Friday afternoons are time wasters
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jlhespecially in the media industry where everyone has summer Fridays, so half the office is out. Hence, a survey thingy from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blackholly:
1. FIRST NAME? I'm not saying, but it's a really, really common name, and therefore almost no one who knows me well calls me by it because there are so many of them. Even my parents didn't call me by it, or by any of its variants/standard nicknames. And yes, the people I know from fandom call me Clio in real life.
2. ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? In a sense I'm named after myself, in that when my parents adopted me, my birth mother had already given me my first name, and they liked it, so they changed the spelling slightly and kept it.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Wednesday night, watching the So You Think You Can Dance finale, when Donyelle was talking about how she had quit dancing a few months before and asked for a sign, and then ended up being in 3rd place. It's quite a sign.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes. Other people seem to like it, too. It's quite neat. I'm not sure how it stayed that way. It might be that I never started taking notes, etc, in cursive, so my cursive has stayed slow and rather neat, and printing is fairly neat anyway.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? I don't like lunch meat much. Pastrami, I like but I'm not sure that counts. If it doesn't, then roast beef.
6. KIDS? Not at the moment. (I am keeping Holly's answer as I like it very much.)
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes.
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Only this one.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Not only do I use it, but I am by far the least sarcastic member of my family. Dinners used to be a bit of a "sarcastic clapping family" without the clapping.
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes.
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No. I'm terrified of heights.
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Crunch berries, or maybe Cracklin Oat Bran, neither of which are particularly good for you, so I eat Special K, which I also love.
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? I don't have a lot of shoes that need ties.
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically, not particularly. Mentally and emotionally, yes, because wow, have I been tested.
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Red raspberry.
16. SHOE SIZE? 8
17. RED OR PINK? Red.
18. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Hmm. I wish that I could keep my own center better, and not get swayed off my path by other people.
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? The one I haven't met.
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Don't send it back, and don't do it in the comments, but please do it in your own journal so I can see it there!
21. WHAT COLOR OF PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW? I'm wearing neither. My feet are bare as I have kicked off my gold sandals under my desk. I'm wearing a pink skirt.
22. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE WRITER/BOOK/MOVIE? You know, it would always be my right now favorite, which doesn't mean much. Um, book, Great Gatsby? That seems to be a perennial. Writer, I totally can't choose. Movie, maybe The Philadelphia Story?
23, WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Razorlight on my ipod.
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Hmm. Plum, likely.
25. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SMELLS? Purple flowers: lilacs, lavendar, violets. Also moss and wet ground, and freshly cut grass.
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU SPOKE ON THE PHONE WITH? My mother, though she is very hard of hearing so it was more like shouting.
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Their sense of humor, or their intelligence. Really. I have never been immediately or primarily physically attracted to anyone.
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Holly is an entire universe of awesomeness.
29. FAVORITE DRINK? I love mojitos, and also Tom Collins and lemon drops and margaritas. Basically, I want a white liquor with citrus.
30. FAVORITE SPORT? I also love swimming, and I'm a fairly good badmitton player.
31. HAIR COLOR? Dark brown, but it is dyed auburn because OMG the gray.
32. EYE COLOR? Chocolate brown.
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes, since I was 15.
34. FAVORITE FOOD? Rasperry rhubarb pie.
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy endings. I hate scary movies; even the TV ads can give me nightmares.
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Clerks II.
37. COLOR OF SHIRT YOU ARE WEARING? Pink and brown stripes
38. WINTER OR SUMMER? Winter. I hate summer. But my favorites are spring and fall.
39. HUGS OR KISSES? Both.
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? See above.
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Wow. I don't even know.
42. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Josh, or anyone who is at the wedding tomorrow.
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Lots of history books I won't go into.
44. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I don't have one.
45. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Rain on the roof, my cat meowing, good music, a car shifting.
46. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? The Daily Show. I came home late and passed out early.
47. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
48. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Budapest.
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Hmm. I can sing? I can cook many things. Are those talents? I don't have like, party trick talents.
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? I was born in Portland, ME in 1969.
Someone sent me flowers so now I'm going home to see who! Does this mean my birthday has already started?
blackholly:1. FIRST NAME? I'm not saying, but it's a really, really common name, and therefore almost no one who knows me well calls me by it because there are so many of them. Even my parents didn't call me by it, or by any of its variants/standard nicknames. And yes, the people I know from fandom call me Clio in real life.
2. ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? In a sense I'm named after myself, in that when my parents adopted me, my birth mother had already given me my first name, and they liked it, so they changed the spelling slightly and kept it.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Wednesday night, watching the So You Think You Can Dance finale, when Donyelle was talking about how she had quit dancing a few months before and asked for a sign, and then ended up being in 3rd place. It's quite a sign.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes. Other people seem to like it, too. It's quite neat. I'm not sure how it stayed that way. It might be that I never started taking notes, etc, in cursive, so my cursive has stayed slow and rather neat, and printing is fairly neat anyway.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? I don't like lunch meat much. Pastrami, I like but I'm not sure that counts. If it doesn't, then roast beef.
6. KIDS? Not at the moment. (I am keeping Holly's answer as I like it very much.)
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes.
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Only this one.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Not only do I use it, but I am by far the least sarcastic member of my family. Dinners used to be a bit of a "sarcastic clapping family" without the clapping.
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes.
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No. I'm terrified of heights.
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Crunch berries, or maybe Cracklin Oat Bran, neither of which are particularly good for you, so I eat Special K, which I also love.
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? I don't have a lot of shoes that need ties.
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically, not particularly. Mentally and emotionally, yes, because wow, have I been tested.
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Red raspberry.
16. SHOE SIZE? 8
17. RED OR PINK? Red.
18. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Hmm. I wish that I could keep my own center better, and not get swayed off my path by other people.
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? The one I haven't met.
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Don't send it back, and don't do it in the comments, but please do it in your own journal so I can see it there!
21. WHAT COLOR OF PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW? I'm wearing neither. My feet are bare as I have kicked off my gold sandals under my desk. I'm wearing a pink skirt.
22. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE WRITER/BOOK/MOVIE? You know, it would always be my right now favorite, which doesn't mean much. Um, book, Great Gatsby? That seems to be a perennial. Writer, I totally can't choose. Movie, maybe The Philadelphia Story?
23, WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Razorlight on my ipod.
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Hmm. Plum, likely.
25. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SMELLS? Purple flowers: lilacs, lavendar, violets. Also moss and wet ground, and freshly cut grass.
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU SPOKE ON THE PHONE WITH? My mother, though she is very hard of hearing so it was more like shouting.
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Their sense of humor, or their intelligence. Really. I have never been immediately or primarily physically attracted to anyone.
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Holly is an entire universe of awesomeness.
29. FAVORITE DRINK? I love mojitos, and also Tom Collins and lemon drops and margaritas. Basically, I want a white liquor with citrus.
30. FAVORITE SPORT? I also love swimming, and I'm a fairly good badmitton player.
31. HAIR COLOR? Dark brown, but it is dyed auburn because OMG the gray.
32. EYE COLOR? Chocolate brown.
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes, since I was 15.
34. FAVORITE FOOD? Rasperry rhubarb pie.
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy endings. I hate scary movies; even the TV ads can give me nightmares.
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Clerks II.
37. COLOR OF SHIRT YOU ARE WEARING? Pink and brown stripes
38. WINTER OR SUMMER? Winter. I hate summer. But my favorites are spring and fall.
39. HUGS OR KISSES? Both.
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? See above.
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Wow. I don't even know.
42. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Josh, or anyone who is at the wedding tomorrow.
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Lots of history books I won't go into.
44. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I don't have one.
45. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Rain on the roof, my cat meowing, good music, a car shifting.
46. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? The Daily Show. I came home late and passed out early.
47. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
48. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Budapest.
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Hmm. I can sing? I can cook many things. Are those talents? I don't have like, party trick talents.
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? I was born in Portland, ME in 1969.
Someone sent me flowers so now I'm going home to see who! Does this mean my birthday has already started?
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Date: 2006-08-18 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-08-19 12:13 am (UTC)Also, your birthday 'virtualy' started yesterday with the musics, right?
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Date: 2006-08-19 04:01 am (UTC)Haha but I have seen you with blonde hair! So you are a hair hopper methinks.
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Date: 2006-08-19 01:34 am (UTC)So you're an adult adoptee!! In a few years I might want you to talk to my daughter, who is a 10-year-old adoptee (adopted 2 days after birth). I think she might be having some pre-teen adoption issues *sigh* but she's not one for talking about that stuff.
And, er, yay for all the purple stuff and Razorlight :D
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Date: 2006-08-20 05:16 am (UTC)Hee! It sounds like the phone conversations I used to have with my Grandma before she passed away. She could never hear a word I said. :-P
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Date: 2006-08-21 05:27 pm (UTC)