Just Because

Appearance

[ ] I am shorter than 5'4.
[x] I think I'm ugly sometimes. -Show me the person who doesn't, and I'll...think of some appropriate punishment.
[X] I have many scars. -A faint one on my leg from falling off the woodpile when I was very young, and a recent iron burn. I'm surprised I don't have more, given my propensity for burning myself on the oven whenever I'm baking.
[ ] I tan easily. -Does burning count? I burn easily, and then it fades to tan.
[ ] I wish my hair was a different color.
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[x] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[ ] I have/I've had braces.
[x] I wear glasses. -At least, I used to. Now I wear contacts.
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100 safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
[ ] 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.
[X] I have freckles. -When I'm bored I make up constellations with them. There's a set that looks like Cassiopia somewhere...


Family/Home Life

[ ] I've sworn at my parents.
[ ] I've run away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[x] My biological parents are together.
[ ]I have a sibling less than one year old.
[X] I want to have kids someday. -Definitely. Now I just need to find the man to do it with...
[ ] I've had children.
[ ] I've lost a child.


School/Work

[ ] I'm in school. - I WISH!
[x] I have a job.
[x] I've fallen asleep at work/school. -Almost, a couple times. Especially in Anthropology
[x] I almost always do my homework.
[x] I've missed a week or more of school. -For a blizzard. The worst thing is, I stayed up late the night before to finish a paper.
[X] I've been on the Honor Roll/Deans list within the last 2 years. -I guess magna cum laude applies.
[ ] I failed more than 1 class last year.
[x] I've stolen something from a job -I make copies for personal use a lot. And I snitched a couple candies from Susan's when I worked there.
[ ] I've been fired.
[x] I've skipped school. -As in skipping class.


Embarrassment

[ ] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation.
[ ] Disney movies still make me cry.
[x] I've peed from laughing.
[x] I've snorted while laughing.
[x] I've laughed so hard I've cried.
[ ] I've glued my hand to something
[x] I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose. -Coke, during a slumber party with people I was not too familiar with, and who all found it excessively funny.
[ ]I've had my pants rip in public.


Health

[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment.
[ ] I've gotten stitches.
[x] I've broken a bone. -My collarbone, from falling out of bed, in elementary school; and my middle finger of my right hand in seventh grade doing the Presidential Fitness tests.
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[x] I've sat in a doctors office with a friend. -I guess the hospital counts.
[X] I've had my wisdom teeth removed. -I only had three! So it wasn't too bad. But when I was coming out of it I apparently had a whole conversation with my mother that I don't remember.
[ ] I had a serious surgery.
[x] I've had chicken pox.


Traveling

[X] I've driven over 200 miles in one day. -I was probably driven this far when we went to Maine.
[x] I've been on a plane.
[ ] I've been to Canada.
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[ ] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[x] I've been to Europe.
[ ] I've been to Africa....


Experiences

[x] I've gotten lost in my city. -But only a little lost.
[x] I've seen a shooting star.
[x] I've wished on a shooting star. -Probably.
[x] I've seen a meteor shower.
[ ] I've gone out in public in my pajamas. -Everyone else did in college, but I just couldn't bring myself to.
[ ] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator
[ ] I've kicked a guy where it hurts.
[x] I've been to a casino.
[ ] I've been skydiving.
[x] I've gone skinny dipping. -Of course, I went to Bryn Mawr! It's a tradition!
[ ] I've played spin the bottle.
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] I've crashed a car.
[ ] I've been skiing
[x] I've been in a play. -Yay for Godspell. And the church Christmas pageants.
[ ] I've met someone in person from the internet.
[x] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
[ ] I've seen the Northern Lights.
[x] I've sat on a roof top at night. -Thomas Roof, Pem East Roof...
[ ] I've played chicken.
[x] I've played a prank on someone.
[x] I've ridden in a taxi.
[x] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show. -Not all the way through in one sitting, and never with live performers.
[x] I've eaten Sushi. -I worked with a girl from South Korea last year, and when she stayed with me over Thanksgiving break, she made vegetable sushi; so of course I had to try it. That seaweed paper...or something, just made me gag, and I had to go into the bathroom and spit it out. I felt bad.
[ ] I've been snowboarding.


Relationships

[ ] I miss someone right now.
[x] I have a fear of abandonment. -Especially that of never having someone in the first place.
[ ] I've cheated in a relationship.
[ ] I've gotten divorced
[x] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back. -Well, crushes.
[ ] 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.

Sexuality

[x] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex -More of an intellectual crush, really.
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain.
[ ] I've hugged a stranger.
[ ] I have kissed a stranger.


Honesty/Crime

[ ] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't
[x] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't. -More often than I like.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[x] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[ ] I am keeping a secret from the world. -Not the whole world...just most of it. ;)
[x] I've cheated while playing a game. -Actually, my grandfather has me on video changing the rules of a card game I was playing with my sister when we were little.
[x] I've cheated on a test. -Rather guiltily, yes.
[ ] I've run a red light.
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[x] I've witnessed a crime. -Underage drinking, I suppose. And people growing weed in their backyard (crazy Germans!)
[ ] I've been in a fist fight.
[ ] I've been arrested.
[x] I've shoplifted -The little candies in the Pick & Mix in the grocery store, when I was little.


Drugs/Alcohol

[x] I've consumed alcohol.
[ ] I regularly drink.
[ ] I've passed out from drinking.
[ ] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[ ] I've smoked weed
[ ] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
[ ] I've eaten shrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[ ] I've done hard drugs.
[x] I have cough drops when I'm not sick. -Well, for sore throat instead of coughing.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem
[ ] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[x] I shut others out when I'm depressed. -I hide from people, especially when I'm down.
[ ] I take anti-depressants.
[ ] I'm anorexic or bulimic.
[ ] 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 and Suicide

[x] I'm afraid of dying. -Isn't everyone, on some level?
[x] I hate funerals. -I hate having to go to them...they're always so...awkward. And all those crying people make me start to cry, and I hate crying in public.
[ ] I've seen someone dying.
[ ] I've planned my own suicide.
[ ] I've attempted suicide.
[x] I've written a eulogy for myself. -Well, an epitaph. For a creative writing assignment. But I do wonder about what people will say about me when I die.

Materialism

[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[ ] I own an iPod or MP3 player.
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga. -I have a certain fascination and enjoyment of it, but only those series that I get introduced to by other people who know what's good.
[ ] I own a designer purse, costing over $100
[ ] I own something from Hot Topic. -No, and I wish they'd make things in my size.
[ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
[ ] I collect comic books.
[ ] I own something from The Gap.
[x] I own something I got on e-bay.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie.

Political/Social Attitudes

[x] In general, I don't like people. -Um...sort of. I can deal with people but I usually like being alone, or with a small group of friends.
[x] I'm a feminist. -In a yay for girls way, not a kill the men way.
[ ] I'm outgoing.
[ ] I listen to political music.
[ ] I'm Democratic. -Independent, and actually right on the line between Democrat and Republican.
[ ] I'm Republican.
[x] I'm liberal. -Slightly more liberal than conservative, but see above.
[x] I'm religious.
[x] I dress fairly modestly. -It took me a long time to loosen up. Of course, my mother's restrictions didn't help.
[ ] My attitude is, "If you've got it, flaunt it."


Random

[x] I can sing well. -I'm more of a harmony voice than a solo voice, but I can sight read well.
[ ] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
[ ] I open up to others easily. -The opposite, actually.
[x] I watch/read the news.
[ ] I don't kill bugs.
[x] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme. -Most of the time, which is why I have no appreciation for rap.
[ ] curse regularly. -I dislike cursing.
[ ] I sing in the shower.
[x] I am a morning person. -I can be either a morning or night person when needed.
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
[x] I'm a snob about grammar. -Quite. ;)
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[x] I love being neat. -Contained mess. And I have to clean if it gets past a certain point.
[ ] I love Spam.
[ ] I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day
[x] I bake well. -Yes! And people like me for it. ;)
[x] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue. -Blue. Why this selection?
[ ] I would wear pajamas to school.
[ ] I like Martha Stewart.
[ ] I know how to shoot a gun.
[x] I am in love with love. -Seeing as that's all I have to love at the moment...
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[x] I laugh at my own jokes.
[ ] I eat fast food weekly.
[x] I believe in ghosts.
[ ] I am online 24/7, even as an away message. -I used to be, at school.
[ ] I've not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.
[x] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room. -It won't keep me up all night, but I'll definitely be nervous.
[x] I am really ticklish.
[ ] I love white chocolate
[x] I bite my nails. -I used to.
[x] I play video games. -Sometimes, with my little brother.
[ ] I'm good at remembering faces.
[ ] I'm good at remembering names.
[ ] I'm good at remembering dates.
[x] I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. -That's a long time. I have a good guess of what I want to do with the next few years of my life, but that's about it.
[x] My answers are totally honest -More honest than not! And if you believe that, I have a bridge in New York you might be interested in...