Surveyor of all I king... erm.
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dennyPick up the nearest book and write a sentence at random from it:
"Gone was the morose, pessimistic, death-haunted Worsel entirely; gay, happy, carefree, and actually frolicsome - if you can imagine a thirty-foot-long, crocodile-headed, leather-winged python as being frolicsome!"
(Galactic Patrol, E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
Do you like having your picture taken?
Not bothered by it.
Ever bought a CD for just one song?
Yes - the soundtrack to Blade, for 'Confusion'.
Do you read your horoscope?
No.
If you could only talk to one person online, who would that be?
I think any question that postulates limiting my Internet access is sufficiently unrealistic that I can't answer it, even hypothetically :)
What colour is the inside of your head when you close your eyes?
Pulsing/strobing red/black.
Do you find you use Internet language when writing notes in real life?
No. Although I very rarely write notes, or indeed anything - my handwriting skills are getting noticeably worse with every passing year.
When you're talking do you ever use your hands to do quotation marks in the air when saying certain words?
Sometimes.
Ever seriously questioned your sanity?
Yes.
When you dream do you see what's happening in a character's view or a camera type view?
Cutting between the two, usually. More external views when I'm lucid-dreaming, more internal ones when I'm not. Most of my dreams that I remember are lucid.
Have you ever kept a New Year's resolution?
Yes, a few. I don't usually make them, I think I've kept most that I've made in recent years.
Who has the best taste in music out of all your friends?
Taste isn't scored on a scale of best->worst, it's just 'different'. The person with the most similar taste in music to me is probably![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darklightimages.
What was your school mascot?
Didn't have one.
Do you wish your teeth were whiter?
Yes.
Do you laugh at your own jokes?
Not usually.
What word instantly makes you smile/laugh?
Nothing springs to mind.
When eating, are you more concerned with taste or healthiness?
Taste.
Do you find you're different talking through IMs than face-to-face or on the telephone?
Yes. I prefer communicating through a keyboard, I think I'm more articulate that way.
How many phone numbers do you have remembered and can say off the top of your head?
Dozens.
What was the best Halloween costume you ever had?
My usual black jeans and t-shirt, with a fairly realistic looking toy gun in an inside pocket. When people complained that I wasn't in fancy dress I pulled the gun, shot them, and claimed to be an assassin. Laziness rocks :)
Do you cry when you laugh?
Sometimes.
Can you limbo?
Nope.
You're a vampire; what's worse, never seeing a photo/reflection of yourself, never being able to eat or drink what's not blood, or never seeing sunlight again?
Hrm. Sunlight, I suppose, although having no reflection could make getting tarted up to go out a bit tricky...
Do you say random stuff like "I like Snickers" when you are having a conversation about something totally different?
Nope.
Have you ever hacked into somebody else's email?
That's 'cracked', not 'hacked', and yes. Twice.
Do spelling errors bother you?
Lots.
Name all Teletubbies right now:
Can't, and wouldn't if I could.
Would you ever call someone a racist name?
I hope not.
Do you think Vlad is a cool name?
Not even slightly.
Did you know it is Dracula's first name?
Yes.
What do you think is going to take over humans and rule the world?
Cockroaches, probably, but I don't think we'll get taken over - we'll blow ourselves up. Cockroaches are almost immune to the radiation fallout a nuclear war would cause, apparently.
What is your IQ?
Not sure, I'd quite like to find out. An online test I took last year claimed it was around 161, which seems quite high to me.
Have you ever killed your own dinner?
Yes (crab).
Would you prefer a spork or a spoon and fork?
Spoon and fork.
If you choke a smurf, what colour does it turn?
*whispers* They're not real, y'know.
Papa Smurf: loveable grandfather or crack-selling pimp?
Can't a person be both?
Favourite of the seven dwarves?
Smack-head. Or maybe Kenneth.
Do you like Wayne or Garth better?
I wouldn't invite either of them over to hang out... but probably Wayne, if I must.
What do you think of gold teeth?
They look stupid.
Ever laughed so hard that what you were drinking spewed out of your nose?
Not since I was a kid.
Got milk?
Yep - for breakfast cereals.
Wasn't Josie and the Pussycats a stupid movie?
Not seen it, yet.
Wasn't Shrek an awesome movie?
It was okay.
What did you think of the movie Turner and Hooch?
Boring.
Have you ever checked out your own arse?
Yep. Got a fine for taking it back late too.
What time did you wake up today?
10am, after getting to sleep at about 6am. Then again at 10:25am, with a hospital appointment at 10:40am. I was on time.
Have you ever dissected a frog?
Nope.
Do you eat to live or live to eat?
Eat to live. Occasionally not even that.
Would you eat SPAM for £5?
Yep.
What's your favourite kind of muffin?
Are they those things like fairy cakes? If so, chocolate.
Would you like enough crackers to last you a year?
As what, ammunition? No.
Would you like enough beatings to last you a lifetime?
Nope.
Is the only way you can dance in a dark room with a strobe light?
Nope.
Have you ever written poetry?
Sadly, yes.
What is the worst grade you have ever got on a test?
I failed most of my GCSEs and A levels. My favourite grade for really pissing you off though, was the 'N' I got in A level Physics... it stands for 'Nearly passed' and means you got within 3% of passing. I didn't want to know that, thanks.
How long have you been living at your current residence?
About three years.
Do you like children under 10?
Generally not.
Have you ever babysat (outside your own family)?
Sort of - girlfriend's daughter, who was mature enough to look after herself (and probably me too) at the age of 10.
Have you ever fallen off a chair?
Yep.
Do you ever take stuff home with you from a hotel room?
Rarely.
What is your dream kiss like?
Applied to a sensitive area of my body.
The most romantic thing anyone has done for you was:
I'm drawing a blank here. Apologies to anyone who has been the soul of romance toward me...
"Gone was the morose, pessimistic, death-haunted Worsel entirely; gay, happy, carefree, and actually frolicsome - if you can imagine a thirty-foot-long, crocodile-headed, leather-winged python as being frolicsome!"
(Galactic Patrol, E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
Do you like having your picture taken?
Not bothered by it.
Ever bought a CD for just one song?
Yes - the soundtrack to Blade, for 'Confusion'.
Do you read your horoscope?
No.
If you could only talk to one person online, who would that be?
I think any question that postulates limiting my Internet access is sufficiently unrealistic that I can't answer it, even hypothetically :)
What colour is the inside of your head when you close your eyes?
Pulsing/strobing red/black.
Do you find you use Internet language when writing notes in real life?
No. Although I very rarely write notes, or indeed anything - my handwriting skills are getting noticeably worse with every passing year.
When you're talking do you ever use your hands to do quotation marks in the air when saying certain words?
Sometimes.
Ever seriously questioned your sanity?
Yes.
When you dream do you see what's happening in a character's view or a camera type view?
Cutting between the two, usually. More external views when I'm lucid-dreaming, more internal ones when I'm not. Most of my dreams that I remember are lucid.
Have you ever kept a New Year's resolution?
Yes, a few. I don't usually make them, I think I've kept most that I've made in recent years.
Who has the best taste in music out of all your friends?
Taste isn't scored on a scale of best->worst, it's just 'different'. The person with the most similar taste in music to me is probably
darklightimages.What was your school mascot?
Didn't have one.
Do you wish your teeth were whiter?
Yes.
Do you laugh at your own jokes?
Not usually.
What word instantly makes you smile/laugh?
Nothing springs to mind.
When eating, are you more concerned with taste or healthiness?
Taste.
Do you find you're different talking through IMs than face-to-face or on the telephone?
Yes. I prefer communicating through a keyboard, I think I'm more articulate that way.
How many phone numbers do you have remembered and can say off the top of your head?
Dozens.
What was the best Halloween costume you ever had?
My usual black jeans and t-shirt, with a fairly realistic looking toy gun in an inside pocket. When people complained that I wasn't in fancy dress I pulled the gun, shot them, and claimed to be an assassin. Laziness rocks :)
Do you cry when you laugh?
Sometimes.
Can you limbo?
Nope.
You're a vampire; what's worse, never seeing a photo/reflection of yourself, never being able to eat or drink what's not blood, or never seeing sunlight again?
Hrm. Sunlight, I suppose, although having no reflection could make getting tarted up to go out a bit tricky...
Do you say random stuff like "I like Snickers" when you are having a conversation about something totally different?
Nope.
Have you ever hacked into somebody else's email?
That's 'cracked', not 'hacked', and yes. Twice.
Do spelling errors bother you?
Lots.
Name all Teletubbies right now:
Can't, and wouldn't if I could.
Would you ever call someone a racist name?
I hope not.
Do you think Vlad is a cool name?
Not even slightly.
Did you know it is Dracula's first name?
Yes.
What do you think is going to take over humans and rule the world?
Cockroaches, probably, but I don't think we'll get taken over - we'll blow ourselves up. Cockroaches are almost immune to the radiation fallout a nuclear war would cause, apparently.
What is your IQ?
Not sure, I'd quite like to find out. An online test I took last year claimed it was around 161, which seems quite high to me.
Have you ever killed your own dinner?
Yes (crab).
Would you prefer a spork or a spoon and fork?
Spoon and fork.
If you choke a smurf, what colour does it turn?
*whispers* They're not real, y'know.
Papa Smurf: loveable grandfather or crack-selling pimp?
Can't a person be both?
Favourite of the seven dwarves?
Smack-head. Or maybe Kenneth.
Do you like Wayne or Garth better?
I wouldn't invite either of them over to hang out... but probably Wayne, if I must.
What do you think of gold teeth?
They look stupid.
Ever laughed so hard that what you were drinking spewed out of your nose?
Not since I was a kid.
Got milk?
Yep - for breakfast cereals.
Wasn't Josie and the Pussycats a stupid movie?
Not seen it, yet.
Wasn't Shrek an awesome movie?
It was okay.
What did you think of the movie Turner and Hooch?
Boring.
Have you ever checked out your own arse?
Yep. Got a fine for taking it back late too.
What time did you wake up today?
10am, after getting to sleep at about 6am. Then again at 10:25am, with a hospital appointment at 10:40am. I was on time.
Have you ever dissected a frog?
Nope.
Do you eat to live or live to eat?
Eat to live. Occasionally not even that.
Would you eat SPAM for £5?
Yep.
What's your favourite kind of muffin?
Are they those things like fairy cakes? If so, chocolate.
Would you like enough crackers to last you a year?
As what, ammunition? No.
Would you like enough beatings to last you a lifetime?
Nope.
Is the only way you can dance in a dark room with a strobe light?
Nope.
Have you ever written poetry?
Sadly, yes.
What is the worst grade you have ever got on a test?
I failed most of my GCSEs and A levels. My favourite grade for really pissing you off though, was the 'N' I got in A level Physics... it stands for 'Nearly passed' and means you got within 3% of passing. I didn't want to know that, thanks.
How long have you been living at your current residence?
About three years.
Do you like children under 10?
Generally not.
Have you ever babysat (outside your own family)?
Sort of - girlfriend's daughter, who was mature enough to look after herself (and probably me too) at the age of 10.
Have you ever fallen off a chair?
Yep.
Do you ever take stuff home with you from a hotel room?
Rarely.
What is your dream kiss like?
Applied to a sensitive area of my body.
The most romantic thing anyone has done for you was:
I'm drawing a blank here. Apologies to anyone who has been the soul of romance toward me...
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Date: 2003-08-05 07:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-08-05 07:33 am (UTC)To proceed we would like to evaluate the leading behaviour of the integral in eq. (11.4) in the Gaussian Approximation.
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How the idyll would have ended if it had been left to Michael to control he was never privileged to know.