Another Quiz thing

[tarotgal]

Another quiz thing, gacked from silverelf :-)


Part I

Spell your name with bands/musicians

[T]iffany
[A]ni Difranco (sorry, had to copy! Love her!)
[R]od Stewart
[O]ffspring
[T]hey Might Be Giants
[G]oo Goo Dolls
[A]nnie Lennox
[L]oreena McKennitt

2) Have you ever had a song written about you?
Nope. Not sure I'd want one, though.

3) What song makes you cry?
Dust in the Wind- Kansas (I sob like a baby for hours after hearing this), Affirmation- Savage Garden, I'll Stand By You- Pretenders, Stand By Me- Ben E. King, If You Get There Before I Do- Collin Raye(left-over from my horrible country music phase in middle school), RotK soundtrack(which I still can't listen to) and a lot of others... I cry a lot at songs

4) What song makes you happy?
STRAY! ;-) Most anything 80's... anything celtic... throw bagpipes into ANYTHING and I'm overly excited and thrilled. Anything by Steve McDonald thrills me to no end

5) What do you like to listen to before bed?
The TV is always on... usually TNT...


Part II

Appearance:
I think this is just a category header (for Part II) but since everyone else is answering it, I will, tooo- Eh, dirty blond hair (I'm Irish... ringlets/curls/waves), blue eyes. I'm always in t-shirts and jeans. Unless I'm in t-shirts and flannel pants around the house

HEIGHT:
5'4 and 5/8ths

HAIR COLOR:
Dirty blonde

SKIN COLOR:
I'm very pale. I don't like skin cancer. I'm anal about sun screen. I hate the sun. LOL I know, I'm a bad pagan ;-)

EYE COLOR:
Blue-grey. Sometimes more blue than grey, sometimes more grey than blue

PIERCINGS:
None

TATTOOS:
None


Part 3
Right Now:

WHAT COLOUR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?
Blue, green, and white plaid flannel pants

WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
Nothing, but TNT is on the TV in the other room

WHAT TASTE IS IN YOUR MOUTH?
Tofu Meatloaf I had for dinner. I'm starving though... going to go make a mini pizza for second dinner... oohh or crackers and cheese...

WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?
It's 67 degrees, says WeatherBug. It's *checks out the window* very dark out. It's the middle of the night.

HOW ARE YOU?
HUNGRY! And depressed. And hungry. And tired. And worried. And inspired. And hungry.

Part 4
Do You:

GET MOTION SICKNESS?
Nope. Unless I'm already sick and can't fall asleep, but that's just aggravating an existing condition

HAVE A BAD HABIT?
Yeah, like EVERYTHING I do! Biting nails, procrastination, Boyfriend (LOL), getting out a new trash bag when I'm too lazy to just walk the trash to the garbage bin down the street, throwing off my sleep schedule... you get the idea...

GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS?
My Mom, yes. My Dad and I don't communicate much at all so it's neither good nor bad. It's MUCH better when I'm not living with them. Otherwise they never listen to me and that's a BIG pet peeve of mine.

LIKE TO DRIVE?
I hate to drive. But I'll do it.

Part 5
Love:

BOYFRIEND:
I don't love my current-but-soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend-in-eleven-days, no

GIRLFRIEND:
Friends who are girls, yes

SEXUALITY:
Straight

CHILDREN:
None currently. If I have one, I'll adopt. Or maybe I'll be a foster mother...

CURRENT CRUSH:
Ewan McGregor *G*

IN LOVE:
Nope... well, not with a person, at least. I love my family and my cat...

HAD A HARD TIME GETTING OVER SOMEONE:
Ohhh yeah

BEEN HURT?
Ohhhhhhh yeah

GONE OUT WITH A SOMEONE YOU ONLY KNEW FOR THREE DAYS?
I knew current boyfriend for only 4 days when we first went out. But not three

YOUR CD PLAYER HAS IN IT RIGHT NOW:
Dar Williams' CD- The Beauty of the Rain

IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
The inner me would be Glittery Blue :-)

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?
Writing, compliments, watching a really incredible show, clicky pens (Gods, I love clicky-pens!!!!), sleeping, snuggling up with a good story, the rain or snow

WHO MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST:
Right now? It's my cat. Or Ewan McGregor... *G*

WHAT'S THE NEXT CD YOU'RE GONNA GET?
Not sure... I only get about 3 CD's a year. I just got two for my birthday, so that's 2/3rds already :-)

WHO DO YOU CONSIDER GOOD FRIENDS?
Someone who understands me well and still enjoys being around me, listening to me, confiding in me, and having silly fun :-)


Part 6
When/What was the last time:

TIME YOU CRIED?
*checks clock* A little less than 4 hours ago

YOU GOT A REAL LETTER:
Um... I got a card from my Aunt on my birthday

YOU GOT E-MAIL:
About 8 minutes ago, from silver elf, in reply to an LJ entry

THING YOU PURCHASED:
Um... oh, Clear Eyes drops, Junior chewable Motrin, and 3 bottles of yogurt smoothies from Walmart... on, um, Tuesday morning, I think it was

MOVIE YOU SAW AT THE THEATER:
Van Helsing


Part 7
Your thoughts on:
Note/Warning- this includes topics that get me fired up... and lots of my rambling... and lots of tg-anger :-)

ABORTION:
Everyone should have the right to choose. I cannot STAND people who think we should bring babies into this horrible world when there's already a population problem and no way to take care of them. That's sooooo not fair to life. Having seen abandoned children suffer and die from disease, starvation, and neglect I damn well believe abortion is much kinder, and certainly less painful, and MUCH more respectful to life! I don't fucking understand why people insist that life should be brought into the world when it doesn't have a proper chance and might be tortured and abused physically and mentally.
What REALLY gets me are the idiots who are so pro-adoption and then don't adopt. Especially the ones who then go and use fertility drugs. WTF??? If you think it's wrong, then have the baby and try to take care of it and possibly ruin its life and your own. If you can't (be it financial reasons that make a child suffer or health risks that could result in death or emotional reasons like rape) then I think you should have the right not to.
I don't believe people should be told what to do with their lives or their bodies, in general. And abortion is SO part of that. Choice. All the way.

TEENAGE SMOKING:
Idiotic. I don't think anyone should smoke cigarettes. It shortens your life and is horribly unhealthy. It's just plan stupid to smoke. Let alone when young and it can stunt your growth.

GAY MARRIAGE:
Ohhhh please please please please please PLEASE let this happen. Marriage and equal rights for all!!! I cried for about an hour after watching the news on Monday, seeing all those happy Massachusetts couples *G* I just don't understand how MORE love and MORE equality could ever be a bad thing.

THE IRAQ WAR:
Come on now. What do you think I'm going to say? LOL Gods I hate our current administration... and I cry at least once a weak over news of more people being killed over there. It's just not right. It started out on stupid reasons and is only getting worse now

RELIGION:
I hate organized religion. HATE it. I know, that's strong to say, but I really do hate it. I hate people telling others what to think. I hate missionaries. I hate these bloody wars we fight in the name of it. I hate people saying they're doing things in the name of it that have an impact on others(like passing laws). I hate it when it's used to hurt people (whether emotionally or physically).
I think everyone should be free to believe anything at all. I really, truly do. But I don't like things organized religions have done and would never be part of one. I worship privately and think spirituality is a private, intimate, personal matter when you get down to it- the things you feel when you worship are internal, are are the beliefs and ideas and morals associated with a religion. I've no problem with people discussing religion publically, etc... I just think, deep down, what happens when you're spiritual happens inside of you and the world would be so much better if people stopped trying to push religions on others or change things because they think what's right for them is right for everyone. I'd rather everyone just let everyone think for themselves for a change! A belief is an internal concept... and I think everyone should be free to believe ANYTHING they wish, or say anything they wish about religion. What I don't like is when people come together and use those beliefs to justify hurting others, or to justify acting stupidly in general or ignoring/denying truth.

EVOLUTION:
What? Um, I believe evolution is evolution. It's fact. It's science. Like, um, the rock life cycle... or the digestive system... I'm hungry, can you tell? How else would I feel about it??? I find it VERY hard to understand how in this day and age people still don't understand it. Pick up a science textbook...


Okay... I'm angry now... LOL... angry liberals are dangerous... think I'll go write a letter to my senator or something...

Comments

[tarotgal]

I'm lucky enough to have been born to very liberal parents. So I grew up pro-environmental and freedom of everything and anything so long as it doesn't hurt anyone :-) My grandparents, however, are/were all ultra concervative, as is the whole side of my father's family (who can't stop having babies despite the fact that they can't afford to send any of them to college and they have to sleep three in a room, etc.). It was a really hard thing for my dad's family (Catholic) to accept when my Dad sort of left the faith. They frequently try to get him and us back in because they want to be with us in heaven. And there are people in the family who believe I'm illigitamite because my parents lived together before getting married and didn't get married in a Catholic Church. So my immediate family's sort of the black sheep :-) But, yeah, it was a big thing among the grandparents when I wasn't baptized.

As for college... if all it takes to turn people liberal is teaching facts and the truth and opening us up to a diverse group of people, well, you can't blame college for that! I just don't understand conservatives. They just feel so selfish to me. But that's just because I was raised the way I was. I grew up in an ultra conservative town, though. I knew two other people in the entire school who were liberals, and that's it. So it was NICE going to college and having others around me who shared my same views on things and weren't afraid to stand up and say them :-) I don't think I'm ever going to forget the number of times I was laughed at in my childhood by classmates for being a liberal though.

I'm very open about my views on gay marriage, though I keep quiet about other issues so as to not cause undue tension.
I do the environmental thing more than anything else, I think. Just because the organizations I'm connected with here are fantastic and really make a good impact. But I try to be as vocal as I can about everything else... especially gay marriage and abortion... but I do avoid religion because I don't want to offend.

I mean, if you take the bible literally, the same penalty for homosexuality applies to men who have sex with women on their periods!
Or having to stone someone for wearing clothes made of two different types of fabrics... or making the woman completely at fault when she is raped... Yeah. Honestly. You can't take the Bible literally. The stories are interesting, the lessons are helpful. The psalms very beautiful. But otherwise, yeah, can't take it literally.

Anyway, just wanted to chime in with my support regarding these views
*HUGS* Thank you! I mean, once I left my hometown and was able to see that there were so many people around me who felt similarly, it was such a relief. But it's always nice to know there are even more out there who consider topics fairly and make descisions based on fact and understanding and fairness... rather than a moral code one has been instructed to believe or else they fear they'll burn forever. I mean, I've NO problem with moral codes... I just think people should think and feel for themselves and understand the full results of their actions before they try and force things on others.

(though you'll never convince me to go vegetarian, sorry...I have enough trouble coming up with healthy meals for myself without cutting out the primary sources of protein that my palate can tolerate *G*)
LOL I'm a peanutbutter addict. And I drink protein drinks. And LOTS of high-protein dairy. I am a horrible cook so actually making tofu is out... but maybe one day... :-)
And you never know. It took a lot to convince me (several years, in fact). And then I swore I'd never go off seafood and I did about four years after that. So you never know. But I understand. Healthy is VERY important. My mother has to have real meat (she can't eat dairy or wheat or peanut butter) so I totally understand that in a lot of cases health really does have to come first. So no worries :-)