i'm becoming a conformist! bad nicoley, no cookie... well, maybe just one

1. Leave a comment saying you want to be interviewed.

2. I'll reply and give you five questions to answer.

3. You'll update your LJ with the five questions answered.

4. You'll include this explanation.

5. You ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.

shal's questions:

1. would you ware a guacamole green dress as maid of honor in my hypothetical wedding ?

i would wear a guacamole green outfit as person of honor in your wedding, hypothetical or otherwise.

2. what is the most borring thing you can think of?

well, Thuya: garden of boredom would be an obvious choice, or possibly sitting in a room with people talking about makeup or fashion or something (and not in a bashing die makeup die sorta way) cuz at least the garden has natureness and fresh air and whatnot. hmmm... the thing with most boring situations is that i can space out and daydream to make it less boring :p

3. why are you so violently opposed to alcohol? (50 words or less not to ranty :P)

because the idea of purposely impairing your own judgement and/or drinking until you're sick and/or knowing you'll get a hangover and/or using what amounts to a drug to feel good about yourself (or make you "relax") being preferrable to genuinely feeling these things makes absolutely no sense to me. [49 words! granted, only if you count 'and/or' as 1 word, but still!]

4. what do you really belive in?

well, this question sorta lacks a context, so i'll make up my own. i believe in the comfort of stuffed animals, the joy of kitties, and the smell of Frank's during the holiday season. i believe in the power of song, the power of peace, and a crazy little thing called imagination. i believe in sunshine and lollipops and i believe in horror and degredation. i believe in goodness and evil and i believe that there are shades of grey in between. i believe in pacifism, but i believe that we should all be able to enjoy fictional violence (so long as we distinguish between the two). i believe in harmony and friendship between all people (so long as i don't have to interact with them too much). i believe that this planet would be better off if humans had never evolved. i believe that this planet would be better off if humans had evolved better. i believe that my intestines will always screw me over, and i believe that i have to eat to live so i might as well enjoy it. i believe that hoyay is entertaining especially when it's unintentional and i believe that homosexuals should be allowed to get married. i believe in scifi and fairy tales and the things they can say about present day society. i believe in history and learning from mistakes. i believe in the future and the chance for improvement, but i also believe in the liklihood of a downhill spiral. i believe that i am sitting here right now, no matter what epistomology or The Matrix tells me. i believe in myself (at the moment) and i believe in my sister/best friend and the security of knowing she will never let me down.

5. what number do you like and why?

8, because as i learned watching the pretender the symbolic representation of the number eight is the symbol for infinity rotated 90 degrees. and i just love the concept that 8 is upright infinity.

these questions may be crappy
not at all :P

Ode to the White Colored Pencil.

So, I have finally found a use for the white colored pencil. You know the one, that sits in with all the other pencils and yet when you bring it to bear on a clean white sheet of paper, it has no color to add, no contributions like that of its blue and green siblings. So you save it and you think that maybe when you make a mistake you can color over with the white and it will look good as new. Yeah, right. But, you may think, I can always use it on colored construction paper. But poor, poor white colored pencil, they've invented gel pens which look much nicer if you have the urge to write or draw in white. But do not lose hope, white colored pencil! For I have found a use to which you are perfectly suited. Gel pens aren't so good for drawing on material, but guess what is? You, white colored pencil! Can't see your blue or black ink pen on a peice of navy blue material? Bust out the white colored pencil! Problem solved.

Begone foul maps! The glue monster shall crush you, um... flatter than you already are

And wouldn't you know, my first day back at work and guess what I have to make a pam box to house? That's right. A map.