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Since today's entry was so very random, I thought I'd just ask you all some random questions. I'll answer them, too.If you want to space out your answers, remember to either hit return TWICE or type <BR><BR> where you want to make a line break.
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know?
2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed?
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why?
5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not.
Whoa. Those were some random questions. Here are my answers:
1. I eat the same thing for breakfast every day since I started trying to lose weight in January (well, once I stopped doing Slim Fast in the morning) -- a homemade smoothie made of fruit, nonfat plain yogurt, a little cranberry juice, and a little unprocessed bran. The best fruit combination is a banana, a kiwi or a nectarine, and some sort of frozen fruit (blueberries or raspberries, for flavor and texture). Mmmm. Not exactly low calorie, but I'm not hungry until lunch.
2. I sleep in the nude when I sleep with a two-legged companion. Normally I sleep with three cats and a dog, and I wear cotton pajama bottoms and a baseball shirt. I look like I belong in a dorm room.
3. 17.
4. Green Party. I've switched twice: I was a registered Republican when I was 18. Chalk it up to youthful indiscretion. I became a Democrat within a year, but three or four years ago I gave up on the damn Dems and registered Green. No plans to change back; should the Greens ever fall off the California ballot, I'll register independent.
5. Only my little brother (sorry, Sam), Jeremy on the shoulder when he says something crude, and a fellow student who tried to maul me on my sofa one time in college. (I kneed him in the groin and hit him with a law book after he wouldn't let go of me and tried to pin me onto the couch.)
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Coffee, whatever food appeals to me at 5:45 a.m. (usually nothing) and a cigarette. My mom would be so disappointed...2. At the moment, I wear flannel cow-print pajamas because it's cold out. I have much cuter little shortie pajamas for warm weather.
3. 19.
4. Independent, although I can't see myself ever voting Republican.
5. Oh yes -- my brother many times (but he hit me first), one guy on my school bus because he was trying to beat me up (I made him cry, though) and one of his female friends in the cafeteria, because SHE wanted to beat me up. Both times I ran away and hit, weeping, afterward.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. I eat a hot quinoa/oatmeal mix with molasses & pineapple. yum. I stay full and it is low-fat.
2. I wear an old men's button-down shirt that belonged to my current beau. It keeps my neck warm. I hate having a cold neck (no I'm not an old lady).
3. 18
4. Democrat. But I usually vote for 3rd parties at the state and national level. The only good option at the local level are usually democrats.
5. I got into a fight with a boy in 5th grade. I slapped him (I am such a girl). He always called me frog eyes, and I had just had enough of it. To my surprise, he punched me in the stomach--hard enough that I puked. It just never occured to me that he might hit me back. That was the last time.
Kristie
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Cereal, with skim milk and some kind of fruit. The type of cereal varies with my mood - I'm very fond of Multi-Grain Cheerios, Raisin Bran, and Shredded Wheat.
2. Not unless I'm with a human male, a situation which hasn't occurred in quite a while (too much information?). When I'm alone, I prefer flannel jammies in the winter, and either a cotton nightshirt or shortie pj's when the weather's warm. I have owned silky nighties in the past, but I don't have any right now.
3. 18.
4. I'm a registered independent. The political party does not exist that I care to have my name associated with.
5. Only when I took classes in unarmed combat. (Fortunately, I've never had to use this skill outside of a gym.)
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. A bowl of cereal - half Lucky Charms, and half Rice Chex. See how good I am? I'm getting my beloved Lucky Charms, and also eating something good for me! (at least, I HOPE Rice Chex are good for me...)2. Totally nude, except for "that time of the month", when I wear underwear.
3. 19
4. I don't have a political party. If I had to side with one, I'd say Independent.
5. My husband, on the shoulder, when he's being a smartass.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1) These days I'm eating breakfast regularly due to reams of advice for weight loss. What I eat isn't as important as eating _something_ in the morning to kickstart my metabolism. Sometimes I have oatmeal, sometimes just fruit, sometimes fruit and a bagel, sometimes I treat myself to a breakfast sandwich. I drink juice, water or hot tea. I despise coffee in the morning, it makes me ill.2) In the winter I often wear a flannel nighty (Lanz, Stewart plaid). In spring I have a sleep tee. Sometimes I wear a t-shirt and undies. Sometimes a t-shirt and shorts. Sometimes just the sheets. Depends on how hot/cold it is and whether or not my sleep-gear of choice is clean.
3) 17
4) I registered Republican for my first election in order to vote in the primaries and local elections for the state I lived in, since there were few or no Democratic candidates and no Democratic primary.
I'm currently a registered Democrat, but I'm leaning Socialist or Green party more and more every day. I'm fed up with the Republican-Democrat dance.
5) Yes. I slapped a boy on the playground when I was in elementary school. I also smacked a guy on the back to prove that I have a mean slap -- he insisted that he was impervious to slapping pain and volunteered to let me have a go at it. I left my handprints on his back for a week. Guess who won that bet? My brothers and I used to tussle all the time -- you know, sharp jabs to the ribs, thwacking and kicking and all that stuff.
I'm trying to break my habit of thwacking people ont he arm when they say something gross, funny or embarrassing.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Varies.2. Large grey teeshirt most of the time. Sometimes white lace nightgown. Sometimes nothing.
3. 17, but I didn't consider it a loss.
4. Democratic Party, almost always, but was registerd as Independent for a while. I like my vote to count in the primaries though.
5. Yes, I'm sure I did, many years ago, once or twice.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. No breakfast, soda at work 2. Boxers to bed, silk for more exciting occasions 3. 16 4. No registered party, tend to vote more conservatively. mainly desire less gov't 5. Does football count? Been in several fights. Worst is still when i struck a cop, not really my fault. if you must know details contact me personally.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. I eat a fat free cereal bar, usually strawberry, and a large mug of coffee. Very large.2. No, I never sleep in the nude. I sleep usually in a black and white checkered flannel shirt that I bought at a garage sale for 25 cents. Also various t-shirts and long johns.
3. 16 and his name was Enzo. Lord.
4. Yellow Dog Democrat (thanks Anne Lamott)
5. Yes, my ex-husband. I hit him in the head once, but only cause he hit me first.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Granola with soymilk, some sort of fruit, and several cups of hot Earl Grey tea (however many I can polish off before it's time to head to school).2. I hate sleeping in the nude. It makes me feel horribly vulnerable. My favorite sleeping outfit is my plaid LL Bean pajama bottoms and one of my comfy old t-shirts.
3. 17
4. Democrat, always.
5. I used to fight with my sisters constantly when we were little. When I was in eighth grade, I slapped a boy in my class who tried to kiss me, and then when I was in college, I had to punch a "friend" of mine who couldn't quite believe that I could possibly seriously be resisting his advances. Luckily, he got the picture after that.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. I always eat breakfast. I'm eating about 6 times a day right now. I either have an egg white omelet or a pancake made out of oatmeal, egg whites and a mashed banana.2. I only wear socks to bed.
3. 15...gah...
4. Republican
5. I elbowed a boy in the stomach (hard) WHEN MY ARM WAS IN A PLASTER CAST. I was in elementary school on the playground. He was teasing me about something. Probably about being short. It knocked the wind out of him.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Whoa. Am I the only person left who eats eggs? 2 eggs, fried, toast, travel mug of coffee, whole milk, 4 packets of equal. Every goddamned day.2. You bet your boots, by gosh and golly.
3. 18
4. None. Politically unaware. The last time I voted was for Reagan, and that was only because Jimmy Carter made me register for the draft.
5. Oh, sure, lots and lots of times. You mean in anger? Oh. Well, no.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1: I love breakfast! My favourite is pancakes, but that's a holiday or weekend thing...mostly it's toast with butter and homemade marmalade and a nice mug of tea. Or porridge if it's cold; marmite and creme fraiche tortilla if i'm hungover; poached egg and finnan haddock if someone else is making it.2: Naked, unless it's really cold, in which case just a big T-shirt. I like the idea of PJs and nighties, but they tend to get all fankled up around my legs.
3: 19, and it was no loss.
4: SNP (Scottish Nationalist Party) all the way so far, although I might reconsider soon...
5: No, I'm not really very good at hitting. I used to a bit with an ex-boyfriend in a 'playful slap' kind of way, but I didn't like being hit back. And I don't think I really liked him either.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
I eat eggs once in a while, Colin, but usually for lunch. Usually poached, sometimes scrambled. Fried, very rarey these days.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1: I love breakfast! My favourite is pancakes, but that's a holiday or weekend thing...mostly it's toast with butter and homemade marmalade and a nice mug of tea. Or porridge if it's cold; marmite and creme fraiche tortilla if i'm hungover; poached egg and finnan haddock if someone else is making it.2: Naked, unless it's really cold, in which case just a big T-shirt. I like the idea of PJs and nighties, but they tend to get all fankled up around my legs.
3: 19, and it was no loss.
4: SNP (Scottish Nationalist Party) all the way so far, although I might reconsider soon...
5: No, I'm not really very good at hitting. I used to a bit with an ex-boyfriend in a 'playful slap' kind of way, but I didn't like being hit back. And I don't think I really liked him much either.
b
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. I skip breakfast because my stomach is always a little weird until noonish. My mother used to tell me "You aren't going to school until you eat your breakfast." What kind of threat is that?2. I love sweatpants and a t-shirt but sometimes my boyfriend requests that I don't wear them. He just doesn't understand. I always put them back on after he leaves for work.
3. 21
4. Independent
5. Playfully: lots of people lots of times. I'm a big wuss. If I hit a person they always tell me they barely felt it. In anger: My little sister and I had physical fights until she was bigger than me. I also kicked a boy in the shin in 7th grade because he was saying some perverted stuff to me during French class. He later threatened to beat me up behind the building after school. I laughed. After high school he could be seen outside of my favorite club trying to stop people from going inside in order to save their souls.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. During the workweek--oversized cup of coffee. Sunday morning-- my boyfriend cooks up a really great heart-attack breakfast--crumbled sausage, egg, peppers and mushroom omelette, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy (I am from the South, after all).2. Whatever is in reach when I hit the bed--usually a large t-shirt. It really stays too warm throughout the year to wear actual pajamas. We do have about a two week winter in February and it will drop to about 30 or 40 degrees at night but it is still too warm in the house.
3. 19
4. Democrat--registered at 18, voted in Clinton's first election and haven't voted since. I've moved 14 times all over the state in the last five years and I'm never quite sure WHERE I'm supposed to vote because I keep moving in and out of districts. Once I settle in a place for longer than a year, I will surely figure it out.
5. A boy in third grade--teased me for my red hair and suffered a bloody nose as a result. Whapped my brother a few times because, well, that's just what brothers and sisters do, right?
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know?
I almost never eat breakfast. I almost always oversleep, wake up, panic, get ready in five minutes and rush out the door. I'll grab a cup of coffee at about 9:30 or 10:00. Sometimes I get a muffin with that, does that count?
2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed?< BR> Sometimes yes, sometimes no. When not in the nude I sleep in my underwear (boxer-briefs.. which I used to think was an odd mutant combination but my ex totally got me into). When I stay at someone else's house, or when someone crashes on my floor, I almost always sleep with my clothes on. Unless I am pretty sure they want to get some of the good stuff.
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
I think I was 20.
4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why? I think I am registered democrat because the form I filled out only let you choose Democrat, Republican, or Liberterian. The more I learn about this country's past and present the more I realize politicians of ANY party are going to fuck me hard... and not even kiss me first. The only difference is a few of them might try to sweet talk me while their doing it.
Over the years I have gone from being a somewhat conservative environmentalist to being an anarcho-syndicalist.
5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not.
Twice. Once when I was taking a leak at night behind a bush and this kid thought it would be funny to sneak up behind me and grab my neck like Mr. Spock. I laid him out cold before I realized it was a friend of mine. Once when my older sister nagged me just too many times.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Mmm, I love breakfast too, but I'm usually too lazy or busy to do anything about it. I think I learned this from Mom. I'd really love it if my hubby would fix me eggs & sausage, toast, the whole nine yards once in a while but he's not much of a breakfast-eater (boo hoo). Most of the time, if I eat anything at all before noon, it's a cup of yogurt w/ granola. On occasion, I really like those dinky breakfast burritos & hash browns from Mickey D's. Today, I'm having a bowl of granola w/ raisins in skim milk...but's 1:30pm -- does that still count? I really can't function though without my morning cup o' joe (splash of french vanilla creamer included).2. Started sleeping in the nude when I was about 16 & continued in that manner until last couple of years. It's all my husband's fault too! When we met we both slept au naturel, but then he started coming to bed in a teeshirt and boxers and wouldn't tell me why. Very disappointing. I finally gave in and I'm currently sleeping in my pregnancy era pajama bottoms (way too big--very comfy) and whatever top that seems most comfortable. The only time I ever go buck is when I want to be, umm, serviced before hubby gets ready for work (mind control at work). But I do miss the old days. Anyone know how I can convince the old man to get nekked again? Frankly, I miss the feel of his manhood keeping my backside warm as I drift off to sleep.
3. 15 and I don't regret it, but wish I could take back some of the later "losses".
4. I'm a bleeding heart liberal -- always have been, intend to die that way. At 18, I registered as a Dem, but I believe am now registered independent. I'm wholly tired of the two-party system -- the bickering, infighting, weasely potshots, etc. Never thought I'd do it and please don't tell Mom, but I actually voted for McCain in the primaries because I'm sure that GW is evil incarnate.
5. I remember having a knock-down drag-out with my high school sweetie in 12th grade and I think I remember beating the crap out of him. I can't remember why... And when my ex-asshole used to beat up on me, I'd dish it right back, though I don't like violence. I seem to make a pretty good punching bag, though. Nowadays, I take all my frustrations out on inanimate objects, can't tell ya how many phones I've been through, but I recommend not trying to beat up your car as they tend to win.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
Answers frrom the random fandom.1. Typical male answer - A cup of coffee with milk, along with whatever the wife serves. Usually some grain product, orange juice, fruit (most usually a banana).
2. I have slept nude ever since I learned how to take my P.J.'s off in bed after Mom turned out the light. Bedclothes bind and wake me up, or worse keep me half awake all night.
3. Went from virgin to non-virgin at age 13, didn't consider it a loss.
4. By the time I was old enough to vote, FDR's policy of turning the country around, had convinced me to become a Democrat. I have seen no real good reason to change. I worked hard for a living all my life - - so I will be a Democrat the rest of my life until I become a dead Democrat.
5. Scholyard fights in elementary school - no one really hurt -- black eye the worst result. In eighth grade I did my last striking - I decked the bully who had made a lot of my school times uncomfortable. I reached the point of no return. Fortunately there were other boys who pulled me off - I probably would have been an eighth grade killer. After that I figured better ways to handle situations like that.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. i love breakfast, but rarely eat anything more than a bowl of cheerios with a banana sliced on top. occasionally on the weekends (provided i'm functional before 1 pm), i'll eat whatever slop my dinin hall serves up. i'm particularly fond of a buttered bagel with bacon slopped between the two halves.2. sometimes in the nude, though rarely. mostly sweats/flannal pants and a tank top, and recently my boyfriend's pajama top, as well.
3. 17
4. registered democrat. i voted for bradley.
5. yes, two exes and my current boyfriend's college roommate. one and three were accidents (once during a basketball game - gave him a black eye, and i clobbered the roommate in the nose with my elbow turning around too fast while standing in front of him while he was sitting on the couch). number two was a slap in the face for checking out another girl while he was talking to me. he deserved it and eventually forgave me.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Cranberry Crunch cereal with flax seed and dried cranberries and low-fat soy milk. Usually. Or a packet of instant oatmeal when I'm out of cereal. Rarely, peanut butter or cinnamon toast. On weekends, smoothies with frozen fruit and fresh bananas and yogurt and a little OJ. Unless we go out for b'fast, in which case I get pancakes (blueberry if possible) and bacon. We make pancakes at home (that's one thing I can cook) but we never have bacon at home.2. Nude. I started sleeping nude in high school and I was not looking forward to a college roommate who couldn't handle this. Turned out that Rebecca slept nude as well--whew! When I'm in someone else's house, I'll wear a big sleepshirt--one from FAO Schwartz, purple with a big rocking horse, or a Tigger one, or a well- beaten-up soft Victoria's Secret t-shirt one--but never underwear. Ig.
3. A month after my 19th birthday. As others have said, it was no loss. Unfortunately, that aspect of the relationship was so good I stayed in it for far too long.
4. I'm not registered with either major party; I usually vote as left as possible.
5. I fought with my sister regularly. She was older, but I was more determined. When I was in 9th grade, babysitting for my former English teacher, she told me "No hitting." Emily wasn't even 18 months old. I was horrified. "I don't hit kids!" I exclaimed, wondering why she'd ever let me in her house if she thought I would. "No, laughed Mrs. Post, "she's not allowed to hit you." Oh. I wonder how long before that I had last punched my sister. No more than two years, probably.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know?Coffee or Diet Pepsi (depends upon weather) til after surgeries (approx 10AM), then yogurt and fruit. Sundays will often make or go out for a heart attack brunch including *eggs*! ;-)
2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed?
Nude only when the BF is here, otherwise men's pyjama pants and a sweatshirt in winter and boxers and tank top in summer.
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
17
4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why?
Registered Liberal party member (federal) but voted conservative in the provincial elections the last two times. I am socially liberal, but fiscally conservative and try to walk that fine line.
5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not.
In grade 6 I beat up some girl but that was the last time.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1) It varies. Toast, oatmeal, bagel with margarine, jam, or PB&J, or a breakfast burrito with salsa, tofu, soysage, soy cheese and avocado (quite yummuy). Usually I have that with a large cup of decaf with Mocha Mix and sugar (or sweet cocoa powder). But I rarely have breakfast on the weekends.2) Like you, Beth, I sleep in the nude when with a two legged companion (when it's warm eough). However, since I haven't had one of those in a while, I wear some kind of pjs, either my plaid flannel pj bottoms and red flannel top or sweats or thermals. In the summer it's shorts and tank tops.
3) 23. I waited until I was ready, and as I like to say, I didn't lose it, I gave it away. Don't regret it a bit.
4) Currently Democrat, thinking of changing to Green Party. I've never changed it before.
5) Yep. A girl in my PE class. After she picked on me all school year, I couldn't take it any more and I just spun around and swung at her. She was easily twice my weight at the time (back in the days when I was (almost) a wee slip of a thing) and obviously more practiced at fighting. The PE teacher broke it up, and though no one really got hurt, my friend walked me away as I tried not to cry, knowing that I had definitely lost that fight. The next school year that girl and her friends (who had cheered her on) were sweet as pie to me, trying to befriend me.
I pushed and hit a guy that grabbed me when I was walking home from school one day (luckily I was close to home at the time). I never took that route alone again.
I've also hit both of my brothers when they picked fights with me. I don't think I've ever struck my sisters, but we never fought like that. (Probably because I was always bigger than them.)
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know?
Some type of caffinated substance --- preferably coffee. If not, then a company-subsidized-twenty-five-cent-soda --- preferably Dr. Pepper. If I have time in the mornings [meaning I don't go to the gym], I have a bagel or toast or non-fat-trader-joes-mango-papya yogurt or grapenuts with some raisins. If I go to the gym I have Cliff bar --- crunchy peanut butter variety only.Oh, and my mother doesn't care to know too much about my eating habits. If I wasn't eating breakfast she'd probably be jealous of my willpower. Which is fucked, so I don't tell her much.
2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed?
Nude when I'm hot or with some hottie.Currently I'm sleeping solo so I wear the standard comfy-bottoms-with- a-t-shirt.
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
16. To an actor who was 21. That age difference is massive. Trust me.4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why?
Technically I registered as a Democrat to spite my Republican family. But I vote for who I want --- and if they want to pay me, fine.5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not.
My brother, but he doesn't counts. Siblings are exempt, right?I once swatted a boyfriend in total frustrated anger and it scared the hell out of me. That convinced me to work on my issues with anger.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. For breakfast, I eat Shredded Mini-Wheats and some OJ. For years, I didn't eat breakfast, but then I was convinced that it helps get one's metabolism started.2. I sleep in the nude. I can't stand getting all tangled up in clothes while I sleep. I regulate my temperature with the amount/heaviness of bedding. When I must wear clothing to bed (i.e., visiting the parents), I wear boxers and a tanktop (for minimum tangleage with adequate coverage).
3. 20... and by then I was raring to go.
4. I refuse to register for any party, preferring to be independent. I generally vote liberal, though there have been exceptions.
5. Nothing I can remember, although I'm sure my little brothers and I had some altercations when I was young.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Cereal, skim milk, sometimes with fruit. Right now the cereal is Shreddies, but my favourite is a new kind called Grain Shop. If my mother were making my breakfast it would be eggs, sausage, fried bread, bacon and lots of tea.
2. I just bought new nightclothes this afternoon -- blue and white checked bottoms with a tank top style top. And I can't sleep without socks. If I try to my leg will start to ache during the night. Yes, I'm a freak.
3. 17
4. I live in Canada but I am a British citizen so I can't vote here and I don't feel like it would be right for me to vote there since I don't have to live with the consequences. If I could vote here I would vote -- provincial: NDP, federal: Liberal.
5. I've felt like attacking people, but I've always managed to restrain myself.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
Breakfast: Usually nothing until lunch time. Maybe a cup of cider or hot chocolate in the winter when I get to work. Grew up with a hot breakfast *every* morning and man, did it make me hate them. Now and then I'll get a wild hair and cook up a feast on a weekend for the husband and kiddy - bacon, eggs, biscuits, sausage, mushrooms, etc. - but I can't stand the way it stinks up the kitchen and by the time I'm done cooking it I don't want to eat it. Now, take me *out* for breakfast and I'm all there. And there is nothing like stoping by the all-night diner after clubbing for a hearty southern breakfast at 4 a.m.. Mmmm, grits.Sleep: Nekkid. 90% of the time anyway. Cold night will have me tossing on a t-shirt if I'm going to bed alone (which is the majority of the time) but I'll toss it off at some point in the night. The whole "tangle" problem affects me as well - I like the freedom of sleeping sans pajamas.
Virginity: 15. What can I say, I was a Catholic school girl.
Politcal Party: Was once a libertarian, mostly now a democrat, but I'll vote my conscious. Depends who is running for what and when as to how I'll vote.
Striking: Slapped a guy across the face (hard) as we were having a discussion and he was trying to goad me by making derogatory racial comments. (Well, looky there, it worked!) Before that.... hmmm, the basic sibling fistacuffs with my older brother, only his attacks sent me to the hospital for stitches whereas I don't think I ever managed to bruise him.
- t
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Weekdays I usually don't, but I snack on some sort of baked good for the four hours before lunch. Weekends, oatmeal or pancakes or Red River cereal or toast and peanut butter or eggs (scrambled on toast for preference).2. In the summer I do. In the winter I wear flannel nighties and long t-shirts and my socks, because it gets fricking cold here.
3. 20.
4. I've voted three times, for three different parties. Since I live in Canada, there're parties still left over to vote for next time, if I could ever bring myself to vote for them. I don't belong to any party, but my sympathies are what's called "red Tory" (i.e. fiscally conservative but socially conscious). The Tories aren't very red right now, unfortunately. (And "red" doesn't mean communist, but comes from the Liberal's official party colour being red - traditionally the Liberals were more socialist than the Tories, though nowadays they're all a bunch of corporate hangers-on).
5. Once in elementary school I gave a guy a black eye and bloody nose because he was picking on a friend.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. If I make time for breakfast, I love to eat wheat toast and plain yogurt with strawberries. I never make time, so I usually have diet coke, coffee or hot tea. My mother jumps my ass about this every chance she gets. She also blames it for almost every problem in my life. Tired? I didn't eat a good breakfast. Allergies? I didn't eat a good breakfast. And so on.2. Steve and I use to sleep naked. Until the night I woke up to him pounding the bed with a confused look on his face. I lifted the sheets to find our puppy attached to his balls. It wasn't funny at the time, but it sure is funny now. However, we don't sleep naked anymore. Oliver seems to like our genitals too much. I don't trust him.
3. 22 (catholic, guilt, you know the story)
4. I know I am not a Republican.
5. No. But I have serious regrets on this subject. I really wish I would have popped Melanie. I still hate that stupid bitch.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. I almost always have a bagel with cream cheese and a cup of coffee. Sometimes omelettes are nice. Could you put some asparagus in it? Thanks.
2. If I'm with someone, I don't wear anything. I get too hot. People are always amazed at how much heat I give off. But since I've been by myself lately, I wear flannel pajama bottoms.
3. 17.
4. I've always been a registered Democrat, but I'm thinking of making a change. I like the idea of the Green Party, but what's with Ralph Nader??
5. I once shoved a boy that was bothering me after school every day. At first, I decided to take a different, longer route home, but then I decided that I shouldn't have to do that. So one day, he approached me and I pushed him in the chest and told him to leave me alone. He never bothered me again.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
Ahhh... random questions, my favourite kind. Isn't it time for someone to come up with another of those silly "netsurvey" things and start mailing it all about?1. I love breakfast, and it's an essential meal, because if I don't eat anything in the first hour after I get up I pass out. What I eat depends. For the last week or so I had fruit salad out of this huge basin of it I made at the beginning of the week (it got kind of compost-y by Saturday, and I pitched the last) and a slice of 12-grain toast with low-fat Cheez Whiz. Cereal, sometimes (I like raw oats with a handful of slivered almonds and a handful of raisins, and milk). On weekends I often make fabulous feasts... blueberry pancakes; or scrambled eggs, hash browns and fried mushrooms; or Mexican eggs (eggs scrambled with chopped peppers and onions, rolled in tortillas with shredded Cheddar, salsa and a hint of this excellent cilantro chutney A. makes). Okay, okay. Next.
2. I sleep mostly in the nude. When I'm ill I wear flannel granny gowns, and when I'm bleeding I wear undies with huge blanket-like overnight pads.
3. 18. I waited until I was precisely legal; it became a kind of a game with me and my then-boyfriend. Of course, prior to that I was what they used to call a "demi-vierge" -- I'd done practically anything but the act. But hey, it's all in the symbolism.
4. Green Party. If I had my choice, I'd be Rhino -- but the Rhinos got axed on a technicality (the government passed a law that any registered party had to have some ridiculous minimum amount of assets, and the Rhinos refused. If I ever win a big lottery prize, I'll fund the rebirth of the Rhinos. We need 'em.) I hate politics; I work in municipal government, and I can't imagine that things are really any more sensible the higher one goes.
5. Struck another human being. Hm. I slapped my mother in the face when I was seventeen and insane. I still get hot waves of shame thinking about it. She didn't hit me back, by the way, though I deeply deserved it. Other than that, I'm largely non-violent, except that for some reason, in my eight years with the Evil Ex, I kneed him accidentally in the testes more times than I could count. It may have just been the oddities of our two physiques, or perhaps it was some subliminal thing.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know?I usually skip the breakfast thing in lieu of coffee and cigarettes...Yes, my mother knows, and doesn't care. She does the same thing. (Bad Mommy)
2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed?
A t-shirt. I can't sleep totally naked, I worry to much about "what if there's a fire the whole world would see me naked".
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
14...
4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why?
I'm 34 years old and have never voted. I also don't bitch about anything political because I DON'T vote and gave up my right.
5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not
Beat the shit out of my sister regularly when we were growing up. Because she would scratch me with her long fingernails. I hate that.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Diet Dr. Pepper--approximately 52 oz before noon and none after. My mother doesn't know--not something I would think to talk to her about.2. Usually big comfy t-shirt. In the depths of winter (Chicago's pretty cold to someone who grew up in south TX), I'll wear multiple layers--floor length flannel nightgown, long johns, fuzzy socks. Sleeping nekkid tends to be a deliberate invitation.
3. 19
4. Independent forever and always. I hate to have my choices restricted. (if I vote, and like someone above--if I don't vote, I don't complain)
5. I manhandled my little brother more than I hit him. Of course I'm nearly 10 years older than he is. I've also kicked my husband in the shins out of frustration (barefoot only)--I know it won't hurt him, he played soccer for over 15 years. More sybolic than effective.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. I never eat breakfast. When I was in high school and had to get up at 5:30 a.m., I ate breakfast as a matter of survival, even though it turned my stomach. Now I have the luxury of waking up at 8:30, and I don't eat until noon.2. I go au naturel most nights, unless I'm really cold, and then I wear flannel PJ pants and a T-shirt (what is it about girls that makes them unwilling to wear pants without a shirt? guys have no problem with it, but when I do it I feel weird).
3. 18, and I'm living with him now.
4. Democrat. If the Libertarians weren't so weird, I'd vote Libertarian, but they're just a little too out there, even for me. I too was a registered Republican for about five minutes when I was 18, but luckily I recovered quickly.
5. I slapped a guy across the face one time in junior high. And, apart from siblings, I think that's it. I've never had to punch a guy or knee him in the groin or anything, so I guess I'm lucky.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. On the rare occasion that I wake up early enough to make it to breakfast in the caf, I'm all about eggs. I don't care that innocent chickens suffer so that I can have my eggs. Leave me the hell alone. When I can get them, fried eggs are the best. When I can't, scrabled ham and cheese eggs with maple syrup will do. Yum.
2. I sleep nekkid. Always. Unless I'm sleeping at a friend's house, then I will occasionally sleep in a tee shirt and panties instead. They're used to me and my odd sleeping habits. My cat, on the other hand, still thinks that I'm a little strange. She won't get anywhere near the bed until I'm safely under the covers. Smart cat. (Of course, she then tries to get under the covers with me, but...)
3. Consentually when I was about 14. I think. Yeah, Catholic school did wonders for me...Whatever.
4. Nothing. I hate politics. I hate voting. If it could really change anything, it would be illegal.
5. I'm a bad person. I'm very defensive and very protective. If I had a quarter for every fight that I've been in, I'd be able to do my laundry.
-Meghan
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know?
Coffee and cigs. "Breaking fast" comes a couple hours later when I have my eyes open. But I really prefer breakfast foods late in the day for dinner - I love fried eggs, but not when I'm still waking up. And cold cereal is the perfect midnight snack. As for my mom, she probably is aware, since she is the same way.
2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed?
Yes, always, unless it's freezing. Then I may put on socks, underwear and a tank top. (I'd rather have more blankets though) The few times I've felt the need to wear actual nightclothes, I wind up feeling suffocated - I turn a lot in my sleep and they end up in a really tight twist around my middle... (My mom knows about this one too!)
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
15. No clue if mom figured this one out.
4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why?
Republican, though I've only voted Republican about half the time, and not in a long while. I expect I'll be switching parties real- soon-now.
5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not.
Yea, a few times. My sisters and I used to try to deck each other all the time. And one poor schmoo in college wound up with a chipped tooth for sneaking up on me while I was reading (I didn't mean to shove my elbow in his face, honest!). I'll plead the 5th on any other anecdotes.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Weekdays, 3 slices of Wheat Berry bread and a regular Coke. Weekends, cereal & milk or scrambled eggs, or sometimes we go out and I'll have scrambled eggs, toast, etc.
2. For many years yes, but just this weekend a long term houseguest began staying with us. I'm too self conscious to walk around naked with him here so I'm sleeping in silk nightshirts again.
3. 15. I regret it.
4. Democrat. Have never switched and don't expect to do so. I don't like the Dems but I detest the Republicans and don't think third parties have a chance.
5. Yes, many a time, both playfully and in anger. As a kid I was always getting in trouble for fighting at school. I slapped my mom's arm a couple of times during fights. Over the years I have slapped various boyfriends. It's not a big deal to me; getting slapped or shoved by a boyfriend during a fight seems normal. There's a point where I would draw the line, but not at slapping or shoving.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1) Sandwich with cup of tea. Sometimes I may opt for toast, boiled egg and tea. When travelling, usually corn flakes or similar cereal.
2) Strictly a pyjamas man. No nudity in this bed.
3) Not for a while yet, I'm sorry to say. At least not at the current rate.
4) I only endorse political parties at the voting booth on election day, and I only do that because in Australia they fine you $50 for not voting. Otherwise I find all political parties quite pestilential; the causes might be admirable (like with the Greens) but the people and the party themselves? Forget it.
5) I've never really got into a physical fight, except for a time about ten years ago when me and this other fellow kind of tried to strangle each other one day during an argument. Generally, though, all my fights have been verbal ones.
Tonight We Sleep In Separate Ditchesa chance operation
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. Nope. Have absolutely no hunger before noon, and get very resentful of anyone who tries to force me to eat before then. My mother knows and has been trying to change it for years. Her ploy in recent years when I've been home is to make "brunch" (i.e. breakfast around 10:30) and then say "no lunch today, your father and I are full." Ugh.2. Like most, sleep nude with someone there, though in recent months I've done it sometimes when it's been warm. Usually I'm just in some form of pajamas, though (right now being long white satin).
3. 20.
4. Democratic, have felt no need to switch. Perhaps if I felt any third party efforts were worth it, but so far no.
5. Playful light slaps on the ex-boyfriend- he likes that, don't ask me why.
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
Out of interest, to the people who said that they don't sleep naked - If you have sex at bedtime, would you sleep nude or would you get dressed afterwards?
Just kind of wondering...
-Meghan
-- Anonymous, March 21, 2000
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know? Couscous or rice for breakfast, but only started eating breakfast in the past couple of years.2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed? Depends if M's warmed the bed up or not. It's about 50/50, opting for this giant woven pants when it's cold.
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity? 10. Ack.
4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why? Democrat. Not that that's ever stopped me from voting for Pat Buchanan in the open primaries . . .
5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not. Yes. Couldn't begin to recount the pre-18 times. The very last day of my first year in law school, a guy got out of a car in traffic, and tried to scare me by running up on me while I was sitting in my car with the window down. It worked, I guess, as I reflexively punched him dead in the mouth with my left fist.
That still bothers me.
-- Anonymous, March 22, 2000
- Sandwich, strawberry yoghurt, tea (Earl Grey, hot)
- Only a T-shirt. Sleeping in the nude makes me sweaty.
- 20. I waited for the right one, even though in retrospect I couldn't have made a worse choice.
- Politics? Why bother? Big Brother will keep watching us no matter what happens, and there are far more important things in life than the petty bickering of untrustworthy, powercraving jerkoffs. (And that goes for all politicians, even the ones I agree with.) When push comes to shove, I guess I'm a liberal, but I will never, ever step into a voting booth. Ever.
- No.
-- Anonymous, March 22, 2000
Meghan--TV/Movies seem to indicate that lots of people get dressed for sleep after having sex. These people confuse me.
-- Anonymous, March 22, 2000
I rarely have sex at bedtime (I'm a morning, afternoon, or early evening kind of girl), but if I do, I don't usually get dressed unless it's cold. I do, however, migrate to my own bed, because someone steals covers.
-- Anonymous, March 22, 2000
RE: Sex at bedtime...It depends on who I am with. Sometimes after the sex I escort the person out (although I am trying to not get into those situations quite so much anymore) in which case I often put pants on. If it is someone I really care about and stuff we usually cuddle naked and all that jazz until we fall alseep.
I, however, am apparently a notorious bedhog. It's not my fault though, I'm 6'4" and have always dated people who sleep in twin beds.
THen of course, there is the whole clean-up issue, but I won't discuss that on a family-oriented message board like this.
-- Anonymous, March 22, 2000
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know?I usually don't eat breakfast. And yes, my mother knows. If I do eat something, it's usually a toasted almond pretzel with caramel dipping sauce or a Chick-Fil-A chicken bisquit value meal. Both aren't all that healthy, but goodness, I love them! (Gee, you can't tell I work in a mall, now can you?)
2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed?
Usually I sleep with just underwear on. Sometimes in the nude, sometimes with a t-shirt on. It all depends.
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
It was exactly a week before my 17th birthday. I usually just say 17, but I'm feeling like being difficult today.
4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why?
Would I be a terrible person if I admitted I'm not even registered yet?
5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not.
Well, I have an older sister, so that goes without saying.
I also hit two guys when I was in junior high. One of them pushed me out of a seat on the bus because he didn't want anyone to sit with him. When another guy (that I basically landed on) helped me back into the seat, the guy put me in a headlock. I pulled his head back by his hair and scratched his face with my nails. Then I punched him a good one. Didn't leave any marks, but later on the bus ride, the guy who helped me up punched him in the face and gave him a nasty black eye that people STILL think I did to this day.
On another occasion, I was at my locker and a guy that made my life a living hell from elementary school into high school was egging me on, telling me to "go to hell." I had just come from a huge teasing session in my last class and did not want to deal with him. So I tried to ignore him, but he kept pushing, and I finally told him to "go to hell" and I hit him over the head with my lock. He smacked into the lockers and slid down (he was out cold for about a minute) and it looked like something from a movie. Everything was in slow motion after that. I ran, crying to my next class. He happened to be in that class too. He didn't say a word.
-- Anonymous, March 22, 2000
1. lately, frozen waffles. on the weekends, scrambled eggs/mushrooms/spinach and choco-banana pancakes. yum! if i miss breakfast, its breakfast for dinner. double yum!2. after sex, yes. otherwise, panties.
3. 18 or 19.
4. i was a democrat. now i'm just an independent.
5. yes, i beat my boyfriend all the time. just kiddin. i just like to smack him around a little bit. and sorry to my little brother, who also took a couple beatings. everyone else, they get a shoulder punch if they say sumthin stupid. and only if i know you well enough so i know u won't smack me back. i swear i'm not violent. =P
-- Anonymous, March 22, 2000
1. Yogurt, grapenuts, and sliced banana all mixed up together. 'Cept I did finish off that pint of cherry garcia *this* morning.2. No. Sweats and T-shirt in the winter, boxers and T-shirt in the summer.
3. 19
4. I've never registered with a political party. I've voted Independent, Republican and Democrat.
5. Just my baby sister. Who unfortunately outgrew
-- Anonymous, March 22, 2000
1. I typically don't eat a thing in the morning because I usually have to bolt somewhere. On mornings where I have the time to linger, I have a powdered nutrional supplement which I blend with ice till it's this massive frothy concoction. I'd STAY AWAY FROM SLIM-FAST if I were you guys, as it's too full of sugar to help you really lose any weight, and just unhealthy in general. Mine has no sugar whatsoever and beats taking vitamins (We grad students don't always get the best nutrition, or ANY nutrition, for that matter.)2. I only sleep nude when with a male companion, cause I have lots of pretty long nighties which I like to chill out in instead. Plus, when you live in a house with 25 people and a nosy-ass landlord and share a bathroom and a kitchen, ya gotta cover up occasionally. No, this doesn't mean I haven't been spotted racing to the washroom or kitchen in the wee hours of the morning wearing something see- through. I always figure if someone sees they'll either chalk it up to their imagination, or not say a thing, kinda like The Emperor's New Clothes....
3. 19. But I was hanging on by a thread. I waited to fall truly madly deeply in love, and when it happened, he was a virgin too. It was wonderful. Spiritual, even, and I'm no christian.....
4. I'm an expatriate, so I abstain from politics.
5. In highschool, I followed a girl who hissed "Slut!" at me into the bathroom and beat her with her own umbrella. Into submission.
-- Anonymous, March 23, 2000
1. For the past six months, Gatoraid. (and for the past month that's all I've had. Getting pretty sick of it)2. Of course! But if it's cold I have a long t-shirt. If it gets REALLY cold I have those ugly blanket jammies that babies wear. LOL!
3. Until about halfway down this page I was feeling really bad, but it was when I was 15 and one week. But it was with the man I've been with for the past 12 years, so what do ya know?
4. none. Bad me.
5. Yes. Iremember hitting my cousin Andy over the head with a shovel. He had to get stitches. Then, when I was around 10, A 14 year old girl that was harrassing me. If it wasn't for her older brother being there, I would not have any of my own teeth. I remember thinking as I swung "Ok, today I die." She was a really tough, bad girl, and everyone was afraid of her. I was nuts. Then, trying to defend myself against my ex-husband which only got me hurt worse, then my one and only cat-fight, and then finally, A guy named "Jer" that tried to rape me. By the way, after I went to the police, "Jer" was caught and we went to court. On the day of court, he pled guilty to a lesser charge. He ended up being linked to and identified to a couple of rapes about 90 miles from where I live, so he got some time out of the whole deal. But that's about it.
-- Anonymous, March 23, 2000
1. A bowl of cereal, usually (but not always) some sugary crap. Except on weekends when I sleep in so late/laze around in bed for so long that I just eat an early lunch.
2. I sleep in my underwear (mostly boxers, but sometimes briefs) unless it's REALLY cold, when I put on a sweatshirt & sweatpants. I'm with those who find clothes tend to bunch up in the night, but sometimes it's just too cold to go hunt down another blanket/quilt, & the sweats are relatively close to the bed.
3. Still a virgin. (I've got self esteem issues.)
4. I'm registered as an independent, but since I'm liberal, I tend to vote Democratic. As someone who's lived his entire life on the Left Coast, I've always been annoyed at how the pundits start predicting who has won presidential elections before all the polls close, but in 1996 I used that practice. I waited until the evening when it was clear that Dole wouldn't win & then voted for Ralph Nader.
5. I can't recall hitting ever hitting anybody, eve
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2000
1. Breakfast-- 4 diagonally-sliced pieces of whole-wheat toast with butter and cinnamon sugar, orange juice, cafe au lait.2. In the nude, usually... alas, alone these days...
3. 16
4. Registered Democrat, but that's only because I dislike conservatives more than I believe in the Democrats. By European standards, I'm a social-democrat... Or a Portuguese fascist. It just depends on my mood that day.
5. My brother and I did the sibling-rivalry thing as kids-- bruises and cuts all around... I've thought about using a tire iron or a revolver on lots of folk, but I've never *hit* anyone...
-- Anonymous, March 29, 2000
1. What do you eat for breakfast? If you skip breakfast, does your mother know?For several months, I ate oatmeal every morning. I finally burned out on that. Now I eat either a bagel with fat free cream cheese or a scrambled egg.
2. Do you sleep in the nude? If not, what do you wear to bed?
Generally, I sleep in sweat pants and a t-shirt. Yes, I do get dressed afterwards if I am with someone.
3. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
17
4. What's your political party? Have you ever switched political parties? If so, when and why?
No political offiliations.
5. Have you ever struck another human being? If you want, share the circumstances. Or not.
Only my brother when we were growing up. He deserved it, of course he hit me back and I deserved it too.
-- Anonymous, March 30, 2000
1. I dont eat anything for breakfast. I'll be lucky to sneak in a cup of coffee. My mom knows and she isnt happy about it either.2. Uh-uh, I sleep in a long T-shirt and basketball shorts.
3. I just turned 15 the month before, I wish I was still a pure soul.
4. None, I make my own rules.
5. Since my temper sometimes hits the boiling point, I cant seem to control my hands. I've hit many people including myself.
-- Anonymous, October 22, 2000
1. I dont eat anything for breakfast. I'll be lucky to sneak in a cup of coffee. My mom knows and she isnt happy about it either.2. Uh-uh, I sleep in a long T-shirt and basketball shorts.
3. I had just turned 15 the month before, I wish I was still a pure soul.
4. None, I make my own rules.
5. Since my temper sometimes hits the boiling point, I cant seem to control my hands. I've hit many people including myself.
-- Anonymous, October 22, 2000