another random info questionaire
1. do you have any congenital defects?
hmmmm. none that i can think of. i have no missing limbs, i have all my fingers. if you count astigmatism, then yes, i have a congenital defect.
2. do you think you are a positive influence on those around you?
it's a wash. i have a corrosive influence on the hardworking, the quiet, and the uptight. i have an uplifting effect on the bored, the restless, and the curious.
3. what characteristic of yours do you think turns people off?
i don't have the whole day, c'mon.
4. your favorite team?
the los angeles lakers. i root for the home team.
5. your favorite animals?
hyenas, ravens, cats, dolphins, crows, wolves, mongooses
6. what is a big part of your identity that most people miss or overlook?
my naturalized american status. because i speak in a normal southern california accent (not to be confused with valley girl) and because my fashion sense is up to date, people of all races and ethnicities assume that i am a native born american. i am proud to be naturalized, because it indicates choice and action on my part. my american citizenship wasn't handed to me, so i can really appreciate it. many nativists start mouthing off about those "damn illegal immigrants" in front of me, assuming that i would agree with them. just because i look assimilated doesn't mean that i think like a nativist.
7. who do you root for in the olympics?
usa and china, the summer olympic powerhouses.
8. what is your favorite flower(s)?
marijuana, yellow lilies, tulips, passionflowers, orchids, lotuses
9. can you speak another language fluently?
yes. my regret is that i can't speak chinese and italian.
10. what is it that people assume about you to be true, but isn't?
that i have money. my family has money, but i don't. yet for some reason, i tend to be treated better than some of my more moneyed family members. many people also assume that i went to a swanky private university, which is so far off the mark. my parents are anti-tax republicans who sent me to a fine public school and a backwater cal state university. believe it or not, not all cal state students are bland middle manager wannabes.
11. your favorite led zeppelin song:
nobody's fault but mine
12. why don't you capitalize the letters in the beginning of your sentences?
because using the shift key is a bitch. plus, microsoft word has spoiled me. no, my shift key is not broken.
13. do you think porn is bad for society?
no, but it's not good for it either. porn is just an expression of society's sexual hang ups and insecurities about shifting gender roles. it's very telling that orifice stretching pornography depicting extreme female submission is becoming popular at a time when the sexual civil rights of women are under extreme attack and abstinence education is back in vogue again. the big problem to day is that too many people equate being pro-porn with being anti-woman. and on top of that, too many people assume that submission is the only avenue for female sexuality--so whenever they see a woman being openly sexual, they think that she must be offering herself up to any man who will have her. it doesn't help that the porn industry takes advantage of too many of its "talent" by monopolozing content ownership and underpaying or misleading talent like the suicide girls site and the girls gone wild franchise. bad enough that society treats porn talent like shit--porn companies take it another step by taking away all creative ownership rights and re-selling the images in compilations for perpetuity without paying any residuals to the actors. if the porn industry wants more respect, these parisitic business practices need to stop. catering to society's worst instincts should be left to republican politicians, not pornographers. but hey, what pornographer is gonna listen to me?
hmmmm. none that i can think of. i have no missing limbs, i have all my fingers. if you count astigmatism, then yes, i have a congenital defect.
2. do you think you are a positive influence on those around you?
it's a wash. i have a corrosive influence on the hardworking, the quiet, and the uptight. i have an uplifting effect on the bored, the restless, and the curious.
3. what characteristic of yours do you think turns people off?
i don't have the whole day, c'mon.
4. your favorite team?
the los angeles lakers. i root for the home team.
5. your favorite animals?
hyenas, ravens, cats, dolphins, crows, wolves, mongooses
6. what is a big part of your identity that most people miss or overlook?
my naturalized american status. because i speak in a normal southern california accent (not to be confused with valley girl) and because my fashion sense is up to date, people of all races and ethnicities assume that i am a native born american. i am proud to be naturalized, because it indicates choice and action on my part. my american citizenship wasn't handed to me, so i can really appreciate it. many nativists start mouthing off about those "damn illegal immigrants" in front of me, assuming that i would agree with them. just because i look assimilated doesn't mean that i think like a nativist.
7. who do you root for in the olympics?
usa and china, the summer olympic powerhouses.
8. what is your favorite flower(s)?
marijuana, yellow lilies, tulips, passionflowers, orchids, lotuses
9. can you speak another language fluently?
yes. my regret is that i can't speak chinese and italian.
10. what is it that people assume about you to be true, but isn't?
that i have money. my family has money, but i don't. yet for some reason, i tend to be treated better than some of my more moneyed family members. many people also assume that i went to a swanky private university, which is so far off the mark. my parents are anti-tax republicans who sent me to a fine public school and a backwater cal state university. believe it or not, not all cal state students are bland middle manager wannabes.
11. your favorite led zeppelin song:
nobody's fault but mine
12. why don't you capitalize the letters in the beginning of your sentences?
because using the shift key is a bitch. plus, microsoft word has spoiled me. no, my shift key is not broken.
13. do you think porn is bad for society?
no, but it's not good for it either. porn is just an expression of society's sexual hang ups and insecurities about shifting gender roles. it's very telling that orifice stretching pornography depicting extreme female submission is becoming popular at a time when the sexual civil rights of women are under extreme attack and abstinence education is back in vogue again. the big problem to day is that too many people equate being pro-porn with being anti-woman. and on top of that, too many people assume that submission is the only avenue for female sexuality--so whenever they see a woman being openly sexual, they think that she must be offering herself up to any man who will have her. it doesn't help that the porn industry takes advantage of too many of its "talent" by monopolozing content ownership and underpaying or misleading talent like the suicide girls site and the girls gone wild franchise. bad enough that society treats porn talent like shit--porn companies take it another step by taking away all creative ownership rights and re-selling the images in compilations for perpetuity without paying any residuals to the actors. if the porn industry wants more respect, these parisitic business practices need to stop. catering to society's worst instincts should be left to republican politicians, not pornographers. but hey, what pornographer is gonna listen to me?
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