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a-queer-seminarian · 3 years

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found this wonderful essay on Facebook....the full thing is pasted below; selective bolding is mine.

(image description: the first paragraph of a facebook post by Jim Rigby from March 4 2021, pasted below. / end id)

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MOST AMERICAN CHRISTIANS WOULD HAVE HATED THE EARLY CHURCH

After seminary, one of the first things I did was to read the writings of the early church. By “early” I mean before the Latin creeds were written. Many, if not most, Christians are taught to believe those later creeds define what it means to be “Christian.” I wondered, “what about the centuries before that?” Why do so many in the church say Christianity is defined, not by Jesus and the early church, but by creeds and rituals developed centuries later?

The “heroes of Christianity” I was taught in seminary, like Calvin and Luther, came long much later than the early church. These latter day theologians came along after the church had stopped being persecuted. I have come to the conclusion that the church was a no longer persecuted after the Latin creeds because at that point it was no longer a threat to empire.

The early church wasn’t persecuted by Rome because of its theology. Rome didn't care about metaphysics, it cared about dominating its citizens' minds and hearts. The early church was persecuted for political reasons, namely because it refused to participate in the violence and hoarding required to be a good citizen of an empire like Rome. By replacing the teachings of Jesus with the creeds and rituals of later Christendom, the church could avoid persecution by replacing the teachings of Jesus with abstract hypothetical assertions about God. By taking the emphasis off the radical and universal teachings of Jesus, the church was able to find a comfortable niche by playing the role of pious liturgist to the crimes of empire.

Frankly, I don’t think most American Christians would have liked the early church very much. In fact, I find myself challenged and sometimes offended by their teachings. I myself would think twice about joining the early church. For one thing, the early church demanded a radical commitment to economic justice as a price of entry.

Saint Basil the Great (b. 330 C.E.) compared those who base their idea of justice upon property rights to a man in a theatre who claims the seats next to him and will not let latecomers have them. Basil says, “That’s what the rich are like; having seized what belongs to all, they claim it as their own on the basis of having got there first.”

How many modern Christians would agree with Saint Chrysostom's words, "Those who strip others of their clothes are called "thieves." Should not those who have the power to clothe the naked but do not do so be called the same? The bread in your larder belongs to the hungry. The cloak in your wardrobe belongs to the naked. The shoes you allow to rot belong to the barefoot. The money in your vaults belongs to the destitute. You do injustice to every person whom you could help but do not."

Chrysostom (b. 347 C.E.) also refuted the age old excuse for wealth inequality, namely that rich people work hard and poor people do not, "Now don’t tell me that you actually work hard. If you call earning money, making business deals, and caring for your possessions “work”, I say, “No, that is not work. But alms, prayers, the protection of the injured and the like – these are genuine work.” You charge the poor with idleness; I charge you with corrupt behavior."

Most modern American Christians would also hate the early church because it renounced nationalism and the violence necessary to sustain it. Origen (b. 186 C.E.) said, “You cannot demand military service of Christians any more than you can of priests. We do not go forth as soldiers with the Emperor even if he demands this.”

I get uncomfortable when I read the early church leader Hippolytus (b. 170 C.E) saying that those entering the church must be screened for their profession to make sure they are not participating in violence against or exploitation of others, “The professions and trades of those who are going to be accepted into the community must be examined. The nature and type of each must be established… brothel, sculptors of idols, charioteer, athlete, gladiator…give it up or be rejected. A military constable must be forbidden to kill, neither may he swear; if he is not willing to follow these instructions, he must be rejected. A proconsul or magistrate who wears the purple and governs by the sword shall give it up or be rejected. Anyone taking or already baptized who wants to become a soldier shall be sent away, for he has despised God.”

It also seems to me that the early church demanded universality or internationalism as a price of entry. Tertullian (b. 160 C.E) wrote, “Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.” St. Chrysostom said, “I am a Christian. One who answers thus has declared everything at once—their country, their profession, their family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.”

Again, let me confess I find some of the above shocking and uncomfortable. I do not want to share everything. I want to keep my computer and my guitar. I kind of like the idea of an army protecting me, but if I am going to be honest I must also confess that the early church calls me to much more than the comfortable creeds and rituals used to define Christianity today.

It seems to me, by “Christian” the early church did not mean members of a exclusive sectarian religious cult, but people of every creed and culture who serve our one human family by choosing:

- Lives of service instead of careers of power and domination, - An economic system based on sharing fairly instead of one focused on personal wealth and success, - To be a good citizen of the whole world, not just of our own nation, - And, finally, by choosing to sing reverent hymns that consecrate us ALL to the common life instead of mindless repeating the religious creeds that divide us into sects.

#early church #early christians #christianity #leftist christians #progressive christians #jim rigby #log #readings #facebook #spring 2021 #lent 2021 #what do you think?

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01sentencereviews · 2 years

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the rosie o'donnell show (+ all aboard! rosie's family cruise), my life on the d-list, the real housewives franchise (more specifically, rhony), american idol (seasons 1-5 mainly), laguna beach (particularly season 2), the hills (the LC seasons only), jersey shore, twin peaks, lost + heroes + desperate housewives (aka any network drama i watched with my mom during middle/high school), summer heights high, girls, looking, the o.c., the 2009 VMAs, flavor of love, i love new york, vh1′s “i love...” series, britney and kevin: chaotic (didn’t actually watch in full until quite recently but those images permeated in my brain long before), barefoot contessa, the game show network, nyc prep, project runway (original bravo run only), top chef (specifically san francisco, LA, & chicago), work of art: the next great artist, the secret life of an american teenager, LiamKyleSullivan’s youtube channel, don hertzfeldt's rejected, ~teen girl squad~ (homestarrunner.com), salad fingers, beyond the trailer [during the indie moguel days], broad city, ChronicGamerGirl, full house, hey arnold!, courage the cowardly dog, american horror story: asylum, america’s next top model (i fell off after season 10), rupaul’s drag race.................

#formative 'television'#...for ME!#for better or worse #that's my opinion!!#personal

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lalka-laski · 3 years

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What color hair did your first crush have? Dark brown

What type of shoes do you find the most comfortable? Barefoot is the way to be! But if I absolutely have to wear shoes, I opt for flip flops.

Are you male or female? Female

Do you feel your personality matches your heritage? This is an interesting question! Kudos to you for asking probably the most thought-provoking question I've ever seen in a survey. I'm Northern Irish and Polish, both notably kind of stoic people. But I'm a rolling ball of emotions and FEELINGS every second of the day so no, I guess on the surface I don't embody the personality of my cultures.

If you could design your own mug, what would you put on it? I have an assortment of super cool Bowie mugs that I don't think I could ever top with my own design

What’s one item on your wish list? Short term: Finish decorating my living room Long term: Write a book

What is the best beach you’ve been to? I love BEACHES and I love the water- be it lake, river, ocean. I always feel at peace.

What is one thing you physically can’t do? A split

Do you know a lot of people who have the same middle name as you? Yes. Funnily enough I met a girl today named "Catherine Elizabeth" which is my name flip flopped.

Do you like your middle name? I love it. I love the flow of my full name. It's regal and elegant. (If only I was too, ha)

Would you ever audition for American Idol? No. Not only because I don't have vocal chops, but because those shows are a sham. Who would you most like to have a sit-down conversation with? Well they say never meet your heroes but dammit if I wouldn't love to just chat with David Bowie for a little bit...

What book are you currently reading? We are the Brennans by an author I can't remember. And don't wish to remember because the book is D-R-Y.

What song are you listening to? None, just the sound of my fan.

Have you ever been to a funeral? Yes

If you live alone, do you leave the bathroom door open? I don’t live alone but when I did, yes. I still do it when Glenn's not home.

Do you wish you could go camping more? Honestly kind of. I don't consider myself outdoorsy but maybe that's because I never give myself the CHANCE to be? The few times I've been camping were always a blast and I think I'd benefit from some more time in nature.

Have you ever visited your state’s capitol building? Negative

Have you ever visited your nation’s capitol building? Yep. The 8th grade DC trip is kind of a rite of passage for Northeast kids.

Name 3 cities you’d like to visit again. Toronto, Oshawa (to vist my family), New Orleans

Name 3 places you’d like to visit that you’ve never been. Iceland, Poland, Northern Ireland

Elephants or cats? Uhh... in what scenario?

Do you have any regrets? No. I mean yeah, there's mistakes that still haunt me at night but if given the chance, I wouldn't undo any of them.

Who was the last person that said something that warmed your heart? Glenn

Do/did you have a favorite seat in church? I don't attend church

What is your favorite park? We have a lot of beautiful parks in the area so it's hard to choose!

Do you miss having a roommate, if applicable? I suppose Glenn is technically my roommate?

Your first year of college, what were the people across the hall from u named? I actually lived across from the bathrooms, so.

Have you ever felt an earthquake? Actually yes. We didn't realize 'till after that's what we felt and damn was that weird.

Do you have to take pain medicine regularly? Nope, thankfully.

What were the best years of your life? These ones right here

Have you made any huge mistakes? Well who hasn't?

Do you have any regrets that haunt you currently? Didn't we just go over this

Was it warm out today? It was one of the cooler days we've had recently, which was very pleasant! Still warm, but comfortable.

What is the next holiday you will celebrate? My birthday!

Do you own a lot of shoes? Hardly

Do you believe anyone is asexual? Of course. That's not up for debate and certainly not for me to dictate.

Do you chew gum regularly? I've never been a gum chewer but lately I've picked up the habit

What color socks are you wearing? None. I never wear any if I can help it.

What was the last flavor of tea that you drank? Peppermint

Is there a certain person that makes you feel hurt every time you see them? Not anymore. Time heals!

Were you abused? What a question

Have you ever missed a deadline? Mhm

Where did you go on your first train ride? Toronto if I'm not mistaken

…first plane ride? Phoenix, Arizona.

Can you tell Mary-Kate and Ashley apart in pictures? No, but I CAN tell Tia & Tamera apart. That should count for something, right?

Do you have natural blonde highlights? Well I'm naturally blonde all over so yeah, I guess.

What color was the last nail polish you used? Teal-ish

What electronics are you using right now? My phone & my Chromebook

When someone hurts you, do you start to feel jealous of them? Uh what?

Do you like to sleep with the windows open? I love it until god-forsaken birds wake me up with their bullshit in the morning

List all the people you’ve met whose name started with a Y. No thank you

What color was your first boom box? I remember having a pink and green one. I assume it was my first?

Do you do all the chores yourself? Hell no, we split them equally

Do you find it hard to keep up with everything? LOL, story of my life baby

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silent-era-of-cinema · 4 years

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Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned eight decades—from silent film to sound film, including theatre, radio, and television—and her performance in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Love was born Juanita Horton in Midland, Texas, to John Cross Horton and Emma Jane Horton ( Savage). Her father was a cowboy and bartender, while her mother worked in and managed restaurants. She attended school in Midland until she was in the eighth grade, when her family moved to Arizona, New Mexico, and then to California, where they settled in Hollywood. When in Hollywood, her father became a chiropractor, and her mother worked at the Jantzen's Knitwear and Bathing Suits factory.

In June 1915, while a student at Los Angeles High School, Horton went to the set of a film to meet with actor Tom Mix, who had recommended that she visit him if she wanted to "get into pictures". However, when Mix was unavailable, she was advised to meet with pioneering film director D. W. Griffith, who put her under personal contract. When it was decided that her given name was too long for theater marquees and too difficult to pronounce, Griffith's associate Frank Woods gave Horton the stage name Bessie Love: "Bessie, because any child can pronounce it. And Love, because we want everyone to love her!" Love dropped out of high school to pursue her film career, but she completed her diploma in 1919.

Griffith gave her a small role in his Intolerance (1916). Although Intolerance was her first performance to be filmed, it was her ninth film to be released. The first films Love made were with Griffith's Fine Arts company, yet Intolerance was the only film that he formally directed.

Her "first role of importance" —in the second of her films to be released—was in The Flying Torpedo (1916). She later appeared opposite William S. Hart in The Aryan and with Douglas Fairbanks in The Good Bad-Man, Reggie Mixes In, and The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (all 1916). This string of appearances and supporting roles led to her first starring role, in A Sister of Six (1916). In her early career, she was likened to Mary Pickford, and was called "Our Mary" by Griffith.

As her roles got larger, her popularity gradually grew. In early 1918, Love left Fine Arts for a better contract with Pathé.[ After the Pathé films were unsuccessful, she signed a nine-film contract with Vitagraph later that year, all of which were directed by David Smith. Her performances often received positive reviews, but her films often were shown at smaller movie theaters, which impacted the growth of her career.

Upon the completion of her Vitagraph contract, Love became a free agent. She took an active role in the management of her career, and was represented by Gerald C. Duffy, the former editor of Picture-Play Magazine.

Love sought roles that were different from the little girls she had portrayed earlier in her career when under contract to studios. She played Asian women in The Vermilion Pencil (1922) and The Purple Dawn (1923); a drug-addicted mother in Human Wreckage (1923); a woman accused of murder in The Woman on the Jury (1924); an underworld flapper in Those Who Dance (1924); and versions of her real-life self in Night Life in Hollywood (1922), Souls for Sale (1923), and Mary of the Movies (1923).

As a film star, she was expected to entertain studio executives at parties, so she learned to sing, dance, and play the ukulele. She gradually honed these skills and later performed them onscreen and on the stage. Because of her performance in The King on Main Street (1925), Love is credited with being the first person to dance the Charleston on film, popularizing it in the United States. Her technique was documented in instructional guides, including a series of photographs by Edward Steichen. She subsequently performed the dance the following year in The Song and Dance Man.

In 1925, she starred in The Lost World, a science fiction adventure based on the novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In 1927, she appeared in the successful Dress Parade, and was so impressed by her experiences on location that she wrote the unpublished novel Military Mary. A year later, she starred in The Matinee Idol, a romantic comedy directed by a young Frank Capra. Despite these successes, Love's career was on the decline. She lived frugally so that she could afford lessons in singing and dancing.

Love toured with a musical revue for sixteen weeks, which was so physically demanding that she broke a rib. The experience she gained on the vaudeville stage singing and dancing in three performances a day prepared her for the introduction of sound films. She appeared in the successful sound musical short film The Swell Head in early 1928, and was signed to MGM later that year.

In 1929, she appeared in her first feature-length sound film, the musical The Broadway Melody. Her performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the success of the film resulted in a five-year contract with MGM and an increase in her weekly salary from US$500 to $3,000 (equivalent to $45,000 in 2019)—$1,000 more than her male co-star Charles King.

She appeared in several other early musicals, including 1929's The Hollywood Revue of 1929 and 1930's Chasing Rainbows, Good News, and They Learned About Women. Her success in these musicals earned her the title "the screen's first musical comedy star."

However, the popularity of musical films waned, again putting her career in decline. Love is quoted as saying of her career: "I guess I'm through. They don't seem to want me any more." She shifted focus to her personal life, marrying in December 1929.

She semi-retired from films, and traveled with a musical revue that included clips from her films The Broadway Melody, The Hollywood Revue, and Chasing Rainbows. While on tour, she learned she was pregnant with her daughter, who was born in 1932. Love stopped her stage work to raise her daughter. In 1935, Love moved to England, briefly returning to the United States in 1936 to obtain a divorce.

During World War II in Britain, when it was difficult to find employment as an actress, Love worked as the script supervisor on the film drama San Demetrio London (1943). She also worked for the American Red Cross.

After the war, Love began acting again, this time primarily in the theater and on BBC Radio as a member of their Drama Repertory Company; she also played small roles in British films, often as an American tourist. Stage work included such productions as Love in Idleness (1944) and Born Yesterday (1947). She wrote and performed in The Homecoming, a semiautobiographical play, which opened in Perth, Scotland in 1958. Film work included The Barefoot Contessa (1954) with Humphrey Bogart, and Ealing Studios' Nowhere to Go (1958), and she had supporting roles in The Greengage Summer (1961) starring Kenneth More, the James Bond thriller On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), and John Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). In addition to playing the mother of Vanessa Redgrave's titular character in Isadora (1968), Love also served as dialect coach to the actress.

When television became popular, Love appeared in dozens of episodes of British television shows in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. In October 1963, she became the subject of This Is Your Life when host Eamonn Andrews surprised her at the stage door of Never Too Late after its London opening. Guests included London Scrapbook director Derrick De Marney, her Forget Me Not (1922) co-star Gareth Hughes, actor Percy Marmont, her friend and Those Who Dance (1924) co-star Blanche Sweet, and her daughter Patricia.

Love appeared in John Osborne's play West of Suez (1971), and as "Aunt Pittypat" in a large-scale musical version of Gone with the Wind (1972). She also played Maud Cunard in the TV miniseries Edward & Mrs. Simpson in 1978. Her film work continued in the 1980s with roles in Ragtime (1981), Reds (1981), Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981), and—her final film—The Hunger (1983).

Love married agent William Hawks at St. James' Episcopal Church in South Pasadena, California on December 27, 1929. Mary Astor (Hawks's sister-in-law), Carmel Myers, and Norma Shearer were among her bridesmaids, with Irving Thalberg and Hawks's brother Howard serving as ushers. Following their wedding, the couple lived at the Havenhurst Apartments in Hollywood, and their only child, Patricia, was born in 1932. Four years later, the couple divorced.

Love moved to England with her daughter in 1935, a year before her divorce was final. Her life in England kept her out of the eye of her American fans, which resulted in the American press erroneously reporting her as dead multiple times. Love became a British subject in the late 1960s.

Love was a Christian Scientist.

After several years of declining health, Love died at the Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood, London from natural causes on April 26, 1986. Her ashes are interred at Breakspear Crematorium in Ruislip, Hillingdon, England.

Cartoonist Alex Gard created a caricature of Love for Sardi's, the famed restaurant in Manhattan's Theater District. It is now part of the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Portraits of Love are also in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Love periodically was interviewed by film historians, and was featured in the television documentary series The Hollywood Greats (1978) and Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (1980), both about early filmmaking in Hollywood. She also loaned materials from her personal collection to museums. In 1962, she began contributing articles about her experiences to The Christian Science Monitor. In 1977, she published an autobiography entitled From Hollywood with Love.

For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Love was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 at 6777 Hollywood Boulevard.

#bessie love #silent era #silent hollywood #silent movie stars #golden age of hollywood #classic movie stars #classic hollywood #1910s movies #1920s hollywood #1930s hollywood #1940s hollywood #1950s hollywood #1960s hollywood #1970s hollywood #1980s Hollywood

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elysiansaysthings · 4 years

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task 004

people interview with elysian

What do you like doing in your spare time?

"this is the most basic answer but i really love having time to spend with my kids. with me working and them in school and after school activities and the babies being in daycare, i really like spending my says off with the kids. i take them to the movies or the park, or we'll have a pool day or a picnic. sometimes i'll take them into my recording studio so i can capture those funny and sweet moments when we're just talking," ellie said with a smile.

Who is or was your celebrity crush?

"if we're talking mainstream celebrities, i'd jump in front of a bus for chris evans. listen, if i was single... i'd be his wife and i wouldn't take no for an answer. but, my actual husband has always been my number one crush. i thought he was the cutest thing when i first met him. we were kids when we met and i had the biggest crush on him and i told my sister 'i'm gonna marry him one day'," she said, smiling. "and i did. best decision i ever made."

Are you single?

"i am not, i'm happily married. you'd be surprised at how often i get asked this, even though i have a ring on my finger and we're together all the time," ellie said with a laugh. "like, i've been pretty well known my entire life, and the fact that people still ask if i plan on getting married is insane. i also think it's really funny when people ask if i plan on having kids, because i've got five already and they're with me most of the time when i go anywhere that's not work, so that always makes me laugh."

What’s a daily routine consist of with your family?

"ollie usually wakes up first. he's the one that gets the house running. the other kids have to get up for school, otherwise they'd be asleep until nine or ten, and harper's usually awake by seven, but if she isn't then i wake her up because she's the one that's difficult to get put down at night, so i try to keep her on a schedule for sure. we have breakfast, i get the kids to school and daycare --- or mason does, but they get there either way. we go to work, one of us picks up the kids, gets them to their after school activities, if there's shopping that needs to be done then one of us will do that while the other stays home with ollie and harper, then whoever stayed home will go pick the kids up, we do homework, we do dinner, we get baths and showers taken care of and then we either watch movies or play games or let them do their own thing until bedtime. i wish the days were longer so we could have a little extra time, but we got lucky with what we have so i try not to complain too much."

How would someone get your special attention?

"a couple different ways. i'm that person that people go to. i know what it's like to need someone to lean on, so i try to be that person for my friends and family. if someone needs to talk, all they have to do is text me like 'hey, i need to vent' or something. another way is just... be nice. be courteous. i like nice people. a real good way to get my attention is being funny though. i love humor. if you can get me to laugh, you've won it all."

What has been your best/worst date?

"my best date was when mason proposed. it was really romantic. he set the whole house up with flowers and candles and he cooked, and he made it this really beautiful, elaborate ceremony and i could kind of tell something was going on and in the back of my mind i was like 'oh my god, is this it' but i was waiting to get excited until i knew for sure what was going on. then he asked me to marry him and that was that. my worst date... probably the same date because it got cut short. this was this year, i was pregnant with harper and i still had like... a week until my due date and we thought i'd go longer because all of our other kids were late. so i was having contractions all day, but they weren't close enough together to think anything of it. i get braxton hicks contractions every time i hit that last part of my third trimester so i thought that's what it was. well, after he proposed and the excitement died down, my water broke and harper was born less than two hours later. it was the strangest labor i'd ever experienced. all of my other labors progressed slowly, like my contractions got closer and closer, then my water broke, but with harper my contractions were still about forty-five minutes apart all day so i wasn't really worried about it. but she came really fast after my water broke, my midwife almost didn't make it to the house in time. i was crowning and mason was like 'please stay in, pleast stay in' and gabby was like 'i call dibs on catching her'," ellie laughed. "but i mean, i guess i can't really call that a bad date, huh? cause that was a happy day. i dunno, i guess i don't really have a bad date. unless we count all the times i had morning sickness and our dates had to be cut short because i was too nauseous, but yeah. none of my dates have ever been bad enough to consider it being bad."

Would you date a fan?

"never. it's never a good idea. kudos to those that can make it work, but it's just not a good idea in my opinion. fans idolize you and they think nothing but the best. they think they know you really well, but they really only know what they see online and on tv. and then when they really get to know you in person, their perspective changes. i'm no saint. i've said and done some pretty controversial things and i'm extremely opinionated, and unless you truly know me and know what my intentions are when i speak those opinions, you'd probably get offended because of how i deliver those opinions. so no, never date a fan. not for me, anyways."

What is your favorite thing about your fan base?

"i love that they're just... so unconditionally lovable. they're so loyal. they're so supportive. and i really love that they call me out on my shit. sometimes i don't see the problem in something i do or say, and when they call me out on it i'm like 'oh shit, that was a dumb thing to say or do'. i appreciate it when they tell me why something i said or did wasn't okay though, because sometimes i don't understand the reason behind it being a bad thing, so i love that they explain it and give me the history of how it's problematic, so i can change the way i word things."

What’s your biggest pet peeve?

"i have several. i don't know what my biggest one is, but the ones i hate the most are when people smack their food or gum. i hate it. noisy eaters piss me off. it's disgusting and it takes no effort to chew with your mouth closed. if my infant can do it, a grown ass adult can do it. another one is when people leave their dirty laundry on the floor. specifically my household. there's a laundry basket for every single person in this house, all they have to do is put their dirty clothes in their baskets. i don't mind doing all the washing, it keeps me occupied, but don't leave it on the floor. dirty socks, that's the thing that aggravates me the most because i don't like anything to do with feet. i can't stand it, feet don't have a very pleasant smell and they're the dirtiest part of the body in my opinion, especially when you run around barefoot. oh, doors. doors is another big one. if a door was closed when you came into a room, you better close it when you leave it. and that means close it all the way until you hear the click, don't just close it until it hits the jam and leave it, like actually close the door. that one irritates me so bad i've chipped a tooth because i grit my teeth when i get irritated."

What’s your annoying habit?

"probably not realizing when i'm being annoying. thankfully i have friends and family that tell me when to knock my shit off, or they'll use a certain tone and i'm like 'crossed a line, i'll step back'. i don't realize that i'm doing it. personal habits, i'd say probably that i go through so many cups a day. i can't use the same cup twice. doesn't matter if i'm getting the same drink, i have to use a new cup. i'm like that with all dishes, so most of the dishes actually come from me because i have to get a new one, i can't reuse a dish."

Do you get used to being a celebrity?

"i hate this question because i always sound so conceited and full of myself. but my answer will always be, i've been a household name since before i was able to talk, so i kind of don't know what it's like to not be a celebrity. it's kind of like the olsen twins --- we all grew up in front of the camera, so the celebrity lifestyle is the norm for child stars."

Who is your inspiration?

"my nonna. she's worked so hard every day of her life to be treated as an equal and not just as a woman. of course being respected as a woman is important, but like... my gender isn't the only thing about me, yanno? nonna taught me that just because i'm a girl, doesn't mean i can't be just as successful as a guy."

Do you speak any other languages?

"i speak italian and greek, those were big ones growing up because the family is from italy and greece. and i use american sign language a lot, which has come in handy in so many unexpected circumstances, like when i meet fans that are hearing impaired. it's nice to be able to actually have a conversation with them and not have to use an interpreter."

Where would you like to visit?

"i would love to go to greece one day. i've been all over the world, but i've never been to greece and i've heard it's really beautiful."

What’s your favorite place you’ve been able to visit so far?

"australia and japan, hands down. japan has such a cute quality to it, and australia has the best accent by far. don't tell my husband though, he's british."

If you weren’t famous, what would you be up to right now?

"i still wish i'd gone to college, honestly. i've always, always wanted to work at nasa, so i would have definitely gone to college to major in something that would help me get in to the program. not even to be an astronaut, just at the facility because it's amazing."

Who is the messiest person you know?

"oliver. this kid can mess up a room in 0.0001 second."

What’s the most interesting thing you’ve read or seen written or said about you? Was it true or made up?

"i think the funniest thing i read was that i had a boob job. which i've never had, i'm just always pregnant so my boobs never have time to truly go back to my pre-pregnancy size. but also, push up bras. they're my friends."

What would you like remembered about you?

"my loyalty. my love. my determination."

What is one message you would give to your fans?

"be yourself. don't let anyone push you do be someone you're uncomfortable being. be yourself, no matter who that might be."

#hiddenhillstask004

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frxxxdom · 5 years

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now and forever

Timeline: 23rd June 2019, Sundat, early morning Location: Stone House, Bali, Indonesia Mood: Relieved. Nervous. Excited. Uncertain. Attire: Simple black dress with spaghetti straps. Hajun’s tuxedo jacket. Barefoot but carrying her heels. Hair in a messy bun.

The wedding was over. The reception a perfect success. Nisa was sure the ceremony would be the talk of the Seoul and Bangkok social stratosphere for weeks to come. Her mother should be satisfied, both with the fact that her daughter had married into one of Seoul’s richest families and that she had the opportunity to secure several photo ops with countless celebrities. Nisa shouldn’t have been surprised who Hajun counted as friends and acquaintances. From World Cup footballers, idols, and dram stars, several notable faces had been present.

It all seemed like a show. Nisa playing the perfect young and hopelessly in love bride. She’d heard whispers from some of the guests and family members who were well aware the marriage had been arranged. They spoke of her and her family in a negative light that left a bitter taste in her mouth but those were things she forgot, especially when she stood at the beginning of the aisle and caught sight of Hajun. Her knees knocked and her father’s grip on her tightened to keep her body level and upright. It seemed like the longest walk from the door to where he stood. She forgot the whispers when she made it to him. When they knelt in silent prayer and when his fingers held tightly to hers.

Hajun had a way of comforting her, even encouraging her. She was a few more lessons away from possibly obtaining her license and all because he had urged her to try. She could do this with his support. They were a team. A point he had stressed since they both agreed to their parents’ plan. She didn’t lose focus of him or their vows and as long as she remained that way it was easy getting through the ceremony.

The reception was an entirely different story. There were no embarrassing toasts, like she’d heard from some of her American friends but there were overbearing relatives who pulled her close and whispered in her ear. Providing countless ways she could please her husband that night. Nisa thought she was going to sick. The thought made her slightly queasy. She’d done little more than intense make out sessions and there was the one time that fingers and a mouth drifted beneath her skirt but never full, actual and complete intercourse. Would he expect that tonight?

Pushing the fears and concerns from her mind, she enjoyed her time with both their families. Providing the gifts she’d selected for his parents and even catching a tear in her brother’s eye. When everything had come to an end, a car took them to the airport. Hajun hadn’t shared much about their intended honeymoon but Nisa was excited. So excited she’d packed at least three bags full of various pieces of clothing so she could be prepared for their destination.

She’d fallen asleep on the plane. Curled in her seat, body covered by his jacket. She felt the wheels when they touched down, stretching and finally opening her eyes. Smiling softly at Hajun, Nisa sat up. “Are you going to tell me, where we are or is it still a surprise?”

@thegoodlson

#( wedding )#hajun004 #tell me if this doesn't work

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theswiftarmy · 4 years

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#17 – We Go Live In Five Hours!

Scene 17: The Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live - Downtown Los Angeles - Daytime, Interior – Twelve O’clock Noon exact on Sunday November Twenty-Fourth, Twenty-Nineteen.

FINAL DRESS REHERSAL FOR THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

TAYLOR SWIFT, POINT OF VIEW: Watches as the show director for the American Music Awards, Jeffery, tells the show’s stars sitting in audience seats that they must run the entire show from the top as a full dress rehearsal, again.

CHANGE CAMERA SHOT, we ZOOM in on Taylor Swift, slowly, panning from a full shot of the stage.

WRITER: Oh yeah, this is good stuff. I really should start writing this as a screenplay from here on out, so that way after Taylor Swift finds it and reads it, and then sends it over to her friends that made that “Cats” movie—and I am in turn contacted by Taylor herself along with a big time studio in Hollywood to get this masterpiece made into a movie, the screenplay will already be ready! And THEN I can be all like, hey Steven Spielberg, you want in on this? And he’ll be all like… “Cut it, print it, ship it, sell it, baby!” Or whatever snazzy jazzy lingo it is they use out in Hollywood—

EDITOR: Uh, I hate to break it to you, but this is never going to be a movie. Can we talk about this? First off, you’re never going to get all these people to agree to be IN a movie together in real life, what with the bad blood and all. Plus, you do know that’s just not how it works… The process of getting a movie made is so much more complicated than posting awkwardly written fan fiction online for your idol to stumble upon it and fawn all over your wordplay—

WRITER: Just trample on my dreams why don’t you?

EDITOR: I’m just telling it like it is! Dude, I’m not trying to let you down… But that’s not at all how Hollywood works! Plus, I doubt Taylor is ever going to even see this story, she’s REALLY busy these days and you tend to ramble on and on in some sections, you should definitely be a little more concise instead of meandering around making your point, but keep dreaming… Keep telling yourself: “Oh, look, Taylor Swift is going to find some random Tumblr novel about her and sit there reading the ENTIRE thing post by post completely captivated by your every word…” Because THAT’s realistic! Let me let you in on a little secret though, I don’t know how I feel about Taylor, I mean, have you read some of the stuff online about her? The gossip against her… Maybe you’re better off not capturing her attention… She could bad news my friend.

WRITER: Why don’t you go edit something?

EDITOR: Oh, yeah, because that’s a come back. Why don’t you go right something?

WRITER: AH-HA! See… And you call yourself an editor… don’t you mean WRITE something!?

EDITOR: No. I mean what I said, ‘right’ something—right a ship that’s sinking fast—right something that’s going wrong…. Like this story, that’s going nowhere fast.

PRODUCER: Ohhhhhh… Sick burn! Sick. Burn.

WRITER: Just leave me alone and stop crushing my dreams. I know it’s never going to be a movie, I know Taylor is never going to read it—you don’t think I know that? I know that… Just let me at least dream while I write this scene and stop being so mean.

EDITOR: Look at you, Mr. Poetic. Alright… I’m gonna go play some Xbox, call me when you’re done. Come on producer, I’ll let you pick the game. We’ll leave the writer to his “dreams”.

EDITOR AND PRODUCER EXIT STAGE LEFT, THEY LAUGH AS THEY SLAM THE DOOR SHUT, WRITER STARES OUT WINDOW WATCHING SNOW FALL, SAPPY MUSIC PLAYS. ZOOM IN ON WRITER FOR SHORT MONOLOGUE.

WRITER: If only I could make the Editor understand. I just don’t see things the way he does. I don’t see how a girl that makes such wonderful things, could be bad. Look at this story! Isn’t it neat? Wouldn’t you think it’s cool and complete? About a girl, a girl who has… Everything. A trove, of treasures untold! How many wonders can her song catalogue hold… Looking at her, well you’d think, sure, she’s got everything! She’s got catchy songs a plenty! She’s got singles and albums galore. You want music videos? SHE’S GOT TWENTY! But who cares, no big deal, she wants more. I want to be where Taylor’s people are… I want to sing and be there dancing! Hanging out with all her, what do you call them? Oh, Swifties. Being a fan of hers is cool and all but I want to do more than just jumping and dancing. I want the cameras rolling along with a catchy musical… What’s that word again? Oh yeah, beat… Up where they talk, up where it’s fun, up where they sing all day in the sun… Swiftie and free… Wish I could be, part of that world. What would I give, if I could make movies with Taylor… What would I pay, to spend a day part of Taylor Swift’s band … Bet you she’s grand and understands and doesn’t reprimand someone’s daughters. Bright young women, Swiftie women, taking a stand! And I’m ready to join with her, ready to go! Ask her a question, and get some answers… What’s her favorite cover song and how long did it take her to, what’s the word… Learn? When’s it my turn, to make a movie about love, a lover for sure, she is she’s a lover in love… As everyone can see… Sigh. Wish I could be, part of that world… Maybe they’re right. Maybe it’s silly to dream. But what if Taylor never dared to follow her own dreams! If she never picked up a guitar or played a single note on the piano. What if she never tried at all, how many Swifties would be Swiftieless! How many lives has she positively impacted with her music, with her kind words, with her retweets and reblogs on Tumblr, with her fan photo hearts, her genuine heart… and all her creative works of art…

WRITER SIGHS. Writer continues tay-ping into the night on the computer keyboard…

“Everyone! We’re going to do it again. Because, right now? I can’t. I just can’t… I can’t even handle it. I can’t even look at it, I can’t even think about it, I can’t even say I can’t about it…”

“Calm down Jeff. Okay? Just breathe. We’re gonna get it right.”

“Carol… It’s just… Everything is mess. We go live at eight! EIGHT! They’re acting like it’s still tech week! WE GO LIVE AT EIGHT!!! And that’s New York time, which means we go live at FIVE here in L.A.”

“It’s okay. You’re stressing yourself too much.” Carol King stood on the stage with the director of the American Music Awards, Jeffery, attempting to reassure him. A stage manager also stood nearby for backup should Carol’s efforts go in vain.

“Those two crack me up.” Selena sat in the audience seat to the left of Taylor.

“Well, it does need to be perfect, Selena.” Taylor reminded her.

“Speak for yourselves, I’m already perfect, did you see me during Tik Tok… NAILED IT. And my new song… Oh HELL to the yeah.” Kesha kicked her feet up and put them on an empty seat just to the left of Selena.

“Watch it!” Selena said turning her head slightly. “I just had my hair done!”

Kesha wiggled her barefoot toes close to Selena Gomez, just inches from the new hair-doo, egging her on, Selena made a grossed out face shifting over in her seat closer to Taylor. Kesha sat up. “WAIT! You guys, I just had an idea!!! I should make a TikTok video, during Tik Tok!” Kesha impulsively yelled her idea immediately up to the stage, “JEFFY! Can I record a TikTok while I perform Tik Tok during my set?!”

“NO KESHA!” He shouted back from the stage.

“Way to ruin my dreams.” She said sulking back into her seat. “It’s my creative expression, I should be able to do whatever I want.” Kesha made a pouty face. She went back to trying to pretend to touch Selena’s hair with her toes.

“Taylor, I know it needs to be perfect, but he’s stressing out so much. KESHA! Stop, that’s soo gross.” She turned around and stuck her tongue out at Kesha. Kesha laughed then let up and moved her feet away. “Ugh… Poor guy. He practically runs this whole thing.” Selena sighed. “I mean yes, there’s a ton of other people behind the scenes, but it all falls on his shoulders.”

“EVERYONE!!! WE GO LIVE IN…” He looked at his watch, “FIVE hours. It’s NOON! The show starts at EIGHT Eastern Standard Time, which means we pull the curtain at FIVE O’CLOCK PACIFIC TIME!”

“We know Jeffery. Just chill out man. Jeffy you’re gonna get your pants in a Jeffy jiffy twisty.” Ozzy yelled in his Ozzy Osbourne voice from his seat as he turned and high fived Post Malone.

“Right on.” Post laughed, and then sipped his beer. “Just take it as it comes and carry on.” He toasted to the stage with his bottle of beer and then clinked glasses with Ozzy.

“Post! It’s only noon. How are you already drinking?” Lizzo said looking over two seats. “Also, did they open the bar yet or what? This girl gotta get her drink on too.”

“Nah, B-Y-O-B, they won’t serve until after the red carpet… You want one?” He opened a cooler with a six-pack of beer.

“Ummm, I’ll wait.”

“Suit yourself.” He reached in and cracked open two more handing one to Ozzy.

“Ozzy! It’s only noon!” Sharon said slapping Ozzy on the hand.

“Sharon… Chill out… It’s non-alcoholic.”

“Oh, well in that case, give me one.”

“Sure thing Sharon…” Post Malone smiled and cracked open another beer handing it to Sharon Osbourne. He pulled out a bag of Trader Joe’s chips and passed the bag around for everyone to take a handful. Life is funny like that, one day you’re eating chips on your own solo, the whole bag to yourself—maybe with some dip, or salsa, or guacamole even, and maybe not—then suddenly the next thing you know, it’s a Post Malone party, you’re sharing the bag of chips together with Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, and Lizzo.

Taylor turned back from Taylurking the conversation happening several seats away from her between Post Malone, Lizzo, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Just wait until you try my Fizzy Lifting Lover drinks she thought to herself.

“At least Scooter won’t be here.” Sara said to Taylor in a low voice, leaning over in her seat.

“I know. But, I kind of wanted to roast him in front of everyone, watch him squirm a little. That would have been sooooo amazing!”

“Taylor, no. We talked about this. You need to wait until the time is right. We need to…” She quieted down and looked around. “Well you know.”

“Sara, I know. Okay?” Taylor whispered back.

“Hey Taaaaaay…” Shawn Mendes walked by Taylor and smiled over his shoulder.

Taylor awkwardly covered her mouth, hiding a smile waiting for it to subside, when it finally did, she waved back.

“What was that?” Sara asked noticing Taylor blushing ever so slightly.

“What was what?”

“Umm, between you and Shawn.” Sara pointed over at Shawn now standing beside Camila Cabello.

“Nothing. What?”

“Taylor—Is there something between the two of you? Because if there is, as your attorney, I NEED TO KNOW! YOU NEED TO TELL ME EVERYTHING!” Sara raised her voice—she was almost shouting. Billie Eilish looked up from her phone raising an eyebrow in Taylor and Sara’s direction, then turned her attention back to her phone.

“Whoa, Sara…” Taylor lowered her head sinking into her seat, “You’re making scene.”

“Sorry, I… I don’t know what came over me.” Sara’s voice returned to her normal calm and collected tone.

“It’s okay… It’s… It’s alright.” Taylor pushed her self slightly away from Sara in the seat; she’d never seen Sara act like that before. Almost like Sara was a different person for just a moment. Taylor reached down to check on the masters case and make sure it was still seated next to her, unable to make contact she looked down and noticed Sara had pulled it closer—Taylor pulled it back.

“I just need to know things, okay?” Sara said to Taylor, making direct eye contact. Taylor looked back up at Sara. “To… protect you. That’s all. And to advise you properly…. I care about you okay? I’m not just your lawyer, I’m a loyal Swiftie, and I’m your biggest fan.”

Taylor’s eyes drifted away from Sara and back to Shawn again. “Riiiiight. Okay Sara, yeah, sounds good.” She said distracted, ogling Shawn Mendes. She felt that same dang crooked smile forming on her face. What was that? Why could she not help but smile every time she looked at him, SHE almost felt like a different person—She needed a distraction. Taylor pulled out her phone and texted Joe.

Hey you… Just wanted to say I was thinking of you! Inset 50 heart emojis.

She clicked send.

There was a sudden commotion from one of the entranceways to the theater, “Billy Porter is in the house!” Someone yelled.

“Oh my God Billy is here! Sara, hold my phone.” Taylor got up from her seat and ran over to hug him.

Sara looked at the phone in her hand; the screen was unlocked… She began to tap through a few of Taylor’s apps, her social media accounts folder named ‘My Loves’, which included the Tumblr app, Twitter, Instagram, and various other ways to connect with Taylor’s fan base, her Swifties—The pulse of the Swifties’ synchronized heartbeats in one tiny little device, she felt a wave of power rush over her, one Tumblr post, one Tweet, an Instagram photo, all of it connected to millions of Swifties, around the world, an army ready to act on Taylor’s behalf at moment’s notice.

As Taylor returned to her seat, Sara placed the phone back on her lap pretending to have never looked at it, she handed the phone back to Taylor with a reassuring smile.

“HELLO!!! ARE WE GOING TO DO A SHOW OR NOT? You still have to go home, freshen up, red carpet, photos, AND WE HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED THE DRESS REHERSAL… Am I the only one who cares about this?”

“Jeff, they care, okay? It’s just that we’ve run through it 73 times. The show is already good.”

“Good is no good, you should know that CAROL!”

Carol rolled her eyes.

“Okay everyone, everyone, let’s take it from top! Places… PLACES!!!!” He paused. “Oh, Taylor, I have a note here that you had a change request to add a backing track during your performance of Lover?”

“Yes, that’s right.” She yelled back to the stage gleefully.

“Okay, well, make sure you get that track to the sound team as soon as we finish rehearsal!”

“Oh, I will.” Taylor’s eyes flashed Teen Wolf RED for the second time today.

@taylorswift

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alsjeblieft-zeg · 2 years

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388 of 2022

I have been in love. I have dumped someone. I have been dumped. I have had a secret admirer. I have had a crush on a much older person. I have slept with a co-worker or boss. I have been in an abusive relationship. I have had a crush on a friend. I have met someone because of a social networking site. I have drank liquor. I have drank beer. I have drank wine. I have smoked a cigarette. I have smoked a cigar. I have smoked weed. I have thrown up from drinking. I have blacked out from drinking. I have taken painkillers. I have been suspended from school. I have had detention. I have been in a car accident. I have seen someone or something die. I have been robbed or vandalized. I have skipped class. I have been fired. I have been in a fist fight. I have fallen asleep at work or school. I have watched the sun set. I have felt an earthquake. I have won a contest. I have made a snow angel. I have been snowboarding. I have been water skiing. I have sang karaoke in public. I have been in a mosh pit. I have laid on my back and watched cloud shapes pass by. I have built an igloo. I have made a gingerbread house. I have made a snowman. I have been ice skating. I have flown a kite. I have had a tea party. I have built a sand castle. I have played poker. I have gone sledding. I have cheated while playing a game. I have been out of the country. I have been on a cruise ship. I have been on a plane. I have had braces. I have witnessed a crime. I have squished barefoot through mud. I have swam in the ocean. I have felt like I was dying. I have cried myself to sleep. I have played cops and robbers. I have played a Nintendo Wii. I watch American Idol. I have paid for a meal with only coins. I have made a prank phone call. I have kissed in the rain. I have written a letter to Santa Claus. I have blown bubbles. I have made a bonfire on the beach. I have been on a road trip out of state. (country, as I'm European) I have been rollerblading. I had a wish come true. I have jumped off a bridge. I have swam with dolphins. I have gotten a speeding ticket. I have sat on a roof top. I have screamed at the top of my lungs. I can do a cartwheel. I have talked on the phone more than 6 hours at a time. I have picked and ate an apple off the tree. I have climbed a tree. I have been in a tree house. I believe in ghosts. I have gone skinny dipping. I have been inside a jail. I have jumped in a pool with all my clothes on. I have broken a bone. I have caught a fish. I have been asked to make a porno. (ew no thanks) I have caught a butterfly. I have mooned/flashed someone. I have french braided someone's hair. I have rode a roller coaster. I have been scuba diving. I have had a cavity. I have fallen going up stairs. I have been shot. I have flattened someone's tires. I have been in a car that ran out of gas

#survey #bolding survey #random survey

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suckitsurveys · 5 years

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What are you planning to do tomorrow? Working. Then going to the gym. Are you comfortable with your height? I am. Last text received? My sister sent me a picture asking me to help fix something. Whats your favorite subject in school? Sociology. Art. Whats your least favorite subject in school? English. Are you afraid of heights? No.

Are you afraid of the dark? Great show. Are you a jealous person? Eh. Do you miss anyone right now? Yes, a lot. How do you feel about your hair? I love it but I want to do it red next though which will probably take a while. The blue needs to fade. The tips are black so I might have to wait for it to grow out a little more and cut it off where the black starts. Do sleep with a stuffed animal? There’s one on my bed. It’s a stuffed dog with three legs named Champion after the three legged dog of the same name in Parks and Rec. Do you sleep with the light on? I sleep with blue Christmas lights plugged in. Do you sleep with the fan on? Yes. Were you happy when you woke up today? No. Have you ever laughed so hard you cried? Yes. Do you drink coffee? Not really, but I don’t not drink coffee. Do you find piercings attractive? On myself sure. Do you find tattoos attractive? On myself sure. When is your birthday? Sept 2nd. How long are you on the computer? 8 + hours a day, 5 days a week for work. Do you watch a lot of TV? Yes. What was the last movie you watched? I haven’t watched a movie in a while. It was probably honestly Hot Rod with Ellen when I was in SLC a month ago. What was the last TV show you watched? Community. I’ve finished BoJack and ODAAT and Living with Yourself and Jane the Virgin and Modern Love so now I’m just re-watching things. Do you curse in front of your parents? Not often, but I do. Are you slowly drifting away from someone close? Nah. Do you like your phone? I do. Have you ever taken a road drip? What is a road drip? Are you happy right now? No. Do you have a crush on anyone? Will Arnett. Have you ever written a story? Uh huh. What are you listening to right now? My coworker talking. Do you watch American Idol? No. Whats your favorite number? 24. Whats the last thing you ate? A donut. If you were a crayon what color would you be? Blue. How is the weather right now? Chilly. Are you too shy to ask someone out? I don’t know, I’ve been with Mark for 8 and half years. What were you doing before this? Another survey. Do you have any pets? 3 kitties. Have you ever been caught doing something you weren’t supposed to be doing? Yeah. Are you still friends with someone from kindergarten? Sort of. I have her on social media. Do you like to travel by plane? I do! I’m already itching to get back on a plane. Do you use chapstick? Yes. When did you last cry? This morning on the way to work. What did you do today? Worked. Do you drink a lot of water? Yes but I need to drink more. What was the last website you visited? Facebook. How long do you think you will live? Hahahahahahahahahahahha. What do you spend most of your money on? Food. What did you eat for lunch today? I am currently eating lobster bisque. Do you eat breakfast? Usually. Do you eat junk food every day? UGH shut up. How’s your life going lately? I’m a depressed stressed mess. Do you like the winter time? No. It needs to end after Christmas. Have you ever had to get your blood drawn? Yes. Do like eating mashed potatoes? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Are you a good cook? Eh. What is the most important thing to you? My family. Are you trying to avoid liking somebody at the moment? Nah. When was the last time someone put you on the spot? I don’t know. Do you lie about your age? No. Have you ever been stung by a bee? No, thankfully. Who was the last person you high fived? My niece. Who made you mad today? Myself. Do you like whip cream? YESSSSSS but not whipped cream frosting. Do you know how to swim? Yes. Are you afraid of falling in love? No, I am in love. Could you go a whole month without cursing? Fuck that. Are you close to your mother? At the time of her death, we were not as close as I would have liked. I loved her and we had a good relationship, but it had its moments. Are you close to your father? Yes, even more so now. Do you miss your past? Some aspects of it, sure. Are you any good at math? Yeah. Do you look at the keyboard when you type? Sometimes just to make sure I’m starting right. Who hugged you last? Mark. Who’s one person you can tell everything to? Mark. Ellen. Sarah. Do you keep things bottled up inside? Eh. Has anyone let you down lately? Yes. Do you call anyone by their last name? Yes. Have you ever been called a bad influence? Lol. Do you have a lucky number? 24. What scares you the most? Ignorant people taking over. What did you do today? You asked me this. Why do you feel the way you feel? Because I am stressed. What was the last thing you put in your mouth? Soup. What woke you up this morning? My alarms. Do you have a best friend to lean on? Yes. Do you ever have weird confusing dreams? Oh yes. How is your hair right now? Clean. When was the last time you went shopping? I went grocery shopping on Saturday. Did you laugh a lot today? No. Do you know what pseudo means? Yes. Was there anyone who made your day today? Not yet but my husband and kitties will later i am sure. Are you liking how you look today? I look okay. Do you hate when they give a lot of tv commercials? I don’t watch regular TV with commercials anymore. Are you waiting for anything? to magically be healthy. Are you a very stressed out person? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LOL. Are you single? No. Do you watch the news? Eh. Have you ever been to disney world? Nope. Do you like animals? Yesss. Do you know how to skateboard? No. Do you go to church? No. What do you do to relax? I’ll let you know when I figure it out. Do you hate when people stare at you for no reason? Yes. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with? Mark. How often do you talk on the phone? I rarely talk on the phone, but the other day Ellen called me and we watched BoJack together and were on the phone for over an hour. I can’t tell you the last time that happened. Do you have any saved texted messages? My phone just keeps ‘em all. I’ve never gone through and deleted any. Which color is better? Red, Blue, Green, Black, or Yellow? Blues and black. Whats your first initial? H. Are you good at hiding your feelings? Sure. Are you afraid of rollercoasters? No, but they do make me sick now. Is anyone annoying you right now? Always. Do you smile a lot? Sure. Does the person you like know that you like them? I would assume so since he married me and everything. Have you ever cried from being so mad? Yes. Did you cry today? Yes. When was the last time you had a sleepover? A month ago a Ellen’s! We did face masks and watched movies! Do you like watching horror movies? Not so much. How many kids do you want? Zero. What do you wanna be when you grow up? Lol. I’ll let you know when I figure it out. Have you ever been suspended from school? Technically. For the STUPIDEST reason. In high school, we were supposed to carry our planners around from class to class and mine fell apart the day before and I didn’t get the chance to tell my home room teacher so I just had the hall pass page. In my first class of the day I got written up for it and I tried to explain that it fell apart and that was considered “talking back” and the teacher gave me a suspension and told me I had to stay in the dean’s office the rest of the day. He wasn’t in the office at the time I was put in there but he walked in like 45 minutes later, asked me why I was in there, said that was ridiculous, gave me a new planner, and sent me back to class. It was still on my record though. Lol. Do you like taking pictures? Yes. Do walk around bare foot when your at home? Or do you wear socks? Barefoot. Don’t you hate that when it’s freezing cold outside your nose gets runny? It’s not pleasant. Don’t you hate that when it’s freezing cold outside your eyes get teary? Yes. Do you wear make up? Not always. Do you wear jewerly? Yes. Earrings mostly. Do you ever play games on the computer? Nah.

#surveys

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