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September 29, 2006

search your soul! or something.

Filed under: Everything else — meg @ 10:52 am

Today’s queries of random, pre-weekend self-analysis:

  1. How would you describe your current mood?
  2. What are you wearing?
  3. What one thing do you NEED to get done today?
  4. Do you do anything that consistently annoys the people around you?
  5. What did you have for breakfast?
  6. If someone told you that you could earn a million dollars this year as a spammer and NOT GET CAUGHT, would you do it?
  7. Are you good at arguing?
  8. Do you enjoy seafood?
  9. Do you often say you “don’t like” certain foods, while really meaning that you’ve never tried them?
  10. What is your relationship with your television like?
  11. Do you eat enough fruit?
  12. Did you know I was going on a work boat cruise tonight?
  13. Do you believe the boat will sink?
  14. Do you have any weird health fears? (Microwaving styrofoam gives you cancer, eating cherries and drinking water will make your stomach explode, etc.)

15 Responses to “search your soul! or something.”

  1. meno Says:

    1. How would you describe your current mood?
    Stable

    2.) What are you wearing?
    Orange mens shorts with built in mesh undies and a black thinkgeek T-shirt.

    3.) What one thing do you NEED to get done today?
    I need to send several boring e-mails that i have avoided doing for days

    4.) Do you do anything that consistently annoys the people around you?
    Probably, let my ask my husband.

    5.) What did you have for breakfast?
    A Clif bar (i was in a hurry)

    6.) If someone told you that you could earn a million dollars this year as a spammer and NOT GET CAUGHT, would you do it?
    i would really like to say NO, but for a million $ i might.

    7.) Are you good at arguing?
    No, just loud.

    8.) Do you enjoy seafood?
    Yes, yes yes. Sushi, steamed clams or mussels, swordfish, mmmm.

    9.) Do you often say you “don’t like” certain foods, while really meaning that you’ve never tried them?
    no, never, i will try almost anything.

    10.) What is your relationship with your television like?
    Distant, it’s mostly off.

    11.) Do you eat enough fruit?
    Many days, yes.

    12.) Did you know I was going on a work boat cruise tonight?
    No, tell all about it!!

    13.) Do you believe the boat will sink?
    No

    14.) Do you have any weird health fears? (Microwaving styrofoam gives you cancer, eating cherries and drinking water will make your stomach explode, etc.)
    If you swallow gum, it will block your intestines.

  2. barbie2be Says:

    1. sleepy
    2. pink sweats, black tee, black company fleece
    3. expense reports (ick!)
    4. cough. i have a persistant uncontrolable cough
    5. froot loops because someone stole my corn pops out of my desk drawer
    6. nope. i hate spam
    7. not really because apparently i always have to be right
    8. i am allergic to shellfish but i do like other kinds of fish fish
    9. i did for a long time but i am trying more things now
    10. tivo is my best friend
    11. i eat lots of strawberries. :)
    12. nope. but have fun!
    13. heavens no!
    14. not that i know of

  3. Michele Says:

    How would you describe your current mood? - Anticipatory - my work day ends in

  4. meg Says:

    Whoa, that did end quickly:).

  5. Eric Says:

    My god there are a lot of questions in this one. Okay, then. Here we go.

    1. Mood: hungry. I don’t care if hungry isn’t really a mood, with me it is.

    2. I am wearing pajamas. Fortunately, I have not yet left the house.

    3. Today I have to… leave the house.

    4. Do I annoy people around me? OF COURSE NOT. I AM A FLAWLESS HUMAN BEING.

    5. Breakfast. Um. Coffee?

    6. For a million dollars, I would spam my own grandmother. But nice spam. You know, not the creepy spam. Also, my grandmother does not use a computer, and would be completely oblivious to my attempts to sell her V!0X, so that’s okay.

    7. I can be good at arguing. But only if I don’t care whether I win the argument or not.

    8. Seafood is high risk. If it’s good, it’s awesome. If it’s bad, there’s nothing worse. So I like it, but only from places I trust to make it.

    9. Only with things that look like they might still be alive.

    10. My television and I are currently in therapy, and think we can work things out.

    11. Eat enough fruit? No. From time to time I will accidentally eat a banana.

    12. I work for a damned sea-based theme park, and they have never once sent me on a work boat cruise. Work boats, yes. Cruises, no.

    13. Will the boat sink? Perhaps. But not tonight. I have a good feeling about this.

    14. Based on the fact that Nextel phones make radios freak out for a few seconds before they even ring, I think Nextels may scramble your brains. But that’s just a hunch.

  6. Warwick Patterson Says:

    1. How would you describe your current mood?
    Anxious excitement. Going through details of my house purchase. How the hell am I going to pay for this!

    2. What are you wearing?
    The usual. T-shirt and jeans.

    3. What one thing do you NEED to get done today?
    Pickup paycheque.

    4. Do you do anything that consistently annoys the people around you?
    Procrastinate.

    5. What did you have for breakfast?
    Coffee and breakfast wrap at the cafe.

    6. If someone told you that you could earn a million dollars this year as a spammer and NOT GET CAUGHT, would you do it?
    Ummm, yeaaah! I’d hate myself, but I’d pay off my newly mortgaged house and I could use the rest of the money to do good things!

    7. Are you good at arguing?
    Arguing? No (I avoid conflict most of the time). Debating? Yes.

    8. Do you enjoy seafood?
    Thanks for triggering my sushi dependency, sheesh.

    9. Do you often say you “don’t like” certain foods, while really meaning that you’ve never tried them?
    Rarely. I’ll try anything once, especially when travelling (btw…is it traveling or travelling?)

    10. What is your relationship with your television like?
    Love/Hate. I want to cancel my cable, but then I think of the few key shows that I really love watching. I have to see if I can still get CBC without cable.

    11. Do you eat enough fruit?
    Heck no. I bought apples today though.

    12. Did you know I was going on a work boat cruise tonight?
    Nope. Have fun!

    13. Do you believe the boat will sink?
    Why? Is it prone to sinking?

    14. Do you have any weird health fears? (Microwaving styrofoam gives you cancer, eating cherries and drinking water will make your stomach explode, etc.)
    That I’ll be a hunchback one day because of my lousy computer posture - either that or I’ll go blind from staring at it all day.

  7. Kirsten Says:

    1. (mood) Slightly positive.
    2. (wearing) Beige t-shirt, blue capris with big side pockets.
    3. (one thing I need to get done) By “one thing” I assume you mean “one set of ten things”? A bit of maintenance work on a website. Some bass practice. Several emails. Some design work.
    4. (annoying) Different things I do annoy different people. I like to diversify.
    5. (breakfast) Okay, I admit it, I actually skipped breakfast today. Not on purpose - I kept meaning to eat it, but kept doing other things, and by the time I actually ate a real meal I had no choice but to call it lunch.
    6. (spammer) No. Couldn’t live with myself.
    7. (arguing) Absolutely not.
    8. (seafood) As often as possible.
    9. (don’t like) No, I’ll eat almost anything, except maybe certain unusual parts of animals.
    10. (relationship with TV) Wary. I don’t often watch it unless I’ve got what I consider to be a real reason.
    11. (fruit) Yes, but not enough veggies.
    12. (work boat cruise) …No… was I not reading closely enough?
    13. (boat sinking) Not your boat, unless you’re on some special staged adventure cruise I haven’t heard of before.
    14. (health fears) I know there are. I know there are… I can’t think of them right now… I’ll remember in a few hours.

  8. Ashley Says:

    1. Sort of stressed out what with month and quarter end.
    2. Black v-neck, jeans, black flip-flops.
    3. Contact facilitators about upcoming training seminars.
    4. I am an equal-opportunity annoyer. I annoy like the wind.
    5. Special K Protein cereal. Tastes like ass.
    6. No, I don’t deal well with solicitation.
    7. I would like to think I am but probably not.
    8. Lurve it.
    9. Nope. I’m open to try new things.
    10. You know I love the boobtub.
    11. No! I did in the summer but I’ve lost my momentum.
    12. That is brand new information.
    13. I sure hope not.
    14. I’m not really the one to give in to paranoia.

  9. meg Says:

    1. Anticipating being done in an hour…
    2. Jeans, black cami, black v-neck, flip flops, and large ridiculous earrings and large ridiculous sunglasses on top of my head.
    3. Done and done.
    4. Apologizing. Sorry!
    5. Horrible coffee, biscuits from Jenn, coronation grapes. And cookies.
    6. Considering most people either delete or filter spam and just don’t care, AND considering that many bloggers have the ultimate lazy post solution in making fun of spam, perhaps. But comment spam? Or trackback spam? I think I’d die.
    7. Oh, I’d say. Unless I’m in love.
    8. Ooooh, yes, yes, yes. Everything from ceviche to sushi to oysters to lobster to tilapia to mahi mahi…
    9. Nope. I’m adventurous.
    10. Intermittent. Very lovey during hockey season.
    11. Nooo! Though I do eat it. I always want more.
    12. I did!
    13. Maybe?
    14. Just my morbid fear of artificial sweeteners. They scare me in a big way.

  10. meg Says:

    Ashley, we should tell them we called one another to discuss what to wear today. But does your v-neck keep falling off your shoulder, giving you a Pat Benetar look?

    No?

    My v-neck sucks.

  11. Ariel Says:

    1. Full. Exhausted. Clock-watching. Does that count as a mood?
    2. Jeans with a hole in the crotch (stylin…), old old old ripped dirty converse, grey “wife beater”, and nice black collared shirt. All I can say is thank God my boss isn’t in today.
    3. Clean my apartment. I’ve given up on my roommate doing it, despite it being her turn. (Extra special bonus thing to get done: practice trumpet for big gig tomorrow)
    4. Apologize and/or correct grammar. But not Gramma. She gets mad.
    5. Breakfast? Huh?
    6. If it was guaranteed, and under the table in cash. Heck yes!
    7. I tend to back down for fear of upsetting someone. I care far too much about how other people feel.
    8. No, not in the slightest.
    9. All the time. But I usually have a viable excuse… like, it smells bad. Or is slimy. Or looks like the cat/dog/neighborhood drunk vomited it up the previous night.
    10. I don’t watch television at all. If I care to watch a movie, I’ll rent it on DVD and watch it on my iBook.
    11. I like to think that I do.
    12. No, I didn’t. And I’m disgustingly jealous.
    13. Hopefully not. I couldn’t live without my daily Megdose.
    14. Not as far as I can think of right now..

  12. iTex Says:

    12. What kind of work boat? Tug? Fishing? Shrimper? Icebreaker? Freighter? Tanker?

  13. nancy Says:

    1. Very Good!
    2. Blue shorts, gray & blue “Old Navy” T-shirt, Leopard print nursing bra, black undies. (Was that TMI?)
    3. CLEAN something in this house!
    4. Just ONE thing? I am a bit of a slob.
    5. Coffee and toaster strudel.
    6. In a heartbeat.
    7. I am good at debating ideas, but bad at arguing (fighting). I am a very, very good conflict avoider/passive aggressive.
    8. HATE it.
    9. Not often, but sometimes. For example I am SURE I don’t like Rocky Mountain Oysters even though I have not tried them.
    10. Love/Hate
    11. No
    12. No
    13. No
    14. NUMEROUS. Just one example: Bell’s palsy.

  14. Bev Says:

    1. Content. Blah. Neither high, nor low.
    2. Warm pants for the first time this season! Yay!
    3. Go to a reception this evening.
    4. Vegetate, probably.
    5. Toast and coffee
    6. Absolutely not.
    7. No–I’m terrible at it.
    8. Love it! Raw or cooked. Fav. is crab.
    9. I don’t believe so.
    10. Master/slave. (I am the slave)
    11. Only if it has a pastry crust.
    12. Nope–did you have fun?
    13. Of course not.
    14. I don’t think so..other than being certain that an 18-wheeler is going to tip over some day and crush me–but I don’t think that is a “health” fear per se.

  15. Laura Says:

    Okay, I’m writing this after the weekend, but….

    1. relieved (that my daughter is having a peaceful nap and I am sitting in silence in the next room)

    2. a bright green shirt and khaki capris (I’m cold)

    3. grocery shopping

    4. at the moment - snorting. I have quite a nasty collection of irritating “stuff” at the back of my nose.

    5. cheerios and a hard boiled egg

    6. Heck ya. That’s a lot of gain for mildly irritating people!

    7. I used to be. Now I think I just take cheap shots.

    8. Not at all. I can handle fish, even enjoy it sometimes, but keep me away from shellfish of any kind please. Did you know they’re the garbage collectors of the ocean? Sick.

    9. Nope. I’ve tried a great many foods and when I say I don’t like them, it’s because I really don’t.

    10. Love-Hate. I’d like to not have it at all, but then there’s Michael Scofield to watch….

    11. Not at the moment.

    12. No. Lucky!

    13. If there’s a hole, sure!

    14. Yup. Drinking water during eating dilutes your stomach acid too much and hinders digestion. Wine is best to drink with meals. And no heating of food in plastic containers or wrappers.

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