Danielle: The Survey
1. What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
Where to begin? Disney soundtracks, Mandy Moore, Electric Six, Madonna’s entire oeuvre, LOTS of 80’s music…and I mean LOTS. Ask me sometime about my thoughts on “Father Figure” by George Michael. Almost all lyrics to the above known by heart. And, of course…
I will always love my Britney.
2. What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?
Honestly, when I buy comfort food I usually eat it right when I get home from the store. Impulse control has never been a strong point of mine. But if I feel like cooking, then nothing beats a good old peanut-butter spelt pancake. For you haters, my mom tried one when I was home and she said it was "divine!"
3. What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
The Iron Giant. Fuck.
4. If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
Boob lift.
5. Do you have a completely irrational fear?
Yes, I have a few. When I was younger I was terrified that when I turned on the shower I'd be sprayed not with water, but with BUGS. Actually, most of my irrational fears involve bugs. That they're in my food, that they're in my bed, that they're in a secret cabal against me. The in-my-food bit actually isn't so irrational, considering that it wasn't uncommon in my house to find a silverfish curled in the bottom of a water glass. To this day I automatically peer inside my cups before filling them. Also when I was younger, I would never eat jelly, only jam or preserves, because jelly reminded me of bee jelly. Ick! I should mention that the only thing I hate worse than bugs is the senseless murder of bugs. They leave me alone, I leave them alone, and we can live in a sort of uneasy mutual peace.
6. What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moments?
I just get really fidgety, even moreso than usual, and I stutter and laugh nervously and get all shifty-eyed. It's basically completely obvious when I'm nervous - I would make a terrible spy. :(
7. Are you a pyromaniac?
Um...no. But I used to compulsively light matches when I was bored at Leona's.
8. Do you have too many love interests?
Hardly...my problem is that i have too few.
9. Do you know anyone famous?
YES! OMG, Shannon Sturges from Savannah used to come to our house for Thanksgiving!
10. Describe your bed:
Big and...blue, and...with a boxspring...and...I've only had it for a week. Cluttered, of course.
11. Are you spontaneous or planned?
I like to obsessively overplan and then ultimately toss whatever template or itinerary I've come up with.
12. Who would play u in a movie?
I would play myself...like Howard Stern.
13. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes. Sort of. But I'm really bad at it because I hate being left out so I never fold even when I have nothing.
14. What do you carry with you at all times?
My keys. A pen. At least 4,000 cat hairs stuck to my clothing.
15. What do you miss most about being a kid?
So many things. Clear-headedness, an open, exciting future, feeling taken care of, playing sports, un-self-conscious belief in my own singing and artistic ability. Ahem, here I will serenade you with an excerpt from "Have You Forgotten" by the Red House Painters:
When we were kids, we hated things our parents did
We listened low to Casey Kasem's radio show
That's when friends were nice,
to think of them just makes you feel nice
The smell of grass in spring
and October leaves cover everything.
Have you forgotten how to love yourself?
Have you forgotten how to looooooove yourself?
16. Are you happy with your given name?
Happy, although "Daniela" would be better. All girls names are better with an "a" at the end, as far as I'm concerned.
17. How much money would it take to get you to give up the internet for a whole year?
Hmmm...enough to set up house for a year in a remote countryside cottage.
18. What color is your bedroom?
It's...white. I once had a purple bedroom...those were the glory days.
19. What was the last song you were listening to?
"Cinnamon" by The Long Winter
20. Have you ever been in a play?
YES! My stardom came early. Perhaps you may have heard of my most memorable role, as the title character in our sixth-grade production of "Little Red Rocking Hood." I only had one actual line ("Granny?!") but I did a whole hell of a lot of skipping, and I even sang a whole song. Perhaps if everyone around me gets drunk enough I will sing it for you someday.
21. Have you ever been in love?
Hmm...I think no. Well, maybe. But probably no.
22. Do you talk a lot?
Sometimes...when I'm around those I'm really comfortable with. Usually no. However, like all socially awkward people I only realize I should have shut up when I notice that everyone around me has started to get uncomfortable. And then I blush and don't talk for the rest of the day.
23. Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
It varies. You do not want to hear the long answer to this question.
24. Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?
It's not their presence itself, it's that I feel guilty whenever they ask me for money and I don't give any to them, and then I get annoyed that I'm being unfairly put in such an awkward position. I once put it as each time you have to decide: am I going to be a chump, or am I going to be an asshole? It's awful, I hate it.
25. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
I would say that I'm nice but not very friendly...too shy/guarded.
26. What is your ideal marriage location?
I have absolutely no idea.
27. Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?
ANYTHING but the fucking FLUTE.
28. Favorite fabric?
Whatever those cushy target socks are made out of...if only all things soft didn't get scratchy as soon as you wash them. IS THERE A SOLUTION??? If there is I bet Ariel knows it.
30. Something you love and hate?
The question is what don't I love and hate.
31. What kind of bedding do you use?
Um...the ones that Sita left over after she graduated. Thanks Sita! If it weren't for you I'd be sleeping on a bare mattress.
32. Do you tell your friends about your sex life?
Well...yeah, I guess so.
33. What's the one language you want to learn?
Animal language. The language of the cosmos, of the glittering stars at night. Failing that...Russian would nice.
34. How do you eat an apple?
I haven't eaten an apple in a looong time. But I used it eat it...the normal way, I guess.
35. What do you order at a bar?
The bathroom key
36. Have you ever pierced your body parts?
This question is phrased really funnily. When I was in Greece I went a little piercing crazy and got 7 total holes in my ears, all but two of which promptly closed up within six months of my return home. I looked at a few pictures from that time, when I had short hair, and I look like a total bo. ROAR!!!! as the lesbians say.
37. Do you have tattoos?
I do not.
39. Do you drive a stick?
I drive a stick shift, but otherwise...you can do that? Wait, is that supposed to be some sort of double-entendre?
40. What's one trait you hate in a person?
I can't stand it when people are mean, especially to children!!! I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!
41. What kind of watch do you wear?
I don't. I used to have a great watch but it broke. Fuck watches, I have a cell phone.
43. Do you consider yourself materialistic?
Not exactly but I do love my cosmetics!
44. What do you cook the best?
SPELT PANCAKES WITH PEANUT BUTTER! Actually I'm not used to cooking for other people but for MYSELF I make borscht, chicken stir-fry, chili, and I was looking through Joy of Cooking to expand my knowledge but a little part of me died inside when I did.
45. Favorite writing instrument?
Pilot G-2 pens. Also really fine-tipped sharpies...like the kind they have at the ILL office, although I think everybody steals them.
46. Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?
Usually I prefer to blend in and just go about my business in my own time and way, but I don't mind standing out when I'm in the mood.
47. Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
Only for fun, I love being a girl!
48. What's one car you will never buy?
A stretch SUV
49. What kind of books do you like to read?
All kinds, as long as they're well-written!
50. If you won the lottery, what would you do?
Pay off my student loans, buy my mom a house in Wyoming, put my sister through grad school, basically set my family for life...and then: SEPHORA SHOPPING SPREE!!!!
51. Burial or cremation?
I think I'd prefer cremation but I think I still sort of believe what they used to say in the churchyard...if you're cremated, your soul is burned up with your body! NOOO!!
52. How many online journals do you read regularly?
Maybe a half dozen or so.
53. What's one thing you're a loser at?
Card games, but I do love them so.
54. If you don't like a person, how do you show it?
Freeze them out. I am bad at being upfront.
55. Do you cry in front of your friends?
Usually no, I honestly don't cry that much (although lately that's not been so true) and I hate crying in front of other people.
56. What kind of first impression do you think you give to people?
Standoffish and aloof, shy if they're charitable
57. What's one thing you like to do alone?
My entire life lately consists of Secret Single Behavior
58. Are you a giver or a taker?
I'm both in theory but I'm usually too shy to be much of a giver. Isn't that the lamest thing you've ever heard?
59. When's the last time you cried?
Last weekend, I was so stressed out about moving and school starting and everything and I just kind of freaked out...and then I called my mom and she calmed me down. Awww....
60. Favorite communication method?
Talking face-to-face. Nothing tops it.
61. How many drinks before you're tipsy?
I imagine it wouldn't take very many.
62. Do you think you're cute?
Cute...I don't know.
63. Do you have problems changing clothes in front of friends?
I think I only change in front of my sister and Burcu...not just anyone gets to see my secret treasures!
1. What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
Where to begin? Disney soundtracks, Mandy Moore, Electric Six, Madonna’s entire oeuvre, LOTS of 80’s music…and I mean LOTS. Ask me sometime about my thoughts on “Father Figure” by George Michael. Almost all lyrics to the above known by heart. And, of course…
I will always love my Britney.
2. What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?
Honestly, when I buy comfort food I usually eat it right when I get home from the store. Impulse control has never been a strong point of mine. But if I feel like cooking, then nothing beats a good old peanut-butter spelt pancake. For you haters, my mom tried one when I was home and she said it was "divine!"
3. What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
The Iron Giant. Fuck.
4. If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
Boob lift.
5. Do you have a completely irrational fear?
Yes, I have a few. When I was younger I was terrified that when I turned on the shower I'd be sprayed not with water, but with BUGS. Actually, most of my irrational fears involve bugs. That they're in my food, that they're in my bed, that they're in a secret cabal against me. The in-my-food bit actually isn't so irrational, considering that it wasn't uncommon in my house to find a silverfish curled in the bottom of a water glass. To this day I automatically peer inside my cups before filling them. Also when I was younger, I would never eat jelly, only jam or preserves, because jelly reminded me of bee jelly. Ick! I should mention that the only thing I hate worse than bugs is the senseless murder of bugs. They leave me alone, I leave them alone, and we can live in a sort of uneasy mutual peace.
6. What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moments?
I just get really fidgety, even moreso than usual, and I stutter and laugh nervously and get all shifty-eyed. It's basically completely obvious when I'm nervous - I would make a terrible spy. :(
7. Are you a pyromaniac?
Um...no. But I used to compulsively light matches when I was bored at Leona's.
8. Do you have too many love interests?
Hardly...my problem is that i have too few.
9. Do you know anyone famous?
YES! OMG, Shannon Sturges from Savannah used to come to our house for Thanksgiving!
10. Describe your bed:
Big and...blue, and...with a boxspring...and...I've only had it for a week. Cluttered, of course.
11. Are you spontaneous or planned?
I like to obsessively overplan and then ultimately toss whatever template or itinerary I've come up with.
12. Who would play u in a movie?
I would play myself...like Howard Stern.
13. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes. Sort of. But I'm really bad at it because I hate being left out so I never fold even when I have nothing.
14. What do you carry with you at all times?
My keys. A pen. At least 4,000 cat hairs stuck to my clothing.
15. What do you miss most about being a kid?
So many things. Clear-headedness, an open, exciting future, feeling taken care of, playing sports, un-self-conscious belief in my own singing and artistic ability. Ahem, here I will serenade you with an excerpt from "Have You Forgotten" by the Red House Painters:
When we were kids, we hated things our parents did
We listened low to Casey Kasem's radio show
That's when friends were nice,
to think of them just makes you feel nice
The smell of grass in spring
and October leaves cover everything.
Have you forgotten how to love yourself?
Have you forgotten how to looooooove yourself?
16. Are you happy with your given name?
Happy, although "Daniela" would be better. All girls names are better with an "a" at the end, as far as I'm concerned.
17. How much money would it take to get you to give up the internet for a whole year?
Hmmm...enough to set up house for a year in a remote countryside cottage.
18. What color is your bedroom?
It's...white. I once had a purple bedroom...those were the glory days.
19. What was the last song you were listening to?
"Cinnamon" by The Long Winter
20. Have you ever been in a play?
YES! My stardom came early. Perhaps you may have heard of my most memorable role, as the title character in our sixth-grade production of "Little Red Rocking Hood." I only had one actual line ("Granny?!") but I did a whole hell of a lot of skipping, and I even sang a whole song. Perhaps if everyone around me gets drunk enough I will sing it for you someday.
21. Have you ever been in love?
Hmm...I think no. Well, maybe. But probably no.
22. Do you talk a lot?
Sometimes...when I'm around those I'm really comfortable with. Usually no. However, like all socially awkward people I only realize I should have shut up when I notice that everyone around me has started to get uncomfortable. And then I blush and don't talk for the rest of the day.
23. Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
It varies. You do not want to hear the long answer to this question.
24. Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?
It's not their presence itself, it's that I feel guilty whenever they ask me for money and I don't give any to them, and then I get annoyed that I'm being unfairly put in such an awkward position. I once put it as each time you have to decide: am I going to be a chump, or am I going to be an asshole? It's awful, I hate it.
25. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
I would say that I'm nice but not very friendly...too shy/guarded.
26. What is your ideal marriage location?
I have absolutely no idea.
27. Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?
ANYTHING but the fucking FLUTE.
28. Favorite fabric?
Whatever those cushy target socks are made out of...if only all things soft didn't get scratchy as soon as you wash them. IS THERE A SOLUTION??? If there is I bet Ariel knows it.
30. Something you love and hate?
The question is what don't I love and hate.
31. What kind of bedding do you use?
Um...the ones that Sita left over after she graduated. Thanks Sita! If it weren't for you I'd be sleeping on a bare mattress.
32. Do you tell your friends about your sex life?
Well...yeah, I guess so.
33. What's the one language you want to learn?
Animal language. The language of the cosmos, of the glittering stars at night. Failing that...Russian would nice.
34. How do you eat an apple?
I haven't eaten an apple in a looong time. But I used it eat it...the normal way, I guess.
35. What do you order at a bar?
The bathroom key
36. Have you ever pierced your body parts?
This question is phrased really funnily. When I was in Greece I went a little piercing crazy and got 7 total holes in my ears, all but two of which promptly closed up within six months of my return home. I looked at a few pictures from that time, when I had short hair, and I look like a total bo. ROAR!!!! as the lesbians say.
37. Do you have tattoos?
I do not.
39. Do you drive a stick?
I drive a stick shift, but otherwise...you can do that? Wait, is that supposed to be some sort of double-entendre?
40. What's one trait you hate in a person?
I can't stand it when people are mean, especially to children!!! I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!
41. What kind of watch do you wear?
I don't. I used to have a great watch but it broke. Fuck watches, I have a cell phone.
43. Do you consider yourself materialistic?
Not exactly but I do love my cosmetics!
44. What do you cook the best?
SPELT PANCAKES WITH PEANUT BUTTER! Actually I'm not used to cooking for other people but for MYSELF I make borscht, chicken stir-fry, chili, and I was looking through Joy of Cooking to expand my knowledge but a little part of me died inside when I did.
45. Favorite writing instrument?
Pilot G-2 pens. Also really fine-tipped sharpies...like the kind they have at the ILL office, although I think everybody steals them.
46. Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?
Usually I prefer to blend in and just go about my business in my own time and way, but I don't mind standing out when I'm in the mood.
47. Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
Only for fun, I love being a girl!
48. What's one car you will never buy?
A stretch SUV
49. What kind of books do you like to read?
All kinds, as long as they're well-written!
50. If you won the lottery, what would you do?
Pay off my student loans, buy my mom a house in Wyoming, put my sister through grad school, basically set my family for life...and then: SEPHORA SHOPPING SPREE!!!!
51. Burial or cremation?
I think I'd prefer cremation but I think I still sort of believe what they used to say in the churchyard...if you're cremated, your soul is burned up with your body! NOOO!!
52. How many online journals do you read regularly?
Maybe a half dozen or so.
53. What's one thing you're a loser at?
Card games, but I do love them so.
54. If you don't like a person, how do you show it?
Freeze them out. I am bad at being upfront.
55. Do you cry in front of your friends?
Usually no, I honestly don't cry that much (although lately that's not been so true) and I hate crying in front of other people.
56. What kind of first impression do you think you give to people?
Standoffish and aloof, shy if they're charitable
57. What's one thing you like to do alone?
My entire life lately consists of Secret Single Behavior
58. Are you a giver or a taker?
I'm both in theory but I'm usually too shy to be much of a giver. Isn't that the lamest thing you've ever heard?
59. When's the last time you cried?
Last weekend, I was so stressed out about moving and school starting and everything and I just kind of freaked out...and then I called my mom and she calmed me down. Awww....
60. Favorite communication method?
Talking face-to-face. Nothing tops it.
61. How many drinks before you're tipsy?
I imagine it wouldn't take very many.
62. Do you think you're cute?
Cute...I don't know.
63. Do you have problems changing clothes in front of friends?
I think I only change in front of my sister and Burcu...not just anyone gets to see my secret treasures!
