Frequently Asked Questions
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sorcyressFrequently Asked Questions:
(No seriously. Every single one of these questions I've been asked more than once, and some of them often enough to be frustrating.)
*Where are you going to school?
Lesley University, in the Boston area. It's tiny, and surrounded by Harvard on three sides. That's why you haven't heard of it.
*What's your major?
Secondary Education Math. I want to be a high school math teacher.
*Woah. Are you crazy?
Pretty much, yeah. Mostly I'm just sick of shitty math teachers. I could do a better job than some of these guys and I don't even know the material yet.
***
*What is with your prediliction for older men?
God, there's no way to answer this that doesn't sound wicked egotistical. Look, I tend to feel...apart from my peers. On a higher mental level. Been this way for ages --I've preferred talking to adults over people my age since middle school or earlier now. So it's pretty much, at the most basic level, these are people on the same page as me. That's a good thing.
Also, they generally know how to cook, have their own living spaces, cars, jobs, etc so they can take care of themselves, have interesting and potentially useful life experience, and are usually beyond the whole "OMG DRAMA!" thing.
*Isn't that creepy?
Define creepy, man. Oddly, I think it's more creepy for an early high schooler (14-15) to be dating a college student than for me (a late high schooler/early college student) to be dating a guy who's been out of college for a bit. Look, again with the egotistical, I'm pretty damn mature. I'd like to think that I can pick guys who aren't complete sleezebags.
*Are you dating __________?
Probably not, no. I'm a big time flirt, so a lot of the people who I seem to be partnered with (Veronica, Jeremy, DarkEric) are just really good friends of mine.
*Will you be my girlfriend?
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
That's totally flattering, but probably not? Sorry? Shit, now I have to go feel like a horrible stuck-up person for a bit.
*Awesomesexual?
"I like girls, and I like boys, and I like girls that used to be boys, and I like boys that used to be girls, and I like people who are both, and I like people who are neither, and I like girls who are boys on tuesdays and fridays, and I like princets, and I like dan4ths, and I like boys who jam gaydar, and I like werewolves with limp wrists, and I like straight boys who wear skirts and their dads, and..."
It's pansexual without the ties to greek mythology. I don't list as bisexual partly because I don't believe in binary gender, but mostly because being a college aged female bisexual has such a negative connotation to it. No, I actually really do like girls. Really.
*You're poly?
Yeah. It works for me.
***
*Will you clean the catbox?
Sigh. Yes mom.
*Will you get me a sammich?
Sigh. Yes Kat. Only if you share it though. :D
*Will you get me ice cream?
If there's some in the house, yes. Ice cream bitch and all that.
***
*How long have you been growing your hair?
I cut my hair to just past my ears at the end of seventh grade --May or so 2002. It hasn't grown *that* much in the past year or two, but yeah. About six years growth.
*How much shampoo/conditioner do you use?
Probably too much since I never really learned how to wash it right. *Holds out her hand, draws a circle on the palm* This much, twice. No idea what that is in ounces.
*How long does it take to brush?
Depends on how long it's been since I last brushed it. Five or ten minutes if it's been brushed in the last 48 hours or so. It has taken upwards of an hour --I try to avoid letting my hair get to that state, but sometimes I get wicked lazy.
*How long does it take to dry?
I generally wash my hair at night and it's generally dry by morning. It takes longer when it's really humid out. I'm a horrible person, and tend to wash it more in the summer --I sweat more, which makes it grosser, and if it's wet, I can go outside without my head freezing.
*Is your hair a pain in the ass to take care of?
Naw, not really.
*Are you planning to donate to Locks of Love?
Nope!
*Why not!?
Because I'm a horrible selfish human being, that's why. Also, been there, done that. I really really like my hair, and I don't forsee myself cutting it off anytime soon for anyone.
***
*You have a younger brother?
Yeah, Nik. He's not as extroverted or as dramatic as my little sister, 'swhy you don't hear about him as often. He's pretty rad though. Good at video games. Also not ever allowed to have sex, but he hasn't really expressed much of an interest, so I don't have to yell that at him all the time.
*You have a father?
Yes I have a father. My parents have been married for 21 years, and they're still happy together. You just don't think I have a father because every time you've visited the house, he's either not here (at work or on a business trip) or he's curled up in the corner, reading.
*Is he [Paul, DarkEric, Bruce, Dan, etc] your dad?
Naw, he's a family friend. Our house is kinda a party house. We have lots of men my fathers age running around.
*You're older than her? [Veronica]
Well, only by three days, really. But yeah.
*You're older than her? [Aly]
...BY FOUR YEARS, DAMNIT!
Seriously, just because she's six inches taller than me and has a bigger shoe size and is cuter and more outgoing than I am doesn't mean she's older. Damn you all.
***
*Have you read this book, seen this movie, or heard this group?
Probably not, no. I am woefully pop culture deprived. If you have a recommendation, let me know!
*pixplz?
...no. Just no. Well, maybe. How well do I know you? How fabulous is the picture you want? If it's the scandelous picture of me in my little black skirt that I sent out to half the internet (read: five people, two of which are primarily androphiles.1) than no, no you can't have it without me knowing you pretty well. If it's, say, just a regular old picture of the Sorcyress being fabulous, than you can probably find a couple in my flickr.
*Why do you have a towel?
It's a hitchhikers reference. They're damn useful, don't you think?
*Where did you get that hat?
My friend Harena made it for me. Isn't it awesome?
*How long have you been dancing?
SCD: About six months now. It was weekly, until I came to Maryland. OHBUTHEY, Monday night is tomorrow and I am so going then, YAY!
Contra: Heh. Not very long. I kinda learned in a weekend near the end of April.
Swing: Oh god. I spent like...a summer learning bits and pieces, but I've always been irregular about this one.
Waltz: What, seriously as opposed to just as a ten year old? Six months or less.
Other assorted ballroom: Eh. Pick, either about four months or about eight years. If the latter, it's been fairly irregular, but kinda there. If the former, that's when I started doing it, you know, as a serious hobby rather than just a thing.
*Woah, crazy scar! Where's it from?
Heart surgery when I was two and a half. Funky valve or something, ask my mom --she's the one who can actually remember what was wrong with me.
*Would you like to go out for sushi sometime? I'll pay, of course.
...'kay, I lied. That's not actually a frequently asked question. I only wish it was.
Oh yeah, and the answer is "Yes. Yes I would."
~Sor
MOOP!
1: Androphile and Gynophile. Attracted to men, attracted to women. Just a quicker way of saying "straight and bisexual women and gay and bisexual men" and "straight and bisexual men and gay and bisexual women"
(No seriously. Every single one of these questions I've been asked more than once, and some of them often enough to be frustrating.)
*Where are you going to school?
Lesley University, in the Boston area. It's tiny, and surrounded by Harvard on three sides. That's why you haven't heard of it.
*What's your major?
Secondary Education Math. I want to be a high school math teacher.
*Woah. Are you crazy?
Pretty much, yeah. Mostly I'm just sick of shitty math teachers. I could do a better job than some of these guys and I don't even know the material yet.
***
*What is with your prediliction for older men?
God, there's no way to answer this that doesn't sound wicked egotistical. Look, I tend to feel...apart from my peers. On a higher mental level. Been this way for ages --I've preferred talking to adults over people my age since middle school or earlier now. So it's pretty much, at the most basic level, these are people on the same page as me. That's a good thing.
Also, they generally know how to cook, have their own living spaces, cars, jobs, etc so they can take care of themselves, have interesting and potentially useful life experience, and are usually beyond the whole "OMG DRAMA!" thing.
*Isn't that creepy?
Define creepy, man. Oddly, I think it's more creepy for an early high schooler (14-15) to be dating a college student than for me (a late high schooler/early college student) to be dating a guy who's been out of college for a bit. Look, again with the egotistical, I'm pretty damn mature. I'd like to think that I can pick guys who aren't complete sleezebags.
*Are you dating __________?
Probably not, no. I'm a big time flirt, so a lot of the people who I seem to be partnered with (Veronica, Jeremy, DarkEric) are just really good friends of mine.
*Will you be my girlfriend?
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
That's totally flattering, but probably not? Sorry? Shit, now I have to go feel like a horrible stuck-up person for a bit.
*Awesomesexual?
"I like girls, and I like boys, and I like girls that used to be boys, and I like boys that used to be girls, and I like people who are both, and I like people who are neither, and I like girls who are boys on tuesdays and fridays, and I like princets, and I like dan4ths, and I like boys who jam gaydar, and I like werewolves with limp wrists, and I like straight boys who wear skirts and their dads, and..."
It's pansexual without the ties to greek mythology. I don't list as bisexual partly because I don't believe in binary gender, but mostly because being a college aged female bisexual has such a negative connotation to it. No, I actually really do like girls. Really.
*You're poly?
Yeah. It works for me.
***
*Will you clean the catbox?
Sigh. Yes mom.
*Will you get me a sammich?
Sigh. Yes Kat. Only if you share it though. :D
*Will you get me ice cream?
If there's some in the house, yes. Ice cream bitch and all that.
***
*How long have you been growing your hair?
I cut my hair to just past my ears at the end of seventh grade --May or so 2002. It hasn't grown *that* much in the past year or two, but yeah. About six years growth.
*How much shampoo/conditioner do you use?
Probably too much since I never really learned how to wash it right. *Holds out her hand, draws a circle on the palm* This much, twice. No idea what that is in ounces.
*How long does it take to brush?
Depends on how long it's been since I last brushed it. Five or ten minutes if it's been brushed in the last 48 hours or so. It has taken upwards of an hour --I try to avoid letting my hair get to that state, but sometimes I get wicked lazy.
*How long does it take to dry?
I generally wash my hair at night and it's generally dry by morning. It takes longer when it's really humid out. I'm a horrible person, and tend to wash it more in the summer --I sweat more, which makes it grosser, and if it's wet, I can go outside without my head freezing.
*Is your hair a pain in the ass to take care of?
Naw, not really.
*Are you planning to donate to Locks of Love?
Nope!
*Why not!?
Because I'm a horrible selfish human being, that's why. Also, been there, done that. I really really like my hair, and I don't forsee myself cutting it off anytime soon for anyone.
***
*You have a younger brother?
Yeah, Nik. He's not as extroverted or as dramatic as my little sister, 'swhy you don't hear about him as often. He's pretty rad though. Good at video games. Also not ever allowed to have sex, but he hasn't really expressed much of an interest, so I don't have to yell that at him all the time.
*You have a father?
Yes I have a father. My parents have been married for 21 years, and they're still happy together. You just don't think I have a father because every time you've visited the house, he's either not here (at work or on a business trip) or he's curled up in the corner, reading.
*Is he [Paul, DarkEric, Bruce, Dan, etc] your dad?
Naw, he's a family friend. Our house is kinda a party house. We have lots of men my fathers age running around.
*You're older than her? [Veronica]
Well, only by three days, really. But yeah.
*You're older than her? [Aly]
...BY FOUR YEARS, DAMNIT!
Seriously, just because she's six inches taller than me and has a bigger shoe size and is cuter and more outgoing than I am doesn't mean she's older. Damn you all.
***
*Have you read this book, seen this movie, or heard this group?
Probably not, no. I am woefully pop culture deprived. If you have a recommendation, let me know!
*pixplz?
...no. Just no. Well, maybe. How well do I know you? How fabulous is the picture you want? If it's the scandelous picture of me in my little black skirt that I sent out to half the internet (read: five people, two of which are primarily androphiles.1) than no, no you can't have it without me knowing you pretty well. If it's, say, just a regular old picture of the Sorcyress being fabulous, than you can probably find a couple in my flickr.
*Why do you have a towel?
It's a hitchhikers reference. They're damn useful, don't you think?
*Where did you get that hat?
My friend Harena made it for me. Isn't it awesome?
*How long have you been dancing?
SCD: About six months now. It was weekly, until I came to Maryland. OHBUTHEY, Monday night is tomorrow and I am so going then, YAY!
Contra: Heh. Not very long. I kinda learned in a weekend near the end of April.
Swing: Oh god. I spent like...a summer learning bits and pieces, but I've always been irregular about this one.
Waltz: What, seriously as opposed to just as a ten year old? Six months or less.
Other assorted ballroom: Eh. Pick, either about four months or about eight years. If the latter, it's been fairly irregular, but kinda there. If the former, that's when I started doing it, you know, as a serious hobby rather than just a thing.
*Woah, crazy scar! Where's it from?
Heart surgery when I was two and a half. Funky valve or something, ask my mom --she's the one who can actually remember what was wrong with me.
*Would you like to go out for sushi sometime? I'll pay, of course.
...'kay, I lied. That's not actually a frequently asked question. I only wish it was.
Oh yeah, and the answer is "Yes. Yes I would."
~Sor
MOOP!
1: Androphile and Gynophile. Attracted to men, attracted to women. Just a quicker way of saying "straight and bisexual women and gay and bisexual men" and "straight and bisexual men and gay and bisexual women"
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on 2008-06-22 03:36 pm (UTC)Probably not, no. I am woefully pop culture deprived. If you have a recommendation, let me know!
Musical reccommendations?
http://www.thefump.com
Fun, free, pod-safe comedy music.
I'm such a damn shill...
Also: http://www.johnathancoulton.com http://www.paulandstorm.com
Further awesome geeky music. :-)
Barring movie soundtracks, I haven't listened to current "mainstream" music on a regular basis since the late 90's. Though I have been known to seek out the "original" versions of song parodies I like...
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on 2008-06-22 05:20 pm (UTC)I lived in a house that played an occasional record album and whose TV flared in the evening. You lived in a house filled with media junkies and movie nights and....
SO I'm confused.
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on 2008-06-22 10:55 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2008-06-22 10:59 pm (UTC)lol
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on 2008-06-22 06:43 pm (UTC)Think of it like a chemical reaction, if you want (assuming you've taken Chemistry). If xA + yB = nC, then a little less than x of A will yield a certain amount of C, plus some leftover B. An excess of A will yield the total possible C, with leftover A. In this case, A is shampoo, and B is the grime on your head. C is the shampoo+grime mixture that is no longer stuck to your hair. Assuming you've worked the shampoo into your head quite well, a slight excess of shampoo will let you know that it's done its job.
As you might expect, the quantity of shampoo necessary to do this varies from person to person, and can even vary day to day for the same person.
I should also note that this concept works for other soaps, such as hand soap. A bare drop of soap when you have greasy hands doesn't do much, but keep adding soap, drop by drop, and you feel the effect of the grease coming off, until you notice that an additional drop of soap doesn't provide any additional cleaning benefit. This is the optimum level of soap.
In a slightly unrelated note... yay, someone else with long hair (that is sometimes neglectful of it... which isn't so yay, except that I have someone to relate to because I do it, too), and yay, another future Math teacher. :)
And I *really* need another icon for Mathy stuff. A borg icon for general nerdiness doesn't quite cut it.
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on 2008-06-22 08:29 pm (UTC)That's because you're living in the wrong place.
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on 2008-06-22 10:43 pm (UTC)Yayayayay! You are the only person i know what doesn't feel compelled to hack off their hair on a regular basis (the only exception being W, but you'd expect that from a hypertwin, right?)! i love you! New Question to add to your list: Can i have your love child?
*Where did you get that hat?
My friend Harena made it for me. Isn't it awesome?
HeeGleeBlushStuffnthings! *poings about happily* :D
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on 2010-08-09 06:54 am (UTC)Because all the 'authentic' sushi bars I've ever attempted to go to don't seem to get why cutting fish and shrimp/crab/lobster on the same cutting board/with the same knives if a bad thing if all surfaces are meticulously clean.
::sighs::
This is why I eat supermarket sushi. I know damned well they don't even USE raw crab/shrimp/lobster.
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