anagramofbrat | Today was too damn long.

I'ma post this, eat some chicken, and go to bed.

401. Some say that high school is the best time of your life. Was that true for you?
High school was not terrible for me. Nor was it fantastic. It was just sort of there. That said you couldn't pay me enough to return to that rat nest of drama.

402. What do you find yourself encouraging others to try?
I don't, actually - I'm always too afraid that whatever it is the other person will hate it.

403. Which is better: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?
I prefer Mel Brooks. Woody Allan's too whiney for my tastes. And there's the whole marrying his daughter problem to consider. Ew. Mel Brooks on the other hand has actually made me pee myself laughing.

Now I have this strange mix of The French Mistake and The Inquisition stuck in my head.

404. When was the last time you were up all night?
Lord, I don't know. I don't stay up for good reasons anymore though. Usually gastic distress if I do.

405. __ is life. The rest is just details. Fill in the blank.
I can't think of a single thing that makes sense here that doesn't sound either pretentious or stupid.

406. Are people too complex and different to be categorized?
No? That's how human beings operate - by categorizing. This applies to people as well. It's when you start assigning rank and worth to said categories that fucked up things happen.

407. Is it good to have pride in your own race or does that separate people from each other because it makes them think of everyone else as 'outsiders'?
That last option sounds like something someone would say after declaring that "they don't see color." Which is actually a really ignorant thing to say.

408. What fictional story would you like to live through?
I don't know about a particular story, but I know there are worlds I'd love to visit if I could. The Firefly-verse. Terre D'ange. Barrayar. Kaeleer. Through the looking Glass. Oz. Eroticon 6. The list goes on.

409. Are cats or dogs smarter?
I don't care as long as they're snuggly and don't either drool or lick me.

410. Have you ever guessed someone's password and broken into their diary?
I don't guess. Browsers will straight up tell you what passwords people save if you know where to look. And yes I have. Ain't gonna defend or mea culpa about it, it's just a Thing I Have Done.

411. What teacher, if any, has effected you the most in your life?
I can never tell if that's a correct usage of "effected" or not. I always want to say "affected" instead. Effected is probably correct but it looks really wrong.

But grammar policing aside, it may wall have to be Scott Lang. Most of why I'm the nerd I am today is because of UNIS Media Lab.

412. Are you more easily bored or excited?
I am excitable in bursts. If I'm bored I just go to sleep.

413. What's the bravest or most daring thing you have ever done?
Gods. No idea.

414. "What's the point of robbery when nothing is worth taking?" (- Adam Ant)
Generally I've been genuinely shocked to find asking works just as well if not better than just outright taking.

415. If your man or woman served you breakfast in bed as a treat what would you want?
French toast, bacon, sausage and (and, not or.) ham, maple syrup and my vat of coffee.

416. What do you do only when you are upset?
I cant pinpoint a specific thing I do when upset, just that being upset tends to magnify things. I get set off easier. I yell. I take things personally. IDK.

417. What's the oddest CD in your collection?
Um, hmm, it's been a while since I've looked into my case logic. *blows off dust* *gags* Jesus. lets see...

Wow. There's some good stuff in here I entirely forgot I had. Odd though? Tough call, I've always had intensely strange taste in music. I'ma go with Pure Moods I, II, and III.

418. What's the best diary name you ever saw?
I like the clever ones that make you think a little. There's an account that supposedly belongs to Willam from Rupaul's Drag Race called

noextrai. I thought that was neat once I got it.

419. What would your friends be surprised to learn about you?
Gods. Nothing. I have no secrets.

420. Who owes you an apology?
People who won't give me one.

421. Who deserves an apology from you?
People who won't hear them because they think apologies are worthless and only exist to make the apologizer feel better. Which sort of nullifies that whole "Deserve an apology" thing.

422. How would you like to treat your kids differently from the way your parents treated you?
Other than no spanking or humiliation as disciplinary measures? I want to make sure my kids graduate high school knowing how to drive, cook, do laundry, manage their finances, with something to put on their resume. Those are all life skills I could really have used from jump rather than having to learn them the hard way later.

423. Which do you like best: 60's, 70's or 80's fashion?
I have a special place in my heart for the '80s. It might have something to do with actually having a skin tone fluorescents actually flatter.

424. What is the worst pick up line ever used on you?
"Hello gorgeous and confused!" (this after completely failing to see the door on my right after being confronted with a row of doors that all said "please use other door" trying to enter a Sam Goody's. The guy working there found this incredibly amusing. I did not.)

425. Of the following, which word best describes you: inventive, kinetic (energetic), light-hearted, mature
Inventive.

426. Do you own a record player?
I wish. But all my actual records are at The House anyway.

Do you use it?
I would if I had one. Wait no, that's a lie, considering the two inches of dust caked onto my CD case.

427. How easily do you make friends?
Reasonably easily. I'm very approachable.

428. What is the difference between having character and being a character?
One person is three dimensional, the other one is short a dimension or two.

429. Are there any animals you flat out refuse to touch?
Cows and drooly dogs. Also ones likely to eat my head in response.

430. Do you care about your weight?
It concerns me that I keep losing it. I've kinda given up on wishing I were bigger and am pretty good where I am.

431. Did you/will you go to the prom?
We didn't exactly have a prom. We had a formal party on a yacht that sailed around Manhattan. I spent it on the upper deck by the rail in my stocking feet (that was the night I figured out I was utterly hopeless in heels) watching the city pass by and talking to my date about nihilism.

432. Have you ever wanted to date twins?
No. I wanted to BE twins for a while though.

433. What one thing would you change about high school if you could?
It was long ago and it was far away. Oh god it seems so very far. And if life is just a highway, and the soul is just a car...

434. If you came with a warning label, what would it say?
The one I already have translates to "evil" in Japanese.

435. Are you artistic and creative?
Yes.

436. What were you (probably) doing on this date last year?
According to my LJ archive, trying not to take pictures of the cat, eating the first box of Samoas of the year (THAT'S RIGHT ITS GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SEASON I'M GONNA PUT THEM IN MY MOUTH OH YES) and apparently being gobsmacked... Oh. *blush* I remember by what now. heh.

437. What are you obsessed with?
Subways. Beads. Self examination.

438. What was the last compliment you received?

cell23 occasionally gets this... expression when he looks at me a certain way. I take it as high praise.

439. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Yes.

440. Who would you like to be alone with right now?
Right now? Across the room from me, I have a bed full of sleeping cats. That includes the snoring

cell23.

441. Do you push people away when you really want them to come closer?
God, yes. I do this shit all the time. I've at least gotten self knowledgeable enough to actually warn people that I do this though because it SUCKS and I hate doing it.

442. Is a prenuptial agreement necessary or does it take the romance and trust out of marriage?
Ehh in some cases it's practical. Some people could benefit from having a little reality injected into their starry eyed romanticism.

443. Do you lie your way out of things?
Only when I feel cornered.

444. Are you better at talking or listening?
Listening.

445. What will only happen to you once in this lifetime?
Hopefully things like pulmonary embolisms and intestinal perforations. Also apparently NOT chicken pox. :/

446. Know of any conspiracy theories you think might be credible?
Not off the top of my head.

447. What are the most beautiful words that have ever been spoken to you?
Not sharing. :)

448. If it were legal would you own a human slave (race unimportant)?
First reaction: AW HELL NO. Second reaction: [Zim voice]BOW TO MEEEEEEEEEE HUMAN SLAVES AHAHAHAHAHA[/Zim voice] My brain is terrible.

449. Have you ever read your own writing at a poetry reading?
Looooooooooooooooooooong ago. I don't write poetry anymore. It was all pretty terrible.

450. What is one simple thing that gives you the happy shivers?
Ice cream. People unexpectedly giving me stuff.

451. What do you do for exercise?
Very little these days. The most I manage to do is 20 reps on a side when carrying a milk jug down the hill.

452. Would you rather have a strict teacher with a sense of humor or a lenient teacher that doesn't teach?
I've had both. The strict ones were better.

453. If you ever have a baby what might you want to name it?
Christopher Stanley. For Reasons, but mostly because I really like the nickname Kit.
I'd name a girl after Mom. There is a strong tradition of Almas and Ruths in my family and we've got a few Ruths already. No idea what sort of middle name would go with that.

For the record I had this decided LONG before the second season of American Horror Story. Clearly Ryan Murphy mined my brain for ideas using alien technology.

454. If you won free tickets to a concert from a radio show and had to choose between Inxs, Poison, Blondie and Moby, which would you choose?
INXS is kind of impossible, innit? Blondie.

455. Are you a good cook?
When I try. I've had some misses.

456. Do you prefer when things come with no assembly required, even if they are a bit more expensive?
Nah, I like putting things together. That said, it may sit in the box for a while until I get around to putting it together.

457. Start a sentence with the words: what if
...cats really are the first wave of the alien invasion?

458. Are you more spontaneous and unpredictable or loyal and routine?
A fair mix of both.

459. What is the highest number you can count to in your head?
I know... how to count... all de way... to shhhhhhhhhhhhhfifty five.

Seriously, I don't know. But I do know how to count to 1023 on my fingers.

460. How do you go about losing weight?
Get yourself a digestive disorder, apparently.

461. Do you have street smarts?
Not really. I've never been mugged yet though.

462. Do you have a lot of common sense?
Depends on who you ask, lol.

463. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Cookies & cream.

464. What's your favorite movie that involves dancing?
The King and I.

465. Would you ever want to become a guest on a talk show? If yes what would the show's theme be?
No and my butt.

466. Do you like the way you look naked?
Not really, but I try not to think about it too much.

467. Have you ever dissected an animal?
Yes. It was weirdly fascinating and very very smelly.

468. Who do you know who is brilliant?
I know a lot of smart creative people.

469. Who do you know who is dull?
Why would I name them?

470. Do you ever think about time travel?
I watch Doctor Who. Enough said.

471. What is one interesting fact you know?
if you sit up straight in a chair, relax one arm and let it dangle and pinch the bridge of your nose, if you wiggle the fingers in the slack arm you will feel it in your nose. Also if you stick your finger in your ear and violently wiggle it like you were trying to scratch your ear canal, it sounds like Pac-Man.

472. Do you talk to yourself?
Yes.

Do you talk to your pets?
OMG YOU'RE A KITTY

473. Do you believe that humankind has a future in space (will we live there some day)?
I believe humankind has a future in whatever it makes up its mind to have one in. the trick is that whole making up the mind.

474. Would you rather wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty or more delicate outfits?
I like wash and wear.

475. How do you 'live life to the fullest'?
hang with people I care about, doing things I like and eating tasty things.

476. Are you sloppy or a neat freak?
I'd be more of a neat freak if I weren't fucking lazy.

477. Would you rather have a trunk full of nickels or half a trunk full of dimes?
How big are these trunks, exactly? (the dimes though)

478. What is the worst mistake you've ever made?
I did some balls stupid things with money in 2009. I have a feeling I'll be paying for those for the next decade at least.

479. Are you in good health?
It could be much better.

480. Are you patriotic?
MRRRCA! No, not really.

Let's play fact or crap.

Okay!

Is it a fact? Or is it crap?

If it's not Scottish IT'S CRAP!

481. The greenhouse effect is bad for your health.
I imagine the greenhouse effect is worse collectively than individually.

482. There are about as many molecules of air in one breath as there are hairs on your head.
crap. There are more molecules.

483. The Miss America pageant started out as a contest in which people decorated wheel chairs and one chair was judged the prettiest.
Mostly crap. It did initially involve wheeled chairs and pretty girls, though, according to Wikipedia.

484. To remove a tattoo a physician can place a small balloon under the skin, which is inflated so that the tattooed skin gradually stretches. Then they cut the stretched skin away.
I hope this is crap. Ew.

485. Cock fighting is a sexual sport.
*rolleyes* wait! I think I've seen that porn. Never mind.

486. It is the warmest time of the day during the hour that the sun is the highest in the sky.
Crap. It takes a while for the heat of the sun to have an effect on the heat of the day so the temp peaks about an hour or so after traditional noon. Kind of how mid june isn't the warmest point of the summer.

487. Certain scientists specialize in studying cow farts.
If this isn't crap, they really need to set up a lab in Hadley because, damn.

488. The brilliant colors (reds, oranges, yellows) across the sky that we get from sunsets are caused mainly by pollution.
Crap, but I ain't about to get into the lightbending science that is actually responsible.

489. In Grimm's original fairy tale, Rapunzel is pregnant.
I don't know about Grimm's specifically, but I have read versions where the Prince knocks her up, the witch finds out about it, plucks out her eyes and casts her into the desert, where she gives birth to twins. Into the Woods had to get it from somewhere.

490. Dracula was the first movie about a vampire.
Pretty sure Nosferatu came first, but Nosferatu was pretty much Dracula with the serial numbers scraped off.

491. The inventors of Corn Flakes, the Kellogg brothers, ran a school for delinquent youth.
Crap. They ran a sanitarium.

492. "Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.
Crap. What in the name of email forwarded bullshit...

493. Sir Thomas Crapper invented the toilet.
Crap. Pun intended.

494. The Earl of Sandwich invented the Sandwich.
Crap, but I like the idea of it being invented because a fat aristocrat was too lazy to get up for dinner.

495. Some Chinese alchemists were trying to invent an immortality medicine and accidentally invented gunpowder instead.
Crap and vaguely offensive.

496. The human body is made of about 99% water.
Crap (at most, 75%) but "Ugly bag of mostly water!" is still the best insult to fall out of an alien mouth on TV ever.

497. Bubble gum contains rubber.
Not quite crap. Chicle is very similar to rubber and is obtained the same way.

498 This survey to the zero power = 0.
Crap. Try 1.

499. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Crap. Maybe in Ancient Egypt.

500. There are 86401 seconds in day.
Crap. It doesn't even make sense if you think about it rationally - 60X60X24? How do you get a number ending in 1 out of that? come on.

if anyone else would like to join me in this insanity, BTW all the questions are at

5000questionsur.