Sat Feb 3 0:25:24 1996
Name:
A: mars
Email:
A: fresh@bud.com
Home Page:
A: http://www.bud.com/People/rebecca
How do you FEEL about food? Why do you eat?
A: i love to eat. i would eat all the time if i could afford it, and if my vanity didn't get in the way.
What is your biggest flaw?
A: i am too obsessive, insecure, impatient, self absorbed, perfectionist, and i have too many biggest flaws.
3 favorite authors
A: marge piercy, vikram seth, my grandmother charlotte. dorothy parker.
What are the hallmarks of success in life?
A: doing something you love and believe in, and getting it done. surviving without killing yourself. holding on to your principles.
What is your biggest mental fuck-up?
A: i hate myself too much; i think about myself too much; i need to be perfect; i am never satisfied; i write too much here
What is your favorite animal?
A: the human
Describe it.
A: incredibly stupid, and so very wrong. but fascinating.
How long do you usually know a girl before you kiss her?
A: ... it's hard to really know someone until you kiss them.
Jump her?
A: i don't usually "jump" although i sometimes do other more subtle things. as soon as the opportunity arises, usually.
Dump her?
A: i don't usually "dump" people, unless i am sure we are incompatible. i tend to be the dumpee more often.
How old were you when you first kissed?
A: "really kissed"? sexually? probably, age 11
Had sex
A: i was sexually active from about age 11, but didn't "do the nasty" until i had just turned 17.
Smoked Pot?
A: i think, age 15. but i have trouble remembering.
Do you use recreational drugs?
A: Yes
What?
A: basically, anything i can get my hands on. i love alcohol, uppers of every variety, halucinogens, other pain-killers ..
When?
A: as often as i can, really. they usually help me enjoy things and get things done.
Still?
A: Yes
Have you ever been married/lived with someone?
A: Cohabitated
Who worked?
A: both
Who cooked?
A: he did.
Who cleaned?
A: himm more than i, i regret.
Do you know how to cook?
A: No
Do you like to cook?
A: No
What are the things you cook best?
A: i don't really enjoy cooking, nor do i do it particularly well. it's just not my "thing"
Have you ever used any of the following (which?): gel hairspray mousse cologne deodorant conditioner zitcream aftershave
A: all of the above, i guess. aftershave, i'm sure i have, but can't remember why.
What was the most crazy thing you ever did as an adolescent?
A: quit piano lessons. that was stupid.
as a college student?
A: request having a roommate rather than living in a single room my frosh year.
as a working stiff?
A: stay in the field i did for as long as i did, i imagine.
If you were a fruit or a vegetable, what would you be?
A: cactus.
If I were, what would I be?
A: i'm not sure. i don't quite have you figured out yet.
If you were at a party, and across the room you saw a very handsome man and your girlfriend chatting quite animatedly, what would you do?
A: i would be jealous and sad, and feel bad about myself. what i would do would depend on what type of mood i were in. ideally, i would either leave them alone, and entertain myself elsewhere at the party, or else i would join them, if the chattee looked interesting enough.
Do you think there is life after death?
A: Yes
On other planets?
A: Yes
Are you psychic?
A: Yes
Do you think you have any sort of understanding of what it would be like to completely insane?
A: Yes
Why?
A: i have been riding the edge of insanity for as much of my life as i can remember. sometimes i feel like i have crossed over the line. i fear sometimes that life is a movie; that the things i believe are real are really make believe and just my fantasy life. sometimes that fear has proven more accurate than has my view of "reality." i think abou this a lot, and wonder really what it means to be "insane", and how imagination could ever really exist apart from it.
Were you ever in the armed forces?
A: No
Did you ever kiss a girl who had big, hairsprayed bangs?
A: Yes
What was the most important scientific achievement in the last 50 years?
A: perhaps, the discovery of reverse transcriptase. we have so many more ahead of us. call-waiting was cool too ;>
What is the biggest problem...
...all women have?
A: being categorized as, and treated as, a "woman"
...all men have?
A: the same, but substitute the word "man" for "woman"
...with our society?
A: its self-destructive, unthinking nature. its conceit in calling itself a civilization. categorization. stratification. greed. ignorance. lack of imagination and creativity.
Which do you prefer:
A:
Why?
A: i love them both.
If you won $1 million, what would be the very first thing you would buy?
A: my freedom.
The second?
A: what else is there?
The last?
A: stock in microsoft corporation--if you mean something i would never buy
Who has been the greatest influence in your life?
A: my grandmother charlotte, my father, my mother, my sister, my brother. vikram seth, marge piercy, dorothy parker. many.
How do people describe you?
A: confrontational, abrasive, rough around the edges, happy, hyper, spaztic, bizarre
How do you describe yourself?
A: eccentric, serious yet silly, sarcastic and cynical yet hopeful and
idealistic, a little jaded, a bit neurotic, more selfish than i would like to
be, outspoken sometimes, aggressive sometimes while still being insecure
others, restless, moody, a bit devilish, spunky. at least that's how i feel
right now.
Do you subscribe to any magazines/newspapers?
A: Yes
Which?
A: rolling stone; macworld. when mother jones, inline, 2600, nytimes. ...utne reader, i used to have money: ms., sassy,
What are your favorite shoes?
A: my k2 inline skates. i really fly on them.
Additional Comments
A: nice survey, sonic. i'm not sure if there is life after death. but because i am often too optimistic, i checked "yes." i hope there is, in a non judeo-christian sense.