Bubble No. 54: Complicated Survey, This!

     So sue me, I’ve been using my creativity on helping out some gamer friends. ^_^ Entries are in the works, I swear, but until then…here’s random narcissism in the form of a survey I yoinked off of the glorious Sarah.

Taste

What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?
~Mint Chocolate Chip *purr*

Would you rather have a salty, sweet, or sour snack?
~Nine times out of ten, I go for sugar.

What’s your ideal dinner?
~Stuffed crust mushroom pizza, extra mushrooms and extra cheese.

If you could only taste one taste for the rest of your life, what would it be?
~Garlic bread, oddly enough. ^_^

What is your guilty pleasure in food?
~Breads, all kinds.

What’s your favorite healthy food?
~Sushi. And yep, it is healthy!

What’s your favorite kind of pasta?
~Manicotti *purr*

Would you rather eat fruits or vegetables?
~Fruits

Would you rather have a crunchy or soft snack?
~Soft, because crunchy’s too loud when I chew.

What’s your favorite texture in food?
~*blinks* I’m not quite sure I understand this, but…firm?

Do you like crunchy or creamy peanut butter better?
~Crunchy!

If you could have only one part of the food pyramid for the rest of your life (excluding the top, salts and sweets), which would it be?
~Breads, hands down.

What’s your favorite hot drink?
~Madagascar Red vanilla rooibos tea

What’s your favorite cool drink?
~Chocolate milk

What’s your favorite kind of soda?
~Fly by night, the Mountain Deeeeeeeeeeeeew!

Do you like diet soda?
~*makes a face* No.

Are you a vegetarian or vegan?
~The longer I live in redneck meat country, the more seriously I consider it.

If not, what’s your favorite kind of meat?
~Turkey

Do you like ketchup or mustard better?
~Mustard goes well with LOTS of stuff.

What’s your favorite meal of the day?
~Dinner. That’s when I can settle down and enjoy what little I do eat!

When you “diet”, do you just stop eating?
~I don’t eat very much to begin with, so if I dieted…*blink* Wow…I’d go back to living on shredded carrots and bottled water.

Do you consider yourself a healthy eater?
~Not in the slightest. ^_^ But a sandwich is healthier than a burger.

Would you rather enter in a hot dog or pie-eating contest, assuming you would enter that kind of contest at all?
~*gag* …pie, I suppose?

Do you think hot dog and pie-eating contests are gross?
~Yeah, THAT is what I want a trophy for. Looking like the poster advertisement for Gluttony.

What’s your favorite snack at the movie-theater?
~I don’t like snacking at the movies. I prefer to -watch- rather than juggle bags!

Do you like cotton candy or marshmallows better?
~Marshmallows

Do you have a sweet tooth?
~ -A- tooth? Try all of them.

(If you are a girl) What kind of food do you crave the most during your period?
~Chocolate ^_^ I’m so typical

Do you eat when you’re bored?
~I get the urge to munch, so I suck on a gummi frog.

What would be in your ideal trail mix?
~Carob chips, lots of cashews and peanuts, dried cranberries, yoghurt-covered raisins, yoghurt chips

Touch

Can you walk on hot sand barefoot?
~Hell, I can walk on rock-covered driveways at one in the afternoon in July …in the Southwest.

Do you go barefoot during the summer?
~I. Hate. Shoes.

Would you rather pet a porcupine or an angry skunk?
~Easier to bathe in tomato juice and play serial killer victim than to pull porcupine quills out of flesh. Besides, my sense of smell SUCKS, so I wouldn’t be suffering all that badly.

Do you mind getting your hands dirty?
~I do it, and then I have to wash them after I’m done with what I was doing.

Do you sleep with a lot of pillows or just a few?
~Tons of ’em, and stuffed animals, too.

Is your bed soft or firm?
~I’ve had relatively middle-ground mattresses my whole life. I can sleep on anything.

Do yo

u like soft or silky stuff?
~Can it be silky soft?

Would you rather be insanely hot or extremely cold?
~Insanely hot. I -hate- the cold.

Do you like making snowballs?
~With mittens on, yep.

How do usually warm up if you’re really cold?
~Play DDR. ^_^ Or burrow into a couple of blankets.

What’s the texture of most of your clothes?
~Cotton, or any other loose, soft fabrics.

What’s the most uncomfortable fabric you can think of?
~Most synthetic fabrics feel too stiff to me.

Do you own any velvet clothing?
~*peers in closet* About three dresses.

Are you allergic to any fabrics?
~Wool makes me itch.

Do you like wooden floors or carpet better?
~Wooden floors are pretty, but my feet want warm carpet.

Do you wear socks a lot, or do you prefer being barefoot?
~I wear snocks (yes, the spelling is deliberate) constantly, but I love being barefoot.

Do you get blisters easily?
~On my feet? Nope. Hands? Only briefly, then I callus up.

Have you ever had a rash?
~Couple of times, curse sweat and horsehair.

Would you say you have long hands?
~Nope. Functional, though. (Hence the fake nails: makes my fingers look longer. ^_~)

Have you ever been rock climbing?
~Does snake hunting count? Lots of rocks to climb there!

Does physical pain really bother you, or do you have “tough skin”?
~I’m relatively pain tolerant. Headaches, however, send me scurrying for painkillers.

What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?
~Concussion from horseback riding, but that went away quickly. The contusion on my leg from freakin’ Elections is taking a while to fade.

What’s the last injury you had?
~*points up* See "contusion on my leg"

Do you stub your toes and/or jam your fingers often?
~All the bloody time. (Damn universe, not reading the memo!)

What’s the most uncomfortable feeling of all?
~A vague ache that you can’t identify the cause of.

Have you ever had your hand(s)/finger(s) slammed in a door?
~Yes, and may I say "OW!"

Have you ever been beat up?
~Not badly. Been punched a couple of times.

Have you ever beaten someone else up?
~Does beating my guys count? ^_^

Is physical or emotional pain worse?
~Physical pain can be dulled with painkillers.

Have you ever sneezed and coughed at the same time?
~Yes…and that is FUNKY.

Sight

What’s the best sight ever?
~Printed words on a page.

What’s the ugliest sight ever?
~Sterile, professional offices. *shudder*

Do you believe that beautiful people are more successful, usually, than uglier people?
~I’d imagine they’re viewed as such.

What’s the first physical thing you notice about people?
~Their facial expression

What’s the first physical thing you notice about members of the opposite sex? 
~Height and eyes.

Do you literally judge books by their covers?
~It helps in picking out a book if the cover is intriguing, but some of my favorites have really boring covers.

Do you judge people by their looks?
~Anyone who says they don’t is being polite. EVERYONE does this to some degree.

Do you consider yourself attractive?
~For a frog, I’m cute. *snerk*

Do other people consider you attractive?
~The jury’s out on that one. (I still think Ryan’s a little crazy on that.)

Does your self-esteem depend on what you think about your physical appearance?
~My mind is my most valuable asset. Screw what the shell looks like.

Do you look more like your mom or dad?
~*meh* Like both. We have rather strong genetics when it comes to facial structure.

What’s the most unusual thing about your appearance?
~*ponders* My hair gets the most comments. There’s a nearly blonde streak that shows up occasionally that I a) didn’t dye in, and b) never goes away.

What color is your best friend’s hair?
~Soft, curly and blonde. Beautiful!

Do you like looking at art and photographs?
~*nodnod* Of course!

Do you have an eye for photography?
~I wouldn’t know, I’ve never tried it.

Are you more into portrait paintings/drawings/photographs or landscape paintings/drawings/photographs?
~For myself, I prefer landscapes to people, but for characters, you need the portraits!

Does the room you’re in have to be completely dark in order for you to fall asleep?
~Nope. I can fall asleep in a lit office, outdoors at noon, you name it.

Does bright light bother you?
~Nuh-uh. I love bright sunlight.

Do you ever sneeze when you step into the sun after being in a dimly lit place?
~…*is trying to figure out how eyes + light + sun = sneeze*

Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?
~Sunsets. *makes a face* I don’t like being awake when the sun rises.

What’s your favorite item of clothing?
~My jeans

Do you go more for the laid-back look (jeans and a tee shirt) or a more polished look (skirt and polo)?
~*laughing* Polished? ME? Hell no…laid-back!

What’s the most moving thing you’ve ever seen?
~Honestly? Shadowfax coming up the hill in "The Two Towers." I always get a feeling of free-wheeling elation during that scene.

Have you ever seen any of the Seven Wonders of the World?
~I just want to see one. C’mon Egypt!

Is your room messy or neat?
~What is this "neat" you speak of?

Would you rather look at the ocean or a mountain all day?
~Gimme my mountains! *cries* I miss the Franklins!

Do you care about how you look?
~To say I don’t would be a lie. After all, why else would I wear makeup? It’s not the all-consuming idea in my life, though.

What’s the best looking letter?
~There’s something about a good ‘R’ that gets me. And a ‘Q.’ I’m fond of the ‘Q’

What’s the best looking number?
~6

What’s the best looking shape?
~An ellipse or a rectangle (*blink* Now that’s just a confusing question.)

Is the city/town you live in beautiful?
~Parts of Lubbock are lovely. El Paso, not so much, but the mountains are breathtaking.

Smell

Do you wear perfume/cologne?
~Vanilla body spray, all the time.

Do you wear deodorant religiously?
~Vanilla-scented, no less. Who would have thought?

Does bad BO really bother you?
~I’ve dealt with it coming from people I was very physically close to before, so it doesn’t bug me too badly, but I will wrinkle my nose.

What’s your favorite smell?
~Vanilla, or the pages of a book. Seriously.

What’s your least favorite smell?
~Wet dog or bleach-based cleaners.

Do you shower daily?
~Depends on what I’ve been doing. Normally every two days. My skin turns to sandpaper if I bathe more often than that. (And I’m including heavy lotion usage in that.)

Does your room usually smell good?
~Smells like vanilla bean candle and concrete (due to the floor) so it’s a mingled thing.

<p>What food smells the best when it’s cooking?
~Bread and Italian foods.

What food smells good just as it is?
~Chocolate. ^_^

What food smells the worst when it’s cooking?
~Pinto beans. *gag*

What food smells the worst just as it is?
~Repeat: dried pinto beans smell godawful.

Do you like the way outside smells just after it rains?
~Love it.

Can you smell when rain is on the way?
~Considering my sense of smell…not very often.

Does fire burning smell good to you?
~Ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah. Hiraka!

Do your pets smell bad?
~Only when they found something "interesting" outside. Sascha more often than Tzimisce.

Do you have a good sense of smell?
~No way in bloody hell.

Do you like lying in the grass just to smell it?
~I love the smell of freshly cut grass, but I’ll get awfully itchy lying there.

Do you have a big nose?
~Not so much, surprisingly. It’s a very…English nose, I think. Victorian-esque.

Do you go into perfume stores just to try on their free samples?
~Meh, no. If I wanted to smell like a French whore, I could manage myself, thank you.

Do you like cucumber melon or passion fruit perfume better?
~Passion fruit.

Do you like perfume or body spray better?
~Body spray

Do you use bar soap or body wash?
~Body wash

What kind of shampoo do you use and what does it smell like?
~Suave Vanilla Sugar

What kind of conditioner do you use and what does it smell like?
~Same as the shampoo

Do you think water has a scent?
~…like water?

Which flower has the best scent?
~Roses. I love roses.

Which tree has the best scent?
~Pine needles have a great smell, but I love oak trees, too.

Do you like the smell of seawater?
~Never smelled it.

Do you have stinky feet?
~Nope. They’re just feet.

Does dirt or sand smell better?
~Oh, I like both. Nice hot sand, squishy black soil….both good!

Sound

What’s the worst sound in the world?
~Screaming little kids. They make my mouth water.

What’s the best sound in the world?
~Joyful laughter

Does it have to be completely silent for you to fall asleep?
~Nope, I fall asleep to rock.

Do you fall asleep listening to music or the TV?
~Most often, yup.

Do loud noises bother you?
~They startle me pretty easily.

Do you have a loud voice?
~*grin* I don’t have a volume control.

Do any of your friends have a really annoying laugh?
~Nuh-uh.

Do you have a really annoying laugh?
~…possibly? No one’s ever told me it’s annoying.

What sound do you normally wake up to?
~That thrice-damned, hellspawned alarm clock.

What’s your favorite genre of music?
~I range, but I prefer metal and rock. I do love my Pachabel, though.

What’s your least favorite genre of music?
~Rap, but country’s come in a close second now.

Do you think you have a good singing voice?
~For a donkey with bronchitis

Who’s your favorite singer?
~David Draiman from Disturbed, but Sully Erna from Godsmack is a close second. Of course, Peter Steele from Type O Negative always makes me shiver.

Who’s your least favorite singer?
~A lot of country singers are grating on my nerves.

Who has the worst speaking voice ever?
~Jay Leno (For some reason, his voice makes me twitch.)

Who has the best speaking voice ever?
~Crispin Freeman (Hellsing’s Alucard voice actor, *purr*), Bela Lugosi (Laugh, go ahead)

Do your prefer country or rap?
~If it’s my CDs, I’ll take country.

Do you sing loudly in the shower?
~Yeah…thankfully the water drowns out most of it.

What’s your favorite band?
~Disturbed is becoming a very, very big presence in my CD player, but Godsmack, Nickelback and Hoobastank are favorites, as well as Nightwish, Lacuna Coil and Evanescence.

Would you rather listen to fingernails scraping across a chalkboard or shoes squeaking on the floor?
~Ahh! Shoes! SHOES!

Do you ever get distracted to what a person is saying because their voice is really bad/good?
~Yup. Drives me NUTS.

Would you rather listen to your favorite song over and over again for the rest of your life or five songs you just kinda like over and over again for the rest of your life?
~The five songs, and I could probably even pick them out. ^_^

What’s the best sounding word ever?
~Delightful (When said properly, it sounds…oh purrrr…)

What’s the worst sounding word ever?
~Race

Do you ever say a word so much it doesn’t even sound like a word anymore?
~*chuckles* I use noises that become words, and words that become noises.

Do you snore?
~Like a herd of stampeding elephants.

Do you talk in your sleep?
~I’ve been known to laugh in my sleep.

Do you talk too much or too little?
~…when do I shut up?

What sound always makes you laugh?
~*squeak!*

What’s the funniest joke you know?
~"Angel, it’s not nice to hit people with sticks." (I found that hilarious.)