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stonebenderwith liberal borrowing from serenejournal
1. Who are you?
You really want to know? (I know too easy, but I couldn't resist) I'm an advocate, a liberal, a theater person, a wannabe the writer or you could just call me Guy.
2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?
I'm a work in progress. I think much less of myself than almost anyone else. I want to leave things better off than when I came here.
3. Who did you take this survey from (the entire survey is available here: http://www.myspace.com/5000_question_survey)? [Caution: that page will hurt your eyes. Hit the "The Questions" link as quickly as you can.]
It's allserenejournal fault! :-)
When you aren't filling out 5000 question surveys, what are you doing?
I'm Writing, Computering, Reading, singing, avoiding work, working, having sex (when I'm lucky). Not necessarily in that order.
4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).
In high school I loved an elective english course called Literature of the Tilted Mind. In college I loved An anthropology course about the evolution of flight. A improvisation for the theater course changed my life. In another way a history of theater course was very important to me. I loved doing my senior thesis and I also loved a practical theater course I took my senior year. In that class I got to act in so many theater pieces that I never would've gotten hired for. Got to play Leontes, did a Molière play and I got to direct Eugene O'Neill's Huey. Such a wonderful growing experience in the most positive way.
5. What is your biggest goal for this year?
I guess my goal (although I don't really do goals) is getting the money together to possibly go to Europe, but I've had that goal for years now.
6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Right here is fine, but richer. :-)
7. What stage of life are you in right now?
Middle age, want to make something of it?
8. Are you more child-like or childish?
Child-like, I guess. I still feel like a teenager even though my body is telling me different.
9. What is the last thing you said out loud?
"Take care, OK?" toloracs After she gave me the news of a friend's death.
10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?
"The Hideout" by Sarah Harmer (although that probably won't make any sense to anyone but me. I'm not depressed even though the song might make one think I was. I think of it as a comforting song. A homey song.
11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
I have, are you surprised? A dojo called Hand to Hand used to offer self defense classes for people with disabilities. The dojo kind of broke up. So they stopped offering the course. It's a shame because I was really enjoying the work out.
12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
It tends to do all of those things. However, I think there's been an upward trend, mostly.
13. Does time really heal all wounds?
It depends on the wound, but generally yes.
14. How do you handle a rainy day?
I get depressed.
15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
Losing my luggage. I didn't used to mind untangling things.
16. How is your relationship with your parents?
I'm not close to my parents, but we are cordial.
Will you miss them when they are gone?
I'm sure I will, but right now it doesn't feel like it.
17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
I can be if I need to be but not generally.
18. What is the truest thing that you know?
That no one gets out of here alive, and it's the only game in town.
19. What did you want to be when you grew up?
An astronaut.
20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
Oh yes, gobs of chances!
21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?
I'd like to think I'm a giver, I suspect that I lean a little toward the take.
22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?
I think I do unless I'm forced into a hasty decision.
23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?
Embarrassingly enough, I had a really bad case of gas once. It felt like my stomach was going to explode literally for hours. I had fantasies of cutting myself open with a knife just to relieve the pressure.
24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?
I'd rather not say.
25. Who have you hugged today?
Nobody :-(
26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
loracs has been especially good about listening to me, lately.
27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Yes, doesn't everybody?
28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?
Learn French, really understand math, learn guitar(which will be a trick since I can't move my arms. If guitar isn't "realistic" :-) learn Dutch.
29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?
I'm not sure. as long as no one holds me to it I'll say what people do.
30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Trust; goodwill; compatibility; goodwill; compassion; communication; goodwill.
31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?
A Go to outer space
B Write and sell a novel
C Go to Europe
32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?
A Causing another person's death
B
C
Can't think of two more.
33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
Nope.
34. What does each decade make you think of:
The 19..
20's: Prohibition, The Great Depression, Ziegfeld Follies.
30's: The Great Depression; the Wizard of Oz; World War II, FDR
40's: World War II; The Andrews Sisters, fascism, genocide
50's: Rock 'n' Roll; Elvis; my birth; Korea
60's: Hippies; VW bugs; Vietnam; Summer of Love; LSD; the Beatles
70's: Vietnam; high school; college; Disco; Saturday Night Fever; Star Wars; Close Encounters; Carol, SIU,
80's: Talking Heads; me me me; Billy Joel; Chicago, College, CIL, the Other Change of Hobbit, AIDS, BBS's
90's: Nirvana; politics; Derrick, Dawn, Tom
2000 (so far): serene, George Bush, extra solar planets
2010's: Who knows?
35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?
I feel like I understood the 70s, but I like most decades that I lived in.
36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
"Stairway to Heaven" or "Hotel California"
37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country?
The USA; an oligarchy of fiends.
If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be?
"I wish there was something I could say that would get you to understand how much damage you have caused"
38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
Any of the channels the play movies.
39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?
Wow, I have no idea. Captain Hook?
40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?
No, when I was a kid they wouldn't allow children with disabilities in the Boy Scouts..
41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?
I like flying. however for real world reasons, if I had the time, I'd take a boat.
42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?
Blue: because of the way the atmosphere scatters light; Black: because there's relatively little light reaching us with the sun on the other side of the earth.
43. What does your name mean?
I've been told that (I think it's in old German) it means strong leader.
44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?
Outer space, I get a little nervous about swimming around in open ocean.
45. Word association
What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:
Air: Breath
Meat: Loaf
Different: Similar
Pink: Poodle
Deserve: Qualify
White: Whale
Elvis: Presley
Magic: Box
Heart: Gold
Clash: Titan
Pulp: Fiction
46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be?
It's between my maternal grandfather and Helen Keller.
47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive?
I think I'd like to meet the Dalai Lama.
48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?
I like rewatching movies so I've got lots and lots of movies I'd like to watch: Godfather I and II, The Right Stuff, The Miracle Worker, Local Hero, Serenity, Papillion, The Great Escape etc. etc.
49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?
Avoiding the obvious survival stuff like chemical toilet, food, water. I'd bring a book. Probably something difficult to read, like Ulysses or Dhalgren.
serenejournal1. Who are you?
You really want to know? (I know too easy, but I couldn't resist) I'm an advocate, a liberal, a theater person, a wannabe the writer or you could just call me Guy.
2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?
I'm a work in progress. I think much less of myself than almost anyone else. I want to leave things better off than when I came here.
3. Who did you take this survey from (the entire survey is available here: http://www.myspace.com/5000_question_survey)? [Caution: that page will hurt your eyes. Hit the "The Questions" link as quickly as you can.]
It's all
serenejournal fault! :-)When you aren't filling out 5000 question surveys, what are you doing?
I'm Writing, Computering, Reading, singing, avoiding work, working, having sex (when I'm lucky). Not necessarily in that order.
4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).
In high school I loved an elective english course called Literature of the Tilted Mind. In college I loved An anthropology course about the evolution of flight. A improvisation for the theater course changed my life. In another way a history of theater course was very important to me. I loved doing my senior thesis and I also loved a practical theater course I took my senior year. In that class I got to act in so many theater pieces that I never would've gotten hired for. Got to play Leontes, did a Molière play and I got to direct Eugene O'Neill's Huey. Such a wonderful growing experience in the most positive way.
5. What is your biggest goal for this year?
I guess my goal (although I don't really do goals) is getting the money together to possibly go to Europe, but I've had that goal for years now.
6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Right here is fine, but richer. :-)
7. What stage of life are you in right now?
Middle age, want to make something of it?
8. Are you more child-like or childish?
Child-like, I guess. I still feel like a teenager even though my body is telling me different.
9. What is the last thing you said out loud?
"Take care, OK?" to
loracs After she gave me the news of a friend's death.10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?
"The Hideout" by Sarah Harmer (although that probably won't make any sense to anyone but me. I'm not depressed even though the song might make one think I was. I think of it as a comforting song. A homey song.
11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
I have, are you surprised? A dojo called Hand to Hand used to offer self defense classes for people with disabilities. The dojo kind of broke up. So they stopped offering the course. It's a shame because I was really enjoying the work out.
12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
It tends to do all of those things. However, I think there's been an upward trend, mostly.
13. Does time really heal all wounds?
It depends on the wound, but generally yes.
14. How do you handle a rainy day?
I get depressed.
15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
Losing my luggage. I didn't used to mind untangling things.
16. How is your relationship with your parents?
I'm not close to my parents, but we are cordial.
Will you miss them when they are gone?
I'm sure I will, but right now it doesn't feel like it.
17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
I can be if I need to be but not generally.
18. What is the truest thing that you know?
That no one gets out of here alive, and it's the only game in town.
19. What did you want to be when you grew up?
An astronaut.
20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
Oh yes, gobs of chances!
21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?
I'd like to think I'm a giver, I suspect that I lean a little toward the take.
22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?
I think I do unless I'm forced into a hasty decision.
23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?
Embarrassingly enough, I had a really bad case of gas once. It felt like my stomach was going to explode literally for hours. I had fantasies of cutting myself open with a knife just to relieve the pressure.
24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?
I'd rather not say.
25. Who have you hugged today?
Nobody :-(
26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
loracs has been especially good about listening to me, lately.27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Yes, doesn't everybody?
28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?
Learn French, really understand math, learn guitar(which will be a trick since I can't move my arms. If guitar isn't "realistic" :-) learn Dutch.
29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?
I'm not sure. as long as no one holds me to it I'll say what people do.
30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Trust; goodwill; compatibility; goodwill; compassion; communication; goodwill.
31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?
A Go to outer space
B Write and sell a novel
C Go to Europe
32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?
A Causing another person's death
B
C
Can't think of two more.
33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
Nope.
34. What does each decade make you think of:
The 19..
20's: Prohibition, The Great Depression, Ziegfeld Follies.
30's: The Great Depression; the Wizard of Oz; World War II, FDR
40's: World War II; The Andrews Sisters, fascism, genocide
50's: Rock 'n' Roll; Elvis; my birth; Korea
60's: Hippies; VW bugs; Vietnam; Summer of Love; LSD; the Beatles
70's: Vietnam; high school; college; Disco; Saturday Night Fever; Star Wars; Close Encounters; Carol, SIU,
80's: Talking Heads; me me me; Billy Joel; Chicago, College, CIL, the Other Change of Hobbit, AIDS, BBS's
90's: Nirvana; politics; Derrick, Dawn, Tom
2000 (so far): serene, George Bush, extra solar planets
2010's: Who knows?
35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?
I feel like I understood the 70s, but I like most decades that I lived in.
36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
"Stairway to Heaven" or "Hotel California"
37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country?
The USA; an oligarchy of fiends.
If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be?
"I wish there was something I could say that would get you to understand how much damage you have caused"
38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
Any of the channels the play movies.
39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?
Wow, I have no idea. Captain Hook?
40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?
No, when I was a kid they wouldn't allow children with disabilities in the Boy Scouts..
41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?
I like flying. however for real world reasons, if I had the time, I'd take a boat.
42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?
Blue: because of the way the atmosphere scatters light; Black: because there's relatively little light reaching us with the sun on the other side of the earth.
43. What does your name mean?
I've been told that (I think it's in old German) it means strong leader.
44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?
Outer space, I get a little nervous about swimming around in open ocean.
45. Word association
What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:
Air: Breath
Meat: Loaf
Different: Similar
Pink: Poodle
Deserve: Qualify
White: Whale
Elvis: Presley
Magic: Box
Heart: Gold
Clash: Titan
Pulp: Fiction
46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be?
It's between my maternal grandfather and Helen Keller.
47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive?
I think I'd like to meet the Dalai Lama.
48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?
I like rewatching movies so I've got lots and lots of movies I'd like to watch: Godfather I and II, The Right Stuff, The Miracle Worker, Local Hero, Serenity, Papillion, The Great Escape etc. etc.
49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?
Avoiding the obvious survival stuff like chemical toilet, food, water. I'd bring a book. Probably something difficult to read, like Ulysses or Dhalgren.
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Date: 2007-05-24 03:58 am (UTC)Or when I am.
In high school I loved an elective english course called Literature of the Tilted Mind. In college I loved An anthropology course about the evolution of flight. A improvisation for the theater course changed my life. In another way a history of theater course was very important to me. I loved doing my senior thesis and I also loved a practical theater course I took my senior year. In that class I got to act in so many theater pieces that I never would've gotten hired for. Got to play Leontes, did a Molière play and I got to direct Eugene O'Neill's Huey. Such a wonderful growing experience in the most positive way.
What do you think might have caught your fancy if theater hadn't?
"The Hideout" by Sarah Harmer (although that probably won't make any sense to anyone but me. I'm not depressed even though the song might make one think I was. I think of it as a comforting song. A homey song.
Me, too (of course), and as a song about reaching out to connect even when one is sad or isolated.
And by the way, you're not a taker by any definition that I'm aware of.
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Date: 2007-05-24 05:41 pm (UTC)Or when I am.
:)
In high school I loved an elective english course called Literature of the Tilted Mind. In college I loved An anthropology course about the evolution of flight. A improvisation for the theater course changed my life. In another way a history of theater course was very important to me. I loved doing my senior thesis and I also loved a practical theater course I took my senior year. In that class I got to act in so many theater pieces that I never would've gotten hired for. Got to play Leontes, did a Molière play and I got to direct Eugene O'Neill's Huey. Such a wonderful growing experience in the most positive way.
What do you think might have caught your fancy if theater hadn't?
Hummmmmm. Maybe radio. I like performing in some capacity even though I'm not very good at it and it scares the hell out of me.
"The Hideout" by Sarah Harmer (although that probably won't make any sense to anyone but me. I'm not depressed even though the song might make one think I was. I think of it as a comforting song. A homey song.
Me, too (of course), and as a song about reaching out to connect even when one is sad or isolated.
Yes, I knew you would get it. We've talked about our song.
And by the way, you're not a taker by any definition that I'm aware of.
Thank you my love. When one needs as much help as I do it's hard not to think of yourself as a bit of a taker. I'm working on it. :-)