Questions Meme! I am a little sheep.

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I liked this meme so thought why not? Come on, lay your choices on me!


Pick one question to ask me!

01. My sexual orientation.
02. What I'm really bad at.
03. The one person whose arms I'd like to be in.
04. My best first date.
05. A description of my self-esteem.
06. Who my best friends are.
07. My favorite book.
08. Biggest turn-offs.
09. A description of my best friend.
10. My favorite animal.
11. Someone I miss.
12. The reason behind my last break-up.
13. What I did yesterday.
14. My greatest achievements.
15. My favorite songs right now.
16. A description of my last kiss.
17. What I find attractive.
18. All of the pets I've ever owned.
19. My favorite ice cream flavor.
20. The one place I wish I was right now.
21. The most cruel thing anyone has ever said to me.
22. All of the places I've lived.
23. Qualities that make me more likely to love a person.
24. My future plans.
25. One of my internal conflicts.
26. What I'm doing tomorrow.
27. My life's aspirations.
28. My most embarrassing moment.
29. Two of my insecurities.
30. What I would do if I won the lottery.
31. What I love most about myself.
32. My biggest pet peeves.
33. What musical artists I've seen live.
34. How many kids I would like to have.
35. My idea of a perfect date.
36. What I'm really excellent at.
37. My most traumatic experience.
38. Where I would like to live.
39. The nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.
40. Whether I like where I live now.
41. What I can hear right now.
42. My relationship with my siblings.
43. What's currently worrying me the most.
44. Something I've repeatedly wished for.
45. My relationship with my parents.
46. What I dislike most about myself.
47. Something about a superhero cape (it'll come in a bit)

Comments

[reni-m.livejournal.com]

30!

30. What I would do if I won the lottery.

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This one is so crazy easy it is ridiculous. Sell this house, put my kids and self through the rest of our school (daughter and me grad school, son undergrad), make sure my MIL was taken care of well for the rest of her life, and then see where the wind takes me. I have no wish to settle down anywhere just yet, really - there is so much of the world to see and explore, and I while I am doing that when I can, there is just so much more out there. :)

[shane-mayhem.livejournal.com]

07. :)

07. My favorite book.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I can't believe how much this one has stumped me. I have three rows of keeper books behind me, all vastly different from each other, but the second I pick one, another one bursts out and says no no, me me me! And there are a couple of books that aren't that shelf - Nick's Merlin Big Bang for one, Edit the Sad Parts, an amazing coming of age story about Merlin as a transgender character, and my fav book I've written so far is my Red Tainted Silence, also a coming of age story.

[eurydice72.livejournal.com]

I'm picking 39. :)

39. The nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.

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I think this wonderful fan email I got for Red was just the nicest thing ever. I got a lot of emails like this one - readers wanting me to know how much my book touched them, made them feel better, etc., something I never expected to do through writing. But this is why I do it, for people like Patric, and wow, what a nice thing to say to me. (Notice I've kept this email handy...it is a good reminder of Why I am meant to keep writing)

Dear Ms. Gray,

Thank you.

I've no doubt in the world that far more people, with far more eloquence than I have already expounded every possible variation of praise for your work.

No doubt using adjectives like "beautiful", "haunting", "gripping", "stunning", and "emotional" to do it, so anything I might add would be little more than another variation. Though I deeply wish I had the skill to try.

All I can say with any certainty is that the book was- still is I suppose, cathartic.

I am quite certain I've never had to struggle so hard to keep from bawling (Ain't properly butch to cry, don'tcha know. :D) and in at the end I failed miserably, which is a good thing.

So again, thank you.

I fervently hope that god, the universe, fate, pointy-eared elves, or whatever your particular belief system embraces sees fit to reward you with a gift even half as great as that which your book has given me.

Patric

[http://users.livejournal.com/lindalee_/]

I want to know several of these things about you!!!

OK... since I'm all about love lately, #31

31. What I love most about myself.

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I love that I am healthy, I love that I finally have gone back to school, I love that I am writing again, and I love my eyes. LOL.

[topgeargirl2.livejournal.com]

#24

24. My future plans.

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I know some of them, but not all:

1. Find a job in the legal field - will it happen before the year is out? I am not honestly sure. Afterwards? Yeah. I have got to find something permanent, and soon.
2. School - finish my undergrad degree, then continue with my Masters of History, likely with an emphasis on Archiving or Cartography (very drawn to Cartography), perhaps teaching.
3. Once the kids are on their own i.e. out of this house, sell it and leave this city. Not sure where to, quite probably wherever the kids end up as they want to end up in the same place.

[sheswatching.livejournal.com]

25!

25. One of my internal conflicts.

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You asked a hard one, as I so tend to keep things zipped up inside, and won't be putting the biggest ones out here because, well, no one's business.

But, a big internal conflict I currently have is not knowing what is the right thing to do. Go all out and finish school in the spring and spend the next six months continuing this constant struggle to pay things, and be unable to do things for my kids that I want, or just get over it, get a legal job that I know damn well will pay lots though oh man, what it could do to my brain, and just try to finish school one class at a time? If money and keeping this family afloat wasn't an issue, I'd hands down just go to school. But I can barely keep things afloat as it is, and am on unemployment, about to finish the first tier (that hits the rat bastard former employer) which means next I would go on government unemployment and for some reason, that is just different in my brain. I have always taken care of things myself, but have had to rely on my family way too much this year, and I hate that. I hate asking for help, hate having to take it, hate the fear I live with that my kids are having to live without things I used to be able to give them easily.

I don't feel like a failure though - far from it. In fact, I feel more confident about my future and the plans I have than may be believed - there is a calmness about the future plans and getting the masters and afterwards that I can't deny. It is what I must and will do. So this current limbo is really hard to deal with at times, and I am constantly conflicted about what I should do. Sigh.

23. Qualities that make me more likely to love a person.

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Why are these all so thinky?

Okay actually this one is easy. Sort of. I've only been in love twice, but have loved many. If that makes sense? Caution combined with openness (I like a little mystery), someone I see is caring, who works hard and yet makes me feel needed. Wanted. And a generally optimistic person. :)

[moonie]

23! :)

23. Qualities that make me more likely to love a person.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Why are these all so thinky?

Okay actually this one is easy. Sort of. I've only been in love twice, but have loved many. If that makes sense? Caution combined with openness (I like a little mystery), someone I see is caring, who works hard and yet makes me feel needed. Wanted. And a generally optimistic person. :)

Uh, you forgot one!

[fictional-one.livejournal.com]

#47...How cute do I look in my Superhero cape?

Re: Uh, you forgot one!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

You will be last cuz I need my son's help but I swear it will come!

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

17, please. :-)

17. What I find attractive.

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Hot black bald men. I ADMIT IT. OKAY? What is funny is I was just this second talking with sheswatching about this as I am watching Biggest Loser and one of the trainers is gorgeous, black, and bald.

I also like skinny young men... I also find androgyny attractive.

And I also find self-confidence and caring people attractive, too. :)

Re: 17. What I find attractive.

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

Apart from the bald black men, I totally agree with you. LOL.

Androgyny is so damn attractive. As are self-confidence and a caring nature.

Also, I loved reading all your answers. Thank you for sharing! *squish*

Re: 17. What I find attractive.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

They were fun! There were some I would've been happy to answer that weren't asked, oh well.

LOL on the 'aside from the black bald men' - do you watch Criminal Minds? Shemar Moore - oh yeah. Like him. LOL!!

[neifile7.livejournal.com]

I'll take #36, if you please, ma'am!

36. What I'm really excellent at.

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You would ask this question...

Am I really excellent at anything? There are things I am good at, or think I am good at (writing, being a mom, being a friend). But excellent at? I don't think so, but it doesn't keep me from trying!

Oh one thing - I am an excellent student! Now! Finally! LOL.

Re: 36. What I'm really excellent at.

[neifile7.livejournal.com]

You excel and boosting spirits and morale, THAT is for sure. <3

Re: 36. What I&#39;m really excellent at.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Thanks Anya - I try my best. I wish I could do even better.

[velvetcure.livejournal.com]

this is a good one! #44.

44. Something I've repeatedly wished for.

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A job. Not just a job, as I likely could've had one by now, but I want a home. A place I love to go to every day, that I leave feeling as if I have accomplished something. I have had that, and want it again.

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

I'm late, but how about #4? Iffin you feel like it...

04. My best first date.

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I have never had a first date! Isn't that weird? It just kinda happened with Colby, the first boyfriend, Kel and I met at a fraternity party and LOL you know the story of Nick. :) I have never been on a formal date in my life!

[lovedlea.livejournal.com]

Distracting you from wordcount with a question I know the answer to!

41!