the siren song of conformity

[valentinite]

I wasn't going to do this meme, since a bunch of the questions struck me as dumb. But it's ~half the posts of actual people on my f'list, and I cannot resist the herd. Theoretically ganked from lady_angelina as hers was the one I copypasted from.



Appearance

I am 5'4" or shorter
I think I'm ugly (Ugly, no. Average, yes.)
I have many scars
I tan easily (middling)
I wish my hair was a different colour
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color
I have a tattoo
I am self-conscious about my appearance
I have/I've had braces
I wear glasses (not normally -- but I do wear contacts.
I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger
I have more than 2 piercings
I have piercings in places besides my ears
I have freckles (not in the spray-o-freckles sense. Yes in the isolated starmap on my arms, which I can hold up alongside both of my parents arms and see which ones are whos. Yes, really.)

Family/Home Life

I've sworn at my parents
I've been kicked out of the house
My biological parents are together
I have a sibling less than one year old
I want to have kids someday (well, I want a max of one, but I think I do want one. please not to be telling my mother I've pretty much decided this, as she'd be more hyper than I ever want to deal with until such time as I might actually be expecting)
I have children
I've lost a child

Embarrassment

I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation (does it count if I wasn't embarrassed?)
Disney movies still make me cry
I've snorted while laughing
I've laughed so hard I've cried
I've glued my hand to something
I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose (spittake, yes, nose, no)
I've had my pants rip in public (at a company shindig, no less. thank goodness for corporate first aid kits with good bandage tape, used creatively)

Health

I was born with a disease/impairment
I've had stitches
I've broken a bone
I've had my tonsils removed
I've sat in a doctor's office with a friend (I'm going to say family counts as friends here.)
I've had my wisdom teeth removed (nope -- I have a big mouth)
I had a serious surgery
I've had chicken pox

Traveling

I've driven over 200 miles in one day (ahaha, between this and "colour" this is so not originally USian. According to Google maps, 643 is the max I've done solo in one day.)
I've been on a plane
I've been to Canada
I've been to Niagara Falls (When you live in Cleveland, going through Niagara Falls is generally how one gets to any other part of Canada.)
I've been to Japan
I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans (I really should, as I have family down there)
I've been to Europe
I've been to Africa
I've been to France (why is this separate from Europe?)

Experiences

I've been lost in my city
I've seen a shooting star
I've wished on a shooting star
I've seen a meteor shower
I've gone out in public in my pajamas (I don't count dorm hallways, but then I remembered a couple of hotel fire alarms over the years. Also, possibly the answer to skinny dipping can count, as when not traveling or in communal housing, I sleep nekkid.)
I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator
I've been to a casino
I've been skydiving
I've gone skinny dipping
I've played spin the bottle
I've crashed a car
I've been skiing
I've been in a play
I've met someone in person from the internet (ahaha, yes, and I think I'd done so BEFORE the world wide web existed, although the exact timing I'm not sure on. Take ~that~, young'uns)
I've caught a snowflake on my tongue
I've seen the Northern Lights (sort of? never a good sighting, just a little blur)
I've sat on a roof top at night
I've played chicken
I've played a prank on someone
I've ridden in a taxi (...I sold my car three years ago. MFY.)
I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
I've eaten sushi
I've been snowboarding

Relationships

I'm single
I'm in a relationship
I'm available
I'm engaged
I'm married
I've gone on a blind date
I've been the dumpee more than the dumper (huh. the only time it was really serious, I was the dumpee, but in terms of number of ended relationships of some sort, 2>1)
I miss someone right now
I have a fear of abandonment
I've been divorced
I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
I've told someone I loved them when I didn't
I've told someone I didn't love them when I did
I've kept something from a past relationship (especially a good idea when you get back together. XD)

Sexuality

I've had a crush on someone of the same gender
I've kissed a member of the same gender (if a peck on the lips counts; I generally don't count that)
I've had sex with someone of the opposite gender
I've had sex with someone of the same gender
I've had sex with more than one person at the same time
I am a cuddler
I've been kissed in the rain
I've had sex outdoors
I've hugged a stranger
I have kissed a stranger (how long do you have to spend chitchatting with someone you just met at, say, a con, before they don't qualify?)
I have had sex with a stranger

Honesty/Crime

I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't
I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't
I have lied to my parents about where I am
I am keeping a secret from the world
I've cheated while playing a game (it doesn't count if it's part of the house rules -- like deal-stealing in Euchre at church camp doesn't, but doing it with my parents would)
I've cheated on a test
I've run a red light (not intentionally, but you put someone with ADD behind the wheel and LOL)
I've been suspended from school
I've witnessed a crime
I've been in a fist fight
I've been arrested
I've shoplifted

Drugs/Alcohol

I've consumed alcohol
I smoke cigarettes (I have smoked probably about two packs worth over the years in social situations and when I was being an emo 17 year old, most over a decade ago)
I smoke pot
I regularly drink
I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them
I've done hard drugs
I've been addicted to an illegal substance
I take cough meds when I'm not sick
I can't swallow pills
I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem Ahaha, a bout of chronic bronchitis when I was 11 made that one true -- the antibiotic pills were giant, and I got used to those. Five aspirin-sized things is easy.

Mental Health

I have been diagnosed with depression
I shut others out when I'm depressed
I take anti-depressants
I have an eating disorder
I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it
I've hurt myself on purpose
I'm addicted to self harm
I've woken up crying

Death

I'm afraid of dying (Absolutely fucking terrified.)
I hate funerals (And not just because of the previous -- because they're often deeply religious in my extended family and some of the talk tends to make me uncomfortable. Namely the part where they assume everyone in the room is a believer -- I don't begrudge the others their comfort but please don't include me.)
I've seen someone dying
I have attempted suicide
Someone close to me has attempted suicide (No-one I'd call close has succeeded, thankfully.)

Random

I can sing well (Not soloist quality, but I've had happy choir directors)
I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant (college cafeteria, yes, restaurant, no)
I open up to others too easily
I curse regularly (not by my standards)
I sing in the shower
I am a morning person
I paid for my cell phone ring tone
I'm a snob about grammar
I am a sports fanatic (generally, no, but I do watch football during the NFL season)
I play with my hair
I have/had "x"s in my screen name
I love being neat
I've copied more than 30 CDs in a day (doubtful, as most of my collection was ripped with my old machine -- that ripped at about 1x)
I bake well
My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue (blue)
I don't know how to shoot a gun
I am in love with love
I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS
I laugh at my own jokes
I eat fast food weekly (if coffee-shop coffee counts, daily.)
I believe in ghosts
I am online 24/7, even as an away message
I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room (I used to have some living in my room as a kid. Now, if you'd said wasp...)
I am really ticklish
I love white chocolate
I bite my nails (*looks at nails* I think I can start to say no to this -- in the past five years I've managed to slowly stop)
I play video games
I'm good at remembering faces (AHAHAHA no.)
I'm good at remembering names (ditto)
I'm good at remembering dates (good, no, but it's not as bad as faces & names)
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life
I've been honest while filling out this meme


And with that complete I can go to sleep like I should have a half hour ago.