[Squinky]

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. Art or love?
2. Art or life?
3. Art or science?

My answer to all of the above questions is "yes".

Originally Posted by bulldog

1. Is there life after death?
2. Do you believe in ghosts?
3. What scares you?

1. There are definitely organisms that live after other organisms die; that much is certain.
2. I believe in cultural understandings of ghosts, but I have not experienced the presence of one myself.
3. The look certain men (and it's always men) get in their eyes when something you've done has made them angry. Among other things.

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1. How do you generally react to things that scare you?
2. How do you generally react to things that upset you?
3. How do you generally react to things that annoy you?

[tsa]

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. How do you generally react to things that scare you?
2. How do you generally react to things that upset you?
3. How do you generally react to things that annoy you?

1, 2, and 3: I try to remain calm and to think before I act. That has gotten me through life without having to regret many mistakes so far.

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1. Do you consider yourself creative?
2. Do the people around you consider you creative?
3. Do you enjoy creativity in other people?

[Jelena]

Originally Posted by tsa

1. Do you consider yourself creative?
2. Do the people around you consider you creative?
3. Do you enjoy creativity in other people?

1. I think I'm creative when it comes to organizing things, I often see solutions where others might see obstacles. But I'm not very creative around the house, like in interior designing and such.
2. At work I think I'm considered creative but I'm not sure what my friends say about me. I don't think they label me creative.
3. Absolutely. I'm very envious of people who can design a sew clothes.

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1. If you were to dress for work, what would you wear?
2. If you were to dress for a Christmas dinner with your job/school, what would you wear?
3. What do you wear when you come home from work/school?

[Squinky]

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. How do you generally react to things that scare you?
2. How do you generally react to things that upset you?
3. How do you generally react to things that annoy you?

1. Not letting anyone know I'm scared unless/until it's safe.
2. Rant about it in a Livejournal or something or other.
3. Snark about it on Twitter.

Originally Posted by tsa

1. Do you consider yourself creative?
2. Do the people around you consider you creative?
3. Do you enjoy creativity in other people?

1. On good days, maybe.
2. I don't know? Do you?
3. I practically require it.

Originally Posted by Jelena

1. If you were to dress for work, what would you wear?
2. If you were to dress for a Christmas dinner with your job/school, what would you wear?
3. What do you wear when you come home from work/school?

1. I'm at work and wearing a grey t-shirt, a purple sweater, jeans, and hiking boots. And underwear.
2. Usually the same thing, but if it were a fancy place, I'd wear some kind of suit. And underwear.
3. If I need to get on my bike when it's raining, I change into my rain gear. Once I get home, I usually put on sweatpants. And... wait, I'm already wearing the underwear.

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1. Do you consider yourself popular?
2. Do the people around you consider you popular?
3. Do you enjoy popularity in other people?

[Nafsika]

1) No
2)No
3)No

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1)If you were the emperor of the earth what would you do?
2)Have you ever wanted to hurt someone and when and why?
3)What's your opinion on the constant rising number of homosexuals?

[Squinky]

1. Abdicate the throne.
2. There's therapy for that, you know.
3. First of all, using the word "homosexual" as a noun is annoyingly clinical and dehumanising, and makes you sound like one of those silly fundamentalists. That said, if this "constant rising number" you speak of is true (and not, say, just a matter of more people feeling safe to express their queerness openly), then I say all the better, since having more options than the heteronormative default makes people happier, and we could all use more happiness in the world. It's a lot healthier than wanting to kill everyone, that's for sure.

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1. Do you consider yourself friendly?
2. Do the people around you consider you friendly?
3. Do you enjoy friendliness in other people?

[Jelena]

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. Do you consider yourself friendly?
2. Do the people around you consider you friendly?
3. Do you enjoy friendliness in other people?

1. Yes.
2. I know my friends and co-workers think I'm friendly.
3. I think it's a very important feature in a person.

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1. What has, so far, been the best about Christmas/(if you don't celebrate Christmas) this weekend?
2. What has, so far, been the worst about Christmas/(if you don't celebrate Christmas) this weekend?
3. What are your plans for New Years Eve?

[Hammerite]

1. Getting some stuff I wanted, and knowing the presents I bought for people were appreciated. Also, a message over Facebook from a friend made me smile.

2. Old beloved traditions are gradually going away as we get older -- and my sister being unable to come home for Christmas due to work commitments.

3. Dunno. I'd like to do stuff with friends, or see my cousins; but it's difficult to be sure.
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1. You wouldn't happen to know what I would need to connect my guitar up to my KAOSS pad would ya? (if you don't, just say LITERALLY ANYTHING that comes to mind)

2. How easy do you find it to make new friends?

3. Do you still keep in touch with old friends?

[Squinky]

1. You mean you can't just use a patch cord? Maybe run it through an adapter into something that connects to the pad?
2. The easiest way I've found is this: 1) find a group of people you like, and 2) find an excuse to regularly hang around them. You will then naturally become friends within a few months. Of course, even knowing this is all I need to do, I don't find it very easy at all...
3. I've got childhood friends on Facebook, and we'll acknowledge each other's presence on occasion. However, I'm not really one of those people who stays best friends with people I've known since high school or anything like that.

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1. What did you get for Xmas?
2. What didn't you get for Xmas?
3. What are you doing for Boxing Day?

[Trunkyo]

1. Chocolate, homemade condiments, several pairs of Ed Hardy boxer briefs, LCBO giftcard, a cartload of games downloaded during the Steam holiday sale... and more chocolate.
2. Lots o' things, isn't that what Boxing Day sales are for??? Just kidding, I'm happy with what I got.
3. Shopping for a new leather coat and looking for deals on DVDs and games at the mall. Wishing Lee a happy birthday, of course (Yikes, I can't believe he's hitting that milestone before me and Step! ).
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1. Are there any holiday traditions that you've gladly abandoned?
2. Are there any holiday traditions that you've abandoned/stopped that you miss or regret stopping?
3. If you had the chance to participate in a flash mob in your city or town, what would you want to do?

[Lee in Limbo]

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. Do you find it easier to fall in love with people when they show emotional vulnerability?
2. In the movie of your life, who would play your love interest?
3. Would you ever (temporarily or permanently) switch reproductive organs with your (real or hypothetical) partner, if the technology existed?

1. I don't think I actually fall in love with people who don't show emotional vulnerability. I'm not comfortable around people who are unaffected.
2. Heh. That reminds me of The Witches of Eastwick, for some reason.
3. Knowing full well that I'd make a true hash of it, nevertheless, I'd give it a go if my partner wanted to see what it would be like.

Originally Posted by Jelena

1. In the movie of your life, who would play your mum?
2. In the movie of your life, who would play you?
3. What would be the title of the movie of your life?

1. Shirley Maclaine
2. Well, since Maury Chaykin died, I suppose the only appropriate substitute would be Jim Broadbent.
3. Songs In the Key of Why.

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. Art or love?
2. Art or life?
3. Art or science?

1. Love, though my love often gets expressed in my art.
2. I'm much better at art than I am at life.
3. I'm much better at art than i am at science. That said, I tend to prefer the scientific argument over the artistic one in most things.

Originally Posted by bulldog

1. Is there leife after death?
2. Do you believe in ghost ?
3. What scares you ?

1. Well, Leif Ericson has been dead for several centuries, so one could make a fair argument for leif.e after death.
2. Well, I liked the movie, but I wouldn't say I believe in it. That said, I was deeply moved by Patrick Swayze singing Henry the Eighth, and even broke into an impromptu performance of it at the end of Etcetera's And Sew Fourth, in large part because of Ghost.

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. How do you generally react to things that scare you?
2. How do you generally react to things that upset you?
3. How do you generally react to things that annoy you?

1-3. Avoidance, unless it seems fairly certain that I will be made to suffer great humiliation, in which case, I grit my teeth and blunder in and see if I can't fix whatever it is I'm afraid/upset/annoyed of/by. Doesn't often work out well.

Originally Posted by tsa

1. Do you consider yourself creative?
2. Do the people around you consider you creative?
3. Do you enjoy creativity in other people?

1. On good days. the rest of the time, I'm a hack.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.

Originally Posted by Jelena

1. If you were to dress for work, what would you wear?
2. If you were to dress for a Christmas dinner with your job/school, what would you wear?
3. What do you wear when you come home from work/school?

1. What I usually do. Self-employment sucks, even when it works, but it has its compensations.
2. I'd probably be the one in the Santa suit, if I had one.
3. As little as possible.

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. Do you consider yourself popular?
2. Do the people around you consider you popular?
3. Do you enjoy popularity in other people?

1. No.
2. I hope not.
3. If they do things I greatly enjoy, yes. Otherwise, I don't tend to notice.

Originally Posted by Nafsika

1)If you were the emperor of the earth what would you do?
2)Have you ever wanted to hurt someone and when and why?
3)What's your opinion on the constant rising number of homosexuals?

1. I would strictly enforce the use of crayons for all adults for a minimum of one hour per day, to remind them that they were children once, too. I think a lot of the world's problems could be solved if people remembered their childhood a little more often, good or bad.
2. Yes, but I don't take pride in such feelings, so I won't discuss them here.
3. My opinion is that your question is misleading, misguided and offensive, and that is the only answer you'll get from me... or most people on this forum, if I know them. You're dangerously close to becoming a permanent resident of my ignore filter.

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. Do you consider yourself friendly?
2. Do the people around you consider you friendly?
3. Do you enjoy friendliness in other people?

1. I have my moments, but I know I'm capable of being less than pleasant with certain types of people. I have a low tolerance for deliberate ignorance.
2. I suspect so.
3. I prefer it, yes. I can honestly say that there are many times when I have found it preferable for people to be polite and friendly than to be frank.

Originally Posted by Jelena

1. What has, so far, been the best about Christmas/(if you don't celebrate Christmas) this weekend?
2. What has, so far, been the worst about Christmas/(if you don't celebrate Christmas) this weekend?
3. What are your plans for New Years Eve?

1. The best thing was, the world didn't stop.
2. The worst thing is, I didn't see or get to hug/kiss any of the people I'd been hoping to.
3. I don't have any plans.

Originally Posted by Hammerite

1. You wouldn't happen to know what I would need to connect my guitar up to my KAOSS pad would ya? (if you don't, just say LITERALLY ANYTHING that comes to mind)
2. How easy do you find it to make new friends?
3. Do you still keep in touch with old friends?

1. I'm guessing a KAOSS pad is some sort of MIDI device you wish to process a guitar signal with. I suspect you need some sort of D.I. connector, but as I have no practical experience with the device, i can't tell you which will work best for you. sorry, man.
2. Depends on where I meet them and what their interests are. Most folks I can basically get along with, as long as they're not actively antagonistic, but very few make me comfortable enough to become friends.
3. Yes, though not as much as I should.

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. What did you get for Xmas?
2. What didn't you get for Xmas?
3. What are you doing for Boxing Day?

1. Cards, mostly.
2. Nookie.
3. Hiding.

Originally Posted by Trunkyo

1. Are there any holiday traditions that you've gladly abandoned?
2. Are there any holiday traditions that you've abandoned/stopped that you miss or regret stopping?
3. If you had the chance to participate in a flash mob in your city or town, what would you want to do?

1. Carol singing.
2. Gift giving.
3. Impromptu rock concert.
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What is your:
1) Greatest wish?
2) Biggest regret?
3) Plan for the new year?

[Nafsika]

1) To become successful in all the fields of my life.
2)That I'm me.
3)Become better so as to achieve 1.
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1)If you saw a not-white child crying someplace where a lot of people go by would you stop to ask what's wrong?(honestly)
2)In what era would you have wanted to live?( Middle age,Ancient times,present,future etc)
3)If you were stuck on a day(repeating the same day over and over again). What would you do?

[Squinky]

Originally Posted by Lee in Limbo

My opinion is that your question is misleading, misguided and offensive, and that is the only answer you'll get from me... or most people on this forum, if I know them.

Thanks, love. I completely agree.

Originally Posted by Lee in Limbo

I prefer it, yes. I can honestly say that there are many times when I have found it preferable for people to be polite and friendly than to be frank.

I know I'm hard to take sometimes when I'm being frank. I apologise for that.

Originally Posted by Lee in Limbo

The best thing was, the world didn't stop.

Originally Posted by Lee in Limbo

The worst thing is, I didn't see or get to hug/kiss any of the people I'd been hoping to.

One day, you'll finally receive the backlog of hugs and kisses I owe you.

Originally Posted by Lee in Limbo

What is your:
1) Greatest wish?
2) Biggest regret?
3) Plan for the new year?

1. Love.
2. Not knowing how to handle love when I found it.
3. I'd say "find love", but I find that it feels more real if I'm patient and let it find me. So, instead, I'll say get the DVD version of Life Flashes By done, do a decent job promoting it, keep my day job, play more music with the band, get back into lifting weights, travel to Portland at least once and maybe take my bike on the train with me, and visit at least one other unfamiliar city on my own that I can wander around and get lost in.

Originally Posted by Nafsika

1)If you saw a not-white child crying someplace where a lot of people go by would you stop to ask what's wrong?(honestly)
2)In what era would you have wanted to live?( Middle age,Ancient times,present,future etc)
3)If you were stuck on a day(repeating the same day over and over again). What would you do?

1. Oh dear, don't tell me you're racist, too. (I'm not white, myself.) But if it were any child regardless of race, I probably wouldn't do anything, because I'd have no idea what I could do. But I would feel bad, because contrary to popular belief, I'm not completely devoid of empathy.
2. Now.
3. Keep trying to solve the puzzle until I got it right.

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1. Why is it that when someone says "hey, stop saying [something offensive], it's really annoying", they always get a bunch of people saying [something offensive] in response? Is that supposed to be funny or something?
2. What's a good unfamiliar city for me to wander around in alone? (Cities I'm familiar with include Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Seattle, and San Francisco. New York is kind of borderline because I have lots of family there and I've visited before, but not since 2005. I'd prefer North American cities, for ease of travel, but if you can't think of any, feel free to suggest somewhere else.)
3. What was your Game of the Year for 2010?

[Nafsika]

I'm not racist quite the contrary. I won't answer to your questions I'm bored now I'll let someone else do it

[Jelena]

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. Why is it that when someone says "hey, stop saying [something offensive], it's really annoying", they always get a bunch of people saying [something offensive] in response? Is that supposed to be funny or something?
2. What's a good unfamiliar city for me to wander around in alone? (Cities I'm familiar with include Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Seattle, and San Francisco. New York is kind of borderline because I have lots of family there and I've visited before, but not since 2005. I'd prefer North American cities, for ease of travel, but if you can't think of any, feel free to suggest somewhere else.)
3. What was your Game of the Year for 2010?

1. Gee, I don't know, perhaps teasing is fun.
2. I'm of course going to recommend the capital of Sweden: Stockholm! The centre of the city is built on fourteen islands so you can see water almost everywhere. Over 30% of the city area is made up of waterways and another 30% is made up of parks and green spaces and the oldest parts are from the mid-13th century. It's great for wandering around in.
3. I have to say The Whispered World. But since it's the only game from 2010 that I've played it doesn't mean much.

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1. What is your favourite city and why?
2. What's your favourite rural area and why?
3. What's your favourite coastal area and why?

[Lee in Limbo]

Originally Posted by Nafsika

1)If you saw a not-white child crying someplace where a lot of people go by would you stop to ask what's wrong?(honestly)
2)In what era would you have wanted to live?( Middle age,Ancient times,present,future etc)
3)If you were stuck on a day(repeating the same day over and over again). What would you do?

1. Yes. Honestly.
2. I would like to visit many different eras in history, but I really only want to live in the era I come from. Warts and all, it's the era I am invested in making better.
3. Everything. Eventually I'd get it all down and make the best day I ever had. I'm a big fan of Ground Hog Day.

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. Why is it that when someone says "hey, stop saying [something offensive], it's really annoying", they always get a bunch of people saying [something offensive] in response? Is that supposed to be funny or something?
2. What's a good unfamiliar city for me to wander around in alone? (Cities I'm familiar with include Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Seattle, and San Francisco. New York is kind of borderline because I have lots of family there and I've visited before, but not since 2005. I'd prefer North American cities, for ease of travel, but if you can't think of any, feel free to suggest somewhere else.)
3. What was your Game of the Year for 2010?

1. I think Jelena has a point, though I'll be quite honest in admitting I've rarely felt the need to tease somebody over being too sensitive, largely because I'm overly sensitive and can more readily sympathize with someone who is offended by callous behaviour than I can with someone who feels misunderstood for being insensitive.
2. Hamilton?

But seriously, I've been avoiding answering this one because I honestly can't think of a good place for you to go that you haven't been to already.
3. You know, this is going to sound a little funny, because you know I'm biased, but the only game I can recall finishing in 2010 that I really liked was Life Flashes By. I'm sure I must be forgetting something, but really, that kind of says it all. The only other games I played last year that I finished last year were all older games, and really can't be counted as GOTY 2010, yaknowhatImean? I will say that there were some games I started last year that were a little more to my taste, but I'm hesitant to give them my vote until I've completed them and can assess them as a whole piece.

Originally Posted by Jelena

1. What is your favourite city and why?
2. What's your favourite rural area and why?
3. What's your favourite coastal area and why?

1. My favourite city? Well, considering I've been to so very few, and only one or two that I genuinely feel are cities worth noting, I'm forced to admit that I don't really have a 'favourite' city. I would say my home town, but really, I'm pretty much done here. I just don't have the means or wherewithal to leave yet.
2. Hmmn. I think the closest I get to this is probably some forest land around Bala and getting up towards Algonquin Park. What we charmingly refer to as 'Up North' around here. I'm not actually all that crazy about actual farmland, except to look at as we drive past it to get 'Up North'.
3. I think the only coastal city I've ever been to is New York City, and I wasn't there long enough to actually see the coast.
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1) Have you ever listened to David Bowie's 'Outside' album?
2) Have you ever seen the Ralph Fiennes movie, Strange Days?
3) Have you ever read The Schroedinger's Cat Trilogy?

[Squinky]

Originally Posted by Jelena

1. What is your favourite city and why?
2. What's your favourite rural area and why?
3. What's your favourite coastal area and why?

1. I'm happy enough in Vancouver that I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. But other than that... probably San Francisco. I want to say Portland too, but I've only been there once and didn't really sightsee. And I just plain need to visit more cities in order to gather enough data for an informed decision.
2. Do the Gulf Islands count as rural? I've enjoyed a few recent band trips there. Generally speaking, I'm not so much a fan of countryside.
3. I'm fond of the Pacific Northwest, obviously, though I've enjoyed trips to more tropical coastal areas, such as Hawaii and Mexico. Again, I need more data.

Originally Posted by Lee in Limbo

Hamilton?

When your life situation allows for it, I'd love to.

Originally Posted by Lee in Limbo

You know, this is going to sound a little funny, because you know I'm biased, but the only game I can recall finishing in 2010 that I really liked was Life Flashes By.

Aww, an unsolicited compliment. Thank you.

Originally Posted by Lee in Limbo

1) Have you ever listened to David Bowie's 'Outside' album?
2) Have you ever seen the Ralph Fiennes movie, Strange Days?
3) Have you ever read The Schroedinger's Cat Trilogy?

No to all three, sadly. Bonus questions for Lee: why should I? (or alternately, why shouldn't I?)

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1. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY IS?
2. does it bother you when people refuse to use caps at all?
3. I know this guy who doesn't put spaces between punctuation marks.Am I a bad person for finding that seriously annoying?Honestly???

[tsa]

Originally Posted by Squinky

1. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY IS?
2. does it bother you when people refuse to use caps at all?
3. I know this guy who doesn't put spaces between punctuation marks.Am I a bad person for finding that seriously annoying?Honestly???

1. Yes, it's next to the A AND IT WORKS FINE!
2. Yes that bothers me. It's sloppy.
3. No. Putting spaces between punctuation marks is the norm, and leaving them out is sloppy and only useful on TeleText where you have only so many characters per screen.

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1. Honestly, can we stop with the Honestly already? Honestly, I hate it.
2. Do you get annoyed when people write it's instead of its in sentences like "It has seen a lot of trouble in its life?"
3. Would you dismiss a candidate for a vacancy you have if said person's application letter is full of spelling errors?

[Squinky]

1. Sure. And I say that in the most dishonest way possible.
2. Yes, and I get even more annoyed when my iPhone does it. Ugh.
3. If writing was required for the position, absolutely. If not, then no, but I'd be looking harder for other reasons to do so. I recognise some people are dyslexic or have other learning disabilities, but more often than not, it's carelessness, and that tends to show in other parts of a person's life.

Although in any case, I'd be very tempted to go over all the errors in a red pen, complete with a "see me after class".

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1. Do you prefer experiencing written or spoken word poetry?
2. Do you prefer words and pictures together or separate?
3. What's a euphemism that makes you giggle whenever you hear it?

[Isak]

1. Written.
2. Depends on what it is.
3. I dunno what it could be called in English, but "Glädjeflicka" ("Make-You-Happy-Girl") = Prostitute.

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1. What do you prefer: a red bike on a black and white background, or a black and white bike on a colorful background?
2. Is summer something you want?
3. Is summer something you need?