The Friday Five: “Randomosity!”

It’s the last night of the world, and you’ve only just found out. What five things will you do in these final hours?
1. Write an epitaph.
2. Cook and eat a fabulous meal.
3. Listen to my favourite music.
4. Spend time with friends and family.
5. Go for a drive to the city.

How do you feel about our American Flag’s design?
It represents the country I live in, and I suppose some would say it represents “freedom.” I don’t know what else to say about it, really.

What pets have you had?
Goldfish, hermit crabs, cats, and dogs.

What was the last activity you wore a wristband for?
Going to a concert.

What song changed your life?
“The Fragile” by Nine Inch Nails. The first time I heard it was when I watched the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. Being a huge teenie-bopper at the time, I was anxiously waiting for The Backstreet Boys to perform, so the fact that Nine Inch Nails were actually gracing MTV with their superior performance was beyond me at the time. “Why don’t they play ‘Closer’ [their over-played hit]?” briefly ran through my head because I didn’t realize how fucking amazing “The Fragile” was at the time… and then a year or so later, I did, and the semi-obsession began.

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The Friday Five (LJ)

1. Name one movie you wish everybody could watch.
The Departed. It took a second viewing to understand what the hell was going on, and from there I have watched the movie maybe a dozen or more times. The movie is that good and it has an all-star cast behind it – a trait which can hinder a movie from succeeding, but in this case doesn’t.

2. Name two books you wish everybody could read.
1. Bed of Nails by Michael Slade. Deliciously twisted book that would make a great movie, but I hope nobody attempts to do so because it would probably ruin the book.
2. Intensity by Dean Koontz. This book terrified me.

3. Name three goals you wish everybody could achieve.
1. The feeling of mutual love – loving someone and knowing that person loves you back.
2. Understanding and being happy with one’s self (so I guess you could say a high level of self-esteem and inner-peace.)
3. A small personal fortune, enough to be content and debt-free for life.

4. Name four people you wish everybody could know.
1. Me
2. Trent Reznor
3. Mark Whalberg
4. A personal butler

5. Name five places you wish everybody could visit.
1. New Jersey
2. Easton, PA – hahahahaa…
3. London, England
4. Edinburgh, Scotland
5. Philadelphia, PA

The Friday Five (LJ): Hair

1. What type of hair do you have? (Thin, Normal, Thick, Frizzy, etc.)
My hair used to be very thick, but I have noticed that more of it is coming out (not in huge clumps or anything, it is just thinner than it used to be) because of the dye that has been used on my hair. I would say that it is pretty much “normal” in thickness and on the dry side, again because of the dye.

2. What color is your hair currently?
The colour of my hair right now is a medium golden brown colour, a few shades darker than my real colour.

3. What colors have you dyed/highlighted your hair?
I have been pretty much every colour in the “normal” hair colour spectrum in addition to pink – which was immediately covered up by black when I saw that my roots had turned a hot, hot pink. It would have been really cool if it worked, but it didn’t.

4. If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be?
I liked when I had black hair, but I wish it could have been jazzed up a little bit and I wish it didn’t look so shitty when the dye faded. The pink would have looked really cool, but it just didn’t work out. Pretty soon I am going to get red and caramel highlights in my hair, and that is also something I would like.

5. What is your hair’s length?
About chin-length.

The Friday Five (LJ)

1. If you could change one life-changing event in the life of someone important to you, would you?

Clearly, it would depend on if the event was good or bad. If my dad won the lottery for a large amount of money, that would be a very positive life-changing event that I probably wouldn’t change for the wold. On the other hand, if I had the ability to change or cure my mom’s illness, I wouldn’t hesitate. (That is apart of the reason why I am going to donate my kidney to her, if all goes well with the tests.)

2. Which do you think is easier to do, being friends for many years, or being life partners for many years?

Being friends for many years is much easier. Being life partners, or being involved in any kind of long-term relationship with a significant other, is difficult after the first few “honeymoon” months, the period when everything is hugs and kisses, chocolate and flowers, rainbows and sunshine… haha!! After that time, you get to see the true colours of the person you are with, which can be hard to handle and heartbreaking.

3. Have you ever walked away from someone you considered a friend?

Yes. I am not going to give away whether the person in question is a guy or a girl, so I am going to intentionally refer to the person as he/she, his/her, etc.

Basically, this person forgot that I existed and moved on to associate with people he/she thought were his/her “good” friends when they were far from fitting that description. This person bitched to me one time about things his/her new “friends” did to him/her, how they were two-faced and such. Hearing that hurt me because I know that I am a better friend than those people are, and I can’t figure out why he/she would want to devote his/her interest and time to them and not me. I was under the impression that we were close friends; however, I saw how quickly that person didn’t care enough about our friendship to give me a call or send me an email every so often, and have pretty much given up on contacting that person. Moreover, I don’t recall ever doing anything that would turn her off, and she has never mentioned anything about why she doesn’t contact me anymore, so I can only assume is that she is rude and doesn’t care about having a good friendship.

4. If you had to choose between telling the truth and hurting a friend or lying and making them happy, which would you choose?

I would like to say that “honesty is the best policy,” but there are certain situations where lying would be better than telling the completely raw and honest truth. For instance, if one of my female friends was wearing a shirt that did not look too good on her, I would as kindly as possible tell her that the shirt was not flattering. If I knew that a lot of people were making fun of her for wearing the shirt and calling her very nasty names, I would tell her that people were making comments; however, I wouldn’t tell her word-for-word what the comments were.

5. Which would you rather hear–the truth which will hurt, or the comforting lie?

It would really depend on the situation. If it was a situation like I described above, I frankly wouldn’t want to know the nitty-gritty details and completely raw, uncensored comments that people were making about me; I would want it sugar coated just a little bit.