I've always had a fondness for these About Me questionairres. In fact, when I first set up my blog I uploaded my backlog of surveys that I'd amassed back in my Myspace days. If you like this one, feel free to look over past entries here, here, here, here, here, and even here. I'd also love to read your answers to any of these questions, serious or comedic. Just send me a comment down below. Enjoy!
1) How old do you wish you were?
I'm happy with my current age. I just wish I felt like I did when I was seven.
2) Where were you when 9/11 happened?
I was in Seuss Landing at Universal Studios: Islands of Adventure. I had no idea why every tourist was suddenly leaving the park all at the same time, but Universal was offering free guest passes to everybody at the gate. Florida was also being threatened by a hurricane that week and the news outlets couldn't figure out which story to focus on. Two days later I was playing Liverlips at the Magic Kingdom to a guest attendance of about two hundred people. Steve Irwin was in the park, but I never got to meet him. That's my 9/11 story. Fun, huh?
3) What do you do when vending machines steal your money?
I simply accept the fact that this amoral world of ours has targeted me personally for its amusement and left me with no course of action except to curl up quietly and seethe.
4) Do you consider yourself kind?
Yeah. Like the other day when I didn't push that kid down for screaming his head off like I really, really wanted to? See, I'm a nice guy.
5) If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
On a disposable paper plate.
6) If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?
I would love to have been fluent in German when I was taking German so I wouldn't have had to study German. But now I'd love to instantly download Japanese into my head.
7) Do you know your neighbors?
I know of them.
8) What do you consider a vacation?
Anything involving a roller coaster park so I can cower in the face of death and then lie later about being insanely courageous.
9) Do you follow your horoscope?
Nah, I don't put much stock in it. I occasionally look up common traits about Scorpios whenever I need a self-esteem boost. I was also born in the year of the rat, which makes me venomous and rabid.
10) Would you move for the person you loved?
That was how I found her. But yes, I'll always put Ginny first. (Is she reading this? Somebody make sure she's reading this).
11) Are you touchy feely?
I am with my wife and most quadruped mammals (dogs, cats, cows, camels, elephants, the occasional yak).
12) Do you believe that opposites attract?
If we're talking physics I think that's been proven already. But in terms of relationships, I think the 'birds of a feather' axiom takes dominance. Successful couples probably have eighty percent similarities and twenty percent differences, enough to keep things off balance.
13) Dream job?
A curator at a videogame museum.
14) Favorite channel(s)?
When it comes to TV I'm into specific shows with little attention to what they air on. So let me go with internet channels instead. Itsjustsomerandomguy, How It Should Have Ended, Nostalgia Critic, Honest Trailers, and my wife's diet review channel (for which I'm usually manning the iPad camera).
15) Favorite place to go on weekends?
The abyss of imagination where anything is possible.
16) Showers or Baths?
Showers. Baths are too bathy.
17) Do you paint your nails?
Accidentally, like when I'm trying to paint anything but my nails.
18) Do you trust people easily?
I used to. Guess how that played out.
19) What are your phobias?
I'm afraid of paid vacations, movie premiers, and big piles of money; why do you ask?
20) Do you want kids?
Not particularly. In fact I kind of want other people to stop having them as well.
21) Do you keep a handwritten journal?
I keep notebooks to jot down ideas and rough drafts. But not for the sake of journaling. I don't find my day to be that remarkable.
22) Where would you rather be right now?
*points* Over there. Come to think of it, why aren't I? Hang on...okay that was a real disappointment.
23) Who makes you feel warm and fuzzy?
The aforementioned wife and most quadruped mammals (dogs, cats, cows, camels, elephants, the occasional yak).
24) Heavy or light sleeper?
How should I know? Either way I'm asleep during it.
25) Are you paranoid?
I honestly feel too insignificant to think anyone is out to get me. Although is it just me or did you ever notice that if you take the 'I' out of 'Paranoid' you can rearrange the letters and get 'Pandora'?
26) Are you impatient?
Internally yes, but I'm quite adept at repression.
27) Who can you relate to?
People who answer questionnaires with snarky responses. Or more specifically, introspective, eccentric, creative people who are defeated by their own idleness. They're great.
28) How do you feel about interracial couples?
I'm happy they found each other.
29) Have you been burned by love?
Remember that trust question from earlier?
30) What's your favorite pick-up line?
I don't like pick-up lines. Although in retrospect I wonder how "I don't like pick-up lines" would have worked as a pick-up line.
31) What's your main ring tone on your mobile?
I have it set on vibrate. It makes it easier to ignore.
32) What were you doing at midnight last night?
I was lying in bed wide awake worrying that the moment would become significant to an online questionnaire in the near future.
33) What did the last text on your cellphone say?
It didn't say anything. I had to read it. HAHAHA!!! I've been waiting 42 years to tell that joke. Well I don't have my phone handy but I'm pretty sure it was a sweet text from my wife reminding me again that those casino machines are rigged.
34) Whose bed did you sleep in last night?
Mine and my wife's. I apparently like to stretch out a lot.
35) What color shirt are you wearing?
Forward, aren't we? I'm wearing a grey shirt with a collar. See me yet? I'll try waving.
36) Most recent movie you watched?
The Avengers: Age of Ultron. I liked it very much, but I felt the movie should have had nine prequels to really help me understand what was going on.
37) Name three things you have on you at all times?
I have to NAME my wedding ring, keys and wallet? *sigh* Fine, I'll go with Ringo, Francis Scott, and Barbara.
38.) What color are your bed sheets?
They're white with, I don't know, some kind of pattern on them. A flower maybe? You know I actually have important things to remember, right?
39) How much cash do you have on you right now?
Come on, seriously. How much for the oil filter?
40) What is your favorite part of the chicken?
The way it crosses the road for no discernible reason.
41) What's your favorite town/city?
I don't really have an answer to that so I'll make one up. It's a little out of the way place that I never go to because it's a little out of the way, called Town City. Hands down, they have the most people with their hands down. Nobody ever gets called on in class or held up at gunpoint. Their motto is 'You haven't lived until you've been born'. In fact it's a law. Everyone who lives there has been born at one time or another.
42) I can't wait till:
I'm sorry to hear that. Are you okay with waiting tables?
43) Who got you to join LJ?
1) How old do you wish you were?
I'm happy with my current age. I just wish I felt like I did when I was seven.
2) Where were you when 9/11 happened?
I was in Seuss Landing at Universal Studios: Islands of Adventure. I had no idea why every tourist was suddenly leaving the park all at the same time, but Universal was offering free guest passes to everybody at the gate. Florida was also being threatened by a hurricane that week and the news outlets couldn't figure out which story to focus on. Two days later I was playing Liverlips at the Magic Kingdom to a guest attendance of about two hundred people. Steve Irwin was in the park, but I never got to meet him. That's my 9/11 story. Fun, huh?
3) What do you do when vending machines steal your money?
I simply accept the fact that this amoral world of ours has targeted me personally for its amusement and left me with no course of action except to curl up quietly and seethe.
4) Do you consider yourself kind?
Yeah. Like the other day when I didn't push that kid down for screaming his head off like I really, really wanted to? See, I'm a nice guy.
5) If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
On a disposable paper plate.
6) If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?
I would love to have been fluent in German when I was taking German so I wouldn't have had to study German. But now I'd love to instantly download Japanese into my head.
7) Do you know your neighbors?
I know of them.
8) What do you consider a vacation?
Anything involving a roller coaster park so I can cower in the face of death and then lie later about being insanely courageous.
9) Do you follow your horoscope?
Nah, I don't put much stock in it. I occasionally look up common traits about Scorpios whenever I need a self-esteem boost. I was also born in the year of the rat, which makes me venomous and rabid.
10) Would you move for the person you loved?
That was how I found her. But yes, I'll always put Ginny first. (Is she reading this? Somebody make sure she's reading this).
11) Are you touchy feely?
I am with my wife and most quadruped mammals (dogs, cats, cows, camels, elephants, the occasional yak).
12) Do you believe that opposites attract?
If we're talking physics I think that's been proven already. But in terms of relationships, I think the 'birds of a feather' axiom takes dominance. Successful couples probably have eighty percent similarities and twenty percent differences, enough to keep things off balance.
13) Dream job?
A curator at a videogame museum.
14) Favorite channel(s)?
When it comes to TV I'm into specific shows with little attention to what they air on. So let me go with internet channels instead. Itsjustsomerandomguy, How It Should Have Ended, Nostalgia Critic, Honest Trailers, and my wife's diet review channel (for which I'm usually manning the iPad camera).
15) Favorite place to go on weekends?
The abyss of imagination where anything is possible.
16) Showers or Baths?
Showers. Baths are too bathy.
17) Do you paint your nails?
Accidentally, like when I'm trying to paint anything but my nails.
18) Do you trust people easily?
I used to. Guess how that played out.
19) What are your phobias?
I'm afraid of paid vacations, movie premiers, and big piles of money; why do you ask?
20) Do you want kids?
Not particularly. In fact I kind of want other people to stop having them as well.
21) Do you keep a handwritten journal?
I keep notebooks to jot down ideas and rough drafts. But not for the sake of journaling. I don't find my day to be that remarkable.
22) Where would you rather be right now?
*points* Over there. Come to think of it, why aren't I? Hang on...okay that was a real disappointment.
23) Who makes you feel warm and fuzzy?
The aforementioned wife and most quadruped mammals (dogs, cats, cows, camels, elephants, the occasional yak).
24) Heavy or light sleeper?
How should I know? Either way I'm asleep during it.
25) Are you paranoid?
I honestly feel too insignificant to think anyone is out to get me. Although is it just me or did you ever notice that if you take the 'I' out of 'Paranoid' you can rearrange the letters and get 'Pandora'?
26) Are you impatient?
Internally yes, but I'm quite adept at repression.
27) Who can you relate to?
People who answer questionnaires with snarky responses. Or more specifically, introspective, eccentric, creative people who are defeated by their own idleness. They're great.
28) How do you feel about interracial couples?
I'm happy they found each other.
29) Have you been burned by love?
Remember that trust question from earlier?
30) What's your favorite pick-up line?
I don't like pick-up lines. Although in retrospect I wonder how "I don't like pick-up lines" would have worked as a pick-up line.
31) What's your main ring tone on your mobile?
I have it set on vibrate. It makes it easier to ignore.
32) What were you doing at midnight last night?
I was lying in bed wide awake worrying that the moment would become significant to an online questionnaire in the near future.
33) What did the last text on your cellphone say?
It didn't say anything. I had to read it. HAHAHA!!! I've been waiting 42 years to tell that joke. Well I don't have my phone handy but I'm pretty sure it was a sweet text from my wife reminding me again that those casino machines are rigged.
34) Whose bed did you sleep in last night?
Mine and my wife's. I apparently like to stretch out a lot.
35) What color shirt are you wearing?
Forward, aren't we? I'm wearing a grey shirt with a collar. See me yet? I'll try waving.
36) Most recent movie you watched?
The Avengers: Age of Ultron. I liked it very much, but I felt the movie should have had nine prequels to really help me understand what was going on.
37) Name three things you have on you at all times?
I have to NAME my wedding ring, keys and wallet? *sigh* Fine, I'll go with Ringo, Francis Scott, and Barbara.
38.) What color are your bed sheets?
They're white with, I don't know, some kind of pattern on them. A flower maybe? You know I actually have important things to remember, right?
39) How much cash do you have on you right now?
Come on, seriously. How much for the oil filter?
40) What is your favorite part of the chicken?
The way it crosses the road for no discernible reason.
41) What's your favorite town/city?
I don't really have an answer to that so I'll make one up. It's a little out of the way place that I never go to because it's a little out of the way, called Town City. Hands down, they have the most people with their hands down. Nobody ever gets called on in class or held up at gunpoint. Their motto is 'You haven't lived until you've been born'. In fact it's a law. Everyone who lives there has been born at one time or another.
42) I can't wait till:
I'm sorry to hear that. Are you okay with waiting tables?
43) Who got you to join LJ?
K's departure when the alphabet got reversed?
44) What did you have for dinner last night?
I had a hotdog. Man, what a boring answer. Let me dress it up a bit. It was the kind of evening one would expect in the middle of May, a bit muggy but not altogether unpleasant. My hunger pangs hadn't set in yet, but with the foreknowledge of my schedule the following morning dinner struck me as appropriate. I had a hotdog. No, it still sucks.
45) How tall are you barefoot?
5' 10" if I'm not jumping.
47) Do you own a gun?
And risk shooting my eye out? Do you think I learned nothing from whatever that movie was with the Christmas story in it?
48) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Milk. Root Beer. Dr. Thunder. Anything that's not horrible.
49) What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Lure them into what? Huh? Who are you, anyway? Why should I trust you with information that's clearly meant to be secret? Boy, you're really presumptuous. And don't think I didn't notice you skipped question 46 either.
56) Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Wow, we skipped a lot of questions. I must have hit a nerve. Sorry, whoever you are. Let's see, ten years (excuse me, yrs). You know, looking back on my life, there is no point I would accurately have predicted where I'd be ten yrs later. My goal is to have at least one book published by then. So that gives me like nine yrs to procrastinate writing one.
57) Last thing you ate?
A bit of healthy chocolate chip cake; healthy because it was only a bit.
58) What songs do you sing in the shower?
John Rutter's Requiem -I don't know! Whatever I have in my head at the time. Probably that Everything is Awesome/Let it Go medley that's been stuck there for the past year.
59) Last thing that made you laugh?
My paystub.
60) Worst injury you've ever had?
I don't know if my six days of hospitalization due to dehydration counts as an injury or just stubbornness on my part, but that diving board-to-the-face experience is the only time I've had stitches. And that joke about the cellphone text from earlier certainly injured my dignity.
61) Does someone have a crush on you?
Well since I've been married for six years. I think it's safe to say that my wife has advanced beyond the crush phase of our relationship. As for anybody else in the world, I certainly hope not. That would be most uncomfortable.
62) What's your favorite candy?
Oh no. It's YOU isn't it? YOU have a crush on me! No wonder you were asking me if I paint my nails. Look, I'm flattered and all that (and since you asked, I like Reese's), but you really need to find somebody else. There are a lot of nice, lonely, miserable people out there like yourself waiting for that special someone. Just be true to you.
63) What song do you want played at your funeral?
Pepperoni and cheese. Wait, no, that's what I want on my tombstone. You know, I have a song that I wrote called "It'll Be Okay" that I'd love to have performed at my funeral. I don't think I've posted those lyrics on my blog yet but yeah. That's the one.
44) What did you have for dinner last night?
I had a hotdog. Man, what a boring answer. Let me dress it up a bit. It was the kind of evening one would expect in the middle of May, a bit muggy but not altogether unpleasant. My hunger pangs hadn't set in yet, but with the foreknowledge of my schedule the following morning dinner struck me as appropriate. I had a hotdog. No, it still sucks.
45) How tall are you barefoot?
5' 10" if I'm not jumping.
47) Do you own a gun?
And risk shooting my eye out? Do you think I learned nothing from whatever that movie was with the Christmas story in it?
48) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Milk. Root Beer. Dr. Thunder. Anything that's not horrible.
49) What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Lure them into what? Huh? Who are you, anyway? Why should I trust you with information that's clearly meant to be secret? Boy, you're really presumptuous. And don't think I didn't notice you skipped question 46 either.
56) Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Wow, we skipped a lot of questions. I must have hit a nerve. Sorry, whoever you are. Let's see, ten years (excuse me, yrs). You know, looking back on my life, there is no point I would accurately have predicted where I'd be ten yrs later. My goal is to have at least one book published by then. So that gives me like nine yrs to procrastinate writing one.
57) Last thing you ate?
A bit of healthy chocolate chip cake; healthy because it was only a bit.
58) What songs do you sing in the shower?
John Rutter's Requiem -I don't know! Whatever I have in my head at the time. Probably that Everything is Awesome/Let it Go medley that's been stuck there for the past year.
59) Last thing that made you laugh?
My paystub.
60) Worst injury you've ever had?
I don't know if my six days of hospitalization due to dehydration counts as an injury or just stubbornness on my part, but that diving board-to-the-face experience is the only time I've had stitches. And that joke about the cellphone text from earlier certainly injured my dignity.
61) Does someone have a crush on you?
Well since I've been married for six years. I think it's safe to say that my wife has advanced beyond the crush phase of our relationship. As for anybody else in the world, I certainly hope not. That would be most uncomfortable.
62) What's your favorite candy?
Oh no. It's YOU isn't it? YOU have a crush on me! No wonder you were asking me if I paint my nails. Look, I'm flattered and all that (and since you asked, I like Reese's), but you really need to find somebody else. There are a lot of nice, lonely, miserable people out there like yourself waiting for that special someone. Just be true to you.
63) What song do you want played at your funeral?
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