So this was technically a “30 questions in 30 days” thing I found while stalking checking out blogs by other NaNo participants, but I said screw that noise and decided to treat it like a survey.
‘Cause I’m like that and today was boring.
15 interesting facts about yourself.
1. I freak if there’s not a schedule to be followed.
2. Outbreak scared me more than any other movie I’ve ever seen.
3. I’ve had more sexual dreams involving Lady Gaga than I feel comfortable admitting.
4. I count everything.
5. In second grade I spent half the school year with a refrigerator box around my desk with a little window cut out of it so I could see what was going on during class. I have no idea why they let me get away with that.
6. I think memes are fantastic.
7. I feel naked without a watch on.
8. NaNoWriMo 2009 prevented me from stabbing people (in other words, it kept me relatively sane).
9. I could subsist on broccoli and M&Ms. In fact, I kind of do.
10. Nabokov’s Lolita consists of some of the most beautiful prose I have ever read and has changed the way I think about writing.
11. Red Bull has no effect on me. Those 5-hour energy shots, on the other hand…
12. My body’s response to super stressful situations is to fall into near-coma sleep.
13. I still have the Bible they gave us in elementary school once we got to 3rd grade. I have the entire “Sanctity of Sex” part marked with like seven different colors of highlighter, because seeing the word “sex” in the Bible was like the greatest thing ever when you’re a 9-year old in a Catholic school.
14. I think I’m the only person in Canada who doesn’t see what the big deal is about Nutella.
15. Jules Verne is the only science fiction I need (or tolerate).
The meaning behind your WordPress name.
“Eigen” is a prefix from the German “eigen” which means “own” or “idiosyncratic.” I figure “eigenblogger” is quite an appropriate term for what I’ve been doing here for the past 1 ½ years.
A picture of you and your friends.
Old pic from high school:
A habit that you wish you didn’t have.
Can self-destructing be considered a habit? If so, that one.
A picture of somewhere you’ve been to.
Favorite super hero and why?
Can Ozymandias count? I’m saying yes.
Favorite because I actually happen to agree with his way of handling things at the end of Watchmen, unlike pretty much everyone else. Plus he’s the smartest man in the world, I mean, come on.
A picture of someone/something that has a big impact on you.
Short term goals for this month and why.
Well, since I’ve so far unintentionally downloaded a new song every so far this month (old habit, haha), I guess I shall continue doing so – because I like the thought of doing something each day of a year and because it’s hard to stop looking for new music.
Get out of this pit of despair – for obvious reasons.
Get some more thesis writing done – because I have to.
Draw – I want my creative muse to get back from vacation.
Kick some ass in SEM – because I should.
Something you’re proud of in the past few days.
Eh. Not much. The past few days have blown heavy metal chunks.
Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad.
Happy: Sleepyhead (or one of the remixes) – Passion Pit
Sad: The Last Day On Earth by Kate Miller-Heidke is my standby as of late.
Bored: Hit the shuffle on my Top 50 playlist!
Hyped: Pretty much any Lady Gaga song
Mad: Metal. Lots and lots of metal.
How you found out about WordPress and why you made a blog.
I found blogs using WordPress via StumbleUpon. I started a blog here because MySpace is a fickle bitch and WordPress allowed me to import all my old ramblings.
A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Nobody’s really hurt me recently. I just take things too personally.
A picture of you and your family.
Don’t have one saved on Vaio II.
Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play.
Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root
Satellites (US Mix) – September
The Anthem – Good Charlotte
April Rain – Delain
Blue – Eiffel 65
Reasons – Thermostatic
Do The Panic – Phantom Planet
Jimmy Olsen’s Blues – Spin doctors
Call On Me – Eric Prydz
Resistance – Muse
Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why?
DUDE can I pick Gordon Freeman? YES YES! I would switch lives with Gordon Freeman. I cannot think of a single reason why NOT.
Plans/dreams/goals you have.
SAVE THE WORLD, ONE TEST STATISTIC AT A TIME.
Sorry, I’m in a caps lock mood tonight.
I’d like to change the way we think about statistics, because I think a lot of us think about them the wrong way. I’d also like to help people. And teach, I’d like to teach. And write.
Yeah.
Nicknames you have; why do you have them?
I don’t really have any actual nicknames. I have my actual name chopped up a few different ways, but no real nicknames.
Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future.
PFFT YEAH RIGHT
A picture of something that makes you happy.
What makes you different from everyone else?
I hyperventilate over principal component analysis. Not sure a lot of other people do that.
Something you crave for a lot.
Data.
A letter to your parents.
HI PARENTS!
It’s your weird-ass daughter here. Chugging away at her MA degree, slowly losing her sanity, quickly losing her ability to care about whether or not she loses her sanity.
I miss you both. Hopefully we can all meet up again now that our lives are all going in seemingly opposite directions. It’s strange how life works like that.
Anyway.
I hope things are going well in Moscow/Tucson!
What I would find in your bag?
Notebooks, whatever book I happen to be reading at the time, way too many pens, a stapler, highlighters, pencil/pencil sharpener/eraser, gum.
What you think about your friends?
They’re a bunch of weirdos and dorks. Hence the love.
Why are you doing this 30 day challenge?
It’s my party and I’ll blog if I want to.
In this past month, what have you learned?
How much it blows to be alone nearly 24/7.
And that I’ll never be a good dancer.
Who are you?
I’m Claudia. I’m an odd duck. I like statistics. That’s pretty much all you need to know.
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