Questions for All of You

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

I feel lucky in that I love my life right now and wouldn't trade it for anything, but I wouldn't say no to producing theater in Disney World

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon - it had so much going on, I don't think I fully processed it until a year or so later.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

America's Next Top Model - besides the addictive-ness factor, I'm not sure it's good for society to constantly see a show that's based on judging other human beings for their appearance.

4. Mangos or avocados?

Depends on my mood, but today, mangos for sure.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

my first boyfriend - not a great relationship, but I definitely learned some things I needed to know.

6. Ocean or lake?

Ocean - less pollution, better waves, better scenery.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how? - it's affecting the way I think about what I'm going to do after college, and several of my friends and their families have been directly impacted.

8. Are you done with your taxes?

Yes, but only because they are uncomplicated this year

9. What's your dream job? - Producing local television (or producing theater in Disney World)

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...." --- not actually sure what a space buck is, but if I could do one thing I can't do right now, I would definitely want to teleport/apparate.

Well, the economy hasn't affected me too badly because I live in Oklahoma, where our state constitution doesn't allow us to be in debt. But that also means that are roads are in pitiful shape and our inner-city school suck ass.

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.
I'd keep my own personality. =)

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?
Considering I'm not in high school yet... at first I really hated Coraline then I loved it?

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?
That's So Raven. *pukes*

4. Mangos or avocados?

Neither.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

Again, neither.

6. Ocean or lake?
Lake.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?
My dad lost my job so now I can't be in band anymore.

8. Are you done with your taxes?
Too young for taxes. Woot!

9. What's your dream job?
Photojournalist.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

If I had a billion space bucks, I would buy every single HP thing on the web and donate the rest to the HP Alliance and BookAid International. Oh, and go to Wrockstock.

I answered these questions over on my blog. http://urlzen.com/6ah :) Great Idea Melissa!

1. Make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.
--> Of course I wish I was more do-it and less lazy and generally un-Gryffindory, and I wish I could think the right things to say in the moment, in stead of hours later. The money/lifestyle to travel more would be nice, too, but that's about it.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?
--> Still in high school, not really hating anything (yet).

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?
--> I don't really watch TV (only on DVD) so I don't know...

4. Mangos or avocados?
--> Right now, mangos, but I really like guacamole, so...

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?
--> Oh, I haven't had a boyfriend yet... But I'd still chose him.

6. Ocean or lake?
--> Ocean. Because it's closer. And bigger. And wavier.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?
--> Probably, though I can't think of how directly. I think I am very lucky.

8. Are you done with your taxes?
--> Thank gosh I don't have to do any for a few years.

9. What's your dream job?
--> Journalist, book editor, author. And anything like that that would allow me to travel.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."
--> Book a plane ticket to LeakyCon and Azkatraz ASAP. Then go out and buy some books and CDs I've been wanting for a long time (lots of Wizard Rock). And then... give some to my parents to pay off the house, etc. And then... give some to an as yet undetermined charity, and save the rest. Yeah, kind of boring.

1. I woud be a special agent, just like Jennifer Gardner in Alias, with multiple roles to play. BTW, I really enjoyed the first episode of Dollhouse.

2. I still hate the books I hated in high school. But there were not a lot of them that I hated.

3. A French show called "c'est quoi l'amour?" ("what is love?" following couples having lame relationships or lame ways to live their relationships.

4. Both

5. Although I do not like Edwar Cullen very much, I must sy that is still better than my first boyfriend :-)

6. Ocean

7. Not particularly for the moment

8. Yes

9. A job where I could travel a lot

10. If I had a billion space bucks, I would take all my colleagues, friends and their families and take them on a boat for a full week, on the Mediterranean Sea. I would buy a nice house. I would create fundations, helping women and children...

(Space bucks are just imaginary dollars. :D)

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it. I would love to be a kick ass, super smart person like Jennifer Garner in Alias. I'd love to have the know how to protect my family in any circumstance.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school? If I hated then, I hate it now. So my favorite book to hate from high school is Heart of Darkness. I appreciate it for the dark demise of human nature, but it sucks to read. "The Horror! The Horror!"

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could? Reality shows about finding love. Ugh.

4. Mangos or avocados? By default, mangoes. I've tried avocados multiple times, and avocado allure eludes me (how's that for alliteration - and I'm typing with my kids at my feet).

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend? Hmm, tricky. My first boyfriend is an attractive orthapedic surgeon who probably doesn't want to kill me - I'll go with him. Though I do have a thing for Edward.

6. Ocean or lake? Lake - I live in Wisconsin; swimming in salty water is just odd.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how? Yes, my Roth IRA and 401(K) are UGLY. Also, the hubby is a banking attorney - so he is working late a lot.

8. Are you done with your taxes? Yes, we are getting a refund this year!

9. What's your dream job? Rachael Ray has a pretty good gig. I love to cook, I love to travel, and I love to write.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...." Buy a lovely home on a nearby lake, make sure all my family members were financially secure, and work with the Gates' charity to wipe out illiteracy.

1. Overall, I'm pretty happy with my life at the moment. I think it would be really cool to live Jo's life for a while, just to experience it...but I'm sure a week would be more than long enough. (I appreciate your restraint on the Twilight joke, btw.)

2. Actually, mine is from middle school. I read To Kill a Mockingbird in 7th grade with a fantastic teacher and loved it. Then I changed schools and had to read it again in 8th grade, and the teacher went so slowly and didn't do anything interesting with it. I think I just sat in class and re-read the book about five times.

3. Wife Swap, Survivor, Jon and Kate Plus Eight, The Apprentice...I really hate reality TV unless it actually contributes to society, like The Biggest Loser or Little People, Big World

4. Tough, tough choice. If there's guacamole from Chipotle or my friend Helen, then avocados. In all other cases, mangoes.

5. Since I've never had a boyfriend, we'll say Edward Cullen. (I do like him an awful lot!!) Hopefully I'll be able to get back to you on this question someday...

6. Ocean!! Because it's warm and there's sand, and also I'm annoyed with Lake Erie for giving us so much snow.

7. It hasn't affected me in any big ways yet, but prices keep going up in the cafeterias on campus, especially on healthy, less processed things like veggies and fruit. However, I'm about to commence with the summer job search, so we'll see...

8. The joys of being in college...I'm still a dependent, so my dad does mine!! :)

9. To be a professional dancer and write books in my spare time (not that I'll have any).

10. I would give 10 % to my church, then I would give my presbytery as much money as they need to get our summer camp up and running again. Then I would admittedly set aside about $500 to buy books, leotards, and music for myself. I would split the rest evenly between Compassion International and the HP Alliance.

Great questions!!

1. I'd be more confident and a little more outgoing but I'd keep my lifestyle. It may not be the most amazing life ever but I love the way I live.

2. The Catcher in the Rye. It really disturbed me in high school but now, I can see the complexities of it.

3.

4. Avocado!!!

5. Neither.

6. Ocean

7. Yes. My Mother in law was laid off (which means she's around ALOT), my investments have either shrunk by way too much or are currently stuck in real estate that can't be moved, and my husband is working a million hours a week so he won't have to be in the next round of lay offs.

8. Nope. Super busy.

9. Photographer - working in both nature and family photography. Not the portraiture style though. I hate posed pictures.

10. If I had a million space bucks, I would make sure my family was taken care of, invest pursuing in my dream job, invest in the pursuing of my husband's dream job, give to my favorite charities, buy a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes .. I could go on forever.

1. It has taken me a while to settle into the personality and life that I have. I think I'm just fine where I am, really. Though I guess adding the ability to play the guitar or piano would be nice.

2. I really liked the books I read in HS. And I remember more about college books. I am getting too old to remember high school.

3. "Whoopi" was successfully destroyed a while back, but I guess I could target "Two-and-a-half Men" now . . . or "American Idol."

4. Avocados!

5. Easy! My first girlfriend over Edwina Cullen every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Humans are much more interesting that fascimilies of supposed "perfection" (alabaster skin or otherwise).

6. Lake . . . because you can see the other side.

7. Luckily, not so much. Both my wife and I have our jobs and we aren't too worried. But we've always tried to be careful with our level of debt.

8. Haven't even started yet.

9. Hmmm. Getting paid to be a TV recapper on a web site? (But I suspect they don't get paid well enough.)

10. "If I had a billion space bucks, I would.... pay my debts, save for my kids college, give ten percent to church, another ten percent to charities, and throw a big party!"

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

I'd like to be confident. Self-confidence affects work, love, so many aspects of life. As I age, I have grown much more confident, but as a young girl/young adult, I could have been a much stronger person. And I still can today.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?
Moby Dick - hated, hated, hated it. I always had so much trouble getting past the first chapter.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?
Hmm... I don't watch many tv shows, but can I nominate a genre? Reality TV shows.

4. Mangos or avocados?
Avocados - creamy, yummy, and good for you to boot!

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?
Edward Cullen, definitely. But then, you don't know my first boyfriend!

6. Ocean or lake?
Ocean, easy. A warm salt breeze on the air, waves pounding the sand, an endless horizon. Yep, for me, ocean.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?
My husband is currently not working, although not directly related to the economic crisis; it was a personal choice to leave for him. But, it will certainly impact his ability to find work, so yes.

8. Are you done with your taxes?
Nope, but my husband swears he'll have them ready for me to review soon! (See #7, which explains why he has the time to be working on them.)

9. What's your dream job?
Novelist or cardiologist... I'm always torn by these two, but if I had to choose, I'd say novelist.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

...end hunger in at least some parts of the world. Maybe that would lead to world peace, and I could solve two problems with one bird, or a billion space bucks, as the case may be.

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

I would want to be an author I think, from what I've seen everyone do it looks like an awesome job to talk to readers and make them inspired.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

Since I just got out of high school last year it's hard to say, because I really don't have time to read for pleasure in college. But I'm going to go with the Great Gatsby. I just bought it in hopes to read it during spring break/summer. Hopefully I'll enjoy it more now that i don't have my teacher yelling out the symbols in it.
But to make it eaiser my favorite book I read while in high school is a toss between Tale of Two Cities and To Kill A Mockingbird.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

Hannah Montanna, I honestly dislike the show/Miley Cyrus and I feel its not that great of a show for kids, we need the good old 90's televison I grew up with back.

4. Mangos or avocados?

Either is good, but more toward avocados.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

since I'm such a nerd I haven't had a first boyfriend yet. But of the two, I am going to go with the first boyfriend I haven't had yet.

6. Ocean or lake?

Oceans- lakes seem kind of gross to me.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how? - it's affecting the way I think about what

Im in college so there's always a fear that I won't get the loans I need or the tuition situation i have will go sour, so that is pretty scary. And also I waitress to make money, and the tips are getting less and less and there are less hours for me to work since many people don't go out to eat as much.

8. Are you done with your taxes?

No, I'm seeing an accountant next week, but my taxes are pretty simple...I think/

9. What's your dream job?

Well I'm studying to be a Physical Therapist and I've wanted to do that since I was in middle school, but the ones I would want but would probably never get are to work at Charm City Cakes in boston (They have a show Ace of Cakes) or be a young adult writer.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

give to lots of charities, buy a ridiculous amount of books, give to family and friends and go on a huge vacation with them. Invest it, pay of loans, start saving accounts for the future. I would still probably be frugal if I had that much money.

1. make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

I'd like to be an archaeologist who travels to exotic locales, finds incredible discoveries about history, reads ancient languages, and never has any trouble getting funding. (Yeah, right.)

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

There aren't any books which I disliked then but like now. About the best I can do is Invisible Man, which I didn't enjoy in high school, and continued to not enjoy for the two or three separate college courses for which I needed to read it -- but at least I felt that I appreciated it a bit more in college.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

Because it's incredibly addicting? Lost. Because it's incredibly annoying? Celebrity gossip shows.

4. Mangos or avocados?

Avocados are yummy.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

I think perfect would get really boring, so Edwina is out.

6. Ocean or lake?

Neither. I like dry climates.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?

Fortunately, not much at the moment. We'll see.

8. Are you done with your taxes?

I'm just about almost ready to begin thinking about possibly starting!

9. What's your dream job?

You mean, besides the incredibly exciting archaeologist? Running a planetarium for the public, including lots and lots of little kids with wonderful questions and incredible curiosity.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks..."

"... if I had a billion space bucks, I would buy you a monkey. (Haven't you always wanted a monkey?)"

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

Hmmm, I would want to be a billionaire who lives a lavish lifestyle during the day, but only to cover up for the fact that I am a masked vigilante at night who doesn't have super powers, but is still better than Superman.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

Heart of Darkness. It's one of those books that you need to spend time on, not rush through it and then analyze it so much you hate even hearing the name. I'm interested in reading it now once I finished the four other books I'm reading.

The funny thing is when I bought the book at barnes and noble the cashier told me it's the best book I'll ever read.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

Real World, Heroes (how can you steal an idea from X-Men and then ruin it??)

4. Mangos or avocados?

Mango-a-go-go from Jamba Juice.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

Neither lol.

6. Ocean or lake?

Ocean. Although you can wake board and tube on a lake, lakes are dirty. Oceans are amazing just for standing on the beach and looking out.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?

Yeah =(, I had to leave my university because it was too expensive. I'm at a JC for now, but I'm transferring to another state uni in the fall.

8. Are you done with your taxes?

I got away with my last year of not filing. Time for work, work, work and school, school, school and less internet and Lost.

9. What's your dream job?

Working in film production. Or being a script writer. Anything involving good film or good television.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

Pay off my student loan, give money to my parents to buy a dream house, help my brother and sister out, help some other family and friends out, give to charity, and rent out Disneyland for a couple nights for people I know and me. (although it's like 25,000 a night, so maybe only one night.)

1. I would be a rockstar.
2. being that i just finished high school, I will tell you a book I liked but no one else did. A Separate Peace.
3. the show Next on MTV.
4. Mangoes.
5. Haven't had the time for a boyfriend, but I'd prefer someone more real so I pick Boyfriend.
6. lake
7. Yea, my dad is making me depressed with how he talks about it.
8. don't have to do them yet. Thank God.
9. Working in Central Intelligence.
10. I would buy my mom and dad a nice house. go to school. Go to Europe and Hawaii

I can't believe you mentioned Edward Cullen! Now, I'm so excited for no real reason, it's weird. You see, as a Potter fan, sometimes I feel very guilty about liking Twilight.It's always comforting to hear that a REAL Potter fan like you is ok with Twilight. Which would YOU choose? I would choose Edward every time!ok, so I'm 15 and never had a boyfriend before, but still, EDWARD CULLEN. I don't mind perfection so much.

1. I'd like to be more outgoing and willing to walk up to people and be like "Hi, my name's Christine. What's yours?" and then start a conversation.

2. I'm still in High School. But, I like Great Gatsby A LOT better now that you've talked about it.

3. Actually, I'd just wipe out TV in general. I don't watch it. (PS- John Green doesn't either... so that makes me cool)

4. Uh... neither. I've never had either.

5. Haven't had a boyfriend, but definitely NOT Edward. (Team Jacob all the way)

6. Lake.

7. Nope... but I'm really lucky.

8. I don't have to do taxes (yay for Moms)!

9. One where I work at home and can sleep in. Actually, now I'm thinking about majoring in BioTechnology... which isn't exactly an "I-can-work-at-home" type of job... oh well.

10. I would Save Darfur and then buy all the wrock CDs ever made.

1. Make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

This question is too difficult. I'm fond of me.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

I think most of my high school book opinions haven't changed. I can tell you that my favorite book I was forced to read in high school was Brave New World...but I liked it then!

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

The Bachelor. I can't stand those women.

4. Mangos or avocados?

Avocados. Mmmmmm.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

I'm not a big fan of my first boyfriend, but I'm REALLY scared of Edward Cullen can do to a young girl...and not because he's a vampire.

6. Ocean or lake?

Ocean

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?

Yes. I work at a theatre box office, but I have been temporarily laid off due to one of the shows closing (there are two theatres in the building). As you probably know, the theatre community has been profoundly affected by the economy. Also, I will be really affected by the MTA fare hikes.

8. Are you done with your taxes?

Nope. Haven't started.

9. What's your dream job?

I'd love to work in film...but if we're talking crazy, I'd actually like to move to a tropical location and work at a spa or something.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

Buy a fabulous apartment here in Manhattan, give lots of money to World Vision, my church, and my missionary friends in Albania, and pay back my parents for all the rent money they've sent me in hard times.

1. Make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

This question is too difficult. I'm fond of me.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

I think most of my high school book opinions haven't changed. I can tell you that my favorite book I was forced to read in high school was Brave New World...but I liked it then!

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

The Bachelor. I can't stand those women.

4. Mangos or avocados?

Avocados. Mmmmmm.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

I'm not a big fan of my first boyfriend, but I'm REALLY scared of Edward Cullen can do to a young girl...and not because he's a vampire.

6. Ocean or lake?

Ocean

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?

Yes. I work at a theatre box office, but I have been temporarily laid off due to one of the shows closing (there are two theatres in the building). As you probably know, the theatre community has been profoundly affected by the economy. Also, I will be really affected by the MTA fare hikes.

8. Are you done with your taxes?

Nope. Haven't started.

9. What's your dream job?

I'd love to work in film...but if we're talking crazy, I'd actually like to move to a tropical location and work at a spa or something.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

Buy a fabulous apartment here in Manhattan, give lots of money to World Vision, my church, and my missionary friends in Albania, and pay back my parents for all the rent money they've sent me in hard times.

1. I would live on little means but always have a lot if I changed my mind. I would keep my personality, it's grown on me.

2. All books. I didn't really read until I read Harry Potter.

3. Family Guy

4. avocados

5. Billy Weslick

6. Ocean!

7. We have our own biz so we worry. I did have to stop watching all the bad news. It was making me sick.

8. Done, no way. I have our corporate and personal taxes to do. Yuck

9. Helping people shift to a healthy lifestyle with eating gluten free, organic and living more eco friendly. I've started a blog so I'm moving in the right direction. I would also paint and do all of this living next to the Pacific Ocean.

10. f I had a billion space bucks, I would donate a lot to helping others. I would then move to live next to the Pacific Ocean in CA and HI.

(Space bucks are just imaginary dollars. :D)

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

I like my personality but I wish other would understand it more. I might like to be a little more open to change (because there is a lot of that going on in my life right now) but changing one thing would affect everything.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

"How Many Miles to Babylon" by Jennifer Johnston

or "A Thíg Ná Tit Orm" by Maidhc Dainín ó Sé (Irish autobiography)

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

Everything on irish TV that indigenous to this country.

4. Mangos or avocados?

Mangos...
5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

Edward. No contest.

6. Ocean or lake?

Ocean. Where I grew up I could see the ocean from my bedroom window and spent my life at the beach.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?

I'm getting paid less probably (Starting new job soon). Though hopefully my rent will fall when I move for said job or stay the same here when I move back after the jobs contract ends.

In college we never stop hearing about it, its so annoying. I've kind of given up caring to be honest though. What will happen, will happen.

8. Are you done with your taxes?

No am currently in college but job starting soon so taxes then. Working in a tax department should make it easy though. *fingers crossed*

9. What's your dream job?

I'll let you know when I figure it out or find it. Something involving all my favourite things. Maths/Numbers/Accounting/Law/Writing/Computers/Internet/Irish....perhaps an Irish language financial/law journalist for an online publication??

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

Go to a live pottercast or fly you all over here to Ireland for an irish pottercast! XD Go to Azkatraz/leakycon.

Keep it quiet. Tell only my best friends (not my family). Buy a few things that would make my life easier or my friend's lives easier. Perhaps an apartment or maybe the building where I live now. Learn to drive. Buy all the books on my reading list. Perhaps a new laptop. Hire my favourite live band for a private gig for my friends and go see the other top 2/3 in concert somewhere. Give a huge chunk to a charity I'm involved with and anonymous donation to my old school. Invest the rest.

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

I'd like to be an art, I have no drawing abilities what so ever and I have always wanted them.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school? The Things They Carried.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could? Flavor of Love

4. Mangos or avocados? Avocados

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend? Neither.

6. Ocean or lake? Ocean

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how? Yes, I am recently out of college and can't afford anything, nor can I find a job anywhere.

8. Are you done with your taxes? my dad is doing my taxes as I write this.

9. What's your dream job?

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...." go to leakycon and azkatraz and not feel guilty about spending money in either place

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

My only personality trait that I would like to have is one that can publicly speek. In an oral argument for my philospohy class, as I walked by my prof, I was so nervous, I actually threw up on his shoes!

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

Sense and Sensibility

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

Lost - I have tried to start watching that show from season 1 because everybody talks about and I get freaking lost! I guess the title definitely works.

4. Mangos or avocados?

Mangos

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

First boy

6. Ocean or lake?

lake next to an ocean? I love the sounds of the waves.. but I also love the slowness and the quietness of a lake (unless you are at Lake Bemdji in MN- then the quiet disappears, which is fun too!)

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?

Yes, my job is being "phased out" so I am off to North Dakota to get my masters

8. Are you done with your taxes?

Yes. I am one of those people on the 30th saying "Why haven't I gotten my W-2's yet?"

9. What's your dream job?

I want to work at the Library of Congress.. I think being surround by all of those books and the smell of the books, the wood and the history...

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

(Space bucks are just imaginary dollars. :D)

I have never wanted a lot of money like that - it makes too many people corrupt, I would probably give it to alot of charities (minus like 400,000 so I could make a small little cabin a lake in the woods - and just have enough left over so that I would not have to work and just read, write really really bad poetry, and swim. The only other thing I would do with it is pay off student loans and textbooks (I've been out of college close to 5 years and I am still paying on the credit card for those textbooks.. sheesh!))

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

I'd love to be a novelest, never had the ability but it's one of those things I wish I could do, and to be more illiterate, I'm not really the brightest buch of the pickles.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school? Most of the ones I hated I still hate, I really didn't enjoy 'Of Mice and Men' not because it was bad, just wasn't by choice of melon juice. I suppose, it would be Wuthering Heights which I've grown to like again after too much re-reading. Cathy still needs a good old sense of whiplash though. She's a dick.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

ANY superifical American teen shows with no heart like Paris's New BFF, those shows make me wanna die.

4. Mangos or avocados?
Ah love them both! Would depend if I'm in a sweet or savoury mood! Maybe Mangos in the long road.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

Harry Potter.

6. Ocean or lake? Ocean - I wanna see whales!

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how? Yeah it has, less work, mum needing help, the lot.

8. Are you done with your taxes? Don't earn enough to be taxed!

9. What's your dream job? To be a contemporary dancer *signs*

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...." buy you a mon-KEY!

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

I just generally wish I was more commited to doing the things I want to do. I wish I wasn't embarrased so easily, and that I was nicer to everyone. I wish I was more hard working.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

Wuthering Heights. There is just nothing about that book that I liked. Hence why my entire class nicknamed it 'Blithering Shites'.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

Hannah Montana. Or anything involving Paris Hilton.

4. Mangos or avocados?

Love them both, but avocados have it. Gotta love the guacamole.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

Edward Cullen. Despite the intensity and lack of humour. My first boyfriend was a douche, so Edwars wins.

6. Ocean or lake?

Ocean. It's cleaner and more exhilerating.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?

Not really..

8. Are you done with your taxes?

Too young for taxes. HUZZAH!

9. What's your dream job?

Oooohhh.. singer maybe? I'm not sure.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

Pay off the mortgage on my parent's house, and anybody else I love who needs dept paying off. Then buy a home gym, treadmill etc. Go on the most massive shopping spree with my mum and friends, buy my dad a workshop to make his violins in. Save enough to keep me comfortable for the rest of my life, then donate the rest to various charities. Woahh.. long list of stuff. :)

Much love.x

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.
- Well, the life I would give anything to have now is the life I had during the second half of 2008. From July to December, I live in Capetown in South Africa (I’m Australian) and I did volunteer work in a school for disabled children. It was easily the best 6 months of my life and as close to perfect as my life has ever been. I worked full time in a job I absolutely loved, with amazing inspiring people. I formed deep relationships with the kids in my care and loved them more than I thought possible. I had awesome friends outside work and we went out every weekend and drank and danced and always had a good time. I had a boy who actually liked me for me and things were easy and nice and uncomplicated. I got to travel all over South Africa and experience other cultures and poverty first hand. I had experiences other people only dream about. I even went skydiving. I was free, my life had meaning and I was truly myself. Now I’m back in Australia and for reasons I won’t go into, I don’t have that same happiness and I find it difficult to be the person I am like I could while I was away. I miss it every day and hope to go back as soon as possible.

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?
- 1984 by George Orwell – I’m still not a huge fan of it, but I appreciate it a lot more, especially now that I’m studying Communications and Media.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?
- Ladette to Lady. I don’t know if it’s in the U.S, but it teaches young "wild" girls to be ladies, based on the ideas that a lady sits quietly in the corner, doesn’t drink or have pre-marital sex, is polite, only speaks when spoken to and the idea of fun is a board game. It’s as if women’s liberation never happened.

4. Mangos or avocados?
- I love them both, but I’ll have to go with avocados.

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?
- I am really not a fan of Edward Cullen. I loved him in the first book, but from books 2-4 I was 100% a Jacob girl. I’m going to state the obvious: EDWARD HAS NO PERSONALITY!!!! I think it shows how superficial and materialistic a person is based on their Edward/Jacob preferences – I will pick a funny, intelligent, likeable guy over a vapid supermodel any day. Having said that, my first boyfriend was horrible, and I’d prefer Edward as a first boyfriend to him.

6. Ocean or lake?
- Ocean. I love the beach, despite the sand.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?
- To an extent, yes. I don’t have a job, and I can’t get a job. All I want is a casual job waitressing or in retail or something for cash while I’m at uni. Since I got back from Africa, I’ve been applying non-stop for jobs, and 3 months later am still unemployed. Before I left, getting a casual job was the easiest in the world. Now, nowhere can afford to hire new staff, especially not casuals, or even keep the ones they already have.

8. Are you done with your taxes?
- Well, in Australia, our taxes are due later than yours, I’m assuming, around September I think.

9. What's your dream job?
- Right now, to go back to Africa and continue doing exactly what I was doing. For the future, I have no clue.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."
- Pay for a flight back to Capetown, buy myself a nice little apartment and car, keep as much as I needed for living expenses and work as a volunteer for the rest of my days.

1. I wouldn't really change my personality. But I would like to be able to travel more as far as lifestyle goes.
2. Any book I ever have to read in school I don't usually like while I'm reading. Then, once I read them of my own free will I like them.
3. All of the MTV "reality shows".
4. Mangoes I guess.
5 Edward Cullen. Just because my first boyfriend is not someone I'd ever want to really be with.
6.Ocean. I love the ocean. Lakes are great, too. But nothing beats the ocean.
7. Yes. I quit my job in December. Now I'm trying to find a new one, and there is just nothing to find.
8. No, not old enough for that yet. Thank goodness.
9.I don't know. Something to do with history or literature though. It be nice to get to travel, too.
10.Travel the world. Then buy a really expensive car and save the rest.

1. Hm. I'd like to be more forgiving.

2. I loved all my high school books, but I probably liked 1984 the best - SO interesting. And I loved The Outsiders too.

3. This is tough. So many choices spring to mind. Probably the trashy, tabloid pretending-to-be-news programs

4. Avocados all the way

5. Ew. The yucky loser who cheated on me.

6. Ocean for views/beauty/dama. Lake for swimming (i'm a very poor swimmer, and am therefore terrified of waves)

7. Not at all, thankfully

8. Yep

9. Fashion photographer

10. "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."
try to find the cure to aids

(Space bucks are just imaginary dollars. :D)

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

- I love that show! Buffy's team re-uniting is the best thing that could ever happen in the TV business. Well, I think I'd like to be the best writer in the world with 10 best-seller fiction books. (Someday... just SOMEDAY I'll write a fiction book.)

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?
- I don't remember hating a certain book back in high school.

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?
- Prison Break.

4. Mangos or avocados?
- Mangos. *bow*

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?
- Britney Spears.

6. Ocean or lake?
- Lake.

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?
- Nope.

8. Are you done with your taxes?
- We don't have taxes in Kuwait. :P

9. What's your dream job?
Writer/journalist.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would start my own publishing company."

1. "Dollhouse" is about girls who are frequently "imprinted" with new personalities (I'm not making the Twilight joke, I'm not); make up the personality/lifestyle you'd like to have and tell me about it.

-I'd like to improve my artistic qualities in various fields and publish the books that I wrote. Sadly, I find less and less time to what I'd like, it all goes on the things that I "should do"...

2. Favorite book that you hated in high school?

-Can't hate books. It goes against my nature..

3. Television show you would wipe off the face of the earth if you could?

-Nip and Tuck

4. Mangos or avocados?

-Mangos. ^_^

5. Edward Cullen (or for the sake of argument, Edwina Cullina) or your first boy/girlfriend?

-none.. I choose Sirius Black. :P

6. Ocean or lake?

-lake.. feels more private.. more intimate..

7. Has the economic crisis affected you, and how?

-yes... my income is decreased deeply.. and I'm having troubles finishing the University because of the lack of money for the scollarship..

8. Are you done with your taxes?

-Yes.

9. What's your dream job?

-A writer.

10. Finish this sentence: "If I had a billion space bucks, I would...."

-give it to the ones who are in bigger need of it...

1) I like my personality and wouldn't trade it for all the tea in China.

2)Hate a book? Eh? What's that?

3)Shows I would KEEP might fit on a list...lose all cosmetic surgery & reality tv shows.

4)Both.

5)Who's Edward Cullen? (Just googled it - I didnt see Twilight, my mom did though...)

6)Ocean! (I live on a small island)

7)Yes...was supposed to be married on Apr 2nd, and we had to postpone ;(

8)Currently unemployed; not yet earned enough income to have to pay tax.

9)A writer

10)If I had a billion space bucks, I would invest in homeless shelters and programs.