Let yourself go

Because everyone else has done it now, and I'm feeling too uninspired to actually write anything:

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	Liz
Birthday:	24/09/66
Birthplace:	Bloomington, Indiana
Current Location:	Bournemouth, South Coast UK
Eye Color:	Brown
Hair Color:	Reddish brown
Height:	5'5"
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Right
Your Heritage:	Iranian/Scots/English
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Dr Marten Boots
Your Weakness:	Unable to resist temptation
Your Fears:	The damage I can do if I get out of control
Your Perfect Pizza:	Deep pan, ham, mushrooms, olives, garlic
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	A more balanced online/offline social life
Thoughts First Waking Up:	All right, all right, I'll let you out to pee - don't whine...don't bark, you fuckers!
Your Best Physical Feature:	Eyes, neck and chest
Your Bedtime:	As soon as the Internet stops entertaining me
Your Most Missed Memory:	Never mind
Pepsi or Coke:	Neither
MacDonalds or Burger King:	Usually neither, but if I have a junk craving BK is better
Single or Group Dates:	Either could work
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Neither. Coffee.
Chocolate or Vanilla:	We're talking flavouring? In that case, vanilla.
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Both
Do you Smoke:	Like a forest fire
Do you Swear:	Like a soldier
Do you Sing:	Often but not well
Do you Shower Daily:	New flat has no shower. I do, however, wash daily.
Have you Been in Love:	One big one, many smaller ones.
Do you want to go to College:	Not really. Maybe some time.
Do you want to get Married:	Not again, no.
Do you believe in yourself:	If I didn't, who the fuck else would?
Do you get Motion Sickness:	No
Do you think you are Attractive:	Sometimes.
Are you a Health Freak:	Absolutely not.
Do you get along with your Parents:	Usually.
Do you like Thunderstorms:	Yes.
Do you play an Instrument:	If I made a joke here about playing the silent flute, how many of you would get it?
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	Yes
In the past month have you Smoked:	Yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	The occasional joint
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	I live almost on top of one and get my groceries there
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	No
In the past month have you been on Stage:	No
In the past month have you been Dumped:	No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	In Britain in winter? Not that much of a masochist, thanks.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	No.
Ever been Drunk:	Yes
Ever been called a Tease:	No
Ever been Beaten up:	No
Ever Shoplifted:	Plenty, but not in the last five years.
How do you want to Die:	Unexpectedly and fast
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	I'm never going to grow up
What country would you most like to Visit:	The US, the Falkland Islands, Australia, New Zealand
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:	Really doesn't matter.
Favourite Hair Color:	See above
Short or Long Hair:	Whatever suits them best. Long looks nice - short feels nice
Height:	Really doesn't matter
Weight:	Doesn't matter much. I might hesitate if they were big enough to make two of me.
Best Clothing Style:	Whatever they feel most attractive and confident in
Number of Drugs I have taken:	Ack. I never tried hallucinogens or GHB - I think I went through everything else, though
Number of CDs I own:	Not nearly enough
Number of Piercings:	Four in each ear
Number of Tattoos:	None yet. Been wanting one for a long time.
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	I never allow myself to regret anything. That way lies madness. What happens stays happened.
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

Let yourself go

Because everyone else has done it now, and I'm feeling too uninspired to actually write anything:

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	Liz
Birthday:	24/09/66
Birthplace:	Bloomington, Indiana
Current Location:	Bournemouth, South Coast UK
Eye Color:	Brown
Hair Color:	Reddish brown
Height:	5'5"
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Right
Your Heritage:	Iranian/Scots/English
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Dr Marten Boots
Your Weakness:	Unable to resist temptation
Your Fears:	The damage I can do if I get out of control
Your Perfect Pizza:	Deep pan, ham, mushrooms, olives, garlic
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	A more balanced online/offline social life
Thoughts First Waking Up:	All right, all right, I'll let you out to pee - don't whine...don't bark, you fuckers!
Your Best Physical Feature:	Eyes, neck and chest
Your Bedtime:	As soon as the Internet stops entertaining me
Your Most Missed Memory:	Never mind
Pepsi or Coke:	Neither
MacDonalds or Burger King:	Usually neither, but if I have a junk craving BK is better
Single or Group Dates:	Either could work
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Neither. Coffee.
Chocolate or Vanilla:	We're talking flavouring? In that case, vanilla.
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Both
Do you Smoke:	Like a forest fire
Do you Swear:	Like a soldier
Do you Sing:	Often but not well
Do you Shower Daily:	New flat has no shower. I do, however, wash daily.
Have you Been in Love:	One big one, many smaller ones.
Do you want to go to College:	Not really. Maybe some time.
Do you want to get Married:	Not again, no.
Do you believe in yourself:	If I didn't, who the fuck else would?
Do you get Motion Sickness:	No
Do you think you are Attractive:	Sometimes.
Are you a Health Freak:	Absolutely not.
Do you get along with your Parents:	Usually.
Do you like Thunderstorms:	Yes.
Do you play an Instrument:	If I made a joke here about playing the silent flute, how many of you would get it?
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	Yes
In the past month have you Smoked:	Yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	The occasional joint
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	I live almost on top of one and get my groceries there
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	No
In the past month have you been on Stage:	No
In the past month have you been Dumped:	No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	In Britain in winter? Not that much of a masochist, thanks.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	No.
Ever been Drunk:	Yes
Ever been called a Tease:	No
Ever been Beaten up:	No
Ever Shoplifted:	Plenty, but not in the last five years.
How do you want to Die:	Unexpectedly and fast
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	I'm never going to grow up
What country would you most like to Visit:	The US, the Falkland Islands, Australia, New Zealand
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:	Really doesn't matter.
Favourite Hair Color:	See above
Short or Long Hair:	Whatever suits them best. Long looks nice - short feels nice
Height:	Really doesn't matter
Weight:	Doesn't matter much. I might hesitate if they were big enough to make two of me.
Best Clothing Style:	Whatever they feel most attractive and confident in
Number of Drugs I have taken:	Ack. I never tried hallucinogens or GHB - I think I went through everything else, though
Number of CDs I own:	Not nearly enough
Number of Piercings:	Four in each ear
Number of Tattoos:	None yet. Been wanting one for a long time.
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	I never allow myself to regret anything. That way lies madness. What happens stays happened.
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

If I die...

If I die, survive me with such sheer force
that you waken the furies of the pallid and the cold,
from south to south lift your indelible eyes,
from sun to sun dream through your singing mouth.
I don't want your laughter or your steps to waver,
I don't want my heritage of joy to die.
Don't call up my person. I am absent.
Live in my absence as if in a house.
Absence is a house so vast
that inside you will pass through its walls
and hang pictures on the air
Absence is a house so transparent
that I, lifeless, will see you, living,
and if you suffer, my love, I will die again.

- Pablo Neruda

Posted in greatpoets today.

I've never had words hit me so hard in my life. I had to copy it here.

If I die...

If I die, survive me with such sheer force
that you waken the furies of the pallid and the cold,
from south to south lift your indelible eyes,
from sun to sun dream through your singing mouth.
I don't want your laughter or your steps to waver,
I don't want my heritage of joy to die.
Don't call up my person. I am absent.
Live in my absence as if in a house.
Absence is a house so vast
that inside you will pass through its walls
and hang pictures on the air
Absence is a house so transparent
that I, lifeless, will see you, living,
and if you suffer, my love, I will die again.

- Pablo Neruda

Posted in greatpoets today.

I've never had words hit me so hard in my life. I had to copy it here.