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hummingwolf) wrote2004-07-28 03:38 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2004-07-28 03:38 pm
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Trivia
After a careful look at the bios on assorted websites created to assist you in putting a child up for adoption, in finding someone to date online, or in identifying a convicted felon, I have assembled a list of the factoids people most want to know about each other. For all the folks who have ever complained that I'm too mysterious, here are my answers to the great timeless questions.
Citizenship: American (native-born).
Ethnicity: Caucasian (non-Hispanic). Known ancestors a mix of Western European nationalities. Occupations of known ancestors include inventors, scientists, journalists, essayists, schoolteachers, school founders, artists, and the usual assortment of farmers, peasants, obscure kings, and pagan gods.
Age: Rapidly approaching 35 years.
Sign: Sun sign Libra, Moon sign Leo, Leo ascendant. Moon conjunct ascendant, with the luminary just baaarely in the first house. Sun sextile both moon and ascendant. Sextiles and conjunction all within one degree of exactness. Yes, I do know too much about astrology for someone who doesn't believe in it.
Sex: Female.
Sexual orientation: Heterosexual with a decided weakness for geeks.
Political orientation: Registered independent. Somewhere in the middle of the U.S. left-right spectrum with mild libertarian leanings. Have voted for Republicans, Democrats, and Libertarians. Have been known to cheer when president-elect and congressional majority are of opposing parties, my theory being that a government divided is less damaging to the rest of us.
And now for something I really shouldn't have to say to intelligent people. For the sake of argument, let's say you're in agreement with the political party currently in power. A law is passed, or an old law is interpreted by the courts in a new way which gives the government sweeping powers to go after the Bad Guys. Members of the other major political party complain that the law can now be used against previously legal activities which they happen to be all in favor of protecting. Frankly, you see this as a bonus. You love the law, jumping with glee when it's used against genuine Bad Guys and other undesirables. But if the law is written in such a way that these sweeping new powers could conceivably be used against you, if the thought of the opposing party coming into power and being able to use the law to their advantage gives you the heebie-jeebies, then it doesn't matter how much good your guys can do now--it's still a bad law. As long as the US retains some kind of democracy, the wheel will turn one day. What your side does unto others will be done unto you.
In the news: A group monitors churches to ensure that tax guidelines restricting nonprofit groups' political activity are not violated. Some church officials complain that this smacks of Big Brother-ism. They feel that the coalition and others like it are using scare tactics, that the monitoring is a nasty form of intimidation. The article ends with the quote, "Who deputized this group and its members to be thought police in Kansas - or elsewhere?" That complaint about thought police comes from Jay Sekulow, ardent supporter of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Whether the previous two paragraphs are related to each other in any way is for the reader to decide.
Height: Average for someone of my age, sex, and ethnicity.
Weight: Below average for height, age, sex, and ethnicity, but currently well within the American insurance industry's "healthy" range.
Eyes: Green, sometimes blue.
Glasses or contacts? Glasses. Nearsighted enough that when asked if I can see the big E, I may not be entirely sure where the chart is.
Hair: Ridiculously long. Wavy. Not tame. Brown with rather more grey than is usual for current age. Found my first white hair in my right eyebrow at the age of 21.
Right-handed or left-handed: Write with right hand, turn with left hand. Overall could be described as ambinondextrous.
Piercings/tattoos/intentional body mods: None.
Scars: Assorted ones in various places. Newest scar is a burn just below my lip which I'm hoping will decide to be less obvious than it is now.
Allergies: Dogs, cats, tree pollen, ragweed, the usual. Am also mildly allergic to aloe vera. Was allergic to my mother's milk.
Nicknames: Too many to list here. Most popular nick at the moment is "CB." Leading contender for silliest nickname ever: "Ears Optional."
Marital status: Never married.
Children: None.
Siblings: Two, much older.
Education: 4 years towards a degree in linguistics. College dropout for health reasons. Some computer training.
Extracurricular activities: Girl Scouts in elementary school. In high school, Jr. Civitan (briefly), Job's Daughters, drama club.
Work history: No real paying job. Had an unpaid internship a while back at which I did quite well. Boss wanted to hire me for paying position, but boss's boss refused to hire someone part-time in spite of the fact that I did more during my limited hours than most of their full-time workers did (and I also fixed other workers' mistakes).
Income: Are you offering? Still trying for Social Security disability; currently scraping by with temporary funds from the state.
Religion: Christian, though the label may not mean what you think it means. And yes, I know that most folks with "wolf" names these days seem to be some flavor of pagan (often cotton-candy flavor), but I actually came up with the name "Hummingwolf" during a church service. No, really.
Relationship to inner child: I keep trying to get her to lighten up.
Favorite toy: Lego!
Pets: None.
Dog person or cat person: Cat person, definitely. Yes, again in spite of my part-canid name.
Living situation: Renting a room in a private home shared with other renters (mostly students). In the past, I have shared a house with as many as ten people. I've also lived alone.
Mode of transporation: My feet. Need new shoes.
Criminal history: None. I'm innocent, I tell you! Did get to ride in the back of a police car once though.
Hobbies: Reading (books, LiveJournal, other web sites, food packaging, etc.), playing with computer graphics, listening to music, walking around marveling at trees and sunsets and butterflies.
Special talents: Some natural writing talent, though cognitive disfunction has made that much harder to use. Artistic skill which, while my hand-eye coordination has gotten worse, has improved in other ways. Ability to observe from what![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hai_kah_uhk has referred to as a "twisted pseudo-mundane perspective."
Myers-Briggs type: Never officially analyzed, but tests online and in books suggest INXP (equally T and F).
Glass half-full or half-empty: The glass is full of molecules. Molecules are mostly empty space. Empty space is full of potential.
Favorite color: I love them all! Light is nifty. If I must pick, today I shall pick green and gold.
Favorite foods: Most fruits, with the exceptions of raisins (demonspawn masquerading as desiccated fruit) and the inappropriately-named Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples; many dishes combining tomatoes and cheese; and dark chocolate (non-Hershey's).
Major junk food weakness: Potato chips. (Chocolate is not junk food.)
Favorite drinks: Tea, herbal tea, white grapefruit juice, water.
Favorite season: Any time not hot and humid.
Favorite holiday: Sad to say, most holidays mean to me nothing more than that the libraries are closed and buses are running on a limited schedule. Except Halloween, when libraries stay open and people give away candy.
Favorite song: Excuse me, I haven't even narrowed it down to a top 1000 yet!
Favorite author: I'm always on the lookout for more good books (though I've got too many unread around now), but the two authors I've read the most are C.J. Cherryh and C.S. Lewis.
Books read most in the early years: Collections of the Grimms' fairy tales, Andersen's fairy tales, Lewis Carroll's Alice books, and L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz. A little later, Edith Hamilton's Mythology and a collection of stories & poems by Edgar Allan Poe.
Favorite TV shows: Ones that haven't been canceled? Tru Calling, I suppose, though it's not must-see-TV for me. I'll probably watch next season of Trump TV (a.k.a. The Apprentice). Most TV watching is on the weekends when I can see reruns of Buffy and Angel.
Favorite movie: I haven't seen that many. Old familiar favorites include The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Favorite comic strip: It's been a while since I bought a newspaper, so I'll have to say the classics Bloom County and Calvin & Hobbes.
Honey, I'm home.
Citizenship: American (native-born).
Ethnicity: Caucasian (non-Hispanic). Known ancestors a mix of Western European nationalities. Occupations of known ancestors include inventors, scientists, journalists, essayists, schoolteachers, school founders, artists, and the usual assortment of farmers, peasants, obscure kings, and pagan gods.
Age: Rapidly approaching 35 years.
Sign: Sun sign Libra, Moon sign Leo, Leo ascendant. Moon conjunct ascendant, with the luminary just baaarely in the first house. Sun sextile both moon and ascendant. Sextiles and conjunction all within one degree of exactness. Yes, I do know too much about astrology for someone who doesn't believe in it.
Sex: Female.
Sexual orientation: Heterosexual with a decided weakness for geeks.
Political orientation: Registered independent. Somewhere in the middle of the U.S. left-right spectrum with mild libertarian leanings. Have voted for Republicans, Democrats, and Libertarians. Have been known to cheer when president-elect and congressional majority are of opposing parties, my theory being that a government divided is less damaging to the rest of us.
And now for something I really shouldn't have to say to intelligent people. For the sake of argument, let's say you're in agreement with the political party currently in power. A law is passed, or an old law is interpreted by the courts in a new way which gives the government sweeping powers to go after the Bad Guys. Members of the other major political party complain that the law can now be used against previously legal activities which they happen to be all in favor of protecting. Frankly, you see this as a bonus. You love the law, jumping with glee when it's used against genuine Bad Guys and other undesirables. But if the law is written in such a way that these sweeping new powers could conceivably be used against you, if the thought of the opposing party coming into power and being able to use the law to their advantage gives you the heebie-jeebies, then it doesn't matter how much good your guys can do now--it's still a bad law. As long as the US retains some kind of democracy, the wheel will turn one day. What your side does unto others will be done unto you.
In the news: A group monitors churches to ensure that tax guidelines restricting nonprofit groups' political activity are not violated. Some church officials complain that this smacks of Big Brother-ism. They feel that the coalition and others like it are using scare tactics, that the monitoring is a nasty form of intimidation. The article ends with the quote, "Who deputized this group and its members to be thought police in Kansas - or elsewhere?" That complaint about thought police comes from Jay Sekulow, ardent supporter of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Whether the previous two paragraphs are related to each other in any way is for the reader to decide.
Height: Average for someone of my age, sex, and ethnicity.
Weight: Below average for height, age, sex, and ethnicity, but currently well within the American insurance industry's "healthy" range.
Eyes: Green, sometimes blue.
Glasses or contacts? Glasses. Nearsighted enough that when asked if I can see the big E, I may not be entirely sure where the chart is.
Hair: Ridiculously long. Wavy. Not tame. Brown with rather more grey than is usual for current age. Found my first white hair in my right eyebrow at the age of 21.
Right-handed or left-handed: Write with right hand, turn with left hand. Overall could be described as ambinondextrous.
Piercings/tattoos/intentional body mods: None.
Scars: Assorted ones in various places. Newest scar is a burn just below my lip which I'm hoping will decide to be less obvious than it is now.
Allergies: Dogs, cats, tree pollen, ragweed, the usual. Am also mildly allergic to aloe vera. Was allergic to my mother's milk.
Nicknames: Too many to list here. Most popular nick at the moment is "CB." Leading contender for silliest nickname ever: "Ears Optional."
Marital status: Never married.
Children: None.
Siblings: Two, much older.
Education: 4 years towards a degree in linguistics. College dropout for health reasons. Some computer training.
Extracurricular activities: Girl Scouts in elementary school. In high school, Jr. Civitan (briefly), Job's Daughters, drama club.
Work history: No real paying job. Had an unpaid internship a while back at which I did quite well. Boss wanted to hire me for paying position, but boss's boss refused to hire someone part-time in spite of the fact that I did more during my limited hours than most of their full-time workers did (and I also fixed other workers' mistakes).
Income: Are you offering? Still trying for Social Security disability; currently scraping by with temporary funds from the state.
Religion: Christian, though the label may not mean what you think it means. And yes, I know that most folks with "wolf" names these days seem to be some flavor of pagan (often cotton-candy flavor), but I actually came up with the name "Hummingwolf" during a church service. No, really.
Relationship to inner child: I keep trying to get her to lighten up.
Favorite toy: Lego!
Pets: None.
Dog person or cat person: Cat person, definitely. Yes, again in spite of my part-canid name.
Living situation: Renting a room in a private home shared with other renters (mostly students). In the past, I have shared a house with as many as ten people. I've also lived alone.
Mode of transporation: My feet. Need new shoes.
Criminal history: None. I'm innocent, I tell you! Did get to ride in the back of a police car once though.
Hobbies: Reading (books, LiveJournal, other web sites, food packaging, etc.), playing with computer graphics, listening to music, walking around marveling at trees and sunsets and butterflies.
Special talents: Some natural writing talent, though cognitive disfunction has made that much harder to use. Artistic skill which, while my hand-eye coordination has gotten worse, has improved in other ways. Ability to observe from what
hai_kah_uhk has referred to as a "twisted pseudo-mundane perspective."Myers-Briggs type: Never officially analyzed, but tests online and in books suggest INXP (equally T and F).
Glass half-full or half-empty: The glass is full of molecules. Molecules are mostly empty space. Empty space is full of potential.
Favorite color: I love them all! Light is nifty. If I must pick, today I shall pick green and gold.
Favorite foods: Most fruits, with the exceptions of raisins (demonspawn masquerading as desiccated fruit) and the inappropriately-named Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples; many dishes combining tomatoes and cheese; and dark chocolate (non-Hershey's).
Major junk food weakness: Potato chips. (Chocolate is not junk food.)
Favorite drinks: Tea, herbal tea, white grapefruit juice, water.
Favorite season: Any time not hot and humid.
Favorite holiday: Sad to say, most holidays mean to me nothing more than that the libraries are closed and buses are running on a limited schedule. Except Halloween, when libraries stay open and people give away candy.
Favorite song: Excuse me, I haven't even narrowed it down to a top 1000 yet!
Favorite author: I'm always on the lookout for more good books (though I've got too many unread around now), but the two authors I've read the most are C.J. Cherryh and C.S. Lewis.
Books read most in the early years: Collections of the Grimms' fairy tales, Andersen's fairy tales, Lewis Carroll's Alice books, and L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz. A little later, Edith Hamilton's Mythology and a collection of stories & poems by Edgar Allan Poe.
Favorite TV shows: Ones that haven't been canceled? Tru Calling, I suppose, though it's not must-see-TV for me. I'll probably watch next season of Trump TV (a.k.a. The Apprentice). Most TV watching is on the weekends when I can see reruns of Buffy and Angel.
Favorite movie: I haven't seen that many. Old familiar favorites include The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Favorite comic strip: It's been a while since I bought a newspaper, so I'll have to say the classics Bloom County and Calvin & Hobbes.
Honey, I'm home.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
By the way, I want to know the story for the police car ride.
And I never got the impression you were too mysterious:)
Yay!
Re: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The problem with this plan was that my friend's mother was pretty much insane. She decided for some reason that we weren't worthy of a ride home, so she absolutely refused to drive us. Nobody else's parents were available to drive, so my friend called her father--who was busy at work--and begged for him to do something. He couldn't drive us himself at all. What he did do was call an old friend of his on the police force. So we all got to ride home in a police car, with me in the back seat while the policeman laughed at us all and teased me with tales of all the lice-covered criminals who had ridden in the back.
And I never got the impression you were too mysterious:)
::snicker::
If you ever complain that anyone is too mysterious, we will all laugh at you. :-)
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::snicker::
If you ever complain that anyone is too mysterious, we will all laugh at you. :-)
I made great efforts about that. Gimme credit.
Re: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
And I do give you credit! But if you ever complain that somebody's too mysterious, people will still laugh. :-P
/me huggles the Zoop.
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The story of a pure night of CB debauchery!
And I do give you credit! But if you ever complain that somebody's too mysterious, people will still laugh. :-P
Try and remember me and how I was like when we first met. I'm like way oversharing now.
And I'd take a recent pic right now, but I have yet to find a remedy to those damn dark circles chemo is giving me:(
/me huggles the Zoop.
/me huggles tighter and WINS!
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Oh, you so weren't expecting that. This is me we're talking about here!
I know you share a whole lot more these days than you used to. That doesn't mean we can't tease you, does it?
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And yeah, feel free to tease me. I can live with that (though not everyone can actually tease me...when some people do it, it drives me crazy).
Poor CB, catching up with replies yet I keep replying right away, taking away that good feeling of satisfaction of being all caught up!
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Sexual orientation: Heterosexual with a decided weakness for geeks.
This is the part where I stammer uncontrollably and start spaking in Heechee.
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Geek boys are silly. Of course, that's a large part of their charm. :-)