The Knitting Journeyman

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

5000 Questions Part 4

I found I had answered a few sections--and saved them. So I am going to go through and make sure all the answers are still current. Here's the first one.......


301. List 5 things you have not experienced that you would like to experience before you die.

A travel to British Isles


B travel to Europe


C travel to Egypt


D travel to Brazil


E sky-diving



302. Will you try to accomplish any of these things within the next year?
maybe one or two of them


303. What do you feel controlled by?
Fate


304. If Jesus appeared to you and told you that the moon was made of green cheese would you believe him?
no
not unless he could back it up with scientific proof

305. What is one thing you are sure of?
everything changes


306. At what part of the day do you feel the most alert?
depends on the day


307. Have you ever played in a band?
yes


308. Have you ever stared into the ocean thinking 'early creatures crawled outta that'?
yes


309. If not, what do you think of when you are staring into the ocean?
lots of things come to mind


310. Do you like the mental challenge of chess or other games?
sometimes


311. Do you ever think of where your atoms were before they were in you?
not often


312. Do you ever think about where your atoms will go after they have been in you?
not really


313. If you didn't know that people couldn't fly do you think that you could?
no-only because the idea of falling scares me so


314. Are you someone that others call when they're having a problem and want to talk about it?
all the time


315. When it comes to literature, do you see beyond the writing and into the meaning intended by the author?
yes
people hate that about me


316. Is there anything you can take apart completely, and then put back together, and have no left over parts?
don't know--never tried


317. What are your feelings about the death penalty?
depends on many things


318. If there was a god and you could ask him/her one question what would it be?
why?


319. Do you believe that life will be found on other planets?
yes


320. What is something worth suffering for?
love


321. If you could put an extra eye on your body anywhere you wanted, where would you put it?
palm of my left hand


322. Are you in touch with the earth and nature?
yes
way too much sometimes


323. Would you rather live simply or extravagantly?
simply


324. Have you ever been camping?
yes
I love it

325. Is your heart open when you meet someone new?
unfortunately yes
every darn time


326. Are you able to have conversations with and become friends with people who are not like you and are interested in different things than you are?
yes
no issues with that one


327. Are strangers more beautiful or frightening to you?
beautifully frightening
frighteningly beautiful


328. What stops you from doing everything you want to do?
me


329. Can you think of three adjective that do not apply to you at all?
killer
murdered
judas


330. How do you feel about Jeremy Jaynes, who got a nine year prison sentence for spamming people with junk email (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Jaynes)?
so what's to feel?
neutral


331. Do you know who the current premier of China is?
no


332. Are you very active?
depends-sometimes more active than others


333. Is there a city that reminds you of the landscape of your brain?
New Orleans, pre-Katrina

334. Have you ever loved someone who has loved you back?
I thought so at the time
-now there is someone new and it's a definite yes


335. Is it really being 'in love with' someone if the other person doesn't love you?
so they say


336. Do you believe that there is someone perfect for everyone or that people just fall in love with who ever they are with at the time?
both


337. Do you know secret things?
yes


338. Have you ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have?
yes--too many times


339. How do you overcome your fears?
I just do things despite my fear


340. What can you do better than anyone you know?
spout obtuse facts about darn near anything and everything

341. Would you benefit from a wilder existence?
yes and no


342. Does it seem to you like the range of socially acceptable behavior is getting smaller or larger?
larger and larger
when it shouldn't be--
I am not suggesting it get smaller--but some of the real stupidity has got to stop

343. Have you ever fired a gun?
yes
all my life since i was a kid-
didn't say I was good at it-but still....

344. Are people becoming more afraid of each other?
some of them


345. If you had to choose the percentage of freedom vs. safety what ratio would you decide on (ex: 100% free 0% safe)?
I can't do that--I would have to know circumstances and all sorts of other things in order to weigh things and decide as they come


346. Does safety stifle you?
depends on the rules being applied


347. Who or what needs to be stopped?
I don't have time to make a list
really



348. Are human beings becoming more domesticated?
better than cattle--but it's not a new thing


349. Do you follow the lives of the British Royal Family?
not really


350. How did the death of Pope John Paul II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II) affect you?
it didn't--ti doesn't

351. Have you ever lost something and never found it?
yes

352. Do you listen to any talk radio shows?
not very often anymore


353. Who do you trust more, your friends or your parents?
friends


354. Would you ever date someone outside of your race or religion?
yes
been there, done that, donated the t-shirt


355. Which of the 7 deadly sins in the worst (gluttony, greed, pride, lust, envy, wrath, sloth)?
why should one be worse than the other?


356. Which one are you most guilty of?
probably sloth


357. Are you afraid to be alone with yourself?
no


Do you try to avoid thinking?
sometimes more than others


358. Would you venture to tell someone you loved him or her if they didn't say it first?
yes


359. What are you the most sensitive about?
r/M


360. What can you talk about for hours?
depends on with whom I am talking


361. Do you talk about yourself, other people, or ideas the most?
depends on the circumstances


362. Do you believe that spell casting can work?
yes

363. Are you a fan of The Legend of Zelda games?
no

364. What old movie would you go see if it were re-released in the movie theaters?
Niagra Falls


365. Is there a celebrity that you would be too starstruck to talk to if you met them?
probably,
probably Madonna-or anyone in Duran Duran :-)


366. Have you ever left a mean unsigned note?
no
I sign them


367. Do you think it's cheesy to paste things you didn't write into your diary?
not at all


368. What are three things that you try not to think about?
the ex
the ex
the ex
yep--three different ones

369. Is casual sex acceptable for you?
used to be
not any more


370. What form of sexual protection do you use?
condoms condoms condoms


371. What is expected of you that you feel is unnatural or not right?
depends on the situation


372. Do you sometimes place your own expectations on other people?
no
I work all together too hard not to do that


373. Do you sometimes act overeager to make friends when you are around strangers?
never


374. Do you take everything that is said literally?
sometimes
well, ok
frequently


375. Do you take most things others say seriously?
yes, depending on the person


376. Do you have a quick wit?
yes, sometimes
it's more sharp than quick


377. Do you believe in the need for political correctness?
depending upon the situation yes


378. Do you have strong opinions and beliefs?
yes, very


379. If yes, can you still hang out with and be friends with people who disagree with you?
yes, I do it every day


380. Are you uptight?
not really

381. Do you sometimes do risky things?
yes


382. Could just about anyone hold your interest in a conversation for at least ten minutes?
yes


383. Are you self-conscious?
quite


384. What would be your ideal destination for a Saturday afternoon?
hiking in the mountains/woods


385. Does anyone have a video tape of you doing something embarrassing?
yes
more than 1

386. What is Kevin Smith’s(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Smith) best movie?
an evening with kevin smith


387. Where do you like to go on Friday or Saturday nights?
home


388. Do you like your friends to act the same way all the time or do you accept their moods and changes?
I accept their moods and changes


389. Do you often feel like other people are judging you?
yes


390. What do you think other people judge you to be like?
depends on the person


391. Are you quick to judge others?
not particularly

392. When you have a fight with someone do you want to talk about it right away or calm down first and then talk?
calm down


393. Some say love is a river (according to the old song). What do you say love is?
a battlefield


394. What is the worst fault a person can have?
lack of empathy

395. Do you have it?
in abundance


396. Which do you think has more impact on a person’s character, genetics or environment?
both


397. Who was your first best friend?
BC


398. If you are not best friends anymore, what came between you?
oh--a few hundred miles, the a few hundred more
we were only kids


399. Who have you read a biography about?
I have read hundreds and hundreds of biographies

400. What would your own autobiography be called?
Respite