The most boring five ever.
- Who is your mobile phone provider, and how many minutes are in your plan?
Sun.com, and I have no idea.
- What program do you primarily use for instant messaging?
IRC. It’s what we use at work. I also use AIM on occasion.
- Who do you send and receive text messages from most?
People I work with, like L in California and, um, T. Who sits in the cube next door. But we talk in IRC. Even though we could, like, whisper if we wanted.
- What area code do you live in?
Um, ok. How is this at all interesting?
- What year did you first get an e-mail address and do you still use it?
Do BBS addresses count? In any case, it was a long time ago. Like, in the very late 80s or early 90s. And, no, I totally don’t use that address anymore. It doesn’t even exist anymore.
That was a really lame five. Though I suppose beggars can’t be choosers. But I’m somehow not satisfied. So I’ll go and scam the faux Five from somewhere else. This other five:
- Name one thing you’ve quit:
This job I had in college, with a boss who smelled like rancid cheese. I had two jobs, and I went to the non-smelly boss and begged him to give me more hours so I wouldn’t have to work for the crazy stinky man. Luckily, he obliged. So I marched directly over to the rank guy’s office and quit. On the spot. When he asked me why, I totally blanked, and blurted out “because I hate this job.” And then ran out of his office.
- Name something you’ve won:
An argument.
- Describe a subject in school you do poorly in:
Differential equations. Math made perfect sense and then… it didn’t.
- Have you ever purposely not done your best?
Oh, sure. Sometimes it’s just not worth the effort.
- Do you lead, follow, or get out of the way?
Depends on who’s in the party. I’m pretty bossy, but I can be content to go along a lot of the time.
Name your favorite:
- Soothing sound:
Allcats purring against me when we sleep. It’s both a soothing sound and a soothing vibration.
- Comfort food:
K always makes meatloaf and mashed potatoes.
- Relaxing music:
Still, after all these years, Kitaro. Or Rachmaninoff. I mean, I like the Cure… but when I want to get zen, it’s not usually what I reach for. Shocking, I know.
- Gentle voice:
This guy I knew, a long time ago, who I haven’t thought of in years. I can’t even remember his name—only his handle. He was someone I never actually met face-to-face but we had a fairly long friendship online. This was during the hey-day of ISCA, and I met him there. We talked on the BBS a lot, and occasionally he would call. These were crazy till 4 a.m. sorts of calls. He had a really pretty voice.
- Calming smell:
Cedar incense. Not the blended crap or the cheap dried-out sticks. The good stuff.