Exercise in Futility

Hiya folks. I'm bored but I have nothing to write about, so I figured that I'd dig this up and see how my answers have changed in the last two and some years. And so, the streamlined version of this questionnaire I grabbed from Dex a coupla years back:

2. WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?
Old Answer: plaid boxers

New Answer: striped boxers (!)

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
OA: I just listened to my copy of rubber soul to see whether it really was broken or not. It's broken, alas.

NA: Just finished Dylan's John Wesley Harding album.

4. THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
OA: a grape

NA: a cookie

5. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
OA: no. actually yes. no. really, no.

NA: That was me trying to be funny two years ago. I really don't

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW?
OA: bit cold but better than a few weeks ago

NA: Hot, hot, hot! The paper tells me it may have been as hot as 98 degrees today. That's close to 40 for you celsius people.

8. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED ON THE PHONE?
OA: my sister

NA: my mom...it's more pathetic this time round

9. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS?
OA: that's an emphatic yes!

NA: Last time I got this from Dex. Now I got it from me. So no.

10. HOW OLD ARE YOU TODAY?
OA: 20.

NA: 23. Weird. Old-er.

11. FAVORITE DRINK?
OA: water. if you don't drink it, you'll like die

NA: still water. but non-water? OJ. Always OJ.

12. HAIR COLOR?
OA: if you look carefully it's actually brown

NA: that hasn't changed, although there's more gray now.

13. M&M's OR REESE'S PIECES?
OA: dead even

NA: I think peanut M&M's beat Reese's.

14. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
OA: no

NA: still no, but my eyesight has worsened, and I think I may have night blindness.

15. SIBLINGS?
OA: one older sister

NA: my mom's had a hysterectomy since, so I doubt I will be having any new siblings.

16 FAVORITE MONTH?
OA: the ones when school's out

NA: ha ha, I can't say that anymore. I like the spring months when it's not too cold but not too hot either. And the ladies wear the skirts.

17. FAVORITE FOOD?
OA: you can never go wrong with some dimsum-m-m

NA: yeah, I still like that stuff, but recently I've been looking for man food all the time--you know--wings, ribs, burgers, steaks, etc.

18. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
OA: probably something i happened upon on tv. but one i meant to watch? i think it was kieslowski's 'blanc'

NA: I saw Ratatouille yesterday. Very good movie. Made me hungry.

19. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
OA: feb 29

NA: haw haw! Christmas, I guess.

20. WHAT DO YOU DO TO VENT ANGER?
OA: masturbate. actually, that's my answer to everything.

NA: ew! I bash my guitar up good. I've also taken up running.

21. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
OA: the ninja turtles' blimp was pretty rad

NA: yeah, I suppose the blimp was the coolest. Castle Grayskull was pretty cool too. So were those Ghostbuster guns, especially the proton pack with the PKE meter. That stands for psychokinetic energy, if you've forgotten.

22. SUMMER OR WINTER?
OA: summer. always summer. i loathe snow

NA: still the same.

23. HUGS OR KISSES?
OA: hugs AND kisses for me!

NA: well, if you get a kiss, don't you automatically get a hug too? So kisses.

24. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
OA: chocolate AND vanilla for me!

NA: Going for the witty parallelism there. Chocolate is always better.

28. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS?
OA: with the family in waspville, usa

NA: still the same. Sometimes i feel like working on that, but I feel I need more finances to be comfortable.

29. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
OA: I'm a man. Men don't cry.

Every night, before i sleep

NA: that old answer wasn't very sincere. I can't remember. I don't think it was too long ago. Probably tears of rage, as Dylan put it.

30. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED?
OA: a copy of the silmarillion i will probably never finish

NA: that book is now sitting on my shelf. Now there is nothing under my bed. A monster, perhaps.

31. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAVE HAD THE LONGEST?
OA: Brett but I think he got pissed at me ever since i started asking my for my cd's back from him and didnt want to give him my beck cd. plus it's kind of hard keeping in touch. so with that, i guess it's joe. he never reads this blog even though i tell him to

NA: Still Brett. He wasn't pissed about those CDs. Joe is second. This is just the order I met them, and I love them both. Joe has since begun reading this blog, and only he reads this shit.

32. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?
OA: weird. my friend enrique called me out of the blue to ask to use my internet. so he did java while i did structures while listening to star wars. then we watched some porn. male-bonding thing, you know

NA: I watched Ratatouille, then at home I watched this show called Supernatural. My friend Margaret got me into it. It's a good show, but I think it's more of a girl's show. But whatever, it's camp and it can be very funny and freaky at times. Last night, this guy thought he was fighting a 'mandroid.' It was fucking hilarious, I hope the writers meant for it to be that way

33. FAVORITE SMELLS?
OA: some burberry perfume that a former friend used (still does, perhaps?). It made me know the meaning of bittersweet.

NA: awww...these days I don't really know. I like the smell of good food. When Sophie was a baby and they took her to the Philippines, everytime I missed her I would smell some of her old clothes. It's creepy, I know.

34. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
OA: Lurve. I'm so gay

NA: I guess I'm still gay. Also beauty. Gay? Doubly so.

35. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
OA: Sudden loud noises. You should have seen me when my dad tried to make me shoot a gun. I'm sure he's never forgiven me for the shame i caused him that day

NA: I think I've made progress with that. Now? Maybe failure, or rejection, I don't know. Sometimes I feel the world will figure out I'm a fraud. I don't know if I really am one or not. I hope not.

36. PLAIN, BUTTERED OR SALTED POPCORN?
OA: Once when we were kids my cousin and I finished half a bucket of barbecue-flavored (we pinoys are very creative with our popcorn) between ourselves and ever since I don't touch the stuff.

NA: this hasn't changed for me. Although if I'm watching a movie with someone, and they're having popcorn, I'll have some if it's buttered. Oh, and I recently tried kettle corn for the first time. That stuff is delicious.

37. FAVORITE CAR?
OA: Those that don't run on petroleum, which i'm afraid to say i myself don't drive. but if you own a hummer, never talk to me, you inconsiderate little person. shame on you.

NA: Environmentally conscious, are we? Hybrids are nice, yeah, but my dream car is a Ferrari Dino.

38. FAVORITE FLOWER?
OA: orchids are nice

NA: Jesus, I dunno.

39. NUMBER OF KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING?
OA: four, including one that has absolutely no purpose except opening parcels

NA: Ha, this has changed since I started working. Let's see...one for the car, one for the house. Four for the office. So that's 6. Plus that old CVS discount card is still hanging on.

40. CAN YOU JUGGLE?
OA: two things is my max

NA: oddly enough, this has changed, too. In the summer of 05, out of sheer boredom, I taught myself to juggle 3 things. The kids love it. The ladies are unimpressed.

41. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK?
OA: fridays have been kind to me so far

NA: Yes Fridays are nice, but Saturdays are better except that they're followed by Sundays.

42. WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY?
OA: i had a final and then had some mongolian barbecue with my buds. then we went to the house and watched the real cancun. that movie is so bad. don't watch it ever, not even for the tits. seriously, you're better off using your imagination.

NA: I can't remember. We may have had pizza at home. Nothing special, because we were holding off for my dad's arrival and my graduation. And what we did then, I wrote about two posts down...

43. HOW MANY STATES HAVE YOU LIVED IN?
OA: The philippines and maryland make three.

NA: Someone once asked me what the third was. That was a variation of a joke a Jazz professor once told: "There are three kinds of musicians--those who can count, and those who can't." So I have only lived in two places.

44. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
OA: Manila, Philippines

NA: That has not changed

45. WHAT'S WITH YOUR SCREENNAME?
OA: I know, right? It's like so uncreative. It's just my name.

NA: Still just my name, and I've had a monopoly on it since 97. I wonder if the famous chef who shares my name is bothered by this.