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- I've been having more "stress dreams" about this year's Anthrocon. 3 or 4 since the beginning of the month. They usually consist of things going horribly wrong. Such as running into a blizzard on the way to Pittsburgh.

- I caved and got a MySpace account, since it seems to be the "in" thing among my old classmates from high school: http://www.myspace.com/douglasmuth

- Also, [info]nonsanity pointed out today that as of Monday the 29th, free accounts will no longer get a weekly allowance of their virtual money. So if you want to sign up for an account there, NOW is the time to do it. You don't even need a credit card, they can just send an SMS message to your cellphone to verify your identity. Then just log on to the account for 5 minutes per week to get the alloance.

I can be found on SL as "Giza Sonic", though I don't think I'll be using it much before Anthrocon.

That's all the news for now!

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...has been very busy! Here's what I did:

- I hit the gym twice over the weekend.

- I watched a few episodes of House and Bullshit Season 4. Their episode on the Boy Scouts rocked. And this is coming from an Eagle Scout, mind you.

- On Sunday, [info]unclekage and I sent out a bunch of Anthrocon registrations:

- Earlier today, I marched in Ardmore's Memorial Day Parade with Save Ardmore Coalition. My parental units came down to watch. The best line was before the parade started when my father asked me, "Uh, is this is a Pride Parade?" No Dad, it is not a Pride Parade.

Right now, I'm hanging out at my parents' place for our Memorial Day picnic, followed by Memorial Day beer. Whee!

Oh, and here's a great parody of a car commercial: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5569025972955988971 It's what car dealers would REALLY like to say. (Caution: Contains profanity)

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From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5036618.stm:

Eight previously unknown invertebrate creatures have been discovered in an underwater cave in central Israel.

The largest is a white shrimp-like crustacean. Another resembles a species of scorpion and is blind.

The cave was uncovered during drilling at a quarry close to Tel Aviv.

Scientists say it is a unique ecosystem that has been sealed off from the world for five million years and could contain other ancient lifeforms.

"The uniqueness is of the environmental conditions and of the palaeohistory," said Dr Hanan Dimantman, a biologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

"The result of this is that the ecosystem is unique. We are sure that the eight species that were found are only the beginning of the story of this ecosystem."

The story goes on to mention that some of the species have lost their eyes due to living in total darkness over the years. Sounds like a byproduct of evolving to meet changing environmental conditions to me. I wonder what the creationists would have to say about that? :-P

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Or maybe not...

http://www.alternet.org/rights/36953/

To sum up the article, the FBI invoked the PATRIOT act and requested some library records and the affected librarians fought back in court. Even though the government's case was struck down by the judge (one of those "activist judges", no doubt), they appealed the case.

While the case was being appealed, it could not be discussed. This means that the librarians could not give testimony while congress was debating renewing the PATRIOT act. Yet mysteriously, as soon as the PATRIOT act was reauthorized by Congress, the government stopped appealing the case and only then were the librarians allowed to discuss the case in public.

Nothing like dragging on court cases to muzzle your opposition.

Also from the article, "9,254 National Security Letters were issued in 2005 involving 3,501 people." I leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine if there are 3,501 library card carrying terrorists in this country or not.

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Awhile back, I learned the hard way that if you submit a form generated by Drupal's webform module from behind a proxy, the IP address is really TWO IP addresses (one internal and one external), separated by a comma. This plays havoc when exporting to a comma-delimited text file.

So I wrote a patch that now allows tab-delimited (TSV) files to be exported from a webform. It can be found over here. Enjoy!

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Feele-a shereeng seete-a Zee Purete-a Bey, vheech ves clused doon fullooeeng Vednesdey's reeed by zee Svedeesh puleece-a, oopened egeeen oon Setoordey murneeng under a deefffferent neme-a: Zee Puleece-a Bey.

Zee seete's perffurmunce-a ves steell petchy et loonchteeme-a oon Setoordey, despeete-a beeeng roon frum noo serfers in Hullund effter ell zee Svedeesh iqooeepment ves cunffeesceted. Bork! Bork!

Zee reeed, vheech ves cerreeed oooot et husteeng cumpuneees in Stuckhulm, F?stmunlund und F?stra G?telund tergeted oone-a ooff zee vurld's lergest seetes fur shereeng mooseec, gemes und cumpooter prugremmes.

It ves prumpted by a cumpleeent tu puleece-a frum Unteepuretbyr?n, vheech represents zee Svedeesh feelm und mooseec indoostreees' cupyreeght interests. Bork! Bork! Bork!

Un infesteegeshun egeeenst Zee Purete-a Bey hes beee oongueeng fur munths. "Ve-a beleeefe-a thet ve-a veell be-a fuoond nut gooeelty," seeed Fredreek Neeej, oone-a ooff thuse-a roonneeng Zee Purete-a Bey, tu Ixpressee. "Ve-a ere-a gueeng tu cunteenooe-a unteel zee ferdeect cumes. A-yup!"

Source: Slashdot

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I normally junk all of the spam I get. But, I've been getting ~100 pieces of spam a day recently, so I decided to take a closer look at it.

It turned out that over half of my spam was coming into my suespammers.org and spamcon.org email addresses. I promptly had those turned off since I stepped down from SpamCon way back in January and no longer had any involvement in the organization. Once I turned that off, I got 41 pieces of spam during the next 24 hours. Of that spam load, here's the backdown:

- 8 pieces of spam came in to various Anthrocon addresses that forward to me. And this is with me using a number of blacklists on the mailserver!

- Exactly 1 piece of spam was sent to one of my CAUCE addresses. I think I need to see what blacklists John Levine is using!

- NO pieces of spam were sent to any of my SpamEx email addresses. I can only assume that the professional spammers have caught on to SpamEx and remove those addresses from their lists.

- The remainder of my spam was sent directly to my Gmail account, and Google caught it all.

So, I guess what I learned from this is that SpamEx addresses do not seem to get spammed very much. (And even if they do, I can always turn off the address in question.)

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I just saw Xmen 3. While not the best movie I've seen, I think it was worth the $9.50 I spent. I wish it could have been a little longer, I wouldn't have minded seeing the plot fleshed out a little and more of the characters.

Those of you who have seen it, I hope you stayed through to the end of the credits. If you have, you'll understand why I started laughing when another guy in the theater quoted The Juggernaut and said, "Your weapons cannot harm me!"

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So... I was minding my business on Saturday afternoon, when all of a sudden, my UPS, an APC LS500UC starts feaking out. It wasn't the normal kind of beeping that I get it goes on battery, so I went under my desk to check it out. Turns out that the "replace battery" light was on. I did some experimenting and discovered that it could run off of the battery, and a few reboots later, the light and alarm went off.

I checked on APC's website and discovered that when the "battery fail" light goes on, the battery should be replaced in "2 to 4 weeks". I then checked out pricing for a replacement battery, weighed that against the odds that my battery might give out before it arrives, and decided to just get a new UPS instead.

So, one trip to Micro Center and $63.59 later, I now have a Back-UPS 725 ES. I replaced the LS500 with it and moved the LS 500 over to my TV and Play Station 2, so I can now play Sly Cooper during brownouts and thunderstorms! (And when that battery does fail, it's just $30 for a new one)

I also, for the first time ever, tried out the USB interface for the UPS. I plugged it into my Powerbook, and it just... worked. I saw a second battery icon appearing next to the laptop's battery icon, and a second percentage charge appeared too. I unplugged the UPS and my Powerbook automatically displayed a dialogue box AND wrote a line to syslog. How cool is that?

Also, Happy Yerfday [info]nidonocu!

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Here's an awesome article from BoingBoing regarding Wikis versus standard methods of publication:

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/11/correcting_the_recor.html

The author asserts in the article that one big advantage of Wikis is that it is very easy to fix errors in them. Plus, there is total transparency; you can see who did what in terms of changes to an article and when these changes were made.

Also, for those of you who are old enough to remember the movie "Little Shop of Horrors", there was originally a very unhappy version of the ending of the movie. It's available here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AG8TmVNSZbE

Be advised that the scenes are rather graphic and disturbing.

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Just to remind folks there are some VERY affordable places to park for this year's Anthrocon.

At 11th & Smallman, there is an outdoor parking lot with 450 spaces. The cost is $7.00 per day.

At 15th & Smallman, there is a gigantic lot with 1500 spaces, plus room for larger vehicles, such as buses, RVs, and even trucks! Their daily rate for cars if $5.00 per day, with a higher fee for busses, RVs, and trucks.

Here is a satellite view that shows the parking lots relative to The Westin Hotel and the Convention Center:

There is even MORE parking space to the NorthEast of that picture. A fully scrollable map is available on on Google Maps.

In addition to these two lots, there are several others available. For the complete list and additional details, please visit our parking page at: http://www.anthrocon.org/parking

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION

AVISTA MANAGEMENT, INC., d/b/a Avista Plex, Inc.,

Plaintiff,

-vs-

WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

______________________________________

ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion to designate location of a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition (Doc. 105). Upon consideration of the Motion ? the latest in a series of Gordian knots that the parties have been unable to untangle without enlisting the assistance of the federal courts ? it is

ORDERED that said Motion is DENIED. Instead, the Court will fashion a new form of alternative dispute resolution, to wit: at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, June 30, 2006, counsel shall convene at a neutral site agreeable to both parties. If counsel cannot agree on a neutral site, they shall meet on the front steps of the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, 801 North Florida Ave., Tampa, Florida 33602. Each lawyer shall be entitled to be accompanied by one paralegal who shall act as an attendant and witness. At that time and location, counsel shall engage in one (1) game of "rock, paper, scissors." The winner of this engagement shall be entitled to select the location for the 30(b)(6) deposition to be held somewhere in Hillsborough County during the period July 11-12, 2006. If either party disputes the outcome of this engagement, an appeal may be filed and a hearing will be held at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, July 7, 2006 before the undersigned in Courtroom 3, George C. Young United States Courthouse and Federal Building, 80 North Hughey Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801.

DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Orlando, Florida on June 6, 2006.

Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record

The article about what led to this sort of a court order being issued can be read on CNN Money.

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Wow. I checked LJ today and saw that the first 5 posts on my Friends list were about AC.

I spent most of the weekend making photocopies, photocopies, and more photocopies of Ops-related stuff for the con. Also watched posts come into the forums in real time, which is kinda strange. (They're still coming in, BTW)

In less than 48 hours, I will be on the road to taking over Pittsburgh. I'm not nearly as stressed as I was last year, but I am somewhat keyed up and nervous, in a positive sort of way. With a new hotel and a new location, we're going to have all sorts of things to learn, so it'll sure be interesting.

For those who haven't seen X3 yet, they really do use the line, "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" in it. Here are the clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w74h4VyC0E (Taken in a theatre. Great audience reaction)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhG0Syze2jk (Higher quality rip)

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Here's my Anthrocon schedule:

Tuesday:
- Evening: Pack up art show panels

Wednesday:
- Morning: Depart for Pittsburgh
- Late afternoon: arriving in Pittsburgh. Stopping at storage locker, then going to Westin
- 6 PM: Meeting with the Westin and Convention Center

Thursday:
- 9 AM - 6 PM: Working in Ops
- 8 PM: Dinner with the Guests
- 11 PM: Staff meeting

Friday:
- 9 AM - 6 PM: Working in Ops
- 8 PM: WikiFur Meetup

Saturday:
- 9 AM - 6 PM: Working in Ops

Sunday:
- 9 AM - 6 PM: Working in Ops
- 7 PM: Staff dinner
- Evening: Probably packing stuff up

Monday:
- Morning: Post-con meeting with hotel/checkout
- Afternoon: Return to Philly

I plan to take off for up to an hour for lunch on days when I'm in Ops. (did I hear somebody say "Sushi"?) Other than that, my main period of free time will be on Saturday night; I plan on using that time to hang with folks and generally just chill out.

If you say Hi to me while I'm walking down the hall and I don't recognize you, it's not because I'm being mean, it's probably because I'm in the middle of doing something and didn't hear you. Sorry.

4 more posts in the forums since my last post. Whoa.

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Wow. Just wow. All things considered, I think the move to Pittsburgh went amazingly well. I couldn't have asked for a finer Operations Staff or hotel and convention center staff to work with.

We made Friday night news for every major TV station in town, and were written about in both major newspapers. All coverage that I saw was either neutral or better.

Total attendance was 2,489 people, which breaks our previous record. Simply amazing.

I spent less time in the Ops Office this year and more time out visiting places like the Dealers' Room and Artists Alley. This cut down on my stress level considerably and made this one of the least stressful Anthrocons for me in recent years.

Here's my random list of cool things that happened during the con:

  • The Dorsai Irregulars. They provided our security again this year and did a wonderful job. When situations came up, they handled them appropriately. I'd specifically like to thank James Walton and his accomplices who opened up the Operations Office on Wednesday and coordinated volunteers for unloading the storage locker.
  • The wonderful Operations Staff for keeping things running smoothly. [info]swift_fox, [info]mach, [info]tchall, [info]kellicjtiger (Excellent work at keeping on those Nextel people!), [info]evil_dwagon, and Decker (dude, get an LJ already!). The Dorsai also pitched in during the off hours.
  • Jamie Andrade at the Westin Hotel. She was a pleasure to deal with and was very responsive to any issues that came up. She also did a great job of advising us when issues with our attendees came up. She also has the abilities of both clairvoyance and teleportation. Most impressive!
  • The city of Pittsburgh. They did a great job at making us feel welcome! For example, many local businesses made it clear that attendees of Anthrocon were welcome.
  • [info]duncandahusky and [info]takaza for busting their butts at the Con Store and Artists Alley.
  • I got sketchbook art from [info]mharpold8. Woo!
  • I got sketchbook art from [info]xianjaguar. Woo!
  • The WikiFur room party. It was great to meet some of the other Wikifurries in person and hang out.
  • Two words: chocolate vodka
  • Two more: Renamon fursuit
  • Elevators that didn't completely break down on us.
  • Diane Duane. She grew up not too far from where I live now. We found many things to talk about!
  • Nextel radios. These worked amazingly well, and gave us the ability to speak directly to any staff member without having to broadcast the conversation over the radio.
  • [info]tugrik and [info]revar for doing free photos of fursuiters during the convention. Their setup was amazing and the photos were in incredibly high quality. They also did a great job of covering the fursuit parade with a single photo for every fursuiter. We SO want you guys back next year!
  • All of our wonderful volunteers who helped with setup and teardown. You guys know who you are!
  • Yappy Fox's ham radio panel. The Foxhunt was a lot of fun, and I learned some tricks for signal tracking. It was also kinda neat walking around Hall C with 10 other people who had radios and yagi antennas.
  • Some people said the con space was "too big". I disagree. I think it was "big enough". There were some people at the convention whom I did not care to see, and I did not see them.

Of course, there were some things that weren't so fun. Not all of these were any person's fault. Some of them were just byproducts of having our first year at a new location.

  • Being delayed on leaving Pittsburgh on Monday, causing us to get back in town very late.
  • Getting a little heat exhaustion when unloading art show panels. (I drank some water and sat indoors for awhile and got better)
  • The guy who came into the Ops Office and swore at me. :-(
  • My very first blister from walking too much at a con.
  • The Westin hotel removing signs from doors. Apparently their concern was that the doors were being damaged, and this concern was proved valid because a few inconsiderate people used duct tape to attach their signs. DUCT TAPE!! Anyway, the signs were turned in at the Ops Office and are now in Lost and Found, BTW. Please write if you'd like us to search for yours.
  • We got some complaints that businesses closed early and that our dining guide wasn't as good as it could have been. We'll work on these things for next year.

Anthrocon 2007 will be held in the same location from July 5th to 8th, 2007. You can register for the con over here.

Also, if you attended Anthrocon 2006, we'd appreciate it if you could fill out our post-con survey at: http://www.anthrocon.org/survey

I have close to 200 pictures to go through before posting the better ones. And thanks to my camera malfunctioning, some of the ones taken in very bright light came out with horizontal white lines (probably from over exposure). Oops.

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Me: *farts*
Co-worker D: Dammit Doug, I'm bringing in a car air freshner tomorrow!
Me: Bad idea. I tried that before, and the overpowering smell made me dizzy.
Co-worker M: Better you than us.
Me: Wait... are you saying that my farts are making you dizzy?
Co-worker M: I'm not going to confirm or deny that. If I deny it, it'll just encourage you to do it more, and if I confirm it, you'll write about this in LiveJournal.
Me: *sound of typing* TOO LATE!

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According to to Senator Specter, burning the US Flag is comparable to child porn. No really:

> A vote is expected this week, before the Fourth of July congressional recess.
>
> Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, compared the measure to Supreme
> Court decisions banning so-called "fighting words," slander, libel, obscenity and pornography
> involving children. As such, he said, it has no "social value."

And here's another enlightened comment from Senator Facist:

> "Flag burning is a form of expression that is spiteful or vengeful," the five-term Pennsylvania
> Republican said. "It is designed to hurt. It is not designed to persuade."

...and your point is? It's called free expression, dumbass. The First Amendment doesn't stop at things that offend you, you narrow minded twit!

But I will give the Republicans credit where credit is due. Senator McConnell has the right idea:

> The amendment, however, does not have the support of the Senate's No 2. Republican,
> Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
>
> "I think the First Amendment has served us well for over 200 years. I don't think it
> needs to be altered," McConnell said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."

And Senator Leahy hits the nail on the head:

> Sen. Patrick Leahy, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, argued that burning
> the American flag was precisely the kind of speech the First Amendment is meant to protect.
>
> "The First Amendment never needs defending when it comes to popular speech," the six-term
> Vermont senator said Monday. "It's when it comes to unpopular speech that it needs defending."

Okay... so who are the morons who elected Specter? Aw, crap. He's from my state! Okay, who's running against this guy in the next election?

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So, who's going to DEXCON 9? It is being held in East Brunswick, New Jersey from July 12th to July 16th this year. Bill Hollbrook, the author of Kevin and Kell (and past Anthrocon Guest of Honor!) will be there. Among many other games, they will be holding a tabletop Kevin and Kell RPG, and the first ever Kevin and Kell LARP!

For furs who might want to attend, the staff were nice enough to offer us a discount. Enter the discount code "FURRB-10" to get $10 off full admission (Wednesday through Sunday) or "FURRB-5" to get $5 off of weekend admission (Friday night through Sunday).

See you there!

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So, I was in the middle of typing last night, and suddenly the space bar stops working on the keyboard.

Yes, the spacebar.

So I reboot my machine, but no luck. I attached the keyboard to my Powerbook, and the same thing happened. I also discovered that the left square bracket ("["), hyphen, and single quote keys stopped working too. Crazy.

I called AppleCare today and they shipped me a new keyboard with "do it yourself" instructions for "installing the new part". Heh. Since I was impatient, I walked to the nearby Apple Store and bought myself a new keyboard anyway. Now I'll have an extra keyboard to attach to my Powerbook, which isn't so bad either.

What is it with my Macs and holidays? A few days before last Thanksgiving was when the hard drive wigged out on my Powerbook.

I fully expect my Powerbook to burst into flames right before Christmas.

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Stolen from [info]drzarron who in turn stole it from [info]scs_11...

Bop back in time in 10 year leaps. What was happening in your life that year?

10 years ago: I was just starting business school. I lived with the parental units and worked as a dishwasher at a local country club on evenings and weekends. I wanted to research computer viruses for a living. I was a fanboy of Vesselin Bontchev.

20 years ago: School had just let out for the summer and I was getting ready to go into 4th grade, I think. I watched several hours of TV each day, including things like Thundercats, Transformers and MASK. I also rode my bike a lot and tried to avoid getting picked on by the other kids.

30 years ago: I was busy trying to claw my way out of my Mother's uterus. She was eating lots of seafood at the time, presumably too quiet me down.

40 years ago: I think my father had just joined the Air Force or was about to join.

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When I tried to open up my trunk tonight, I was unable to. The lights would blink but nothing else happened. I tried the button inside of the car and had the same result. Nothing I could do would get the trunk opened, and I had groceries in there!

Then I remembered the key on my keychain, and used it to unlock the trunk manually.

It's funny how when you get some neat new toy (keyless entry), you can become dependent on it, and forget to do things the old way.

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Flashback to the evening fo Monday, July 3rd.

I had just gotten out of work and was looking to get home so I could relax for the 4th of July Holiday. I was in Market East station waiting for the westbound R5 when suddenly the following announcement is made:

Attention all passengers. Due to downed wires, the R5 train to Bryn Mawr, Malvern, and Downingtown is not in service. Please find alternate transportation.

And that's it. No offer to help find a bus, pay for taxi fare, or any of that. Sorry folks, you are on your own. We don't care that you pay 106 dollars a month for a pass, we're still going to screw you with no notice whatsoever and not provide you with another way home.

Now, I was fortunate. I live just a few stops down the road, and was able to find a bus that evetually took me where I wanted to go. But for people who live out in zone 3, 4 or 5, they were totally screwed. I have no idea how they managed to get home, or if they were even able to get home that night.

And this is why the senior leadership at SEPTA needs to be sacked. Right now.

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(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
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✓ I miss somebody right now.  (You know who you are, spottycat.) ✓ I don't watch much TV these days.  (...except Family Guy and Penn and Teller's Bullshit) ✓ I own lots of books.  (Depending on your value for "lots", of course.)
× I wear glasses or contact lenses. ✓ I love to play video games.  (SlyCooper rocks!) × I've tried marijuana.  (I prefer the legal drugs, thanks.)
✓ I've watched porn movies.  (Yes, but only for business purposes.) × I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. ✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.  (It's much easier to keep track of what I tell people that way.)
✓ I curse sometimes.  (Often.) × I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. × I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

* * * * *

× I have broken someone's bones. ✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.  (Don't we all?) × I hate the rain.
✓ I'm paranoid at times.  (Being picked on constantly as a child can do that to you.) × I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free. × I need/want money right now.
✓ I love sushi. ✓ I talk really, really fast.  (I get pretty enthusiastic about some things.) × I have fresh breath in the morning.
× I have long hair. × I have lost money in Las Vegas. ✓ I have at least one sibling.
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S. × I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past. ✓ I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.  (It makes a great filter when doing tech support.)
× I like the way that I look. × I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months. ✓ I am usually pessimistic.  (I'll get better when Bush is out of office.)
✓ I have a lot of mood swings.  (I am usually grumpy when I first wake up in the morning.) ✓ I think prostitution should be legalized.  (A woman's body is her own business.) × I slept with a roommate.
× I have a hidden talent. × I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have. × I have a lot of friends.  (Gee, there's no correct answer to this one, is there? If you say yes, you sound conceited. If say no, you're a loser.)
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex.  (...among other things.) × I enjoy talking on the phone. × I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
× I love to shop and/or window shop. ✓ I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.  (Well, I'm posting this meme there, aren't I?) × I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
✓ I have a mobile phone. × I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months. ✓ I've rejected someone before.  (There are simply some people I cannot stand to be around. Here's a hint: LEARN SOCIAL SKILLS.)
✓ I currently like/love someone. × I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. × I want to have children in the future.  (Hell no. Do you REALLY want clones of me running around? I didn't think so.)
× I have changed a diaper before. × I've called the cops on a friend before. × I'm not allergic to anything.
✓ I have a lot to learn.  (Don't we all?) × I am shy around the opposite sex. × I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
✓ I have at least 5 away messages saved. ✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before.  (Just alcohol. But, alcohol IS a drug!) × I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
× I own the "South Park" movie. × I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal. × I enjoy some country music.
✓ I would die for my best friends.  (The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one.) ✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist. × I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. × I have dated a close friend's ex. ✓ I am happy at this moment.
× I'm obsessed with guys. ✓ Democrat.  (Democrats want to make the world politically correct. That's far less terrifying than Republicans, who want to take the world over!) × Republican.
× I don't even know what I am. × I am punk rockish. × I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
× I study for tests most of the time. × I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met. × I can work on a car.
✓ I love my job(s). ✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now. × I have more than just my ears pierced.
× I walk barefoot wherever I can. ✓ I have jumped off a bridge.  (Yes,but it was a very short bridge.) × I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup. × I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.  (I already have achieved my goal: being self-sufficient.) × I am proficient on a musical instrument.
× I hate office jobs. × I went to college out of state. × I am adopted.
× I am a pyro. × I have thrown up from crying too much. ✓ I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.  (Yeah, that sucked. But I feel better now.)
× I fall for the worst people. × I adore bright colours. × I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays. × I can pick up things with my toes. × I can't whistle.
✓ I have ridden/owned a horse.  (One of the cool things I got out of being a Boy Scout.) × I still have every journal I've ever written in. × I talk in my sleep.
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century. × I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions. × I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo. × I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with. × I am a caffeine junkie.
× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all. × If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder. × I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
× I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner. × I'm an artist. × I am ambidextrous.
✓ I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.  (Stuffed animals are cute and cuddly.) × If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony. × I have terrible teeth.
× I hate my toes. × I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me. ✓ I have more friends on the internet than in real life.  (It's easy to make friends online. I'm not necessarily saying it's right, though.)
× I have lived in either three different states or countries. × I am extremely flexible. × I love hugs more than kisses.
× I want to own my own business. × I smoke. × I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal. × Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then. × I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
× I like the way women look in stylized men's suits. ✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.  (I don't like pissing people off when it can be avoided. It's just bad business.) × I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
× I have played strip poker with someone else before. × I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help. × I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
× I can't stand being alone. ✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time.  (I tend to get focused on things.) × I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment. ✓ I'm a judgmental asshole.  (One of my character flaws.) × I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent.  (I've been to Europe 3 times so far.) × I sometimes wish my father would just disappear. × I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
× I am a Libertarian. × I can speak more than one language. ✓ I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.  (Yep. Just ask the Dorsai.)
✓ I would rather read than watch TV.  (It's far more educational.) ✓ I like reading fact more than fiction.  (RFCs make great bedtime stories.) × I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
× I have no piercings. × I have spent the night in a train station or other public place. × I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night. × There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it. × I like most animals better than most people.  (As I kid, I used to. Animals did not tease me or call me names, you see...)
× I own a collection of retro games consoles. × The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver. × I have hit someone with a dead fish.
✓ I am compulsively honest.  (I have a guilty conscience if I lie.) × I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired. × I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex. × I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders. ✓ I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.  (It's part of being obsessive.)
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on. × I dislike milk. × I obsessively wash my hands.
✓ I always carry something significant around with me.  (My cellphone. :-)) × Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair. × I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother. × I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document. × I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time. ✓ Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.  (It's part of being a judgemental asshole, unfortunately.) × I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts. × I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing. × I don't like to chew gum.
× I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it. × I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car. × I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
× I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other. × I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly. × I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up. × I have a custom-built computer. × I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human. × I've gone skinny-dipping. × I've performed in three plays.
× I enjoy burritos. × I'm Irish and loving it. × I have a thing for redheads.
× I am a twin! × Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'. × Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes. ✓ I sleep more than 12 hours a day.  (I've done that on occasion. Happens when you stay up all night.) × I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
× I need more time to myself. × I wish I was more open-minded. × I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
× I download songs from the internet. × I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend. × I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note. × I love playing Truth or Dare. × I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone. × Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems. ✓ I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones. × I can only hate someone that I love. × I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

This was one of the more fun surveys I did. Give it a shot. It even automatically generates the lj-cut tags for you, which is way cool!

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