{"id":1586,"date":"2006-11-07T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-08T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2006-11-07T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-08T00:22:00","slug":"on-the-me-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1586","title":{"rendered":"On The &quot;Me Meme&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snagged from Lisa, &#8220;The Me Meme!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Part 1: The Birth of You<br \/>\nWere you a planned baby?: No.<br \/>\nWere you the first?: Yes.<br \/>\nWho was present at your birth?: I really have <i>no<\/i> idea.  Not something I&#8217;ve ever wanted to know&#8230;<br \/>\nWere your parents married when you were born?: Yes, but only by six months and a week.<br \/>\nWhat is your birthdate? 2 Afterlithe.  Or for non-Hobbits, June 24th.<\/p>\n<p>Part 2: The Family<br \/>\nAre you parents married or divorced? Married.<br \/>\nAre you an only child?: Negative.<br \/>\nIf you have siblings, are you oldest, middle, or youngest?: I am the oldest.<br \/>\nWhat are your sibling&#8217;s names?: Kirk, Heather, Melody.<br \/>\nWhich parent do you get along with best?: I think I get along well with both.<br \/>\nDo you have step parents?: No.<\/p>\n<p>Part 3: The Friends<br \/>\nDo you have more than one best friend? Yes.<br \/>\nWhat do you like to do when you are together? Talk. Drink. Talk. Look at girls. Drink. Talk.<br \/>\nDo you share the same interests?: We have similar tastes in women, but beyond that&#8230; no.<\/p>\n<p>Part 4: Your Personality<br \/>\nHow high\/low is your self esteem?: I get in these black moods&#8230;.<br \/>\nDo you get depressed about things easily?: Actually, yes.<br \/>\nAre you an extrovert (outgoing) or an introvert (reserved)?: It really depends on the situation.<br \/>\nAre you happy?: If I&#8217;m not happy, then I&#8217;m doing a very good job faking it.<br \/>\nDo you live life to the fullest?: I would like to, but at present I feel that life&#8217;s on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Part 5: Your Appearance<br \/>\nAre you comfortable with the way you look? I could stand to drop ten pounds, and I could stand to have my hair shorn.<br \/>\nDescribe your hair: Right now?  It&#8217;s wildly curly everywhere except on top where there&#8217;s none.  And it&#8217;s longer than I&#8217;d like it to be, because I just haven&#8217;t bothered to have it shorn.<\/p>\n<p>Part 6: The Past<br \/>\nWere you a strange child?: I was a child?<br \/>\nDo you have the same friends as when you were a child?: I was a child?<br \/>\nWas there anything in your childhood that was traumatizing? I had a childhood?<\/p>\n<p>Part 7: The Future<br \/>\nWhat is your ambition?: I&#8217;m not feeling particularly ambitious right now.<br \/>\nAre you scared of growing old?: Not really.<br \/>\nDo you want to get married?: I&#8217;m not sure.<\/p>\n<p>Part 8: The Outdoors<br \/>\nDo you prefer indoors or outdoors?: I like the outdoors, but I also like creature comforts.<br \/>\nFavorite Season: Spring.<br \/>\nDo you like walking in the rain?: Absolutely.<\/p>\n<p>Part 9: Food<br \/>\nAre you a vegetarian?: Absolutely not.<br \/>\nWhat is your favorite dessert? Chocolate cheesecake.<br \/>\nWhat is your favorite restaurant?: That&#8217;s a secret.<br \/>\nAre you a fussy eater? No, but I won&#8217;t touch brussel sprouts.<\/p>\n<p>Part 10: Love<br \/>\nAre you single or taken?: Single.<br \/>\nIf taken who is the lucky guy\/girl?:<br \/>\nDo you think love is the best feeling in the world?: Being in love is a great place to be.<br \/>\nDo you believe in love at first sight?: Lust?  Yes.  Anything more enduring?  No.<\/p>\n<p>Part 11: Experiences<br \/>\nWhat was one of your greatest experiences?: The day I held my first copies of <i>Constellations<\/i>.  I&#8217;d been a bit neurotic leading up to that &mdash; secretly, I expected Ashton Kutcher to jump out and yell &#8220;Punk&#8217;d&#8221; at any moment &mdash; but when I had one in hand, it was real.  Great moment.<br \/>\nWhat was one of the worst?: Having my car wrecked by a drunk driver.<br \/>\nHave you ever done drugs? Yes.<br \/>\nHave you ever thought you were going to die?: Yes.  And it surprises me occasionally that I&#8217;m still here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snagged from Lisa, &#8220;The Me Meme!&#8221; Part 1: The Birth of You Were you a planned baby?: No. Were you the first?: Yes. Who was present at your birth?: I really have no idea. Not something I&#8217;ve ever wanted to know&#8230; Were your parents married when you were born?: Yes, but only by six months<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1586\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On The &quot;Me Meme&quot;&#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-1586","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\/1586","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=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}