In for a penny, in for a pound.

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4 and write the sentence here:
Such delusions might be seen as an attempt to resolve a cognitive dissonance between hard evidence... (and it goes on).

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What’s there?
The fleece blanket on the other end of my couch.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
I don't watch TV. Um the last thing that I saw was a bit of A Hard Day's Night at my parents' place before I asked them to turn it off.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
9:00 ish

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time? 9:06. Not bad.

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The neighbour closing his door.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
About an hour ago, when I went to go pick up a pizza.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
Another survey :\. Before that? More Bluelight.

9. What are you wearing?
An old black tshirt and my 'comfy shorts': a huge old pair of semi-ratty poly/hemp blend Lululemon shorts.

10. Did you dream last night?
I do every night, but I rarely remember them.

11. When did you last laugh?
At yoga.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Blue paint mostly. A somewhat old Chinese watercolour painting on a far wall.

13. Seen anything weird lately?
Nothing that comes to mind, but I have a pretty high tolerance level for the somewhat bizarre.

14. What do you think of FacebookCraze.com?
Never heard of it, and have no real desire to hear of it.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Burn After Reading. I had to watch it a few times before I actually made it all the way through.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
Half would be invested, my siblings and I would no longer have mortgages, my cousins would have solid portions removed from theirs, my parents would have a trip to wherever in the world they wanted to go. Oh, and I'd donate a mil to the stuttering treatment and research institute that helped me when I was young.

Whatever was left would probably go to buying another place here, a place in Montreal, and possibly another in TO. I'd pick one to live in, and after taking a trip to see more of the world I'd go back to school to get my PhD.


17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know
I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that I may never have a proper romantic relationship, and that bothers me a lot less than I thought it would.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, what would you change?
People could not be isolated from the consequences of their actions.

19. Do you like to dance?
I love to, but rarely get the opportunity to do so, outside of my own living room or occasionally when I'm by myself in the lab.

20. What do you think of the president?
He's not my president, so my opinion doesn't really carry a lot of weight, but it seems like the presidency is becoming more and more of a figurehead position with every passing election.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
If the decision was mine alone? Nienor or Yavanna. +1 to whomever gets the reference.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
That one's tougher. If it was entirely up to me? I honestly don't know.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
I'd very much like to at some point.

24. What do you want to say to God when you die?
Well, as an atheist I'd probably say something like "Well, who knew? "
 
16. Made me go awwww ;)............. Except I was a little ticked you wouldn't buy a place in Vancouver!! You pick all these cold, distant places!

24. :D
 
Hooray for Comfy Shorts!! :D Just the detailed description of them makes me think they proably mean ALOT to you!? lol

21=JRR Tolkien, cheated a little though but figured it would be Pixie/Fantasy/LOR realted. No flies on me!;)

17. Its cool you are happy in your own company/life...hope your not writing yourself off though? :(
 
Ocean - Have you seen how expensive it is to buy a place in Van proper? ;) Honestly, I'd probably get a little place in Tofino too. Love that place.

Asc-- Yup, but who are they? No cheating :)

Kind of, but it's more like I've stopped expecting it to happen. Doesn't feel great, but not that bad either. /shrug
 
It's on Van island, on the pacific side. Ocean, mountains and old-growth rainforest... in other words, heaven.
 
^Ah.......I've been talking for years about how I want to go to North Van Island and camp out..........Looks beautiful.......Similar to much of this area and Washington states islands- but more remote.


Edit: I just looked it up.
It looks like my PERFECT place.
Looks beautiful.
 
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i noticed how absurd condos were when i was in vancouver last week. altho i assumed it was just that i was hanging out in trendy/expensive areas
 
Vancouver proper is expensive, downtown is insane. Most people live in the 42 million suburbs-- which is not my scene at all.

But yeah, a nice little ocean view skyrise condo, with a place in Tofino to get to when I need to chill out/surf/find an awesome hippie surfer lady... I could totally see that as being awesome. All I'd need to do is start a proper techno scene, and I'd be set; from what I've heard Van is house-fried house with house on the side.
 
.. I read The Hobbit at 15, LOR at 21. I cant barely even remember 5 yrs ago so I have to cheat ;) but Ive gone to the bother of finding out so :p

Nienor means 'Mourning'. After being put under a Spell by a Dragon that submitted her into a Slave-like State to him she ,unfortunately, fell in love with her Brother(Icky!)

Yavanna means Queen of the Earth and giver of Fruits(like that!) She is Overlord of Plants and Animals with a specially protective instinct toward the Trees.

Geezus I just came across 'Lorien', that was someone who rang a bell for me immensely, funny how bits and pieces come back to you about certain characters!! :)
You should call your Boy-'Lorien'...he was pretty cool!
 
Hm, that is a cool name. I may have to consider it for my hypothetical non-existent male child.

:)
 
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