2001.06/12 Questionnaire
EXCERPTED FROM MESSAGE TO JESUS ARCILLA
} What are your answers?
In addition to answering the questions, I've included some others for your
perusal...
} > > 1. LIVING ARRANGEMENT?
} Alix: Your typical single 20-something apartment living.
} Sonny: Borrowing a friend's mom's condo in Las Vegas.
Kim: Anything with four or more wheels and 220 horsepower.
K1. DEATH ARRANGEMENT?
Kim: Cremated and have my ashes spread in the upper atmosphere by a space
shuttle.
} > > 2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
} Alix: Started on Applying UML and Patterns, Java Platform Performance, and
} Shaolin kung fu history.
} Sonny: Some Qi Gong book to which I was recommended
Kim: Thermoelectric Materials - New Directions And Approaches.
The book I was reading ten minutes ago: The Cosmo Book O' Orgasms
K2. TYPES OF BOOKS YOU ENJOY READING?
Kim: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Self-Help
} > > 3. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
} Alix: Optical mouse device, no mousepad!
} Sonny: No mousepad, using a laptop
Kim: Layers of peanut salt
K3. WHAT PICTURES DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR COMPUTER?
Kim: Mostly dirty ones I shouldn't mention
} > > 4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
} Alix: I have no clue.
} Sonny: Life
Kim: Settlers Of Catan (if you can consider that to be a board game)
Otherwise, Bitin' Off Hedz
K4. FAVORITE GAME AT ALL (INCLUDING MIND GAMES ;-)?
Kim: Whatever game other people are interested in and is new to me
} > > 5. FAVORITE MAGAZINE?
} Alix: I read everything, including GQ, Cosmopolitan, Dobb's Journal.
} Sonny: Men's Health
Kim: Maxim
K5. FAVORITE TRASHY THING THAT YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE READING?
Kim: Maxim
} > > 6a. FAVORITE SMELLS?
} Alix: Anything fresh and clean! Oh and smoked salmon.
} Sonny: The gardens at the Bellagio during the day.
Kim: The smell of bacon wafting through the bedroom, mixing with the heady
scent of lovemaking
K6a. FAVORITE SENSATION?
Kim: What is the rating on the answers to these questions, anyway?
} > > 6b. LEAST FAVORITE SMELLS?
} Alix: Cigarette smoke.
} Sonny: Old, rotting potatoes.
Kim: The acrid smell of puke gurgling through your nose as you lose
consciousness. You DO know what ACRID means, right Sonny? ;-)
K6b. LEAST FAVORITE SENSATION?
Kim: A part of my body burning
} > > 7. FAVORITE SOUND?
} Alix: Primitive drum beats, splashing waterfall.
} Sonny: Women enjoying herself during sex (with me). Definitely.
Kim: I'd have to agree with Sonny on this one. ;-)
K7. LEAST FAVORITE SOUND?
Kim: Curiously enough, one of my least favorite sounds is a woman enjoying
herself during sex with Sonny, too... 8^)
} > > 8. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
} Alix: Losing someone.
} Sonny: Being yelled at
Kim: Being powerless to stop someone from being hurt
K8. WORST THING YOU'VE DONE TO SOMEONE?
Kim: Tried to have sex with a good friend when I was feeling emotionally
hurt
} > > 9. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
} Alix: Streeeeeetch.
} Sonny: Shit! Am I late for work again!?!
Kim: One of these days I'm going to be cooked in here
K9. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU THINK OF BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP?
Kim: What I'm going to do the next day; problems to solve
} > > 10. FAVORITE COLOR?
} Alix: I like 'em all! Maybe yellow the most, but
} sometimes red or green.
} Sonny: Blue
Kim: Black, White, Purple, Red, Blue, Orange, Green, Yellow, and Chartreuse
(in that order)
K10. WHAT IS THE RATIO OF A LADEN SWALLOW?
Kim: What, African or European?
} > > 11. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
} Alix: I don't wait.
} Sonny: As few as possible
Kim: Answer the what?
K11. WHAT IS YOUR ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGE?
Kim: "Greetings! You've reached the cell phone of Kim Lumbard. Please
leave your name and number after the beep."
} > > 12. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?
} Alix: Joshua, Dominique, and perhaps Luke Skywalker.
} Sonny: Dunno. It'll come to me when the time comes.
Kim: Nova Roma Lumbard
K12. HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU WANT?
Kim: 69, Dude!
} > > 13. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE?
} Alix: Stay cool.
} Sonny: Health
Kim: Being true to yourself and others
K13. WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT?
Kim: Getting Arnold Klein on the plane to Detroit when I was nearly dead
} > > 14. FAVORITE FOODS?
} Alix: Crackers, chocolate, bread, cheese, scallops.
} Sonny: Tomato soup at El Torito Grill, Vegetarian Paninis, and Chocolate
} Falling Cake at Spago's
Kim: Anything passed mouth to mouth from your loved one
K14. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT?
Kim: The mouth of a loved one. :-O
} > > 15. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
} Alix: May I have strawberry too?
} Sonny: Chocolate.
Kim: Chocolate. Preferably with some Lactaid.
K15: SPICY OR BLAND?
Kim: Definitely spicy. Preferably hot, too. ;-)
} > > 16. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?
} Alix: Of course, how else do you drive?
} Sonny: Yes, but I have to deal with the guilt, so it's a toss-up
Kim: In the words of the Matrix: there is no driving fast.
K16. DO YOU LIKE RELATIONSHIPS TO MOVE FAST?
Kim: Only if it leads to sex as soon as possible.
} > > 17. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
} Alix: lol Chris. I have one on my bed but I don't sleep with it.
} Sonny: No, but I miss Bugs.
Kim: Nope. Not unless you count some of my former girlfriends.
K17. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Kim: At the Moulin Rouge when the lady finally died of consumption
} > > 18. STORMS - COOL OR SCARY?
} Alix: Definitely cool.
} Sonny: Cool
Kim: Cool if they are scary enough.
K18. WHAT IS YOUR STRONGEST CHILDHOOD FEAR?
Kim: That I would grow up to be my father.
} > > 19. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
} Alix: 1986 Toyota van, poor thing.
} Sonny: 1987 Nissan Sentra
Kim: 1987 Nissan Regular Pickup Truck.
K19. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST?
Kim: A high-school sweetheart from a devoutly religious family
} > > 20. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE?
} Alix: Buddha or Albert Einstein.
} Sonny: Benjamin Franklin
Kim: Socrates
K20. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE FICTIONAL PERSON?
Kim: Sherlock Holmes
} > > 21. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
} Alix: I am with Chris on that.
} Sonny: Midori Collins
Kim: Sex On The Beach
K21. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC?
Kim: Ray Clermont
} > > 22. WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?
} Alix: Taurus, stubborn and gentle.
} Sonny: Capricorn, horny as all hell
Kim: Aries, like a ram that can go all night
K22. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOROSCOPE?
Kim: "You will do today what you have wished to do since yesterday."
} > > 23. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?
} Alix: Why not?
} Sonny: Yes.
Kim: Yes.
K23. DO YOU EAT THE FAT ON MEAT?
Kim: Hell, yes!
} > > 24. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?
} Alix: Martial art grandmaster.
} Sonny: Movie Director
Kim: Producer for Vivid Videos
K24. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE YOU WANTED?
Kim: Greece
} > > 25. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR?
} Alix: I like mine the way it is, thank you.
} Sonny: Blonde, just to see how it'd look
Kim: A little bit of silver gray at the temples, to look more like Isaac
Asimov
K25. IF YOU COULD CHANGE ANY PART OF YOUR BODY?
Kim: Make some things a little... longer. ;-)
} > > 26. EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
} Alix: Yes.
} Sonny: I guess so.
Kim: Yes
K26. EVER HATED SOMEBODY SO MUCH YOU WANTED TO KILL THEM? WHO?
Kim: Yep. My dad.
} > 27. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
} Alix: It's 50% +- 5%.
} Sonny: Half empty. Hello? Can you say "evaporation"?
Kim: Both, since each viewpoint has some validity to it.
K27. DO YOU BELIEVE IN HAPPY ENDINGS?
Kim: Yes, but I've only seen them in fairy tales.
} > > 28. FAVORITE MOVIES:
} Alix: Princess Bride, Forest Gump, Black Stallion, any movies with kick-a$$
} kung fu fights.
} Sonny: Grease, Aliens, Shawshank Redemption
Kim: Terminator II, Harper Valley PTA
K28. FAVORITE MOVIE EXPERIENCE?
Kim: Watching the opening on Aladdin with Sonny at the El Capitan. In
particular, the first time I ever saw the Dolby Digital train leader.
} > 29. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?
} Alix: Sure, unless I am munching.
} Sonny: Yup
Kim: What's the point of typing on the wrong ones?
K29. HOW LONG DO YOU SPEND IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER EACH DAY?
Kim: About 6-11 hours, depending on the day
} > > 30. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
} Alix: Air, which isn't too frightening.
} Sonny: Nothing whatsoever.
Kim: A muffler and suspension
K30. WHAT'S THE MOST DISTINCTIVE THING IN YOUR BEDROOM?
Kim: Where the bedroom is located
} > > 31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?
} Alix: 1.
} Sonny: 69. Duh.
Kim: 69, Dude!
K31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER OF TIMES TO HAVE SEX PER WEEK?
Kim: 69, Dude!
} > > 32. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH?
} Alix: Figure skating and gymnastics, beautiful and intense.
} Sonny: Football.
Kim: Tennis, because I actually happen to understand the rules
K32. FAVORITE SPORTS HERO(ES)?
Kim: Harlem Globetrotters
} > > 33. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
} Alix: Someone with a big heart who can play untold number of musical
} instruments!
} Sonny: Beautiful on the inside and out!
Kim: My mother told me that if I can't say something nice I shouldn't say
anything at all. ;-)
K33. WHO DO YOU RESPECT THE MOST IN LIFE?
Kim: People who persevere against adversity without anyone knowing about it
} > > 34. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
} Alix: The one who's still reading.
} Sonny: Talos Woten.
Kim: Me, since I already have
K34. MOST RESPONSIBLE PERSON YOU KNOW?
Kim: Joseph Charles Leopold Durand III
} > > 35. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
} Alix: me.
} Sonny: Alix.
Kim: Me, too.
K35. LEAST RESPONSIBLE PERSON YOU KNOW?
Kim: See A33 8^)
Enjoy! ;-)
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