Listening: Year Zero, NIN
Desiring: thinnity
Enjoying: coffee

(This quiz is rather different, spurring me to talk back to it. My notes are in italics.)

*I give you money and send you into the grocery store to pick up 6 items. You can only pick one thing from the following departments. What is it?
(These days I'm trying to be strict with myself and get by on Slimfast and soup, but it's a little tough. So here's me getting creative:)

1. Produce: Bananas.
2. Bakery: Corn tortillas.
3. Meat: Chicken breasts.
4. Frozen: Vegetable packs.
5. Dry goods: Soup!
6. Dairy: Vermont cheddar.

* Let's say we're heading out for a weekend getaway. You're only allowed to bring 3 articles of clothing with you. So, what's in your bag?
(This is impossible, just so you know. I've been known to take three changes of clothing when I'm just going to leave the house for a few hours. What are we doing on this weekend getaway?)

1. Underwear.
2. A dress.
3. A swim suit.

* If I was to listen in on one of your conversations throughout the day, what 5 phrases or words would I be most likely to hear?
(HARD. I rarely speak with any one person on a regular enough basis to have phrases strikingly common. So here's a boring, generic conversation.)

1. How's it going?
2. I'm getting by.
3. I've been going crazy.
4. It's getting boring.
5. Take care.

* So, what 3 things do you find yourself doing every single day, and if you didn't get to do, you'd probably be in a pretty irritable/bad mood?
(I have an aversion to routine that I'm trying to get past so I can be disciplined. There's little that I *must* do (basically only #1) the rest will just make me frown for a second and resolve to get to it as soon as I can.)

1. Check online stuff - email, my various blogs.
2. Shower.
3. Exercise.

* What are 3 things that you have in your room that have been with you for the longest amount of time?
(This is just what I can spy...I'm not going to inventory everything to make sure.)

1. A stuffed toy duck with a broken bell inside. I've had it since I was two months old.
2. Several books that go back to elementary school. Off the top of my head, some books (Vesper Holly) by Lloyd Alexander, a couple of the Narnia books, and one or two very beat up copies from Lord of the Rings.
3. My nightlamp (in the figure of Mary) that I got for my first communion, when I was seven or eight.

* If you were only allowed to listen to 5 of your CDs for the rest of your life, never adding anything else, which 5 could you listen to & be content with?
(There's no way I would be "content" with just these, but I could listen to them over and over...)

1. Tori Amos' Boys for Pele
2. Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral
3. Dead Can Dance's Into the Labyrinth
4. PJ Harvey's 4 Track Demos
5. (my copy of) Mozart's Requiem

*You're driving down the road, and suddenly you're hit with this sense of road rage. What 3 factors probably contributed to it?

1. Getting cut off.
2. Someone driving on the shoulder (or illegally in the carpool lane) while everyone else is biding their time in gridlock.
3. Getting egged on by someone who's already raging on me.

* Sweet, you just scored a whole afternoon to yourself. We're talking a 3 hour block with nobody around. What 5 activities might we find you doing?
(Gah, I'm always alone unless I find something to do or someone who's available. So unless I'm kicking it at home futzing around on the computer or heading to the theatre then it's something like this:)

1. Calling around to see if any friends might be amenable to getting together for some coffee or possibly dinner.
2. Looking up in the LA Weekly or some such for something interesting, convenient and cheap to do.
3. Cooking myself a nice dinner for to eat while watching a movie or something on the computer.
4. I might animate myself to clean. Who knows?
5. Read! Or maybe write!

* We're going to the zoo. But, it looks like it could start storming, so it'll have to be a quick visit. What 3 exhibits do we have to get to?
(Jeez, I don't know, what's close together? I like weird animals that I rarely know the names of...)

1. Big cats
2. Giraffes
3. The aviary.

* You just scored tickets to the taping of any show of your choice. You can pick between 5, so what are you deciding between?
(I have NO IDEA. I don't own a television.)

1. Heroes
2. Some stand-up comedy.
3.
4.
5.

* You're hungry for ice cream. I'll give you a triple dipper ice cream cone. What 3 flavors can I pile on for ya?
(Oy. Have I mentioned I'm trying to lose weight?)
1. Rocky Road.
2. Cookie dough.
3. Rainbow Sherbet.

* Somebody stole your purse/wallet…in order to get it back, you have to name 5 things you know are inside to claim it. So, what's in there?
(In my experience it doesn't matter because they won't be there any more, and chances are the purse is gone too. Fuckers.)

1. Black leather wallet.
2. Silver cell phone.
3. Haindl tarot deck.
4. Euterpe (my Creative MP3 player)
5. A Cannon digital camera.

* You are at a job fair, and asked what areas you are interested in pursuing a career in. Let's pretend you have every talent and ability to be whatever you wanted, so what 4 careers would be fun for you?
(Without the resume to back these up I'd get laughed out of the place for mentioning them, but what the hey...)

1. Stage director.
2. Professor of theatre.
3. Social justice advocate.
4. Wine critic.

* If you could go back and talk to the old you, when you were in high school and inform yourself of 6 things that were going to happen, what would it be?
(If I can't actually make this mean something will be different then I wouldn't tell myself very much...the only thing worse than getting socked in the face is knowing that tomorrow at 633pm you're going to get socked in the face. And I can't think about this without thinking about Back to the Future-style paradox. Oh well.)

1. They're called called dysthemia and anhedonia. When you're stressed all the good things don't feel good because of them. It's not a weakness to be depressed, but it's also not something you should just pretend isn't there.
2. Watch out for women. You like them, but if they're not going to reciprocate, fucking stay away.
3. That dysthemia? It kills ambition. Fuck that shit right in the ear and jump right into the stuff you love at every opportunity. The "right day" is never going to show up.
4. I cannot stress enough the importance of networking. That's what college is for. Get out there! (And your mother is/will be right, gaming is a waste of time. Do it when you really don't have anything better to do (and treasure the friends you make there!) but don't put it above ANYTHING else.)
5. Eating is not an emergency. Tis better to go hungry than to chow down that cheeseburger & fries. Exercise is necessary and the time won't just show up - you have to make it.
6. You really don't need all those t-shirts. Don't waste your money on ugly clothes, once you have the basics for working or exercise save the rest for a gorgeous dress, or better yet, travel.