So, today I had a conversation with someone I don't know who reads this blog, and it made me think about how many people could actually be reading this... and about blogs I read without revealing myself... etc. So, I decided to play a little game, called "make your own survey." And, if you are reading this, you are ABSOLUTELY obligated to take the survey, or forever eschew my blog. However, you are allowed to lie outrageously if you don't want to reveal something. You may not lie pettily, only outrageously. Those are all the rules.
Also, if we have not specifically spoken, thank you for reading, and welcome to my blog.
1. What is your name?
2. How old are you?
3. Do you know me from Adam?
4. How can you tell the difference between me and Adam?
5. If you could truthfully change your answer to 1, 2, or 3, which would you pick and what would you like to change it to?
6. Name three people that you love, just the first that come to mind:
7. Now three more:
8. Who didn't you list that you should have? Is there anyone you'd like to, but can't? Say something cryptic about them.
9. Name one thing that fascinates you about each of these people.
10. And something that irritates you...
11. Name three people you really dislike:
12. Anybody you'd like to name that you can't mention publicly? Say something cryptic about them.
13. Tell me something you admire about each of the dislike people. Yes, you have to. Why doesn't that override the dislike?
14. What is your favorite color? Do you know why?
15. What is something about yourself that you secretly think is pretty sexy?
16. What is something about yourself that you secretly worry is pretty repulsive?
17. What is something about me that you secretly think is pretty sexy? Or at least attractive? ;)
18. I'm not gonna ask the opposite. Instead, tell me a memory you have involving music.
19. Imagine yourself married. Do you see someone you know as your spouse, or someone imaginary? Do you like this fantasy? Does it discomfort you?
20. Tell me a story about a time when you were truly frightened.
21. What's something you wish you knew how to do, but don't?
22. What are you most likely to be famous for?
23. What do you think influences your daily life the most: your parents' financial situation or their relationship to each other?
24. Do you have a religious or spiritual outlook? Where did you get it? What about it do you think is particularly engaging?
25. Do you like to dance? When did you last dance?
26. Who is the first person you remember being sexually attracted to?
27. Describe the last person that caught your eye in a crowd (in a good way).
28. Describe the last person that caught your eye in a crowd (in a bad way).
29. How do you feel when faced with a homeless person soliciting money? What is your emotional reaction? What thoughts go through your head?
30. Are these questions difficult? What would you like to ask me in retaliation?
31. If you were going to name your child after a literary character, who would it be and why?
32. What's the last book you read? What did you think of it?
33. What is your favorite fruit?
34. Tell me a story about one of your cousins.
35. Who is a person you still wince when you think about? It can be for any reason.
36. Is there anything that is consistently irresistable to you? Can you imagine a situation in which you would not find this attractive?
37. Tell me a secret. It can be a current one, or an old one, but at some point the secretiveness of this should have mattered to you.
38. If you could erase one of your own memories, would you? Why or why not?
39. What about one of somebody else's?
40. Describe a beautiful landscape that you have seen. Or a beautiful sky.
41. Do you like eggs?
42. How many of your answers were true?
Perhaps my thoughts about mundane events will be like wearing a red sequin gown to a construction job... rather dramatically out of context, but there's something dazzling about red shining in all that mud and dust. Probably not, but I suggest you stay tuned just in case.
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4 comments:
I took the survey! It's in my blog.
You wanna play? Let's play...
1. What is your name?
Irrelevant... You know me as #1.
2. How old are you?
How old do you want me to be?
3. Do you know me from Adam?
I do. In fact, were you not once his son?
4. How can you tell the difference between me and Adam?
Adam was dumb and tried to be pure. You are clever, witty and intellegent with only a facade of purity.
5. If you could truthfully change your answer to 1, 2, or 3, which would you pick and what would you like to change it to?
2 - I would like it be wittier.
6. Name three people that you love, just the first that come to mind:
I don't love
7. Now three more:
See above
8. Who didn't you list that you should have? Is there anyone you'd like to, but can't? Say something cryptic about them.
Why are you prying?
9. Name one thing that fascinates you about each of these people.
I suppose I can answer this one, but about the questions. These questions fascinate me because if I loved, which at the moment I don't, they would force me to assign a hierarchy on my friends, family, and aquiantances. A hierarchy which is none of your business and one that constantly shift. Of course I have this hierarchy, but it is fluid and writing it makes it much more permenant than it should ever be. Your mind fascinates me because of course *you* would ask this. I am not going to oblige.
10. And something that irritates you...
Well the above paragraph was filled with irritation which is fascinating as well.
11. Name three people you really dislike:
AGAIN with the hierarchies!
12. Anybody you'd like to name that you can't mention publicly? Say something cryptic about them.
Too many loopholes... So many outs...
13. Tell me something you admire about each of the dislike people. Yes, you have to. Why doesn't that override the dislike?
Lack of respect will always cause me to dislike you. Nothing usually can override it except time and my own shifting maturity.
14. What is your favorite color? Do you know why?
Green. It's cheerful and the color of leaves which creates shade.
15. What is something about yourself that you secretly think is pretty sexy?
The fact that I smile
16. What is something about yourself that you secretly worry is pretty repulsive?
Once again... why should I reveal the chinks in my facade?
17. What is something about me that you secretly think is pretty sexy? Or at least attractive? ;)
The way you think...
18. I'm not gonna ask the opposite. Instead, tell me a memory you have involving music.
My life is made up of separate soundtracks each corresponding to period of my life when I listened to it. The opening bars of Camelot's I Know What the King is Doing Tonight takes me back to 5th grade.
19. Imagine yourself married. Do you see someone you know as your spouse, or someone imaginary? Do you like this fantasy? Does it discomfort you?
Why base this fantasy in something as paragmatic as marriage? Yes, I will marry someday and I will love him. Until then, I can be a famous movie star's hot, sexy girlfriend or fling. It's much more fun and the moviestar/character is much more sexy.
20. Tell me a story about a time when you were truly frightened.
When I was tear gassed in the Metro.
21. What's something you wish you knew how to do, but don't?
Successfully flirt, but I may be better at it than I think...
22. What are you most likely to be famous for?
Knowing someone famous
23. What do you think influences your daily life the most: your parents' financial situation or their relationship to each other?
They are intertwinned and my parents taught me it's rude to discuss money.
24. Do you have a religious or spiritual outlook? Where did you get it? What about it do you think is particularly engaging?
I do. It's highly scientific and that comforts me.
25. Do you like to dance? When did you last dance?
I do. Monday night.
26. Who is the first person you remember being sexually attracted to?
:-D
27. Describe the last person that caught your eye in a crowd (in a good way).
Do you think I pay attention to other people?
28. Describe the last person that caught your eye in a crowd (in a bad way).
Really, why am I thinking about them?
29. How do you feel when faced with a homeless person soliciting money? What is your emotional reaction? What thoughts go through your head?
Go to Egypt and then ask this question.
30. Are these questions difficult? What would you like to ask me in retaliation?
Yes these questions are difficult. You should take this survey and not lie. Then see what you put me through.
31. If you were going to name your child after a literary character, who would it be and why?
Darcy. It's the sexy moviestar thing.
32. What's the last book you read? What did you think of it?
Hot Shot by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. It fills an emotional void I was not aware was empty at the time.
33. What is your favorite fruit?
Cherries...
34. Tell me a story about one of your cousins.
My favorite cousin was a very drooly baby, it was impressive.
35. Who is a person you still wince when you think about? It can be for any reason.
Not a person, but a squirrel with an ugly rat tail. I can't deal with it.
36. Is there anything that is consistently irresistable to you? Can you imagine a situation in which you would not find this attractive?
The fantasy of the possibility a hot romance novel relationship. Just the fantasy, not the actuallity. Maybe if I do get one the attractiveness of the fantasy will fade but I doubt it.
37. Tell me a secret. It can be a current one, or an old one, but at some point the secretiveness of this should have mattered to you.
On a public blog? You have to be shitting me. You go too far.
38. If you could erase one of your own memories, would you? Why or why not?
That would erase part of who I am and I quite like myself. Thanks.
39. What about one of somebody else's?
Anything that makes them cringe when thinking about me. I can know my defects, others don't have to.
40. Describe a beautiful landscape that you have seen. Or a beautiful sky.
It wasn't that beautiful... but one night the sunset was a very vivid orange and red and it was cloudly so the dark clouds were superimposed on the sunset. I commented on it and my dad said that it looked like a burning city. I was confused for a moment why my father would know what a burning city looked like. Then I remembered, I never forgot since then that my father lived through WWII.
41. Do you like eggs?
Love them but not in an omelet. Omelets and sometimes quiches are unappealing to me in a surprisingly strong way.
42. How many of your answers were true?
They all contain truth.
Wow. This survey is a little overwhelming for my congested mind to handle. Perhaps when my cold goes away.
Like Rachel, the survey's in my blog. It may or may not actually be visible, as it had some difficulties publishing. And wow, I just realized that you read the Icarus Girl too. Cool. :)
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