Here are my answers to the questionnaire. I'm a slow worker & it's a long questionnaire.
I've left some of your own answers in where I would have answered the same
BASICS
Your gender: Male
Straight/gay/bi?: Straight
Single?: Yes
Want to be?: No
Your birth day: 15/12/56
Age you act: Anywhere between 20-ish and my actual age
Age you wish you were: 25-30
Your height: 5'7"
The color of your eyes: Blue-grey
Happy with it?: Yes
The color of your hair: Light brown/Dark blonde, take your pick
Happy with it?: Yes, but not the quantity.
Left/right/ambidextrous?: Partly ambidextrous: I write with my right hand, play guitar & keyboards lefthanded & can do a few things either way
Your living arrangement?: Shared house, currently with 4 women
Your family: Mum, Dad, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, 3 nephews, 2 nieces.
What's your job: Gardener/cleaner
Piercings?: None
Tattoos?: Two very small accidental ones on left knee
Obsessions? Internet, music, food, drink (alcoholic or not)
Pets: No, But if i could, would like several cats and a (whippet/wolfhound cross) lurcher like our sadly missed family pooch. Sandy was an awesome pet
A must have accessory: Another guitar. Or a do-everything sound processor.
Do you speak another language?: A bit of French
Have a favorite quote?: Either this wallpaper goes or I do
Do you have a webpage?: No
DEEP THOUGHTS
Do you live in the moment?: Varies
Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?: I do my best, but dont always succeed
Do you have any secrets?: Yes
Do you hate yourself?: Things about myself, on occasion
Do you like your handwriting?: Yes
Do you have any bad habits?: Yes. Many
What is the compliment you get most from people?: That their garden looks much better. Better than what, they don't say
If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?: Oh shit! I forgot my lines.
What's your biggest fear?: Guns, knives, being in an accident or explosion drowning, being attacked
Can you sing: Yep, but not brilliant. Nasally voice
Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool: No
Are you a loner?: Some of the time, and some of the time I'm happy about it, sometimes not
If you were another person, would you be friends with you?: Probably
Are you a daredevil?: I do have it in me - alcohol is often involved but not always
Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?: Yes
Are you passive or aggressive?: mostly passive
What is your greatest strength and weakness?: Good: Organising, I'm good in emergencies & I care about people. Bad: crap at small talk, organising my own life, especially emo stuff
If you could change one thing about yourself?: Spend less time thinking or 'preparing' and more actually doing
There are three wells: Love, mind, strength which one do you choose?: Mind, but love is a very close second.
How do you vent?: Shouting sometimes throwing things down or door slamming
Do you think you are emotionally strong?: No
Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?: Yes, several of both
Do you think life has been good so far?: roughly 50/50
What is the most important lesson you've learned from life?: That sometimes it sucks and there is nothing you can do about it
What do you like the most about your body?: So far - the ability to eat so much junk & not gain weight
And least?: Er .... losing my hair early (family trait), big feet, my fingers are a bit short for a guitar player
Do you think you are good looking?: No
Are you confident?: Only when I'm really comfortable - with folk I know well, when I'm in familiar situations, or doing something I know about
What is the fictional character you're most like?: I don't know
Do people know how you feel?: I tend to bottle things up - so most of the time probably not.
Are you perceived wrongly?: Possibly
Smoke?: No
Do drugs?: No
Read the newspaper?: Sometimes
Pray?: No
Go to church? No
Talk to strangers who IM you?: Not set up, but I usually answer posts to my journal from strangers
Sleep with stuffed animals?: No
Take walks in the rain?: Not through choice
Talk to people even though you hate them?: Mostly, but not if they are being objectionable at the time
Drive?: No
Like to drive fast?: Not unless everyone else is at the same speed (but doing 90 as a pillion on a friend's bike was exhilarating, I admit)
HAVE YOU EVER...
Liked your voice?: No
Hurt yourself?: Yes
Been out of the country?: Yes, as often as I can afford to
Eaten something that made other people sick?: Not knowingly.
Burped?: Yes
Been unfaithful?: No, hypothetical, but if the chance arose & I was in a relationship, I might.
Been in love?: Yes, still am.
Gone skinny dipping?: No
Had a surgery?: Yes
Ran away from home?: No
Played strip poker?: No
Beat someone up? No
Gotten beaten up?: Punched a few times
Been picked on?: Yes
Been on stage?: Yes: singing & comedy Improv.
Been so drunk that you know you're supposed to go out on a date with someone, but you can't remember with who or when, and that you faint when you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, not to mention your breath?: Er, not that situation but there've been times when I didn't know what day it was
Slept outdoors?: Yes
Thought about suicide?: Yes, but not with the intention of doing it
Pulled an all-nighter?: Yes
If yes, what is your record?: till about 6 am
Gone one day without food?: Yes, when ill (2 days)
Talked on the phone all night?: No
Slept together with the opposite sex without actually having sex?: No
Slept all day? Yep, 18 hours once
Killed someone?: No
Made out with a stranger?: No
Had sex with a stranger?: Not a complete stranger
Thought you're going crazy?: Yes
Kissed the same sex?: No
Done anything sexual with the same sex?: No
Been betrayed?: Yes
Had a dream that came true?: Once or twice
Broken the law?: Yes
Met a famous person?: A few.
Have you ever killed an animal by accident?: Not that I'm aware of
Stolen anything?: Yes
Been on radio/TV: Radio
Been in a mosh-pit?: Yes (I was taking - surprisingly sharp - photo's on at least two occasions)
Considered religious vocation?: No
Had sex: Yes
Been criticized about your sexual performance?: Not to my face
Bungee jumped?: Not bloody likely!
Had a dream that kept coming back?: Yes. Two of them turned out to be based on childhood memories of events I didn't understand at the time; they stopped once I figured them out
CLOTHES
Shoe brand: Any that I like, that I consider worth the money
Brand of clothing?: I can be a magpie (& it probably shows) but I'm fond of Levi & Wrangler jeans & the occasional 'Next' item
Do you wear cologne?: No
Do you wear perfume?: Aftershave only
Favorite jewelry: None
Wear hats?: baseball cap or beanie
Judge other people by their clothing?: I try not to
Wear make-up?: No.
Favorite place to shop?: None really
Favorite article of clothing?: Jeans
Are you trendy?: No
Would you rather wear a uniform to school?: Yes - but I didn't think so when I had to
BELIEFS
Believe in life on other planets?: Yes
Miracles?: Yes, but i believe they are natural events that we haven't figured out yet
Astrology?: Not the ones you read in papers & mags, but I think there is something in it
Magic?: Depends how you frame it. Things (even simple stuff) which are commonplace to us, like TV, would be seen as sorcery in the middle ages
God? : Not in the biblical sense
Satan?: As above.
Santa?: Er, no. You-you mean he's not real?!! *sob*
Ghosts?: Yes
Luck?: Yes. You can make your own 'luck' but I know of people who have stretched credibility on that count
Love at first sight?: Yes.
Yin and Yang?: I dont know. Is that the "What goes around, comes around" business? If so, yes
Witches?: Yes, but not in the supernatural sense
Easter bunny?: phoo-ey! Yes
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: Yes
Believe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?: with an easter bunny in it
Do you wish on stars?: No. I can't get to them.
LOVE
Did you get frightened or uncomfortable seeing that as a section title?: No
Do you remember your first love?: Yes - cos I was a dork, showing off in front of my mates. I lost her
Still love him/her?: I do wonder what she's doing now
Do you consider love a mistake?: No
What do you find romantic? 'Sharing' - whether it is material things or something like a private joke, when you know what the other is thinking without them saying anything; all kinds of silly stuff
Turn-on?: Intelligence, a shared sense of humour. Confident, 'Strong' women in public who are submissive in private. Spanking (but not being spanked)
Turn-off?: Doormats. The bristles make my dick sore
Do you base your judgement on looks alone: I used to but it's amazing how desirable someone can become when you get to know them
If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel?: Uncomforatble but probably flattered nonetheless
Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them or going "blind"?: Would prefer to know them a little first, but what the hey!
Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out?: Yes
Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive?: If i was romantically attracted to them they would have been attractive in some respect: who's judging what is or isn't 'physically attractive'?
Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?: Highly unlikely
What is best about the opposite sex?: Erm ...
What is the worst thing about the opposite sex: When they fart, turn over & steal the duvet. Oh, hang on - that's us
What's the last present someone gave you?: Various stuff at Christmas
Are you in love?: Yes, but it is one-way. *sigh*
Do you consider your significant other hot?: She isn't, but she certainly is
What would you do if you were walking down the street and saw some hot guy/girl standing on the sidewalk?: Depends whether our eyes met. If they did I'd probably trip over.
THE LAST PERSON...
That haunted you?:
You wanted to kill?: Bloody text edit on my Mac, for classing English spellings as mistakes. Bastard! Twat!
That you laughed at?: (Not in the sense of mocking) Probably Doplex, Creamy or musselman
That laughed at you?: As above (that I know of)
That turned you on?: Well someone mistook me for a lightswitch once
You went shopping with?: A friend who went into almost every shop in kingston, while Christmas shopping then got all her purchases back at the first shop.
That broke your heart?: A long, long time ago .....
To disappoint you?: Myself. Again.
To ask you out?: I was actually chatted up a while ago but was too fucking dumb & incredulous to 'go with the flow' . I blew it
To make you cry?: Eric BogleThe guy who wrote And the band played Waltzing Matilda (if you don't like accordion music turn the sound off before linking to it)
To brighten up your day?: Seeing something funny in the news or on here
That you thought about?: Whether I should have another tea - it's all of 20 mins since the last
You saw a movie with?: My friend, Anya
You talked to on the phone?: My boss at the cleaning company
You talked to through IM?: Don't use it (tried to set it up a few months ago, didn't work, gave up. Advice welcome.
You saw?: Megan, one of my housemates
You lost?: No one recently
You hung out with: (when they weren't busy playing records or setting up) Brokenhouse, Pearlbass
You thought was completely insane?: Paul Gascoigne? Pete Doherty? The U.S foreign policy administrators?
You wanted to be?: Robert Kilroy-Silk (only kidding) Billy Ray Armstrong
You told off?: One of my cleaners, for pretending to have been on site 20 mins before she got there. I knew because I let someone else in at the time she said she was there
I've left some of your own answers in where I would have answered the same
BASICS
Your gender: Male
Straight/gay/bi?: Straight
Single?: Yes
Want to be?: No
Your birth day: 15/12/56
Age you act: Anywhere between 20-ish and my actual age
Age you wish you were: 25-30
Your height: 5'7"
The color of your eyes: Blue-grey
Happy with it?: Yes
The color of your hair: Light brown/Dark blonde, take your pick
Happy with it?: Yes, but not the quantity.
Left/right/ambidextrous?: Partly ambidextrous: I write with my right hand, play guitar & keyboards lefthanded & can do a few things either way
Your living arrangement?: Shared house, currently with 4 women
Your family: Mum, Dad, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, 3 nephews, 2 nieces.
What's your job: Gardener/cleaner
Piercings?: None
Tattoos?: Two very small accidental ones on left knee
Obsessions? Internet, music, food, drink (alcoholic or not)
Pets: No, But if i could, would like several cats and a (whippet/wolfhound cross) lurcher like our sadly missed family pooch. Sandy was an awesome pet
A must have accessory: Another guitar. Or a do-everything sound processor.
Do you speak another language?: A bit of French
Have a favorite quote?: Either this wallpaper goes or I do
Do you have a webpage?: No
DEEP THOUGHTS
Do you live in the moment?: Varies
Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?: I do my best, but dont always succeed
Do you have any secrets?: Yes
Do you hate yourself?: Things about myself, on occasion
Do you like your handwriting?: Yes
Do you have any bad habits?: Yes. Many
What is the compliment you get most from people?: That their garden looks much better. Better than what, they don't say
If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?: Oh shit! I forgot my lines.
What's your biggest fear?: Guns, knives, being in an accident or explosion drowning, being attacked
Can you sing: Yep, but not brilliant. Nasally voice
Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool: No
Are you a loner?: Some of the time, and some of the time I'm happy about it, sometimes not
If you were another person, would you be friends with you?: Probably
Are you a daredevil?: I do have it in me - alcohol is often involved but not always
Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?: Yes
Are you passive or aggressive?: mostly passive
What is your greatest strength and weakness?: Good: Organising, I'm good in emergencies & I care about people. Bad: crap at small talk, organising my own life, especially emo stuff
If you could change one thing about yourself?: Spend less time thinking or 'preparing' and more actually doing
There are three wells: Love, mind, strength which one do you choose?: Mind, but love is a very close second.
How do you vent?: Shouting sometimes throwing things down or door slamming
Do you think you are emotionally strong?: No
Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?: Yes, several of both
Do you think life has been good so far?: roughly 50/50
What is the most important lesson you've learned from life?: That sometimes it sucks and there is nothing you can do about it
What do you like the most about your body?: So far - the ability to eat so much junk & not gain weight
And least?: Er .... losing my hair early (family trait), big feet, my fingers are a bit short for a guitar player
Do you think you are good looking?: No
Are you confident?: Only when I'm really comfortable - with folk I know well, when I'm in familiar situations, or doing something I know about
What is the fictional character you're most like?: I don't know
Do people know how you feel?: I tend to bottle things up - so most of the time probably not.
Are you perceived wrongly?: Possibly
Smoke?: No
Do drugs?: No
Read the newspaper?: Sometimes
Pray?: No
Go to church? No
Talk to strangers who IM you?: Not set up, but I usually answer posts to my journal from strangers
Sleep with stuffed animals?: No
Take walks in the rain?: Not through choice
Talk to people even though you hate them?: Mostly, but not if they are being objectionable at the time
Drive?: No
Like to drive fast?: Not unless everyone else is at the same speed (but doing 90 as a pillion on a friend's bike was exhilarating, I admit)
HAVE YOU EVER...
Liked your voice?: No
Hurt yourself?: Yes
Been out of the country?: Yes, as often as I can afford to
Eaten something that made other people sick?: Not knowingly.
Burped?: Yes
Been unfaithful?: No, hypothetical, but if the chance arose & I was in a relationship, I might.
Been in love?: Yes, still am.
Gone skinny dipping?: No
Had a surgery?: Yes
Ran away from home?: No
Played strip poker?: No
Beat someone up? No
Gotten beaten up?: Punched a few times
Been picked on?: Yes
Been on stage?: Yes: singing & comedy Improv.
Been so drunk that you know you're supposed to go out on a date with someone, but you can't remember with who or when, and that you faint when you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, not to mention your breath?: Er, not that situation but there've been times when I didn't know what day it was
Slept outdoors?: Yes
Thought about suicide?: Yes, but not with the intention of doing it
Pulled an all-nighter?: Yes
If yes, what is your record?: till about 6 am
Gone one day without food?: Yes, when ill (2 days)
Talked on the phone all night?: No
Slept together with the opposite sex without actually having sex?: No
Slept all day? Yep, 18 hours once
Killed someone?: No
Made out with a stranger?: No
Had sex with a stranger?: Not a complete stranger
Thought you're going crazy?: Yes
Kissed the same sex?: No
Done anything sexual with the same sex?: No
Been betrayed?: Yes
Had a dream that came true?: Once or twice
Broken the law?: Yes
Met a famous person?: A few.
Have you ever killed an animal by accident?: Not that I'm aware of
Stolen anything?: Yes
Been on radio/TV: Radio
Been in a mosh-pit?: Yes (I was taking - surprisingly sharp - photo's on at least two occasions)
Considered religious vocation?: No
Had sex: Yes
Been criticized about your sexual performance?: Not to my face
Bungee jumped?: Not bloody likely!
Had a dream that kept coming back?: Yes. Two of them turned out to be based on childhood memories of events I didn't understand at the time; they stopped once I figured them out
CLOTHES
Shoe brand: Any that I like, that I consider worth the money
Brand of clothing?: I can be a magpie (& it probably shows) but I'm fond of Levi & Wrangler jeans & the occasional 'Next' item
Do you wear cologne?: No
Do you wear perfume?: Aftershave only
Favorite jewelry: None
Wear hats?: baseball cap or beanie
Judge other people by their clothing?: I try not to
Wear make-up?: No.
Favorite place to shop?: None really
Favorite article of clothing?: Jeans
Are you trendy?: No
Would you rather wear a uniform to school?: Yes - but I didn't think so when I had to
BELIEFS
Believe in life on other planets?: Yes
Miracles?: Yes, but i believe they are natural events that we haven't figured out yet
Astrology?: Not the ones you read in papers & mags, but I think there is something in it
Magic?: Depends how you frame it. Things (even simple stuff) which are commonplace to us, like TV, would be seen as sorcery in the middle ages
God? : Not in the biblical sense
Satan?: As above.
Santa?: Er, no. You-you mean he's not real?!! *sob*
Ghosts?: Yes
Luck?: Yes. You can make your own 'luck' but I know of people who have stretched credibility on that count
Love at first sight?: Yes.
Yin and Yang?: I dont know. Is that the "What goes around, comes around" business? If so, yes
Witches?: Yes, but not in the supernatural sense
Easter bunny?: phoo-ey! Yes
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: Yes
Believe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?: with an easter bunny in it
Do you wish on stars?: No. I can't get to them.
LOVE
Did you get frightened or uncomfortable seeing that as a section title?: No
Do you remember your first love?: Yes - cos I was a dork, showing off in front of my mates. I lost her
Still love him/her?: I do wonder what she's doing now
Do you consider love a mistake?: No
What do you find romantic? 'Sharing' - whether it is material things or something like a private joke, when you know what the other is thinking without them saying anything; all kinds of silly stuff
Turn-on?: Intelligence, a shared sense of humour. Confident, 'Strong' women in public who are submissive in private. Spanking (but not being spanked)
Turn-off?: Doormats. The bristles make my dick sore
Do you base your judgement on looks alone: I used to but it's amazing how desirable someone can become when you get to know them
If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel?: Uncomforatble but probably flattered nonetheless
Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them or going "blind"?: Would prefer to know them a little first, but what the hey!
Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out?: Yes
Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive?: If i was romantically attracted to them they would have been attractive in some respect: who's judging what is or isn't 'physically attractive'?
Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?: Highly unlikely
What is best about the opposite sex?: Erm ...
What is the worst thing about the opposite sex: When they fart, turn over & steal the duvet. Oh, hang on - that's us
What's the last present someone gave you?: Various stuff at Christmas
Are you in love?: Yes, but it is one-way. *sigh*
Do you consider your significant other hot?: She isn't, but she certainly is
What would you do if you were walking down the street and saw some hot guy/girl standing on the sidewalk?: Depends whether our eyes met. If they did I'd probably trip over.
THE LAST PERSON...
That haunted you?:
You wanted to kill?: Bloody text edit on my Mac, for classing English spellings as mistakes. Bastard! Twat!
That you laughed at?: (Not in the sense of mocking) Probably Doplex, Creamy or musselman
That laughed at you?: As above (that I know of)
That turned you on?: Well someone mistook me for a lightswitch once
You went shopping with?: A friend who went into almost every shop in kingston, while Christmas shopping then got all her purchases back at the first shop.
That broke your heart?: A long, long time ago .....
To disappoint you?: Myself. Again.
To ask you out?: I was actually chatted up a while ago but was too fucking dumb & incredulous to 'go with the flow' . I blew it
To make you cry?: Eric BogleThe guy who wrote And the band played Waltzing Matilda (if you don't like accordion music turn the sound off before linking to it)
To brighten up your day?: Seeing something funny in the news or on here
That you thought about?: Whether I should have another tea - it's all of 20 mins since the last
You saw a movie with?: My friend, Anya
You talked to on the phone?: My boss at the cleaning company
You talked to through IM?: Don't use it (tried to set it up a few months ago, didn't work, gave up. Advice welcome.
You saw?: Megan, one of my housemates
You lost?: No one recently
You hung out with: (when they weren't busy playing records or setting up) Brokenhouse, Pearlbass
You thought was completely insane?: Paul Gascoigne? Pete Doherty? The U.S foreign policy administrators?
You wanted to be?: Robert Kilroy-Silk (only kidding) Billy Ray Armstrong
You told off?: One of my cleaners, for pretending to have been on site 20 mins before she got there. I knew because I let someone else in at the time she said she was there
[Edited on Feb 06, 2005 7:46PM]