To start on the 5,000 question survey off of my 101 in 1,000, here are the first 100 questions. These will be arriving in installments for awhile now.

1. Who are you?
I’m Claudia

2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?
I can’t smell, I’m in grad school, and I really, really like statistics.

3. When you aren’t filling out 5,000 question surveys like this one what are you doing?
Doing research, blogging, searching for 5,000 question surveys to fill out.

4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn’t like at the time).
Tests and Measurements was finally surpassed by both Philosophy of Science and Multivariate Analysis. Math 143 still stands as the worst class on the planet.

5. What is your biggest goal for this year?
Get a new song for every day of the year. Looks like I’m going to make it!

6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Hopefully either done with school or in a philosophy PhD program. I’d prefer the latter at this point.

7. What stage of life are you in right now?
The grad school stage. That’s synonymous with the quarter life crisis stage, FYI.

8. Are you more child-like or childish?
Probably child-like. I’m like 12 years old in my head.

9. What is the last thing you said out loud?
“The battle of the Apple products!”

10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?
Probably Regina Spektor’s Eet.

11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
I did a long time ago. For like three days.

12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
In the words of Ronan Keating, “life is a rollercoaster.”

13. Does time really heal all wounds?
It certainly helps.

14. How do you handle a rainy day?
I live in Vancouver. My LIFE is a rainy day.

15. Which is worse…losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
Losing luggage. I’m protective of my clothes.

16. How is your relationship with your parents?
Awesome.

17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
In social gatherings, yes. I’m very in tune with whether or not everybody’s having a good time—that stresses me out.

18. What is the truest thing that you know?
Truth!

19. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A glaciologist.

20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
I’ve been offered a second chance, but I didn’t take it.

21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?
I try to be more of a giver

22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?
Usually.

23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?
Appendicitis was pretty freaking bad, but that was mainly because I had to deal with it for about 27 hours while getting ready to graduate from elementary school.

24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?
Let’s not go into that.

25. Who have you hugged today?
No one.

26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
I haven’t really been in communication with anyone today.

27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Oh yes.

28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?
A) Understand statistics on a very basic level
B) Speak/read Basque
C) Be able to write really, really, really well

29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?
What other people say.

30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Sugar, eggs, and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.

31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?
A) Go to Antarctica
B) Get a book published
C) Get a PhD

32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?
A) Severely hurting or killing someone
B) Ruining someone’s future
C) Having to read To Kill a Mockingbird again

33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
Not particularly, I don’t think.

34. What does each decade make you think of:
The 1910’s.
Modesty
20’s:
Flappers!
30’s:
Great depression!
40’s:
Atomic
50’s:
Birth
60’s:
WOOOOOO!
70’s:
Space
80’s:
MC Hammer
90’s:
Pokemon!
2000:
Junior High
2010’s:
Change

35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?
1960s, just because people always tell me that’s when I was supposed to be born.

36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
I dig Peace of Mind pretty hard. We Built This City is also sufficiently badass.

37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country?
I currently live in Canada. Who the hell is the leader of Canada? I think it’s Harper…

38. What’s your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
Probably Cartoon Network, ‘cause Adult Swim is on and that might mean METALOCALYPSE!

39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?
My nickname was Scar in elementary school for whatever the hell reason. People would shout “you killed Moufassa!” at me across the playground. I’m not even kidding. Catholic children have an odd way of teasing.

40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?
I have indeed.

41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?
Boat!

42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?
SCIENCE!

43. What does your name mean?
Haha, it means “lame.”

44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?
Outer space.

45. Word association
What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:
Air: Current
Meat: Slab
Different: Rainbow
Pink: Ribbon
Deserve: Reward
White: Eggs
Elvis: Hunka-hunka-burnin’-love (totally one word)
Magic: Wand
Heart: Music
Clash: The
Pulp: Fiction

46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be?
LEIBNIZLEIBNIZLEIBNIZLEIBNIZ

47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive?
I’d like to meet Stephen Hawking. Or John Searle.

48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?
I’m not a movie person.

49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?
iPod/headphones for music, journal/pen for writing, Pokemon on the Gameboy for sanity. I’m assuming the lights will be on.

50. Have you ever saved someone’s life or had your life saved?
Nope.

51. Make up a definition for the following silly words…
Fruitgoogle: Apple enthusiasts who utilize Google on their iPhones.
Ambytime: 5/14 time signature.
Asscactus: Slang for uncomfortable underwear.

52. What was the last thing you made with your own hands?
Cookies.

53. What was your favorite toy as a child?
A squeaky dog toy shaped like a wrench. His name was Wrenchie. He was green and infinitely awesome.

54. How many TV’s are in your house?
One, but no cable.

55. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
Cycle.

56. How do you feel when you see a rainbow?
YAY COLORS!

57. Have you ever dreamt a dream that came true?
Probably, but I can’t think of one right now.

58. Have you ever been to a psychic/tarot reader?
Nope.

59. What is your idea of paradise?
Living in Antarctica, doing statistical analyses, writing philosophical stuff, lots of Rock Band, and Sleepyhead on repeat.

60. Do you believe in god and if so what is he/she/it like?
No god. Hylozoist.

61. Do you believe in Hell?
Nope.

62. What one thing have you done that most people haven’t?
Never smelled.

63. What is the kindest thing you have ever done?
I leant someone $800 without expecting to be paid back…does that count?

64. Are you a patient person?
Shut up and get to the point!

65. What holiday should exist but doesn’t?
Leibniz Day. Freaking Canadians taking July 1st.

66. What holiday shouldn’t exist but does?
Haha, probably Groundhog’s Day

67. What’s the best joke you ever heard?
I’ve heard some pretty good geeky stats jokes, but I can’t think of any right now.

68. Where is the most fun place you have EVER been?
The house with the guys. Oh my god, that was the best year of my life.

69. Is your hair natural or dyed?
Natural.

70. Do you have any deep dark secrets or are you pretty much up front?
I have my select few.

71. What is under your bed right now?
Nothing, it’s a foam pad on the floor.

72. If you were in the Land of Oz would you want to live there or go home?
Depends on if they’d kick me out for making fun of the Scarecrow.

73. If you drive do you frequently speed?
I don’t drive.

74. What is the world’s best song to dance to?
Dildo!

75. What song was on the last time you danced with someone?
I don’t remember when I last danced with someone.

76. Do you prefer Disney or Warner Brothers?
I was a Disney kid.

77. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo?
I dig elephants.

78. Would you consider yourself to be romantic?
Eh. I’m not innately programmed to write love songs to those I fancy, but I suppose I can be romantic at times.

79. If the earth stopped rotating would we all fly off?
You mean, like if all of a sudden, BAM, the earth just stopped rotating? That would be hilarious. We’d probably all drown when the oceans slosh up onto the shores (by “slosh” I mean “mega tsunami”). Or maybe we’d be swept up by the atmosphere which would still be rotating. That’d be awesome.

80. What is the one thing that you love to do so much that you would make sacrifices to be able to do it?
Random pointless analyses. I love doing them. Lovelovelove.

81. If you (and everyone) had to lose one right or freedom, but you could pick which one everyone had to lose, what would you pick?
It depends on what you consider to be rights or freedoms.

82. If you had to choose would you live on the equator or at the North Pole?
Can I live on the South Pole instead?

83. Would you rather give up listening to music or watching television?
Television, definitely.

84. What do you think makes someone a hero?
Whether or not they can break into spontaneous song about their good deeds.

85. What cartoon would you like to be a character in?
Dude, I would have loved to be a character in Talespin. ‘Cause that was the greatest cartoon ever made.

86. Name one thing that turns your stomach:
The color red-orange. Ew.

87. What was the last thing you paid for?
My phone bill.

88. Are you a coupon clipper?
Nope.

89. Get anything good in the mail recently?
I’m still waiting for my UPass…

90. Which would you rather take as a gym class…dancing, sailing, karate, or bowling?
Sailing!

91. In Star Trek people ‘beam’ back and forth between different places. What this means is they stand in a little tube and their molecules are deconstructed and sent to another tube somewhere else where they are reassembled. Only problem is when the molecules are deconstructed the person is dead. When they are put back together it is only a clone that has all the dead person’s memories. So…is the person who gets beamed the same person on both ends?
The Ship of Theseus: Star Trek version!

92. What insects are you afraid of?
Dragonflies scare the everliving hell out of me.

93. If you could print any phrase on a T-shirt, what would it say?
“LEIBNIZ RULES”

94. What’s the most eccentric thing you have ever worn?
HAHAHA LOOK WHO YOU’RE ASKING

95. If you could pick one food that you could eat all you wanted but it would have no effect on how much you weigh, what food would it be?
Dude, M&Ms. There is no other acceptable answer.

96. What are your parents interested in?
Hahaha, soil and graphic design.

97. Have you ever caught an insect and kept it as a pet?
We had giant millipedes when I was younger, but we obviously didn’t go out and catch them.

98. What is more helpful to you, wishes or plans?
Plans. Plans make everything right with the world.

99. When do you feel your life energy the strongest?
When I’m obsessing.

100. You are spending the night alone in the woods and may bring only 3 items with you. What do you bring?
A flashlight, a blanket, and something to entertain myself with.

Woohoo!

Today’s song: Ghosts N Stuff by Deadmau5