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Kalashnikov in MP3: "Player could be used on its own or it could be attached to the Kalashnikov machinegun instead of the ordinary magazine." --I cannot tell if this is a joke.

Or maybe like cakes. Everyone likes cakes.

LAYER ONE
  • Name: Hoo boy. This is already complicated. "Tucker."
  • Birthdate: 1976-11-27
  • Birthplace: Ft Sill, OK
  • Current Location: my computer desk, the office, LisaNeil's place, Bleaksburg, VA, US, Earth.
  • Eye Color: boring brown
  • Hair Color: likewise
  • Height: 5'9" and change.
  • Righty or Lefty: Righty. I'd like to be ambidextrous but there's that whole coordination issue getting in the way.
  • Zodiac Sign: Dragon

LAYER TWO
  • Your heritage: Mostly English. A bit of MacDonald and Stuart, and my mother's mother's father was a Finn.
  • The shoes you wore today: None yet. Should I wear shoes they'll be my way cool new sandals.
  • Your weakness: My faith in my friends?
  • Your fears: Failing out of school permanently. Driving people away. Failure in general.
  • Your perfect pizza: Mushrooms. (Good mushrooms.) Stuffed crust. Plenty of cheese, not too much sauce.
  • Goal you'd like to achieve: Have my bachelor's degree by my ten-year high school reunion. (Two years and counting.)

LAYER THREE
  • Your most overused phrase on AIMICQ: tossup between *grin* and *nod*
    "All the cool things in life can be described with either yes! or heh." --Bruce Sherrod
  • Your thoughts first waking up: stupid cats!
  • Your best physical feature: um. People tend to like my hair for some reason.
  • Your bedtime: Depends on who else is up. Usually by midnight.
  • Your most missed memory: As in, memory I'd most like to repeat?
    1. "There's so much to say but your eyes keep interrupting me."
    2. "So should I kiss you, or would that break the mood?"
    3. "It's been a week for bad ideas."
LAYER FOUR
  • Pepsi or Coke: RC. Most people go out of their way for the great taste of RC Cola.
  • McDonald's or Burger King: McD's. Better fries, and if I want a burger I want a boatload of grease to go with it.
  • Single or group dates: Depends. I usually prefer single, but wind up with a bunch of peope because, hey, they're cool too.
  • Adidas or Nike: Barefoot, or sandals. Duh. (I can't recall the specific brand of my way cool new ones.)
  • Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Gah. They're both repulsive, thank you.
  • Chocolate or vanilla: The subtlety of vanilla, any day.
  • Cappuccino or coffee: Tea. Usually Earl Grey.

LAYER FIVE Do I...
  • smoke: Lord no. Briefly considered it my senior year of high school when I was hanging out at a coffee shop a lot.
  • Cuss: I'm trying to cut down. So, only for emphasis, or if I'm exceptionally ticked off. "Profanity is the inevitable linguistic crutch of the inarticulate motherfucker." --Bruce Sherrod
  • Sing: Only if there's music in the car or stuck in my head. I did church choir in high school.
  • Take a shower everyday: Ayup. My hair gets scary greasy otherwise.
  • Have a crush(es): Well, yeah. Just the one, though.
  • Do you think you've been in love: Several times. (Here we get into definition weirdness.)
  • Want to go to college: Lord yes. It beats not going to college by a long shot, and I'm actually finding decent classes these days.
  • Like high school: This is a loaded question. Ultimately, yeah, I liked high school. I wouldn't want to do it again, though.
  • Want to get married: Or run away.
  • Believe in yourself: *pokes self* Yep, I exist. (Not really, no. I'm working on it.)
  • Get motion sickness: Nope.
  • Think you're attractive: Hm. I think I was attractive towards the end of high school, and might be again if I lost weight.
  • Think you're a health freak: Hardly.
  • Get along with your parents: Iffy. I get along okay with my father these days. My mother I get along with in small doses.
  • Like thunderstorms: Sometimes. Good solid nigh-hurricanes are fun to play in.
  • Play an instrument: Cello for eight years. Plus I can pick out tunes on the piano and (sort of) hammer dulcimer. Also, I Frequent.

LAYER SIX In the past month...
  • Drank alcohol: *thinks* Nope. In fact, maybe not this year.
  • Smoked: No.
  • Done a drug: Yay acetaminophen!
  • Had sex: Yep.
  • Made out: Yep.
  • Gone on a date: Yep. (Interesting how these are in descending order.)
  • Gone to the mall?: Well, seeing as how I work there...
  • Eaten an entire box of Oreos: I have actually never done this. The massive amount of powdered chocolate in the cookie part starts to get to me after awhile, especially if I don't have any milk.
  • Eaten sushi: *thinks* Nope.
  • Been on stage: All the world's a whatchamacallit. Plus, I GM. (Actually officially 'onstage,' no.)
    Update: [livejournal.com profile] zerblinitzky points out that we couldn't avoid being onstage when we walked to/from our seats for Tempest.
  • Gone skating: No, although I'd like to. Must remember that.
  • Made homemade cookies: Nope.
  • Gone skinny dipping: No.
  • Dyed your hair: No.
  • Stolen anything: A kiss?

LAYER SEVEN Ever...
  • Played a game that required removal of clothing: *thinks* Yes, I think. It was ages ago.
  • Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Hm. Once, I think. I don't really recall much of that evening, so probably. :)
  • Been caught "doing something": Vague much? (Yes.)
  • Been called a tease: Not that I know of. I've been called worse, though.
  • Gotten beaten up: No, although it was a close thing a couple times in junior high.
  • Shoplifted: No.
  • Changed who you were to fit in: Yeah. Big mistake.

LAYER EIGHT
  • Age you hope to be married: The right one.
  • Numbers and Names of Children: Yar. Maybe one, maybe two. Names sort of depend on the other person involved, too. Non-boring names. No Johns, no Jennifers.
  • Describe your dream wedding: ... I really don't know.
  • How do you want to die: "Comfortably in my sleep, like my father-- not screaming in terror like his passengers on the bus." Seriously though, before I become completely physically nonfunctional.
  • Where you want to go to college: *looks around* Here works for me.
  • What do you want to be when you grow up: A writer, be it fiction or drama or criticism.
  • What country would you most like to visit: Wales. (I know, it's techically not a country. Don't tell Plaid Cymru that, though.)

LAYER NINE In a guy/girl...
  • Best eye color? Something interesting. Boring browns are, well, boring. (I have never dated someone with boring eyes, and only one person with brown eyes.)
  • Best hair color? *thinks* I used to be a bit partial to red, but it doesn't really matter that much.
  • Short or long hair: Long, definitely. Preferably at least mostly straight.
  • Height: A bit shorter than me.
  • Best weight: Irrelevant. Light enough that I can pick her up.
  • Best articles of clothing: *blink* Huh? Not something I'd ever thought about.
  • Best first date location: I have no idea. A decent restaurant, not so nice that you're distracted from each other.
  • Best first kiss location: Mm... the floor. Movie theatres are overrated, as is furniture.

LAYER TEN
  • Number of drugs taken illegally: Does using prescription painkiller without a prescription count?
  • Number of people I could trust with my life: Probably far more than I think, but my gut response is five.
  • Number of CDs that I own: I don't think I've hit two hundred yet.
  • Number of piercings: Not a one.
  • Number of tattoos: None. I occasionally think about getting a Jazz Fish on my upper arm.
  • Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: Several. Not since hitting college, though.
  • Number of scars on my body: A whole lot. I scar easily. (This may be a metaphor.)
  • Number of things in my past that I regret: Have No Regrets is an important part of my emerging philosophy.

And now, work. All that matters is work.

Date: 2003-04-29 01:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dasphios.livejournal.com
You know, the scary thing is that I can't tell if that's a joke either.

But I know someone who can.......

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