{"id":701,"date":"2005-12-29T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-29T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/?p=701"},"modified":"2005-12-29T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-29T12:38:00","slug":"the-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rodneycornelius.com\/?p=701","title":{"rendered":"The Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was a long survey I stole from <a href=\"http:\/\/akrodha.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">akrodha<\/a> who stole it from someone else.  It&#8217;s long&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more The Survey--><br \/>\n<b>Introductory Stuff<\/b><br \/>\nWhat is your name?:<br \/>\nRodney<\/p>\n<p>Are you named after anyone?:<br \/>\nNot that I know of<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your screename?:<br \/>\nrcornelius<\/p>\n<p>Would you name a child of yours after you?:<br \/>\nyes<\/p>\n<p>If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name be?:<br \/>\nRoxanne<\/p>\n<p>If you could switch names with a friend who would it be?:<br \/>\nNone, I like my name, despite the stupid &#8220;Rodney Dangerfield&#8221; or insensitive &#8220;Rodney King&#8221; comments that come along with it<\/p>\n<p>Are there any mispronounciations\/typos that ppl do w\/ your name constantly?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Would you drop your last name if you became famous?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p><b>Basics<\/b><br \/>\nYour gender::<br \/>\nmale<\/p>\n<p>Straight\/Gay\/Bi::<br \/>\ngay as pink ink<\/p>\n<p>Single?:<br \/>\nyes<\/p>\n<p>If not, do you want to be?:<br \/>\nn\/a<\/p>\n<p>Birthdate::<br \/>\n14th of June<\/p>\n<p>Your age::<br \/>\n29<\/p>\n<p>Age you act::<br \/>\nsometimes 20, sometimes 40<\/p>\n<p>Age you wish you were::<br \/>\ni am where i want to be<\/p>\n<p>Your height::<br \/>\n6&#8217;5&#8243; (198cm)<\/p>\n<p>Eye color::<br \/>\nbrown<\/p>\n<p>Happy with it?:<br \/>\nyes<\/p>\n<p>Hair color::<br \/>\nblack<\/p>\n<p>Happy with it?:<br \/>\nyes<\/p>\n<p>Lefty\/righty\/ambidextrous::<br \/>\nambidextrous<\/p>\n<p>Your living arrangement::<br \/>\nin a apartment by mylsef<\/p>\n<p>Your family::<br \/>\n1 mother, 1 father, 3 sisters, 2 brothers<\/p>\n<p>Have any pets?:<br \/>\nno<\/p>\n<p>Whats your job?:<br \/>\nIT Business Compliance and Risk Management Compliance Advisor<\/p>\n<p>Piercings?:<br \/>\nYes, an eyebrow and my tongue<\/p>\n<p>Tattoos?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Obsessions?:<br \/>\nMany, including good champagne<\/p>\n<p>Addictions?:<br \/>\nSome developing, but fighting them from forming<\/p>\n<p>Do you speak another language?:<br \/>\nSome french and can speak Swedish but too shy to do it around others<\/p>\n<p>Have a favorite quote?:<br \/>\n&#8220;The lesson that history teaches us is that we never learn the lessons that history teaches us&#8221; &#8211; Unknown<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a webpage?:<br \/>\nyes, at www.rodneycornelius.com<\/p>\n<p><b>Deep Thoughts About Life and You in it<\/b><br \/>\nDo you live in the moment?:<br \/>\nMainly, but it never hurts to plan<\/p>\n<p>Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any secrets?:<br \/>\nMany<\/p>\n<p>Do you hate yourself?:<br \/>\nNot anymore.  It was a long time before I learned to love myself<\/p>\n<p>Do you like your handwriting?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any bad habits?:<br \/>\nSeveral<\/p>\n<p>What is the compliment you get from most people?:<br \/>\nThat I am a nice person with good energy<\/p>\n<p>If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?:<br \/>\nParadigm<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your biggest fear?:<br \/>\ndrowning<\/p>\n<p>Can you sing?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Are you a loner?:<br \/>\nI am evenly split here.  One needs a healthy balance of both<\/p>\n<p>What are your #1 priorities in life?:<br \/>\nHuman Relationships<\/p>\n<p>If you were another person, would you be friends with you?:<br \/>\nYes, absolutely<\/p>\n<p>Are you a daredevil?:<br \/>\nSometimes<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?:<br \/>\nThere are things, but not to be shared here<\/p>\n<p>Are you passive or agressive?:<br \/>\nAggressive<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a journal?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>What is your greatest strength and weakness?:<br \/>\nStrength: My ability to commit to something<br \/>\nWeakness: Understanding that you can&#8217;t buy or charm your way out of everything<\/p>\n<p>If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?:<br \/>\nThere are several things, but I save those thoughts for my therapist<\/p>\n<p>Do you think you are emotionally strong?:<br \/>\nVery emotionally strong<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything you regret doing\/not doing in life?:<br \/>\nI have some regrets, but those regrets form the person I am today<\/p>\n<p>Do you think life has been good so far?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>What is the most important lesson you&#8217;ve learned from life?:<br \/>\nLife is too big to try and live alone.  I am a better person when I let people in to share it with me.<\/p>\n<p>What do you like the most about your body?:<br \/>\nMy horizontal features<\/p>\n<p>And least?:<br \/>\nMy vertical ones<\/p>\n<p>Do you think you are good looking?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Are you confident?:<br \/>\nUsually<\/p>\n<p>What is the fictional character you are most like?:<br \/>\nGandalf<\/p>\n<p>Are you perceived wrongly?:<br \/>\nSometimes<\/p>\n<p><b>Do You&#8230;<\/b><br \/>\nSmoke?:<br \/>\nRarely<\/p>\n<p>Do drugs?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Read the newspaper?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Pray?:<br \/>\nSometimes<\/p>\n<p>Go to church?:<br \/>\nRarely<\/p>\n<p>Talk to strangers who IM you?:<br \/>\nSometimes<\/p>\n<p>Sleep with stuffed animals?:<br \/>\nThere is a small teddy bear on my head board<\/p>\n<p>Take walks in the rain?:<br \/>\nSometimes<\/p>\n<p>Talk to people even though you hate them?:<br \/>\nHate is a strong word, talking to those you dislike is a requirement of living<\/p>\n<p>Drive?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Like to drive fast?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p><b>Would or Have You Ever?<\/b><br \/>\nLiked your voice?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Hurt yourself?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Been out of the country?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Eaten something that made other people sick?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Been in love?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Done drugs?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Gone skinny dipping?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Had a medical emergency?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Had surgery?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Ran away from home?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Played strip poker?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Gotten beaten up?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Beaten someone up?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Been picked on?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Been on stage?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Slept outdoors?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Thought about suicide?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Pulled an all nighter?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>If yes, what is your record?:<br \/>\n4 days<\/p>\n<p>Gone one day without food?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Talked on the phone all night?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Slept together with the opposite sex w\/o actually having sex?:<br \/>\nYes, once<\/p>\n<p>Slept all day?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Killed someone?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Made out with a stranger?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Had sex with a stranger?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Thought you&#8217;re going crazy?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Kissed the same sex?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Done anything sexual with the same sex?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Been betrayed?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Had a dream that came true?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Broken the law?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Met a famous person?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever killed an animal by accident?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>On purpose?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Told a secret you swore you wouldn&#8217;t tell?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Stolen anything?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Been on radio\/tv?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Been in a mosh-pit?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Had a nervous breakdown?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Bungee jumped?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Had a dream that kept coming back?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p><b>Beliefs<\/b><br \/>\nBelive in life on other planets?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Miracles?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Astrology?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Magic?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>God?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Satan?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Santa?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Ghosts?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Luck?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Love at first sight?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Yin and yang (that good cant exist w\/o bad)?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Witches?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Easter bunny?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Believe its possible to remain faithful forever?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Believe theres a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Do you wish on stars?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p><b>Deep Theological Questions<\/b><br \/>\nDo you believe in the traditional view of Heaven and Hell?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Do you think God has a gender?:<br \/>\nYes, whatever gender you want<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe in organized religion?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Where do you think we go when we die?:<br \/>\nSomewhere, maybe pleasant, maybe not<\/p>\n<p><b>Friends<\/b><br \/>\nDo you have any gay\/lesbian friends?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Who is your best friend?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s the one person that knows most about you?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?:<br \/>\nFind your own path<\/p>\n<p>Your favourite inside joke?:<br \/>\nham<\/p>\n<p>Thing you&#8217;re picked on most about?:<br \/>\nwhere to begin<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s your longest known friend?:<br \/>\nJohn<\/p>\n<p>Newest?:<br \/>\nMarcus<\/p>\n<p>Shyest?:<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t have shy friends<\/p>\n<p>Funniest?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>Sweetest?:<br \/>\nWarren<\/p>\n<p>Closest?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>Weirdest?:<br \/>\nMax<\/p>\n<p>Smartest?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>Ditziest?:<br \/>\nMarkus<\/p>\n<p>Friends you miss being close to the most?:<br \/>\nCara, Maresel<\/p>\n<p>Last person you talked to online?:<br \/>\nMarcus<\/p>\n<p>Who do you talk to most online?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>Who are you on the phone with most?:<br \/>\nMarkus<\/p>\n<p>Who do you trust most?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>Who listens to your problems?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>Who do you fight most with?:<br \/>\nMax<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s the nicest?:<br \/>\nMarcus<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s the most outgoing?:<br \/>\nMax<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s the best singer?:<br \/>\nThomas<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s on your shit-list?:<br \/>\n*<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever thought of having sex with a friend?:<br \/>\nOf course<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s your second family?:<br \/>\nMax, Markus, Warren<\/p>\n<p>Do you always feel understood?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s the loudest friend?:<br \/>\nMax<\/p>\n<p>Do you trust others easily?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s house were you last at?:<br \/>\nSusie<\/p>\n<p>Name one person who&#8217;s arms you feel safe in::<\/p>\n<p>Do your friends know you?:<br \/>\nYes, but only because often I choose to be all the things my friends need me as opposed to a consistent person.  It&#8217;s a protection mechanism I am struggling to stop.<\/p>\n<p>Friend that lives farthest away::<br \/>\nCara<\/p>\n<p><b>Love and All That<\/b><br \/>\nDo you consider love a mistake?:<br \/>\nNever, even when it ends badly<\/p>\n<p>What do you find romantic?:<br \/>\nlying in bed and just talking<\/p>\n<p>Turn-on?:<br \/>\nsensitivity and depth<\/p>\n<p>Turn-off?:<br \/>\nlots, but everything is relative to whom the person is.<\/p>\n<p>First kiss?:<br \/>\nAt a girl&#8217;s house when I was 17<\/p>\n<p>If someone u had no interest in had interest in dating u how would u feel?:<br \/>\nI would&#8217;t feel anything.  That&#8217;s probably the point&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them or going:<br \/>\nNot really&#8230;some great relationships start up with people you don&#8217;t know at first.<\/p>\n<p>Have u ever wished it was more socially acceptable 4 a girl 2 ask a guy out:<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think about this, honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractiv:<br \/>\nOf course.  We all have.  Beauty is relative.  or have you not learned this from www.hotornot.com yet?<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>What is best about the opposite sex?:<br \/>\ni truly believe that woman use both sides of their brains more than men,and that generally-speaking the decisions they make are more logically and pricnipally-center as a result and tend to be better decisions.<\/p>\n<p>What is the worst thing about the opposite sex?:<br \/>\nsometimes they use being a woman to exploit.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the last present someone gave you?:<br \/>\na bottle of whisky<\/p>\n<p>Are you in love?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Do you consider your significant other hot?:<br \/>\nN\/A<\/p>\n<p><b>Who Was the Last Person&#8230;<\/b><br \/>\nThat haunted you?:<br \/>\nRobin<\/p>\n<p>You wanted to kill?:<br \/>\nOy! Long list.<\/p>\n<p>That you laughed at?:<br \/>\nMax<\/p>\n<p>That laughed at you?:<br \/>\nMax<\/p>\n<p>That turned you on?:<br \/>\nJoakim<\/p>\n<p>You went shopping with?:<br \/>\nMarkus<\/p>\n<p>That broke your heart?:<br \/>\nRobin<\/p>\n<p>To disappoint you?:<br \/>\nRobin<\/p>\n<p>To ask you out?:<br \/>\nChris<\/p>\n<p>To make you cry?:<br \/>\nRobin<\/p>\n<p>To brighten up your day?:<br \/>\nJoakim<\/p>\n<p>That you thought about?:<br \/>\nMarkus<\/p>\n<p>You saw a movie with?:<br \/>\nRobin<\/p>\n<p>You talked to on the phone?:<br \/>\nSteve<\/p>\n<p>You talked to through IM\/ICQ?:<br \/>\nMarcus<\/p>\n<p>You saw?:<br \/>\nJoakim<\/p>\n<p>You lost?:<br \/>\nMarkus<\/p>\n<p><b>Right This Moment&#8230;<\/b><br \/>\nAre you going out?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Will it be with your significant other?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Or some random person?:<br \/>\nNo one<\/p>\n<p>What are you wearing right now?:<br \/>\nGreen cargo pants and a black long-sleeve pull over cardigan<\/p>\n<p>Body part you&#8217;re touching right now::<br \/>\nmy face&#8230;adjusting the eyebrow ring<\/p>\n<p>What are you worried about right now?:<br \/>\nwhether i will successfully conclude negotiations over my job here in Sweden<\/p>\n<p>What book are you reading?:<br \/>\n&#8220;Mind Gym&#8221; &#8230;a gift from Robin for christmas<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s on your mousepad?:<br \/>\ncow prints<\/p>\n<p>Use 5 words to describe how you&#8217;re feeling::<br \/>\nmelancholy, bored, awake, apprehensive, restless<\/p>\n<p>Are you bored?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Are you tired?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n<p>Are you talking to anyone online?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Are you talking to anyone on the phone?:<br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Are you lonely or content?:<br \/>\nContent<\/p>\n<p>Are you listening to music?:<br \/>\nYes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a long survey I stole from akrodha who stole it from someone else. 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