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Meme added on 2009-05-21

Drifter's Escape

THE RULES:

  1. Put your music player on shuffle.
  2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
  3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.

IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
A Love You Can't Survive

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Stop Breakin' Down Blues

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Porcelain

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
A Most Peculiar Man

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Flight of Icarus

WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
Black Mountain Side

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Reckless Abandon

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Metal Gods

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
It Just Won't Quit

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Bob Dylan's Dream

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Po' Boy

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Love Of My Life

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Happy

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Somebody Knocking

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
The Lotus Eaters

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Time After Time

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
All Around My Hat

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Drug Drug Druggy

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
John Cherokee

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
Cut-out

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Orange Crush

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Drifter's Escape

Bonus points if you can identify the artists!

Meme added on 2008-05-29

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'Autobiography' meme added on 2008-04-29

-Prologue-

  1. Who took your profile picture?
    I did.
  2. Exactly what are you wearing right now?
    Green jeans, black "Just Don't" parody T-shirt, blue underpants, white socks.
  3. What is your current problem?
    I'm trying to learn a song but I have a cold. More long-term, I have no job and no money.
  4. What makes you most happy?
    Hard to say, but playing music and knowing that people are enjoying listening to it is pretty good.
  5. What's the name of the song that you're listening to?
    I'm not listening to music right now.

Chapter 1:

  1. Nickname(s)?
    Axel Fendersson
  2. Eye color?
    Blue-green
  3. Hair color?
    Mid-brown
  4. Height?
    About 173cm, last I measured.

Chapter 2:

  1. Do you live with your parent(s)?
    No.
  2. Do you get along with your parent(s)?
    Yes.
  3. Are your parents chill?
    They're about 310K.
  4. Do you have any Siblings?
    Yes. One sister and one brother.

Chapter 3:
FAVORITE:

  1. Ice Cream?
    Depends.
  2. Season?
    They all have their merits, but summer wins overall.
  3. Book?
    Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne
  4. Colour?
    I don't really have one.
  5. Food?
    A good pizza is hard to beat.
  6. Drink?
    Good ale.
  7. Flower?
    I couldn't say.
  8. Store?
    It's between The Gameskeeper in Oxford and Bitter Virtue in Southampton.
  9. People?
    Folkies and gamers.

Chapter 4:
DO YOU...

  1. Write on your hand?
    Very rarely. It tends to rub off too quickly.
  2. Call people back?
    Yes, as long as I remember. It's only polite.
  3. Believe in love?
    Yes. I know plenty of people who love each other, so it would be absurd to deny its existence.
  4. Sleep on a certain side of the bed?
    Yes. The side of the matress nearer to the wall is a little more comfortable.

Chapter 5:
HAVE YOU...

  1. Kissed Someone in the past 24 hours?
    No.
  2. If so...where?
  3. Have you ever had PHYSICAL therapy?
    No.
  4. Gotten surgery?
    Yes. I had orthodontic surgery in my mid-teens.
  5. Taken painkillers?
    Yes.
  6. Had a baby?
    No. That would be quite an achievement.
  7. Been stung by a bee?
    Yes. But not for many years.
  8. Threw up in a doctors office:
    Not that I remember.

Chapter 6:
Who/what was the last:

  1. Person to text you?
    Raj.
  2. Thing you touched?
    The keyboard.
  3. Thing you said?
    "Hmmm."
  4. Person you hugged?
    Probably my mother.
  5. Person you talked to on the phone?
    My father.
  6. Last book you read?
    Last book I read in its entirety was The Power and the Glory, by Graham Greene. Last book I read any of was No Country For Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy.
  7. When was the last time you cleaned your room?
    I have never cleaned or tidied my current room fully. Occasionally I'll clear up part of it, but I have yet to have a go at the whole room.
  8. Last time you talked to someone you liked?
    Maybe getting on for an hour ago.

Chapter 7:

  1. Do you eat breakfast?
    Sometimes.
  2. What was the most exciting thing that happened to you today?
    Getting a call about a gig in a couple of weeks.
  3. How many best friends do you have?
    Depends what constitutes a 'best' friend. Not that many.
  4. Would you rather get up early or sleep in?
    Sleep in.
  5. Whom do you love?
    My family and friends.
  6. What would you change about your life right now?
    I would have money and a job that didn't suck.
  7. Would you rather smile over a lie or cry over the truth?
    Smile over a lie, provided I never learn that it wasn't true. Otherwise I'll take the truth now and get it over with.
  8. What's on your bedroom floor?
    Books, games, paper, some (not many) clothes, boxes, a guitar and amplifier, shoes, cables, bottles, a bin, furniture.
  9. Who was the last person you got into an argument with?
    I can't remember.
  10. Do you trust people easily?
    No.
  11. If you could move away, no questions asked, where would you move to?
    Oxford, I guess. What I'd really like would be to live simultaneously there and here without spending vast amounts of time and money traveling.
  12. Could you go a day without eating?
    Yes. But I would be pretty damn hungry by the end of it.
  13. How much do looks matter to you?
    More than they ought to.
  14. How do you feel right now?
    Slightly tired.
  15. When was the last time you had your hair cut?
    Spring 2007.
  16. Would you rather be mad or sad?
    If 'mad' is taken here to mean 'angry', then mad. Anger soon passes; sadness is inclined to linger. And anger can lead one to correct the source of the problem, but it's usually too late to do anything about causes of sadness.
  17. Does it take a lot to make you cry?
    Yes.
  18. What's the worst car accident you've ever been in?
    Colliding with a solicitor on the way to work.
  19. Are you tight with your mommy?
    What a ghastly expression. In some respects, yes.
  20. Do you tell your parents everything?
    Of course not.
  21. Would you rather be a bird or a fish?
    A bird.
  22. Name one fear you have.
    That everyone I know or care about will despise me if they ever completely figure me out.
  23. If you need to go to the store a block away, do you walk or drive?
    Walk. Even if I had a car, I would still walk. Driving such a short distance is disgusting in many ways.
  24. Does the thought of marriage scare you?
    Not really. Other than for legal convenience, though, I can't see a lot of point in it.
  25. How many kids do you want?
    None. Being somone's weird uncle strikes me as much more fun than having to go through all the hassle of actually raising a child. Plus, I wouldn't wish myself as a father on anyone.
  26. What's your favorite color to wear?
    Black is slimming and goes with anything. But it's best set off with something else, either a different coloured item of clothing or at the very least a design on a T-shirt.
  27. Who was the last person in your bedroom besides you?
    I think the last time anyone else came in here was when I showed Mike and Gemma Compiz Fusion, but I might be wrong.
  28. What are you doing today?
    Today is mostly over, but during today I attended the SUSU AGM, handed in a form for GameSoc, read a little, practised playing music, and wasted some time on the Internet.
  29. What would you do if you found a dinosaur egg?
    Sell it to a museum.
  30. Do you get bored easily?
    Not exceptionally so. But I do easily lapse into behaviour patterns that can lead to boredom.
  31. What's something that someone can do that really bothers you?
    Hate a person without that person having wronged someone else.
  32. Did you ever want to change your name when you were younger?
    No, although I was quite keen on the idea of using an alias to hide my identity.
  33. Do you wish you were famous?
    Not as such, but I would like to achieve something remarkable and have that achievement widely recognised.
  34. Who's the person you miss the most?
    I don't know. I think I'm too self-obsessed to miss people much.
  35. How do you like your steak cooked?
    Medium.
  36. Can music affect your mood?
    Yes.
  37. What piercings do you want?
    None especially. Ocasionally I've vaguely considered getting an ear done, but I'm not convinced it'd suit me.
  38. Have you ever been in a cave?
    Yes.
  39. Have you ever eaten a bug?
    Not sure. I've definitely inhaled one or two.
  40. Do you think there's someone for everyone?
    No. I don't think that there's anyone 'for' anyone else at all. People meet and get to know each other. Sometimes there is a mutual attraction which leads them to pair off. Sometimes the relationship continues for a long time, sometimes it is only brief. There is no plan or purpose to this process, and any thinking that is based on the idea that there is is patently fallacious. No person has another person 'for' them. For each person there is merely a probability that they will at some time form a lasting sexual relationship with someone else. For at least the vast majority of people, that probability is non-zero.

Meme added on 2008-04-04

Lots of questions about dialect (inevitably focusing largely on words that differ between various US dialects) and a slightly out-of-place one about pizza etiquette.

  1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
    Stream.
  2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
    Trolley.
  3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
    Tray.
  4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
    Frying pan. Although I would probably grill bacon if our grill were any use.
  5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
    Settee. Or sofa.
  6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
    The gutter and drainpipes.
  7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
    Patio.
  8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
    Fizz.
  9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
    Pankakes.
  10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
    A sub.
  11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
    This could refer to either shorts or trunks.
  12. Shoes worn for sports.
    Trainers.
  13. Putting a room in order.
    Tidying. Although I also like Nick's suggestion of Anathema.
  14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
    Firefly.
  15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
    Woodlouse.
  16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
    See-saw.
  17. How do you eat your pizza?
    I put it in my mouth, chew it and swallow. By hand at home, with cutlery in restaurants.
  18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
    Probably a garage sale.
  19. What's the evening meal?
    Dinner. Unless the main meal was at lunch time, in which case it's tea. Unless it's also quite late. Then it might be supper.
  20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are.
    Basement.
  21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
    Drinking fountain.

Meme added on 2007-02-22

  1. What time did you get up this morning?
    About 9.50. Despite my attempt to 'faire la Grasse Matin' I woke up involuntarily and couldn't get back to sleep thanks to the sound coming fom the TV upstairs.
  2. Diamonds or Pearls?
    Diamonds; pearls just aren't me. Not that diamonds are particularly me either.
  3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
    Hot Fuzz. Very good.
  4. What is your favourite TV show?
    It's been long enough since I've had regular access to TV that I don't even know any more.
  5. What did you have for breakfast?
    Toasted crumpets with butter and black cherry jam.
  6. What is your middle name?
    William. After my great-grandfather who died shortly before I was born.
  7. What is your favourite cuisine?
    Probably Italian.
  8. What foods do you dislike?
    Not much. I can't stand bananas though.
  9. Your favourite Potato chip?
    Not sure. Probably salt & vinegar.
  10. What cd have you been listening to lately?
    Lots of things, but partcularly Iron Maiden's A Matter of Life and Death and Tim van Eyken's Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves these last couple of weeks. (Yes, I realise that's an odd combination.)
  11. What kind of car do you drive?
    I don't. I probably should learn, but I have no real desire to and a car wouldn't be much use to me at the moment. And I can't afford one anyway.
  12. Favourite sandwich?
    Probably bacon & brie.
  13. What characteristics do you despise?
    Hypocrisy and willful ignorance.
  14. What are your favourite clothes?
    Comfortable and practical ones.
  15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
    Lots of places. There's so much of the world I haven't seen.
  16. Favourite brand of clothing?
    Any brand that treats its workers well, makes good quality clothing and doesn't prominently identify itself on its products.
  17. Where would you want to retire?
    Heavens, that's decades away, yet. Since I'll doubtless have changed immensely by then, I don't think there's much point in thinking about it yet.
  18. Favourite time of day ?
    Obviously it varies, but generally early afternoon is good, as is the middle of the evening, especially on clear days in early and late summer when the sun is low in the sky.
  19. Where were you born?
    The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
  20. What is your favourite sport to watch ?
    I'm not much of a sport watcher, although I can take some interest in fencing.
  21. Who do you think will not send this back?
    To be honest, I doubt anyone will complete this in response to my doing so.
  22. Person you expect to send it back first?
    See above.
  23. Pepsi or Coke?
    Coke is tastier, but I haven't heard of Pepsico assassinating any trade union leaders. I'm not that keen on either these days, though.
  24. Beavers or Ducks?
    Beavers, unless this question means something I haven't realised.
  25. Are you a morning person or night owl?
    More of a night owl, although it doesn't do me any good to overdo that. I need some sunlight.
  26. Pedicure or Manicure?
    Nah, that's fine. I'll pass.
  27. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?
    Not really, no.
  28. What did you want to be when you were little?
    I wanted to be an author for a while.
  29. What is your best childhood memory?
    Not sure. I can't think of anything that really stands out at the moment.
  30. Been in a car accident?
    A couple. Nothing major.
  31. Favourite restaurant?
    Probably Gino's in Witney.
  32. Favourite flower?
    I couldn't say. I don't really know much about flowers.
  33. Favourite ice cream?
    Why must I pick just one? Orange chocolate is good.
  34. Favourite fast food restaurant?
    Subway are about the only major fast food franchise worth bothering with at all.
  35. How many times did you fail your driving test?
    None. Yet.
  36. From whom did you get your last e-mail?
    A chap who's promoting a Star Wars LARP to GameSoc.
  37. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
    I wouldn't choose to max out my credit card in one go or any one store.
  38. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
    Nobody, really. As I said, I doubt anyone will respond.
  39. Last person you went to dinner with?
    Ducklington Morris. Okay so that's actually a group of people rather than a person, but that's not the point.
  40. How many tattoos do you have?
    None so far. In theory I'd like to get a couple, but in practice I doubt I ever will.
  41. How many people are you sending this to?
    As many as can be arsed to read it.
  42. What time did you finish this?
    Wouldn't it make more sense to put this question at the end? 12.04.
  43. Favourite magazine?
    I don't read any regularly any more.
  44. If you could meet any famous person, who would it be?
    Just meeting a famous person isn't that special, really, so I don't really know.
  45. If you could choose another first name, what would it be?
    I don't know. Axel would probably cause a minimum of confusion.
  46. If you could change your profession right now, what would you be doing?
    Does it have to be something I actually could do for a living? Or is this just fantasy? If the latter, I'd probably be a musician. Maybe in practice it would be a miserable way to turn an enjoyable hobby into a chore, but the idea of making music and passing it off as work is very appealing.

Meme added on 2006-12-14

There follows a list of things, some of which I have done.

Meme added on 2006-07-23

List 7 songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now.

Post these instructions in your livejournal [or blog, or whatever] along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people encourage people to do the same to see what they're listening to.

  1. Gåte - Sjå Attende
  2. Gåte - Bendik og Årolilja
  3. Bob Dylan - Missisippi
  4. Santana - Mother's Daughter
  5. Richard and Linda Thompson - For Shame Of Doing Wrong
  6. Iggy & The Stooges - Search and Destroy
  7. DMA-SC - Visitors From Dreams (Darwinia intro music)

Anyone reading this should feel free to do the same. You can even pretend I tagged you if you like.

Meme added on 2006-07-12

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

THE RULES:

  1. Put your music player on shuffle.
  2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
  3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.

IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
A Love You Can't Survive

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Stop Breakin' Down Blues

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Porcelain

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
A Most Peculiar Man

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Flight of Icarus

WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
Black Mountain Side

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Reckless Abandon

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Metal Gods

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
It Just Won't Quit

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Bob Dylan's Dream

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Po' Boy

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Love Of My Life

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Happy

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Somebody Knocking

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
The Lotus Eaters

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Time After Time

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
All Around My Hat

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Drug Drug Druggy

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
John Cherokee

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
Cut-out

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Orange Crush

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Drifter's Escape

Bonus points if you can identify the artists!

× I miss somebody right now. ✓ I don't watch much TV these days. × I own lots of books.  (How many qualifies as 'lots'? I might, but I might not.)
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.  (Contacts.) ✓ I love to play video games. ✓ I've tried marijuana.
✓ I've watched porn movies. × I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. ✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.  (Unless there's a good reason to lie, it's usually less bother not to.)
✓ I curse sometimes. × I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. ✓ I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.  (And it has proved time and time again to be a handy tool to have around.)
× I have broken someone's bones. ✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal. ✓ I hate the rain.  ('Hate' is probably too strong word, but I certainly don't like being cold and wet.)
✓ I'm paranoid at times. × I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.  (It's my face and I'm sticking with it.) ✓ I need/want money right now.
× I love sushi.  (I'm fairly indifferent to it, really.) × I talk really, really fast. × I have fresh breath in the morning.
✓ I have long hair. × I have lost money in Las Vegas. ✓ I have at least one sibling.
✓ I was born in a country outside of the U.S. × I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past. × I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
× I like the way that I look. ✓ I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months. ✓ I am usually pessimistic.
× I have a lot of mood swings. ✓ I think prostitution should be legalized.  (Legalisation would allow better regulation of the business, and better legal protection for its practitioners.) × I slept with a roommate.
× I have a hidden talent. × I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have. × I have a lot of friends.
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex. × I enjoy talking on the phone. × I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
× I love to shop and/or window shop. × I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal. × I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
✓ I have a mobile phone. × I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months. ✓ I've rejected someone before.
× I currently like/love someone. ✓ I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. × I want to have children in the future.
× I have changed a diaper before. × I've called the cops on a friend before. × I'm not allergic to anything.  (Only pollen, though.)
✓ I have a lot to learn.  (Who doesn't?) ✓ I am shy around the opposite sex.  (Although that's kind of an oversimplification.) × I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
× I have at least 5 away messages saved. ✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before. × I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
× I own the "South Park" movie. × I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal. ✓ I enjoy some country music.
× I would die for my best friends. ✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist. × I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. × I have dated a close friend's ex. ✓ I am happy at this moment.
× I'm obsessed with guys. × Democrat.  (In the sense of being pro-democracy, yes. In the sense of supporting the American Democratic party, no.) × Republican.  (In the sense of being anti-monarchy, yes. A bit. In the sense of supporting the American Republican party, hell no.)
✓ I don't even know what I am. × I am punk rockish. × I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
× I study for tests most of the time. × I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met. × I can work on a car.
× I love my job(s). × I am comfortable with who I am right now. × I have more than just my ears pierced.
× I walk barefoot wherever I can. × I have jumped off a bridge.  (No, but I abseiled off one once.) × I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup. × I plan on achieving a major goal/dream. ✓ I am proficient on a musical instrument.
× I hate office jobs. × I went to college out of state. × I am adopted.
× I am a pyro.   (I've grown out of that.) × I have thrown up from crying too much. × I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
× I fall for the worst people. × I adore bright colours. × I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.  (I'm not terribly keen, though.) ✓ I can pick up things with my toes. × I can't whistle.
× I have ridden/owned a horse. × I still have every journal I've ever written in. × I talk in my sleep.
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.  (But it has been suggested by other people.) ✓ I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions. × I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.  (Not yet, at least.) × I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with. × I am a caffeine junkie.
× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all. × If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder. × I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
✓ I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner. × I'm an artist. × I am ambidextrous.
× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed. × If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony. × I have terrible teeth.  (They're not the best, but I'd hardly have called them terrible.)
× I hate my toes. × I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.  (Tagged? How do you mean?) × I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
× I have lived in either three different states or countries. × I am extremely flexible.  (Although I think I'm still more supple than average.) × I love hugs more than kisses.
× I want to own my own business. × I smoke. ✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal.  (But it is unusual.) × Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then. × I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
× I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.  (Depends on the women.) × I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.  (It depends who.) × I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
× I have played strip poker with someone else before. × I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help. × I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
× I can't stand being alone. × I have at least one obsession at any given time. × I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
✓ I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment. × I'm a judgmental asshole. × I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent. × I sometimes wish my father would just disappear. ✓ I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
× I am a Libertarian.  (I am in favour of personal liberty, but wary of economic deregulation.) × I can speak more than one language. × I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
× I would rather read than watch TV. × I like reading fact more than fiction. ✓ I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
× I have no piercings. × I have spent the night in a train station or other public place. × I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night. × There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it. × I like most animals better than most people.
× I own a collection of retro games consoles. × The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.  (Shivering is far too much like hard work.) × I have hit someone with a dead fish.
× I am compulsively honest. × I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired. × I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex. × I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders. ✓ I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on. × I dislike milk. × I obsessively wash my hands.
× I always carry something significant around with me. × Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair. × I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother. × I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.  (Strictly speaking, no; this table was generated at the link above. But I extensively modified and reworked the html code it produced until I was happy with it.) ✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time. × Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed. × I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts. ✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing. ✓ I don't like to chew gum.
× I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it. × I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car. ✓ I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.  (But it was never all that bad.)
× I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other. × I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.  (Not one of my favourite RPGs, that one.) × I love to sing.  (But I think I would if I were able to.)
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up. × I have a custom-built computer.  (But my next one will be.) × I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human. × I've gone skinny-dipping. × I've performed in three plays.
× I enjoy burritos. × I'm Irish and loving it. × I have a thing for redheads.
× I am a twin! × Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'. × Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes. × I sleep more than 12 hours a day. ✓ I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
× I need more time to myself. × I wish I was more open-minded. × I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
✓ I download songs from the internet.  (But not that often.) × I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend. × I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note. × I love playing Truth or Dare. × I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone. × Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems. × I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones. × I can only hate someone that I love. × I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

Meme added on 2006-01-13

  1. Are your parents married or divorced?
    Married.
  2. Vegetarian?
    Nope. Meat is tasty.
  3. Heaven?
    I am skeptical of its existence.
  4. Come close to dying?
    Nope, never.
  5. What jewelry do you wear 24/7?
    None. Unless you count a watch, I never wear any at all.
  6. Are you eating?
    I just finished a cheese, ham, lettuce and chilli sauce roll.
  7. Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
    Of course.
  8. Makeup?
    Only stage make-up.
  9. Were you usually the dumper or the dumpee in your past relationships?
    Relationships?
  10. Would you ever have plastic surgery?
    Nope. It may not be the world's prettiest, but this is my ugly mug.
  11. What do you wear to bed?
    Pyjamas in winter, a pair of boxer shorts in summer.
  12. Have you ever done anything illegal?
    Many times.
  13. Can you roll your tongue?
    Aye.
  14. Pluck your eyebrows?
    I do not. I occasionally pluck the space between them, though. I don't need to, but for some reason it it amuses me.
  15. What kind of watch(es)?
    The one I got for Christmas. I don't know how much it cost, but it was sub-£100. But it looks good and keeps decent enough time, and is therefore all I want in a watch.
  16. Abortion?
    No, I have never been aborted.
  17. Hair color?
    Mid-brown.
  18. Future child's name?
    People who do not exist (gods, I hope not, anyway) do not need names.
  19. Do you snore?
    Not that I am aware of.
  20. If you could go anywhere in the world on a vacation, where would you go?
    Difficult one, that one. So many places to see.
  21. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
    No, yiffing is not my scene. Oh, wait, that's not what you meant, is it? Not since I was 18, if I remember rightly.
  22. If you won the lottery, what would you do first?
    Have a drink. Then see about claiming the prize.
  23. Gold or silver?
    I don't think I have any of either.
  24. Hamburger or hot dog?
    Hamburger. Unless it's a Friday, obviously.
  25. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would you choose?
    Sandwiches, for maximum variety.
  26. Beach, city, or country?
    Country, but within reach of the city.
  27. Who was the last person you touched?
    I probably brushed against someone in the pub the other evening.
  28. Where do you eat?
    Either the kitchen, or my bedroom, or the café, or wherever I happen to be.
  29. When's the last time you cried?
    I can't remember. But I came close when I read Michael Rosen's Sad Book.
  30. Have you loved somebody so much it makes you cry?
    Nope.
  31. Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
    Maybe. I'd probably be willing if there were some reason, but I can't see any point.
  32. Ever been involved with the police?
    No.
  33. Believe in Santa?
    Of course.
  34. Do you talk in your sleep?
    Not that I know of. But I'd be asleep at the time, so I wouldn't know.
  35. Beach or pool?
    Yes.
  36. Can you cross your eyes?
    Indeed I can. I can even cross them, and then waggle one eye from side to side without moving the other.
  37. What's your favorite song at the moment?
    Won't Get Fooled Again, by The Who, is probably the song I'm most into at the moment.
  38. Window seat or aisle?
    Window, but I'm not all that fussy.
  39. Ever met any famous bands/singers?
    Famous within a particular genre, or known to society as a whole? The former, yes, several. The latter, no.
  40. Do you feel that you've ever had a truly successful relationship?
    Relationships? Since you don't mean family relationships or platonic friendships, no.
  41. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?
    What? Cut spaghetti?
  42. Ricki Lake or Oprah Winfrey?
    No.
  43. Would you ever admit to having done plastic surgery of any kind if confronted?
    I wouldn't have to. Nobody thinks I am a surgeon.
  44. How long does your shower last?
    10-25 mins, depending.
  45. Do you drive a stick?
    I don't drive anything.
  46. Cake or ice cream?
    Cake.
  47. Self-conscious?
    In what sense?
  48. What time do you get up?
    Between 0730 and 1700, depending.
  49. Have you ever given money to a bum?
    What kind of strange sexual practice...oh, wait, sorry. Yes, often.
  50. When was your first crush?
    I can't remember for certain. I think I was about eleven or twelve.
  51. Where do you wish you were?
    Heavens, I don't know. Here is fine for the moment.
  52. Have you ever broken someone's heart?
    Nope.
  53. Ever been given a ring?
    No.
  54. Longest relationship?
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
  55. Last gift you received?
    CDs of Aftermath, by the Rolling Stones, and Who's Next, by The Who.
  56. Last sport you played?
    The Sport Of (Played By, Not With) Kings. Okay, that's a lie. But I wish it were true. (Okay, so maybe that's not really true, either.)
  57. Things you spend a lot of money on?
    Beer and CDs.
  58. Where do you live?
    Southampton, mostly.
  59. High School you attend(ed)?
    The Secondary School I attended was The Henry Box School, in Witney.
  60. Last wedding attended?
    Mike and Lucy's.
  61. Favorite fast food restaurant?
    Subway is the only one that serves anything worth eating. Actually, KFC aren't too bad, but I try to avoid battery-farmed poultry. And it brings back sad memories.
  62. Where do you work?
    I am broken, and do not work.
  63. Can you cook?
    A bit, but I'm too lazy to even attempt anything fancy very often.
  64. Most hated food?
    Bananas. Can't stand the things.
  65. Can you sing?
    There are those that claim I can. I am not convinced.
    And that growling thing I do at Garyoke definitely doesn't count.
  66. Last kiss?
    I kissed my mother goodbye on Sunday, before leaving for So'ton.
  67. Last concert attended?
    Martin Simpson at the Holywell Music Room, on the 18th of December. (Wonderful venue, incidentally. To play or listen.)
  68. Favorite Alcoholic drink:
    A good strong dark ale. Probably Hobgoblin.
  69. Current Crush?
    Well, now that would be telling, wouldn't it?