Memejacking again (I'm a memeslut)

[compilerbitch]

Duly memejacked from aiwendel:


I see: A mess.
I need: To tidy my room.
I find: Happiness, where I can. Hope, where possible.
I want: to go back into university lecturing. To figure out some way Bat and I can be together more than just at weekends.
I have: somehow managed to get a second chance at an Oxbridge PhD, even though the first one crashed and burned.
I wish: I could see more of the penguins
I love: the penguins
I hate: as few people as possible,
I miss: the penguins
I fear: loneliness, failure, despair, death
I feel: positive
I hear: interesting music
I smell: the remnants of a quarter pounder with cheese
I crave: nothing
I search: for the right place, where I can make a difference, where people might care
I wonder: if this might be that place
I regret: not having a second go at the PhD route before now

When was the last time you ...

Smiled?: now
Laughed?: earler today
Cried?: Monday, after Bat left
Bought something?: today (food), a week ago (books)
Danced?: a year ago, before the arthritis got bad
Were sarcastic?: um... when am I not?
Kissed someone?: last weekend
Talked to an ex?: tonight
Watched your favorite movie?: a year ago
Had a nightmare?: a week ago

A Last time for everything ...

Last book you read: Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson (still reading it)
Last movie you saw: Supertroupers
Last song you heard: Arcana, My cold sea
Last thing you had to drink: water
Last time you showered: this morning
Last thing you ate: quarterpounder with cheese

Do You ...

Smoke?: No
Do drugs?: No
Have sex?: None of your business
Sleep with stuffed animals?: Yes
Live in the moment?: Where possible. I try to, but my tendency is not to.
Have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: Yes
Have a dream that keeps coming back?: Yes -- huge buildings, exploring countless rooms
Play an instrument?: keyboards, electric bass, chapman stick
Believe there is life on other planets?: of course there is
Remember your first love?: yes
Still love him/her?: A little, I suppose -- it was a long time ago.
Read the newspaper?: No
Have any gay or lesbian friends?: Of course I do!
Believe in miracles?: That's too loaded a question. Yes, but in a non-religious way.
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: yes
Consider yourself tolerant of others?: yes
Consider love a mistake?: never!!!!!
Like the taste of alcohol?: not really
Have a favorite candy?: chocolate
Believe in astrology?: no
Believe in magic?: yes
Pray?: no
Go to church?: no
Have any secrets?: that would be telling
Have any pets: I have a cabbage called George and a cactus called Marje.
Do well in school?: By my school's standards, yes. By Cam standards, no, not really. I didn't do any work, spending all of my free time doing music, photography, sailing or programming.
Go to or plan to go to college? I'm right there.
Have a major?: Computer Science.
Talk to strangers who instant message you? Never
Wear hats? No
Have any piercings?: Ears, but they will have closed up years ago.
Have any tattoos?: No
Hate yourself?: No
Have an obsession?: Plenty!
Collect anything?: Ideas
Have a best friend?: Yes
Wish on stars?: Occasionally
Like your handwriting?: Ha ha ha.
Have any bad habits?: Yes (you should see the state of my room right now)
Care about looks?: Yes (wish i didn't)
Looks In Boy/girlfriend's looks?: Yes (nothing to complain about there!)
Looks In Friends and other people?: Less so
Believe in witches?: yes, but not necessarily what they believe in themselves
Believe in Satan?: you have to be joking
Believe in ghosts?: yes. Don't know what they are, however.