Qs 1-49

THE 5000 QUESTION SURVEY Version 2.0
The entire survey is available here.


1. Who are you? a person

2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you? I don't like stupidity, I'm loyal, and I'm intelligent.


3. Who did you take this survey from? (the entire survey is available here.)

When you aren't filling out 5000 question surveys, what are you doing? Working.

4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time). English, History, Science, Math

5. What is your biggest goal for this year? Blog daily and clean the house.

6. Where do you want to be in 5 years? Debt-free

7. What stage of life are you in right now? mid-30s, still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

8. Are you more child-like or childish? childish

9. What is the last thing you said out loud? I laughed.

10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now? "Who Knew," by Pink.

11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes? no

12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same? stay the same

13. Does time really heal all wounds? Yes, thankfully.

14. How do you handle a rainy day? sleep

15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights? losing luggage

16. How is your relationship with your parents? decent

Will you miss them when they are gone? yes

17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you? not really

18. What is the truest thing that you know? Dogs love you no matter what.

19. What did you want to be when you grew up? a teacher

20. Have you ever been given a second chance? yes, many second chances

21. Are you more of a giver or a taker? taker

22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind? I try to.

23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you? childbirth

24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you? not answering this one

25. Who have you hugged today? my DD

26. Who has done something today to show they care about you? DH warmed up my car for me this morning

27. Do you have a lot to learn? probably

28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?

A knitting

B violin

C piano

29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel? how they make me feel

30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship? COMMUNICATION

31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?

A see the Grand Canyon

B watch DD get married

C publish a book

32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?

A paying bills

B having elective surgery

C ????

33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause? adoption

34. What does each decade make you think of:

The 19..

20's: flappers

30's: Depression

40's: World War II

50's: Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie & Harriet

60's: Free love

70's: Disco

80's: Yuppies, big hair, metal bands

90's: grunge rock, college days

2000 (so far): technology, internet

2010's: more people will want to return to simpler times

35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why? 1990s. I graduated from HS in 1990 and college in 1994. I spent my twenties in the 1990s.

36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song? "Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger

37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country? USA, the moron

If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be? You're a moron.

38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night? Food network

39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why? ??? Maleficent

40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout? nope

41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat? fly

42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night? Day = reflection of sun off of atmosphere; night = absence of sun

43. What does your name mean? it has no meaning

44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space? neither!

45. Word association

What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:

Air: plane

Meat: popsicle

Different: ideas

Pink: pepto

Deserve: me

White: socks

Elvis: lives

Magic: rocks

Heart: shaped

Clash: band

Pulp: fiction

46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be? ANNE FRANK

47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive? any holocaust survivor

48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday? "Tremors"

49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do? Plenty of books to read and my journal to write in and an extra pen or two.

Xmas Survey

Survey About Christmas Habits

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper (bags
for bottles etc)

2. Real tree or artificial? Artificial

3. When do you put up the tree? Normally right after Thanksgiving, or first week of December

4. When do you take the tree down? After the new year

5. Do you like eggnog? never had it


6. Favorite gift received as a child? Bruce Springsteen, Live 75-85 boxed set

7. Do you have a nativity scene? yes, but we didn't set it up this year

8. Hardest person to buy for? My nephew

9. Easiest person to buy for? my DD

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? My grandmother once sent us these horrible western-style shirts that were in style at the time (late 1980s). Let's just say they didn't fit and were the ugliest things I'd ever seen.

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail by far

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? "A Christmas Story"

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? November

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Yes, and going to again this year, too.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? deviled eggs

16. White lights or colored on the tree? colored, and preferably twinkling

17. Favorite Christmas song? Merry Christmas Baby, Santa Claus is Coming to Town

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? stay HOME

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? yes

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Santa!

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Family
on X-mas Eve and santa's on X-mas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? crowded stores and the constant commercials to buy MORE MORE MORE

23. What I love most about Christmas day? DD's face when she opens her gifts from Santa

D28 -- 50 Year-End Questions

(read last year's entry; survey originally from an Yahoo e-list)

> What are your resolutions/good intentions for the New Year?

I have several. I will write about them in a separate entry.

> What happened in your life that you never expected to happen?

My depression seemed to lift.

> What is one thing you did that you have never done before?

I really didn't do anything that I haven't done before, except try to follow through with goals.

> What were your biggest achievements?

Completing NaNoWriMo 2006 with over 55,000 words.

> What were your biggest challenges?

Getting the kid to eat without an argument.

> What is your biggest regret?

Not spending enough time with my kid because I was too drained at the end of the day.

> When were you happiest?

When I was following through on my goals.

> Who was your best friend?

My DH

> Who surprised you this year? In what way?

I'm too cynical to be surprised.

> Who did you admire most this year?

????

> Who were you in love with?

My dogs

> What was the most important lesson you learned?

Time really does heal all wounds.

> What was your favorite TV show?

"Lost" and "Battlestar Galactica"

> What was your favorite film?

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

> What was your favorite book?

There were no really great books I would single out as a favorite this year.

> What was your favorite food?

chocolate Hershey candy bars

> What was your favorite song?

"Breathe (3 a.m.)" by Ana Nalick, I guess

> What were your favorite phrases?

???

> What did you do for your Birthday?

I don't even remember what I did on my birthday.

> Which was your favorite Holiday?

Christmas

> What was the best gift you gave?

PotC: DMC video to DH

> What was the best gift you received?

Postsecret.com's book "My Secret"

> What did someone say to you that surprised you?

????

> What was your hobby?

Keeping a journal

> What new discoveries did you make?

That I am still going to be okay.

> What was your guilty pleasure for the year?

chocolate Hershey bars

> What did you do on an average day?

Work.

> What was your fashion like?

Same stuff I've worn for years

> What was your career/job like?

same

> Did you make more/less/same amount than the previous year?

same

> What new skills did you learn this year?

none

> What do you think was your most valuable contribution?

Helping DD learn to read

> What lesson(s) did you learn about yourself?

That I would change nothing, and that where I am is where I want to be

> What were the most significant events of the past year?

????

> What were you afraid of?

Falling apart.

> What was your most memorable journey?

to Evansville, IN, for my cousin's wedding

> Which did you do more of? Smile or cry?

Neither.

> Did you make any new friends?

No.

> Did you lose any old friends?

No.

> Did you have any births/deaths in your family?

Two of my friends had babies; one of the friends lost her mother in November.

> Did you fall in love/out of love?

No.

> What is your newest tech item?

???

> What was your most extravagant purchase?

I tried not be extravagant this year.

> What should you have done more of?

played with DD

> What should you have done less of?

feeling angry; arguing

> What made the biggest difference in your life?

Realizing where I belong.

> What gave you joy?

Finding my passions again.

> What made you sad?

The monthly Crazies

> What is your motto for the year?

2005: Glad I'm Still Alive (I think)
2006: A New Hope
2007: My Year of Victory