Yes I'm Still Alive

Caught in a huge blog backlog. Surprisingly, lots happening in the weeks around exams. This is what I can remember:

• finished the term without taking a boot to Stupid Prof's groin


• survived another Big Sugar concert with eardrums still intact


• wrote my CISC 124 exam without too much trouble


• bought obscene amounts of shampoo/conditioner because it was always on sale at Shoppers


• went home and ate and ate and ate


• watched the extended version of The Two Towers twice


• discovered that alcohol merely makes me sleepy while attending Emmy's 19th birthday party (Belgium Dream martini at the Tir Nan Og: two shots)

Thanks to WND, you will now know even more silly useless facts about me:

[Series 1 - you]
-- Name: Kobuta, Hoyan, Liane (2 of 3 are real)
-- Birthday: December 11
-- Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
-- Current Location: Kingston, Ontario
-- Eye Colour: Brown
-- Hair Colour: Black
-- Righty or Lefty: Righty
-- Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
-- Font: Verdana all the way

[Series 2 - your favourites]
-- Music: Rock (Big Sugar, Bon Jovi, U2, etc.), anime/movie soundtracks (Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, The Matrix, The Beach, etc), even some pop when I'm in the mood
-- Cartoon: Too many to say; Daria, Undergrads, RuroKen, Cowboy Bebop, Furuba, Thundercats (ha ha)
-- Colour(s): Blue
-- Magazine: The weekly A&P flier
-- TV Show: Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, What Not to Wear (guilty pleasure)
-- Song at the Moment: Dario G feat. Vanessa Qui - Voices
-- Language: French, Mandarin, Japanese (need to learn the last two)
-- Food & Beverage: See me in person for these two, and block off five hours of your time.
-- Subject in School: English in high school, Lunch in university
-- Weekend Activity: Transforming into a slug
-- Ice Cream Flavour: Ben & Jerry's - Half-Baked (finished a tub by self in 12 minutes. So proud.)
-- Roller Coaster: Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland - feels like it's falling apart

[Series 3 - what is...]
-- Your most overused phrase online: "bip bip", "wibble", "jiggy schnitzel"
-- The last thought you go to sleep with: "I'm hungry"
-- The Best Name for a Butler: RoboButler. Or Butler-san. Or Alphonse.
-- Your best feature: My wonderfully obedient hair
-- Your bedtime: 12 am to 2 am
-- Your greatest fear: The velociraptors from Jurassic Park. Damn them.
-- Your greatest accomplishment: Making it through the day without walking into a doorframe
-- Your most missed memory: Grades 4, 12 and OAC, CNE with my buds, all of HK and Ecuador

[Series 4 - you prefer...]
-- Pepsi or coke: Ugh. I hate pop. Neither.
-- McDonald's or Burger King: Mickey D's
-- Dogs or cats: Cats. So delightfully human (read: selfish)
-- Rugrats or Doug: Rugrats, although Chucky and Doug both annoyed me.
-- Single or taken: Single as a duck. Does that make sense? Neither do I.
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: NESTEA. Please. Remember whose blog you're reading.
-- One pillow or two: Heh. Three. It keeps the heat in.
-- Chocolate or vanilla: I'll quote Wnd on this: "do you even need to ask?"
-- Hot chocolate or hot cocoa: Hot chocolate.
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino (French vanilla!)

[Series 5 - do you...]
-- Take a shower everyday?: Yar. Therapeutic.
-- Do you think you've been in love?: Yes. His name is Colin and he's part of SWAT/CIA/the Daredevil universe.
-- Want to go to college?: Sure.
-- Like high school?: Sometimes. Like when I forgot about the snootiness/bitchiness/students-as-cash-cows atmosphere.
-- Want to get married: Depends on what the gig is.
-- Type with your fingers on the right keys?: Yuss
-- Believe in yourself?: Not always
-- Have any tattoos/where?: No
-- Have any piercings/where?: None
-- Get motion sickness?: Yes, dammit
-- Think you're a health freak?: Does eating your own weight in (candy) corn count?
-- Get along with your parents?: In general, yes.
-- Like thunderstorms?: Yar. BOOM!!!

[Series 6 - the future]
-- Age you hope to be married: around 30 or earlier?
-- Number and Names of Children: 2. Have yet to think of names with a minimum of schoolyard mocking potential
-- Where do you see yourself in five years?: Hopefully travelling the world with all limbs intact
-- How do you want to die?: Happy
-- What do you want to be when you grow up?: Dunno. Something that allows travel.
-- What country would you most like to visit?: China (Hong Kong!), Russia, Australia, Egypt, Morocco, New Zealand, Costa Rica, France, Japan, England, Ireland, Spain, Brazil, Korea, Malaysia, Ecuador and Mongolia, among others. Pick one.

[Series 7 - opposite sex]
-- Best eye color?: As long as they aren't red.
-- Best hair color?: Whatever.
-- Short or long hair?: Middling to short.
-- Best height?: Taller'n me.
-- Best weight?: I dunno...to match above
-- Best articles of clothing?: Ooo...tux. Any guy instantly looks better in a well-cut tux or suit.
-- Best first date location?: Anywhere that involves my first love: food
-- Best first kiss location?: Mrph. ^_^
-- What facial feature do you find the most attractive?: Eyes. Preferably no more than two of them.

[Series 8 - other]
-- When's the last time you slept with a stuffed animal?: Last night. Stitch and my teddy.
-- How many rings until you answer the phone?: 1. I usually sit right next to it.
-- What's on your mouse pad?: Cogeco advertisement.
-- How many houses have you lived in?: 4 including Melilywa
-- How many schools have you gone to? : 4 - GMPS, HAPS, SCS, Queen's
-- What colour is your bedroom carpet?: Icky brown here, blue at home
-- If you were stranded on a desert island and you could only take one thing (not person) with you what would you take? : Satellite phone with solar panels. Or a cruise ship.
-- What was the best time of your life so far?: Hong Kong, baby!

PAST
First grade teacher's name: Miss.... I forget. All I remember is that she seemed huge at the time.
Last word you said: "Smiggle"
Last song you sang: The Cadbury bunny song

PRESENT
What's in your cd player?: Big Sugar - Hit & Run (Disc one)
What colour socks are you wearing?: Grey
What's under your bed?: lint
What time did you wake up at today?: 10

NOW
Current mood: Ravenously hungry
Current music: The Beach soundtrack
Current hair: Curly, messy, just-out-of-shower hair
Current clothes: Glow in the dark Pooh pj's, grey wool socks, sun low with teddy bears and sunflowers on it.
Current smell: Herbal Essences Leave-In conditioner
Current longing: A yen to travel (thanks to reading Bruno, watching The Beach, and looking at photos of HK)
Current desktop picture: Wallpaper with colour scan from YKK.
Current fingernail colour: Remnants of a sparkly pink
Current crush: I told you his name is Colin. He's a cad.
Current hate: Stupid Prof, these damned northern latitudes, Wendy (for making me do this survey)
Last CD that you bought: Big Sugar - Hit & Run (greatest hits...highly recommended)
Favourite place to be: either at home or (you guessed it) travelling in a foreign country
Time you wake up in the morning: around 11
Do you believe in an afterlife?: Yes
How tall are you?: 5'8" but not to my mom. She still insists that I'm two inches shorter than her, which would make me 5'3"
Current favourite word: Spiffy is mine! Always has been, always will be!
Favourite book(s): LOTR, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, I Want To Go Home, Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (okay, one of those was a lie)
Favourite season: Summer or winter. None of this wishy-washy-wet-weather spring nonsense.