I'm going to put some effort into changing that, though, if I can.

Effort's something that's way too effort-like for me. And...oh, hell, I don't know how to explain this. Maybe I should talk a little bit about other stuff.

I have real, authentic Major Depression. The sort that isn't fixed with 'cheer up', or even 'cheer up' in pill form. It's helped a little by therapy and constant supervision to make sure I don't forget to do things that normal people do in their daily routine [bathing, laundry-related-tasks, cleaning, eating]. It came bundled with anxiety, which probably made it a pretty good deal. Unfortunately, there's a strict No Returns policy.

And it's been kinda bad lately.

I was maintaining a pretty steady 'zero energy pit of apathy I don't want to move' low when I found out my mental health doctor was retiring. I found this out when calling in for a new prescription for the stuff I [very occasionally] take for the anxiety issues.

I needed that new prescription because I knew there'd be moments where I'd need it, because we've acquired a roommate. Nothing against the roommate -- he's quiet, rarely here, and doesn't seem to be judging the mess-that-is-me too harshly, even when I want to eat the same takeout twenty-seven days in a row.

I could go on a little more about the roommate situation [why it came about, and whatnot], but it's not about me, no matter how much the little voices keep fretting about potentially losing friends.

I'm not exactly handling coherence or transitions very well right now. Damn.

Anyway, all that happened, but that was recent. So I guess it's not a great excuse.

Also, Gremlin's computer died, and he's been sitting behind me using a netbook, and that makes me not want to do anything, because I don't much like being watched while I'm trying to do something. Nagging feeling of insta-judgement of an unfinished whatever.

Then there's the fact that my DS Lite is broken beyond my ability to repair it, and my 360 is in Red Ring Repair Limbo, and...yeah. This is a post from the Standard List of Blog Posts. #3. Whining.

I also feel like I should mention that I never reach the apathy=invincibility stage in that post on Hyperbole and a Half. I kinda wish I could. Everything else sounds about right, though. So just go read that -- it's a much better blog than mine.

I did just put up a sticky dry erase dot right here, so I could write down ideas as they come to me. Maybe having it there will remind me to do them. I don't know.

It's a pretty short list right now. A post about one of the things my mom gave me for Giftmas. Those reviews of what I'm calling 'Pink Box' DS games [the ones marketed directly to adults buying gifts for little girls]. The WTF nature stuff. A new thing involving a new app I got for my cellphone that has the potential to be funny [at least, to me]. Also, the strangest urge to do another series of posts in which I 'review/report on' books.

Some of these things might rely on finding out if people want me to do any of them. Especially the book thing. The main temptation right there involves a couple of 'novelisations' [movies turned into books, y'know?], the Resident Evil books, and...actually, I've kinda wanted to go through Harry Potter, even though a thousand other people already have.

So...I guess we'll see if I'm back here any time soon.

Thanks to the distractions, I haven't exactly worked everything out yet. Important things like, 'exactly how do I structure the post title?' and, 'how is this going to work, anyway?'

Well, screw planning, and screw the original launching with the Platypus, because I found something else. Something I can't even fucking identify.

This thing. This fucking thing.

I happened to catch a glimpse of it in Microcosmos, and it took me forever to track down a picture of it because I have no fucking clue what it is, beyond 'caterpillar'.

A very weird caterpillar. I mean, look at it! It's wearing a hoodie! It's a hoodie caterpillar. Why the fuck is this caterpillar wearing a hoodie, Nature? Is this a stage that all caterpillars go through? The weird, rebellious, hoodie-wearing stage? Do they hide their earbuds under that thing so they can ignore the authority figures that are totally keeping them down and not respecting the fact that they're right about everything? Does this hoodie have an epic pocket that can fit, like, twenty or thirty of its eighty-bajillion legs?

I think these are important questions...if you happen to be the sort of insane person who looks at nature and goes WTF?

Before I go any further, I should explain something here. This is in no way an argument for creationism or creation science or intelligent design or whatever the fuck they've decided to call it since the last courtroom smackdown. [Personally? I vote for Cdesign Proponentism or Breathtaking Inanity.] This is simply me, looking at nature, accepting that things evolve, and suddenly doing a double-take and being compelled to say 'WTF, NATURE? SRSLY, WTF?'

Because this goddamn caterpillar appears to be wearing a hoodie. Go ahead, tell me it's not [and yes, I totally get that it's not actually wearing a hoodie, but shut up]. You can't, because you see it too.

And now you see this. Ha ha.

Anyway, the other day, I was sitting around, minding my own business, when...stupid happened. You know me, I love it when stupid happens. I'm still waiting for this particular stupid to do something, but I guess he's too busy attentionwhoring elsewheres to actually look back and admit he was wrong.

Maybe next time.

This particular stupid was brought to you by this post. An old, almost forgotten post about a bit of drama that I wasn't even involved in [beyond hearing about it from others].

Well, guess I'm 'involved' now.

I'll...try to make the formatting as painless as possible.

May 29 at 00:43
Warren Manley
It has come to our attention, as a result of a formal investigation that you have defamatory material, part of a hate campaign, on your website. In accordance with out instructions and as part of ongoing actions concerning that hate campaign, you are hereby formally notified to remove all defamatory material related to Mr Arkle at your website, evilcoffeechick.com. Should this not be done within five business days, we are instructed to bring charges under state and federal laws for stalking, harassment and criminal libel. This communication is made without prejudice to further legal action being taken and we reserve the right to serve you with papers at your place of employment or at your place of residence according to State and Federal law.

Warren Manley

Georgia Process Servers

georgiaprocessservers@live.com

So, here it is, a little after midnight, and I get that. I look at the guy's profile, notice the profile picture, the lack of friends, and the locked-downness of it all. I pause, go back, read it again, and notice what it's about.

Then, I start googling. I learn that the company doesn't exist. The closest thing I could find to a company with that name was a 'Woman owned and operated' process serving company. So...that's interesting.

I fire off a message to a friend about it, and find out that he's being contacted, too.

After a lot of research into the requirements for process serving in Georgia, a few hours digging into my website logs [where I found him hitting the page from one of those linkedin-type websites], and chatting about it with the previously mentioned friend, I fired off a simple reply.

May 29 at 07:22
Hunter Crazychick
Credentials, please.

Simple enough, right? After a few hours, I thought that'd be the end of it. I'd kinda forgotten that he tends to go to bed when the sun comes up, and wakes up [probably hung over] at around 3 in the afternoon. Guess what!

May 29 at 15:38
Warren Manley
we shall be serving you at your place or work. We will do so, as allowed under State Law at any time of our choosing. You are required to cooperate fully with ourselves and with any State and Federal agencies involved. We shall be in touch.

I guess maybe I was supposed to be terrified of the idea of being served at work, on top of the idea that he'd be there with, apparently, Seal Team Six to back him up or some shit. I don't fucking know.

29 May at 15:39
Hunter Crazychick
No, I said 'Credentials, please.' Identify yourself.

Again, simple enough. Shouldn't need any clarification at all.

29 May at 15:44
Warren Manley
You can find our details by joining our Facebook group or writing to our email address. Any communications received from you are monitored and recorded however and forwarded to all agencies involved and may be used at any time in legal proceedings. We also reserve the right to contact credit reference agencies, local law enforcement agencies and to conduct appropriate background and other searches.

His 'facebook group' is the 'like page' for the business he created. It has 0. Just thought I should share that.

29 May at 16:18
Hunter Crazychick
Is this a civil libel case, or a federal stalking case? You're not making any sense whatsoever.

This is where Gremlin started getting interested. I'd shown him the communications so far, and he started feeding me lines. I was kinda having a hard time being coherent at this point, anyway. Obviously from the abject terror of the Amazing Impending FBI Arrest And Deportation to GITMO over not taking down a completely inoffensive post.

Or the giggling. Your choice.

May 29 at 16:35
Warren Manley
Libel/defamation can be both criminal and civil. At the moment investigations are ongoing, on both a state and Federal level and we have been requested to notify some of those under investigation of any impending or potential civil proceedings and, where applicable, criminal ones. Local law enforcement agencies are being contacted in states where such agencies are working with Federal agencies on any possible charges of stalking/harassment. As stated previously, any communications made on behalf of any process servers or agents acting on these matters is done so without prejudice to such investigations and to any pending or potential legal actions that may or shall result.

As detailed under State Law, you have sufficiently violated the existing statutes to be both sued and and to have criminal charges bought against you for stalking/harassment, and/or to have papers served on you to immediately remove any defamatory material already published in any form, including electronically and to be enjoined to cease and desist from any further harassing or defamatory posts.

We will be seeking to serve you any papers, at this stage, at your place of work rather than at your private residence and require your cooperation with any such attempts to serve you that are necessary. If you are having difficulty understanding your State's Statutes on Harassment/Stalking, or the definitions of what constitutes criminal or civil libel/defamation, we would advise you to seek competent legal advice or to look up the relevant statutes in your State.

Uh...what?

29 May at 16:48
Hunter Crazychick
Neither Facebook.com nor live.com being secured, the only further information I need is the following:

Process server badge number and expiration date.
The name of the clerk of court authorising the badge.
District of jurisdiction.
Full business address and phone number, plus your extension.
File number of the affidavit entered into record, name of presiding magistrate, and the city, county, and state in which the complaint was made.

I'll pass that along to my legal counsel for confirmation and research. Given the widespread nature of the accusations, they assume the case would be dispersed among criminal, civil, and trademark attorneys, which is why I asked if this was criminal or civil.

Since the dude has no fucking clue what he's talking about, we decided to play a little game. A list of things required to identify him [based on the rules and regulations regarding process servers in Georgia] and...hey, why not throw a bunch of scary lawyers in, too! He won't know the difference. Hell, he thinks libel is criminal at a federal level.

Note: there is a law in Colorado that makes a certain type of libel a class 6 felony, but it's one of those difficult-to-use laws that may not be constitutional anyway. And now that I've inadvertently educated the nitwit....

May 29 at 16:51
Warren Manley
The charges are specific. You have engaged in behavior that constitutes defamation and harassment/Stalking. Trying to avoid or delay service of papers will not be seen in a good light. You are welcome to have your attorney contact us and we will proceed from there. In the meantime, all communications will be forwarded to the local and Federal agencies involved in the investigation.

He repeats himself. A lot.

May 29 at 16:57
Hunter Crazychick
Since you ignored my query, I'm now ending correspondence. All further barratry should be addressed to my attorney. Further direct contact will constitute harassment. Have a nice day.

And here's where we end it. Nothing further from him.

I do understand that I probably shouldn't be posting this. It'll just attract his attention again. I'm basically annoying a dumb animal by poking it with a stick, but, goddamnit, I had to share. And this shit ended up in my inbox. My inbox, mine to share. So there, neener.

If anything else happens, it very well could be in the comments section of this post. If not, well, I'll probably post it again.

So this is where the new FB thingy leads -- directly to 'oh, fuck, we're doomed.'

Listed twice: Alaska, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Three times: Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington. Pennsylvania's there six times.

Then there are sixteen things that aren't states [okay, ten, since England was mentioned twice, and Japan four times. 'Confusion' and 'Contentment' may be cutesey, but they're not actually states.

And what the fuck are '6' and 'Jefferson'?

I have a couple of ideas for somewhat regular posts, though. Something called 'WTF, NATURE?' -- possibly a once-a-month thing where I write about some aspect of nature that's really WTF to me.

Also, I kinda drew something. It's not done, but I've got a rough sketch scanned, and a rough version of it done over that scan. It's content, so I might as well share:

That's...pretty much all I have to say.

Oh, and I know some stuff's broken here. I'll get it fixed at some point.

So, that's pretty much it. I'm an atheist. Any quest--oh, wow, really? You do have questions? You, the fictional person I just made up to ask me these questions that I conveniently have right here, harvested from memories of questions I've been asked repeatedly. Okay, let's do this.

What is atheism?

You'll get a different answer for this question from every atheist you ask, it seems. To me, personally, atheism is simply being without religion, without beliefs in a higher power. That's all.

Is atheism a religion?

No. It'd be rather odd to define something as a state of being without religion and have it be a religion. Just trying to wrap my head around that is like, well, this:

Why do you not believe in God?

I'll skip the typical 'which god is that, exactly?' retort and go straight to answering. I see no reason to believe in a higher power, whatever name that higher power goes by. And none of the reasons you'd list would be reason enough for me. I see no 'design' in nature or the universe. What you see as evidence of creation, I see as a misunderstanding on your part. Yes, nature is amazing and wonderful and awe-inspiring and all those descriptive terms, but where you see the hand of some divine being intervening, I see something interesting that needs puzzling out a bit. I see something I want to learn about.

There's likely a fundamental difference between the sort of person who asks this question and myself. If we were to watch a magic show together, you would get your wonder from the tricks themselves, whereas I would attain gratification by seeing if I could see how they did it.

So you believe there is no God?

No, although some atheists do. Personally, I see no need to waste energy on actively believing that something does not exist. Instead, I simply lack that belief either way. I don't know either way; furthermore, I don't care.

I'm not even sure I care enough to explain the difference between "I don't believe in god" and "I believe there is no god." Either you understand, or you don't.

What keeps you from stealing or killing, because you can't be ethical or moral without God? Where do your morals come from?

This question never fails to disturb me. The idea that there are people out there who feel that, if they were to find that there are no consequences after death, they'd just go out and rape babies or whatever because 'why not?' is...unsettling. I don't really like to talk to people who ask this sort of question.

It's a stupid question, though, with a very obvious answer. What keeps me from doing these things? Disregarding the fact that I don't have any urge to just steal things or murder pe--well, okay, sometimes I very much feel like killing people, but it's illegal. There are laws against these things, and, if I don't want to be inconvenienced with the consequences of those actions, I don't act on those feelings. And the consequences are very, very inconvenient -- much worse than 'God will be cranky with you and punish you at some future date after you die.' These are fairly immediate, life-altering consequences...even if the homicide is ruled justifiable.

What about what happens when you die? Aren't you afraid of that?

Not really. I don't know what happens after I die, because I have never died. Those who have died haven't exactly let us know, either, so...there's really not much to say on the subject.

Why do people exist? For what purpose were we all brought into being? What is the meaning of life?

Why? Purpose? There is no 'why' or 'purpose' to evolution, not in that obnoxious, bullshit philosophical sense you're looking for. There is no 'why' or 'purpose' or 'meaning' but what you make for yourself.

What's your purpose, then? Why don't you just kill yourself?

My purpose? Right now, it's writing this. Later? I don't really know. I'm not a long-term kind of person. As for suicide, believe me, I've considered it very seriously at times, but that has nothing to do with atheism.

Honestly, though, why the fuck do people ask that question?

Without God, how can you have hope, or inner peace, or comfort in times of crisis?

I find it in more tangible things -- people I trust, who've helped me through things before. Also, my cat.

What about souls?

What about them? Do I believe in them? No. And don't trot out that silly experiment with the scales and the people dying, because that's not exactly evidence of anything.

So, what, do you go around trying to spread the good news about there not being a God?

No. It's my way of doing unto others as I wish to have done to me -- I leave you alone, you leave me alone. It's none of my business, just like it's none of yours.

Darwin recanted on his deathbead.

No, he didn't. Stop using that shit.

Weren’t some of the worst atrocities in the 20th century committed by atheists?

This isn't a game you want to play. Even if you do find an atrocity connected to someone who could be proven to be an atheist, the list of things done in the name of God is likely to be far more impressive.

How could billions of people be wrong when it comes to belief in God?

Also not a game you want to play. First, it's a fallacy. Second, you don't get to play, because you're only inclusive of other beliefs when you're trying to argue against someone who doesn't believe.

Why does the universe exist?

...because it does. What are you, three?

How did life originate?

I don't know. There are several hypotheses, but I don't really know much about them. And, really, it's irrelevant.

Is all religion harmful?

No.

What if you’re wrong about God (and He does exist)?

Well, if he's the vindictive, petty bastard that some Christians portray, I guess I'd be fucked. Not that it matters, because I'm not going to pretend to believe just to be safe. Even if I were to meet up with the pettiest, spoiled-brat of a higher power, I think I'd be much safer being honest than trying to cover with falsified faith.

Shouldn’t all religious beliefs be respected?

Respect is earned, and it's earned by people.

Are atheists smarter than theists?

Some might be, but, since they're both varied groups of individuals, who fucking knows?

How do you deal with the historical Jesus if you don’t believe in his divinity?

Apathy.

Would the world be better off without any religion?

I don't know. I'd be worried about those people who apparently need their Sky Snuggie to keep their dicks out of children.

...and that's about all I've got. I'm bored with this now. I'll try to post something else -- possibly something more interesting -- in a few days.

A 5th Gen iPod Nano. Actually, my mom's 5th gen iPod Nano. I don't think she could find any others available, but that's fine. As nifty as the new ones are, I'd miss the click wheel. I've already used the hell out of it. I was able to get a case for it for cheap, and attach a lanyard to it so I don't have to shove it into a pocket.

An electric blanket, which has already started many small wars in the house.

Slipper socks. They've got padded bottoms with the grippy bits. Mom got clever and wrapped them individually.

A gun for the Wii. The perfect wii gun for me, it turns out. Not only is it Resident Evil [which is awesome], it actually fits my hand. That just...never happens.

A black Wiimote. There's also a black nunchuck attachment to go with it that I seem to have forgotten to photograph -- or I just forgot to pull it off the camera.

Star Wars sleep pants. One of these days, I'm going to wear them to the store. And, yes, the first thing I did was put them on over the pants I was already wearing. Because...Star Wars Sleep Pants.

It makes fries without being terrifyingly rusty.

Flannel. Lovely flannel.

Gremlin got a new trackball and a powered USB hub.

What was it, you ask? Because you haven't actually asked, so I have to pretend that you have a very poor memory, and show you.

DonMyers99 said 11/5/2010
Thanks for stealing my art :)
To whom it may concern. We feel the Zombie Eat Flesh design at Zazzle.com violates our copyright and we want it removed immediately. The image was created and published in 2007 and is owned by Tshirtbordello.com Our copyright registration number for ZOMBIE EAT FLESH : VA 1-738-214 The URL to our copyright protected design at Tshirtbordello.com: http://www.tshirtbordello.com/Zombie-Eat-Flesh-T-Shirt We would like all Zombie Eat Flesh images listed under this vendor to be removed. There does not appear to be a bulk reporting mechanism and there are MANY instances under some of these sellers. For brevity we will assume that any and all images will be removed for each offending image. There are too many products to report them one at a time. If you have any questions you may contact our copyright attorney: michael.spradley@myidealaw.com Michael Spradley 713-319-8284

That. Your deleterious delusion, and the reprehensible lack of research that led you to this point in time -- a moment where you do not want to be.

This moment where you're disrupting me, taking time away from my first attempt at seasonal celebration in almost ten years. You're pissing me off. Liars piss me off.

Yes. That's right. I called you a liar. That's what you call dishonest people, isn't it? Don't like that? Would you prefer maligner? Perjurer? Prevaricator? Fabulist? Yeah, I bet you'd prefer fabulist, because that generally means 'one who makes up fables', and fables are little stories with a moral. And you've certainly made up a little story, and there might be a moral.

I'd conjecture that the moral would be 'Don't trust Don Michael Myers of TShirtBordello, because he'll get an artist to make a design similar to yours and claim you stole his design, even though your design predates his.'

Yes, I know you get freelance graphic artists to design for you. I don't know if you pay them much, but I don't care to find out. I don't want your greedy little claws in any of my shit.

I also know that the Zombie Eat Flesh shirt I own predates yours.

I'm going to pretend you're thinking clearly, and not consumed by some sort of self-important ahr-teest-businessman rage...although I suppose you could easily splutter out 'PROVE IT!' through the rich and luxurious lather of fury-foam you'd have in the latter scenario.

Proof of statement part one:

I own this shirt.

That is the item listing from the receipt.

And this is the date of that order. The full receipt can be viewed here.

That date is important. Why? Because I'm quite the little internet investigator. I, like everyone else online, easily found your little registration. And I found a couple of interesting things.

For example:

And:

Source screenshot here

Now, I notice a couple of interesting things here. Very interesting things. Like your registration date: October 6th of this year. Makes me wonder about the alleged 'creation/publication' date. Did you think you were back-dating it far enough when you filed this? Or maybe that is the valid creation date. There's only one problem. April 9th 2007 comes after December 3rd 2006.

And you know what December 3rd 2006 comes after?

Source Receipt, as usual.

December 3rd 2006 comes after October 14th 2006. Both of those dates are before April 9th 2007.

Now, maybe I know where you got confused. Maybe you accidentally transposed that greater/less than 'The alligator bites the biggest one' onto time, and assumed that the one that the alligator bites, being bigger, is therefore the reigning champion, and all others, being lesser, must be deleted. But that's not how time and copyright and first use work.

In first use, if the alligator bites your date, that means it's newer. The alligator isn't happy with being re-purposed for this little thing -- he's got enough work with all this hypertext shit on top of everything else -- and wants us all to fuck right off and use a goddamned calendar because that's what it's for.

My recommendation: you rectify your little lapse -- make good your miscalculation. Here's a handy step-by-step guide.

STEP 1: DO NOT demand that I take this post down. I won't. You have no grounds to make such a demand.
STEP 2: DO go straight to sotld.com and post an apology. Say that you're sorry you accused the creator of a preexisting work of stealing your subsequent work.
STEP 3: DO NOT look at the current designs there, and think 'gosh, I should make one of those, too!'
STEP 4: DO contact Zazzle directly and tell them that you filed a false claim.
STEP 5: DO NOT pull this shit again.

If the wishful thinking side of me hadn't been beaten to death by the realist side of me in 1999, I'd say that I look forward to your swift and appropriate response leading to the reinstating of the earlier design; instead, well, I look forward to your comments.

There wasn't a source. Well, there was, but it was more of a 'favourite books' thing instead of a 'most of you guys haven't read more than six of these' thing. With a bunch of stuff replaced with...other stuff. Before you say [citation needed] or something, this person did all the work, although wading through all the initial hits on google was kinda tedious, before I figured out which words I needed to search for.

Also, I don't think I ever got tagged in one of those 100 books things. I don't think I've been tagged in much of anything that I didn't just...not do, or not notice, or simply comment on because I'm a contrary bitch who isn't even sure how Notes work on FB has her own website goddamnit I'm just that special.

I found myelf tagged this morning by someone I don't technically know -- not that this makes a huge difference, since a majority of my FB friends are people from chat -- but I do get into a lot of 3-5am comment conversations with her.

She's got a store over on Etsy called Chains N Thingz. She makes stuff out of those little metal rings and whantot. Now, if you know me at all, you'll be expecting me to find this mockable in some way, but the chainmail gamer dice bags are like a get-out-of-mockery-free card, and I sometimes find myself wondering if you can use those little metal rings like pixels and make little, like, 8-bit graphics.

That probably makes it pretty clear that I have no idea how chainmail works. It's true -- I don't. My current craftiness level is 'Kindergarten -- with serious adult supervision due to glue and pokey wires'.

Tangent. Where am I supposed to be. Oh yes. The thing I got tagged with. Some 'getting to know' thing, which, hey, let's jump right into that:

You have been tagged (as I have). You have the honor of copying these goofy questions, writing your own response, and tagging 25 other victims. You have to tag me so really you just need 24 more people. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you, my friend. To do this, go to 'notes' under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your title as 'getting to know each other' insert your answers and then tag 25 people including me (tagging is done in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.

Those would be the rules I'm breaking. Boring. Where are the que--oh, hai there questions!

1. What time did you get up this morning?

Seven. Ish. AM. Because I didn't get to sleep until around Midnight, and I'd been meaning to go to sleep at 2pm yesterday.

2. How do you like your steak?

Warm in the middle, but still that glorious red-purple. I want it to bleed when I stab it.

3. What was the last film you saw at the movies?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

4. What is your favorite TV show?

Really? Ugh. Oh, fuck you rules: House MD, CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Firefly, Buffy, Doctor Who, um...whatever that thing's called -- Craig Ferguson's Really Crappy Midnightish TimeSlot, Penn&Teller's Bullshit. That's my DVR and part of my DVD collection...and I'll probably think of more later, but who cares.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

I don't know. I don't really think about things like that. I mean, there's no point, is there? I'm probably in the minority here, but I'm in no hurry to bail on America, and I don't really aspire to live somewhere warmer or tropical, because those places come with far less entertaining risks of property damage.

6. What did you have for breakfast?

Coke.

7. What is your favorite cuisine?

Pretty much whatever Gremlin cooks. He's really rather good at that.

8. What food do you dislike?

Right now? Anything I can't eat. And also spinach. And mushrooms. And a few other things, but mostly things that I can't currently eat.

9. Favorite Place to eat?

I...don't know. Let's call it 'right here, on my comfyseat, in front of my TV and computer.

10. Favorite dressing?

Ranch.

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?

A thirty year old fleshy thing with a sorta calcium-based frame. I think it's made mostly of water.

12. What are your favorite clothes?

The comfy ones.

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?

The K-T Boundary.

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?

Flat. No, really, by that point, the contents are usually no longer fizzy, and I don't really care how full it is or isn't.

15. Where would you want to retire?

It's a tossup between something nice and urn-ish or in pieces donated to various scientific pursuits.

16. Favorite time of the day?

The dark bits where the rest of the world is asleep.

17. Where were you born?

A hospital.

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?

I don't watch sports.

19. Who do you think will not tag you back?

People can't tag me back if I don't tag them first.

20. Person you expect to tag you back? Why?

Again: can't tag me back if I don't tag first.

21. Who are you curious about their responses to this?

I don't really expect a response.

22. Bird Watcher?

Not in the avid 'listmaking and identifying' sense, but I do like to watch birds walking. I can't help but see tiny, short-tailed theropods when I watch them walking and running about, and wondering why they bob their little heads like that.

23. Do you consider yourself attractive?

Not really, but I kinda feel that's an assessment that's up to people who aren't myself.

24. Pets?

Yes, please.

25. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?

I'm not pregnant.

Not that I was worried or anything, but it seems like the opposite of the sort of response that question is begging for.

26. What did you want to be when you were little?

A palaeontologist. Or a virologist. Or some sort of artist. Yeah, I'm a bit of a failure.

27. What is your best childhood memory?

Every morning, before I left for school, my dad would always say 'Do your best.'

28. Are you a dog or cat person?

What do you think? Cat, obviously.

29. Are you married?

No.

30. Always wear your seat belt?

Yes.

33. Favorite pizza topping?

I'm rather fond of just plain cheese, but, if I must have a topping, I'd probably go with ground beef and black olives...and then, if it's delivery and I had the necessary supplies, I'd carmelise some onions and dump them on top.

34. Favorite flower?

I don't have a favourite flower.

35. Favorite Ice cream?

Ben&Jerry's Brownie Batter.

36. Favorite Fast food?

I...don't know. I'm fine with McDonalds, I don't get BurgerKing very often, I like the regular Arby's Roast Beef [I really, really like it right now because it's so easy to eat], and Subway [which is harder to eat right now, and I miss it]. If I'm feeling Not-Cheap, there's Sonic and Quiznos.

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test?

I didn't, although I was expecting to fail the practical rather spectacularly, because I was expecting some sort of impossible parallel parking thing. Also, my record's clean [which isn't all that impressive, since I no longer drive].

38. From whom did you get your last email?

Some lady dying of cancer who used to be married to a Nigerian prince who wants me to help her move 10 nonillion dollars to my account.

39. Which store would you like to max out your credit card?

Amazon.com

40. Do anything spontaneous lately?

Yesterday, I spontaneously didn't sleep and then went to Sam's Club. And a craft store.

42. Broccoli?

I wish. Because I really like it when it's part of that whole 'Beef with' thing from chinese restaurants. Or with a whole bunch of Velveeta melted over it. Or raw, dipped in ranch. I can't do any of those right now, though.

43. What was your favorite vacation?

I don't think I've evern been on a vacation.

44. Last person you went to dinner with?

Gremlin.

45. What are you listening to right now?

Doctor Horrible - Everything You Ever. Wait, it just changed to Doctor Who XI -- last season's theme.

46. What is your favorite color?

Black. Or certain greens. Or that one shade of teal. Or a nice, dark, sorta rich-ish red.

47. How many tattoos do you have?

None.

48. Coffee drinker?

Occasionally.

49. How many children do you have?

None. I do have a cat that's been taught to recognise me as 'mom'. That wasn't my idea.

Oh, we're done? I guess so.

I'm working on fixing that -- I actually have been for a while.

That's why nothing's getting done, including stuff other people have wanted me to do.

I'm sometimes sharing pictures over on Facebook, though, since my phone is all, y'know, like that.

Just thought I'd mention it here.