Ultimate survey for:
Me
Nicknames:
Katy, Biskit, Katybiscotti, Katybelle, Tubby Bitch, Whine Woman! (my everyday superhero name, part of the team of Whine Woman and Bitch Man)
Current Residence:
Dallas, Texas
Croutons or Bacon Bits:
Mmmmm….croutons…
Favorite Salad Dressing:
Honey Mustard
Do you drink:
Not much. Occasionally a glass of wine with dinner or a drink or two at a party, but that’s about it.
Coke or Pepsi:
Coke!
Shampoo or conditioner:
Yes. Both. And large quantities of Redken All Soft Heavy Cream Super Treatment with Avocado Oil for this huge mass of unbelievably curly, thick, long, frizzy hair.
Creamy or crunchy peanut butter:
Creamy Jif. I grew up on “natural” peanut butter (no sugar added, mix the oil back in every time you open the jar) so naturally I must rebel now.
Have you ever gone skinny dipping:
Sure.
Do you make fun of people:
Of course! :-) But I make fun of myself, too, so I am an equal opportunity offender.
Favorite colors:
Black, olive green, alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, gold.
Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
Not that I can recall.
One pillow or two?
One — firm and flat.
Pets:
Three brown and black stripey cats, Angst, Martini, and Neko.
Hobbies:
Painting, working on my Macintosh, making websites, writing, textile arts (i.e. quilting), cooking, writing, reading. OK, that’s too many hobbies.
Dream car:
VW New Beetle or Mini Cooper. Preferably charcoal grey, silver, or sage green.
Type of car you drive now:
1997 Saturn SL2.
Words or phrases you overuse:
Yikes! Yowza! Good Lord! Cool! Fuck!
Toothpaste:
Crest Baking Soda Gel.
Favorite Food:
Mmmm, my favorite subject. Where to begin??? Tortilla chips. Cheese, all kinds. Grilled veggies. Good balsamic vinegar (I could drink the stuff straight). Pizza. Chex Party Mix (the homemade kind). Gnocchi. Thai crab noodles or pad thai. Rice & beans. Salad. Caramel.
Piercing or tattoos?:
Seven piercings and one tattoo.
How do you characterize yourself — hopeless romantic or non-romantic?:
Used to be overly romantic, but I’m a lot more practical now.
Do you get along with your parents?:
Yes. My mom is the greatest. She swears like a sailor. She’s very laid back. She’s an awesome cook.
Favorite town to chill in:
Seattle & San Francisco.
Favorite Ice Cream:
Peppermint. My mom craved that while I was in the womb. In the runners-up positions: Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Bean, Ben and Jerry’s Festivus, cookies n’ cream, chocolate chip cookie dough, Raspberry Cheese Louise, Jamoca Almond Fudge.
Favorite Drink:
Diet coke, although I’m trying to make water my new favorite.
What’s your bed time?:
Weekdays, anywhere from 11:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. Weekends, usually around 1 a.m.
Favorite Perfume/Cologne:
None. They all give me a headache and nausea. I do wear patchouli essential oil.
Favorite Type of Music:
Well, in general I DON’T like most of what gets played on the radio: country, gospel and jesus-rock, adult contemporary, pop, opera, lite rock, most rap, hip-hop and R&B, most dance-club music, trip-hop, cock rock. So that leaves…hmmm… what DO you call what I like? Alternative, I suppose (or at least what they USED to call alternative)… art rock, progressive rock, performance art, some “new wave,” punk, classical… indie rock, stuff by new bands that you’ve never heard of… stuff like that.
Favorite Song(s) at this very moment:
“You’re So Vain” Carly Simon
“Language is a Virus” Laurie Anderson
“Plainsong” The Cure
“Wish You Were Here” Pink Floyd
“Leave” REM/Radiohead
“Beating Of Hearts” XTC
“Freewill” Rush
“The Letter” Payne’s Grey
“Strange” Peter Murphy
“Life on Mars” David Bowie
“You” aTom
Favorite Musical Groups:
Peter Gabriel, Genesis (pre-1980), Yes, Nine Inch Nails, Tori Amos, Depeche Mode, XTC, Payne’s Grey, Laurie Anderson, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Peter Murphy, Dead Can Dance, Elvis Costello, Jethro Tull, The Judybats, Kate Bush, Portishead, Tears For Fears, REM, The Police, Alice in Chains, This Mortal Coil, U2 (pre-1990), The Cure, Aimee Mann, Japan
Favorite Subject in school:
Art, poetry, writing, psychology.
Least Favorite Subject:
Math. Statistics. Religion.
Favorite Alcoholic Drinks:
Wine; rum & coke; cointreau margarita.
Favorite Sport to watch:
I hate sports. I don’t watch any of them. Oh, except robot fighting like Battlebots, if that counts. And ice skating and gymnastics, if those count.
Favorite Holiday:
Xmas, because I love the smell of pine trees, walking outside in the cold, getting dark earlier, and there’s always chocolate and candy canes around.
Zodiac sign:
Virgo.
Favorite waste of time:
Filling out online surveys :) No, probably doing crossword and logic puzzles.
What’s on *your* Powerbook?:
Lots of web design and print design software, thousands of MP3s, and as little Microsoft stuff as I can get away with.
Favourite Movie Quote:
” Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.”
” Bring us….. a shrubbery!!”
” I’m beginning to have serious doubts about your committment to Sparkle Motion!”
Should Mulder and Scully kiss?:
OK, you can tell this survey’s a bit dated from this question… I always thought that they should, but alas, they never really did. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a TV show or movie where they created sexual tension as well as they did on the X-Files.
Isaac Hayes or Barry White?:
Isaac Hayes, of course. Chef. Need I say more?
Likes shopping for . . . . :
Um…… Groceries. Thrift store clothing. I’m not real big into shopping in general.
Book currently being read:
” Impossible Things” by Connie Willis. I just finished the Red Mars/Green Mars/Blue Mars series by Kim Stanley Robinson and “The Uplift Wars” series by David Brin.
Favorite Authors (novels, poetry, nonfiction, whatever):
Ayn Rand, John Varley, Mercedes Lackey, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Wallace Stevens, Anne Sexton, Orson Scott Card, Connie Willis, Randy Shilts, Tad Williams, David Brin, Phillip Pullman, J.K. Rowling
What do you look for in the opposite sex or same sex, depending on who you
are attracted to:
I already found one! A love of cats, a good and warped sense of humor, eyes that scrunch up when they smile, gentle, eerily intelligent, widely open-minded, deep philosophical thinker, doesn’t much go for sports and religion. And not gay! I swear, I used to have an incredible talent for falling in love with gay men.
Adidas, Nike or Reebok
None of the above. I am SO anti-brand-name. I don’t advertise for anyone for free, except Apple. Don’t get me started…
Color and style of the underwear you are wearing RIGHT NOW!
Purple cotton granny undies. Yeah, real exciting, I know.
Something you’d rather be doing right now
Eating crackers, cheese, wine, and chocolate by a roaring fire on a snowy night while I’m on vacation.
If you won the lottery, would you stay at your current job?
Yeah, but I’d go part-time. For a while. I think I’d be bored not working, actually.
Did you vote for Clinton?
Yes, twice, and I don’t regret it.
Did you vote for George W. Bush?
Never would I vote for that beady-eyed little bastard. I am embarrassed to admit that I live in Texas. I proudly voted for Ralph Nader.
If you could pick another profession what would you pick?
You mean “and somehow magically be smart enough to do it?” I’ve always wanted to fly on a space shuttle mission.
What’s your favourite film?
I can’t really pick just one!!! Amadeus, Donnie Darko, The City of Lost Children, Dark City, Brazil, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail, anything by the Coen brothers, anything by Tim Burton, anything by Terry Gilliam, Cube, Pi, Timecode, The Royal Tennenbaums, Finding Nemo. I know I’m forgetting some obvious ones but those are the ones that popped into my head just now.
Your best school-years memory?
All those “let’s script and film a classic musical, starring us!” parties with friends; also the time that my 9th grade history teacher invited the entire Honors History class to her house one Halloween for a costume party. I dressed up as a Georgia O’Keeffe painting, and nobody got it. I remember playing games such as “find the M&M in a plate of whipped cream using only your face,” listening to Mr. Welborn (the other history teacher) play his electric guitar, and the whole class going for a midnight walk to the cemetery. These were the highly intelligent smartass kids that, while not part of my closest circle of friends, I’d gone to school with for years and been in the same classes with, and who (in hindsight) kind of silently accepted me for who I was, which something I couldn’t seem to do for myself.
Claim to fame?
I guess it would have to by my weird cat-like flexibility. And I’m a published author with national distribution in major bookstores.
Most embarrassing moment?
Oh, this was most horrible. Running out of class in the 9th grade knowing I was going to throw up, and making it to the bathroom but losing my breakfast all over the floor, and then the horrible shame of having to return to class to get my books, knowing that although I tried to scrub my jeans clean in the bathroom, everyone would know what happened.
What are you afraid to do but really want to?
Go back in time to when I was about 13 years old, but knowing what I know now, and re-doing high school.
What do you want to accomplish in the next year?
Write a 2nd book.
What public figure has most influenced your life?
Although she’s not exactly a public figure, the biggest and best influence on my life has been my mom.
If you did not work, what would you do with your time?
Go insane, probably. I’d like to have more time to paint and write. It would be nice to be able to travel more, although that’s really tiring.
If the alarm clock is not working, what time would you get up?
9:30 a.m.-esque.
Who’s tougher, Superman or Batman?
Batman, because he gets the job done without superpowers.
What is the length of your ideal work week?
Three and a half days.
Where is the craziest place you ever had sex? New Jersey.
If you could be someone for one day-who would it be?
David Duchovny’s wife. :) Oh, wait, my husband might not like that…
If you had a six pack of beer and a time machine who would you go back and party with?
My grandma. She was a pretty cool woman, and I didn’t get to know her very well before she died.
What would you do to make the human race better people?
Given that I had magic powers, I think that I’d make the entire human race 100% tolerant of other religions and those who believe in them. Also, I would give every human being the power to completely empathize with others whom they affect both directly and indirectly.
What is one of the hardest things for you to force yourself to do?
Be confrontational and not appeasing.
Say one good thing about earthworms:
They don’t bite or sting.
