28 things about you meme

[etumukutenyak]

.. taken up from The Ol' Red Lion brashley46:

IF YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 28 things about you (or however many you can be bothered filling in!) I don't care if we've never talked, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!


1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favourite Movie:
5. Favourite Song or Album:
6. Favourite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favourite memory of us?
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

Comments

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

1. Your Middle Name: Gail

2. Age: 35

3. Single or Taken: happily married

4. Favourite Movie: varies, but Labyrinth is one of them

5. Favourite Song or Album: varies, right now is Beautiful Things by Andain

6. Favourite Band/Artist: varies, but usually Journey

7. Dirty or Clean: messy

8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: just my ears

9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? yup :)

10. What's your philosophy on life? people don't treat each other, or themselves, as well as we deserve

11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? full of porous material

12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? only in extreme circumstances

13. What is your favourite memory of us? eating dinner at a Chinese buffet

14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Stephen King novels

15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: people tell me things, often without having known me for long enough to know whether I'm trustworthy

16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? Enough money to do all the things I want to do for my friends as well as myself, the self-knowledge and means to have the career that would truly be the best use of my talents as well as make me happy, and for my children to be happy and successful (strictly for my self-esteem, so I can maybe believe I'm a good mother)

17. Can we get together and make a cake? Only thing stopping that now is this nasty drive time.

18. Which country is your spiritual home? my spiritual home is mostly people, so mostly USA

19. What is your big weakness? I tend to give people too much benefit of the doubt.

20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes, and one I admire greatly.

21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Psychology

22. Describe your accent. Newscaster American

23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Nothing personal, no. Improve your circumstances if you wished, but only if you wished.

24. What do you wear to sleep? skin, usually

25. Trousers or skirts? Pants

26. Cigarettes or alcohol? occasional alcohol

27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? See if we could combine a family reunion, a trip to the zoo, and a wake

28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? Probably not, at least not right now. Maybe another time.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

No prob..:-)

[brashley46.livejournal.com]

1. Your Middle Name: Ross
2. Age: 60 and counting
3. Single or Taken: Very taken.
4. Favourite Movie: Reds.
5. Favourite Song or Album: Varies from day to day.
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Right now, Puirt a Baroque.
7. Dirty or Clean: About a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 clean.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: None.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Baen's Bar.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Live it, it's the only game in town.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? It's full of whiskey and air.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? I dont know you well enough for that decision to be made.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Posting on the Bar.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Laziness.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: Used to be a Clarence K. Streit Atlantic Federalist.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? A Zaurus C3200, a Greenspeed tandem trike, and a guaranteed seat for my boy's wedding.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Probably too far.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? The proletariat has no fatherland ... but I was born to be Canadian.
19. What is your big weakness? Laziness.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yup.
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Math, until I ran headon into integral calculus.
22. Describe your accent - Southern New England, with North Florida and Torontonian layered on to it.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? No.
24. What do you wear to sleep? A tee-shirt.
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers, I'm not Scottish enough for a kilt.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? No smoke no more, I still drink.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Take pictures of flowers and the sky.
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? This is that repost.

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

1. Your Middle Name: Jean
2. Age: 46
3. Single or Taken: Taken
4. Favourite Movie: Casablanca
5. Favourite Song or Album: "Time of Your Life" by Green Day
6. Favourite Band/Artist: the Beatles, followed very closely by Patsy Cline
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Tattoos
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Nope
10. What's your philosophy on life? Strive for Buddha mind, which is having compassion for all your fellow suffering creatures. But accept that some days you must settle for Golf Club mind, which is refraining from hitting your fellow suffering creatures with a golf club until they stop that shit.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? The bottle is too large on purpose, to keep the contents from sloshing out
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? That's a really difficult question. I can't imagine a circumstance when that would happen with anyone, really, but I wouldn't rule it out entirely.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? Reading about the dead rat under your house, I think.
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? Rocky road sundaes
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I carry hand lotion with me at all times
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? A long, healthy life. To die before my children, grandchildren, etc do. My house paid for free and clear.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure, come on over!
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Israel
19. What is your big weakness? Stubborn
20. Do you think I'm a good person? You seem to be. :-)
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Foreign languages
22. Describe your accent. American standard neutral, with a hint of east coast
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Nope
24. What do you wear to sleep? Socks when it's cold, otherwise nothing
25. Trousers or skirts? Usually trousers
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Spend it with your family.
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? OK

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

"13. What is your favourite memory of us? Reading about the dead rat under your house, I think."

Oh, great! LOL..

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

I gotta say, that's just about the most perfect match between comment and icon I've ever seen. :-D

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

I do my best. :-) I usually think I need more icons, but every once in a while I find I have one that suits.

[chakaal.livejournal.com]

1. Your Middle Name: Kay
2. Age: 39
3. Single or Taken: Married
4. Favourite Movie: uhhhh....uhhh.... dont know
5. Favourite Song or Album: right now, The Best of the Gipsy Kings
6. Favourite Band/Artist: Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul
7. Dirty or Clean: ??
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: only when birdo has a bad day
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? yeth
10. What's your philosophy on life? KARATE!!! er.. keep Husband.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? half full
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? You WANT me to rat out yer surprise birfday partee?
13. What is your favourite memory of us? MANDALAY
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? well done french fries
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I'm a wimp
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? no allergies. better weight control. There's somoene's ass I'd like to kick the ever living snot out of.
17. Can we get together and make a cake? Sure!
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Countries are ass, because the guys who run them are ...*snipped*
19. What is your big weakness? I am Teh Lazy and want it all on silver platter
20. Do you think I'm a good person? If I didn't think that I wouldn't be here! Silly Bear!
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? Gym. Art.
22. Describe your accent. Midatlantic with a touch of California
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? how far away you live
24. What do you wear to sleep? undies, tee shirt and sometimes Husband.
25. Trousers or skirts? TrOUSERS
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Two words: Russians. Parties. (don't smoke though)
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? That would be entirely up to you. If it were me, lots of FREE SPARRING!
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? eh. geez. maybe.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Well! Look who the birdo dragged in! Long time no see, no hear..every time we go by Mandalay we think of you. :-) Saw the picture of your belt test on jonsinger, so congratulations once again on kicking butt. ;-) Let me know when you're going to be up here long enough for lunch/dinner and we'll do it.

[meglimir.livejournal.com]

1. Your Middle Name: Ann
2. Age: 46
3. Single or Taken: married & monagamous
4. Favourite Movie: changes frequently - at the moment: Over the Hedges ... but check back tomorrow
5. Favourite Song or Album: ditto; Steve Goodman, The City of New Orleans ...
6. Favourite Band/Artist: ditto; Jethro Tull ...
7. Dirty or Clean: clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: earlobes, but mostly healed over because first I developed metal allergies and then have been dealing with chemo
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? If so, I'm unaware of it.
10. What's your philosophy on life? The best way to enjoy life is to be a source of encouragement, good cheer, and joy to others; the best metric for whether one's thoughts, words, and actions are "right" is whether they demonstrably propagate actual "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" (not just some of the above or pretense to etc.)
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Apparently it can hold even more!
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Timing is everything.
13. What is your favourite memory of us? discovering you on LJ
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure? eating really good pastries
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: Altho' I'm an "only girlchild" my upbringing was more like the traditional notion of "firstborn son".
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? perfect health; immense riches; and the gumption to apply it sensibly to my philosophy of life (see above)
17. Can we get together and make a cake? absolutely. You cook; I'll hand you the instruments and clean - and lick the bowls!
18. Which country is your spiritual home? somewhere in India, probably
19. What is your big weakness? laziness
20. Do you think I'm a good person? yes
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? best: Math, which I hated passionately. favorite: English Lit
22. Describe your accent. transcontinental AKA midlands
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? sure, if there's something you want changed
24. What do you wear to sleep? Depends. No! I mean, it depends on the situation. :D
25. Trousers or skirts? ditto
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? no thanks; I already have a cancer, and life's too nifty as is to bother with altered mental states
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? whatever you'd most want me to remember you by
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? sure

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

"9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? If so, I'm unaware of it."

I don't think we do -- although we're geographically neighbors. ;-)

[catminorityof1.livejournal.com]

1. Your Middle Name: Elise (which I went by in high school & college)
2. Age: 24
3. Single or Taken: eternally single (or so it seems)
4. Favourite Movie:
5. Favourite Song or Album: RENT (the soundtrack)
6. Favourite Band/Artist: (Ani DiFranco)
7. Dirty or Clean: I am a dirty dirty girl, but I like things to be clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: nose, 3 in each ear, & someday a few tattoos
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? nope
10. What's your philosophy on life? existentialism
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? a big bottle is half full (still plenty left) a small bottle is half empty (too much fun already had)
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? probably not
13. What is your favourite memory of us? I'm not even sure how we ended up on each others' flists, so I'm not sure I have any memories of "us" persay
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they? (1)a high metabolism (2)to know what my dream job is (3)to be better at meeting people
17. Can we get together and make a cake? That would be lovely, where do you live? I have a fabulous recipe for Kahlua cake
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Scotland
19. What is your big weakness? sweets & bread
20. Do you think I'm a good person? from your LJ it sure looks that way
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school? English Lit
22. Describe your accent. Southern/Texas with a side of Army Brat
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? only what you wanted to change about yourself
24. What do you wear to sleep? comfy jerseyknit pants & a t-shirt
25. Trousers or skirts? Skirts are growing on me lately - I like the swishy-ness
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? both together
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Meet for the first time?
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? sure.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

"13. What is your favourite memory of us? I'm not even sure how we ended up on each others' flists, so I'm not sure I have any memories of "us" persay"

Aren't you also on edallia's flist? I would swear we ran into each other there. Yanno, back when she actually posted on a regular basis. ;-)