Too tempting
May. 12th, 2003 02:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darcydodoOK, I'm not drunk, and I'm still willing to reveal all. But only in a friends-locked entry. ;)
(ETA: OK, so I'm a stupid fuckwit and didn't friends-lock it. Everybody point that out, please. Right, never mind. Grrr.)
1) would you ever date someone younger than you: Theoretically, yeah. The only time I have done, it was a disaster, but not, I think, because he was younger.
2) someone older: Of course.
3) have you ever smoked weed: Nuh-uh. And I've been in a room where it was being smoked a great big whopping once.
4) ever been drunk: Yes. Duh.
5) been in love: Yes.
6) loved someone who you knew you couldn't have: Yes.
7) gotten in a car accident: Not precisely, but my mom hit a person. An asshole idiot, actually, who was crossing the street at night, wearing all black, and drunk. He claims my mom slowed down and waved, which was a blatant lie. (Yes,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
leech, I use "blatant" lots as well as "blatantly".)
8) broken a bone: Nope.
9) had your heart broken: Yes.
10) cheated on someone: Sort of. Only with kissing and feeling up, nothing more drastic.
11) been cheated on: Sort of, and similarly to the above question, from what I understand.
12) last time you said i love you to someone: Not counting parents (which would be yesterday)? Err... some time back in the autumn, I think.
13) last time you cried: IIRC, a few days before I returned from Christmas vacation. I don't think I've cried since then.
14) last time you laughed: Oh, at some point tonight. Gee, isn't that a surprise, knowing me.
15) where do you see yourself in 10 years: Well, with luck, being a professor somewhere I want to be. No clue, really.
16) what age do you see yourself married at: Err. Depends if I get married, really, but no age in particular. When I find someone I want to be with forever.
17) describe your dream wedding: Sun. Warmth. Good food. Lots of laughter.
18) do you sleep with a stuffed animal: Yes, several.
20) if you could dye your hair one color what would it be: I've pondered blue, before, or a blue streak. I think I'd like red highlights, but they'd be sort of difficult to achieve with my hair color.
21) have you ever been skinny-dipping: Of course.
22) do you eat chicken with fingers or with a fork: Fingers. Definitely. Though if it's got a sauce, or it's the breast, I'll go at it with a fork and knife first, and pick up the bone. (I got trained well by my parents, sad to say.)
23) would you rather give or receive: Depends what! ;) Though I get fussy about what I perceive as people doing things for me, while I'm perfectly happy to offer to do things for other people. I suppose give, generally, but I adore presents.
24) how many homes have you lived in: Two, plus our vacation house, plus 4 college rooms.
25) do you play any instruments: Guitar. And I sing.
26) one pillow or two: Two, usually, although if they're big fat pillows, only one.
27) do you get along with your parents: Yes, though things start deteriorating if we're together for too too long.
28) do you drive: Yeah.
29) what kind of car do you have: Silver '85-ish Volvo sedan. It's automatic, but I can drive stick (my parents have a green Subaru Forester that I use when I'm home).
30) what's your favorite color(s): Deep, bright blue with just a faint tinge of purple.
31) do you work: Nope. I'm a student.
32) what's your favorite food: That's a hard one. At one point I'd have said tom kha kai soup, but while I still like it, the restaurant with my favorite version went out of business years ago. Since then I have been on the Great Tom Kha Kai Soup Quest.
33) do you have braces: No, but I did in fourth or fifth grade. For less than a year. And then I had retainers, which I eventually just stopped wearing.
34) stupid stuff: My hands shake randomly and sometimes I'll stand up and start falling over 'cause I also turn into a random klutz.
35) how many guys/girls have you kissed: Umm, let's count. 10, I think, plus several more random friends (maybe another 8 or 10) during a snogging game. (It wasn't spin the bottle -- it really was just a snogging game. You kiss someone, they kiss someone else, etc. Most people were very drunk. I was... err... sober?)
36) when was the last time you went on a date: Well, not entirely sure I ever have. I usually start going out with someone and then go places with them. So I don't think that counts as a date, I don't know. I don't think the AJ thing counts, though maybe it does.
37) have you ever got in serious trouble: Uhh... with my parents, yes. Other than that, not that I recall.
38) why is the sky blue: It's not, it's the middle of the night.
39) who was your first crush: Alex Baskin, in 2nd grade. I made him a special valentine. :) I'd say Matt Wrather, in first grade, but that was only 'cause he promised to marry me, just as he had half the other girls in the class. :) He did kiss me on the ear, though.
40) when you meet a person of your preferred sex, you first notice their: God, that depends. If I talk to them for a little, I'll quickly notice their hands. Eyes, often; hair, often.
41) are you the romantic type: Yes, definitely.
42) have you ever been chased by cops: No.
43) what's a secret you've never told anyone: Well, that whole cheating issue up top there.
44) have you ever done drugs: No. Alcohol so doesn't count.
(ETA: OK, so I'm a stupid fuckwit and didn't friends-lock it. Everybody point that out, please. Right, never mind. Grrr.)
1) would you ever date someone younger than you: Theoretically, yeah. The only time I have done, it was a disaster, but not, I think, because he was younger.
2) someone older: Of course.
3) have you ever smoked weed: Nuh-uh. And I've been in a room where it was being smoked a great big whopping once.
4) ever been drunk: Yes. Duh.
5) been in love: Yes.
6) loved someone who you knew you couldn't have: Yes.
7) gotten in a car accident: Not precisely, but my mom hit a person. An asshole idiot, actually, who was crossing the street at night, wearing all black, and drunk. He claims my mom slowed down and waved, which was a blatant lie. (Yes,
leech, I use "blatant" lots as well as "blatantly".)8) broken a bone: Nope.
9) had your heart broken: Yes.
10) cheated on someone: Sort of. Only with kissing and feeling up, nothing more drastic.
11) been cheated on: Sort of, and similarly to the above question, from what I understand.
12) last time you said i love you to someone: Not counting parents (which would be yesterday)? Err... some time back in the autumn, I think.
13) last time you cried: IIRC, a few days before I returned from Christmas vacation. I don't think I've cried since then.
14) last time you laughed: Oh, at some point tonight. Gee, isn't that a surprise, knowing me.
15) where do you see yourself in 10 years: Well, with luck, being a professor somewhere I want to be. No clue, really.
16) what age do you see yourself married at: Err. Depends if I get married, really, but no age in particular. When I find someone I want to be with forever.
17) describe your dream wedding: Sun. Warmth. Good food. Lots of laughter.
18) do you sleep with a stuffed animal: Yes, several.
20) if you could dye your hair one color what would it be: I've pondered blue, before, or a blue streak. I think I'd like red highlights, but they'd be sort of difficult to achieve with my hair color.
21) have you ever been skinny-dipping: Of course.
22) do you eat chicken with fingers or with a fork: Fingers. Definitely. Though if it's got a sauce, or it's the breast, I'll go at it with a fork and knife first, and pick up the bone. (I got trained well by my parents, sad to say.)
23) would you rather give or receive: Depends what! ;) Though I get fussy about what I perceive as people doing things for me, while I'm perfectly happy to offer to do things for other people. I suppose give, generally, but I adore presents.
24) how many homes have you lived in: Two, plus our vacation house, plus 4 college rooms.
25) do you play any instruments: Guitar. And I sing.
26) one pillow or two: Two, usually, although if they're big fat pillows, only one.
27) do you get along with your parents: Yes, though things start deteriorating if we're together for too too long.
28) do you drive: Yeah.
29) what kind of car do you have: Silver '85-ish Volvo sedan. It's automatic, but I can drive stick (my parents have a green Subaru Forester that I use when I'm home).
30) what's your favorite color(s): Deep, bright blue with just a faint tinge of purple.
31) do you work: Nope. I'm a student.
32) what's your favorite food: That's a hard one. At one point I'd have said tom kha kai soup, but while I still like it, the restaurant with my favorite version went out of business years ago. Since then I have been on the Great Tom Kha Kai Soup Quest.
33) do you have braces: No, but I did in fourth or fifth grade. For less than a year. And then I had retainers, which I eventually just stopped wearing.
34) stupid stuff: My hands shake randomly and sometimes I'll stand up and start falling over 'cause I also turn into a random klutz.
35) how many guys/girls have you kissed: Umm, let's count. 10, I think, plus several more random friends (maybe another 8 or 10) during a snogging game. (It wasn't spin the bottle -- it really was just a snogging game. You kiss someone, they kiss someone else, etc. Most people were very drunk. I was... err... sober?)
36) when was the last time you went on a date: Well, not entirely sure I ever have. I usually start going out with someone and then go places with them. So I don't think that counts as a date, I don't know. I don't think the AJ thing counts, though maybe it does.
37) have you ever got in serious trouble: Uhh... with my parents, yes. Other than that, not that I recall.
38) why is the sky blue: It's not, it's the middle of the night.
39) who was your first crush: Alex Baskin, in 2nd grade. I made him a special valentine. :) I'd say Matt Wrather, in first grade, but that was only 'cause he promised to marry me, just as he had half the other girls in the class. :) He did kiss me on the ear, though.
40) when you meet a person of your preferred sex, you first notice their: God, that depends. If I talk to them for a little, I'll quickly notice their hands. Eyes, often; hair, often.
41) are you the romantic type: Yes, definitely.
42) have you ever been chased by cops: No.
43) what's a secret you've never told anyone: Well, that whole cheating issue up top there.
44) have you ever done drugs: No. Alcohol so doesn't count.
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Date: 2003-05-12 05:44 am (UTC)Well, in that case how come I can see it? Or have you found some cunning way to tell lj that I'm your friend, even though I don't have an account?
But... you've cheated on someone?! I can't believe I never knew that, and I went about all this time thinking you were virtuous to the core. You realize I'm never going to shut up until you tell me all the details?
-R
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Date: 2003-05-12 06:02 am (UTC)Ditto! I'm curious too... ;)
How do you friends-lock entries anyway?
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Date: 2003-05-12 06:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-12 07:10 am (UTC)Maybe she was drunk...
Thanks, leech!
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Date: 2003-05-12 09:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-12 10:33 am (UTC)You see, the thing about cheating is that at least one other person knows, and a secret isn't a secret if two people know it. (A secret is even less a secret if you publicize in your livejournal #I know something you don't know#... I'm glad you said bloody idiot, cos I was hesitating about whether I was mean enough to say it :-p )
*appealing looks* Gwan, spill the beans, you know you want to!
- R
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Date: 2003-05-12 11:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-12 09:31 am (UTC)Right with you on the date thing, don't think I've done a formal date, at least in what appears to be the US cultural sense, either. In re being involved with someone younger, not with any seriousness [ though I believe my stalker was younger than me ] but it's not been overly many years since I've known many people younger than me who struck me at adults, and I have no objections in theory.
I'm a bit underwhelmed at this quiz, actually, I want a clearer definition of "cheating on", and I peeve at the assumption that one must have a preferred sex.
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Date: 2003-05-12 09:58 am (UTC)I can't imagine ever being in a place where the skinny-dipping question got an "of course" answer.
I think it's a summer-camp thing. Hence, American in nature by default. :)
I want a clearer definition of "cheating on"
Hence my qualification of my statement. :)
I peeve at the assumption that one must have a preferred sex.
But hey, at least this quiz didn't say "the opposite sex," as so many of them infuriatingly do!
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Date: 2003-05-13 06:40 am (UTC)That sounds like a compliment. Thank you.
I can't imagine ever being in a place where the skinny-dipping question got an "of course" answer.
I think it's a summer-camp thing. Hence, American in nature by default. :)
OK, that makes sense. [ I feel a lot less mopey about this than I would have a year ago, having been invited to one really nice swimsuits-until-10 hot tub party in between times.]
I want a clearer definition of "cheating on"
Hence my qualification of my statement. :)
Well, yes, but a clarification orthogonal to the direction in which I was interested. *sigh* I just get annoyed by quizzes coming from the assumption that cuddling up with more than one person at different times has to be cheating; I am very cuddly with lots of my friends.
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Date: 2003-05-13 06:59 am (UTC)I don't think the quiz was necessarily assuming this. The use of the word cheating probably implies some suggestion of deceit or at least betraying an implied or explicit commitment. (Though it is more than likely that many readers of the quiz would make such assumptions; that's hardly the quiz' fault though.) But I agree, cheating on is one of those relationship concepts that (outside a very particular context) are desperately ill-defined.
The same is true of the preferred sex comment; it's only stretching the meaning a little to allow preferred to mean either, both, neither or any other combination.
- R
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Date: 2003-05-14 07:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-13 08:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-14 03:22 am (UTC)Well yes. The world (or at least the internet) is full of really stupid (and heterosexist and otherwise assumption-making) quizzes.
I've been toying with the idea for a while of making a quiz that would start off empty, and you'd send it to all your friends or post it in your lj or whatever, with the instruction to answer all the questions, add one of your own and then pass it on. This I think might come up with a cool quiz (and you might actually learn something about your friends!) Except I can't quite figure out how the logistics of the pyramid scheme would work.
Does anyone firstly think this is a good plan, and if so, have any suggestions as to how I could execute it?
- R