I DARE you to fill this out.

[GaryEA]

Charities?

NPR, Metrolpolitan Museum of Art, and a couple local museums.

Wait, do museums count as a charity?

Gary

[fnordboy]

Charities you contribute to

I have donated money to AIDS research and to WFMU 91.1 keep radio free-form!

I need to start a charity fund for me

[Natasha (candygirl)]

I will raise you one question though:

Charities you contribute to

For me, NPR and Disabled American Veterans.

I'll see your question and raise you one more:

charities that you volunteer your time with

[starbug]

*~*Personal*~*

Name: Nicola
Location: London
Place of birth: Ashford (Middlesex not Kent)
Date of birth: 23 Nov 77
Current age: 25
Occupation: Research Contract Negotiator
Height: 5'3.
Weight: about 125 pounds but haven't been on a scale for months
Hair colour: mid brown-ish with red undertones
Eye colour: blue
Skin tone: pale but not pasty
Distinguishing marks: 220 moles (all logged and mapped by the NHS when I was a baby).
Siblings: one brother, younger
Pets: None at present
Hobbies: going to the movies, reading, walking, and plenty of talking.

*~*Favourites*~*

Animal: Horses
Colour: Don't know. Purple probably.
Book: Too many to name. Just can't do it.
Play: The Venetian Twins, The Way of The World, Art
Season: Winter
Holiday: Christmas.
Number: 7
Car: Fiat 500, cinquecento (the 1960s classics - still to be seen all over Italy)
Celebrity: Steve Irwin - the right mix of honesty, enthusiasm, guts, compassion and general loveliness.
President: Abe Lincoln
Smell: that cinamon smell from those bakery places in the USA.
City: London. But Chicago's a close second.
Country: Well, I have liked every country I've been to but the top ones are Italy, Spain, Hungary (for sheer eastern-block-ism), Switzerland for utter beauty.
Name: Iona, Sunkari
Friend: I like them all for different reasons
Clothing: Smart black clothes made of natural fabrics.
Breakfast food: cinamon bagels
Lunch food: italian of some kind, even if it's just some bread and cheese.

Dinner food: I love food so this is too hard to choose. But Japanese is delicious so probably teryaki salmon.
Dessert: Chocolate fudge cake.
Snack: Kettle Chips (preferably cheesey flavour)
Vegetable: Carrot
Pie: never eat pie
Candy: Rhubarb & Custard cream boiled sweets
Healthy food: japanese is all pretty healthy stuff
Resteraunt: Hakkasan, London
Day of the week: Saturday
Month: February
Sport: Tennis, for the minute. Just got tickets to Wimbledon!!!
Game: Pictionary. Without contest
Time of day: Evenings

*~*All about You*~*

Most happy moment: Accepting my boyfriend's offer of marriage
Most sad moment: grandma dying in a fire, me being stuck in the UK during the funeral in Chicago. It's only when you have to to America in a hurry that you realise how far away it actually is.
Most angry moment: finding out I'd been lied to by an ex.
Most confusing moment: anything based on my lack of technological understanding.
Most embarrasing moment: I'm constantly embarrased but probably the best one was me tripping over my own feet, somehow flying out of the front door of the lawfirm I was doing work experience at, and catapulting myself into the middle of the street outside. It was lucky there were no cars coming down the narrow road as I'd have been squashed. I literally flew into the middle of the road.
Most regretful moment: erm, don't really have one
Most sinful moment: repressed.
Most dirty moment: no comment


*~*This or That*~*

Pizza or Hamburger: Pizza
Coke or Sprite: Coke.
Ice cubes or Crushed: crushed
Rain or Sunshine: Winter sun.
Pop music or Rock music: Rock.
Newspaper or TV news: Newspaper
Bicycle or Skateboard: Board
Snowboarding or Skateboarding: Skate.
Fake tans or natural skin: Natural.
N*sync or Backstreet Boys: neither
UK music or American music: Both.
MTV or VH1: MTV.
The Simpsons or South Park: The Simpsons
Tony Blair or George Bush: What? They're basically the same person so far as I can see... Blair I suppose...
North Pole or South Pole: North.
CDs or Cassettes: CDs.
Books or Mags: Books.
Bracelets or Necklaces: Necklaces.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Washing the dishes or taking out garbage: washing the dishes

*~*Hot or Not*~*
Boy bands: Not.
Eye glitter: only on drag queens.
Tanning beds: Not.
Platform shoes: yep
Pop singers: Not.
Black lipstick: Not.
Animal backpacks: Not.
Studded belts: Hot.
Tube tops: Not
TV show Friends: Hot
TV show Dawson's Creek: Not

*~*TV shows*~*
Best TV show ever: My So-Called Life (of course!)
Best cartoon: Calvin & Hobbes
Best drama: Boys from the Blackstuff (excellent BBC social comment from the time when the miners were on strike, unemployment was high and Thatcher was destroying our nation's community spirit)
Best comedy: The Office, The Good Life
Best channel: BBC1 or 2
Most educational channel: errrmmmm. Dunno
Most funny show: Graham Norton
TV show with hottest actors: don't care about that
TV show with uglist actors: see above
Show you want to stay forever: My So-Called Life…
Show you want thrown to the garbage: Blind Date
Show you would never watch: I'd watch anything once.
TV show that is your guilty secret: Pop Stars

*~*Movies*~*
Best current movie: ‘Lord of the Rings, the Two Towers’ , 'City of God'
Best movie of all time: Oh god. I can't...
Favourite actor: Edward Norton at the moment
Favourite actress: Susan Sarandon, Nicole Kidman, Sigourney Weaver
Favourite soundtrack: Romeo & Juliet
Favourite scene: In A Few Good Men, the 'You can't handle the truth!'. Oh god that's good.
Most disgusting movie: Bad Taste
Most funny movie: Austin Powers (the orginal). Or Turner and Hooch.
Most romantic movie: I hate romantic movies but maybe Sleepless in Seattle
Most scary movie: Blair Witch

Movie you loved as a kid: Labyrinth, Flight of the Navigator
Movie you absolutely hate: American Pie 2. The Nutty Professor: The Klumps.
Actor you hate: Sylvestor Stallone
Actress you hate: Pamela Anderson
Movie that describes your life: The Breakfast Club
Movies you want to see: most movies come into this category.

*~*Music*~*

Best male artist: oh gosh. David Bowie if I had to chose.
Best female artist: Jewel
Favourite instrument: Piano or cello
Favourite CD: nope, too many
CDs you want to buy next: LOTR Soundtracks.
Worst band ever: Westlife
Worst CD ever: don't know
Worst female and male ever: erm, Maggie Thatcher and Maggie Thatcher.
Favourite song: See, another one I can't do.
Worst song: We are the Cheeky Girls . By the Cheeky Girls. Includes lyrics like 'Touch my bum, don't be shy...' sung in english with a strong eastern european accent. ARGH!

*~*Your Future*~*
Who is your dream husband/wife? the one I'm getting in 2005...
Who is your ideal husband/wife? As above.
Do you want kids? Yes
If yes, how many? two.
What will you name them? Depends what they look like when they appear.
Where do you want to live? Rutland (part of Leicestershire, UK).
What's your dream job? Human Rights Lawyer
Do you want to be rich? Not particularly. Having enough to live on plus a few minor luxuries is fine by me.
Do you want to retire early? God yes.
Name 3 things you want to do before you die: Defend someone on death row, travel the world, be a good mother.
Worst way to die: burning
Best way to die peacefully: In your sleep
How would you want to be remembered: As a nice person

*~*Silly random questions*~*

10 words to describe yourself: Erm, quirky, argumentative, fun, outdoorsy, pragmatic, nervous, embarrassed, bookish, compassionate, daft.
Will the sky fall one day? maybe
Things you don't like in people: selfishness, meanness, arrogance, conceit
Do you love people or animals more? both but people if it came to it.
Are you a vegetarian? No
Do you exercise everyday? No.
Are you afraid of being fat? yeah
Are you popular in school? I think I was sort of middle of the road.
Do you hate your neighbor? no.
Have you ever hurt someone? Yes. I hit a bully once. She left me alone after that.
Do you try and help people out in need? Yes
Have you ever been out of your country? Many times.
Do you speak more than 1 language? pidgin french if I have to. Bits of spanish, bits of italian. But not well.
Ever kissed someone? Yes.
That's not a family member? Yes.
Have you ever been really sick? Not really sick, no.
Do you like or hate school? liked one school, hated the other.
Who was your first crush? A kid called Andrew at school. I think I was 5.
Isn't life super? sometimes
What is the date today? The 4th
Do you like seeded grapes? yep


God, that took forever...
which charities do I support? Amnesty International, Shelter, Save the Children.
Shamefully, I don't give any time to them. However, I did volunteer for a freedom of expression NGO for 6 months.

[lance]

I will raise you one question though:

Charities you contribute to

For me, NPR and Disabled American Veterans.

I'll see your question and raise you one more:

charities that you volunteer your time with

Ohh, a challenge is it?

Hmm, technically I am not allowed to have freetime right now, but I will you update you on that one as things progress.

Lance Man

[Sascha]

Does anyone actually read this (besides the CIA) ....?

*~*Personal*~*
Name: Sascha Alexander
Location: East France / South-West Germany
Place of birth: Saarbrücken
Date of birth: 05/12/1975
Current age: 27
Occupation: webproduction, consulting and stuff. (i wish )
Height: 185cm
Weight: 75ish kilo
Hair colour: brown
Eye colour: green-brownish
Skin tone: uh, well, normal white or something?
Distinguishing marks: none
Siblings: none that I know of
Pets: none
Hobbies: web, tv, movies, "home improvements"

*~*Favourites*~*
Animal: cats
Colour: blue
Book: always the one i'm reading...
Magazine: geek (computer) magazines
Play: uuh, not my genre.
Season: Summer
Holiday: all of 'em
Number: 5
Car: BMW Z4
Celebrity: changes daily, today Lauren Graham
President: n/a
Smell: rain after a long hot day in the summer
City: New York
Country: USA (never been there though)
Name: can't decide
Friend: won't decide
Clothing: jeans & shirt
Breakfast food: fresh Baguette + Nutella + Fresh Croissants
Dinner food: "Gefillde" (no-ah, I'm not trying to translate that)
Dessert: semolina mash
Snack: Pringles Curry
Fruit: Apple
Vegetable: spinach (no kidding)
Pie: Schwarzwälder Kirsch (uh, I can't look up *everything* in babelfish...)
Candy: as long as it includes sugar...
Healthy food: anything with rice
Restaurant: chinese
Day of the week: Saturday
Month: May
Sport: Badminton
Game: SimCity
Time of day: whenever I'm home and have nothing to do...

*~*All about You*~*
Most happy moment: still to come
Most sad moment: death of grandma
Most angry moment: can't decide
Most confusing moment: everytime I try to understand women
Most embarrassing moment: everytime I think I understood women
Most regretful moment: none so far
Most sinful moment: no comments without my lawyer
Most dirty moment: tearing a wall down in my house

*~*This or That*~*
Pizza or Hamburger: Pizza
Coke or Sprite: Coke
Ice cubes or Crushed: Cubes
Rain or Sunshine: Ideally both at the same time.
Pop music or Rock music: Rock
Newspaper or TV news: Newspaper
Bicycle or Skateboard: Bike
Snowboarding or Skateboarding: Snowboarding
Fake tans or natural skin: Natural
N*sync or Backstreet Boys: Ugh, neither.
UK music or American music: Both
MTV or VH1: VH1 Classic
The Simpsons or South Park: Simpsons
Tony Blair or George Bush: Geez, isn't that the same? Where's the difference.
North Pole or South Pole: North
CDs or Cassettes: CDs
Books or Mags: Books
Bracelets or Necklaces: Wait, is this a "YOUNG MISS" questionnaire?
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Washing the dishes or taking out garbage: Garbage

*~*Hot or Not*~*
Boy bands: Ugh
Eye glitter: Ugh
Tanning beds: Ugh
Platform shoes: Ugh
Pop singers: Ugh
Black lipstick: Ugh
Animal backpacks: Ugh
Studded belts: Ugh
Tube tops: Ugh
TV show Friends: Ugh ... oh, wait, no, that's actually from the "not ugh" category.
TV show Dawson's Creek: Season 1 good, rest Ugh.

*~*TV shows*~*
Best TV show ever: MSCL
Best cartoon: Daria
Best drama: Tie: Once & Again, Six Feet Under
Best comedy: Becker
Best channel: Kazaa
Most educational channel: wait, TV & educational? In one sentence??
Most funny show: Harald Schmidt Show (Letterman in german)
TV show with hottest actors: Gilmore Girls
TV show with uglist actors: There are no ugly people on TV by definition
Show you want to stay forever: Simpsons
Show you want thrown to the garbage: Big Brother & Co.
Show you would never watch: Talkshows
TV show that is your guilty secret: Dawson's Creek

*~*Movies*~*
Best current movie: Vanilla Sky (just saw it yesterday)
Best movie of all time: More than one: The 4 M's: Matrix, Memento, Magnolia, Mexican, and The LOTR trilogy, Dogma, Sixth Sense, The Ice Storm, AI etc.
Favourite actor: Ben Stiller maybe.
Favourite actress: Janeane Garofalo, Christina Ricci, Reese Witherspoon
Favourite soundtrack: Vanilla Sky
Favourite scene: The end of AI
Most disgusting movie: Moulin Rouge (sorry, I really hate it)
Most funny movie: American Pie
Most romantic movie: Pretty in Pink, Fu'king Amal
Most scary movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (It's scary how everyone loves it)

Movie you loved as a kid: Bud Spencer & Terence Hill movies
Movie you absolutely hate: Moulin Rouge
Actor you hate: Freddie Prinze jr
Actress you hate: Meryl Streep
Movie that describes your life: Daria - The Movie
Best director: Ang Lee, Alan Ball
Movies you want to see: Star Wars 6-9

*~*Music*~*
Best male artist: Eric Clapton
Best female artist: Norah Jones, Aimee Mann, Avril Lavigne
Favourite instrument: Drums
Favourite CD: Shivaree - I oughtta give you a shot in the head for making me live in this dump
Worst band ever: any boyband
Worst CD ever: The last Soundgarden album
Worst female and male ever: How much time do I have?
Favourite song: Aimee Mann - One
Worst song: Almost every song that gets played too often

*~*Your Future*~*
Who is your dream husband/wife? Alyson Hannigan
Who is your ideal husband/wife? What's wrong with Alyson? Okay, she's married, but ...
Do you want kids? not now
If yes, how many? <0
What will you name them? n/a
Where do you want to live? New England or california, ideally both
What's your dream job? Being a professional billionaire
Do you want to be rich? Either that or we have to drop that capitalism concept (there's no money in "Star Trek", so...)
Do you want to retire early? Yes
Name 3 things you want to do before you die: Find the cure for aids, cancer and spam
Worst way to die: Before you're ready
Best way to die peacefully: Sleeping
How would you want to be remembered: Just how I am/was

*~*Silly random questions*~*
10 words to describe yourself: lazy, workaholic
Will the sky fall one day? No
Things you don't like in people: selfishness
Do you love people or animals more? People
Are you a vegetarian? No
Do you exercise everyday? Uh, almost...
Are you afraid of being fat? No
Are you popular in school? No
Do you hate your neighbor? No
Have you ever hurt someone? Yes
Do you try and help people out in need? Yes
Have you ever been out of your country? Yes
Do you speak more than 1 language? Yes
Ever kissed someone? Yes
That's not a family member? Yes
Have you ever been really sick? Yes
Do you like or hate school? At the end, I liked it
Who was your first crush? long, long ago there was a girl in kindergarten...
Isn't life super? Well, it's pretty good.
What is the date today? 4/2/2003 or 2/4/2003, whatever.
Do you like seeded grapes? Nah

[Nostradamus]

Does anyone actually read this (besides the CIA) ....?

Sure, it's read by the FBI, NSA, INS, DEA, MI5, MI6, FSB...

Part Two of my response:

*~*Favourites*~*

Animal: Blue Feathered Sasquatch or Mahpinguary.
Colour: Octarine.
Book: Fellowship of the Ring.
Magazine: Popular Science.
Play: Any that don't suddenly burst into song.
Season: Summer.
Holiday: Samhain, particularly with a blue moon.
Number: 8, 9, 23.
Car: 1981 Z28 Camaro with T-tops and after-factory suspension.
Celebrity: Mark Twain.
President: Harry Browne (I can dream!)
Smell: Diesel, mild sulfur, Nag Champa, musty books, etc.
City: Ankh Morpork.
Country: One spot's as good as the next.
Name: Uh, the one I can't remember.
Friend: Why even mention? It's not like anyone here will recognize that person...
Clothing: Whatever flares dramatically in the wind.
Breakfast food: Anything light.
Dinner food: Grilled is good.
Dessert: Something sweet, but not sickeningly sweet.
Snack: Frozen fruit bars.
Fruit: Cherry.
Vegetable: Beet.
Pie: Pumpkin.
Candy: Sugared orange peels.
Healthy food: A very expensive steak without sauce.
Restaurant: Any place that's classy but laid back.
Day of the week: They all run together.
Month: I just pick out the calendar with the prettiest pictures, OK?
Sport: Calvinball or Robot Wars UK.
Game: Pirates!, X-COM, Magic: The Gathering, Vampire: The Masquerade.
Time of day: Dusk.

[lance]

Taking a page from Nostradamus:

Here is Part One:

*~*Personal*~*

Name: Lance
Location: Cincinnati
Place of birth: Fort Benning, GA
Date of birth: 02/07/71
Current age: Offically 31, mom says I may never age past 29
Occupation: Library Asistant (studying to become Librarian).
Height: 5'9.
Weight: 160 give or take
Hair colour: light brown
Eye colour: hazel.
Skin tone: brown
Distinguishing marks: A prominent nose (Big Nose! Watch it!)
Siblings: Oh God, one younger brother, younger sister, three younger half-sisters, one younger half-brother, one ex-stepbrother
Pets: 2 cats
Hobbies: Trying to keep my wife happy, collecting DVDs and general loafing.

More later,

Lance Man

[GaryEA]

Let it be known that I have it on good authority that the only reason why lance is posting his responses in bite-size nuggets, is to pad his post count.

That's right. You heard it here first.

heh.

I'd also like to add that when I answered the part for "games", I forgot to mention the best video game ever... HALF-LIFE BABY!

Okay, I'm done. ...maybe

Gary

[RyeBlume]

lol... I didn't realize how girly sections of this survey were
I'm loving the replies though... some of them are too funny.

P.S. Colby, your cat is absolutely beautiful!

[lance]

Let it be known that I have it on good authority that the only reason why lance is posting his responses in bite-size nuggets, is to pad his post count.

That's right. You heard it here first.

heh.

I'd also like to add that when I answered the part for "games", I forgot to mention the best video game ever... HALF-LIFE BABY!

Okay, I'm done. ...maybe

Gary

LOL!

Lance Man

[Nostradamus]

Let it be known that I have it on good authority that the only reason why lance is posting his responses in bite-size nuggets, is to pad his post count.

That's right. You heard it here first.

heh. :

Yeah, but he stole the idea from me. We will see who has no life!

[Megs]

Stealing from Lance (and making no apology that I will also post in "bite sized nuggets", in order to pump up my numbers ):

Name: Megan
Location: Chantilly, VA
Place of birth: Abington, PA
Date of birth: 03/02/77 (Birthday coming up!)
Current age: 25
Occupation: Lease Analyst/Supervisor
Height: 5'7
Weight: 135
Hair colour: I am an original blond, but dye my hair brown with highlights, much to the chagrin of my mother.
Eye colour: Auburn brown. I love my eyes.
Skin tone: The palest, whitest girl you'll ever meet.
Distinguishing marks: Uh. I don't know. My tattoo on my lower back, probably.
Siblings: Two younger sisters, and an older brother. I also consider my sister's fiance, and my brother's fiance as my siblings.
Pets: 2 cats, Conan and Tabby.
Hobbies: Sleeping. And eating. Reading. Hanging out with my husband. Collecting DVDs and watching movies.

[Megs]

This or That

Pizza or Hamburger: Pizza
Coke or Sprite: Sprite
Ice cubes or Crushed: Cubes
Rain or Sunshine: Sunshine
Pop music or Rock music: Pop ( )
Newspaper or TV news: Newspaper
Bicycle or Skateboard: Bicycle
Snowboarding or Skateboarding: Skateboarding
Fake tans or natural skin: Natural
N*sync or Backstreet Boys: N*Sync ( )
UK music or American music: American
MTV or VH1: I enjoy bits of both.
The Simpsons or South Park: South Park
Tony Blair or George Bush: Ugh. I will reluctantly say Bush.
North Pole or South Pole: North
CDs or Cassettes: CDs
Books or Mags: Books
Bracelets or Necklaces: Necklaces
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Washing the dishes or taking out garbage: Garbage

[Nostradamus]

Part Three of my response:
*~*All about You*~*

Most happy moment: Seemingly random moments of inner bliss.
Most sad moment: My sadness is usually diffuse rather than pointed.
Most angry moment: The local constabulary once did a pretty good job of pissing me off for no good reason.
Most confusing moment: Shortly after the above, a friend gave me some unexpected good news; it was like trying to shift into reverse while already driving forward at high speed.
Most embarrassing moment: Sheesh, it's bad enough that a few people in RL know about that; you think I want it all over the 'Net?!
Most regretful moment: I'm the sort of of preson that regrets the things I didn't do.
Most sinful moment: It wasss my birthday. Deagol ought to have given it to me. It had obviously turned up just so asss to be a present. It wasss my birthday present. Yessss... My Preciousssss...
Most dirty moment: When I was a small child, my friends and I decided to transform my sandbox into a mud pit. I don't think those socks were salvagable.