Valentine's Day / Eric H. hangout / Questions 4851-4900 of 5000

Have a very Happy Valentine's Day! Good luck avoiding all the smoopy-poopy!

St. Valentine's Day Massacre 77 years ago today:



Talked to Eric H. for a while: he wants to come over and chill / update blogs tomorrow, which is fine by me. (I remember what happened last year!) He brought it up, which I totally wasn't expecting. Pizza Hut sounds fine: I wouldn't drive Pho or Chinese noodles over here, and I just had fried chicken yesterday! (it satisfied Danielle's craving for such stuff, too!) He seems to think I have board games, but I just have boxes full of books. (Rage Against the Machine Bulls on Parade parody: "They try to play board games / With boxes full of books!"... yeah, I suck at parody. :P) The wind today was certainly ferocious: it blew over his garbage cans and his blue boxes! Maybe it'll be better tomorrow.


Note: LJ Prime Ministerial Cabinet blogquiz. (by Maddy)


Got these questions from this QuestionClub LJ post by Arthurbulla. I'm going to post the survey in 50-question batches, like the original. No worries there! Five thousand questions and answers wouldn't fit as an entry, anyhow. :P

The only complete copy... you'll have to go around erasing answers.


4851. Have you paid your parents back for raising you? Hmm... Not really.

4852. In America, public schools are funded with the property taxes from the houses within the school district. Imagine you live in a wealthy area with very good public schools. How would you feel about students from a less wealthy area being bussed into your school district at no extra charge to their parents? I probably wouldn't care much at all.

4853. Should a child's education really depend on how much money their parents have? No.

4854. Would you only feel required to help your own kids get a good education? Yes.

4855. Would it benefit you personally if all children had access to a good education? Yes.
Would your streets be safer? Yes.
Would there be less drugs and violence? Not necessarily.
Would there be more innovation at jobs? Yes.

4856. Andrew J. O'Conner, a former public defender from Santa Fe, was arrested in a public library and interrogated by Secret Service agents for five hours on February 13th, 2002. His crime? He said "Bush is out of control" on an Internet chat room, and was arrested for threatening the President. Your thoughts? As if that's a big deal. It's controversial, man!

This is not about some fool of a Secret Service agent jumping the gun on an innocuous online comment. This is a failure from the top down, an empowerment - by the man charged with defending our constitution - of lesser jackasses with large badges who do not understand nor care for the importance of their positions. This is about failed leadership, and the despoiling of everything that makes this place precious and unique and sacred. In other words, Bush is out of control. - William Rivers Pitt

4857. Let's play a drinking game where we drink every time Bush says "axis of evil" or "evildoers" or "weapons of mass destruction." How many times do you imagine you would have to drink in one hour? At least 3000.

4858. Do vegans really live longer than meat eaters? No idea.
Do they smell better? No clue.

4859. Do you want a lover you don't have to love? No.

4860. Do you believe that anyone can get ahead, and if they don't, it's because they are lazy and not trying hard enough? No.

4861. Do you forget to look at the different opportunities available to different people? Yeah.

4862. Do you often look at a subject without looking at why it is the way it is? Sometimes.

4863. Do you read any fan fiction? Not much.
Write any? No.

4864. What did you think of The English Patient? Didn't see it.

4865. Why do you think Third World nations are so poor? Government, debt, population, etc.

4866. Have you ever created your own "What ___ are you?" quiz? No. I prefer taking them, not writing them. :P

If you did make one, what would it be about? Ice cream.

4867. What do you think of the Dixie Chicks? No opinion.

4868. Are you looking for love? Sure.

In all the wrong places? Not really.

4869. What do you feel like complaining about? Everything.

4870. What do you feel like celebrating? Nothing.

4871. Can a person speak out against their government and still support their country? Yes.

4872. Do you believe your government has a file on you somewhere? Yes.

What kind of stuff do you suppose is in it? No idea.

4873. Do you own a $2 bill? Yes.
Is it lucky? No.

4874. Would you rather date someone 3 feet tall or 9 feet tall? 9.

4875. What do you think of Americans calling fries and toast fried in egg batter Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast instead of French Fries and French toast? Too politically correct and scaremongerish. :P

4876. Would you rather have a child that is more confident or more curious? Confident.

4877. If you were going to write a bedtime story for someone you loved, what would it be about? Fairies in a magical kingdom.

4878. What is your element? Fire, baby.

4879. When are you at a loss for words? When someone does something that touches me a lot, or when silence gets to be too much.

4880. What gets you through the night? Thinking of certain things.

4881. What is the worst time to be alone? When you've been alone for a LONG time, and there's no end to it. (or at night, outside, lost...)

4882. When are you the most emotionally vulnerable? When I get close to people... too often, heh.

4883. How would you tell your friend his fly was open in public? I'd have no idea, hah. =/

4884. Does a good friend tell you you've got something in your teeth, or pretend not to notice it? Tell you.

4885. If you were describing the following bands to someone who never heard of them, what other band would you say they sounded like?

Coldplay: Jeff Buckley, the Doves, The Trash Can Sinatras, Geneva, Mansun, Gene, Travis, Placebo, The Fray, Augustana, Carla Werner, Turin Brakes, Kent, The Prayer Boat, Lowgold, Ocean Colour Scene, The Lightning Seeds, Manic Street Preachers, Oasis, Dave Matthews

Everclear: Collective Soul, Goo Goo Dolls, Imperial Teen, Talk Show, Harvey Danger, Marcy Playground, Econoline Crush, Athenaeum, K's Choice, Remy Zero, Sponge, Dishwalla, Weezer, Screaming Trees, Presidents of the United States of America, Local H, The Lemonheads, Imperial Drag, Foo Fighters, The Afghan Whigs, Alice in Chains

The Velvet Underground: Roxy Music, New York Dolls, David Bowie, Tony Conrad, Dream Syndicate, The Modern Lovers, Patti Smith, The Kinks, The Stooges, R.E.M., Joy Division, Television, Suicide, Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, MC5, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Galaxie 500, The Dictators, Bauhaus

The Flaming Lips: Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Meat Puppets, Violent Femmes, Sonic Youth, Robyn Hitchcock, Butthole Surfers, They Might Be Giants, The Breeders, Julian Cope, Camper Van Beethoven, Bongwater, Sparklehorse, A Band of Bees, Flotation Toy Warning, Hal, The Helio Sequence, Secret Machines, The 88, The Delgados, Golden Shoulders, The Polyphonic Spree

Rush: It Bites, Queen, Zebra, Yngwie Malmsteen, Phantom Blue, Spock's Beard, Victor, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica, Racer X, Mr. Big, Living Colour, Watchtower, Queensrÿche, Dream Theater, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, The Police

Blur: Suede, Super Furry Animals, Supergrass, Gene, Oasis, Elastica, The Boo Radleys, Pulp, Pavement, Menswear, Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, Radiohead, The Charlatans UK, Steamkings, Orlando, Cousteau, Edwyn Collins, Stereolab, Saint Etienne, Beck

AFI: Sick of It All, Criminals, Powerman 5000, 88 Fingers Louie, Dink, Orange 9mm, Balzac, Stutterfly, Rise Against, Brazil, Story of the Year, Powerhouse, Ensign, Descendents, H2O, The Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Pennywise, D Generation, Agnostic Front

Silverchair: Candlebox, Superjesus, Foo Fighters, Days of the New, Sponge, Presidents of the United States of America, Better Than Ezra, Seven Mary Three, Filter, Creed, Live, Nirvana, Pearl Jam

4886. Do you have a good luck charm? No.

4887. What is the essence of you? No idea.

4888. A word to the wise: Be careful of what you wish for, because you just might get it.

4889. Do you photograph well? Sorta.

4890. Is it a great day to be alive? I suppose.

4891. What would you consider to be better than sex? Chocolate, hugs, being cared for...

4892. Some people are just so... stupid.

4893. What evil is necessary? I have no idea.

4894. What would you do anything for? Love.

4895. Do famous people have the same right to speak their political views as regular people? Yes.

4896. Are your best years gone by? I hope not...

4897. Are you ordinary? No.

4898. What are you recovering from? Nothing, really.

4899. Did Gilligan ever get off that island? Probably not.

4900. What do you think people think when they first meet you? "She is not ideal at all."