GC's random randomosities

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When you were younger, were there any game shows that you religiously watched and wanted to be a contestant on?

Actually, just the opposite.  When I was younger, I didn't watch TV at all.  I really disliked it.  Low threshold of boredom combined with easily triggered embarassment squick I guess.   In fact I disliked it so much that my parents would make me watch TV as punishment ;) 

I'm still not all that fond of it, and I often skip watching even shows I like because the act of watching TV is physically uncomfortable.  If I had my way, I'd watch all TV on DVD or downloaded so I could watch it when I'm in the mood.

Do you have any tattoos? If not, if you were going to get inked, what would you get?

Yes I do.  I have more than one.  For my next tattoo I am going to get a representation of the caffeine molecule either on my lower back or upper arm.  I haven't done it yet because I'm currently fat.

If you had a band, what would you call yourselves?
Question submitted by Zoot.

I used to be in a really, really bad punk band called "Our Drummer Died".  I, err, well I was going to say I played the drums, but I didn't really.  I occasionally hit the drum kit with one or more drumsticks. Because seriously I am tone deaf and have no sense of rhythm.  Sometimes the singer's girlfriend would come help.  She was totally non-musical as well.  Occasionally we'd get bored in the middle of a set and wander off to the bar to get another drink.   We did a fabulous cover of Madonna's "Like a Virgin".

How cute were you as a baby/child? Let's see those baby pics!

I really don't have any.  My mother has a few, but our family has never been big on photos.  I guess I looked just like your average brown-haired brown-eyed baby/toddler.  That is if your average baby screamed when being picked up or held, and your average toddler carried a stick and a stone everywhere with her ;)

What also contributes is that I really, really hate getting my photo taken.  Really hate it.  A lot.  So, um, yeah - no baby photos from me.

What is your favorite cover song?
Question submitted by Ray.

It would have to be "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell, although the cover by Marilyn Manson is also of the awesome.  I would love to have heard the live version by The Clash, but I believe it was never recorded :(

What's your cell phone's ringtone? What made you pick it?

The Muppets Manamana song (or whatever it's called).  Because nobody else has it.  And I hate that default Nokia ring tone.

What was the worst advice you ever received? Did you follow it?

I actually pretty much ignore all unsolicted advice.  Although possibly the worst advice I ever received was from a friend who told me to have just one more shot of tequila.

Perhaps more interestingly, and certainly more sadly, the worst advice I ever or probably will ever dispense was to encourage a friend of a friend to talk to this guy she really liked.  She later ended up killing him.

If you could get someone in your life to start a blog, who would it be and why?

Heh, me!

I want to be able to stick to blogging, I mean actual blogging and not the random crap I LJ.  Don't get me wrong, I love LJ, but I want somewhere to talk about me and think out loud and to not have to worry about people reading it.  I'm like an extra shy camwhore ;)

So yes.  I would kick myself in the ass and convince myself to update here more often.

Other than that, perhaps my brother-in-law.  I've known him for over 20 years now (we were school friends - and he had an enormous crush on my sister back then - actually nearly all of my straight male friends did.  Even though I was older, I was known throughout the school as "A's sister". ) but he's a really, really private person, and very difficult to get to know.  Even though I am one of his closest female friends, he's still really reserved. 

What was your favorite candy when you were a kid? How does that compare to now?

I loved, oh, I can't remember what they were called.  Some kind of chocolate coated caramel thingys.  Now I prefer jellybeans.