How do you feel about interracial couples?
Love is love.
29) Have you been burned by love?
Never by love, often by individuals.
30) What's your life motto?
No one gets out alive.
31) What's your main ringtone on your mobile?
No ring tone. My phone sounds like what it is: an electronic device whose presence I tolerate.
32) What were you doing at midnight last night?
Sleeping badly.
33) Who was your last text message from?
A web system I'm working on.
34) Who's bed did you sleep in last night?
Mine. Okay, my wife's.
35) What color shirt are you wearing?
Green, a very common color in my wardrobe.
37) Name four things you have on you at all times.
Cell phone; pocket knife; wallet; guitar pick, because you never know when someone's going to show up with a 6-string acoustic guitar that needs tuning.
38) What color are your bed sheets?
Cream. (The other sets are tan - sort of, and green)
39) How much cash do you have on you right now?
$2, maybe?
40) What is your favorite part of the chicken?
The oyster, that bit of meat on the back just above the thigh. Damn that's a tender piece of meat.
1) What's your favorite town/city?
Lincoln, NE.
42) I can't wait til..
The holiday season is over and we begin the countdown to Spring.
43) Who got you to join livejournal?
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rowangolightly
44) What did you have for dinner last night?
Um...potatoes with onion and garlic; broccoli and carrots, steamed; a small t-bone steak.
45) How tall are you barefoot?
5'-9" or thereabouts.
46) Have you ever smoked heroin?
I've never done any sort of controlled substance that wasn't prescribed by my physician, except tobacco.
47) Do you own a gun?
Not on that works, no.
48) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Coffee, in the form of espresso and milk.
49) What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Do I do that? I can't honestly say that I know - someone else will have to answer this for me.
50) Do you have A.D.D.?
Some. I need constant stimulation. I can work on the same task for hours - if I have something to keep the un-busy parts of my brain occupied.
51) What time did you wake up today?
7:00. I slept through my alarm.
52) Current worry?
Money.
53) Current hate?
Not really a hater.
54) Favorite place to be?
Home. Lame, probably, but there you are.
55) Where would you like to travel?
Back to Ireland.
56) Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?
No predictions.
57) Last thing you ate?
Apple with an Australian cheddar.
58) What songs do you sing in the shower?
Whatever song I happen to be working on for my song set.
59) Last person who made you laugh?
The respiratory therapist at Apria, though I was really only being polite.
60) Worst injury you've ever had?
Rolled a car in '86 and nearly tore off my left arm. That was pretty bad.
61) Does someone have a crush on you?
Not that I know of.
62) What is your favorite candy?
Andre's dark chocolate covered almonds.
63) What song do you want played at your funeral?
Whatever's on. No Neal Diamond, Barry Manilow, or Dan Fogelberg, please.
64) Why do we do these stupid surveys?
I like going back and re-reading them. I surprise myself, sometimes.
65) Where did you get this from?
buffalowmn
Me playing music at the Main Street Coffee House before its purchase by Lois McDonald and subsequent decline into highbrow, snooty non-profitability.
2. What's your current relationship status?
Married, o so married :)
3. Ever have a near-death experience?
Sorta. Although I didn't actually die and come back, when, trapped beneath my car and in a great deal of shock, I considered just closing my eyes and accepting that Death would be okay, I distinctly heard a voice - a male voice, as it happens - say, "No."
4. Name an obvious quality you have.
Perseverance, though my stamina is getting less and less every year.
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
At the moment, I don't have one. Lately, it's been "Maid on the Shore".
6. Name a celebrity you would marry.
Marry? No thanks. Naomi Watts comes to mind for other reasons, though.
7. Who will cut and paste this first?
Idiotic question.
8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
William Christopher.
9. Do you wear a watch? What kind?
With sensory issues? None. Don't like things that constrict.
10. Do you have anything pierced?
Left ear, back in college. The hole is still open, but I rarely put anything in it.
11. Do you have any tattoos?
No. Can't think of anything I'd want that permanently.
12. Do you like pain?
No, not really.
13. Do you like to shop?
I do not. I like to hunt and buy.
14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
Breakfast.
15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit/debit card?
Christmas presents.
16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
Someone for whom I'm attempting to repair a computer.
17. What is on your desktop background?
One of the generic Windows offerings - a gentle, peaceful, abstract, blue-ish wave.
18. What is the background on your cell phone?
Whatever came with the phone.
19. Do you like redheads?
And blonds, and brunettes, and...
20. Do you know any twins?
Only in multiples of two.
21. Do you have any weird relatives?
I am the weird relative. The only one in my family who hasn't swallowed the Dyed In The Wool Christianity pill...or, rather, the only one to spit it back out.
22. What was the last movie you watched?
Patrick Stewart's, A Christmas Carol.
23. What was the last book you read?
Trace, by Patricia Cornwell. Her writing isn't particularly good - all of her characters of the last ten years and five books have been essentially broken and unlikeable, and her mastery of the epilogue is second only to my mastery of nuclear physics - but the stories are at least interesting.
SECOND LIST
1) How old do you wish you were?
I remember 25 being a pretty good age to be.
2) Where were you when 9/11 happened?
In my home office, looking at my eight month old daughter and wondering what kind of world we'd brought her into.
3) What do you do when vending machines steal your money?
Have never had it happen.
4) Do you consider yourself kind?
I can be. If forebearing to speak one's mind in the face of abject thoughtlessness and stupidity is kind, then sure, I'm kind.
5) If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
Somewhere fleshy, away from bone.
6) If you could be fluent in any other language what would it be?
Chinese.
7) Do you know your neighbor?
S. Neighbors. Not well enough to Christmas or even grocery shop for, but well enough to borrow the odd yard tool or invite over for coffee.
8) What do you consider a vacation?
Staying overnight in just about any place that isn't home.
9) Do you follow your horoscope?
Not with any regularity. I'm a skeptic.
10) Would you move for the person you loved?
Yes.
11) Are you touchy feely?
As much as I can get away with.
12) Do you believe that opposites attract?
Yes, but I don't believe it's necessary.
13) Dream job?
Video/audio production work using equipment I don't have to nursemaid.
14) Favorite channel(s)?
Food and Travel.
15) Favorite place to go on weekends?
Go? Don't much favor "going" anywhere. I'm a home body.
16) Showers or Baths?
Showers. Unless I'm sick, then I like baths with salts.
17) Do you paint your nails?
No.
18) Do you trust people easily?
No, not at all.
19) What are your phobias?
Crowds. Long term: infirmity.
20) Do you want kids?
Speaking as a father: not always, no.
21) Do you keep a handwritten journal?
No.
22) Where would you rather be right now?
Home. Or Nebraska, which is pretty much the same thing.
23) What makes you feel warm and safe?
Few things do that, any more. Having my family home in the evenings.
25) Are you paranoid?
I'm cautious.
26) Are you impatient?
Depends. If there's an end in sight, yes.
27) Who can you relate to?
People who are thoughtful, but not in my profession. I cannot relate well to IT people as a rule.
28) How do you feel about interracial couples?
Love is love.
29) Have you been burned by love?
Never by love, often by individuals.
30) What's your life motto?
No one gets out alive.
31) What's your main ringtone on your mobile?
No ring tone. My phone sounds like what it is: an electronic device whose presence I tolerate.
32) What were you doing at midnight last night?
Sleeping badly.
33) Who was your last text message from?
A web system I'm working on.
34) Who's bed did you sleep in last night?
Mine. Okay, my wife's.
35) What color shirt are you wearing?
Green, a very common color in my wardrobe.
37) Name four things you have on you at all times.
Cell phone; pocket knife; wallet; guitar pick, because you never know when someone's going to show up with a 6-string acoustic guitar that needs tuning.
38) What color are your bed sheets?
Cream. (The other sets are tan - sort of, and green)
39) How much cash do you have on you right now?
$2, maybe?
40) What is your favorite part of the chicken?
The oyster, that bit of meat on the back just above the thigh. Damn that's a tender piece of meat.
1) What's your favorite town/city?
Lincoln, NE.
42) I can't wait til..
The holiday season is over and we begin the countdown to Spring.
43) Who got you to join livejournal?
rowangolightly 44) What did you have for dinner last night?
Um...potatoes with onion and garlic; broccoli and carrots, steamed; a small t-bone steak.
45) How tall are you barefoot?
5'-9" or thereabouts.
46) Have you ever smoked heroin?
I've never done any sort of controlled substance that wasn't prescribed by my physician, except tobacco.
47) Do you own a gun?
Not on that works, no.
48) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Coffee, in the form of espresso and milk.
49) What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Do I do that? I can't honestly say that I know - someone else will have to answer this for me.
50) Do you have A.D.D.?
Some. I need constant stimulation. I can work on the same task for hours - if I have something to keep the un-busy parts of my brain occupied.
51) What time did you wake up today?
7:00. I slept through my alarm.
52) Current worry?
Money.
53) Current hate?
Not really a hater.
54) Favorite place to be?
Home. Lame, probably, but there you are.
55) Where would you like to travel?
Back to Ireland.
56) Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?
No predictions.
57) Last thing you ate?
Apple with an Australian cheddar.
58) What songs do you sing in the shower?
Whatever song I happen to be working on for my song set.
59) Last person who made you laugh?
The respiratory therapist at Apria, though I was really only being polite.
60) Worst injury you've ever had?
Rolled a car in '86 and nearly tore off my left arm. That was pretty bad.
61) Does someone have a crush on you?
Not that I know of.
62) What is your favorite candy?
Andre's dark chocolate covered almonds.
63) What song do you want played at your funeral?
Whatever's on. No Neal Diamond, Barry Manilow, or Dan Fogelberg, please.
64) Why do we do these stupid surveys?
I like going back and re-reading them. I surprise myself, sometimes.
65) Where did you get this from?
buffalowmn