A little more about me. Shall we?

• 1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.

Jessie J-Who You Are
Kanye West- Flashing Lights
Florence & the Machine- What the Water Gave Me
Lykke Li- Little Bit
Adele- Take It All
Bloc Party-Signs

• 2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?

I can't pick just one. Sofia Coppola, Larry David, Bill Murray, Betty White.

• 3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.

"When I divorced, it was because she'd decided he was getting in the way of the book."

• 4) What do you think about most?

Making an impact while I'm alive. Love and compassion towards others and the fight to attain it for all.

• 5) What does your latest text message from someone else say?

"I'm coming over after the gym, I'll explain then."

• 6) Do you sleep with or without clothes on?

With. I get too cold.

• 7) What's your strangest talent?

I can multitask like crazy. Read, draw, write, watch a movie, listen to music-all at the same time. And I'll remember everything. I also am a very fast reader. I can do a split and some weird dance stretches from when I was a kid.

• 8) Girls.... (finish the sentence); Boys.... (finish the sentence)

Girls are beautiful.
Boys are less so.

• 9) Ever had a poem or song written about you?

Yes.

• 10) When is the last time you played the air guitar?

A few minutes ago, listening to Rage Against the Machine.

• 11) Do you have any strange phobias?

Yes. I have a huge fear of too-dry surfaces. I can't touch newspaper that's too dry/hate writing with pencils, and can't walk barefoot on the ground unless it's pretty slick. It's weird as hell, I know.

• 12) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?

Yes. Went to the hospital for it twice when I was little-crayons and Kleenex. I had a runny nose and wanted to stop it from running.

• 13) What's your religion?

Love.

• 14) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?

In the pool or playing with my dogs.

• 15) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?

Behind.

• 16) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?

Lykke Li.

• 17) What was the last lie you told?

Something to stay home watching movies instead of going out drinking, probably.

• 18) Do you believe in karma?

Very much so.

• 19) What does your URL mean?

It was just a name I came up for a blog a few years ago.

• 20) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?

Weakness- The beginnings of being motivated.

Strength- Creativity and passion.

• 21) Who is your celebrity crush?

Ryan Gosling.

• 22) Have you ever gone skinny dipping?

Yes.

• 23) How do you vent your anger?

Listening to music, working out, shopping.

• 24) Do you have a collection of anything?

I collect Japanese kokeshi dolls, and animal/mineral specimens for a curiosities cabinet. Also: expensive handbags.

• 25) Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?

On the phone. Video chatting is fun too, though.

• 26) Are you happy with the person you've become?

Very much so.

• 27) What's a sound you hate; sound you love?

Hate-Nails on a chalkboard. Lawn mowers in the wee hours of the morning.

Love- Laughter from my friends and family.

• 28) What's your biggest "what if"?

If I had gone to different colleges or moved different places. Oh, well.

• 29) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?

Ghosts? Not really sure.
Aliens? Yes. I feel like the universe is way too big to have humans be the only inhabitants.

• 30) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.

Pillow, and then iPhone.

• 31) Smell the air. What do you smell?

The spearmint and eucalyptus oil that's coming out of my aromatherapy vaporizer.

• 32) What's the worst place you have ever been to?

I was no happy camper when forced to spend a week with family in a small cabin in Tennessee.

• 33) Choose: East Coast or West Coast?

I enjoy both.

• 34) Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?

Sufjan Stevens.

• 35) To you, what is the meaning of life?

A quest to find your purpose.

• 36) Define: Art.

A concrete splattering of what your soul is made of, leaked by your hands, feet, mouth, etc.

• 37) Do you believe in luck?

Not really luck. Just happy coincidences.

• 38) What's the weather like right now?

It's been storming and windy all day. I love it.

• 39) What time is it?

11:35 PM.

• 40) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?

Yes and thankfully, no.

• 41) What was the last book you read?

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

• 42) Do you like the smell of gasoline?

If it's not too overwhelming, sure.

• 43) Do you have any nicknames?

Yes, but they are secrets between me and the people that gave them to me ;)

• 44) What was the last movie you saw?

The Ides of March.

• 45) What's the worst injury you've ever had?

I've had seizures for years that cause me to faint unexpectedly. Other than that, several concussions and two broken toes.

• 46) Have you ever caught a butterfly?

Yes.

• 47) Do you have any obsessions right now?

Handmade bracelets. Leopard cardigans. My new iPhone 4. Dexter. The holidays.

• 48) What's your sexual orientation?

I'm straight, but believe that love doesn't have any sexual orientation or preference.

• 49) Ever had a rumor spread about you?

I have. It sucks.

• 50) Do you believe in magic?

I believe in Disney magic. And Harry Potter, I believe in Harry Potter.

• 51) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?

I do. But I've only recently learned to get over them, as life is short and forgiveness is a beautiful thing.

• 52) What is your astrological sign?

Aquarius.

• 53) Do you save money or spend it?

Both.

• 54) What's the last thing you purchased?

Starbucks coffee.

• 55) Love or lust?

Love.

• 56) In a relationship?

I am.

• 57) How many relationships have you had?

A lady never spills her most intimate personal details with the entire world, dear.

• 58) Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

I just tried to do it for like 5 entire minutes. Almost.

• 59) Where were you yesterday?

Lazy Sunday at home.

• 60) Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

Yes. My Macbook Pro laptop case and my nook.

• 61) Are you wearing socks right now?

No. I hate socks!

• 62) What's your favorite animal?

Elephants, dogs, cats, penguins. I can't choose just one. I love animals.

• 63) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?

I don't really have any secret weapons. If you like me you do, if you don't...well, then.

• 64) Where is your best friend?

His house.

• 65) Spit or swallow?

Oh dear.

• 66) What is your heritage?

Scottish, Irish, Polish, German, and a little English.

• 67) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?

Watching a movie with my significant other.

• 68) What do you think is Satan's last name?

I don't really believe in Satan, but maybe Luciferous?

• 69) Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?

For the sake of honesty, who hasn't?

• 70) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?

Yes. I am very loyal, and I go out of the way to do things for the people that I care for.

• 71) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?

Save the dog.

• 72) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live.
  
• a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?

a) I would tell those close to me about whatever disease I have and about the short time I had left, yes.
b) Everything I've ever wanted. Blow all of my money on travel, hug and kiss everyone until they say it hurts.
c) Of course I'm scared, I think everyone is. I have no idea whether there is blackness or another adventure. No one does, no matter what they try and tell you. It's the ultimate journey that you have to go through, all by yourself.

• 73) You can only have one of these things: trust or love.

Trust. There is no true love without trust.

• 74) What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?

Don't Stop Believin' by Journey. Karaoke heaven, that one is.

• 75) What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?

5716.

• 76) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?

Trust, unconditional love, being in a relationship with your best friend.

• 77) How can I win your heart?

Make me laugh really hard.

• 78) Can insanity bring on more creativity?

Oh, most definitely.

• 79) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?

To be myself in all aspects of my personality and social life.

• 80) What size shoes do you wear?

Anywhere from a 6 to a 7. It depends on the shoe.

• 81) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?

Something tragic, heroic, and completely faux like Royal Tenenbaum. "Chelsea died saving 3,000 tiny limbless kittens from an intense building fire, which surprisingly also housed the vaccine needed for a cure for cancer, which she threw down to firefighters below."

• 82) What is your favorite word?

Bungalow is fun to say.

• 83) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word: heart.

Aorta.

• 84) What is a saying you say a lot?

I say a lot of things. I try and mix it up, never keep it boring or predictable.

• 85) What's the last song you listened to?

"And Just Like That" Abel Korzeniowski

• 86) Basic question: what's your favorite color/colors?

Black, seafoam green, royal purple, baby pink, gold.

• 87) What is your current desktop picture?

A nebula.

• 88) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?

Could I tie a few other people to that one person before I pushed the button, though?

• 89) What would be a question you'd be afraid to tell the truth on?

I'm not really afraid of telling the truth. I'm a pretty honest and open person.

• 90) One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren't really doing anything, they're just standing around your bed. What do you do?

Wonder who put them there. And then probably poke them incessantly.

• 91) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what's even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?

Can I be part of the X-Men? Maybe fly, or read minds? Isn't Michael Fassbender in that last movie? Wait. What were you asking again?

• 92) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

How it feels to be a nervous wreck full of butterflies and completely in love for the first time.

• 93) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

A lot of health-related scares and unexpected scenarios.

• 94) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?

That would be awkward. I don't really want to do that. But Jared Leto is very pretty, and never quite ages.

• 95) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?

Tokyo. Or Paris. I'd flip a coin and be happy with either one.

• 96) Do you have any relatives in jail?

No.

• 97) Have you ever thrown up in the car?

Hello, in the back of a rental car in Big Sur. That was unfortunate and messy.

• 98) Ever been on a plane?

Many, many times. I love flying.

• 99) If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?

I would probably go on a deeply political rant about equality.

• 100) Give me your top 5 favorite blogs.

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