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more questions...reposted with my answers...sure, some of them may double up, but there's only so many questions you can ask a person before you start repeating yourself...

- best birthday present you've ever had? $2000 cash. yay! to start an IRA. boo!
- what do you eat for breakfast? when i wake up in time to have some, cereal -- usually lucky charms. otherwise there's a mcdonald's right next to the office.
- what's your favorite piece of jewelry? i got a kickass pocketwatch for xmas
- what gadget couldnt' you do without? my cell phone. otherwise, i'd only be able to talk to atlanta people while i'm at work.
- which website can you recommend to me? http://overall16.blogspot.com it's a GT football player, and friend of one of my old roommates.
- do you have any allergies? no
- how many piercings do you have? if i said one, i think you'd be upset that you didnt know. but since i don't, that point's irrelevant.
- what's your favorite artist/painting? Dali...Christ of St. John on the Cross
- what was the last thing you ate? stick of juicy fruit gum. if that doesn't count, a Big Mac n fries.
- where in the world would you be right now if you could pick? a bungalow on the beaches of Bora Bora
- do you collect anything? yeah, anything that looks fun. but not in an anal, can't bend the corners kinda way.
- do you get a daily newspaper? no, i look online for news
- do you use tissues? no. i'm a sniffler. and that's what sleeves are for.
- what's your oldest possession? the thing i have currently that i've had the longest is my car i think. yeah. the rest of my stuff is in marietta.
- do you have any phobias? i really hate swimming in the ocean cuz you can't see underwater and don't know what's swimming with you
- Should people expect to be able to spend more time on things they need and want to do than things that other people need or want them to do? i think people are selfish enough that they do spend more time on things they need and want than things that other people need or want them to do.
- your name spelled backwards? evets...or nehpets.
- where your parents were born? dad was born in NYC, mom in Little Rock, Arkansas
- the last thing you downloaded on your computer? software for my digital camera
- favorite restaurant? in ATL -- Ru San's. in LA -- i go to subway the most
- last time you swam in a pool? sometime last summer
- ever been in a school play? when i was little i was a sheep in a xmas pageant. in high school, i was in the parade band for Hello Dolly, and then i did stage crew for Sound of Music and um, whatever the one before it was.
- how many kids do you want? i like five
- type of music you dislike the most? german polka
- are you registered to vote? i am in georgia. but not yet in california.
- have you ever ridden on a moped? no. and from the people i've seen riding them around LA, i don't want to.
- ever get a parking ticket? pantloads at tech. i think i went my last year without getting any though...tickets that is.
- would you rather bungee jump or skydive? skydive
- furthest place you've ever traveled? australia
- favorite comic strip? calvin and hobbes. hands down.
- do you really know all the words ot the national anthem? o-oh say can you seeeeee...recognize!
- bath or shower? morning or night? shower in the morning if i have time. usually at night tho
- best movie you've seen in the past month? cheaper by the dozen
- favorite pizza topping? i like a good white pizza...i know it's a type and not a topping. but that's my vote.
- chips or popcorn? chips n salsa.
- orange or apple juice? apple juice. always have. always will.
- favorite type of chocolate bar? snickers
- last time you ate a homegrown tomato? people grow those at home?
- ever won a trophy? bunches for boy scouts, little league, soccer, swimming, and water polo
- are you a good cook? i boil a mean egg. i tried to start cooking a real meal once a week a couple years ago. i did pretty good. but i think food other people make taste better
- ever order anything from an infomercial? nope
- sprite or 7up? usually sprite...when i'm sick:7up
- ever had to wear a uniform to work? yup...lifeguarding, housekeeping during the Olympics, Mountasia, Kroger
- last thing you bought at a pharmacy? red bull
- ever throw up in public? more than i care to mention
- would you rathe be a millionaire or find true love? find true love
- ever call a 1-900 number? no
- who was the last person you visited in a hospital? i've never had someone i know go to a hospital except for me.
- what message is on your answering machine/voicemail? hi, this is steve. i'm not here right now, so leave a message.
- what's your all time favorite SNL character? operaman
- what's in your wallet/purse? in my wallet is my license and credit, blockbuster, parents' business, insurance, and macy's/best buy gift cards.
- favorite thing to do before bedtime? watch tv
- what's one thing you are grateful for today? got paid
- favorite ice cream flavor? mint chocolate chip
- ever brush your teeth while taking a shower? yes
- do you like to sleep with socks on? can't stand it
- list 5 things you'd like to accomplish by the end of the year. 1) i think the most important thing to me right now is to feel like i belong here, cuz i don't feel that yet. 2) i think the next thing would be to find/make a tight group of friends out here...and that would really help with the first thing i hope to acoomplish. these aren't supposed to be in order are they? 3) having my own place would be excellent. even if it was a run down piece of shit. i could go out and buy actual furniture and decorate, and everything would be the way i want it. 4) hopefully i'll be able to get a new car by the end of the year. yeah, that'd be nice. 'cept i want a nice car. i don't know exactly what kind, but it wouldn't be like an accord or a benz or something. it'd hafta be a little, i dunno...different(?) like my ugly green escort. 5) the 5th thing i'd want to accomplish is that i stay in touch with most of the atl folk.
- list 5 people you've lost contact with that you'd like to hear from again. 1) high school people that no many who read this thing will know. it's been 6 years since i last talked to woody's sister and mom. and it might seem kinda weird to put their names here, but i really liked Carla, and i was always really comfortable talking to Jane. 2) Marcus Washington. you know he's probably even more hilarious than he was in high school. where'd he go? Xavier? Howard? i don't remember. but it'd be cool to see him again. 3) i wonder what the Poz is up to also. i hear her name mentioned every now and then, i think she sincerely disliked me all through college, but i remember we talked the whole way back from the europe trip on the plane. i don't remember what we talked about, but i remember that we talked...for seven hours. 4)Heather. we've talked less and less since graduation. maybe it's cuz she's got a boyfriend she's pretty serious about. is there a rule somewhere that says anytime a girl has a pseudorelationship with a guy, she can't talk to him anymore once she starts seeing someone else? i only ask cuz it's happened more often than i'd like. 5) since i listed 2 people in the first spot, does that count? no, you're probably right. no sense in taking the easy way out. just making the list, in at number 5, michael burns. and i don't know why. sometimes you justwonder what people have been doing for the past few years. maybe that's why they have reunions.
- list five things you'd like to learn how to do. 1) i kinda already started learning chinese. ya never know, i might get to go to hong kong for work sometime this year. anyway, i got these cd's that teach you everything. reminds me of learning the alphabet in srta. acosta's class minus the screaming orgasm at the end. 2) being sandwiched between the beach and the marina, i think it'd be cool to learn how to sail. it'd be fun to be able to take a boat out for a day all by myself. or another person. secretly, i think i just want to be like pacey. 3) i never was very good at drawing people or live objects. actually, i just suck at drawing in any sense. i'm real good at boxes though. i should get better. 4) and i'd like to learn how to cook. really cook. like braised things. or anything "a l'orange". if you ever go in a pier 1 or even OTP, the kitchen always has the coolest gadgets. 5) i'd also like to learn a whole lot more about the stock market. like daytrading. i think it's kinda like craps where there's so much going on all at once, but if you learn the basics and don't pay attention to all the flash and dazzle, you can still come out well ahead in a short time.
- list five things you'd do if you won the lottery. 1) i'd still go to work everyday. even if i won such a ridiculous amount that i never had to worry about money ever again. 2) i'd build a house. on a hill. above the cloudline. and it would have it's own planetarium with a massive telescope, bowling lanes, and a padded room kinda like those inflatable castle things little kids jump around in. it would be the only real luxury thing i'd buy. 3) i'd start a scholarship program for .... something. maybe trumpet playing water polo goalies who try to see everything from a different angle. 4) i'd try my damndest not to become the biggest asshole in the world just because i had money === if that doesn't count, then i'd buy a new car. whatever kind i wrote about before. 5) i'd probably give a lot of it away
- list five things you do that help you relax 1) get in my car and drive in one direction until i'm relaxed, then i turn around and drive back. 2) walk somewhere in one direction until i'm relaxed, then i turn around and walk back 3) sleep. if something really stresses me out, i go to sleep. when i wake up, it doesn't seem to bother me near as much. 4) go to the gym and work out. i think they actually have scientific studies about stuff like that....endorphines and whatnot. 5) painting. it only seldomly happens. usually i'll drive, walk or sleep.
- what's the last place you traveled to, outside GA..and the US? the last place outside GA would have to be tennessee, then arkansas, then texas, oklahoma, new mexico, arizona, then california. that really was a fun drive. if i ever have 8 or 9 days i can get out of here, it'd be an awesome 6000 mile drive roundtrip. the last place outside the US i've been to was Australia. i never thought water polo would be so berry berry good to me.
- what's the most bizarre/unusual thing that's ever happened to you while traveling? unusual? me? never. i think it was the summer between freshman and sophomore year at tech that i went to water polo camp at the naval academy with bronco. i think we might have been in virginia or somewhere along the way to annapolis, and we passed a sign for nutbush creek. needless to say, i wanted a picture. i think we looped around 4 or 5 times. i don't remember why, i think we saw a car full of girls or something, but i never got the picture.
- if you could take off to anywhere, money and time being no object, where would you go? i'd go on the 30,000 mile road trip around the states i was working on with Vanilla Coke before i got my toy job. it'll definitely be something i do when i'm old and retired.
- do you prefer traveling by plane, train, or car? i love driving in my car more than anything. i think being on a train is too much like being grounded when you're little: you have a few things in your room to keep you busy, but you can't leave. planes aren't so bad. i always fall asleep. and that's mighty relaxing.
- what's the next place on your list to visit and what do you plan to do while you're there? next place on my list to vist is vegas for a friend's bachelor party. as far as what we're going to do while we're there, i have absolutely no idea. well, i have some idea i suppose...drinking and gambling and thinking that we're studs with the ladies but in all actuality having no real chance of impressing anyone...but other than that....
- what time do you wake up on weekday mornings? i'm supposed to be at work at 830 during the week. if i wake up at 7 so i can take a shower and eat my lucky charms and drive to work at 8, i'll get there between 845 and 9 cuz of traffic. if i wake up at 8, take a quick shower, skip breakfast, and leave my apartment at 825, i still get to work between 845 and 9. so what time do you think i wake up?
- do you sleep in on the weekends? How late? i don't set my alarm on weekends. i wake up whenever i wake up. i think it's usually around 930. today i woke up at 9 and watched saturday morning cartoons. we make mucha lucha toys, and i had never seen the show. it's awesome. yay for animated masked mexican wrestlers!
- aside from waking up, what is the first thing you do in the morning? usually turn off the alarm. but aside from that, i generally stretch too. another reason why i hate footboards. they're too limiting. a lot of times i'll stretch really hard(?) that my leg will shake uncontrollably. it's really weird. but it feels good at the same time.
- how long does it take to get ready for your day? i already kinda went over this, but i'm a 20 minute guy. stretch, shower, (i always shave at night), throw on clothes, and i'm out...
- what was your most memorable moment so far this week? after finding out that another guy at work who does a crappy job is starting to work on the mucha lucha product line, one i really wanted to work on, i went into my boss' office and more or less asked why i wasn't the one selected to work on it. i think he was impressed that i was asking for more work, cuz the next day he wanted to know if i was interested in Toymax items. toymax makes cool toys like laser tag stuff and remote control cars. needless to say, i was pumped. it's not official yet, but i'll find out if it's for real monday.
- what one person touched your life this week? it's hard to think of someone who did something of such great importance for you. maybe we look so hard to find faults in other people, that's what makes it harder to find something good about someone. or something like that.
- how have you helped someone this week? i think when i bought my bed, i paid more than i should. there WERE cheaper beds in the place, and i DID buy the first (and only i might mention) bed he showed me. so i helped the mattress salesman by giving him a higher commission. but when you've been sleeping on the floor for the past few months, that extra hundred bucks is worth it.
- what one thing do you need to get done by this time next week? i need to at least paint over the brown in my bathroom. i still can't figure out why someone would paint their bathroom a nasty crap brown color. i also need to get my smog check done for my car. it's required when i get it registered. and i think i go in to get my california license on friday. is that the 23rd or is that in another week? i think it's this week.
- what one thing will you do over the next seven days to make your world a better place? this is actually a question i have an answer to. at work i've been learning about safety of designs and components. and that for any item that is for kids younger than 4, ribbon length has to be less than 11 inches. it has to do with strangling hazards. oh, and we have this cool little tester that determines whether or not components count as "small parts." if you check some of the toys in your store, you'll see the "small parts" label. designers don't really like to put that on their packaging. part of my job is determining the necessity of warning labels.
- do you like talking on the phone? why or why not? i'd prefer to talk to someone in person. but phone is second. one thing that bothers me about talking on a phone is that you don't know if the other person is rolling their eyes at whatever it is you're saying. cuz i really hate when that happens. oh, and lately whenever i talk to my parents on the phone, i really tend to ramble. waaaaay more than usual. whatever i'm talking about becomes incoherent babbling. i think it's just cuz i'm excited to talk to them now that i don't do it all the time, so i start to talk faster, and eventually it all just mushes together.
- who is the last person you talked to on the phone? my parents. that's where the incoherent rambling thing came up. damn, i should read ahead and make sure i'm not answering questions premature.
- how many telephones do you have at home? i have my new cellphone. and my old cellphone. and that's it. when i lived in malibu for the first month, i signed up for a landline even though i didnt have a phone to plug in. i never bought one, so i cancelled that number.
- have you encountered anyone who has really bad phone manners? what happened? i think my roommate judy has bad phone manners just because she's always on it and she talks so loud and the doors are thin and the walls are thin and the windows are thin and her room is like my room in that it kinda looks over the parking area so all the sounds bounce around, and she talks so damn loud it carries everywhere. i just want to tell her to shut the fuck up sometimes.
- would you rather pick up the phone and call someone or write them an email or a letter? why or why not? i think people really like getting things in the mail. i wish i spent more time writing letters. all the important things are still done by snail mail: taxes, college acceptances, wedding invitations. i think email is used best when you need a detailed response, and phones are best if you want to hear someone's voice. and sometimes you do. cuz it's almost like being there. i guess videophones are the second best thing to being there. whatever.
- what is the last song you heard? it's a song one of my residents was playing really loud in Montag last year (Actionslacks - Last Night I Dreamed (That You Were Losing Sleep Over Me). it's a cool song. earlier i walked on the beach at sunset listening to zebrahead's new cd. and when it went all the way through, i started it over and fell asleep on the couch in the living room.
-what were the last two movies you saw? most people know my answer to this question depends on what time of day i decide to answer this question. i'm constantly watching movies. Goldmember just finished on HBO85 or maybe it was just HBO3. i forget what i watched before that. i know i fell asleep to Hot Shots! last night. i would have said Big Fish instead of Hot Shots, but i had an hour before the movie so i stopped in Barnes & Noble and ended up stayin in there and reading for 3 hours. kinda missed my movie time.
- what were the last three things you purchased? today i bought a shelf-type thing and got my oil changed in my car...but i don't think that counts as a purchase. yesterday i bought 50 feet of ethernet cable. oh, and i bought books at B&N last night too. Ape and Essence, Island, and Brave New World...all by Aldous Huxley. there's nothing like a science fiction utopian society with underlying themes of becoming more than you were originally designed to be.
- what four things do you need to do this weekend? catch up on my sleep. and i gotta do laundry. i'm down to only workout clothes. and black dress socks. i gotta go get linens n things for my bed. i should probably figure out what kind of color scheme i'm gonna have goin on in here...ya know, so whatever i get will still fit in the room after i paint. and i gotta go out and explore more of LA
- who are the last five people you've talked to? mom and dad, mom's dad, roommate judy and some really weird guy who had a captain hook mustache from Hook and wore a beret, i said hi to the cashier at CostCo, and i talked to the mechanic guy who did my oil change this afternoon
- what is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc)? i'd say it totally depends on my mood. most of the time i'm up for the newspaper or a magazine. but when i'm feeling kinda lonely and i head into a B&N, i always find myself perusing the psychology, philosophy, and eastern religion sections. i was thinking about reading more (hence the 3 books i bought) and starting an interesting collection. so i was gonna get a biography, but i couldn't find Johnny Cash's autobiography Cash by Johnny Cash.
- what is your favorite novel? i really liked the fountainhead, but when i went back and reread it, i skipped all the long dialogue parts and only read the sections i remember liking the first time. it's not the same. my favorite book would have to be the Tao of Pooh by Jonathan Huff (i think). philosophy and children's stories...of course i'd like it. oh, ya know how they have philosophy based on the simpsons? yeah, now they have it based on Buffy, LOTR, and the Matrix. sellouts.
- do you have a favorite poem? (share it) i'm pretty sure i have a favorite poem. i just can't remember. i just know it's not one i wrote. and since the 3 books i got at B&N cost more than 30 bucks, i got a book of love poems for free. when the lady told me this, i looked at her funny and asked why. everyone behind the counter laughed and said they said the same thing when they were told what they were doing. look at me, making random people enjoy working just a little bit more. good times. oh yeah, the poem thing. so i just kinda flipped through this book real fast and found one decent enough to write down.
My life closed twice before its close;
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A Third event to me,
So huge, so hopeless to conceive,
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.
--- "My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close" -- Emily Dickinson
- what is one thing you've always wanted to read, or wish you had more time to read? when i started at Tech, i was wandering through the bookstore and decided that if i ever had the money, i'd buy a copy of Gray's Anatomy and read it all the way through. it's one of the most in-depth explorations into the human body. i think this was when i was considering the whole pre-med thing. anyway, i bought the book and read parts of it. but then my mom sold it at a garage sale. and now i'm busy. but i wish i had a copy of it and the time to read it.
- what are you currently reading? Huxley's Brave New World. I was gonna read the other ones first, but BNW was written first. so there ya go....
- what is your most prized material possession? by the way i freaked out when i couldn't find it the other day, i'd have to say my little notepad of random thoughts i write down. everything else can be bought again. but most of the thoughts in my head are so fleeting, i'd never remember them again.
- what item, that you currently own, have you had the longest? looking around my room, everything in here is relatively new. but my car i got in 97. so that wins.
- are you a packrat? totally. i'm trying not to be. but all kinds of little knick knacks keep finding their way into my room. usually it's receipts. lots of receipts. oh, and if i'm walking down the drink aisle in a supermarket, anytime i see an interesting bottle, it calls out "Buy ME!!" i'm such the impulse buyer.
- do you prefer a spic and span clean house? or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum? i gotta have clutter. i need the white noise in the background. i love crowds. when there's so much going on at the same time, it's easy to just tone it all out. but my mom always taught me to leave a path from the door to my bed. you always gotta be able to see the carpet. besides, if you have everything spic and span, you're gonna notice the dust faster.
- do the rooms in your house have a theme? or is it a mixture of knick knacks here and there? yeah, there's a theme. all of the rooms in this place are not mine except for mine. that's pretty much the feeling out here. this is MY room. that one's Harry's room. and that one's Judy's room. Judy's a fuckin pack rat. there's shit everywhere. and she's not the cool kind of pack rat with cool shit. it's old shit she should just throw out.
- explain why you started your first blog. i've kept a diary/journal off and on since i was 6. my first one was a Ramona and Beezus diary. it was purple. but i was 6 so it didnt matter. and they didnt make Henry Higgins diaries. i was reading the Technique and they talked about blogs. i figured it'd just be like starting a new journal. which it was.
- do people you interact with day to day or family members know about your blog? why or why not? people know i have a blog. they knew about my old one anyway. then i had it in my profile for a while..where it still is. it was weird when my mom would comment on it. i don't think that should be allowed. she doesn't know i have the new one. she's freaked out enough as it is that i'm out here by myself. no sense in her getting all worked up over me not having a bed or not having made new friends yet or dealing with leaving everyone in atlanta.
- do you have a theme for your blog? yeah. it consists of what i think. i don't write according to a list i've made of topics. i decide it's time to make an entry, and whatever comes to mind is what i write about. as i write, i generally think of someway it ties into something else, and that's where the links come from.
- what directions would you like to have your blog go in over the course of this year? i'd like it to consist of an entire year, no weeks missed. i was close last year going march to march. but there are a couple gaps in there. i think if someone gave me an argument, it'd be easy to argue for or against it. but setting out directions for a blog seems kind of anti-steve. i'm not a direction kind of guy. well, i am actually. point me in a direction, and i'll go...and go...and go...just experiencing new things along the way with no ultimate goal. or at least a goal, but no direct path to it. i think specifics keep you too tied down. and if you can't accomplish something on that path, you'll think that it's impossible to achieve your goal instead of thinking of another path.
- pimp five of your favorite blogs. five blogs i read the most would be the ones linked on my site...the women's POV. that's 4. the fifth is a gtsports blog. or whatevs.org
- have you ever been hunting? no. never been offered the opportunity to go, don't know if i would if i could. i think i might feel kinda bad.
- what side of the bed do you sleep on? by myself, off to the left a little. if the bed is against a wall, i'll sleep on the edge away from it. if the bed is not near the wall, i'll sleep on either side...but i'll face away. i'm an outside sleeper.
- what's the best concert you've ever been to? to just go chill at - zebrahead. performancewise - the Rolling Stones. with friends - hard rock rockfest at atlanta motor speedway
- did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were little? i had a big orange dog with a nametag that said Doogan. so that's what i called him. seems kinda funny now.
- what place/thing in the world do you absolutely have to see before you die? one place doesn't stand out. i could always see more of the world, but i'm happy with what i've seen for now.
- have you ever had an imaginary friend? no.
- when was the last time you went on a real date? is a real date calling a girl on the phone and asking her out for dinner for a specific predestined time in the near future where i pay for everything? if that's the case, then while i was home over christmas.
- do you dance to music when no one is around? yes
- do you like to sing? yes
- do you believe in true love being destined? no
- what is your favorite item of clothing? i like wearing comfortable jeans. does that count?
- how many bones have you broken? none, but i've fractured my right occipital bone (the one that surrounds your eye
- what has been your shortest relationship? 2 weeks during the summer my sophomore year of college
- what has been your longest relationship? 17 months from senior year in high school to freshman year in college
- do you like public speaking? yes
- were you baptized? in what religion? yes, catholic
- have you ever been kicked out of a place? yes, a couple bars, mcdonald's playplace
- have you ever been in a fist fight? no
- do you have a large or small personal space? small
- what's the grossest/weirdest thing you've ever eaten? i'll eat most everything. i didnt like anchovies that i got on my pizza once though.
- do you have a favorite kind of accent? one i think sounds cool is australian
- how old were you when your parents gave you "the talk"? never did
- have you ever won a spelling bee? yes
- what words have you missed in a spelling bee? i missed going to the state spelling bee in fourth grade on "grotesque"
- how would most people who know you finish this: wow, you're a lot ____ than you look. people i meet now say i look older than i am. i get a lot of 27's.
- jello or pudding? jello. no spoon.
- when you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? pediatrician
- do you have any OCD type behaviors? i don't like to share food, mostly when people want a bite of something. i'd rather go buy a whole one for them than give them some of mine.
- who are you closest to in your family? mom
- what is your favorite holiday? favorite season is christmas, but not necessarily the day. my favorite holiday day is probably halloween
- do you consider yourself a good liar? i've been known to tell a few in my day. they haven't caught up with me yet...
- have you ever been grounded? yeah, and one time my parents made me write sentences. it was weird. oh, and i was spanked when i was little.
- have you ever had a curfew? yes
- do you drink coffee? not regularly, but i do on occasion
- who was your favorite teacher? Miss Mary Jane, preschool
- who was your least favorite teacher? Mrs. Battle, world history
- can you jump double dutch? never tried, but i can single dutch, or regular jump rope, or whatever
- what is your favorite adam sandler movie? 8 Crazy Nights
- which is better: sunrise or sunset? sunset
- have you ever had a mentor? who? kind of. my water polo coach and i would talk a lot my last year at tech. he always seemed to understand where i was coming from and even suggested that if engineering doesn't work out, i should think about teaching. which is something i had told myself i would do if i didnt like engineering after 8 years.
- which is more important: friends or family? i think good friends are family
- when is the last time you slow danced? a wedding last summer
- how do you like your eggs? scrambled
- do you prefer pens or pencils? pencils
- do you use the center wheel on a mouse? yes
- do you sleep with a night light (or the tv/bathroom light on)? no
- are you the kind of person always looking for more friends or for better friends? is this one of those "pick one of these" kind of questions? i wouldn't say i look for better friends to replace my current friends. and i think having too many friends can diminish the value of a relationship; you only have so much time and effort you can give, someone is bound to get the short end of the stick. i'd rather keep less friends and have strong relationships.
- are you a good judge of character? at first glance, i'll take most people at face value. but sometimes i just get a bad feeling about someone i've never met.
- do you remember your dreams on a regular basis? no
- when was the last time you stayed up to see the sunrise? too long ago to remember
- who makes better friends: girls or guys? i think i have more close friendships with girls than i do with guys
- how do you feel about old people? i like those like my grandfather who is always traveling and seeing new things and gives great advice and doesn't act "old" and expect to be taken care, like they've given up and are just biding their time until they die
- have you ever been in a nursing home? yes
- do you still buy cds on a regular basis? yes
- do you feel like a lot of people don't really know the real you? no, i'm pretty sure my friends know what to expect from me in most any given situation
- do you feel like there is such as thing as the real you? i think a lot of people act a certain way to get/accomplish things they wouldn't have gotten/accomplished if they didnt act that way. the real you is a big picture, not an instance taken out of context. not everyone can see that.
- have you ever slept in a bathtub? no
- have you ever been within a mile of a tornado? no
- did you know anyone who lost someone in 9/11? no. but i know people who know people who worked in the world trade center but for one reason or another decided not to go to work that day
- on a scale of 1 to 10, how cool are fireworks? going to see a firework show=5. making your own firework show=9
- do you actually shoot bottle rockets out of a bottle? not always
- what movie always makes you cry? it's been a while since i've cried, but i'll say empire records
- are you usually the dumper or the dumpee in a relationship? dumper
- do you like writing or drawing better? writing
- have you used finger paints (outside of elementary school)? whenever i can
- have you ever been walked in on? were you embarrassed? no, but i don't think i'd be embarrassed either
- what's the most number of people you've kissed in a 24 hour period? does new years eve count? otherwise i don't know
- can you do any cool dives (like flips or backwards or anything)? i spent this summer lifeguarding perfecting my one and a half
- were you on the swim team in hs? yes. 9th and 10th grade
- what is the deepest you'll go into the ocean? til the water starts to feel cold
- where is your favorite beach that you've been to? bondi beach in australia
- how many hours on average do you spend at work each day? 845am - 630pm..on average...you do the math
- how many hours on average do you sleep each night? 1 - 730....so 6.5 hours?
- have you ever had a secret place you go to think? i'd say no, but i find it easiest to think when i'm stopped in the middle of a crowd and everyone is rushing around me.
- how often do you shave your head? whenever i think i need to. usually every third day
- do you plan on keeping your head shaved for the rest of your life? i'm not old enough to plan for anything to last for the rest of my life
- what event in your life will make you stop and say, i'm all grown up? buy my first house
- have you ever shotgunned a beer? yes, another skill developed playing water polo
- have you ever done any drugs? aside from alcohol, no
- do you snore? only when i'm sick
- is there any one decision in your life you wish you could go back and change? i don't think anything hangs in the balance of one decision, but i'd probably have changed a few things in some of my past relationships
- can you touch your tongue to your nose? no
- can you cross your eyes? yes
- has a pen ever burst in your mouth while you were chewing it? i don't chew on pens, but if i did an one exploded in my mouth, i think people would laugh and not tell me and make me figure it out for myself
- have you had any cavities? yes
- what's your least favorite physical feature about yourself? teeth
- what do you think your biggest character flaw is? i don't allow myself to become very emotionally attached to people
- do you lick to the middle of a tootsie pop or just bite in? lick until i can bite without killing my jaw
- what one specific thing do you miss most about atlanta? being around people i know
- what have you found to replace it in california? i work hard at a job i enjoy
- do you brush your teeth back and forth or in circles? back and forth on the sides, in circles in the front
- do you towel dry or air dry? towel dry
- what's your favorite video game ever? i've never really liked to play video games. but i like playing mario kart with everybody at megan's place
- what store could you spend hours in? literally, any store...but i can walk around Best Buy or Home Depot for a couple hours...and toy stores are always high on my list
- do you prefer farmers markets or grocery stores? grocery stores. i don't get that much produce
- would you rather do without movies or music for a week? movies
- have you ever wanted to get anything pierced? if so, what? no, guys and piercings just don't sit right with me
- do you honestly see yourself as the kind of person who keeps in touch with people? i see myself keeping in touch with people that mean a lot to me
- are you on any joke or horoscope mailing lists? how many? both up to my fourth year in college. then i started seeing it as junk mail so i stopped
- what's the dumbest/craziest thing you've ever done on a dare? everytime i play truth or dare, i always pick dare. unfortunately, most people i've played with don't have very creative ideas.
- do you have any tattoos? nope, thought about it. was being taken to get one once. didnt get it.

and i'm spent.


- posted by yeah...about that... @ 9:59 PM