I spent all day cleaning! I murdered approximately 3,000 ants! I wish I could live somewhere that didn’t have some sort of active infestation going on! This basement’s a biohazard! You get a survey two merged surveys because my eyes hurt and my brain’s in freak-out mode about Monday and I don’t feel like cleaning anymore and it’s 4 in the morning and I have to reset my sleeping schedule in the next 24 hours and I’m rambling so I’ll just stop  this incredibly long run-on sentence NOW so you can get to the survey(s)!

*deep breath*

How long have you been blogging?
Since May 1, 2006. 2,295 days counting today.

Did you go to college?
I did indeed. And I’m going back ‘cause I’m cool like that!

Where have you traveled?
Ugh. Too many places in the last year. Outside of the U.S. = England, Sweden, Finland, and Canada. Inside the U.S. = bunch of states I don’t feel like listing.

Which celebrity do you get mistaken for?
I’ve never been mistaken for a celebrity. I was often told I had “Bettie Page hair” when I had my hair longer, though.

What are your three biggest pet peeves?
1. Discourteous walkers.
2. People who constantly draw attention to themselves in conversations. Like if Person A is telling a story about a personal success or achieved goal and Person B doesn’t even respond to their story and instead interjects their own “look at me!” statement.
3. My hair. Can a person’s hair be a pet peeve?

What is your favorite movie?
Apollo 13.

What is your drink of choice; wine, beer, or liquor. Or Water, Soda, Tea?
I’m a water person.

What is something you enjoy to do when you have me time?
Draw. Make obnoxious rainbows on paper.

What is your biggest phobia?
I don’t think I have anything that qualifies as a full-blown phobia, but dragonflies freak me the hell out.

Share with us an embarrassing moment of your past?
No.

What day would you love to relive again? Why?
July 25, 2009. Reasons = private.

If your life was turned into a movie… what actor would your best friend think should play you?
Hahaha, man, I have no idea. My friends aren’t too big into celebrities.

What are the jobs you had in high school/college/the early years?
Worked at Wendy’s, worked as a custodian at the U of I, worked as an in-home caregiver for Seubert’s, I was a TA for UBC, and was a lab tech for PCC Disabled Student Resources.

Show us a picture from high school or college.
Voila.

Picture by Maggie (I think). Marching band = best college experience ever (at least on campus, teehee).

If you could travel anywhere in the world, all expenses paid, where would you go?
Antarctica. Always, always Antarctica. Stockholm is choice #2.

Where do you see your life 6 and 1/2 years from now?
Given what’s happened in the past 15 or so months, I have no freaking idea.

If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be and why?
I’d be 19. It’s a good age because you’re not in your 20’s yet but you’re not TOO young. And it’s not 18. I don’t like the number 18.

What 5 songs are included on the soundtrack to your life? (You can pick “Middle School”, “High School”, “College”, “Post College” or any format you like.)
Pre-college: any song on Green Day’s “American Idiot” album. I listened to this album a LOT the summer before I went to college.
Early college: Keane’s “Is It Any Wonder?” It was the first song I downloaded in the dorms.
Later college: The Republic Tigers’ “Buildings and Mountains.” I listened to this song almost every morning the semester I graduated, mainly because it sounds depressing to me and I was depressed because I was certain the 4.0 wasn’t going to happen.
Grad school: Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” and pretty much every remix of it. I downloaded the original song the weekend my mom and I went up to UBC for recruitment. The other 10+ remixes of it were downloaded at various points during my two years in grad school.
Tucson: Fun.’s “Some Nights.” Because.

Romney picked Paul Ryan to run as his veep. Any thoughts?
I don’t know. I don’t know anything about Ryan because I’ve been news deprived for quite a bit due to the move.

Have you ever written a song?
Yes.

Have you ever been in the opposite sex’s public toilet?
Haha. Yes. Elementary school shenanigans.

Are you superstitious?
About some things, yes. But I’m better than I used to be. Haha, I used to wear the same outfit on test days because I thought it made me perform better.

What’s the most daring thing you’ve done?
Probably sky diving.

Did you have a baby blanket? Do you still sleep with it?
I did, but I haven’t used it since I was a kid.

Have you ever tried to cut your own hair? If yes, how’d it work out?
Dudes, nobody else is allowed to TOUCH my hair. I have perfected the art of the straight bang cut.

Have you ever sleepwalked?
I don’t think so.

What is your dream car?
One of those plastic back Jeeps of pure awesomeness.

What is your favorite cartoon of all time?
Cartoon as in “kid’s show” or cartoon as in “animated show”?
Kid’s show: Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy.
Animated show: freaking Metalocalypse, yo. I love that show so much. Hahaha, and it’s so completely different than Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy.

If you were in a car sinking in a lake, what would you do first?
Have a tea party.

Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Indeed.

How many foreign countries have you visited?
I’ve lived in Canada. I’ve visited England, Sweden, and Finland.

If you fell into quicksand, would you try to swim or try to float?
I’ve read that you should try to lean back so that you’re lying on your back.

Do you talk in your sleep?
I don’t think so.

Have you ever slipped in the bathtub?
Probably. I don’t remember any specific time, though.

If you could invite any movie star to your home for dinner, who would it be?
Tom Hanks. I like him, he’s cool.

Have you ever re-gifted?
I don’t think so.

If you could attend an Olympic Event, what would it be?
I think men’s figure skating is the most badass Olympic sport ever.

If you could participate in an Olympic Event, what would it be?
When I was a kid I wanted to be a long jumper. I was damn good at it, too.

If you won a $5,000 shopping spree to any store, which store would you pick?
Haha, probably something like Wal-Mart. Variety of stuff.

What do you think is your best feature?
My immune system? I dunno.

If you were to win an Oscar, what kind of movie would it be for?
Some sort of horribly unscientific disaster movie. ‘Cause those are the only good movies. Atomic Train II: This Time it’s Plutonium.

Which of the five senses is most important to you?
IT’S TOTALLY MY SENSE OF SMELL GUYS, YOU KNOW IT

Would you be a more successful painter or singer?
I can neither paint NOR sing, but I think I’d enjoy singing a little more, so singing.

How many years will/did you end up going to college?
This is a very complicated question for me, hahaha.

Have you ever had surgery?
Indeed. Appendectomy and wisdom teeth removal.

What do you like to collect?
Useless facts.

How many collectibles do you have?
I don’t really have any, I don’t think .