Questions

After sekl

I’m assuming the questions all begin, “Have you ever…”

• smoked a cigarette – Nope. My lungs have enough problems on their own.
• smoked a cigar – See above.
• crashed a friend’s car – No. My parents’ car, on the other hand…
• stolen a car – No.
• been in love – Yes.
• been dumped – Yes. (These two are not entirely unrelated.)
• been fired – No.
• been in a fist fight – Not exactly.
• snuck out of your parent’s house? – Yeah.
• had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back? – Who hasn’t?
• been arrested? – No.
• made out with a stranger? – No.
• gone on a blind date? – No.
• lied to a friend? – Do answers to memes count?
• had a crush on a teacher? – Not that I can remember, though I recall some rather attractive TAs in the drama department at UCI.
• skipped school? – It was a really nice day. I went bike riding through the Newport Back Bay. I got back and found out they’d watched Dr. Strangelove instead of a regular discussion section. Then there was the dance class I kept sleeping through…
• slept with a co-worker – No.
• seen someone die – No.
• been on a plane – Yes.
• thrown up in a bar? – No.
• taken painkillers? – Yes.
• love someone or miss someone right now? – Yes.
• laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by? – Yes.
• made a snow angel – Yes.
• played dress up – Yes.
• cheated while playing a game? – Yes.
• been lonely? – Yes.
• fallen asleep at work/school? – Oh, yeah. Early American Literature, right after lunch — just the perfect time for the caffeine and “I’m awake!” of morning to wear off. I would be unable to keep my eyes open, then I’d go back to the dorm for a nap, and be unable to sleep.
• used a fake ID – No.
• felt an earthquake – Native Californian. The rest is left as an exercise for the reader.
• touched a snake – Used to have a pet snake. One day it got out of the terrarium and we never saw it again. After a few months, rumors spread of a giant snake roaming the countryside, preying on the unaware, and… uh, never mind.
• ran a red light – Zoned out once riding my bike home from school. And got a ticket.
• been suspended from school? – No.
• had detention? – Once, in fourth grade.
• been in a car accident – See answer to #3.
• witnessed a crime? – I don’t think so, unless you count witnessing underage drinking.
• pole danced? – Uh, let me think…. NO!
• been lost? – Yep.
• been to the opposite side of the country? – Several times. Just haven’t been to much of the area in between.
• felt like dying? – Yep.
• cried yourself to sleep? – Yep.
• played cops and robbers? – Yep. Usually with squirt guns and spray bottles (this was the pre-super-soaker era)
• sung karaoke? – Yep.
• done something you told yourself you wouldn’t? – Oh, yeah.
• laughed till some kind of beverage came out of your nose? – I don’t think so.
• caught a snowflake on your tongue? – Nope. I’ve only been in falling snow once, and it was just a flurry.
• sang in the shower? – Yep.
• had a dream that you married someone? – Yes.
• got your tongue stuck to a flag pole? – No.
• worn the opposite sex’s clothes – Just once, for a polaroid scavenger hunt, where one of the points was for the entire group wearing skirts.
• sat on a roof top? – Possibly.
• didn’t take a shower for a week? – Annual week-long camping trip when I was a scout.
• scared to watch scary movies? – I remember peeking through my hands during the lightsaber battle in The Empire Strikes Back. Of course, I was four at the time.
• played chicken? – No.
• been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? – No, but I jumped in once for a merit badge.
• been told you’re hot by a complete stranger? – I think I would remember that.
• broken a bone? – Yep, the first time I tried to jump a curb on my bike. From then on I stuck to driveways.
• been easily amused? – I’m filling this out, aren’t I?
• laughed so hard you cried? – Yep.
• cried so hard you laughed? – Not that I recall, but it’s possible.
• mooned/flashed someone? – Nope.
• cheated on a test? – Nope.
• forgotten someone’s name? – Oh, yeah.
• slept naked? – Do you really want to know?
• skinny dipping in a pool? – Nope.
• been kicked out of your house? – Nope.
• blacked out from drinking? – Nope.
• played a prank on someone? – Yep.
• gone to a late night movie? – Several. Once I got home from Thanksgiving dinner and went out to see a midnight movie with my then-girlfriend. Unfortunately it was Alien: Resurrection, but at least it was the right kind of audience.