I stole this from sajego because I am tired and silly. The instructions are: Go to Google Images, search for and post an image off the first page for each answer.
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Got this from raisinbottom. Holy shit, it’s accurate.
My Personality

Neuroticism	85
Extraversion	0
Openness To Experience	5
Agreeableness	44
Conscientiousness	1

Test Yourself Compare Yourself View Full Report Bebo, MySpace Codes and hi5 by Pulseware Survey Software

Personality Report: You are introverted, reserved, and quiet with a preference for solitude and solitary activities. Your socializing tends to be restricted to a few close friends. You can be very easily upset, even by what most people consider the normal demands of living. People consider you to be extremely sensitive and emotional. As a practical person you like to think in plain and simple terms. Others describe you as down-to-earth, practical, and conservative. You have some concern with others’ needs, and are generally pleasant, sympathetic, and cooperative. You like to live for the moment and do what feels good now. Your work tends to be careless and disorganized.
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Given that every time somebody tags people on a meme, but not me, I think to myself “aw, nobody ever tags me,” I figure I better heed sewcute’s command to do this one!

The official meme: Once you have been tagged, you have to write a post with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself and say who tagged you. In the end, you will need to choose the 6 people you tag and list their names. No tag backs.

1. I love watching the soap wash off my body in the shower. I don’t know what it is about this literal cleansing - washing away - process appeals to me, but I like it.
2. I can’t imagine vacationing in a place more than once - there are so many places in the world I want to visit, that I don’t expect to ever have the money to return to them. That said, I have been to Montreal and Niagara Falls (Canadian side) twice, and I will be going to Alaska next year for the second time.
3. If I am not actively interpreting at work, I am sleepy. This means I am sleepy for most of the workday, often regardless of caffeine intake.
4. My favorite type of gum is Orbit Bubblemint. It lasts a long time, it blows pretty good bubbles, and the taste is unique - not quite like regular pink gum, but only slightly minty. Surprisingly, other Orbit flavors - Sweetmint, Cinnamint, etc. - do not blow such good bubbles. Isn’t it all bubble gum regardless of flavor?
5. Sometimes I think I am too nice online, and I should call out more people who deserve to be called out for whining, being bitchy and haughty, etc. But I am so afraid of people disliking me that I just keep my mouth shut. (Note: if you’re reading this, I’m almost definitely not talking about you.)
6. I am such a bad cook that I don’t even bother. Virtually everything I eat is pre-made, even my Diet to Go food, although that is at least fresh. I can make cookies, but that’s about it. I guess if I tried a little harder I might become a better cook, but it doesn’t interest me.
7. I used to do crochet and cross-stitch, but I haven’t picked either up in a very long time - probably at least a year.
8. My favorite candy bar is Reese’s Nutrageous, or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup if that counts. I also like that new “Take Five” candy bar, and the peanut butter Twix. Unfortunately these are all high in fat, so if I am being bad and getting candy at all I get Twizzlers or York patties, or if I’m being really bad I get Three Musketeers. I miss eating candy regularly - can I have my college metabolism again please?
9. Added - bonus #9: I really hate when I cannot remember stuff within minutes of thinking of it. Sometimes I forget what I was saying while I’m in the middle of saying it. I just completely lose it - and it hasn’t been replaced by anything else, I’ve just forgotten. I also meant to post something after I was done with this post, and I can’t remember what it was. Dammit!

And I am tagging the following people, who are under no obligation to actually answer this meme.

1. Halsted
2. eudyptes
3. curvedmetal
4. Nina
5. zaph
6. plantyhamchuk

A unique meme from Neil - I don’t do this kind of stuff much anymore, but this has unique questions. A bit long though!
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I used to have one of those guestmap things, and I got a few dozen people to mark off their locations. I’m not sure what happened to it or where it was hosted. Here are a couple of alternatives; feel free to mark yourselves. The first one is based on IP address and may or may not be U.S.-only, I’m not sure. I’m pretty sure the Frappr map is international.

Put Your Visitors on a Map!

(I suspect the Frappr one might not work on LJ, but if you want to add yourself to my Frappr map, you can do so here.)

I saw zille had posted a meme offering to interview her readers, so I signed up to be interviewed! Here are my answers. If you would like me to ask you five questions, feel free to request that in a comment. Of course you’re under no obligation to answer, or to offer to do the same for others.

1. How did you learn all your nifty web-skills?

You know…I’m not even sure! I don’t remember ever taking a single web class, everything has just been self-taught. I’ve used some reference books and sites here and there, but I haven’t done any formal training. And yet I’ve come up with enough to know more or less what I’m doing…I guess it’s just a fun hobby for me, and I’ve picked it up over time.

2. What do you think about when you masturbate?

I can only very rarely masturbate without source material (almost always text-based). When I do, I usually focus on things that have actually happened to me; sometimes I just remember the original occurrence and sometimes I fantasize about the exact same thing happening again.

3. Are you out about all your kinks, or are there some you hold private because you’re afraid they might squick your friends?

I am pretty much out about everything. I’m more concerned with what my parents think than my friends, but there’s very little I keep completely private. As with everything else, I just have a hard time keeping secrets or making things up - what you see is just about what you get!

4. Have you ever done “sex talk” in sign-language?

Hmmm, that could have a couple of different meanings! I’ve never flirted in sign language, that’s for sure. I’ve had to interpret flirtation, in fact just this past weekend I ran into some wordplay flirting and was shocked when I figured out the joke! (”You’ll come later - oh, you’ll CUM later…hey!”) I do have a nice vocabulary from working so much in the leather community - I’m finally no longer fazed when words like “blowjob” come up!

5. What food do you like so much that eating it is almost like sex?

That’s an easy one: peanut butter. I would eat peanut butter straight out of the jar if I could (heck, I used to!). Peter Pan is always reliable because it’s so sugary, but my tip-top absolute favorite is Reese’s. I’ve never bought a jar of it, only had it in cups and the like, but it’s the best peanut butter there is. Mmmmmmmm.

My friend Cricket has a website for a meme/project she started: it’s called Before I’m Gone. I am going to send in this list of ten things I’d like to do before I die. My list is focused on things that are actually achievable now rather than requiring new technology to be developed or for me to have skills I should have started learning as a child.
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A meme stolen from Neil. Counts down 10 firsts, 9 lasts, 8 “have you evers,” 7 things you are wearing, 6 things you’ve done today, 5 favorite things in no order, 4 people you can tell almost anything to, 3 choices, 2 things to do before you die, and 1 thing you regret.
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Could somebody please explain to me how the Republic of Ireland is connected to both France and Benelux by train and not boat? WTF?

Tip: do not watch The Sixth Sense for the first time ever late at night and then have to go into the basement to do laundry.

In other news, I am totally obsessed with Faerie Bubbles.

Oh, I updated the design on my site. I finally gave up trying to find Illogirly and making my own fall layout, so I found a very nice one from Quixotic Pixels. I love that she included a blank header graphic! It was pretty easy to tweak for WordPress, although I had to do a bit of funky stuff with the comments section because the provided layout didn’t have comments. So if you’re reading on LiveJournal or have chosen a different skin (i.e., you’re not using the “default”), go check it out. Yes, it is a very dark design, but I like it!

These are goofy quiz results. Nothing to see here, move along.
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It’s a cool meme fromcaydenza! Feel free to ask me about anything you don’t recognize, understand, or would like to know more about.

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My QuickLaunch menu

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