simply | Getting to know alllll about you:

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship? Nope.
02) What was your dream growing up? To write and illustrate books -- and also be a teacher.
03) What talent do you wish you had? The ability to make sparkling conversation.
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be? Lemon, lime, and bitters.
05) Favorite vegetable? Potatoes for the win!
06) What was the last book you read? March, by Geraldine Brooks.
07) What zodiac sign are you? Leo, but I couldn't care less.
08) Any tattoos and/or piercings? Explain where. Ear lobes, one piercing in each.
09) Worst habit? Overthinking.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? If you're my friend...
11) What is your favorite sport? Backyard soccer.
12) Do you have a pessimistic or optimistic attitude? Probably more pessimistic (I used to be Pollyanna; what happened?)
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? Sing leprechaun songs and play hand-clapping games.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you? People I care about being hurt by others.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you. I eat my M&Ms by colour.
16) Do you have any pets? Not anymore. RIP, Sunny the Goldfish.
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly? I'd try to roll with it, talk lots, and make you cocoa.
18) What was your first impression of me? WHO ARE YOU?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary? Just weird.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? I'd be gorgeous, in a natural kind of way.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? Conscience.
22) What color eyes do you have? Hazel.
23) Ever been arrested? No.
24) Bottle or can soda? Bottles -- because it tastes better and saved bottles make awesome candlestands.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it? Some wedding gift shopping and then save-o-rama.
26) What's your favorite place to hang out at? amazing bookstores, plus the Queensland Art Gallery and GoMA, both at Southbank.
27) Do you believe in ghosts? Yes, but not in the boo I'm Casper kind of way. More in the creepy little demon kind of way.
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time? Catch up with loved ones, read books somewhere near the water, and watch movies.
29) Do you swear a lot? Nup.
30) Biggest pet peeve? Meaning something small but intensely annoying? Your/You're. Learn the difference.
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself? Dorky.
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance? Yes. But I don't think it's always what we think it is.
33) Favourite and least favourite food? Currently, McDonald's crispy chicken snack wrap and cooked tomato.
34) Do you believe in God? Absolutely.

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I, also, eat M&Ms by color. The sequence changes depending on my mood, but I always always always sort by color. For this reason it is impossible for me to eat them at movie theaters.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
a romantical one? nope. I have seriously awesome friendships, though!
02) What was your dream growing up?
they changed frequently. Artist, lawyer, journalist, politician, writer, artist...
03) What talent do you wish you had?
I wish I were better at languages. I can handle my own, but am sadly dense when it comes to learning foreign tongues.
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
do you have real, true, not ever meant to be alcoholic cider down there? If not, probably a chocolate cappucino or a latte with cinnamon.
05) Favorite vegetable?
I probably love carrots most, but raw red pepper is great, too.
06) What was the last book you read?
Now is the Time to Open Your Heart, Alice Walker
07) What zodiac sign are you?
I don't know and I don't care
08) Any tattoos and/or piercings?
normal single earlobe holes, imaginary tattoos
09) Worst habit?
criticising others
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you
offer me a ride?
anyone is generally free to ride on my trams. ;-)
11) What is your favorite sport?
I like to swim, but I like to watch American football.
12) Do you have a pessimistic or optimistic
attitude?
I have a realistic attitude. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
try to get us out. barring that, start a storytelling game or a shared writing game. I usually have a deck of some sort of cards and at least one novel in my backpack at all times, as well. We would find things to do. Actually, it sounds kind of nice...
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
When I go skating I always get hockey skates. I like them so much better than figure skates!
16) Do you have any pets?
Not yet. But my orchid, Priscilla, is doing pretty well.
17) What if I showed up at your house
unexpectedly?
I would be THRILLED! I would show you all around St Pete and cook blini and borcht for you and then try to talk you into enduring an overnight border crossing and van ride so we could have lovely times in Finland, too!
18) What was your first impression of me?
sadly, I haven't met you yet :-(
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
sometimes they're cheery
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
I would like not to have an endocrine disorder, thanks. It drives a lot of my looks, so it totally counts.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
With you? Most certainly the partner. ;-)
22) What color eyes do you have?
eyes like the sea after a storm
23) Ever been arrested?
Nope.
24) Bottle or can soda?
I don't much have the opportunity for bottles, but I like the feel of them much better. Oh, plastic bottles? No, cans are better than plastic.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
Save half, and then make two or three people come visit me in Russia.
26) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
Under a tree when the bugs haven't found me yet.
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes, but we might have arguments about what that word means.
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
create.
29) Do you swear a lot?
No, although I know swear words in four languages.
30) Biggest pet peeve?
people who walk slowly in six inch stilettos. Seriously?!
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Intense.
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
Um romance never said anything to me, so I haven't had a chance to believe or disbelieve it yet. I appreciate the loving bond and even the gushy emotions of romance. Just not on the metro in front of me, thanks.
33) Favourite and least favourite food?
I adore apples in nearly any permutation.
34) Do you believe in God?
Yes.