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fpbWrath
1. Who did you last get angry with?
A compression software called ZipGenius.
2. What is your weapon of choice?
Anything that comes to hand.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
A select few, yes.
4. How about of the same sex?
I might.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
I don't know, because I rarely get to find out.
6. What is your pet peeve?
People who do things behind your back, and people who keep grudges.
Sloth
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
Lots. Study a foreign or classical language is one.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?
About eight o'clock. Sunlight wakes me up even if I am shattered. I have, however, been known to fall asleep again and not awaken till ten.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't?
A friend who, last I knew, was moving from London to Romania.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made?
I will only pay part of the rent on time because I had to buy a new computer. (Which I had, but I wasted a lot of money besides.)
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through?
Jesus, no!
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
I don't use alarm clocks. I loathe the sound of ticking or even regular buzzing in my room as I sleep.
Gluttony
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Top quality wine.
2. Meat eaters?
I would like not to be, but I find that I cannot go without meat.
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
I got drunk once in 1987, on a litre or so of wine.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?
What do I look to you, rich?
5. Do you have an issue with your weight?
To be perfectly honest, yes. Nobody likes his stomach entering the room ahead of the rest of him.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
All kinds.
7. Have you ever looked at a small house pet or child and thought lunch?
What?
Lust
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
That is kind of my own business.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
As few as I can make it - I do not look good stripped.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of the opposite gender during a normal conversation?
Chest, yes. Crotch, no.
4. Have you "done it"?
That is kind of my own business.
5. What is your favourite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
Face, eyes.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
I think so.
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy?
Pregnancy? Come here, kid, let Dad explain one or two facts of life to you...
STD, no.
Greed
1. How many credit cards do you own?
One debit card.
2. What's your guilty pleasure store?
Goodness. Bookstores, used record stores - new ones have practically no classical music and very little classic pop - and, alas, grocery stores.
3. If you had 1 million, what would you do with it?
I would invest it so as to get a regular income.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?
I don't know. Depends on the circumstances. I would rather be famous for something worthwhile I did - whether it is research or writing or comics - than rich, but I would love to be rich if it came either as the result of my work or by honest, dumb luck.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
I doubt it. Not so much boring, but some jobs are soul-destroying. I once was tricked into taking a job where I had to cold-call people to sell them subscriptions to a technical magazine. I am told that I was quite good at it, but I only lasted a week. I hated intruding on people. One more day of it and I'd have taken to drink.
6. Have you ever stolen anything?
Yes.
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?
Umpteen-squinchy, most of them backed up on CDs.
Pride
1. What's one thing you have done that you're most proud of?
Loving Debbie Wallace. Then there is the small matter of having demonstrated that King Arthur was a historical figure, and elucidated his career.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?
My historical research, I guess.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?
More discoveries. (There is something else, but it is so unlikely I can't bring myself to write it.)
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
I do not regard my work as a contest.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?
No. As to whether I wrongly thought I was, however...
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
Not really. I am not particularly honest that way, but I never felt I needed to, and at any rate I feel pretty sure I would get caught.
7. What did you do today that you're proud of?
Nothing. It's been a pretty bad day.
Envy
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own?
Richard Gombrich. His Oxford professorship, hundreds of genuine friends, great discoveries (he dated the Buddha) and general sense of accomplishment. But those are not things that you can steal.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces"?
What is it?
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
Beethoven, or Georges Dumezil, or Jack Kirby, or Hayao Miyazaki.
4. Have you ever been cheated on?
I guess so.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
What, you mean more often than fifty times an hour?
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
The ability to tell the truth without pissing people off.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey?
No. Why?
1. Who did you last get angry with?
A compression software called ZipGenius.
2. What is your weapon of choice?
Anything that comes to hand.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
A select few, yes.
4. How about of the same sex?
I might.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
I don't know, because I rarely get to find out.
6. What is your pet peeve?
People who do things behind your back, and people who keep grudges.
Sloth
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
Lots. Study a foreign or classical language is one.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?
About eight o'clock. Sunlight wakes me up even if I am shattered. I have, however, been known to fall asleep again and not awaken till ten.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't?
A friend who, last I knew, was moving from London to Romania.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made?
I will only pay part of the rent on time because I had to buy a new computer. (Which I had, but I wasted a lot of money besides.)
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through?
Jesus, no!
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
I don't use alarm clocks. I loathe the sound of ticking or even regular buzzing in my room as I sleep.
Gluttony
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Top quality wine.
2. Meat eaters?
I would like not to be, but I find that I cannot go without meat.
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
I got drunk once in 1987, on a litre or so of wine.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?
What do I look to you, rich?
5. Do you have an issue with your weight?
To be perfectly honest, yes. Nobody likes his stomach entering the room ahead of the rest of him.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
All kinds.
7. Have you ever looked at a small house pet or child and thought lunch?
What?
Lust
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
That is kind of my own business.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
As few as I can make it - I do not look good stripped.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of the opposite gender during a normal conversation?
Chest, yes. Crotch, no.
4. Have you "done it"?
That is kind of my own business.
5. What is your favourite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
Face, eyes.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
I think so.
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy?
Pregnancy? Come here, kid, let Dad explain one or two facts of life to you...
STD, no.
Greed
1. How many credit cards do you own?
One debit card.
2. What's your guilty pleasure store?
Goodness. Bookstores, used record stores - new ones have practically no classical music and very little classic pop - and, alas, grocery stores.
3. If you had 1 million, what would you do with it?
I would invest it so as to get a regular income.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?
I don't know. Depends on the circumstances. I would rather be famous for something worthwhile I did - whether it is research or writing or comics - than rich, but I would love to be rich if it came either as the result of my work or by honest, dumb luck.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
I doubt it. Not so much boring, but some jobs are soul-destroying. I once was tricked into taking a job where I had to cold-call people to sell them subscriptions to a technical magazine. I am told that I was quite good at it, but I only lasted a week. I hated intruding on people. One more day of it and I'd have taken to drink.
6. Have you ever stolen anything?
Yes.
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?
Umpteen-squinchy, most of them backed up on CDs.
Pride
1. What's one thing you have done that you're most proud of?
Loving Debbie Wallace. Then there is the small matter of having demonstrated that King Arthur was a historical figure, and elucidated his career.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?
My historical research, I guess.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?
More discoveries. (There is something else, but it is so unlikely I can't bring myself to write it.)
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
I do not regard my work as a contest.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?
No. As to whether I wrongly thought I was, however...
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
Not really. I am not particularly honest that way, but I never felt I needed to, and at any rate I feel pretty sure I would get caught.
7. What did you do today that you're proud of?
Nothing. It's been a pretty bad day.
Envy
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own?
Richard Gombrich. His Oxford professorship, hundreds of genuine friends, great discoveries (he dated the Buddha) and general sense of accomplishment. But those are not things that you can steal.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces"?
What is it?
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
Beethoven, or Georges Dumezil, or Jack Kirby, or Hayao Miyazaki.
4. Have you ever been cheated on?
I guess so.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
What, you mean more often than fifty times an hour?
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
The ability to tell the truth without pissing people off.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey?
No. Why?
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Date: 2005-06-29 07:50 pm (UTC)I watched it maybe once, but not the whole thing. Otherwise I just saw a parody of it in "MAD Magazine."
Question about the survey: who looks at a little kid and gets *hungry*? Most little kids I know kind of inspire the opposite reaction.
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Date: 2005-06-29 08:39 pm (UTC)Too right. For me it's not so much of a question of 'would I' but 'could I and not want to kill myself within six months?'
I once was tricked into taking a job where I had to cold-call people to sell them subscriptions to a technical magazine. I am told that I was quite good at it, but I only lasted a week. I hated intruding on people. One more day of it and I'd have taken to drink.
Well done for lasting a week! I cannot imagine doing a job like that; like you, I hate intruding on people. Occasionally I've had to cold-call people at work and that's enough to convince me that my idea of hell would be having to do it for a living - and that wasn't even in a high-pressure sales environment.