{"id":1436,"date":"2006-09-23T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-24T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2006-09-23T22:34:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-24T02:34:00","slug":"on-random-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1436","title":{"rendered":"On Random Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swiped from <a href=\"kradical.livejournal.com\">Keith<\/a>, a bunch of random questions!<\/p>\n<p>In five words, explain what ended your last friendship? He stopped returning my calls.<\/p>\n<p>How was your prom night? It was adequate.  I went by myself, which is what all the friends in my group did.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any famous relatives? Not that I know of&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Have you taken out loans to pay for college? Fuck, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>What did you receive last in the mail? The DirecTV bill.<\/p>\n<p>What beverages have you drank today? Coffee, coffee, orange juice, coffee, cranberry juice, water, more water, root beer, orange juice.<\/p>\n<p>Do you leave nasty messages on people&#8217;s answering machines? Yes.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the most painful surgical procedure you&#8217;ve had done? I&#8217;ve never had a surgical procedure done.<\/p>\n<p>What is out your back door? A patio.<\/p>\n<p>Do you usually go out on the weekends? I used to work weekends, so no.  Now I don&#8217;t work weekends, and I don&#8217;t know what to do with the time.<\/p>\n<p>Do you like what the ocean does to your hair? My hair frizzes <i>anyway<\/i>, it&#8217;s curly like that.  Which is why I try to keep it buzzed off &mdash; makes it easier to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever visited a planetarium or do you even know what one is? Ooh, yes!<\/p>\n<p>What is your favorite flavor of pudding? I enjoy bread pudding and rice pudding, but those are more <i>types<\/i> of pudding than <i>flavors<\/i> of pudding.  So, I&#8217;ll say chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Describe your keychains: It&#8217;s rubber.  It&#8217;s in the shape of a XBox 360 faceplate.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you keep your change? In my pockets or in the cup holder in my car.<\/p>\n<p>When was the last time you got up and spoke in front of a large crowd? Shore Leave, when I was tapped, at the spur of the moment, to lead a panel.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of winter coat do you have? I don&#8217;t have a winter coat.<\/p>\n<p>What was the weather like on your graduation day? Feck, I don&#8217;t recall.<\/p>\n<p>Do you sleep with the door to your bedroom open or closed? Open.  There&#8217;s stuff shoved up against the door, so I can&#8217;t close it.<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything purple within 20 feet of you? Yes.  Two Sterlite tubs.<\/p>\n<p>What is the strangest thing you&#8217;ve put in the microwave? DVDs.<\/p>\n<p>Can you speak any Japanese? No.<\/p>\n<p>Do you look good in the color yellow? I have a few yellow dress shirts, but I don&#8217;t often wear them.  I prefer greens.<\/p>\n<p>Do you spit or smoke? No, and no.<\/p>\n<p>What is your favorite color(s)? I dunno.  Which day is it?<\/p>\n<p>Ever played an instrument? Guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe in Bigfoot, or Sasquatch? No, but I&#8217;d like to think there&#8217;s a Loch Ness Monster.  Just so it can look all fake.<\/p>\n<p>Ever been to a palm reader? No.<\/p>\n<p>Did they tell you the truth about your future? No.<\/p>\n<p>What are you thinking about at this very moment? Tonight&#8217;s <i>Doctor Who<\/i> on public television &mdash; &#8220;Genesis of the Daleks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever received a black eye? No.<\/p>\n<p>What is your biggest current disappointment? Except for a general lack of money and not knowing anyone in Baltimore, I&#8217;m actually pretty satisfied with life right now.<\/p>\n<p>What is some of your favorite drinks? Coffee, tea, cream soda, root beer, a cold Guinness.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have anything that hurts on your body at this time? No, just itches.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever ridden in a taxi? Several times.  The last time was about three years ago, when I decided I <i>didn&#8217;t<\/i> want to be stranded at the airport as a hurricane hit.<\/p>\n<p>What is the last alcoholic drink you had? A Guinness.  Probably about three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Did you do anything special last night? I burned a mix CD.<\/p>\n<p>What is your very favorite food? York Peppermint Patties.  Yes, I could eat those, and <i>only<\/i> those, until I starved myself from malnutrition.<\/lj-cut><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swiped from Keith, a bunch of random questions! In five words, explain what ended your last friendship? He stopped returning my calls. How was your prom night? It was adequate. I went by myself, which is what all the friends in my group did. Do you have any famous relatives? Not that I know of&#8230;.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1436\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On Random Questions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[4093,4107],"class_list":["post-1436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memes","tag-life","tag-memes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}