A survey in The day to day

  • Jan. 16, 2014, 6:11 p.m.
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I stole this from another diary. My first entry on here. Not sure how often I will write. Or how much of myself I will reveal.

A Jar of Balloons Survey, 2014 Edition

1.) Will you agree to let a lover use your toothbrush? Why or why not?

I'd say no probably. I'm not generally a germophobe, but I mean really? Toothbrushes don't cost that much. Get your own.

2.) In your bad dreams do you ever throw the slow motion punch?

I am fairly certain I've never thrown a punch in my dreams. Ever.

3.) Do you eat or give away pickles?

I eat pickles. They are delicious. However, I refuse to eat cucumbers from which pickles are made. Does that make me weird? Probably.

4.) Do you match and ball socks or just dump them, en masse, into the drawer?

My socks have to be matched and balled. Otherwise there would be too much chaos for me to handle.

5.) Do you bisect your sevens with one of those squiggly hyphens? When writing the number 2 do you loop the bottom?

I do bisect my sevens on occasion. I don't do it every time. Only if a one and a seven are involved. I always loop my number 2s as well.

6.) When eating out, do you set your knife atop your plate and change hands?

Uhm, yes? I guess. I don't think I understand the question.

7.) Do you tear into wrapped presents or open them neatly with the spoken intent to save the paper?

I don't generally tear into presents, but I also don't try and save the paper. So somewhere in between.

8.) Would you rather drive or be driven?

Most of the time I'd rather be driven.

9.) Do you engage strangers in conversations on airplanes? If no, it's odd, isn't it, when the time comes to accept peanut packets or order sodas and you hear their voices?

I haven't been on an airplane in years so I don't see this as a problem.

10.) Do you own a bathrobe?

I do not own a bathrobe. I should probably invest in one. Wrapping a towel around myself isn't going to cut it as my son gets older.

11.) Are they still there, those ascending horizontal lines that marked your growth as a child up a wall or a door?

That never happened. So no.

12.) Can you write at all with your opposite hand?

It would be horribly illegible but it can be done.

13.) Do audiences affect your attempts to urinate or parallel park?

Nothing could stop me from peeing. I am a pretty awesome parallel parker as it was required in one of the neighborhoods we lived in with street parking!

14.) Do you bookmark or dog-ear your books?

I dog-ear my books most of the time. Unless I think ahead to find something to use as a bookmark.

15.) Do you mind fighting losing battles?

Not generally. I don't know many people that like to lose.

16.) Do you check the dates on coins?

I have on occasion.

17.) Do you like to be the one who holds the tickets (for airplanes, movies, etc.)?

Yes I do. I like control.

18.) Can you sleep with socks on?

Absolutely not. They always have to come off. I also can't stand to have my husband rub his feet on mine while he has socks on. Makes me shudder.

19.) Are you a sucker for foreign accents?

Yes.

20.) Are you skilled at giving directions?

It depends. If the person I am giving directions to is directionally challenged and doesn't know any road names then I probably suck at it.

21.) Is your name frequently mispronounced? Yes. Yes it is. I usually applaud when someone gets it right the first time they meet me.

22.) Do you attempt to pronounce foreign words correctly, such as calling a crescent-shaped roll a cwaSAHN?

Sure. I try. I may not be successful, but I try.

23.) Do you think grades in school mattered?

To a degree I think they do. But not everyone tests well. I think it should be how well you understand what is being taught and if you can implement it in real world situations, rather than whether or not you know that the answer is A, B, or C.

24.) Can you tie a tie? What about a bowtie?

Absolutely not. Neither one.

25.) Does making a good list ever feel like an accomplishment in itself?

Making a list doesn't feel good. Completing a list does though!

26.) Have you ever been on fire?

No.

27.) Are your faucets tricky to the point where were an out-of-towner to use your shower, you'd feel the need to give a tutorial?

Thankfully not. I feel like I need a tutorial anytime we stay in a hotel though.

28.) Do you tend (or did you tend) to date people older or younger than yourself?

Mostly dated guys older than me until I met my husband. Always said I wouldn't date someone younger. He's 3 years younger than me, the same age as my brother, which is weird in itself. Been together 11 years though!

29.) When walking or driving with a companion in a place where your companion is familiar and you are not, do you tend not to pay any attention whatsoever?

I generally pay attention.

30.) Do the number of beaches you've been on exceed your fingers?

Nope. I have been to 3 beaches in my entire life. Virginia Beach, Pebble Beach in Florida, and Santa Cruz Beach in the Philippines.


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