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ANGER
1. Who did you last get angry with? Myself, for being messed-up for no good reason.
2. What is your weapon of choice? Claws. Although self-pity and rabid thermonuclear sheep are close competitors.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? Only if they were either not likely to be able to hurt me or not likely to want to hurt me.
4. How about of the same sex? About ditto, although I'd probably be less worried they'd be capable of causing any serious damage, on the whole.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? Probably my mother.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I tend to forget that I have a reason to keep them, and as I prefer not to that's fine by me. I tend to be too trusting for my own good, really. I still vaguely have a grudge against the girl who I befriended on Guide Camp who stole my dress; that's the only grudge I can think that I've kept for more than a day or so, and that's because I never saw her again.
SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time? Drink however-many-pints-of-water it is. Or maybe eat five portions of fruit/veg/salad. Something like that.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? There are people who have not woken up at practically all hours of the day and night?
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't: Cat. Ruth. There's two.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? That the trains made me late for school when *I* made me late for school.
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones...)? I've watched the TV Travel Shop channel for about half an hour, does that count?
6. When was the last time you got a good workout in? Depends how you define 'good'. I went to the gym last Saturday, certainly.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? I didn't actually set my alarm clock today. I never hit the snooze button because I always leave it as late as possible to get up, so if I did snooze I'd miss the train.
GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? Bottled water. Yes, I *know* you can refill bottles with tap water, but it just doesn't *keep* as well, dammit!
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat? Not pork. If it's beef-like it must be practically raw. But no particular white/dark thing.
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event? Probably the quarter-of-a-plastic-beaker of champagne at New Year's, which I drunk all of and some of someone else's because I was fascinated by the fact I could actually stand the stuff (as it's fizzy and alcoholic, both of which generally make me reject drinks out of hand).
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? I've been bored enough to fill in forms for diet companies pretending that I'm massively underweight to see how they handle it, but I've never got far enough to tell, because they tend to start asking for money fairly sharpish.
5. Do you have an issue with your weight? I'd like to have a bit more padding, mainly so when I tell people that *no*, they are *not* fat, they can't turn around and say 'well, I'm fatter than you are'.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? This is entirely dependant on my mood, but unless I'm actively ill I tend not to mind sweets.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH?" Housepet, yes. (Roast Chiwawa anyone?) Child, no.
LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? Completely naked? Mm... possibly two or three, of the small child variety (either when I was a small child and had friends round and we had baths together, which I know happened on at least one occasion and I'm not sure it didn't happen more than that, or the random small children running around the town with no clothes on which happen in the summer).
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)? Probably a similar sort of number.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? Define 'normal'.
4. Have you "done it"? Yes! I admit it, I have eaten a kumquat! (Should you insist on being normal and boring, no.)
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Now, is it hair, or is it eyes? (yes, I *am* actually remarkably shallow.)
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? No, but my father has while I was with him; this was when we were staying in the hotel in Paris that we only found out was in the red-light district after we got there. Also, somebody has offered to pay for me (same holiday).
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? Newp.
GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own? I own one silly little Electron card which is basically 'all the credit card that you can get at 13', that is, a hole-in-the-wall card.
2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Millie's Cookies.
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? Worry. (Try to work out if it's enough to live off the interest in safe investments, and if so do so; sorry, but I'm selfish. If not, I'd probably give practically all of it away; I'm not interested in having tons of money unless it means I don't have to get a job.)
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Rich, definitely.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? As
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rho said, how quickly would I make these megabucks? I certainly wouldn't accept it for more than a year, if I could survive in a less boring job.6. Have you ever stolen anything? I pick things up, and I've downloaded MP3s, both of which could constitute stealing, but I only tend to take physical objects that appear to be abandoned, and I always give things back (or onwards, depending on the honesty of the other party) if asked.
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? Just over 2000.
PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of? I'm most proud every time I cheer someone up who's feeling down.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? My parents tend to be proud when I do things like remember to wash my hair or put my clothes in the wash.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? I'd like to have been the cause of at least one person becoming a Christian (or rather, one person more than I've dissuaded, if any). That would make my life objectively worthwhile.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? Only if I feel I should have come first.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? Probably. Either to prove to other people that's the case, or because the activity was intrinsically enjoyable.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? Oh yes. (Tests in school, f'rinstance.)
7. What did you do today that you're proud of? Nothing springs to mind. I had a fairly blah day today.
ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? *fails to answer*
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? I'd say
firinel if I was being selfish, but I don't think I would with anyone, because anyone I'd expect to do a good job would not want me let loose in their place :-).3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? I'm sure there are downsides to being everyone.
4. Have you ever been cheated on? I sincerely doubt it :-).
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? I often wish I didn't have any gender-specific parts. (Like the asex physical-gender from Distress by Greg Egan.)
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? I'd rather like a body that worked right without having to take several tons of prescription medication, but not at the expense of anything else I have.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? Not really.
Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? Probably Sloth.
FAITH
1. What religion do you follow? Christianity.
2. What religion were you raised as? Ditto.
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? Both. (Why would it not be both?)
4. Do you believe in magic? Yes. (It scares me.)
5. What was the last promise you broke? I try very hard not to make promises at all. 'Let your yes be yes, and your no be no', and all that.
6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it? I don't *think* so. I tend to insist on not saying things if I don't believe them.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? This depends very much on your definition of 'perfect', and I don't think I have a well-formed enough one to judge.
HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? Hey, I got *Windows XP* last holiday season. I think that just about sums it up.
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? Heaven.
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? I try not to, but people have a habit of trying to convince me there *isn't* such a large chance of faliure as I think there is.
5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Newp.
6. Do you gamble? Newp.
7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? /me attempts to parse the question... uhm... no, sorry, I have no idea.
CHARITY
1. What causes do you support? Anything that tries to make the world a better place in a way I think might be effective.
2. What causes have you given money or time to? Shelter, CYO are the two I've mostly given actual money to, apart from the random donations to people who are collecting things. I used to go out and stand with collecting tins or hand out leaflets for a lot of different people (especially Amnesty International) when I was younger, because my mother was involved with them, but the local group who did that kind of thing drifted apart.
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless? No.
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group? I'd consider it, but I doubt that I'd ever do it. I'd be too afraid that I was just going to be a burden on people, that I wasn't going to do any good, and that the people sponsoring me would be wasting their money; that it'd be better if I just gave some money and other people who are 'better at these sorts of things' actually went.
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? No, because I've been repeatedly told that they just want it for alcohol and drugs; if I was braver I'd do what I saw a lady in London do, and offer food, though.
6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food? I have a habit of giving people bus fares and lunch money if they ask (like they've left their purse at home or something). Nobody's asked me all that recently, though.
7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need? I really have no idea.
FORTITUDE
1. What are you most afraid of? Hell. (Of both the 'metaphysical' sort and the Hell is something you make for yourself, Duenda sort.)
2. What did you do today that was really brave? I don't think I've done anything particularly brave today.
3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why? I don't think I have such a thing.
4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? Theoretically, yes; especially if the danger they were in was a more serious risk of death than the one I would face to rescue them, or if they were a non-Christian at risk of death.
5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? Courage, probably. Although what I could really do with is self-discipline and motivation.
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? Not that I can remember. I certainly always liked performing in primary school. I don't think I do things any worse in front of an audience than I do generally, although people springing surprise questions on me need to expect me to be just a little flustered.
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower? I tend to end up being a leader through my frustration with the rest of whichever group I'm in, if the oppertunity arises. Then again, I'm perfectly willing to follow people I think are right and/or are more knowledgeable about the matter than me.
JUSTICE
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? Not yet. (I don't think I could have been yet, either.)
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? I'm sure I could find medical grounds somewhere.
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? I like
rho's answer: "You have heard that it was said, 'an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also." (Matthew, 5:38-39) -- that is to say, unequivocably not.4. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? Define 'rightfully'. I'd certainly rather he wasn't.
5. What was your favorite media circus trial? I can't say I ever followed any.
6. Have you ever written a letter to a politician? Yes. For Amnesty International. Not that many letters, though.
TEMPERANCE
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on? Computerness.
2. Do you collect anything? I no longer make any specific collections of physical objects, although I do have far too many New Scientists I'm never going to read again, because I'm rather an obsessive hoarder in general.
3. Are you addicted to anything? I think computer deprivation would lead to withdrawl symptoms, possibly including 'Blithering Insanity', but then again I might become a better person for it. I don't know.
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? Nope. (Buying things I can't afford is what parents are for, after all.)
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? Parents :-).
6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do? Build up people's hopes and expectations, just to have to let them down.
7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? Oh yes.
PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know? Derek (church elder).
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? Nope. (I'm not entirely sure what constitutes one.)
3. Do you take advice when it's given? Of course not. I'm a teenager.
4. What area are you wisest in? People tend to say I'm wise. I just try and think of logical solutions to things. Role-playing games help a lot to develop those kind of problem-solving skills, especially disaster-present / nearish-future ones.
5. Do you drive defensively? I drive erratically.
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? I refer you to an above question which will give you a sufficient answer...
7. What did you learn today? That baryon number, electrical charge, strangeness and charm are conserved in most hadron reactions.
Finally, what is your favorite cardinal virtue? Hope.
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Date: 2003-02-28 12:18 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2003-02-28 12:43 pm (UTC)From:I'm most proud every time I cheer someone up who's feeling down
You often help me when I'm feeling down, which I guess I don't say enough. Thank you.
*Hugs*
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Date: 2003-02-28 01:21 pm (UTC)From:Yeah, um, I understand that you like being Christian, and that's just peachy. But, um, why do you feel the need to inflict that on other people 'cos I think that going up to people and saying 'thou must become Christian' is rather offensive... if they come to you and say 'so you're Christian, can you help me be a good Christian?' then, yes, that's a good thing.
Idiotic misionaries have destroyed FarTooManyReligeons for my tastes.
All Hail Cthulu. (or however you spell that)
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Date: 2003-02-28 02:08 pm (UTC)From:Where did Michelle mention that she wanted to "go up to people and say 'thou must'" anything? And even if she had, why should A not talk to B about something because you find it offensive, if you're neither A nor B?
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Date: 2003-02-28 02:41 pm (UTC)From:COOL
Date: 2003-02-28 06:51 pm (UTC)From:Whats the baryon number?
electrical charge is couloms (or however it is you spell it) i had to lern about those sorts of things for 4 years and now i work behind a bar. well atleast untill i can get a cool techy job ;-)
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Date: 2003-02-28 08:12 pm (UTC)From:Re:
Date: 2003-03-01 12:18 am (UTC)From:I don't see why you would want to hurt other people bu guilting them into conversion.
And how else do you get people to convert from another religeon to yours?
Re: COOL
Date: 2003-03-01 02:56 am (UTC)From:Coulombs are certainly not 'eletrical charge', one is a physical quantity, the other is a particular unit for measuring charge against.
Neil
P.S.: Baryon is catch all term for 'nuclei kinda particles' (formally anything composed of quarks[1]
The Baryon number measures the number of such particles, so a proton has a Baryon number of one, an antiproton -1 and mesons (one quark, one antiquark) 0 (and stuff without quarks we give 0 if we think about them atall, which we don't ;-)).
In any event Baryon number is conserved (so if I start with 2 neutons I'll end up with a baryon number of two (maybe 2 protons, maybe 2 neutons, or one of each, etc (other conservations may prevent some of these combinations)).
For a fuller description try this page.
[1] But not the quarks themselves as you never (or at least, we have never, and theory does not predict we will) encounter quarks on their own.
Re: COOL
Date: 2003-03-01 03:53 am (UTC)From:Arnt quarks and nowns (or whatever) inside protons and neutrons. i was watching this open university prog and thats what they were going on about????
Re: COOL
Date: 2003-03-01 06:01 am (UTC)From:I'm afraid I have no idea what you mean by 'nowns'.
Sorry, I should have clarified my footnote, I meant you never get an individual quark. So I was trying to say you never get a quark (singular) on it's own, not that you never get a construct made only of quarks (which I suppose is true if you're being picky and talking about gluons, but we aren't).
My problem with all this kind of stuff is that to the layman (and frankly at this point, to me) it all reads rather like biology: just looks like a bundle of names thrown around that someone made up.
You have to go quite deep into the maths before you get some idea of what's actually going on.
Neil
Re: COOL
Date: 2003-03-01 06:16 am (UTC)From:Yes thats true but gravity was a made up name that someone came up with.
Yes i see what you meen.
I think ite molecules that you can observ. cos atoms bind to become stable dont they?