ask memes

vaiyamagic asked: 12, 16

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12. What was your last dream about?

I vaguely recall something this morning about a road trip and puzzles, but I’m not sure. The one before that (the previous day) was a nightmare about long-past-their-sell-by-date granola bars that I did not notice were ancient until after I had eaten one.

16. Favorite movie?

I don’t think I have one? I’m not big on video in general*: it’s overstimulating, there’s too much to pay attention to and it doesn’t patiently wait for you while you process what’s already happened. The bigger a chunk the video comes in, the worse it is.

The weekend The Force Awakens came out, I watched the original-ish** Star Wars movie for the first time, for cultural literacy reasons. I talked Mom–who was watching with me–into breaking it up into two one-hour chunks on separate days. She’s always a little upset when this sort of thing comes up, because ”You used to love movies!” and I’m not as good at them as I used to be. I’m not sure why: maybe I’ve been spoiled by the text-focused Internet.

*Yes, I know this is ironic given that we met by watching Star Trek together.

**I borrowed a VHS from a friend, and it said it was a 20th anniversary edition with updated special effects and some integrated deleted scenes. It’ll have to do.

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#tales from the askbox #ask meme #in which Brin has a food poisoning phobia #vaiyamagic

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theunitofcaring asked: 47, 90, 94?

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Wow, you’re fast. I hadn’t even given @sinesalvatorem the ping she wanted next time I posted an ask meme. (I couldn’t do it in the post itself because you can’t do pings on chat posts.)

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?

Not counting jewellery (besides, I have no idea how much any of my jewellery cost because it was all given to me by other people*), I think my winter coat? USD**$100 might have been the cost before the substantial sale it was on, though; I’ve had it for a few years, so I don’t recall exactly. The final cost might have been as low as $50.

(I don’t really go in for fashion or indeed aesthetics in general, so I never treat myself to fancy clothes because it wouldn’t be a treat.)

90. What makes you angry?

(no, brain, this is not a trick question to suss out whether you have Appropriate Emotional Responses, Kelsey would not do that)

People being wrong, On The Internet or otherwise. Even if it’s an honest mistake and they couldn’t have known any better, I still feel angry to some extent, though I try harder not to show it.

94. What are your strengths?

I’m pretty good at figuring out what my personal quirks are and ways of working around them, exploiting them, or just plain living with them. (As I recall, the example I used last time I was talking about this was knowing exactly how many new books I need to binge on in order to develop a special interest in the series: four. If I don’t want a special interest in a particular series, I can usually*** avoid it by limiting my book consumption during the first read-through; if I do want it, I have a benchmark to aim for.)

*Unless you count my (digital but non-smart) wristwatch, which I bought for $20.

**I bought it during a trip to America.

***Some series have a “love at first sight” thing, and those only take one book, but I can tell in advance which ones those are.

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#tales from the askbox #ask meme #theunitofcaring

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Get to Know Me Uncomfortably Well

~ Brin ~ 2 Comments

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tisaybitch:

1. What is you middle name?
2. How old are you?
3. What is your birthday?
4. What is your zodiac sign?
5. What is your favorite color?
6. What’s your lucky number?
7. Do you have any pets?
8. Where are you from?
9. How tall are you?
10. What shoe size are you?
11. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
12. What was your last dream about?
13. What talents do you have?
14. Are you psychic in any way?
15. Favorite song?
16. Favorite movie?
17. Who would be your ideal partner?
18. Do you want children?
19. Do you want a church wedding?
20. Are you religious?
21. Have you ever been to the hospital?
22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?
23. Have you ever met any celebrities?
24. Baths or showers?
25. What color socks are you wearing?
26. Have you ever been famous?
27. Would you like to be a big celebrity?
28. What type of music do you like?
29. Have you ever been skinny dipping?
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
31. What position do you usually sleep in?
32. How big is your house?
33. What do you typically have for breakfast?
34. Have you ever fired a gun?
35. Have you ever tried archery?
36. Favorite clean word?
37. Favorite swear word?
38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?
39. Do you have any scars?
40. Have you ever had a secret admirer?
41. Are you a good liar?
42. Are you a good judge of character?
43. Can you do any other accents other than your own?
44. Do you have a strong accent?
45. What is your favorite accent?
46. What is your personality type?
47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?
48. Can you curl your tongue?
49. Are you an innie or an outie?
50. Left or right handed?
51. Are you scared of spiders?
52. Favorite food?
53. Favorite foreign food?
54. Are you a clean or messy person?
55. Most used phrased?
56. Most used word?
57. How long does it take for you to get ready?
58. Do you have much of an ego?
59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?
60. Do you talk to yourself?
61. Do you sing to yourself?
62. Are you a good singer?
63. Biggest Fear?
64. Are you a gossip?
65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen?
66. Do you like long or short hair?
67. Can you name all 50 states of America?
68. Favorite school subject?
69. Extrovert or Introvert?
70. Have you ever been scuba diving?
71. What makes you nervous?
72. Are you scared of the dark?
73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes?
74. Are you ticklish?
75. Have you ever started a rumor?
76. Have you ever been in a position of authority?
77. Have you ever drank underage?
78. Have you ever done drugs?
79. Who was your first real crush?
80. How many piercings do you have?
81. Can you roll your Rs?”
82. How fast can you type?
83. How fast can you run?
84. What color is your hair?
85. What color is your eyes?
86. What are you allergic to?
87. Do you keep a journal?
88. What do your parents do?
89. Do you like your age?
90. What makes you angry?
91. Do you like your own name?
92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?
93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child?
94. What are you strengths?
95. What are your weaknesses?
96. How did you get your name?
97. Were your ancestors royalty?
98. Do you have any scars?
99. Color of your bedspread?
100. Color of your room?

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#ask meme #I reblogged this one ages ago #but let’s give it a fresh start

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How Well Do Your Followers Know You?

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responsible-reanimation:

Fill this out in my ask box! One point for every correct answer. Ten points total. I’ll reply with your total score!

First name:
Nickname:
Age:
Gender:
Sexual Orientation:
Nationality:
Relationship status:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Random fact:

Some of these I’ve mentioned a lot, some require obsessive sleuthing, and some might be completely impossible for anyone who doesn’t know me personally.

Give it a try!

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#meme #ask me something? #(well not *ask* exactly but that’s the tag I’ve been using) #unfortunately I only read responsible-reanimation on occasion #so I can’t take my turn as answerer #oh well

Get to Know Me Uncomfortably Well

~ Brin ~ 1 Comment

tisaybitch:

1. What is you middle name?
2. How old are you?
3. What is your birthday?
4. What is your zodiac sign?
5. What is your favorite color?
6. What’s your lucky number?
7. Do you have any pets?
8. Where are you from?
9. How tall are you?
10. What shoe size are you?
11. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
12. What was your last dream about?
13. What talents do you have?
14. Are you psychic in any way?
15. Favorite song?
16. Favorite movie?
17. Who would be your ideal partner?
18. Do you want children?
19. Do you want a church wedding?
20. Are you religious?
21. Have you ever been to the hospital?
22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?
23. Have you ever met any celebrities?
24. Baths or showers?
25. What color socks are you wearing?
26. Have you ever been famous?
27. Would you like to be a big celebrity?
28. What type of music do you like?
29. Have you ever been skinny dipping?
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
31. What position do you usually sleep in?
32. How big is your house?
33. What do you typically have for breakfast?
34. Have you ever fired a gun?
35. Have you ever tried archery?
36. Favorite clean word?
37. Favorite swear word?
38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?
39. Do you have any scars?
40. Have you ever had a secret admirer?
41. Are you a good liar?
42. Are you a good judge of character?
43. Can you do any other accents other than your own?
44. Do you have a strong accent?
45. What is your favorite accent?
46. What is your personality type?
47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?
48. Can you curl your tongue?
49. Are you an innie or an outie?
50. Left or right handed?
51. Are you scared of spiders?
52. Favorite food?
53. Favorite foreign food?
54. Are you a clean or messy person?
55. Most used phrased?
56. Most used word?
57. How long does it take for you to get ready?
58. Do you have much of an ego?
59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?
60. Do you talk to yourself?
61. Do you sing to yourself?
62. Are you a good singer?
63. Biggest Fear?
64. Are you a gossip?
65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen?
66. Do you like long or short hair?
67. Can you name all 50 states of America?
68. Favorite school subject?
69. Extrovert or Introvert?
70. Have you ever been scuba diving?
71. What makes you nervous?
72. Are you scared of the dark?
73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes?
74. Are you ticklish?
75. Have you ever started a rumor?
76. Have you ever been in a position of authority?
77. Have you ever drank underage?
78. Have you ever done drugs?
79. Who was your first real crush?
80. How many piercings do you have?
81. Can you roll your Rs?”
82. How fast can you type?
83. How fast can you run?
84. What color is your hair?
85. What color is your eyes?
86. What are you allergic to?
87. Do you keep a journal?
88. What do your parents do?
89. Do you like your age?
90. What makes you angry?
91. Do you like your own name?
92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?
93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child?
94. What are you strengths?
95. What are your weaknesses?
96. How did you get your name?
97. Were your ancestors royalty?
98. Do you have any scars?
99. Color of your bedspread?
100. Color of your room?

Tags:

#meme #interesting #don’t think I’ve ever actually done one of these before #ask me something?

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