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Hello all. I'm new but not new. One of those "view but not contribute" sort of forum goers. Up until now I have followed along in your discussions so I know a bit about you. How about this though (not sure if it's been done here), you may be familiar with the Bernard Pivot questionnaire from Inside the Actor's Studio. Give it a shot if you feel it fetches your fancy. Let's learn a bit more about the posters of Hatrack .
01. What is your favorite word? 02. What is your least favorite word? 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? 04. What turns you off? 05. What is your favorite curse word? 06. What sound or noise do you love? 07. What sound or noise do you hate? 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? 09. What profession would you not like to do? 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
1.precarious 2.idiot 3.originality or things I'm not expecting 4.intolerance (or ignorance, can't decide) 5.damn 6.crackling fire 7.a dog bark 8.an actor 9.my job 10."That was actually pretty funny"
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You hit us with a meme? Really? On your second post? That's... impressive.
I will honor such chuzpah with answers:
1. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. 2. Fair. 3. Solving a problem. 4. Having to implement the solution. 5. Currently? That'd probably be "frak". 6. The waves at the beach. 7. Almost all children's toys. 8. Writer. 9. Deli worker. 10. "I'm sorry."
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01. What is your favorite word?: Revelation 02. What is your least favorite word? Emergency 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Creatively: complexity; spiritually: love; emotionally: wisdom 04. What turns you off? Stupidity 05. What is your favorite curse word? Dagnabbit 06. What sound or noise do you love? My ring tone (Rachmoninoff) 07. What sound or noise do you hate? Sirens 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Auctioneer 09. What profession would you not like to do? Lighthouse keeper 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Welcome home, my good and faithful servant."
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01. awesome 02. alot of them. 03. Tales of fiction in any form. 04. My friends (at sixteen there not ready to help out here.) 05. It combines two previous curse words or "settle down"(yea i make that a swear) 06. Musical fun. 07. The voice of stupidity 08. Any of them, something creative or computer related. 09. To continue to be a TRI 10. "your late... but fine come on in, their all here already" (i plan on being immortal)
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1. Methylcloroisothiazolanon 2. Duty 3. Music that tears at my heart 4. Interruptions/things that slow me down. 5. f******* 6. the sound of walking on crisp leaves or new snow (Too bad I'm in the SF bay area, huh?) 7. The sound of a migraine 8. I'd love to be a show runner but I don't think I'd be good at it. 9. Anything involving fame. (I'd do #8 under an alias) 10. "Ok! Ok! What do you want your REAL life to be like?"
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01. What is your favorite word? Scrumtralescent 02. What is your least favorite word? Assistant 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Music 04. What turns you off? Ignorance 05. What is your favorite curse word? The way "frik" is used on Scrubs 06. What sound or noise do you love? The way water hits a boiling pan 07. What sound or noise do you hate? The timbre of Dubya's voice 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Marine Biologist 09. What profession would you not like to do? Trash man. 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "How the Hell did you get here?"
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Well I do appreciate you replying regardless lisa, I'll make sure to delay any and all chutzpah for later posts.
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chutzpah always sounded like a dish made with chickpeas to me... mmm.. break out the pita and dip it into a nice fresh bowl of chutzpah.
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01 Xenocide 02 Riley 03 My friends actually calling me T:man 04 Miss C. not calling me T:man 05 Helk 06 The sizzle of bacon 07 My brothers voice 08 Proffessional Goodlooking person (PGLP) 09 Test Dummy 10 "So Xann wasn't the last here, didn't expect you T"
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1. melancholy (current phase, these things last about two weeks) 2. addicting 3. Orson Scott Card novels! 4. Super Smash Bros. Love the game, but it distracts me from my greater purpose 5. uff da! 6. Star Wars music 7. The phone ringing 8. Sci-fi author 9. Toll booth guy 10. "I played that video game you made in high school. Awesome stuff!"
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01. Incidentally 02. Bluffing 03. Positive human interactions 04. Raw tomatoes 05. Can't say I have a specific one, in fact I often cycle between different sets of words, though I am not known for setting people's hair on fire. 06. cat vocalizations 07. Teeth grating on metal such as a spoon. 08. Concert musician 09. Executioner 10. Come in come in, the Mrs just finished setting dinner, your family's already here.
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1. Sardonic 2. Preggers 3. Intellectual debate 4. Apathy 5. Bloody 6. The opening strains of some song I love 7. The popping sound that precedes a call at work 8. Legislative Advisor 9. Surgeon 10. Yes, it's better than you imagined.
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01. What is your favorite word? Pants 02. What is your least favorite word? Blog 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? The creative work of people I admire inspires me to be creative (literature and music in particular). 04. What turns you off? Inconsiderate people. The kind that have no concept that people other than themselves exist (especially on the highways). 05. What is your favorite curse word? Tippy-toe 06. What sound or noise do you love? My friends laughing 07. What sound or noise do you hate? A tie between tires screeching, and my alarm clock. (If they ever made an alarm clock that sounded like tires screeching, that would be really bad.) 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Retired millionaire 09. What profession would you not like to do? Sewage treatment 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Wanna have another go at it?"Posts: 1080 | Registered: Apr 2006
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01. What is your favorite word? Cromulent 02. What is your least favorite word? Hallelujah 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? 04. What turns you off? Farting 05. What is your favorite curse word? Clusterf*** 06. What sound or noise do you love? Cmaj7 guitar chord 07. What sound or noise do you hate? Alarm clocks 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Stunt Driver 09. What profession would you not like to do? Wal-Mart greeter 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? It's about time!
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03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? Stories
04. What turns you off? Uncultured swine
05. What is your favorite curse word? Damnit
06. What sound or noise do you love? Anything that rings high, sweet, and clear.
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Cats fighting
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? The Messiah
09. What profession would you not like to do? Abortion doctor
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Well done! Ready for Level 2? You want a break? Fine then, there's a nice landscape down that way you can frolic in. Don't take forever, haha! I still find that funny...Posts: 1236 | Registered: Mar 2002
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quote: 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Well done! Ready for Level 2? You want a break? Fine then, there's a nice landscape down that way you can frolic in. Don't take forever, haha! I still find that funny...
I laughed, deeply and heartily I laughed.
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Well here are my answers for today anyway - they would probably be different if I answered any other day...
01. What is your favorite word? I really don't have one.
02. What is your least favorite word? frik
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? So many things - a gorgeous sunset, the sound of a baby laughing, other people's creativity, quiet solitude
04. What turns you off? loud, frantic, busy noises
05. What is your favorite curse word? Crap
06. What sound or noise do you love? my kids laughing
07. What sound or noise do you hate? arguing/fighting
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Attorney
09. What profession would you not like to do? Sanitation worker
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? I'm so glad you made it. I missed you.
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quote: 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Well done! Ready for Level 2? You want a break? Fine then, there's a nice landscape down that way you can frolic in. Don't take forever, haha! I still find that funny...
01. What is your favorite word? Today: Gubbins 02. What is your least favorite word? Consultant (amongst others) 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? C: elegance S: Rainbows E: Happy endings 04. What turns you off? Bad teeth 05. What is your favorite curse word? What the blue blazes?! 06. What sound or noise do you love? Birdsong 07. What sound or noise do you hate? Crepitus 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Helicopter pilot 09. What profession would you not like to do? Accountant 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? You were wrong, but I don't hold a grudge.
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01. What is your favorite word? Clever. 02. What is your least favorite word? Enough. 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Humor. 04. What turns you off? Ignorance. 05. What is your favorite curse word? Balls (though this changes often). 06. What sound or noise do you love? The noise my bedroom ceiling fan makes. 07. What sound or noise do you hate? Thunder. 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Baker. 09. What profession would you not like to do? HVAC Specialist. 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "The bar's that way."
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01. What is your favorite word? Amaryllis 02. What is your least favorite word? Um 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Tension between a righteous individual's moral compass and the needs of society. 04. What turns you off? Crude or coarse humor or language 05. What is your favorite curse word? See above 06. What sound or noise do you love? A soaring oboe 07. What sound or noise do you hate? A baby's cry in the night 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Used bookstore owner 09. What profession would you not like to do? Life at sea in a submarine: monotonous, uncomfortable and would take me away from my family 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Well done.Posts: 2926 | Registered: Sep 2005
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01. What is your favorite word? Tautological. 02. What is your least favorite word? See Earendil's answer. I hate that word so much I don't wanna write it. 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? A sense of time and resonance. 04. What turns you off? Crassness and unnecessary vulgarity. 05. What is your favorite curse word? "Curses and foul language!" followed closely by "Holy Monkeys!" Guess those are rather exclaimations than words, but, there you go. 06. What sound or noise do you love? A baby's laugh. 07. What sound or noise do you hate? Vaccum cleaners. 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Journalist, perhaps, or chef. 09. What profession would you not like to do? Fish cleaner on a fishing boat. 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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01. Wallow 02. Last and call, when put together in a sentence. 03. Humor, Books 04. Bills, applications, deadlines and forms. 05. Bugger 06. Thunder 07. The sound of a blender. Reminds me too much of my old job. 08. <edit> Animator. 09. Public school teacher 10. "To be honest with you, I didn't really want you here, but I inadvertently damned Tommy Dorsey and the band needs a good trombone player. Gig starts at 8 o'clock."
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There is no word to describe this thread's perfection, so I am forced to make one up. And I'm going to do so right now. Scrumtrilescent.
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quote:Originally posted by Primal Curve: There is no word to describe this thread's perfection, so I am forced to make one up. And I'm going to do so right now. Scrumtrilescent.
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01. What is your favorite word? Ethereal. 02. What is your least favorite word? Mammary. 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Beautiful gardens. 04. What turns you off? Politics. 05. What is your favorite curse word? F*** me. 06. What sound or noise do you love? A Major 7 chord resolving to D Major in the Brahms Intermezzo in A Major. 07. What sound or noise do you hate? A metal whisk in a metal mixing bowl. 08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Landscape architect. 09. What profession would you not like to do? Behavioral psychologist for disturbed adolescents. 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Namaste. Om.
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1. Favorite word: plethora 2. Least favorite word: Need. (At least in the sense of people saying "I need [insert object or feeling or anything else here]" because it's generally not true. or Proof. 3. Turn ons: Bonfires. :-D 4. Turn offs: Deception and manipulation 5. Favorite curse word: bloody hell 6. Favorite sound: The first minute of Fur Elise played on a Grand Piano. 7. Hated sound: Squealing teenage girls. 8. What other profession would I attempt: Either movie director or Director of Photography. 9. Profession not like to do: Accountant 10. If heaven exists what would I like to hear God say: "Welcome home, my good and faithful servant." And yes I know Katharina already said it- but I've given that one a lot of thought in years past.
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