2003-07-30
Longest Quiz in History
Longest Quiz ever, stolen from emmarae.
Name: Emily Rose
Age: 24 (for one more month, dammit!)
Home: Nashville
Hair color: blonde
Eye color: blue-grey w/a smidge of yellow
Height: 5�5 and a HALF"
Date of birth: August 29
Sign: Virgo, but I'm the messiest, laziest Virgo ever
Status: Hitched.
Shampoo brand I Use: I am the girl with like, 28 products in my shower because I never use a whole bottle of anything. Currently in the rotation: Pantene, Terax, Logics, Biolage, Suave, Neutrogena Clean. My husband just loves all of the clutter when he's trying to bathe.
Cologne: Jo Malone Lime Basil Madarin, Origins Ginger Essence, Banana Republic Woman, Demeter Gin and Tonic, Demeter Rain
Secret musical passion: Billy Joel. Uptown Girl!
Guilty pleasures (food): food does not make me guilty; however, there are things that make my pants instantly too tight--cheese danish, toast, natural cheetos
Plastic surgery - where: I would not mind having the boobs reduced and hoisted up off of my lap
Time of birth: Around 7 in the morning
What my name would have been if I were born a boy: William Samuel. Billy? Willie? Wills?
First girl I kissed: my friend Teresa used to kiss me a lot. On the cheek.
Last girl I kissed: my aunt, on the cheek, last week
First guy I kissed: Matt
Last guy I kissed: Seth
First international news event I remember: the Challenger explosion
First name of first boyfriend: Brennan Parker
Favorite ice cream: Anything coffee-flavored
Favorite food: tiramisu, crabcakes, watermelon, cucumbers, tomatoes, coffee, cheese danish
Food I hate: beets
Broken bones: just a toe, which I'm not sure counts
Stitches: never
Favorite Cable Channel: TLC
Favorite TV shows: Alias, Jeopardy!, Trading Spaces
Candidate I voted for in 1988: Um, I was ten? But my family was all about Dukakis
Tattoos: none
Pets: I am an aunt to a very tiny bichon-frise puppy, Pixie Louise
Dyed hair?: not yet. I am chicken, and also cheap.
Bed Time: around 10:30 � 11:00
Do you find yourself attractive?: I�m not ugly.
Do you think you are cute?: I think I am funny.
Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: no, I have a husband, and I don't think he would appreciate that.
Do you do drugs?: every couple years?
Do you drink?: yes.
How many phones in your house?: 2
How many TV's do you have in your house?: 3
What are you listening to right now?: the mother-effing construction in my building
Who are you talking to right now?: no one
What clothes do you sleep in?: tank top and pajama pants (sexy mama!)
Who is the last person who called you?: Niki.
If you could change anything about yourself what would it be?: My laziness/procrastination.
Who do you really hate?: No one, at least not all the time.
Do you wish on stars?: No, but I get all dorky and excited when I see a shooting star.
If you were making a movie about yourself, who would play you?: Maybe Renee Zellweger, but the Bridget-sized Renee. Perhaps with the British accent, too, just for fun.
Any bad habits?: cursing, laziness, junk food
What store would you never be caught dead in?: Hot Topic (McGoth)
If you were another person, would you be friends WITH you?: Totally. BEST friends.
Have you ever told a secret you swore you wouldn't tell?: not in a long time
Do looks matter?: sometimes
Have you ever met anyone famous?: Yes
Are you trendy?: selectively
What do you do to vent anger?: curse, drive fast (safe, right?), do obnoxiously goofy moves in step aerobics
Are you passive or aggressive?: Agressive, I think
Who is your second family?: My oldest friends, Niki and Stephanie; also, my husband's band and their wives.
Do you trust others easily?: nope
What was your favorite toy as a child?: the Raggedy Ann doll my mom made me, my Play-Doh Fun Factory, and my Castle Grayskull (I had such a big crush on HeMan)
What class in high school did you think was totally useless?: Trigonometry
Do you like sappy love songs?: Not usually
Have you ever intentionally hurt someone?: No
Do you like sarcasm?: Yes
Do you feel understood most of the time?: I think so. I don't go to Hot Topic; coincidentally, I don't view myself as all tortured and misunderstood.
Have you thought seriously about committing suicide?: once
Could you be a vegetarian?: maybe not
Would you ever bungee jump?: probably not
Do you untie your shoes every time you take them off?: No.
Future children's names?: Lily Katherine? Anna Claire (but that sounds too much like "an eclair")
Do you like to drive fast?: Yeah man.
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?: no, I sleep with my husband.
Do you eat the stems of broccoli?: yes.
If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be?: travel writer/food critic, anything that paid me to stay at nice places and eat fancy food
Get along with parents?: one of them
Who have you been friends with the longest?: Stephanie--almost 16 years.
What are you thinking right now?: What would I do if my job actually required me to not play online all day?
Best thing that happened to you today: my husband said he was having a better-than-crappy day at work
Favorites:
Color: periwinkle, red
Candy: sour gummy stuff
Place: right now, Savannah, Georgia
Holiday: Halloween, mostly because I love that time of year
Number: 78
Radio Station: NPR, especially the AM affiliate, which broadcasts BBC news. British newscasters!
Animal: PUG!
Store: Does eBay count? No? Then, Target.
Game: Trivial Pursuit, pub trivia, Cranium
Soda: Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Dr. Pepper
Month: Late September/October
Type of music: early 90s "alternative". I will not let go.
Album: I won't pick. You can't make me.
Sport to watch: college football
Juice: grapefruit
Season: fall
Have you ever:
Smoked?: yes
Drank?: yes
Gotten drunk?: yes
Broke the law?: yes
Stole something?: yes
Tried to kill yourself?: no
Made yourself throw up?: yes
Been in love?: yes
Gone skinny dipping?: yes
Fallen asleep in the shower/bath?: yes
Ate ice cream with a fork?: It's "eaten," not ate, and yes, when I was too lazy to do the dishes.
Played pin the tail on the donkey?: yes
Played spin the bottle?: no
Moved and had to leave behind all of your friends?: no
Asked out the guy your friend liked?: no
Sent your pic to someone online you didn't know?: no
Been on radio or television?: yes
Said "I love you" and meant it?: yes
Made prank calls?: yes
Skipped school?: yes
Loved somebody so much it made you cry?: yes
Met the president?: sort of. I was at a reception that the Clintons had for the president of Greece. I basically stood about 10 feet away from them while they "received" the Greek president. So, not really, but that's as close as I'll get, probably. I have, however, met Al Gore.
Been scared to get a shot?: no, but the big blood-giving needle is a little intimidating
Been on a plane?: yes
Broken someone's heart: I think so, if by "broken someone's heart," you mean "transformed a once negligent boyfriend into a crazed, scary stalker who hides in bushes."
Wanted someone you knew you couldn't have?: no, unless members of New Kids on the Block count.
Lied?: yes
Sat by the phone waiting for a call all night?: yes (loser)
Wished you were someone else?: probably
Wished you were a member of the opposite sex?: never
Wanted to look differently?: yes
Cried because of someone's words?: totally
Do You Believe In?
Angels?: not in the sense that most people do
Aliens?: probably
Ghosts?: yes
Heaven & Hell?: I think so
God?: yes
Love at first sight?: no
Kissed on the first date?: Do I believe in "kissed on the first date"? What?
Monsters?: no
Horoscopes?: I think they're fun, but I don't believe in them
Cheating?: Well, obviously cheating exists. I'm not all, "Yay, cheating!" though.
Jesus, that was a long quiz. I don't know why anyone would have read it. Sorry, but once I was about two hours into it, there was no turning back.
Happy Wednesday! On my agenda for tonight: playing with Steph's puppy, watching the train wreck that is "Race to the Altar," and perhaps ordering some sort of food.