Since I have nothing better to do (kidding), I though I'd do Erik's quiz:

[Name] Jennifer

[Nickname] Whatever people choose to call me, I suppose. Jen, I guess, not that I like it all that much.

[Screen name] contessajen on LiveJournal, not that I post there.

[Age] 26

[Astrological sign?] Aries

[Chinese zodiac sign?] Snake

[Location] North Carolina

[Sexual Preference] Straight with curves...

[Marital Status] De facto engaged. I asked, he said yes, but he wants to do it...

[Religion] Cafeteria Catholic

[Eye color] brown ("chocolate brown" on my CV)

[Height] 5'4"

[Shoe size] 8-9, depending on toe width.

[Parents still together?] Yes, by some miracle.

[Siblings?] Two younger brothers.

[ Nieces/Nephews? ] Not for a long time.

[ Kids of your own?] Within the next decade, I suppose.

[ Grandkids?] Hah!

[ Pets?] I'm not responsible enough. I would love to get a dog, but they need so much care and supervision and attention that I just don't have time to give right now. I really want a puppy, though.

[ In school/graduated?] AB in music, MM in vocal performance in May

[ Rent, lease, or own your home?] Rent

[ Have any credit cards?] Visa check card, Mastercard (platinum!)

[ What do you drive?] Rolla, the burgundy '94 Corolla with 108,000 miles


Preferences


[ Color ] red, green, violet

[ Number ] 5

[ Animal ] Cf. dog rant. I like cats OK, but my father always says if they were any bigger, they would think of us as prey...

[ Vehicle ] Toyota or Honda, compact sedan or hybrid.

[ Flower ] Hyacinth...they always remind me of Easter.

[ Scent ] Noa by Cacharel, or Coty Dulce Vanilla. Or sandalwood.

[ Shape ] Figure 8

[ Drinks ] L.I. Iced Tea! Or hard cider, or Guinness.

[ Coke or Pepsi ] Coke, but in a can or bottle (not fountain-style).

[ Book ] The Waste Lands from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

[ Band ] Can I say Ani DiFranco?

[ Song ] How could I choose?! My favorite Protestant hymn tune is Slane ("Be thou my vision," et al.).


Do you...


[ Color your hair? ] I used to, but why bother? It's fine the way it is.

[ Twirl your hair? ] No, but I do twirl my moustache. ;)

[ Have tattoos? ] Not yet. I sure am glad I didn't get that barcode tattoo on my ass...

[ Piercings? ] Three in each ear (top two closed) and one inner labia (which I think is still open. All the guys who've ever seen it have thought it was creepy. Even the guy with the nipple piercings. Which was totally hot, by the way.)

[ Have a boyfriend/girlfriend? ] Three years in January!

[ Cheat on tests/homework? ] There may have been an AP Bio quiz or two.

[ Drink/Smoke? ] About once a week/almost never.

[ Like roller coasters? ] Love love LOVE.

[ Wish you could live somewhere else? ] In Raleigh, with my sweetie.

[ Want more piercings? ] No thank you. And Mark refuses to get his nipples pierced.

[ Like cleaning? ] Not particularly.

[ Write in cursive or print?] Print, but all my letters are connected anyway.

[ Carry a donor card? ] Indeed. I'm on the marrow donor list, too.

[ Swear a lot? ] Fuck yeah. And I have my college friends to blame.

[ Own a web cam? ] No.

[ Know how to drive? ] It took long enough.

[ Diet? ] Do I breathe?

[ Own a cell phone? ] I held out, but now I couldn't imagine life without it.

[ Ever get off the damn computer?] Eventually.


Have you ever...


[ Gotten a speeding ticket?] No, but I did get snapped by one of those SafeLights.

[ DUI?] No, but I ran into a checkpoint a few weeks ago and was shitting a brick...

[ Been in a car accident? ] Yes--the first was my fault (car-->wall), the second was not (high schooler not paying attention).

[ Been arrested? ] No.

[ Been in a fist fight? ] Not unless you count my brothers.

[ Kicked someone in the nuts? ] My brother, and Ryan S., in the lunch line in 8th grade.

[ Stolen anything? ] Yes.

[ Held a gun? ] No, and I don't plan to.

[ Drank? ] Not so much recently, but I can tie it on.

[ Been so drunk you couldn't remember your name?] No, but I've forgotten other people's names...

[ Considered a life of crime? ] God no.

[ Cheated on someone? ] Never ever.

[ Been married? ] No.

[ Cried over a girl?] I don't think so.

[ Cried over a boy? ] Oh yes.

[ Lied to someone? ] Though I'm not very good at it.

[ Been in love? ] Three times, I think.

[ Fallen for your best friend (of the opposite sex)? ] No.

[ Made out with JUST a friend? ] Can we count Cowboy?

[ Been rejected? ] Yuck.

[ Been in lust? ] I'm always in lust.

[ Used someone? ] You mean physically? Maybe once or twice.

[ Been used? ] I believe so.

[ Been cheated on? ] No. But they wouldn't live to tell about it...

[Experimented with homosexuality?] Less than I wanted to.

[Current mood] Conflicted

[Current music] Five-note descending scales. I don't know why.

[Current taste] Steak!

[Current hair] I haven't looked in the mirror. It smells good, though.

[Current annoyance] Trying to fly out to Des Moines in January for two days.

[Current smell] That coconut shampoo's all I notice.

[Current thing I ought to be doing] Practicing.

[Current windows open] Five Internet windows.

[Current desktop picture] I'm at school, so it's a picture of the library.

[Current favorite band] Neil Diamond.

[Current book] Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub. (Dark Tower-related, of course)

[Current cds in stereo] Last 2 Ani and Tori CDs, Jessye Norman, Black Crowes

[Current favorite celeb] The rough-and-tumble Colin Farrell. Speaking of tumble...

[Current hate] Not with Mark!

[Current job] Temporarily laid-off receptionist for general contractor.


The last time....


[Last book you read] Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

[Last movie you saw] Matrix: Revolutions. Such a shame!

[Last thing you had to drink] Diet 7-up, which is not as good as Diet Sprite.

[Last thing you ate] This ghetto trail mix I made (half peanuts, half raisins).

[Last person you talked to on the phone] Mark, this morning.


Do you.....


[Do drugs?] Nicotine about once a year, caffeine and alcohol about once a week, nothing harder since that intense hallucinogenic experience in 2000...

[Have a dream that keeps coming back?] I'm always running/hiding from either fallout or some sort of secret police. I guess I'm a Cold War baby.

[Play an instrument?] Trombone for three years, voice lessons for 10 years, piano for several months.

[Believe there is life on other planets?] There must be.

[Remember your first love?] Yes. He was really immature but sweet in his own way.

[Still love him/her?] Do we ever stop loving people?

[Read the newspaper?] I look at Mark's paper online most days, and read the weekend papers when I'm at his place.

[Have any gay or lesbian friends?] Are you kidding? I'm in opera.

[Believe in miracles?] I believe there are things we don't understand...

[Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?] I plan on it...

[Consider yourself tolerant of others?] I'm a little too intolerant of the intolerant. :)

[Consider love a mistake?] No way!

[Have a favorite candy?] Anything involving chocolate and peanut butter.

[Believe in astrology?] It's for entertainment purposes only!

[Believe in magic?] Cf. miracles.

[Believe in God?] Yes.

[Do well in school?] A-minuses make me sad.

[Go to or plan to go to college] I am now.

[Wear hats?] Occasionally, on bad hair days.

[Hate yourself?] There are days I don't like myself very much, but hate is a strong word for it.

[Have an obsession?] I'm a bit of a germ phobe. Me and my Purell! It comes partly from being a singer trying to avoid getting sick and partly from my mother's nurse stories.

[Collect anything?] I like old music books--textbooks, history books.

[Have a best friend?] Helen and Cathy and Mark.

[Close friends?] Yes.

[Like your handwriting?] When I'm not in a hurry.

[Care about looks?] To an extent.

So I got an e-mail from the Des Moines opera people saying that I have an audition in Iowa in January, but I'm not sure I can afford it. The plane ticket alone is over $300. And it's an 18-hour drive from here, which I'm not sure I can handle. (Through the Midwest, in January.) I need to talk the whole thing out with Mark--maybe we can figure something out.

My teaching demo went pretty well today. I'm just glad it's over with...