100 questions

[Valarya]

It's 3:20am....in four hours I have 130kms to drive, to take my daughter to a swimming lesson...and I'm here on thePlenty humming Edelweiss...

It's 11:20am here (still on Friday - a day behind you) and I haven't had breakfast yet.

I'm sitting at work with a rumbling tummy as accompaniment to me humming Edelweiss... but the Rodgers and Hammerstein version from The Sound of Music...

[Narya]

01. What is your name? Can't tell you. If you and Google knew my true name, you'd have complete power over me. But some folks call me by my elvish name, Laureanna.
02. Have you ever been kissed? Yes.Quite a few times.
03. What is your favorite movie? Lord of the Rings.
04. What CD is constantly in your CD player? Don't have one. My iPhone is stuffed full of JS Bach and vintage new age.
05. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Two older brothers.
06. What is on your mousepad? My mouse.
07. What is your favorite color pen to write with? Cerulean.
08. What shampoo do you use? Pert.
09. What is your favorite color? Blues of all shades.
10. How many children do you want? I have two living children, and I want both of them, though they certainly weren't what I thought I'd want, back when they were born.
11. Do you collect anything? Clutter.
12. What is your favorite word? Flummoxed.
13. What are your favorite kinds of clothes to wear? Clean, mended, comfortable, appropriate for the occasion, not too hot or cold, easy to launder.
14. What is your idea of a perfect date? I don't like dates. I prefer raisins and dried apricots.
15. Who are your favorite authors? Hobb, Tolkien, Adams.
16. Who is your favorite actor or actress? Derek Jacoby.
17. What is the best feeling in the world? Elation (got that from the milk oolong tea I bought last week and drank too much of).
18. Do you take hot or cold showers? Yes. Of course.
19. If you could kiss anyone, who would it be? The Fool.
20. What is your favorite band or singer? Listened to a lot of Sinatra last week. He sure could sing! I don't have any current favs.
21. What are you listening to right now? My ears ringing. The guy across the street fixing his car. Tippity tapping of my husband's laptop keyboard.
22. Do you believe in God? No.
23. When is your birthday? Once a year.
24. How tall are you? Tall enough.
25. What is your favorite television show? In the past - Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9. Also enjoyed the Game of Thrones series. I haven't watched much TV in the past 7 years.
26. Do you dislike prying questions by perfect strangers? Yes.
27. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I love it right here, but a few hundred feet closer to the beach would be even better.
28. Do you have braces? Had braces on my teeth 40 years ago. Also had suspenders, back then.
29. Do you like roller coasters? Short ones.
30. What is your favorite seasoning? Curry.
31. What is your favorite time of day? Morning.
32. What is your favorite gemstone? Turquoise.
33. What is your favorite cartoon? Don't really have one.
34. What is on your bedroom walls? Nothing.
35. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Anything chocolate, without coffee.
36. If you had a time machine, where would you go? Having read Timeline by Michael Crichton, I know better than to go back in time. Maybe forward a little would be OK.
37. What do you want to be when you're older? Younger.
38. What color are your eyes? Brown.
39. Who is the person you talk to the most on the the phone? I talk to lots of people on my hotline volunteer job, once a week. Ironically, I don't like to use the phone any other time. I prefer email.
40. If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be? I could, but I don't.
41. Do you have any nicknames? Yes, and I will not allow you to inflict them upon me.
42. What does your dream guy/girl look like? I dream out of focus, so I can't tell you. Perhaps I should wear my glasses to bed with me.
43. Are you good in math? I tutor calculus. Is that good enough?
44. Do you have freckles? No, just tons of moles and nevi.
45. Who are your best friends? No one you know.
46. What is your favorite kind of flower? Carnation.
47. What is your favorite store? I hate shopping.
48. What is the most daring thing you've ever done? Left my husband and kids because I couldn't stand to live in Alaska one more day. (They eventually followed me.)
49. Is there anyone who you really hate? No.
50. Do you and your parents fight a lot? We used to.
51. What is your favorite candy? High quality chocolate.
52. What is your favorite kind of music? Baroque.
53. What was the last movie you saw in the theater? Sherlock Holmes.
54. Are you getting sick of these questions yet? Nope. I like messing with your minds.
55. Have you ever been to the ocean? As often as possible.
56. Do you have any part of your body pierced? I pierced my foot. Several times. Not on purpose and I don't recommend it.
57. What is your favorite restaurant? Taco Bell.
58. What is your favorite brand of clothing? Brand? They have brands?
59. What is your favorite magazine? Don't read magazines anymore. If I had half an hour, I'd tell you about all the podcasts I subscribe to.
60. Who do you like talking to the most on the internet? My imaginary friends on the message boards.
61. What school do you go to? Hard Knocks.
62. Do you have any pets? Three dogs, a parrot and something almost sentient in the refrigerator.
63. Which is better, pie or cake? Pi.
64. Are you a good french kisser? No.
65. Do you ever change the questionnaire, to suit your answers? Why, yes!
66. What is your favorite color to wear? Blue.
67. What is your favorite animal? Human.
68. What is your favorite alcholic drink? Don't drink.
69. What sports do you like? Dragonboat racing.
70. What is your favorite outfit? Don't have one favorite.
71. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? No.
72. What is your favorite card game? Used to play bridge and double solitaire with my mom, long time ago. Nothing lately.
73. Do you swear? No, by gosh!
74. Have you ever had surgery? Yes. Ectopic pregnancy.
75. What is your favorite beverage? Water.
76. Do you want to get married? No. I hardly know you. And I'm already married. You should have asked me that 35 years ago.
77. What is your most embarrassing moment? I'd rather not say.
78. What is your zodiac sign? Leo/Virgo. Precisely on the cusp, so I can use whichever stuff from either side I want to. That way, something's bound to be applicable.
79. Where do you think is the most boring place in the world? Boring is something you choose or choose not to bring with you. I haven't been bored in years now.
80. Have you ever smoked? No.
81. What do you look for in a guy? I don't generally look in guys.
82. What song do you wish the radio would play more often? Don't care, I don't listen to the radio.
83. If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? I'd like to have some time with my grandpa again.
84. Do you believe in magic? No, but thanks for putting that song in my head again.
85. Do you like writing letters? No. But I do email and post on message boards excessively.
86. Who do people say you look like? I have a generic face and am often mistaken for somebody else. No one famous.
87. What is your favorite month of the year? June - longest summer days here in the northern hemisphere.
88. What kinds of clothes do you like guys/girls to wear? Decent.
89. How many words per minute can you type? Lots. Fewer if you count for accuracy.
90. What is one thing you would change about the way you act? I'd probably spend less time on the computer.
91. What is one thing you would change about your looks? I'd like to be thinner.
92. What is your favorite perfume? None. Perfume gives me a splitting headache.
93. What is the worst feeling in the world? Being told you are going to die. Fortunately for me, the doc was wrong. But it was a bad week until I found out.
94. Do you have allergies? Pollen, bug repellant (not a good allergy to have in Alaska), perfume, cats.
95. What are some of your bad habits? Procrastination. I'll think about the rest of them and tell you later.
96. What is one of your pet peeves? People who can't use apostrophe's properly.
97. Do you have a website? No.
98. What kind of car do you drive? Beat up old van my dad gave me.
99. Where were you born? California.
100. Do you believe in love at first sight? No.

[FoolishGirl]

Narya, you crack me up!

['thul]

These beings find it good to see that others also choose to answer what they want, and not just what would be "appropriate".

[joost]

1. What is your name? Joost (pronounced 'Yoast', rhymes with toast)
2. Have you ever been kissed? A few times, but not lately
3. What is your favorite movie? The 'Back to the future' trilogy
4. What CD is constantly in your CD player? I have 2100 CDs so I hardly ever listen to the same CD in months. But in the last few weeks, Kreuzweg Ost's 'Gott mit uns' was played a few times
5. Do you have any brothers or sisters? 2 brothers, 2 sisters
6. What is on your mousepad? Don't have one
7. What is your favorite color pen to write with? My Parker
8. What shampoo do you use? I have no idea. It's a blue bottle and my hair's clean after I use it.
9. What is your favorite color? Black
10. How many children do you want? I have nieces and a nephew, that's kids enough for me
11. Do you collect anything? Music in any form and shape
12. What is your favorite word? Edoch (It's an antique Dutch word for 'but')
13. What are your favorite kinds of clothes to wear? Jeans and t-shirt
14. What is your idea of a perfect date? One that doesn't happen. Really, I don't date
15. What is your favorite book? Lord of the rings
16. Who is your favorite actor or actress? Natalie Portman
17. What is the best feeling in the world? Listening to good music
18. Do you take hot or cold showers? Very hot
19. If you could kiss anyone, who would it be? I don't like to kiss
20. What is your favorite band or singer? So many, but if I really had to pick one: Brighter death now
21. What are you listening to right now? Bocksholm - The haunting curse of Skogs-Sara
22. Do you believe in God? No, I'm a polytheistic agnost
23. When is your birthday? I don't celebrate my birthday.
24. How tall are you? 1m86, which is about 6'2" I think?
25. What is your favorite television show? Currently airing: How I met your mother, Bones. All-time: Buffy the vampire slayer
26. Have you ever had sex? It's overrated
27. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? At home
28. Do you have braces? Nope, although I had braces during highschool to cure an overbite
29. Do you like roller coasters? Yes, although I don't ride them very often
30. What is your favorite season? Autumn. I really like this quote from 'Space: above and beyond': I grew up in San Diego, and people say that there are no change of seasons in California, but... there are. I could always feel it. Always. There is just this... cold, inevitable edge in the air. The light, the colors... its as if the Earth were letting you know that Summer was gone. Theres no getting it back. Winters coming and theres nothing that you can do to escape it. A lot of people say that they fall in love in the Spring. Not me. I always fell in love in Autumn. It is just the most... romantic... sexy... desperate... And Ill never see it again. This enemy could kill every last person on Earth and there would still be Autumn
31. What is your favorite time of day? Evening
32. What is your favorite gemstone? I don't have one
33. What is your favorite cartoon? Planetes, Ghost in the shell
34. What is on your bedroom walls? Two framed maps (Beleriand and Numenor), two posters from 'Corpse bride'
35. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Pistachio
36. If you had a time machine, where would you go? Leipzig, around 1725, to hear Bach's music played by Bach
37. What do you want to be when you're older? Dead, because life eternal would be boring
38. What color are your eyes? Brown
39. Who is the person you talk to the most on the the phone? I hardly ever use a phone
40. If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be? No dye. I like my hair colour as it is
41. Do you have any nicknames? I occasionally call myself '127.0.0.2' (localjoost). If you get that, you're a nerd
42. What does your dream guy/girl look like? Long red curls, killer smile
43. Are you good in math? I studied maths at university.
44. Do you have freckles? No, but I do have a dimple in my cheek when I smile
45. Who are your best friends? My family
46. What is your favorite kind of flower? None
47. What is your favorite store? Book store, CD store
48. What is the most daring thing you've ever done? Shaved my head without knowing whether it'd look good (it did)
49. Is there anyone who you really hate? Not really. I do feel indifferent about most people though
50. Do you and your parents fight a lot? No, I love my mom (and my dad's too dead to care)
51. What is your favorite candy? Nougat
52. What is your favorite kind of music? Industrial, noise, lo-fi black metal
53. What was the last movie you saw in the theater? I can't even remember the last time I was in a cinema.
54. Are you getting sick of these questions yet? Yes
55. Have you ever been to the ocean? No, but I've been to the sea (North sea, mediterranean sea)
56. Do you have any part of your body pierced? No
57. What is your favorite restaurant? Italian
58. What is your favorite brand of clothing? I pick clothes for comfort, not for the brand
59. What is your favorite magazine? Probleemblad (A Dutch chess magazine)
60. Who do you like talking to the most on the internet? I don't use those messenger-thingies, but I am a member of several fora
61. What school do you go to? I went to the university of Nijmegen where I studied mathematics
62. Do you have any pets? Does my stuffed dragon 'Lockheed' count as a pet?
63. Which is better, pie or cake? Limburgse vlaai
64. Are you a good french kisser? No idea
66. What is your favorite color to wear? Black
67. What is your favorite animal? Cats
68. What is your favorite alcholic drink? It used to be Goldstrike (cinnamon schnapps), but I haven't drunk any alcohol in years now
69. What sports do you like? I like to watch biathlon
70. What is your favorite outfit? Jeans and a t-shirt
71. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? No, but I do have several stuffed animals (aforementioned dragon, Willem Bever from the Dutch show 'Fabeltjeskrant', Waldorf & Statler from the muppets, and two anime pluches: Nana and Lain)
72. What is your favorite card game? Hearts
73. Do you swear? Of course
74. Have you ever had surgery? Yes, ingrown toenails in both feet
75. What is your favorite beverage? Coffee
82. What song do you wish the radio would play more often? Almost anything I listen to is hardly ever played on the radio
76. Do you want to get married? No
77. What is your most embarrassing moment? I can't remember, Probably repressed it
78. What is your zodiac sign? Cancer
79. Where do you think is the most boring place in the world? Work
80. Have you ever smoked? No
81. What do you look for in a guy? Errrr
83. If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? Johann Sebastian Bach. But he's probably a really boring guy
85. Do you like writing letters? Nope
86. Who do people say you look like? Like a scarecrow
87. What is your favorite month of the year? February. It's usually cold then and I like the cold
88. What kinds of clothes do you like guys/girls to wear? No opinion
89. How many words per minute can you type? I have never measured it.
90. What is one thing you would change about the way you act? Less shy around new people
91. What is one thing you would change about your looks? Less fat around the tummy
92. What is your favorite perfume? I don't wear perfume
93. What is the worst feeling in the world? Feeling ignored
94. Do you have allergies? No (although I always say 'I'm allergic to work' when I sneeze at work)
95. What are some of your bad habits? I think faster than I can talk, so I occasionally skip words when talking. I'm also a spelling nazi.
96. What is one of your pet peeves? Proper (Dutch) spelling
97. Do you have a website? Yes, it's really boring: http://sanguis.xs4all.nl
98. What kind of car do you drive? Skoda Fabia
99. Where were you born? The Netherlands
100. Do you believe in love at first sight? Yes, but not for me

[Narya]

Joost, I'm not ignoring you.

At the risk of looking like I'm stealing people from this forum, I'd like to recommend my other two homes. The first is The Hall of Fire, thehalloffire.net, a small Lord of the Rings forum, where we talk about Tolkien-related books and movies, and anything else under the sun. The other is Red Hot Pawn, redhotpawn.com, a chess site. RHP has blitz (fast) and correspondence (slow) chess. It also has a forum, but unless you like arguing with 14 year old nerdy boys, who are just bored and waiting for their opponent to move, I don't recommend it.

I know what you mean about those crisp days of Autumn, in California. I don't mind those at all. But the crisp days of Autumn in Alaska, which occur during the one week in September, are a harbinger of a slow slide into 6 months of dark, bleak, cold, Winter. I had Seasonal Affective Disorder when I lived in Alaska, and would watch myself descend into depression, inexoribly, at the end of each Summer. I hated it, and I couldn't stop it. So I moved back to California.

And I don't think JS Bach would be boring. He had 20 kids, challenging work, and a fabulous muse. I'm afraid he'd find me to be the boring one.

[Valarya]

41. Do you have any nicknames? I occasionally call myself '127.0.0.2' (localjoost). If you get that, you're a nerd

Hahaha. I giggled.

I had Seasonal Affective Disorder when I lived in Alaska, and would watch myself descend into depression, inexoribly, at the end of each Summer.

I saw a documentary once about how Alaska has the highest rate of suicides in the US.. including more than NYC, or something like that (it was a long time ago, would need to look up more recent statistics to be sure. I hate spreading misinformation, haha). But it was mainly due to being plunged in to darkness for so long out of the year.

I have a friend who lived in Fairbanks for 6 years and he was miserable. He ended up moving to Jeju Island South Korea and has never looked back. I don't blame you for getting out of there, even if it IS beautiful country.