A survey? Why sure, I'd love one!

Thanks to a_c for posting the original!

1. what is one of your favorite childhood memories?
Hm, tough one. I'll have to come back to this.

2. how does your life compare to your life 10 years ago?
Ten years ago I had just been required to withdraw from univeristy, was working a meh job in a cafe, partying all weekend every weekend, hung out on BL and generally hated myself. Now I like myself a bit more, enjoy my work (more or less), play an instrument, am a lot more fit and healthy and generally have gotten better at life. Still hang out on BL a fair bit though

3. what does your wallet look like?
It's a stainless steel woven fabric wallet. Looks like this:

It is awesome.

4. favorite pizza toppings:

A really good margherita is nice, or a 'veggie plus' from the mom and pop place down the street: bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, broccoli, olives and lots of fresh garlic with a ton of cheap mozza. Horrible for me, but every now and then it just hits the spot.

5. list 2 truths and lie. people can guess in the comments which is lie

• I think it's hilarious that people still watch tv or read newspapers.
• I love dogs, but will likely never own one.
• To celebrate the completion of my kitchen renovation, I'm in the middle of baking a delicious cake.

6. how many email addresses do you have?

3 active accounts, 2 rarely-used ones (including a PATRIOT-exempt gmail account that I really need to migrate to)

7. do you pee in the shower?

Sometimes, but only ever in my own shower. Peeing in a public shower or someone else's is just kind of a dick thing to do.

8. name 3 websites you frequent (besides BL)

Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA outreach)
Herbivoracious (vegetarian cooking blog)
Clean, Green, Simple (vegan cooking/clean living blog)

9. what is your favorite word? why?

Another toughie. In terms of words that I use often, I've been big on 'awesome' lately, to the point where it's losing meaning. From an 'I like this word, but don't use it often' standpoint... I can't think of just one that stands out. Excise, transusbstantiate, intransigent, extrinsic, deleterious and disingenious all come to mind. I love language, and wordplay.

10. where is some place you have always wanted to go?

Antarctica. Deep within the mainland, none of this 'right at the tip of the penninsula, just so that I can get my passport stamped for traveller cred' nonsense.

 

i am guessing your statement about a dog is a lie. you have been talking about redoing your kitchen for a long time and don't seem like a tv person.

i was thinking about getting your wallet before i bought mine. but i was worried how it would feel in my pocket. is it super rigid?

 

this is tricky also.

I'm going to say that the dog one is a lie as well. I am expecting a surprise segue such as a Blog entry telling us that you have celebrated your renovated kitchen by buying a new best friend of the canine variety %)

Where are you giuys finding such unique wallets?????

 

both mine and his are from thinkgeek

i left a link in the comments on my blog. i love thinkgeek.

 

Now I'm mad at you!!!!!
I need to finish packing but I'm now all over ThinkGeek allowing myself to be distracted. Grrrrrrr....

 

careful, i could spend hours (and hundreds) on that site.

 

I have to avoid ThinkGeek, since I will wind up spending way too much money on stuff that I really don't need.

a_c: It's not bad, but I don't generally keep stuff in my pockets. It isn't really stretchy at all, so when it gets full it doesn't close properly, but that's only a problem when I carry cash, which is pretty rare.

Guessers: nope. The Cake is a lie! I'm actually not a big baker, despite the fact that I love baked goods and cooking. The last cake I made was one of these, which requires no baking whatsoever. That was about 8 months ago.

 

that looks delicious!
I'd never have the patience for that though

That looks like another cool website, btw

 

dave: i am about 50/50 when i comes to carrying a wallet in my pocket or my purse. so i need something that is bendy when i sit down.

 

Then the metal wallet is not a good idea, unless you keep it virtually empty. It's a cool conversation piece though, and acts as an innate RFID blocker to boot.

OD: Oh hell yeah, it's deadly. Takes about 4 hours to put together from scratch, but as the link shows it can be split up over a couple of days if needs be. The last time I made it, it was at a semi-fancy cooking party, and I basically spent the entire time at the stove working on it, while drinking, chatting and having a blast. Wound up with a freaking blister on my palm though from whisking the meringue though... got a few odd looks at work from that one let me tell you

 

Much respect for your candour concerning the shower question. Much respect.

And I totally dig your wallet so may buy one when the current financial gloom brightens and I would have no problems keeping it virtually empty so I can keep it in my back right cheek pocket which is where every boy's wallet should go!