Swiping the questions from Auntie
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cupcake_goth for old time's sake. Used to do these like this, instead of "post all the questions and then people have to bug you in the inbox", before tumblr came around.
How old are you? I'm 30. Nice round number. I like it.
Tattoos?
Two.
-A small airplane silhouette over my left collarbone, placed to turn my surgical scar into a contrail. Several references tied into one in that, but the main inspiration was for the Sonata Arctica song Fly Navigate Communicate, which is my favorite they've done yet. Also a reminder to keep my priorities straight -- it's more important to stay in the air and get where I'm trying to go than it is to explain myself.
- On my right ankle, the image of a loose quartz bead. Reference to the book Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, which literally saved my life.
Future tattoo plans include expanding the ankle tat to include a silhouette of a fancy key, to expand upon the reference, a stained-glass style rose on my left calf, and a multi-part backpiece that extends over my right shoulder. I've also been kicking around some ideas for what to do with thigh space, and a possible idea for a small sternum tat.
Ever hit a deer?Nope.
Ridden in an ambulance?
Every time I've needed medical attention that critically I've already been where I needed to be to get it, or close enough that no vehicular transport was necessary.
(turns out I'm very sensitive to surgical anesthesia and what should be a normal dose for someone my size is, for me, an overdose requiring interventions)
Sang karaoke?Very much. One of my favorite social activities!
Ice skated?Used to be moderately good. No fancy tricks or anything but had good speed & maneuverability at least, and tended not to fall. That "not falling on ice" skill remains, at least, I haven't hit the ground slipping on ice in long enough that I don't even remember when the last time it happened was, and I'm certain it's been years at least. Despite living where really slick ice patches on surfaces I have to walk across occur very frequently.
Ridden a motorcycle?
I once tried to get a motorcycle license, but what I had was really more of a motor scooter, not a proper motorcycle, and I hated it. Damn thing had NO get-up-and-go whatsoever, trying to get it moving on even a slight upslope was ridiculously impossible.
Also once got invited to ride along on the back with a friend who rode a proper motorcycle, and that was a
terrifying experience.
Stayed in hospital? One overnight, thanks to the aforementioned anesthesia overdose thing. Was supposed to be an outpatient surgery, but they ended up needing to keep me overnight for observation to make sure I didn't stop breathing in my sleep or something.
Skipped school? A few times. Never got in trouble for it, but also didn't make it a habit, and was careful not to skip any classes I actually needed to show up to for tests etc. General good record worked in my favor, everyone just ended up assuming that whichever classes I'd skipped were just that the teacher botched the roll call or something. And the time I skipped a whole day I just impersonated my mom to call myself in sick, we sound so alike over the phone that even family can't tell us apart by voice.
Last phone call?The last call I made was for a haircut appointment. Last call I received was my boss, just routine work stuff.
Last text from?A bar regular, about someone else being a dipshit on Facebook.
Watched someone die?No humans. Pets though, yes. And when I was about 4 years old I saw another kid fall off the swings at the park and break her neck, I never found out how she ended up faring (still wonder about that sometimes) but she was at least alive when the paramedics took her away.
That got dark. Let's lighten things up?
Pepsi or Coke?Neither, both are gross, though I'll tolerate either for the sake of a caffeine fix if that's all that's available and I need to treat a migraine.
Favourite pie? Blueberry. But it's gotta be my mom's blueberry, none of that oversweetened store-bought crap.
Favourite pizza? I can't pick a favorite pizza, the entire
point of pizza is that there are so many options!
That said, I tend to favor white sauce, and my standard Domino's order involves chicken, mushrooms, and olives.
Favourite season?Summer, I hate being cold and I enjoy gardening. My opinions might differ if I lived somewhere with a more reasonable climate, though, where "spring" isn't just "muddy, and still cold" and "fall" isn't just "all the spiders come inside because it's cold out again
already".
Broken bones?One wrist fracture as a kid, obtained by falling off of playground equipment.
Received a ticket?
Never. I was reprimanded by cops for being in the park after dark one time, but they let me and my friends off with a warning. Never got caught at any of my other minor illegal activities, though I did have some
very close calls that illustrate the value of a good poker face and a calculated bluff.
...of course if you mean like CONCERT tickets... I've had my fair share of
those.
Favorite color?The blue/purple/red range.
Sunset or sunrise?Both are lovely, but my current work schedule and also general sleep-time preferences put me solidly in the sunset camp, for what I actually am awake to see on any kind of regular basis.
