End Of The Year Thing

Monday, Jan. 13, 2014 - 9:22 p.m.

Your full name: Brin Marie McLaughlin

Age: What am I, a car? Bite me.

Height: 5' 5"

Natural hair color: Brown

Eye color: Brown

Number of siblings: Decline to state.

Glasses / Contacts?: Yes

Piercings: two in each ear. Plans to get more, but not in my ears.

Tattoos: One phoenix. More to follow.

FAVORITES

Color: Red, although I mostly wear black and denim

Band: John Paul Keith, Lord Huron, Robb Murphy, Paul Kelly

Song: "Throw Your Arms Around Me" - Hunters & Collectors

Stuffed animal: Bunnies! And teddies and mice and a carrot!

Video game: Angry Birds has been fun, Obechi

TV show: Almost Human

Books: The Effectuators series by Paul Kidd

Food: Mashed potatoes with sour cream and chives.

Game on a cell phone: none

CD cover: Angel With A Lariat - k d lang, but when I finally put something out I think it will be interesting.

Flower: Pink roses

Scent: Drakkar Noir

Animal: Bunny Rabbit

Comic book: Spunky Knight #4

Cereal: Rice Chex

Website: Facebook, Diaryland, FARK.

DO YOU

Play an instrument?: Yep

Watch TV more than 60 hours a week?: Probably

Like to sing?: Yes

Have a job?: NOYB

Have a cell phone?: NOYB

Like to play sports?: No, but I like watching rugby, figure skating, golf, and baseball. Also seasonally, curling and Olympics

Have a crush on someone?: Perpetually, because I'm female.

Live somewhere NOT in the United States?: No

Have more than 5 TVs in your house?: No

Have any special talents/skills?: I can write normally with my right hand and backwards with my left hand, at the same time

Excercise daily?: Nope

Like school?: Nope.

CAN YOU

Sing the alphabet backwards?: Why in fuck would I do that? No!

Stand on your tip toes without wearing shoes?: No

Speak any other languages?: Some Spanish, and some ASL

Go a day without food?: Yes, under duress

Stay up for more than 24 hours?: Yes, but you won't like me

Read music, not just tabs?: A little

Roll your tongue?: Yep

Eat a whole pizza? No!

HAVE YOU EVER

Cried to get out of trouble?: Not in adulthood, which is why it's called adulthood.

Gotten lost in your city?: Only once.

Seen a shooting star?: Yes.

Been to any other countries besides the United States?: Canada, Mexico, Australia.
Had major surgery?: Yes. Colectomy & Ileostomy in 1983

Solved a rubiks cube?: Nope

Gone out in public in your pajamas?: Yes

Cried over a girl?: Yes

Cried over a boy?: Yes

Been in a fist fight?: Once, and I won. Big time. Gave the jerk a nosebleed.

Laughed and had milk come out of your nose?: No
Pushed all the buttons on an elevator?: No. People who do that should be sent to Hell.

Gone to school only to find you had the day off because of a holiday / etc?: I lived three houses down from my school, so a couple of times I got dressed and left the house, but didn't actually walk all the way down the block when I saw the empty schoolyard.

Swore at your parents?: Yes.
Kicked a guy where it hurts?: No. I would never do that.

Been in love?: Yes.

Been to a casino?: Yes

Ran over an animal and killed it?: Not personally, but I was a passenger.
Broken a bone?: Broke my face in car accident in 1983.
Gotten stitches?: Yes. After that major surgery, they were very nice and sewed me up again.

Had a waterballoon fight in winter?: Nope.

Drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour?: No.

Made homemade muffins?: Yes

Bitten someone?: Nope

Been to Disneyland / Disneyworld?: Yes, Disneyland
More than 5 times?: Yes
Burped in someones face?: Not on purpose.

Gotten the chicken pox?: Yes.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU

Brushed your teeth: An hour or so ago

Went to the bathroom: Ditto

Saw a movie in theaters: NOYB

Had a snow day: n/a

Had a party: Birthday in Perth 2013

Had a slumber party: Whenever I'm in Australia.

Made fun of someone: I don't remember

Tripped in front of someone: Don't remember

Got sick: Three weeks ago

Cursed: Motherfucker!

PICK ONE

Fruit/vegetables: Fresh fruit

Black/white: White

Lights on/lights off: On

TV/movie: TV

Car/truck: truck

Body spray/lotion: Lotion. I'm old and drying out.

Cash/check: NOYB

Pillows/blankets: Both

Paint/charcoal: Paint

Chinese food/mexican food: Chinese
Summer/winter: Summer

Snow/rain: Rain

Fog/misty: Fog

Rock/rap: Rock

Meat/vegetarian: Meat

Chocolate/vanilla: Vanilla

Sprinkles/icing: Neither

Cake/pie: Neither

French toast/french fries: Fries if they're soft

Strawberries/blueberries: Neither

Ocean/swimming pool: Ocean

Hugs/kisses: Hugs

Cookies/muffins: Neither

p33n/bewbz: p33n.

Wallet/pocket: Pocket

Window/door: Window

Emo/goth: I had no idea there was any difference

Pink/purple: Pink

Cat/dog: Cat

Long sleeve/short sleeve: Long

Pants/shorts: Pants

Winter break/spring break: Spring

Spring/autumn: Spring

Clouds/clear sky: clear at night, cloudy during the day

Moon/mars: Moon

LOVE AND ALL THAT CRAP

Have you ever been in love?: Yes

Do you believe there is someone for everyone?: Yes.

What is your idea of the best date?: Laughter and eye contact and courtesy and kindness.

What was your first kiss like?: surprising.

How old were you when you got your first kiss? 12

WORD ASSOCIATION

Slippers: Bunny

Hat: Box

Hard: On

Free: Space

Space: Time

Taste: Quality

Red: Eyes

Deep: Throat

Heart: Bleed

Cord: Lamp

Cheese: Burger

Rain: Storm

Work: Stoppage

Pedal: Bicycle

Head: Give

Bed: Sleep

Fluff: Cowan

Hardcore: Fandom

Knife: Shonen

Jump: Cut

I....

am: painting lots of abstract watercolor ACEOs

want: Fake Andy to go to jail. I'll want that until it happens.

need: to be more patient with my own learning curve

crave: processed sugar

love: QI

hate: all people who have ever tried to blame me for their abuse of me.

did: used to wish I had smaller breasts. But not now. I've decided they'll do.

feel: warm.

miss: common sense

am annoyed by: people who answer my question "Why did you do that?" With "I'm sorry" instead of with a sentence that starts with the word "Because...". (honorable mention: "I don't know" and I say "I don't know who else to ask about this since you're the one that did this" , et cetera, et al, ad nauseum)

am tired of: worrying about the wrong things

will always: accept the first apology somebody makes for hurting me. If they fuck up again for the exact same thing they apologized for already, then forget it, because obviously the apology wasn't worth a shit to them.

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