Survey, stolen from hopeforyou

[cjsmith]

What's on your bedside table?
Oh gawd, from memory? Okay. Bottle of Sarna, Kleenex box, alarm clock, piece of paper listing the things I want to do when I retire, bottle of water, painkillers, chopstick (for my hair), twisty wooden stick (for my hair), instructions for the handheld game "Lights Out 2000", stack of paperback books... I've covered the near side. I don't know what's in back. The last expedition to find out never returned.

What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
They Might Be Giants is popular among my geeky friends.

What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?
Something from the snack cabinet. Our fridge doesn't contain food.

What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
Gee, I admit I hate most movies, but being forced to watch one wouldn't reduce me to tears.

If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
Lengthen both legs an inch and reduce cup size. Too bad about my marriage ;-)

Do you have a completely irrational fear?
If you count passing out when stuck with needles as "fear", yes; if not, no.

What is the little physical habit that gives away an insecure moment?
Pauses in speech is the closest I can come up with.

Do you ever have to beg?
"Have to"? Probably not, since I'm still alive.

Are you a pyromaniac?
A bit. I like fire.

Do you have too many love interests?
Yes.

Do you know anyone famous?
No.

Describe your bed.
Queen size, with a funky high-tech version of an air mattress, covered with white cotton sheets and a white/dark-green/sand colored star quilt.

Who should play you in a movie about your life?
Me. Or someone else nonstandard.

Do you know how to play poker?
Not well. Haven't played in ages.

What do you carry with you at all times?
My nipple ring. Just about everything else is set aside at SOME point. (I'm such a literalist.)

How do you drive?
Well, I get in the car, put my seat belt on, put the key in the... Oh okay. I drive quickly, I am hyperaware of things around me when I'm driving, I signal far more than most Californians, and I look before changing lanes. I observe patterns of holes in traffic: the relative speeds of two drivers can cause a hole to be "closing" or "opening". People who don't pattern-match this way are very difficult for me to ride with because they seem to overlook so much. If I have to, I can do a really mean cutoff; I grew up in Boston. But I know where I'm going and I wait my turn, so I can't remember the last time I wanted to cut anybody off. I also do not reward bad behavior. Ya didn't get in line way back there, mister shiny Mercedes doing eighty past all us waiting folk, don't expect ME to be the sucker who lets you in at the last second.

What do you miss most about being little?
Actually, I'm really glad I'm not very little any more.

Are you happy with your given name?
Not really. My initials, "CJ", suit me much better as a nickname.

What was the last song you were listening to?
My earworm of the Hamster Dance.

How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year?
Enough to retire. :-) I'd probably enjoy it, actually, but computers are my JOB. I wouldn't give up network connectivity lightly.

What color is your bedroom?
Does ANYBODY care? White, with a wood floor and a dark green patterned rug.

Have you ever been in a play?
Several musicals. That was fun.

Have you ever been in love?
Yes.

Do you talk a lot?
More than people want to hear, sometimes, that's for sure! :-) Other times I can be very quiet and reserved.

Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
I usually like myself, although occasionally I kick myself for my "stupidity" (read: ethics) or my "timidity" (read: manners). Whether I believe in myself is very context dependent. I believe I'm a good C1 caller. I believe I'm very intelligent. I don't believe I'm athletically talented, nor do I believe my intelligence will take me as far as it could.

Do you think you're cute?
I don't have a strong opinion of my own on this one. Judging from reactions of the opposite sex, I seem to have fabulous tits.

Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
Very much so, although I can also be off the deep end of cranky.

Comments

[abz6598.livejournal.com]

Breasts, breasts, breasts....

Wouldnt happen to have a .jpg of you in a swimsuit or tight sweater floating around that you could post, hm?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I just go by what other people do/say on this one. Hey, maybe I don't have great tits, maybe the REST of me is fiendishly ugly.

I have almost no digital or scanned pictures of myself at all. I haven't joined the new millenium quite yet :-)