chess | Survey Junk

++ your name

1a. What’s your first name? Michelle
2a. What’s your middle name? I don't have one. I used the middle name 'June' for a short while, mostly for high score tables.
3a. Do you have any nicknames? Just a few ;).
4a. Who named you? My parents, unsurprisingly. My mother panicked when they asked how to spell it...
5a. Why did they name you this? Because it sounded nice and didn't 'clash' with my initials.
6a. Do you like your name? Yes.
7a. If you could have any name, what would it be? I like the name Michelle, really.
8a. Why? Because it means 'Who is like God?'.

++ your age

1b. How old are you? 17
2b. Do people say you look your age? Some people say I look younger, although most often I get mistaken for about twenty (and have done since I was about thirteen).
3b. If no, how old do they say you look? I think I look about 14.
4b. Are most of your friends your age? No, my friends are all kinds of different ages.
5b. If you could be any age, how old would you be? Seven. Or maybe five.
6b. Why? So I could get away with more stuff, and people wouldn't tell me I'm too grown up to do stuff, or have got to be responsible and act normal.

++ have you ever . . .

1c. Been called a slut in a joking manner? Probably.
2c. Been called a slut in a serious manner? I doubt it.
3c. Been called a bitch in a joking manner? I wouldn't have taken it as joking, anyway.
4c. Been called a bitch in a serious manner? I can't remember.
5c. Been called a loser in a joking manner? Yup. (By myself, mostly.)
6c. Been called a loser in a serious manner? Ditto.
7c. Been called a loner in a joking manner? Yup.
8c. Been called a loner in a serious manner? Yup.
9c. Bungee jumped? If yes, what was it like? If no, do you want to? No, and no.
10c. Skydived? If yes, what was it like? If no, do you want to? No, and no.
11c. Gotten into a physical fight? You mean some people *haven't*? Weird. (I *start* fights.)
12c. Gotten suspended? No. I only hit my friends...
13c. Skipped school? The occasional lesson/afternoon.

++ are you . . .

1d. Spoiled? Oh yes.
2d. Rude? When I can't see the point of being 'polite' in certain situations, some people call me rude. I prefer the term 'honest'.
3d. Quiet? I can be.
4d. Smart? Yes.
5d. Stupid? Yes.
6d. Friendly? I don't think I am, but some people do.
7d. Reliable? Not exceptionally.
8d. Trustworthy? I'd like to be, but I haven't been in the past.
9d. Responsible? I'd rather not be, although I tend to end up so.
10d. Attractive? I'm acceptably pretty. Whether I'm attractive generally depends on who you are.
11d. Ugly? No.
12d. Conceited? Occasionally.
13d. Modest? I don't tend to be.
14d. A liar? I used to be a compulsive liar. I've got better, but it's the kind of thing you relapse into from time to time.
15d. A follower? No, I tend to end up being a leader, mostly because nobody else can be bothered.
16d. A trendsetter? Not amongst normal people, certainly.
17d. Fake? I try not to be. This isn't helped by the way I don't know who I really am anyhow.
18d. Original? Yes.
19d. Lyk totally kewl? Only in a highly sarcastic manner.

++ livejournal

1e. How long have you been on livejournal? 'A while'. i.e. over two years.
2e. Who do you know best on livejournal? Still myself, probably.
3e. Why do you update? To entertain people, to waste time, and to have a record of all the *really stupid things* I wasted time on as a teenager.
4e. Are you honest about yourself in your livejournal? I try to be.
5e. Have you ever made up a story in your livejournal? I have another LJ for that;

storyness. This probably isn't the kind of story you meant.
6e. Do you aim for comments when you update? I *like* to have comments, because it reassures me that people are reading, and being a narcissist I like to think people are interested in my rather dull life. But I don't specifically aim for comments that much.
7e. If everyone on your friend list left livejournal, would you leave, too? Not unless they had some kind of compelling reason to do so that I agreed with. There's a few other people I'd friend if I didn't already have too many LJ friends, and some of them might friend me back.
8e. Is there anyone on your friend list who you don’t like? I doubt it. I don't have space. There's a couple that never post and I don't really know that well, so I guess it's possible I might not like them.
9e. Have you ever commented someone just so they would comment you? Not that I can remember, no. I have commented people to try and nudge them onto instant messaging / Snowplains though.
10e. Do comments matter? They're nice, but I'd still write most of this stuff if no-one was reading.

++ social

1f. Do you have a lot of friends? I appear to have acquired quite a number of LJ-friends; I think I have a reasonable number of friends in general now, too.
2f. Is being well known important to you? Not really. Having people to talk to is, but there doesn't need to be a vast number of them. Then again, I tend to end up being well-known, in the sense that complete strangers have a distressing tendancy to know my name and expect me to remember them.
3f. How many close friends do you have? It's hard to say. I don't like 'grading' my friends.
4f. How many not-so-close friends do you have? I don't tend to consider friends not-so-close.
5f. Would you rather have a few close friends or a lot of not-so-close friends? I much prefer close friends to not-so-close friends.
6f. Do your friends like you for you? I can only assume so. I don't give them any other reason to that I'm aware of.
7f. Has anyone ever befriended you because of your social status? Yes. (Of the 'outcast' variety, that is.)
8f. If you wore a ripped up, purple, polka dotted dress to school, do you think that would change your friendship with people? No. I wouldn't be allowed to live it down, though...
9f. Name some of your friends. *waves vaguely at the friends list on my userinfo*
10f. Do you think they would name you as a friend? Y'see the ones in bold? They have.
11f. Let’s say a girl that has frizzy hair, a limited too tee shirt, buck teeth, and -- okay let’s say an ugly person came up to you and asked if they could sit by you. What would you say? Are you being honest? I wouldn't say anything different because they were ugly. (I might if they, like, smelled or something, because that's just distracting.)

++ your height

1g. How tall are you? I generally say 5'3". I'm not sure it's true any more.
2g. Do you like your height? Why? Meh, it's pretty decent. I'm not short enough for it to be a handicap, or tall enough to not be able to pull the 'helpless little girl' routine.
3g. If you could be any height, what would you be? I'd probably be taller, but then I'd miss out on acting helpless and cute.
4g. Have you ever been called short? Yes, but only in a friendly manner.
5g. Have you ever been called tall? Yes, mostly by people who I've teased about being short.
6g. Who is the tallest person you have ever seen? I have no idea.