Hopes and Dreams, Ways and Means

It was Albert Einstein that said that it was all right to build castles in the air but that one must put a foundation beneath them.

I think that dreams are wonderful things but perhaps endless dreams without hope is pointless.

The Survey

Name: What's in a name?
Birthday: January 19
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Current Location: Somerville, MA
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: off-Brown
Height: 5'4"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right handed
Your Heritage: American
The Shoes You Wore Today: Old School Sneakers
Your Weakness: Not believing in myself which can lead to a certain
indecisiveness
Your Fears: Worry for my friends and family and the future
Your Perfect Pizza: Chicken Barbeque
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Continue to save money,
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: :)
Thoughts First Waking Up: "I have to get up, don't I?"
Your Best Physical Feature: Smile
Your Bedtime: Whenever I am tired
Your Most Missed Memory: Car trips with anyone but my family
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK (for their fries)
Single or Group Dates: Single if necessary but Groups are fine too
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Both in a Ripple
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee (unless it is a Frapucinno)
Do you Smoke: No
Do you Swear: Yes
Do you Sing: Yes
Do you Shower Daily: Yes (I don't want to meet the person that would
say no to that question and not be in dire straits)
Have you Been in Love: Yes (disastrously)
Do you want to go to College: Yes (I actually want to do it again)
Do you want to get Married: Yes (if certain criteria were met)
Do you belive in yourself: Yes, but not as much as I should
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: I was told that I was unconventially
pretty once
Are you a Health Freak: No
Do you get along with your Parents: No. Mother is dead and I did get
along well with her.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes, if inside a safe structure. It is
quite the aphrodisiac
Do you play an Instrument: Yes
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you Smoked: No
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: No, but I will be on April 28
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No, but I have been
known to sleep nude almost year round
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yes but not on a regular basis and never so wasted
that I was not aware of what is going on or think again about an idea
that seemed cool at the time to do but would have been a great mistake
if sober
Ever been called a Tease: Yes
Ever been Beaten up: Yes
Ever Shoplifted: Yes, but not anymore since I became an adult but as a
kid I was quite the felon AND I never got caught...
How do you want to Die: Dunno. Instantly would be the best.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Again, No clue. Some kind of
scientist I think or new media person... Or maybe just a witch.
What country would you most like to Visit: Japan (again), Southeast
Asia (still want to), Wales and the least deadliest country in Africa
In a Boy/Girl.. Favourite Eye Color: Brown or Blue
Favourite Hair Color: Dark (though apparently I have a weakness for blondes)
Short or Long Hair: Longish (usually)
Height:
Depends
Weight:
DependsBest Clothing Style:
Whatever looks good on them and myself. Clean is
usually a good yardstick.Number of Drugs I have taken:
erm... Not anything that I can get arrested for.Number of CDs I own:
14 ( I am slow to transition to the format)Number of Piercings:
2
Number of Tattoos:
0 (Do scars count?)
Number of things in my Past I Regret:
One is listening to every voice except my own. The other two are not printable.

My Movie Survey

Favorite...

Comedy: Airplane, Airplane II, DC Cab

Romantic Comedy: Tom Jones (I don't do romantic comedies a whole lot)

Romance: The Notebook, The Crow, Say Anything

Drama: Nothin' But a Man, Garden State, Daughters of the Dust, Hoosiers, Cooley High

Family:

Childhood/Children:
Rats of NIMH, The Last Unicorn, Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the baggy knees, Neverending Story, Dark Crystal

Animated:

Computer-Animated: The Incredibles

Foreign: Fanny and Alexander, Nobody Knows, Scrooge, The Rules of the Game, Madame de..., Tampopo

Documentary: When We were Kings, Not For Ourselves Alone, The Civil War, TR, Eleanor Roosevelt, Midnight Ramble, The Lady Chieftains, Glory in Black and White, Who was Lee Harvey Oswald, The Civil War, Jazz, Frida Kahlo, Johnny Cash

Science Fiction: Star Wars, Contact, Return of the Jedi

Action: Terminator 2, Posse

Horror: Tales From the Crypt, Creepshow, Sleepwalkers, Red Rose

Thriller/Suspense: Charade, Runaway Jury

Trilogy or Series: Star Wars

Other:

Movie that you could watch over and over and over: The Emperor's New Groove, The Incredibles. The Notebook, The Majestic, Say Anything, Johnny Cash, Cooley High



Movie that made you...

Laugh the hardest/most: The Incredibles

Cry the most/hardest: I don't cry

Want to kiss somebody: The Notebook, A Little Romance

Change something in your life (what was it?):

Inspired/Motivated: Neverending Story, Contact

Favorite movie of all time: I don't know...