The following is a blog post I shared in my old blog during the first year I began writing. As life would have it, when I was younger and just coming out of college, I still had a few friends and e-mail was the new big thing that we used to communicate with. It's unfortunate, however, that also during those times, chain letters and random, nonsensical messages were passed along and passed along and passed along until they ended up coming back to the first person who sent the first set.
I personally hated chain letters. My e-mail address book was fairly small since I'm not one to keep very many friends anyway. Just like my Facebook page, the number of friends I had could be counted on both hands. Of course, even classmates and acquaintances shared e-mail addresses for the sake of having someone to send random crap to.
It was a depressing era, really. Nowadays, aside from my best friend, I rarely write actual letters to anyone via e-mail. The rest of my e-mail contents include work related notices and memos, e-magazine subscriptions, game site newsletters, financial related notices, and some blog posting subscriptions. No one else really shares my e-mail address and anyone who wants to talk to me will just message me through Facebook.
Have I ever mentioned that I'm not really that fond of Facebook. It's so cluttered most of the time with random status updates about things that people are doing. Half of those updates, I don't even read and only ever check Facebook to follow specific friends to see how they've been doing as well as joining some fan pages to see about news on new television series or movies to appease my boring days. Half of the people on my friends list, I have never even spoken to before and others, I had never really spoken to before, even in high school.
The following post came from an e-mail I had received and decided to share on my old blog. It's a "Survey" type chain letter where you are given a lot of fairly senseless questions and asked to share your responses with friends so that they may get to know you better. Being a rather twisted and over-imaginative smart ass during that time (which hasn't really changed much in the last nine years, I didn't necessarily respond to the questions the way most people do.
Let's just say, here is further proof that at the fragile age of eighteen, I must have been on some form of crack or strange mental drug.
On November 11, 2002 @ 8:48 P.M., anicheung wrote:
01. WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Wake? I actually wake up? A never ending nightmare... Ugh! I wish I never had to wake up early ever again... but unfortunately.......
But seriously, I'm nocturnal. I don't wake up in the morning, but since everyone else sleeps at night, I might as well, huh? I'm just not a morning person at all. If I could choose, I'd work graveyard shift. This whole waking up in the morning thing is highly overrated.
02. IF YOU COULD EAT LUNCH WITH ONE FAMOUS PERSON, WHO WOULD IT BE?
Bob! Oh yeah... that's the guy! Bob... everyone knows Bob. Bob is everywhere... "Who are you going to the pary with?" "Bob." "What's that guy's name?" "Bob."
Yep, if I could eat lunch with anyone, it would be THE Bob!
03. GOLD OR SILVER?
Silver. Silver is nicer than gold. I find that I like silver better. Silver and some sort of violet, purplish gem... or emerald... or......
04. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA?
No tengo dinero... no see "film" in "cinema" for long time... :(
Of course, I don't like seeing movies in public anymore. It's a lot more comfortable to watch a movie in the comfort of one's own home. That way, if you want to yell at the stupid chick who doesn't know that the killer is right behind her, then... well, yell away. No one will throw popcorn at you... or their drinks... -_-
But then again, in a movie theater... well... let's just say, if I want to be obnoxious, who can stop me? BTW, I plead the fifth to the security guard, Bob made me do it. That Bob!
05. FAVORITE TV SHOW?
I don't have a favorite favorite... I have a favorites list that changes all the time because, well... stuff happens and I'm a very wishy washy person. Right now, I'm in the midst of watching Hong Kong tv serials... 'A Taste of Love' is such a cute one... or course, unless you're Asian, and even if you ARE Asian, you won't know what I'm talking about, so I'll just say... Um... The X-Files. Hah! Bet you saw that coming, didn't you? I've even set up my own X-file's shrine in my room. Believe me, I'm not joking.
06. WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST?
I don't like to refer to meals by name. I mean, breakfast in the morning, lunch at noon and dinner in the evening... It's so discriminating. Why can't breakfast be at noon? (for those of you sleepers... breakfast IS at noon and you know it too)
No... I don't like to call meals by name. It's not fair to them. Besides, for the past two months, I haven't had this so called breakfast in a loooooong time. No time, no food. Not even the "lunch." Oooh...
07. WHAT WOULD YOU HATE TO BE LEFT IN A ROOM WITH?
What? What happened to "who"? I mean, not that I would care being left in the room with anyone... ::bad thoughts::bad Anita:: ^^' Heh...
But let's see... what would I hate to be left in a room with? That's a hard one because I can't seem to get along with anything at all. Even the immobile items on my desk seem to hate me. That's why they won't stay in place and end up turning my room into a tornado simulation room.
I'm afraid that if I were to ever be left "completely" alone with these things, they'll come alive and eat me. It's a good thing that "they" are looking after me... for the time being...
08. CAN YOU TOUCH YOUR NOSE WITH YOUR TONGUE?
Do I want to touch my nose with my tongue? Do you? Would you? Could you? Five bucks says you can't.
09. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
The little city living in my head. See... little critters called "likas" live in my head and when they do stuff, it goes through an assembly line and the idea comes to the top of my head. Unfortunately, there are also little critters called "hatas" that keep those ideas from surfacing thus I require food, music, peace, quiet, resting and relaxation, ice cream, chocolate... Well, whatever it takes to either appease the "hatas" or strengthen the peace loving "likas" so that they can fight off the horrid "hatas."
10. WHAT'S YOUR MIDDLE NAME?
She doesn't know because she thinks it's really her "real" name. Believe me, I've been trying to tell her since the beginning of existence that she's only a middle name, but... *sigh* Some people just don't get it.
11. BEACH, CITY, Or COUNTRY?
Beach... no, can't swim... don't like sun. City... but it's always so crowded and polluted. Country... "definition- place where you live in isolation in a huge house, but still manage to get chopped to bits and pieces by maniac killer and you can't get away because the house is too big and you can't call for help because closest neighbor is ten thousand miles away and the phone lines are cut and I think I hear footsteps coming in my direction..."
12. SUMMER OR WINTER?
That's an easy one. Winter! Definitely winter. Cold, nice clothes... baggy clothes that can cover up unwanted fat and tummy rolls... And hot chocolate!!
13. FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Heh heh heh heh heh.... LOL........... Is that supposed to be a trick question? Favorite ice cream... What, ice cream alone isn't good enough for you?
14. FAVORITE TIME OF DAY?
Nap time.
15. FAVORITE COLOR?
I'm a purple, green and blue color person. I also like black, white, gray, brown, and all of their different shades. Man... this question just never gets old does it? As if people can't tell what your favorite color is just by looking... Okay, maybe not.
16. FAVORITE CAR?
One that runs. Ooh ooh! And one that has all the accessories including the ability to fly. That would be the day!
17. FAVORITE SANDWICH FILLING?
Is this like Hostess? "Hey, where's the creme filling?" Rather its, "Hey, what's the sandwich filling?" Sandwich filling... is that what they call it now a days? Damn! I've really got to get out of my hermit hole in the basement. Well, after I finish my mad scientist experiment... Today... heheh.... Tomorrow.... THE WORLD!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
*ahem*
Moving right along....
18. TRUE LOVE?
RED ALERT, RED ALERT!! Security has been breached. Words not found in vocabulary! Must approach with caution! Call for back-up! Call the CDC! Do something! It's going to kill me and then take over the world!!!!!!!! Must find antidote... quick... *cough cough, sputter sputter, choke choke...*
19. WHAT CHARACTERISTICS DO YOU DESPISE?
........... If I'm to make a list, it would go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on..... My pet peeves are ignorant people...
20. FAVORITE FLOWER?
Preferably live ones that stay in their natural setting, because plucking from the ground whence they came is just wrong... cruel and wrong... Plants are living too!!
21. IF YOU HAD A BIG WIN IN THE LOTTERY, HOW LONG WOULD YOU WAIT TO TELL PEOPLE?
Depends on how many gifts I'd have to buy... otherwise, NO ONE is finding out that I won the lottery and am planning on a round trip vacation to the sunny beaches of Puerto Rico and then to the top of the mountains in the Rockies and then.... Um... What lottery? I didn't win any big lottery jackpot. Stop looking at me like that! I didn't win the stupid jackpot....
No! You can't make me give it up! It's mine, all mine! MINE!
22. FIZZY OR STILL WATER AS A DRINK?
For one, even if the drink is fizzy, I'd hope that it was still as well... If the water started to walk off, then I'd be pretty worried.
23. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHROOM?
I can't tell... the light's too damn dim. It could be hot pink for all I know. The basement is the darkest place in this house and whenever I go to the bathroom, it's not like I take notice.
24. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING?
Key ring have many keys. Why? Do YOU want to know where my keys lead to? I'm on to you...
25. WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE TO?
Bed... as soon as I finish this survey and play another game of Spider Solataire... Heh... you'd be surprised out easily addictive those little games are... "Must play solataire card games... now... computer says so...."
26. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK:
Any day that I get to sleep in, under those nice, warm comfy blankets... Ahh... that would be the day. And then the maid will walk in with my tray of breakfast, my dad will hook up the television in my room, and I'll have someone wait on my hand and foot... I'll never have to get up and do anything... well... Anyway....
28. RED OR WHITE WINE?
Does it matter? It's wine. How can you say no to alcohol when it's everywhere... Buuut... they do say that a glass of wine a day helps lower your blood pressure and keeps away those little pink bunnies whenever you have too much white wine. So Red wine it is.... Just make sure Bob doesn't have too much... Wine makes him see things. and hear voices.
"What was that Bob...?"
29. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY?
Do I really have to get into where I was my last birthday, because mentioning it really just makes my blood boil? All I can say is "Happy F****** Eightteenth to me. I was screwed over and had the worst day of my entire year. And birthdays are supposed to be fun. Instead I spend the whole day-
Never mind... If you want details, feel free to ask me one of these days. I won't promise you I'll keep my calm when I'm talking though, because... For crying out loud, it was supposed to be MY birthday... And yet it felt like it was SOMEONE ELSE's birthday! Blood pressure rising... must calm down now before I break out the red wine. I don't want to have to start the wine thing at such an early age.
30. DO YOU CARRY A DONOR CARD?
What would I donate? No money, no nice things and there is no way in hell that anyone is taking my precious car or computer away from me. NEVER!
31. WHO DO YOU LEAST EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?
Once again................
32. WHO IS THE PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK FIRST?
I can't stop gawking at these last two questions because I've answered them so many times I'll just let fate decide this time.
None of the post from above has been edited for full effect. After all, I just can't stop gawking at some of the answers and how extremely cheesy some of them were. On a side note, my imagination was fairly wild during the time of this particular post and I pretty much worked on a "write as you go" basis where the first thing I thought about was the first thing I wrote. Once again, lots of detail and lots of strange descriptions. Also, I had a tendency of talking to myself in multiple personality format back then as well. It's not like I don't still talk to myself, but I think all of my multiple personas have calmed down quite a bit and the louder, more dramatic ones have gone on vacation with random returns every so often whenever I squeal at nothing in particular.
Of course, I DO find some of these topics kind of amusing.
And then there were some responses that were more on the serious side... okay, maybe only one. Although #14 about my favorite time of day was a pretty reasonable response, don't you think?
Anyway, hopefully this was fairly enjoyable. It give me something to post and something to write about without actually writing about anything in general. After all, my life has been rather monotonous lately, and aside from watching endless runs of television series and reading a a book here and there, I've really been doing nothing when I'm at home. The rest of my time is taken up by house chores and that unfortunate, yet desirable working life wherein I make money and save until I'm old and graying.
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