The things you never knew...

Only because this will quickly be superseded by the PE article later this morning. I'm sure some people will be bored to tears, but if you want a basic FAQ, okay...

Rules

1. You must post these rules.
2. Each person has to share ten facts about themselves.
3. Answer the ten questions asked by the person who tagged you and make up ten questions for the ten you tag.
4. Choose ten people and put their icons in your journal.
5. Go to their page and inform them they have been tagged by you.
6. Not something like, "You are tagged if you read that."
7. You have to legitimately tag ten people.
8. No tag-backs
9. You can't say you don't do tags.
10. You MUST make a journal entry.

(Can anyone tell me why there are so many that are repetitive?)

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Facts

• I'm not fond of these, no. It's not because I'm asocial so much as I don't feel the need in posting "FAQ"s about myself. Not only am I boring (most of the time) unless it's my fictional writing, but if you want to know about me, all of my writing is there for you to read anyway.
• I'm doing this because if TheGalleryOfEve can be a sporty and do a huge one that had somewhere around fifty questions in it, I can do this piddly little thing.

That said, I'm going to make this interesting and try to tell you something about me you might not know.

1. There's only one dog in the world (besides Snoopy and any of his relatives) that I actually like.
2. I think better with a cat in the room - a living, breathing one, not just a stuffed toy.
3. I like Thai food, but I won't eat it "Thai hot" (as it's listed on US menus). That ought to be more accurately described as, "It burns going in and coming out."
4. I don't drink alcohol. Can't stand the taste of the stuff.
5. If I could do away with all of the alarm clocks in the world, I would. The day that teleporters are perfected and instantaneous travel is finally possible, I'm pulling the plug on those things.
6. I hate black coffee, and I hate coffee with sugar. Cafe au lait, please.
7. I like playing time-management games such as Diner Dash because they teach strategy, not because they're "addictive".
8. Phones are for talking. If I want to use the Internet, that's what a computer is for. "I remember when" the Internet was something you paid for by the minute. (That said, I also remember DOS. Before it had to be a "shell".)
9. Occasionally, I will indulge my curiosity in one of those "which X are you" type of quizzes. According to them, I'm both Wolverine and Magneto. I'm also both Slytherin and Ravenclaw.
10. I have approximately ten e-mail addresses. I only check three of them with any regularity.

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Answering set one

Favorite book?

-I know no writer that can answer this with only one choice, and I am no different.

Favorite movie?

-That is incredibly difficult. I don't really have a single favorite, but my favorite genres are historical fiction and horror.

Favorite candy?

-Reese's. I like the "Big Cup" best.

Names of all of the characters you made?

-No way. You can read in my gallery, and not even all of them are in there.

Intermission.

-*goes to use the facilities. comes back with popcorn*

Are you bored?

-Hn.

What did you do during that intermission?

-Scroll back up three lines and read.

Name the person you hate the most.

-I refuse to propagate the negativity I find so prevalent on this site in so blatant a manner.

Do you like toilets?

-Better than shittin' in the woods.

On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?

-You know, I answer this question once a month at the pain management clinic, so that's quite alright. Not something you need to know, and this varies per moment per person anyway. Besides which, unless you give people the definitions for the scale (the detailed ones), then they're not going to understand what they're rating anyway. After all, ten is "I want to die, and I've seriously contemplated making that happen" and one is "Dang, is that supposed to hurt? Kinda tickles." When I get up to eight I'm curled up in a ball and crying, desperately gasping for air just trying to be able to breathe through the pain so the tears don't help. That's a really shitty question, tbh.

Answering set two

You don't need to answer this question.

-Technically, I don't need to answer any of them. I'm just being nice.

Your favorite snack.

-Noodle soup.

Your favorite mutant power.

-Heh. Isn't it obvious? I want all the powers, duh.

Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

-I'm a realist, so I can be both.

Do you like horror?

-Oh, yes, indeed. Some people even think I write "creepy" things. Vincent Price and Alfred Hitchcock are some of my favorites as far as films; Shelley, King, and Poe are some of my favorites as far as writers.

What is your worth? Rate out of ten.

-*blinks* Hn.

Do you like being tagged (I don't.)?

-When Mrs-Durden tagged me to participate in a challenge, that I enjoyed.

Do you like living?

-Did you say that with a creepy voice?

Have you ever felt alone?

-I don't know anyone who hasn't, and I've been on this Earth long enough to know a great many people.

Have you ever hated one of your parents?

-I think there's a line between "hate" and "extreme dislike". I have detested the actions of one of my parents, yes. But that does not mean I hated that parent, or even disliked that parent. Of course, I'm looking back on this with the benefit of age, and a working knowledge of mortality.

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My questions for you

1. If you were stuck with only two movies to watch for an entire week or sitting and listening to static, which two would you choose? (Silence is not an option.)
   
2. Have you ever wondered where your next meal is going to come from? (Not in the, "Arby's or Burger King?" way.)
   
3. Have you ever personally climbed a physical mountain?
   
4. With respect to DA, have you ever tested if a CV gets annoyed by receiving a dozen DD suggestions (real suggestions, quality pieces) per day for a week?
   
5. Have you ever been diagnosed with an incurable disease?
   
6. When you're reading poetry (if you don't read poetry, just type N/A), do you prefer narrative over emotional, or emotional over narrative?
   
7. Have you ever stared at a pattern long enough (even in wood grain) that it started to form a shape?
8. Have you ever been in a public place and seen something then immediately wished you had your "tools of the trade" with you to capture it?
9. Have you ever thought about applying for a job somewhere even though they didn't have a "help wanted" sign posted? (Including online.)
10. Have you ever wondered if the FBI (US Federal Bureau of Investigation) has a file on you? (With or without art in it. )