Break from Nothing

[BonosSaint]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?)
3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?
4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?
5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?
6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?
7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?

 

[U2democrat]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why? 60s-early Bond, great hitchcock films, steve mcqueen was in the great escape, bullitt, etc.
2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? musical
3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)? He's a superstar among Cardinals fans but not really outside--Jim Edmonds-baseball-St. Louis Cardinals
4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog? NO ew
5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be? German
6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country? tough one...i like both in moderation...hate both in large doses...i guess opera.
7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach? German
8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other? Images and sounds
9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most? John Mellencamp, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, The Police

thanks for the questions!

 

[aislinn]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?

Probably the 1940s. Subtle and classy movies, for the most part.

2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?)

I haven't seen that many plays/musicals, but I really enjoy Phantom of the Opera.

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?

I am not into sports, so I can't answer this one.

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?

Ketchup.

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?

Maybe Russian? I like the language, and the people are passionate and interesting.

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?

Listening to country, definitely. Awful stuff.

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?

History.

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?

Words.

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?

Probably Gemini. Most of my closest friends have been Geminis.

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?

Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Killers, and INXS.

 

[nbcrusader]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?

The 80’s – it memorializes my college years.

2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical?

Evita (I trust that counts)

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete)?

Rodney Peete (former USC Trojan)

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?

Mustard (spicy, not the yellow vinegar stuff)

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?

Hebrew

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to opera or listening to country?

Country

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?

Social Studies

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?

Images

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most—whether you are supposed to or not?

No idea

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?

Too many to list

 

[Muggsy]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
the 1910's and 1920's, the beginning. Because there where a lot of experimentation and I love the theatrical, whimsical feeling of those short movies.

2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?)
Les Luthiers

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?
I don't pay attention to sports

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?
both, and I like to add smashed chips too.

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?
the japanese, because of its art, or maybe in France, during the Art Noveau era

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?
Country

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
Visual Comunication

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
Images, all my world revolves around images.

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
I don't know, I don't care about that

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?
Tool, A perfect Circle, the Smashing Pumpkins, Manu Chao, MetallicA, Nightwish...

 

[-macphisto-]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
Probably 70's because the debut of "Rocky"


2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?)
Chess

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?
Shammond Willimas- UNC Basketball

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?
Both

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?
Ireland or Scotland, I love Braveheart and U2

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?
Country

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
Math

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
Images

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
I dont know
10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?
Radiohead, Wilco, Doves, Hope of the States, Band of Horses, Pink Floyd, Flaming Lips, etc......

 

[nbcrusader]

2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical?
Chess

Excellent - I got the Original Sountrack recording when it first came out. Never had the chance to see it on stage.

 

[U2DMfan]

1-I guess it would be the 90's. When the mainstream had to get better to truly compete with the independents.
2-I dunno. Maybe West Side Story or The Music Man
3-Eduardo Najera (Denver Nuggets)
4-Mustard
5-Maybe Japanese culture, aside fron Anglo Europeans
6-Country
7-Civics
8-Music
9-Have no idea
10-Pearl Jam, I guess

 

[yolland]

Thanks BonosSaint for this thread, I don't know if you saw my request for a thread of this type a few days back but I think we're long overdue for a breather around here. I'd actually drafted one of my own just in case, but this is way better--my questions were too hard!

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
Probably the '70s, which I'm sure is in reality based more on nostalgia than anything else--even though I was too young to see more than a few of the big ones at the time! I like it because of the (quintessentially '70s) schizophrenic mix of genre schlock and bloated, self-important blockbusters--Star Wars, blaxploitation, cult horror, Saturday Night Fever, Rocky--side-by-side with all these alienated, moody classics like Taxi Driver, All the President's Men, Apocalypse Now, Annie Hall, Kramer vs. Kramer and The Godfather. Some great things happening in German cinema at the time too, though I didn't become aware of those until much later.
2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? I suppose Hamlet, just because it's the one play I never seem to tire of seeing new adaptations of. I really like a lot of Irish playwrights for some reason--Beckett, Synge, Wilde and Friel are probably my favorites there ("yolland" is a character in Friel's Translations, which I started using as on online name for ironic reasons when I was the lone Anglophone contributor to a now-defunct blog on minority-language politics a few years back--this will make total sense if you know that play, but isn't really interesting enough to bother explaining otherwise).
3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have to tell us what sport)?
Well to distance runners like me they *are*, or at least were, superstars--but since most people couldn't care less about distance running, I'll name two great marathoners I admire equally, Alberto Salazar and Paula Radcliffe.
4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?We didn't have kosher hot dogs where I grew up so I've never developed the nostalgia for this food most Americans have, however when I do have one, it's always with the bitiest, grainiest mustard I can find, and maybe a dash of onions. Ketchup and pickle relish are abominations to be avoided, I feel.
5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?Greek, I guess. I'm biased there though, because my mother is Greek and also we went there for our honeymoon. Gorgeous country, incredibly vibrant people, very witty, true survivors.
6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to opera or listening to country?
Depends on whose opera or which country singers you're talking about! Most contemporary country music is not anything I'd survive being locked up in a room with for too long--on the other hand, I wouldn't recommend delving into Wagner if you're struggling with clinical depression, either.
7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
American literature, which was taught by a wonderful woman (who I'm still in touch with) at the yeshiva I attended for my last two years of high school after we moved from Mississippi to Brooklyn. I had crushingly low self-esteem about my academic potential at the time because I'd just transferred from one of the most underfunded, noncompetitive school systems in the country to one of the most well-off, cutthroat ones--and it showed. More than any other, this teacher worked tirelessly to convince me that I could still be a great student, with the aid of lots of diligence from me (and even more patience from her) in order to make up lost ground. She also encouraged me to draw on the familiarity and love I already had for Southern literature as a starting point for many of my papers and projects, which for that time and place was a very unusual thing to do.
8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
A mixture of images and words. I'm utterly hopeless when it comes to oral learning--it's pretty much in one ear and out the other for me if I can't see it. Except for music--I have a very long memory for melodies.
9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
No idea. I'm not sure I could even name all 12 signs to be honest.
10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?
Tom Waits, Lou Reed/VU, Ali Farka Toure, Mississippi John Hurt and Prince.

 

[BonosSaint]

1. Favorite film decade: The Seventies. The movies were different. They felt original. High school and college years so I got to see a lot of movies. Some of the ones Yolland mentioned: Taxi Driver, Annie Hall (my friend and I were extras: $25, a boxed lunch and getting directed by Woody Allen before he got creepy good times.) Godfather I and II, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Dog Day Afternoon, Last Tango in Paris, Scarecrow. Mean Streets, The Conversation, John Cassavetes films. The early days of the careers of so many talented writers, directors, actors. I think we lived in the movie theaters then. The early seventies were a great time to be young and living in New York. You saw everything. It was no big deal to run into Robert DeNiro at Subways.

2. Favorite play: Equus, Jesus Christ Superstar.

3. Favorite nonsuperstar athlete: Jesse Orosco (NY Mets) and
Dennis Bonvie (AHL)

4. Hot dog: Definitely mustard. The yellow, vinegary kind

5. Different culture: Russian--what wonderful arts

6. Suicidal thoughts: Definitely opera. Although listening to country makes me want to hurt other people.

7. Favorite teacher: taught Problems of Democracy.

8. Thoughts: Images and nonverbal sounds. The challenge then is to translate them into words. I'm not always successful. I soak up everything, but too much gets locked inside because I cannot always articulate the images and their dynamic. (Perversely, I learn best by oral teaching and listening to language. It's easy for me to translate back to images and sounds. And I have absolutely no talent for remembering long pieces of music.)

9. Astrological sign: I seem to get along best with Geminis,
Scorpios.

10. Other musicians: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Pearl Jam,
Dylan and the Mamas and the Papas.

And, nope, Yolland. Didn't see your request. So you still have to post yours. I'm curious about your questions.

 

[LadyRhia]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
50's Movies like Rear Window were so cool
2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?)
Fame,Phantom Of The Opera,Les Miserables
3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?
Dont have any thats non.
4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?
Mustard
5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?
Russian,French or Italian
6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?
Country for sure!

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
Reading~~~I read some wonderful classics in the 7th&8th gradeand History
8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
All of them
9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
Leo,which my husband is.I think sometimes we could kill one another,but he is my soul-mate.
10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?
Oasis,Syd Barrett,Pink Floyd,Blur,Coldplay,and what ever else I fancy at the moment.

 

[Irvine511]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?

i'm going to preface my post by saying that i'm going to offer more than one answer to many of these questions ... so, to begin, the 1970s as well as the early 1990s. the 1970s for the reasons that everyone has given, and this seemed to be the time when the director was king after the decline in the studio system in the late 1960s, that movies were seen as the products of auteurs and were to be taken seriously, and yet you had the rise of the blockbuster -- Jaws, Star Wars -- that reminded us that, yes, movies can be art, but they can also be dynamite entertainment and open our eyes to a more fantastical realm of imagination and wonder, and i don't think anyone has done the blockbuster better than Lucas and Spielberg at their peaks.

as for the early 1990s, this seemed to be a period when American independent cinema was growing in stature and cultural weight -- much of it a reaction to the grotesque studio films of the late 1980s -- and brought about the resurgence in art house cinemas as well as the explosion of film festivals in virtually every moderate-to-larged sized city in the country.

2. What is favorite play, regardless of genre?

well, i was certainly floored by Angels in America, and i've always liked how mind-bending Beckett can be at his best, but there's really no getting around Hamlet as perhaps the most important text in all of Western Literature. it's exploration of human psychology feels almost otherworldly. i fell in love with it in high school, used to memorize passages about it on my own, and the play has only deepened as i've gotten older.


3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?

hard to know what we mean by superstar ... everyone's heard of Michael Phelps, Ian Thorpe, and Greg Lougains, but i don't think they might qualify as superstars. from that group, i'd have to say Lougains because his life was so unbearably tragic in so many different ways, yet he's perservered, and i'll never forget getting to stay up late to watch the finals of the 10m platform in 1988 where he had to beat the 14 year old Chinese diver on the last dive and he did, proving that grace and experience can trump youth and talent.


4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?

spicy, fancy-pants mustard.

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?

Scandinavia, probably Swedish or Danish.

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to opera or listening to country?

the BF has introduced me to a world of actually good country music, and i like opera, so my suicidal thoughts would flow from the sadness of the music itslef, not being forced to listen to a particularly painful genre.

so, Opera.

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?

English 365, Nabokov and Pynchon

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?

images, then sounds.

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether you are supposed to or not?

no clue. don't pay much attention.

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?


too many to list, but these days am listening to lots of Arcade Fire, Brazilian Girls, Emmylou Harris, Talking Heads, The Flaming Lips, The Innocence Mission, and Joan Armatrading

 

[SunBloc]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why? late 70's/early 80's-
original Star Wars episodes, Indiana Jones, lots of comedies

2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?) comedy

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)? Not into spectator sports that much.

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog? Don't eat hot dogs - have been a vegetarian for over half of my life.

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be? Italian or French

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country? 100%, Definitely, without a doubt - country music.

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach? Spanish.
8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other? Mostly images, but I know a lot of info (words, etc.) must be stored alphabetically.

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not? Aries & Gemini

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most? Depends on what mood I'm in. Some are Green Day, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Beatles, the Verve/ Richard Ashcroft, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Stones, Radiohead, The Who..........

 

[Macfistowannabe]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
1980s for Back to the Future. 1990s for so many great Leslie Neilsen/ZAZ films.

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?
A lot of both.

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?
Italian - strong cappuccino and good food.

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?
I've never officially had a "suicidal thought" from listening to either, but if I had to pick one, I'd say country. It's meant to be depressing.

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
History.

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
Images.

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?
Lately, a lot of Counting Crows.

 

[BonosSaint]

Glad you dropped in, Macfist.

 

[Angela Harlem]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
60s. hmm.

2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?)
Not a big fan of plays, per se. Dont mind a spot of stage production, but plays are like root canals with no happy gas.

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?
My sister. She plays everything exceptionally well. KO cricket, AFL, soccer, touch footy...etc

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?
I have to confess I dont know what ketchup is. But I dont eat hotdogs, so it's irrelevant

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?
Dark Ages England

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?
Country.

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
Art.

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
Images

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
I dont know star signs.

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?
Anything. Anyone. I dont listen to U2 at the moment

 

[angelordevil]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?


I think this one. There are exceptions for other eras, like Kubrick and Hitchcock--but if you explore below the surface of the mainstream fluff, I think it's overwhelmingly better today.


2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?)


I was amazed with the production of "The Lion King" in London a few years ago. It was pure magic.


3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?


Canada Post mail carriers. I envy their endurance.


4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?


Both, but ketchup is king. If I had a band, "Ketchup Intravenous" just might be the first single.


5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?


Japanese...or some kind of aboriginal culture.


6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?


Elements of both, but bad country is really bad.


7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?


"Current Events" in elementary school.


8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?


Words and sounds.


9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?


I'm not sure!


10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?


Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Neil Young....and a whole bunch of other, mostly quirky, artists.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?

probably the old style movies like From Here To Eternity


2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical?

ashamed to say I've only seen a few so I'll say Lion King, I saw it for my birthday a few years ago and I loved it

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?

Jason Varitek-baseball


4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?

blech

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?

old days-Egyptian, I want to be Cleopatra. Modern day- any place where women rule

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?

Opera. I like country like Tim McGraw or old style country like Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette,Hank Williams, Johnny Cash

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
English

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?

images

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?

for the most part, but not always, fellow Virgos- they understand

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?

Bruce

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Holiday break from nothing



Would you rather be rich, a genius, perfectly healthy, or in a blissfully happy relationship? (you have to pick just one)

If you could look like one famous person who would you pick and why?

What's the biggest mistake you've made so far this year? What's the best thing you've done?

What is the last thing you took a photo of?

What's your worst habit?

Who is the most genuinely nice person you know?

What's more important to you, self-respect or respect for others?

What is the key to healthy self-esteem?

How many articles of pink clothing do you own, if any? Describe.

Do you consider yourself an idealist, a realist, or a cynic?

What was your first boyfriend/girlfriend's name and what did they look like?

What is your favorite sports team? What athlete do you admire the most?

What's the last book you read?

How many pairs of jeans do you own? Shoes?

If someone gave you a check right now for $1000 what would you do with it?

What's the wallpaper on your cellphone?

What is sexy to you?

What are your three best/worst qualities?

 

[A_Wanderer]

Would you rather be rich, a genius, perfectly healthy, or in a blissfully happy relationship? (you have to pick just one)
I would opt for genius

If you could look like one famous person who would you pick and why?
No use emulating others

What's the biggest mistake you've made so far this year? What's the best thing you've done?
Practical exams stereonet - practical exams metamorphism section

What is the last thing you took a photo of?
The Ocean

What's your worst habit?
Deliberately remaining cold

Who is the most genuinely nice person you know?
Mike Hall

What's more important to you, self-respect or respect for others?
Self-respect

What is the key to healthy self-esteem?
Self-respect

How many articles of pink clothing do you own, if any? Describe.
None whatsoever

Do you consider yourself an idealist, a realist, or a cynic?
Probably a bit of all three on a variety of issues

What was your first boyfriend/girlfriend's name and what did they look like?
Maria, brunette, slight, Greek

What is your favorite sports team? What athlete do you admire the most?
None of the above

What's the last book you read?
Book on Volcanology

How many pairs of jeans do you own? Shoes?
2 pairs jeans, 3 pairs shoes

If someone gave you a check right now for $1000 what would you do with it?
spend it at auction, then resell those items

What's the wallpaper on your cellphone?
Doesn't do wallpapers

What is sexy to you?
Slender, curved, feminine

What are your three best/worst qualities?
Cold, calculating and meticulous

 

[BonosSaint]

1. I'd rather be in a blissfully happy relationship that would make
all the other things less important.

2. Vanessa Redgrave because she is absolutely incandescent
and Michelle Phillips circa Mamas and the Papas, that
brief period.

3. Biggest mistake--getting into two riproaring arguments
with my father over stuff that does not matter. Spending too
much money. Best thing--reevaluating myself, cutting loose
most of the definitions I've had of myself, trying to look at
things without preconceived notions. Having less opinions.

4. I don't own a camera, so I guess the last time somebody
handed me a camera to take a picture of them.

5. Worst habit--too much sleep, detachment.

6. Genuinely nice peopel--I am fortunate to be surrounded by
genuinely nice people. My parents, my brother, my sister,
my best friend, some coworkers, Mrs. S. If you aren't nice,
you don't stay an important part of my life for very long,
allowing always for the occasional transgressions.

7. Self-respect is more important to me. But I've found
that has often led to respect for others.

8. I think one of the keys to self-esteem is to never allow
other people to define you.

9. Pink clothing. None. Unless you count laundry mishaps
and one cap I was given free.

10. Fluctuating realist, cynic, idealist. But I keep my idealism
carefully hidden.

11. First boyfriend--would rather not recall.

12. Favorite sports teams--NY Mets, AHL Penguins.
Favorite players--past: Jesse Orosco, Steve Howe.
Current: Dennis Bonvie of the Penguins.

13. Last book: Currently reading Michener's Space.

14. Two pairs of jeans. 4 pairs of shoes.

15. $1000. Music and books. And really good concert seats.

16. Don't own a cellphone.

17. What is sexy--physical presence, aquiline noses, broad
shoulders, humor, attitude.

18. Three worst, three best qualities
Worst: detachment, shyness, unwillingness to pursue
something that does not come easy to me.
Best: Humor, patience, irreverence.

 

[Muggsy]

Would you rather be rich, a genius, perfectly healthy, or in a blissfully happy relationship? (you have to pick just one)

* Genius... so i can get everything else

If you could look like one famous person who would you pick and why?
* hmmm... I don't know.. maybe someone like Liv Tyler

What's the biggest mistake you've made so far this year? What's the best thing you've done?
*Biggest mistake... arguing with an ex... things got pretty nasty.
* Best Thing: Publishing my first book

What is the last thing you took a photo of?
* My Boyfriend and I during the Lapiz de Acero Awards

What's your worst habit?
* Biting my nails

Who is the most genuinely nice person you know?
* My sister, she holds the truth in her mouth

What's more important to you, self-respect or respect for others?
* If I respect myself, I can respect others. One thing can't be possible without the other one.

What is the key to healthy self-esteem?
* being honest with your own habilities and faults

How many articles of pink clothing do you own, if any? Describe.
* My stripped stockings (black and pink)

Do you consider yourself an idealist, a realist, or a cynic?
* Idealist

What was your first boyfriend/girlfriend's name and what did they look like?
* his name is Andrés, he was tall, white, with black hair

What is your favorite sports team?
What athlete do you admire the most?
*none

What's the last book you read?
* The Biography of Egon Schiele

How many pairs of jeans do you own? Shoes?
* 4 pairs of jeans, 5 pairs of shoes

If someone gave you a check right now for $1000 what would you do with it?
*I would save a part, and would spend the rest in art supplies, art books and music.

What's the wallpaper on your cellphone?
* don't have a cellphone

What is sexy to you?
*artistic talent. wide shoulders, good attitude

What are your three best/worst qualities?
*worst: stubborn, shyness, depresive.
* best: creative, willing to help others, excentric.

 

[MacHat]

1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
Ummmmm 70s, lots of interesting stuff from that decade

2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical? (Edit:
May not have made that clear. What is favorite play,
regardless of genre?)
Oedipus Rex - Sophocles

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?
Don't really have one

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?
Both, yuuuuuuuuuum

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?
German

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?
Country, it's heinous

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
English

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
Images and sounds

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
No idea!

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?
Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Queen, Janis Joplin, You Am I

 

[MacHat]

Next one:

Would you rather be rich, a genius, perfectly healthy, or in a blissfully happy relationship? (you have to pick just one)
Perfectly healthy I guess

If you could look like one famous person who would you pick and why?
Not sure...........

What's the biggest mistake you've made so far this year? What's the best thing you've done?
- I can't remember
- Been nice to my friends I spose

What is the last thing you took a photo of?
A cat that lives down the road, so cute!

What's your worst habit?
Biting my nails

Who is the most genuinely nice person you know?
Ummmmm no idea!

What's more important to you, self-respect or respect for others?
Self-respect

What is the key to healthy self-esteem?
Knowing what you are and what you aren't and being comfortable with that

How many articles of pink clothing do you own, if any? Describe.
One - pair of undies

Do you consider yourself an idealist, a realist, or a cynic?
Bit of all three

What was your first boyfriend/girlfriend's name and what did they look like?
Kerry - he had reddish hair

What is your favorite sports team? What athlete do you admire the most?
-The All Blacks (NZ rugby team)
-I don't admire any athletes

What's the last book you read?
Winter Time: Memoirs of a German Sinto who Survived Auschwitz

How many pairs of jeans do you own? Shoes?
-Jeans: four
-Shoes: ten

If someone gave you a check right now for $1000 what would you do with it?
Put some away as savings, buy a bomber jacket and some food

What's the wallpaper on your cellphone?
Picture of Bon Scott

What is sexy to you?
Sense of humour, dark hair , rocker types

What are your three best/worst qualities?
-best: Friendly, loyal, funny
-worst: stubborn, bad temper when provoked

 

[Angela Harlem]

Would you rather be rich, a genius, perfectly healthy, or in a blissfully happy relationship? (you have to pick just one)
-blissfully happy relationship

If you could look like one famous person who would you pick and why?
-michael jackson, why indeed. i need to know.


What's the biggest mistake you've made so far this year? What's the best thing you've done?
-mistake: um..not joining the nrma prior to needing them? best thing: booking an overseas holiday


What is the last thing you took a photo of?
-jesus, my ficus


What's your worst habit?
-getting the shits with others' faults


Who is the most genuinely nice person you know?
-my nan


What's more important to you, self-respect or respect for others?
-respect for others


What is the key to healthy self-esteem?
-truthful opinion of self, not being vain. there are so many ways to be full of yourself, it is better to be aware of what truth is when it involves the self.


How many articles of pink clothing do you own, if any? Describe.
-one pink shirt with 'nice puppies' written on it. oh, and a pink bra which looks like a watermelon


Do you consider yourself an idealist, a realist, or a cynic?
-cynic, probably.


What was your first boyfriend/girlfriend's name and what did they look like?
-john he was skinny and well,...poor chap. i think he went to jail after school.


What is your favorite sports team? What athlete do you admire the most?
-the sydney swans i dont really admire athletes, though. rather the contrary. they annoy me.



What's the last book you read?
-girl, interrupted


How many pairs of jeans do you own? Shoes?
-jeans: approx 4? shoes: a lot


If someone gave you a check right now for $1000 what would you do with it?
-pay off my mum's vet bill


What's the wallpaper on your cellphone?
-a photo of the kids


What is sexy to you?
-hugh jackman's arms on IWB's mum's computer


What are your three best/worst qualities?
best:
art
humour?
compassion

worst:
impatience
art lol
intolerance

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Would you rather be rich, a genius, perfectly healthy, or in a blissfully happy relationship? (you have to pick just one)

Well relationship is hopeless, so by process of elimination -normally I would say perfectly healthy but right now I'd have to say rich, it would get me out of the bad situation I'm in and improve most aspects of my life. I'm not all that into money but just for that reason..

If you could look like one famous person who would you pick and why?

I'd shoot for the moon and say Halle Berry-no why really necessary. Gorgeous face, perfect body

What's the biggest mistake you've made so far this year? What's the best thing you've done?

So far most of my mistakes were last year but there's still plenty of time. I'd say maybe crawling back into my shell and repeating negative patterns. Best thing was going to Memphis

What is the last thing you took a photo of? azaleas

What's your worst habit? putting myself down/nail biting (which I had stopped until recently )

Who is the most genuinely nice person you know? A male friend who is so understanding, sensitive, and kind that I sometimes forget he's a man

What's more important to you, self-respect or respect for others?I have to be able to live with myself before I can even deal with others so maybe it's self-respect

What is the key to healthy self-esteem? In my opinion it's the way you are raised, if that doesn't give you healthy self-esteem it's extremely difficult to do it on your own

How many articles of pink clothing do you own, if any? Describe. I went on pink kick last summer for some reason- have a few pink tops, a pair of pink shorts, pink beach sandals and coverup, pink pants, pink tweed blazer and a small pink purse. Good God, hopefully that's all

Do you consider yourself an idealist, a realist, or a cynic? Used to be an idealist, now I'm slightly cynical

What was your first boyfriend/girlfriend's name and what did they look like? Austin, he had blue eyes and jet black hair. He moved away and I was heartbroken-but it was only 2nd grade

What is your favorite sports team? Red Sox What athlete do you admire the most? Tedi Bruschi

What's the last book you read? Dispatches From the Edge by Anderson Cooper

How many pairs of jeans do you own? Shoes? Jeans, I estimate 6 Shoes, estimate 15 or 15-20. Comfortable shoes, I can't wear heels and they make me gigantic anyway

If someone gave you a check right now for $1000 what would you do with it? Ideally pay off some of my credit card debt but the way I feel right now, buy a one way ticket to some place like Hawaii

What's the wallpaper on your cellphone? my dog

What is sexy to you? humility, good sense of humor, intelligence, kindness, sensitivity, being expressive about emotions, having a lovely collarbone/neck area-for some reason that drives me insane

What are your three best/worst qualities?

best- being humble, being sensitive, being stronger than I think

worst - my feelings are too easily hurt, I let the past/other people hurt me too much, don't have enough self-esteem/self-confidence, all that

 

[VertigoGal]

Would you rather be rich, a genius, perfectly healthy, or in a blissfully happy relationship? (you have to pick just one)
-Happy relationship definitely.

If you could look like one famous person who would you pick and why?
-Natalie Portman I guess, cos then I'd be hot.

What's the biggest mistake you've made so far this year? What's the best thing you've done?
-Biggset mistake. Repeating mistakes, trying to talk to someone who can't be talked to. Thinking once again that I can somehow control a situation, thinking once again that somehow me confronting a person would result in anything but me getting hurt. What a fucking mistake.
-Best thing...doing something I needed to do for myself that I'd avoided for stupid reasons.

What is the last thing you took a photo of?
-Me and my friend.

What's your worst habit?
-Overanalyzing, or being a smartass.

Who is the most genuinely nice person you know?
-A friend of mine I met this year.

What's more important to you, self-respect or respect for others?
-Respect for others is something I practice more but I dunno if that's necessarily good.

What is the key to healthy self-esteem?
-I have no clue, but I'd like to have a clue.

How many articles of pink clothing do you own, if any? Describe.
5 or 6. A few shirts, a tank top, a cami, oh and some underwear most likely.

Do you consider yourself an idealist, a realist, or a cynic?
-Realist borderline cynic

What was your first boyfriend/girlfriend's name and what did they look like?
-Hayes, he had a wafro, enough said.

What is your favorite sports team? What athlete do you admire the most?
-Ohio State Buckeyes I suppose. I admire Roger Federer because he just rocks.

What's the last book you read?
-Reread the last Harry Potter book for no apparent reason.

How many pairs of jeans do you own? Shoes?
-2 jeans, 3 pairs of shoes. I'd get a wardrobe but I currently have -$17.

If someone gave you a check right now for $1000 what would you do with it?
-Put it in the bank. I should buy myself some fucking clothes but spending money makes me feel guilty.

What's the wallpaper on your cellphone?
-A drop of water falling off a leaf or something.

What is sexy to you?
-Good cheekbone structure. I swear it's the key to sexiness. Blue eyes, dark hair. Oh and confidence personality blah blah blah.

What are your three best/worst qualities?
Best
-like to think I'm a good friend
-commit to and work hard at whatever I set out to do
-ability to function on little to no sleep? i dunno I'm running out
Worst
-Thinking too much, then truly hating myself for my thought process
-I get the feeling I get trapped in self-pity when I shouldn't be
-overdoing sarcasm to the point where i'm scared I come off as bitter...and I don't want to

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1. What is your favorite film decade and why?
-dunno, I'm not as knowledgable as I should be about the history of film etc

2. What is your favorite play--drama, comedy or musical?
-Dunno I am so ignorant, I liked the Chicago movie. yep I'm ignorant

3. Who is your favorite nonsuperstar athlete (You may have
to tell us what sport)?
-Well I enjoyed watching that Safina girl beat Sharapova today (tennis), so she gets to be my new favorite.

4. Do you eat mustard or ketchup (or both) on your hot dog?
-No hot dogs if I can avoid it, otherwise both

5. If you could be born to another culture, what would it be?
-I dunno Australian?

6. What would cause more suicidal thoughts--listening to
opera or listening to country?
-It would depend, but as I can name a lot of country that I love (not on the radio), I'll say opera.

7. What subject did your favorite teacher teach?
Political Science

8. Do you think mostly in images, words, sounds or other?
Words and emotions also...

9. What astrological sign do you get along with most--whether
you are supposed to or not?
-No clue

10. Besides U2, what musicians do you listen to the most?
-Aimee Mann, Velvet Underground, Beth Orton, Flaming Lips, Aimee Mann, Beatles, Van Morrison, RHCP/John Frusciante, Aimee Mann, Aimee Mann, etc...........