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AlinaTaurawen
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Name: Ana
Gender: Female
Interests: learning. laughing.
Expertise: Doubting. But learning. and laughing.
Occupation: Student
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
5/6/2003
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| By now, I'm no longer very sure of my readership on this blog, but it's probably one of the main ones that people I know read. I think it's time for a horizontal merger, so I'm picking up and moving house to http://venoteheb.wordpress.com. Yes, that is "Beethoven" letter-scrambled. I had just finished up a paper on a biography of him when I made up the username, and was not in a creative mood. In any case, that's where I'll be from now on. Unless I'm in China, but I'll give further notice if that happens.
Cheers!
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| I'm of the opinion that addressing weblog posts to a singular person is a little idiotic, and unless I do it with the pure intent of letting off steam on a blog that the person to whom the post is addressed does not read, I try to avoid it. Nevertheless, I haven't got much in the way of options, so here we are:
I am not on AIM very often right now, since I'm in the process of writing a thesis; I've little doubt that the habit will kick in again once I'm done, however. You may also want to check your buddy list to make sure that you've unblocked the proper screen names. I think I've changed screen names at least three times since 2006, and I'm quite certain I notified you each time. Otherwise, you always have the option of unblocking me on some other channel (this one, for instance).
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| I WANT MY EMAIL, AND I WANT IT NOW!
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HAH, well at least I didn't wait up for it. Waitlist burn - something I never experienced in the college application process. Still waiting on PiA.
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No longer waiting. Employment status for next year currently at red -_-.
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| 1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
I was well on my way to getting my first "5" time on a hilly run in the canyon, when, about halfway through the course, some bunch of jocks decided they needed to pick up their time, and more or less pushed me down one of the smaller hills. I skidded and bounced, but nothing was hurt except for the gash that, at the time, took up my entire elbow. I scarpered for the next uphill so I could ask a patrolling teacher if he had any Band-aids; he didn't. I pounded the last mile in, dripping blood, and got a "4."
2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Daigo-ji. The last film series A picture taken on the steps of Olin. A cartoon about drummers and conductors. A sick rat. An art piece that looks like a multi-framed tulip in a vase to me, but is probably much more than that.
3. DO YOU SNORE, GRIND YOUR TEETH, OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP?
I clench my jaw. I've been known to breathe loudly.
4. WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
Depends on what I'm doing. My playlists are labelled "Broadway," "Chinese," "Japanese," "Classical," "Disney," "Running," and "Everything Else."
5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
No se.
6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
A kittenbus.
7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
The economy.
8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION (S)?
As much as I hate it and curse it, I NEED my computer. It and I have a symbiotic relationship.
9. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
Supposedly, 5'5"
10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
No, I'm actually a little agoraphobic, sometimes.
11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
When I'm walking around in an unfamiliar place and I can't hear anything clearly.
12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?
Anand. He was chopping onions. (I didn't actually tear, but it made me itchy and sniffly)
13. WHAT'S YOUR WORST FEAR?
NO KITTENBUS.
14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
I like to think that I'm the kind of gal that looks for a personality before getting attracted. I tend to prefer it if a guy HAS hair and eyes, and beyond that it's catch-as-catch-can.
15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING PROPOSED TO AT?
Hasn't your mother ever told you that you shouldn't end your sentences with prepositions?
16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK?
Taste or caffeine?
17. FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?
CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE.
18. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
String cheese. I had the weirdest craving for it, so I bought a pack earlier.
19. FAVORITE COLOR OF ALL TIME?
My favorite color has changed across time, so I guess I don't have to answer this question.
20. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A GOLDFISH?
A REAL ONE? :(. I can't believe I used to LIKE the Pepperidge Farm ones, though.
21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST MEANINGFUL GIFT YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED?
I don't usually get gifts with scads of meaning attached to them. I think that one time Christy gave me a paper bag full of things really random common things that she'd constructed insanely flattering symbolic meanings to and explained with a post-it stuck to each item is pretty much the best-fit here.
22. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?
On Wang Leehom.
23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
As in, do I have two joints? Why yes, many more than that, in fact. I am most exceedingly flexible in the fingers, if that's pertinent.
24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
Haven't really got one. I tend to like the fits at Express pretty consistently.
25. WHO IS YOUR FAV FEMALE/MALE CELEBRITY?
Wang Leehom.
26. DO YOU HAVE A PET RIGHT NOW?
The goldfishes? They're not really mine.
27. WHAT KIND IS IT?
^
28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
On purpose? Possibly not. I don't know. It's supposed to be pretty unpredictable.
30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED:
82
31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
I'm a straight girl, thanks.
32. FAVORITE QUOTE?
"If you're out on the road,
feelin' lonely and so cold,
all you have to do is call my name
and I'll be there, on the next train.
Where you lead, I will follow,
anywhere that you tell me to;
if you need - you need me to be with you,
I will follow where you lead."
33. FAVORITE PLACE?
Beddy-bye.
34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE USA?
Yerse.
35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Sloth and gluttony. The other five aren't so much a problem.
36. MET ANYONE FAMOUS?
I feel like I have, but it wasn't very meaningful for me, which would explain why I don't remember it.
37. FIRST JOB?
Party City.
38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
Nope.
39. DO YOU THINK EVERYONE OUT THERE HAS A SOULMATE?
I'm rather dubious about that.
40. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED THIS OUT?
Examining the curious irritation on my right ear.
41. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SURGERY?
For my teeth.
42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
Recently? My leading ladies. Usually? My hair.
43. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES?
Yeah. I still have this minor indent inside and beneath my bottom lip where my flute and my braces sandwiched my lip.
44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
A pleasant surprise. Tiny one'll do. Like, "Surprise! Eggs on toast," or "Surprise! One of those nice overcast days." The bigger the surprise, the less likely it is to be a surprise.
45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT AND THEIR NAMES?
Of my own? None, thanks.
46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No; I was rescued from a terrible cutesy fate.
47. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TURN OFF OF THE OPPOSITE SEX?
It sort of varies with personalities. Frequent belligerent drunkenness pops to mind.
48. WHAT IS ONE THING YOU LIKED ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL?
Being safe. It was okay to just have a lot of potential, and not have to do anything about it just yet.
49. WHAT KIND OF SHAMPOO DO YOU USE?
Herbal Essences.
50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Sometimes.
51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Roast beef was a favorite of mine in high school, and turkey with provolone was a hit. Given the choice to eat anything, lunch meat isn't usually involved in my decision, however.
52. ANY BAD HABITS?
Scads.
53. ARE YOU A JEALOUS PERSON?
In the purely green-faced envy sense? Not really. Jealousy is usually just frustration with myself for me.
54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Maybe?
55. DO YOU AGREE WITH FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS?
As a philosophy? I tend to think that it ends up being a lot more messy than the participants believe it will be at first.
56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
Yes.
57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
I rip up clean sheets of paper into small pieces, gather them up and throw them into the air around me. Or I hit big drums. Or I leak it out in semi-secret rants.
59. WHAT'S YOUR MAIN GOAL IN LIFE?
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...
60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
Bear.
61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
I'd estimate somewhere between 15 and 20. My phone's downstairs, and I'm up.
62.WERE YOU A FAN OF BARNEY AS A LITTLE KID?
Yes, but then Baby Bop showed up.
63. Do you use sarcasm?
Naw, ya think?
64. MASHED POTATOES OR MACARONI AND CHEESE?
Mashed potatoes.
65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
Uhh... I don't know that I actually actively search for anything. Ya either got it, or you don't.
66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
Too many.
67. FAVORITE SUPER POWER?
Teleportation.
68. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW?
"Gilmore Girls"
69.WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH YOUR ENEMIES?
Attack from the west.
70. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Coffee liqeuor (AUGH I can't ever spell that word) with some form or other of chocolate.
71. DO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR FINGERS AND TOES?
Yeh.
72. DO YOU HAVE A COMPUTER IN YOUR ROOM?
Yeh.
73. PLANS FOR TONIGHT?
Sleep.
74. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE WHEN YOU ARE OLDER?
Home. Hopefully by then, it will involve a location.
75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
In the world? No. I can think of several people whose answers I could live without.
76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
"Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr," says my computer.
77. LAST THING YOU DRANK?
Water
78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Will
79. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX
Hair, usually, although not in and of itself. Vis-a-vis face, I guess. No, honestly - even if it's not the first thing I see, I'm not usually struck by anything until the face. Then something else might catch my attention, and thereafter, that something else may be what holds my attention.
80. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?
Whatever strikes my fancy.
81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE?
Hannah Montana and High School Musical. It's just so EASY.
82. FAVORITE SEASON OF THE YEAR
Autumn.
83. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF CANDY?
Varies with my fancy, but rarely does not involve chocolate. At the moment, I could fancy one of those Lindt mint-filled chocolate balls, although I can never eat more than one of them.
84. HAVE YOU EVER REALLY AND TRULY HAD A BEST FRIEND?
REALLY and TRULY?! Well, if we're talking REALLY and TRULY... No seriously, a best friend is defined by the individual, not by some third-party definition that's somehow supposed to be universal. I've had a few.
85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?
Black
86. EYE COLOR?
Brown
87. SHOE SIZE?
7-ish
88. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE?
Malan Lamian. NOM!
89. FAVORITE RESTAURANT?
I don't have any, come to think of it. I've a partiality for Souplantation, and I don't think there's been more than two breaks at home when I haven't gone, but it's more of a settled dependable than a favorite.
90. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
NOT THE CAMPUS SUSHI!
91. WATCH TV TODAY?
Nope.
92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
Friday 13th. There was this one year when there were three, and life was excellent.
93. PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS?
Yes.
94. REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
Democrat-ish.
95. KISSES OR HUGS?
Hugs.
96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
I don't really get one-night stands. I mean, that's a good two or three hundred calories you're wasting right there.
97. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
String cheese and air freshener for our troublesome bathroom.
98. WOULD YOU EVER BE A HOUSEWIFE?
Doubt it'll be possible in my generation.
99. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
I WAS reading "Blu's Hanging," but I accidentally finished it two nights ago.
100. DESCRIBE YOUR LIFE:
No.
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| You know, even if you take the trouble to use footprints-less access so that I can't tell where my site views are coming from, the number changes, and there really aren't that many other people who have incentive to hide the fact that they are reading this blog from me. If I were really going to hold a grudge, I wouldn't keep this unlocked, especially since I have at least 6 other blogs to pick from. Just thought I should let you know.
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