A Few Fun Questions--Getting to Know One Another

[CellarDweller115]

Ok, I got this survey in my email, and I've posted it on other websites.  I ususally get good responses to it, so I figured I would post it here.

If you want, copy it, and reply with your own answers.  If not, no biggie!



1) Your name: Charles (but I hate that.....call me Chuck!)

2) Age: 37

3) Zodiac: Capricorn

4) Siblings: 2 younger brothers

5) favorite author: Steven King

6) Fav. type of music: Freestyle (80's dance.  Think TKA, Cover Girls, Stevie B.)

7) scariest thing i've ever done: Tell everyone I'm gay.

Fav cartoon: SuperFriends......WonderTwin Power's Activate

9) Fav. singer: Madonna

10) Fav. TV Show: "Charmed" "Medium"

11) Favorite movie: "Brokeback Mountain"

12) Worst phobia: Heights

13) Fav. class in school: Childhood Development

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: Yes, just about everywhere.

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Yes. I make a kick ass stromboli.

16) Fav. current song: "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada

17) Fav. song.. oldie: "99 Luftballons" by Nena

18) Dream in B/W or color: Color

19) More friends now or then: now....definitly now!

20) purpopsely embarrased someone: Of course!!!

21) Bad habit: Biting my nails

22) Hidden stash of adult material: Oh yes. LOL

23) Best halloween costume: I once dressed like Budman from the Budweiser ads.

24) Favorite Magazine: The Advocate

25) Favorite smells: new car.....new baby

26) Favorite sounds: laughter

27) Worst feeling in the world: Being alone and depressed

28) 1st thing you think of when I wake up: Ohhhh here we go.

29) Favorite color: Green

30) Future child's names & why: male or female: Charisma/girl, Aidan/boy....I love different names.

31) important thing in life: If something is not meant to be, accept it and move on.  Lingering on it will not make it better.

32) Favorite foods: Boneless Buffalo Chicken

33) Storms; cool or scary? Definitely Cool

34) first car: 1970 Dodge Duster.

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: Jesus

36) My dream job: I still haven't figured that out.

37) Ever been in love: Not yet

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Half full!!! Be positive!

39) Favorite sport to watch: Figure Skating!

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: One time, when I was camping with my friends, I was walking with a tray of junk food to the picnic table, and the laces of my left boot got hooked on the eye-hooks of my right boot and I tripped and belly flopped into the dirt with my face landing in all the food on the tray.

[CellarDweller115]

Just bumping up this survey.

Didn't get any replies when I first put it up, but maybe the timing was off, and everyone was too "new" to want to share.

I'll try again, and maybe get some replies.  If not, that's cool too.

[Nick_F]

1) Your name: Nick (Doh!)

2) Age: 39

3) Zodiac: Scorpio (and very typically so)

4) Siblings: one of each both older

5) favorite author: Too Difficult

6) Fav. type of music: Almost anything, as long as it hits the spot for whatever reason

7) scariest thing i've ever done: Nothing Really (sorry)

Fav cartoon: Original Scooby Doo (not Scrappy)

9) Fav. singer: Too hard - kd lang, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Luther V., Moya Brennan

10) Fav. TV Show: Star Trek's, Stargate's, X Files, 24,

11) Favorite movie:  Alien

12) Worst phobia: Public Toilets

13) Fav. class in school: All of them

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: Mr Tickle knows

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Yes, and good at it too

16) Fav. current song: All Sparks - The Editors

17) Fav. song.. oldie: "Quiet Life - Japan" - reminds me of being 14

18) Dream in B/W or color: Color

19) More friends now or then: Now

20) purpopsely embarrased someone: Maybe once or twice, but not nastily

21) Bad habit: Worrying

22) Hidden stash of adult material: Of course

23) Best halloween costume: We don't really do Halloween in England

24) Favorite Magazine:

25) Favorite smells: Food - a fresh man (can i say that!)

26) Favorite sounds: music, birdsong, the wind, the sea

27) Worst feeling in the world: Stomach cramps

28) 1st thing you think of when I wake up: Oh No.

29) Favorite color: Green or Black

30) Future child's names & why: male or female: no chance of that, I only like other people's kids ( i wouldn't inflict myself on a child)

31) important thing in life: Don't judge other people by your own yardstick.

32) Favorite foods: salad, pasta, fish

33) Storms; cool or scary? Definitely Cool

34) first car: Renault something or other

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: er dont know

36) My dream job: I still haven't figured that out.

37) Ever been in love: A little once - didn't like it

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Empty

39) Favorite sport to watch: Football (the proper kind not American)

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: Way too many, something involving "The Charleston" on a bar somewhere whilst very drunk perhaps

[Nick_F]

Come on Guys dish the dirt.....

Open up.... and let us see what makes y'all tick!

[Bubble Wrap]

1) Your name: Nic...never Nicky!

2) Age: 22

3) Zodiac: Cancer

4) Siblings: One brother

5) favorite author: At the moment Robert Ludlum

6) Fav. type of music: Rock

7) scariest thing i've ever done: Hmmm...oh wow, how boring am I!  I can't think of anything!

 Fav cartoon: I do love old school Tom and Jerry

9) Fav. singer: I don't really have one...more of a band kinda gal

10) Fav. TV Show: Scrubs at the moment

11) Favorite movie: Coming to America  :-[

12) Worst phobia: Don't really have one

13) Fav. class in school: Geography

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: I can be but only if I want to be...most people find it very annoying that I can turn being ticklish on and off at will 

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Yup!

16) Fav. current song: Right now...Mardy Bum, by Arctic Monkeys

17) Fav. song.. oldie: Would I Lie to You, Charles and Eddie

18) Dream in B/W or color: Colour

19) More friends now or then: Now

20) purpopsely embarrased someone: More than likely!

21) Bad habit: Moi?  Bad habits?!

22) Hidden stash of adult material: Nope, booooring!

23) Best halloween costume: Moulin Rouge girl

24) Favorite Magazine: NME is good for a laugh

25) Favorite smells: Mums cooking when I go home

26) Favorite sounds: Music

27) Worst feeling in the world: Hopelessness

28) 1st thing you think of when I wake up: ALARM...SHUT UP!

29) Favorite color: Right now it's pink

30) Future child's names & why: I dunno!

31) important thing in life: Make yourself happy, and make as many other people as you can happy too.

32) Favorite foods: Strawberries

33) Storms; cool or scary? Cool 

34) first car: I still can't drive 

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: That requires more thought than I have in me on a Sunday night!

36) My dream job: Playing bass full time...or being a hydrographic surveyor...I'd take either

37) Ever been in love: Yup

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Knowing me half empty 'cause I've drunk the rest! 

39) Favorite sport to watch: Rugby

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: Once i was late for a lesson in school...I ran down the stairs past everyone to get to it, fell over, skidded on my knees across the floor and head butted a window :-[

[Nick_F]

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: Once i was late for a lesson in school...I ran down the stairs past everyone to get to it, fell over, skidded on my knees across the floor and head butted a window


Sorry that made me laugh!!

[Bubble Wrap]

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: Once i was late for a lesson in school...I ran down the stairs past everyone to get to it, fell over, skidded on my knees across the floor and head butted a window


Sorry that made me laugh!!

It's a good one that one    Of course, not so funny when you're a 14 year old girl in school!

[CellarDweller115]

bubble, I'm loving your story!

[Bubble Wrap]

bubble, I'm loving your story!

If it helps to increase the love you may also be amused to know that the reason for the skidding was due to the floor being rather muddy and wet!  An older girl picked me up...oh the shame!!!

[Rob.]

  OK - I'll jump in...gonna be some odd ones though !

1) Your name: Rob (Given Robert - only use Rob - hate Robbie/Bobby)

2) Age: 41 (chronoligical) definately don't look or feel it though

3) Zodiac: Libra (And it's oh so true)

4) Siblings: One younger sister

5) favorite author: I read ANYTHING voraciously - no favorite

6) Fav. type of music: Anything but country (Well, most)

7) scariest thing i've ever done: Sky diving

8)Fav cartoon: Bugs Bunny Comedy hour

9) Fav. singer: Enya (I know - how trite )

10) Fav. TV Show: CSI and Gilmour Girls (So shoot me)

11) Favorite movie: "Brokeback Mountain"

12) Worst phobia: Spiders

13) Fav. class in school: History

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: Yes!  Especially ribs after I lost 40 pounds

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Yes.

16) Fav. current song: Hung Up - Madonna

17) Fav. song.. oldie: "Would I lie to you" by Eurythmics

18) Dream in B/W or color: Both

19) More friends now or then: Now

20) purpopsely embarrased someone: Yes - but only a good friend as retribution

21) Bad habit: Smoking (sigh)

22) Hidden stash of adult material: Stash?  Yep.  Hidden - Nope!

23) Best halloween costume: Wonder Woman (3 years ago and it was hilarious - thank god I don't have a hairy chest)

24) Favorite Magazine: PC Gamer (Yes, I'm a game geek - have been since 1988)

25) Favorite smells: Giorgio (On a man!)

26) Favorite sounds: Nature itself - rivers/wind etc

27) Worst feeling in the world: Being let down (No such thing as easily)

28) 1st thing you think of when I wake up: I honestly can never remember!

29) Favorite color: Black (With silver)

30) Future child's names & why: male or female: No kids - never will - no interest

31) important thing in life: Make each day count!  Don't know if there will be a tomorrow

32) Favorite foods: Pasta

33) Storms; cool or scary? Cool (and sexy)

34) first car: 1967 VW (My father and I restored it in 1980 when I turned 16)

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: Hitler (I would then like to make him dead)

36) My dream job: I have it

37) Ever been in love: Yes, and no

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Half full - always

39) Favorite sport to watch: Tennis (Funny enough - I was a Figure Skater )

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: Ugh..parents used to have a station wagon and they let me take it to a movie one night when I was 17. 9 people in the car and me trying to act all cool.  So we're leaving the theatre and smart old me puts the car in reverse instead of drive - backed the car right up the guide wire of a hydro pole (Back wheels were off the ground) RIGHT in front of a police man - who proceeded to nearly fall over he was laughing so hard.  Friends and I still jokle about that to this day.

  Just a little about me

  Rob
 
 

[Carissa]

1) Your name: Carissa

2) Age: 29 (though I'm awfully close to 30  )

3) Zodiac: Pisces

4) Siblings: 1 older brother

5) favorite author: J.R.R. Tolkien

6) Fav. type of music: Top 40 and indie pop rock (basically anything except heavy metal and hardcore rap)

7) scariest thing i've ever done: Told a boy that I liked him (then he told me he was gay a year later)

Fav cartoon: "The Simpsons"

9) Fav. singer: Bette Midler

10) Fav. TV Show: "Lost" "Grey's Anatomy"

11) Favorite movie: "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy"

12) Worst phobia: Bugs (except for lady bugs and fireflies)

13) Fav. class in school: In college, "Magical Mushrooms and Mischievious Molds" and "Introduction to Wines"

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: Yes, arouind my stomach, particularly my sides

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Yes, but I have no idea how.  I can follow a recipe though.

16) Fav. current song: "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt

17) Fav. song.. oldie: I don't know if it's considered an oldie, but "Ghost" by the Indigo Girls is my all-time favorite

18) Dream in B/W or color: Color

19) More friends now or then: More friends then but better and closer friends now

20) purpopsely embarrased someone: Absolutely

21) Bad habit: I'm a little bit of a pack rat.

22) Hidden stash of adult material: Yup.

23) Best halloween costume: The night sky

24) Favorite Magazine: I'm a magazine whore so I love reading everything from Newsweek to People to Sports Illustrated to Cosmopolitan

25) Favorite smells: The rain, baby, any guy wearing Davidoff's Cool Water (it makes me weak in my knees)

26) Favorite sounds: laughter, especially children's

27) Worst feeling in the world: Lonliness

28) 1st thing you think of when I wake up: "What's the latest I can sleep before I absolutely have to get up?"

29) Favorite color: Purple

30) Future child's names & why: male or female: male, Christian because I've always liked it.  female, Ella Victoria, to honor my paternal grandparents and I like the way it sounds.

31) important thing in life: love from others and for yourself

32) Favorite foods: Chocolate, pretzels, chicken parm.

33) Storms; cool or scary? Cool

34) first car: My parents' 1986 Buick Century

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: Martin Luther King Jr.

36) My dream job: I'm working towards it, Nurse (though sitting on a beach drinking pina coladas all day wouldn't be a bad gig either!)

37) Ever been in love: Not yet

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Half full

39) Favorite sport to watch: Baseball (Go Yankees!)

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself:  I went back to my college for band camp the summer after I graduated.  After the last night of band camp they have this big party at a local pizza place.  There were about 200+ people there.  Some friends were doing shots without me so I tried to jump over this little wall.  But my legs were too short so I only got one over before I fell backwards on my back to the floor.  I just jumped up and threw my hands in the air like I just landed a vault better than Kerri Strug's one legged landing.  Everyone laughed but I was mortified.

[Island_boy]

Umm .. OK, here goes. Not very adept at these things. Haha   

1) Your name: Chris

2) Age: 34

3) Zodiac: Taurus

4) Siblings: None. Am an only child.

5) favorite author: Paulo Coelho, Bill Bryson

6) Fav. type of music: 80s British retro (think Duran, Depeche, TearsforFears) and pop

7) Fav. singer: Madonna

Scariest / Stupidest thing I've done: Did "it" without protection. Scared myself shitless for 4 months before taking the "test". Thank god its negative... vowed never to do it ever (and stuck to the vow).

9) Fav. cartoon: South Park

10) Fav. TV Show: Sex And The City

11) Favorite movie: Moulin Rouge, BBM, Bridget Jones' Diary

12) Worst phobia: catching any forms of VD

13) Fav. class in school: History

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: Yes, if someone licks me behind my ears. Sends chills down my spine.

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Yes. Specialise in sphagetti

16) Fav. current song: "Sorry" by Madonna / "Do You Want To?" by Franz Ferdinand

17) Fav. song.. oldie: TONS of them .. erm ... "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" by Pet Shop Boys

18) Dream in B/W or color: B/w

19) More friends now or then: Now for sure.

20) purpopsely embarrased someone: Of course!!! *sharpens claws*

21) Bad habit: Habitual nose digger

22) Hidden stash of adult material: Heee heee *shy voice* yes.

23) Best halloween costume: Once dressed as Obiwan Kenobi :p

24) Favorite Magazine: Home & Decor / Wallpaper

25) Favorite smells: Smell of indian spices

26) Favorite sounds: laughter

27) Worst feeling in the world: Being alone and depressed

28) 1st thing you think of when I wake up: Uhh .. its hard again.

29) Favorite color: White / Blue

30) Future child's names & why: male or female: Err ... haven't thought of it.

31) important thing in life: Meditate, meditate, meditate.

32) Favorite foods: Fish head curry

33) Storms; cool or scary? Definitely Cool

34) first car: Volkswagen Golf

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: Madonna / Buddha

36) My dream job: a DJ.

37) Ever been in love: YES!!

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Half full!!! Be positive!

39) Favorite sport to watch: Soccer (or Football, as they prefer to call it here in Singapore)

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: I accidentally walked into the ladies' toilet on board a ferry. Scared the hell out of a few women...

[CellarDweller115]

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: I accidentally walked into the ladies' toilet on board a ferry. Scared the hell out of a few women...

LMAO!  Priceless!

[leopoldo]

1) Your name: Leo

2) Age: 37

3) Zodiac: Virgo

4) Siblings: older sister, younger brother and sister

5) favorite author: too tough, but amongsdt my loves are William Faulkner, Kazuo Ishiguro, Angela Carter, Dickens, Cormac McCarthy

6) Fav. type of music: another tough one. New folk, electronica, some dance, some country, some bluegrass, some romantic classical and so on.

7) scariest thing i've ever done: nearly died.

 Fav cartoon: Does 'Spirited Away' count?

9) Fav. singer: At the moment Sufjan Stevens

10) Fav. TV Show: don't really have one

11) Favorite movie: "Brokeback Mountain", "Badlands"

12) Worst phobia: fairly phobia free

13) Fav. class in school: English

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: only if I'm not in the right frame of mind

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Hell yeah. But on a serious health kick right now, so I'm more 'preparing' than 'cooking'

16) Fav. current song: "Separate Ways" Teddy Thompson

17) Fav. song.. oldie: "God Only Knows" by Beach Boys

18) Dream in B/W or color: Colour

19) More friends now or then: now

20) purpopsely embarrased someone: no

21) Bad habit: random sluttishness

22) Hidden stash of adult material: a smidgeon

23) Best halloween costume: I'm a Brit. Stiff upper lip and all that.

24) Favorite Magazine: tend not to read them.

25) Favorite smells: I'm a smell obsessive: old English roses, wood yards, autumn rain, the sea in winter, spring mornings, pine forests, new mown hay... I could go on.

26) Favorite sounds: irrepressible laughter, the ocean, the wind down my chimney (and no, that isn't a double entendre)

27) Worst feeling in the world: that all the monsters have got past the locks and barricades I've so successfyully constructed.

28) 1st thing you think of when you wake up: Could be worse

29) Favorite color: Green

30) Future child's names & why: male or female: Stanley and Gladys... we inherit so much from our grandparents genetically, we might as well pass on a little more to those who'll never meet them.

31) important thing in life: Death comes quickly. He's the king of the premature ejaculators.

32) Favorite foods: in the summer, fresh fruit. In the winter, chili.

33) Storms; cool or scary? cool, but only if they're unlikely to kill. Then they're just plain horrible.

34) first car: 1978 ford Cortina

35) 1 person I would want to meet - dead or alive: no idea

36) My dream job: I don't think there is one - I should have been born to a life of leisure.

37) Ever been in love: Oh yes.

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Half full unless someone else has been drinking it.

39) Favorite sport to watch: soccer

40) Tell an embarrasing story about myself: Too many to mention, but I'll keep it mild. Farting just before ejaculation leading to giggle fit and rapid deflation. Yes, that's mild.

[cyoung]

1) Your name: Cara

2) Age: 44

3) Zodiac: Cancer

4) Siblings: 1 older brother, 1 younger brother, 1 younger sister

5) favorite author: Jane Hamilton

6) Fav. type of music: A little bit of almost everything (not too keen on jazz or rap)

7) scariest thing i've ever done: Had children.

Fav cartoon: Don't have one.

9) Fav. singer: Too many to name.

10) Fav. TV Show: None!

11) Favorite movie: Phantom of the Opera (Brokeback Mountain comes in a close second!)

12) Worst phobia: public speaking

13) Fav. class in school: English

14) Are you ticklish? Where?: Yep, feet especially.

15) Do I like to cook/bake: Most of the time, no. I'm lousy at it.

16) Fav. current song: Too many to name.

17) Fav. song.. oldie: "My Girl"

18) Dream in B/W or color: Color

19) More friends now or then: About the same.

20) purposely embarrassed someone: Yes, good-naturedly.

21) Bad habit: Chewing the skin around my fingernails.

22) Hidden stash of adult material: Not really, except for a few books of erotica.

23) Best halloween costume: Captain Jack Sparrow.

24) Favorite Magazine: Utne Reader.

25) Favorite smells: Springtime, coffee brewing.

26) Favorite sounds: children's laughter, music, the ocean, birdsong

27) Worst feeling in the world: Grief.

28) 1st thing you think of when I wake up: Oh God, is it morning already? Must. have. coffee. pronto!

29) Favorite color: Blue.

30) Future child's names & why: male or female: How about current children? Emily, Eric, and Andrew (Andy).

31) important thing in life: Love and cherish family and friends because they won't be around forever.

32) Favorite foods: Thai Basil Chicken.

33) Storms; cool or scary? LOVE thunderstorms.

34) first car: 1965 Mustang.

35) 1 person I would want to meet-dead or alive: actor Gerard Butler.

36) My dream job: Directing a movie or working in the film industry.

37) Ever been in love: Yes.

38) Glass 1/2 empty or full: Depends on my mood.

39) Favorite sport to watch: Don't really watch sports.

40) Tell an embarrassing story about myself: The time I met astronaut Sally Ride and was so awed I couldn't speak a word.