you're in my heart You're in my skull. You're in my blood You're in my bones

1. What brands do you like? Coke, Børn, and Aveda
2. What do you think of the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy of gays in the military? it is, at least officially, no longer in place
3. Why do you think that so many people have such a problem with gays? a lot of people think binary. Yes/No, black/white, boy/girl. Anything outside those categories seems weird and scary.
4. It seems like it is more accepted for a woman to be bi or gay than for a man. Why do you think that is? women don't matter
5. When a kid kisses another kid on the playground, is it sexual harassment? I'm sure I'm not the one to ask
6. Pick the two most important things out of these: writing deep thoughts, expressing yourself clearly, being honest, finding new novel ways to waste time, being organized, practicing what you want to do, trying to be famous: writing deep thoughts and expressing myself clearly
7. You were only waiting for this moment to... find out something I really didn't want to know
8. Just what exactly determines whether or not one is 'mental'? everyone has a 'mental' component. That word, though, may not appropriately be used in the way that this question implied.
9. Is it true that people with depression cannot function in society? obviously not
10. Fill in the word: half of what i say is... silent
11. Some people believe the Holocaust was a hoax. What do you think of this? there are people all over who have convinced themselves that facts are not real. I don't understand it--it takes an enormous amount of energy to deny the truth--but I don't really see a way around it, either.
12. Does everyone in the world care about how they look except you? pretty much everyone cares about how they look, but they express it in different ways. Thank God.
13. Do you love Italian names like Lorenzo, Gaetano, and Grazziano? they're fine--not that I've been in the market for a name
14. Everyone does horrible things. Do you think that people are more accepting of the bad things they do themselves or the bad things others do? to some degree, it's a lot easier to forgive others than ourselves. It's kind of like receiving compliments--some people just can't do it.
15. Which are you more accepting of? I try not to beat anybody up, myself or anyone else. But I suppose I'm more accepting of the bad stuff that I do.
16. Is it true that no one wants to date grumpy people? hey, maybe that's why I'm single...
17. Bush and his henchmen have now come up with a list of people for the CIA to assassinate. What do you think of this? I'd be willing to bet that the CIA (and the president) have always had a blacklist. Same old thing, different administration.
18. Why is it that in many states sodomy and oral sex are still illegal, even if they are consensual? because laws about personal behavior came about when legislating morality was considered not only appropriate but necessary for the preservation of the culture
19. Do you feel like you are missing out because you can only know a certain number of people in this world and you can't know everyone? uh, no. Quite the opposite, in fact. My "friend" list is way too big, my phone has about 250 numbers in it that I would never in a billion years actually use, and I'm cutting my Christmas card list down from nearly a hundred this year to only the people I actually care about, next year. Hint: if I haven't heard from you since I sent the last card, you obviously don't want to be friends.
20. What do you imagine being a soldier in a war is actually like? I spent 7 years studying war (in history). I've never been there, but I feel pretty confident that I know, as well as a civilian can, what it's like to be a soldier in war.   
21. Do you agree that woman should be allowed to enlist in the army? yup
22. What is the purpose of government? to keep the trains running on time
23. Why don't people believe in free love anymore? oh, some of us do
24. Do you make decisions with your head or your heart? is it one or the other? I probably make more decisions for my "real life" with my heart (or my intuition, which is close enough). 
25. What is the difference between sympathy and empathy? sympathy is feeling sorry for you. Empathy is feeling...what you're feeling.
26. Can you think of any person or group you cannot empathize with? I have a friend who is chock full of judgment about some stuff going on in my life now. I get it--really, I get it--but I don't need it, either. So when the pendulum swings and it's time to talk about what's going on in that person's life, and what's going badly that they could have done differently, it's hard to pull myself out of myself, you know? I feel wretchedly justified in thinking that the judgment and sniffs in my direction may be karma's bitchy side, making herself known.
27. Like creme savers? they're all right, but I don't go nuts for them
28. Your best friend asks you to marry them out of the blue. You say: "talk to me when you're not married, goof"
29. What makes you feel seriously depressed? thinking too much about catastrophically bad timing
30. Have you personally worked for peace? not in so many words
31. Do you suppress parts of yourself because you are afraid of judgment? not afraid of it, but--as laid out in #26, above--exhausted by it. Why talk when I know that I what I have to say is going to get "the look" in return? It's not worth it.
32. Do you take in the ideas and opinions of others too often? yep
33. 36 - 24 - 36? not since that 20 minute period during college when my body was fucking amazing
34. What just isn't right? the perfect hair, on a day when my outfit didn't really come together. Mosquito bites in spots that move too much (so they itch constantly). Waiting for the phone to ring.
35. What makes your blood boil?? one of my colleagues, who I thought was a friend but has turned out to be a pathetic little prick
36. Have you ever gone to the bathroom in a place that wasn't a bathroom? sure
37. Want some watermelon? ick
38. What's your favorite gum? N/A
39. What do you imagine going to Harvard is like? just like real college
40. What would you get rid of forever if you had to choose: snow or rain? snow, of course
41. Is there a Santa clause? hard to know what's meant here
42. Do you understand yourself? not hardly
43. Do you understand everyone else? no, but it's not a goal. Certain people, some of the time? Yes.
44. Do you think there is a connection between understanding yourself and understanding others? not so much as you might think
45. What's good? affection, faith, and loyalty
46. Have you ever played dodgeball? I've played the schoolyard version, not the "if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" version
47. Is there anything you feel men can do better than woman? pee standing up
48. Is there anything you feel woman can do better than men? discern colors
49. What do you think of jazz? eh. Don't love it, don't hate it
50. Why do you suppose Christmas has more hype than Chanucka Hanukkah? "more hype"
51. What is like a rock? my earrings
52. Who do you 100% trust? no one
53. Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? there have been moments this summer when I've thought longingly of crisp fall days. That's probably close enough
54. Have you done anything nice for your neighbors this year? I do nice things for my neighbors all the time. I'm quiet and tidy.
55. What is the most courageous thing you have ever done? left a life that was easy for one that was unknown, because it was the right thing to do
56. What things (not people) would you miss most if you were locking the Big Brother house for weeks on end? my sanity, most of all
57. Use five words to describe your life now. complicated, duplicitous, heart-wrenching, fraught, and solitary
58. Use five words to describe your family. quiet, kind, confusing, burdened, and bespectacled
59. Use five words to describe your childhood. funny, energetic, loved, fulfilled, and bookish
60. Who has seen the wind? Kvothe
61. What's the point of MLA format? Why can't students just freely write their gathered info and opinions the way they feel is best for them? why can't I just do whatever I want, whenever I want, however I want? Why do there have to be RULES? Why can't I drive down the middle of the road, walk through the grocery store eating what I like from the shelves, pluck the clothes that might look good on me from someone else's closet, go to work if I feel like it that day....
62. What's your favorite fairytale? "love conquers all"
63. How will explain God to your children (or a child)? I don't think that's in my future
64. Name a person that you love. DG
65. Describe how they look: rugged, interesting, gorgeous
66. Describe how they sound: surprising. sexy.
67. Describe how they smell: perfect. Delicate, lovely, engrossing.
68. Describe how they feel: like everything
69. Describe how they taste: better than anything
70. What will last longer, the moon or the human race? the moon, unless we manage to fuck that up, too
71. Whose lives do you value more, those of your country or all of humanity? humanity
72. If the Jehovah's Witnesses dropped by your house, what would you do? probably wouldn't answer the door. If that weren't an option, I'd credibly feign illness. It's been known to happen. Any extended conversation between me and that group of people is not likely to end productively.
73. Someone you work with or go to school with is giving you a surprise gift. Would you like it better if it were a talking Teddy bear or a mini tarot deck? Tarot, please
74. Where does the sky begin? Just above the ground? technically I think it's a distance up from there
75. What's the most romantic thing to do? show up
76. What's your most twisted, perverted or odd fantasy? that's need to know
77. What's wrong with lying? probably nothing, depending on the scope of the lie
78. If you could have lunch with any _______ who would it be?
    ...rock star? Guy Garvey
79. ...actor/actress? Greg Davies
80. ...political leader? meh. Ain't no saint without a past, ain't no sinner without a future.
81. ...historical figure? Raymond Carver
82. ...person from your past? the $8B man
83. ...person in the world? he knows.
84. ...writer? David James Duncan
85. ...fictional character? "Josh" from the film The Unbelievable Truth
86. ...Disney character? Ariel. We've got a LOT to talk over...
87. What's a samurai? look it up.
88. Dedicate a song to someone right now. (Alkaline Trio, "Kiss You to Death")
    
89. It's Christmas Eve at ten o'clock at night and you have no shopping done! The only thing that's open is the grocery store and the drug store. Do you do all your Christmas shopping in the grocery and drug store? probably not. If there's some reason why I waited that long, then I can probably wait a little longer and get something that's worth having.
90. If superman is so powerful, how does he get with Louis Lois Lane? Wouldn't he kill her? you mean, would he fuck her to death? I don't think it works that way.
91. What do you think of...
    ...Jane Fonda? can't separate "Hanoi Jane" from the ubiquitous aerobics videos from Ted Turner's arm candy. Plus Barbarella. Not a fan of the woman.
92. ...Alan Alda? he had a HUGE part in my upbringing, playing the role in MASH that meant the most to me. And his section of the book When Your Life is on Fire had a major impact on me.
93. Remember Mary Poppins? "Feed the birds tuppence a bag." What is 'tuppence'? two. pence.
94. What was the saddest most tear jerking heart wrenching moment of the movie Titanic? no clue. Haven't seen it.
95. Would you like a nice hot bath? God, no--it's roasting outside!
96. Why is Jesus always pictured as white when he came from the Middle East and was probably Middle Eastern? "probably"
97. Which is worse: sand in your underwear or sand in your mouth? mouth, for sure
98. Has President Bush made his case for war with Iraq? he made a case. Whether you bought it or not is your own business at this point.
99. If you could pick Time's person of the year, who would you pick? Mr. Incredible
100. Name all the people you know who you are attracted to and what is attractive about them? uh, no. See #64-69, above, which ought to say enough.
101. What does RSVP actually mean? "Répondez, s'il vous plaît," French for: reply, if you please
102. Is rhyming fun? not in and of itself
103. Are your dreams violent? sometimes. Last night I dreamed that a coworker was on a cruise ship that went down. She commandeered a Jet-ski and rode it to safety with two other people. Very bizarre, a little scary, and not worth the bother.
     I've also had dreams about very slowly and deliberately breaking the nose of a guy I used to date. Feeling the bones crunching beneath my fist. Watching the blood spurt. Hearing him cry out.
     
     Dreams are weird.
104. What 3 questions would you love to ask either your mom or your dad? I see them at least once a week. If there's a subject that we haven't covered, it's because we're Not Going There.
105. What are the hardest words to say? "Why don't you feel the same as you used to?"
106. Should I smile because we're friends or cry because that's all we'll ever be? yep
107. What do you think of the slogan 'you laugh because I'm different. I laugh because you are all the same'? laughter isn't all it's cracked up to be
108. How do you stop dry elbows? lotion??
109. Why don't people make gifts more often? it's a pain, and people often don't appreciate the work anyway
110. Tell it to the world! Read my lips: hold onto your friends
111. Do you like those plastic couch coverings? life is too damned short for plastic couch coverings

[From the 5000-question meme; this is the thirty-eighth part (questions 3601-3700). The title quotation is from "Kiss You to Death" by Alkaline Trio.]