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[ursula]

[Name] Ursula
[Birthday] February 13
[Sign] Aquarius. Also Venus in Aquarius. Ice Queen all round . . . or something.
[Sex] Often.
[Location] Seattle.
[Screen Name] ursulageorges, or Tiorvi, or occasionally there are these other methods of chatting that don't require screen names . . . If you're older than twelve you may have heard of them . . .
[Hair Length] The longer the better.
[Hair color] Dark brown.
[Eye Color] Gray-green or gray-blue depending on the light, so I usually default to gray on forms.
[Piercings] Ears.
[Tattoos] No.

Favorites
[Color] Red.
[Cologne] Ick. Makes me sneeze.
[T.V. Show] Never watch it.
[Favorite Band/Singer] Ummm . . . The incarnations of the Velvet Underground where they're sober enough to end their songs?
[Song of the Moment] "Fixing a Hole"
[Subject] Whichever one I happen to be learning something in. But then, I'm a born academic.
[Fruit] Blueberries, cherries, raspberries, limes . . .
[Month] September. For the weather.
[Season] Autumn. Is it just me, or is something redundant here?
[Holiday] Christmas. Though New Year's with my family has its moments.
[Do you believe in love at first sight?] No.
[Do you get along with your parents?] Yes.
[Do you think about suicide?] No. At least, not if I can avoid it, and never about myself. But what I really want to know is, what would you do if I answered "Yes"?
[Do you drink?] Yes. But I want beer, and I am currently too lazy to walk far enough to acquire it.
[Do drugs?] Yeah. Caffeine. Life's blood.
[Do you smoke?] No.
[Do you have multiple personalities?] Of course not.

Have Questions
[Have you ever fallen for your best friend?] No. I think that would feel sort of incestuous, though I do dream about it occasionally.
[Have you ever used someone?] There have been some difficulties about the precise contract . . .
[Have you ever been used?] See above.
[Have you ever wanted someone you couldn't have?] Really wanted? Maybe for about five minutes until I argued myself out of it. I'm big on practicality.

Best Questions
[Best feeling] The second glass of wine and some high-quality slush reading.
[Best thing in the world] Isn't this a little bit limiting? What if my favorite thing was the Sun, or Neptune?
[Best stuffed animal you own] I firmly believe that if you buy something with a face, and think about naming it, you should show it some sort of basic respect. Like not ranking it in surveys.

Last Questions
[Last time you cried] About a month ago. Damn you, feminine hormones! Damn you, massive life changes! Damn you, computer-illiterate brother-in-law!
[Last movie you saw in a theater] Pirates of the Caribbean.
[Last song you listened to] "She's Leaving Home"
[Last song that was stuck in your head] "Scotland's Depraved"
[Last song you downloaded] None. Actually.
[Last TV show you watched] Um . . . An old Miss Marple show on DVD?
[Last person you were thinking of] aelfgyfu. And Hank. It was their DVD.
[Last person you talked to] glasseye. Of course, this might have something to do with the fact that he's sitting about four feet from me.
[Last person you hugged] glasseye. See above, under [Sex].
[Last person you went out to eat with] glasseye.
[Last person who made you smile] Well, me I guess. Complicated private joke.
[Last person who made you laugh] glasseye. You know, when you live with someone and you don't know anyone else in the city, things can get just a little bit predictable.
[Last person who said they love you] No, really. Who do you think?

Friends
[Your closest ones] Wait, after I'm done ranking my stuffed animals I can start in on my friends? Great! Can I give them badges or something?
[Who lives farthest away] Sonia.
[Who lives closest to you] glasseye
[Who is the tallest] Um . . . Adam maybe? Honestly most of my friends are rather short.
[Who is the loudest] franzeska
[Who is the shyest] I'm not very good at having shy friends. I mean, it's sort of difficult to become friends in the first place if neither one of you ever speaks to the other.
[Who is the craziest] My cousin? Not sure where we are on the friends rating at the moment, though. Guess I should've worked up a chart for that question up above there.
[Who is the most violent] Dan the ex-cheerleader is joining the Marines . . . Hmmm, maybe I should revise the above response.
[Who dresses the best] Do you honestly expect me to notice?
[Who makes you laugh the most] glasseye. It's sort of embarrassing, really.
[Who can cheer you up no matter what] Nobody. I will suffer in my own gloom! Forever! Or something.
[Who do you have a crush on] Nobody really. I find the whole thing rather uncomfortable.
[What time is it] 9:59 PM. I hope I can still buy beer.

I AM: in need of some sort of wrist support, or at least some readjustment so I can use my mouse without incurring pins and needles.
I WANT: Chocolate, alcohol, sleep.
I HAVE: a whole lot of boxes in my living room. Unfortunately, they are not my boxes. (Hint! Hint!)
I WISH: You know what this reminds me of? That pop-psychology advice, where they tell you to use "I" statements in arguments, which naturally degenerates to statements like "I feel you are an unrelenting bastard who doesn't care about my feelings" in any discussion conducted by actual human beings. Yeah.
I LOVE: Trees. Really strong coffee. Soft yarn. And, like, my family and stuff, y'know?
I HATE: Public displays of emotion, especially public displays of enthusiasm by large groups of people, where I'm expected to join in and chant things. "Whatever you may say or do to me, I'm still a worthwhile person", by an obvious extension.
I MISS: School. (I know . . . But I'm existentially bored.) Having a car around I can drive. Having more than one friend within ten minutes' journey.
I FEAR: Dinosaurs. The big plant-eating kind. Especially oil paintings of them; the bones are fine.
I HEAR: glasseye laughing at me for the above statement.
I SEARCH: via google!
I WONDER: . . . if I would like rum in coffee. Hmmm.
I REGRET: No, I don't, actually. Without a time machine, there's no use dwelling on it . . .
I ACHE: . . . Ibuprofen would cure that. But then there would be no rum.
I ALWAYS: The same advice that suggests "I" statements generally suggests that words like "always" and "never" are unwise . . .
I DANCE: By spinning around in circles and being really entertained by my skirt, ideally. Of course, this requires both an open dance floor and relative sobriety.
I SING: No, actually I don't.
I CRY: . . . when my body betrays me. Alas, for the sorrow of mankind!
I AM NOT ALWAYS: completely unaware of the world around me.
I WRITE: much more when I'm avoiding something else.
I WIN: Well, one of the more recent things was this fellowship for minority & under-represented graduate students. I was in their office today, which was Very Strange because I am merely under-represented, and the math thing tends to strike people as incomprehensible . . .
I LOSE: Chess, and anything else that requires focussing on things in different places.
I CONFUSE: A lot of people, apparently. Failing to talk for hours on end can do that.
I NEED: Food. Strange, that.

Comments

you have

[eirias.livejournal.com]

my half-birthday, and also an interesting perspective that reminds me somewhat of a strange mix of two dissimilar (http://www.livejournal.com/users/ukelele/) friends (http://www.livejournal.com/users/leora/).

Well. You sort of have my half-birthday, anyway, insofar as you were born on it. I don't know any elegant way to put that.

Re: you have

[ursula]

franzeska has your half-birthday too, then. If the universe were perfect, she could be the other half of each of your friends :)