A Pointless Personality Survey
A friend sent me this personality survey. I fail to see the point or even the entertainment factor, but what the hell!

1. First Name: Riven. Well in actuality it's Whitney, but most just stick to Riven.

2. Were you named after anyone? Yes, my great-grandmother. She married her husband, my great-grand father when she was fifteen and they were married until old age and death, despite an unfortunate incident involving excessive amounts of booze, this floozy named Unis, and the resulting tattoo of her name on my great-grand father's arm [lucky, that arm was later ripped off in a nasty industrial accident]. They were rich, not that it did me any good.

3. Do you wish on stars? In times of desperation or romantic nostalgia.

4. Which finger is your favorite? Unequivocally, my thumbs, for their greater freedom of movement. Read Tom Robbin's Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, and you will understand.

5. When did you last cry? I truly can't remember. It's been awhile.

6. Do you like your handwriting? I have spectacular handwriting.

7. What is your favorite lunchmeat? I crinkle my nose in distaste and report to having none.

8. Any bad habits? Lots: I am Master Procrastinator, I clean my room only ever other moon, I hitchhike, and I'm a soda fiend.

9. What is your most embarrassing CD on the shelf? I profess to own a Linkin Park c.d. Totally embarrassing, I know.

10. If you were another person, would you be friends WITH you? Hell no!

11. Are you a daredevil? Typically, no, but I usually play the bad-ass in front of my firends.

12. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? Not since the fifth grade.

13. Do looks matter? Albert Camus wrote the only serious question in life is whether or not to kill yourself. I don't think that meets the bar.

14. Have you ever misused a word and it sounded absolutely stupid? I consciously make a consistent effort not to stumble into malapropism, but I do - and often - accidentally rearrange vowels and consonants within the words I try and choose to use.

15. Do you think there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Gold really doesn't hold the same value in the market that it used to, so I would wish for plutonium.

16. Do fish have feelings? I am unsure, but I do worry about the mental health of my friend- Katherine's hamster.

17. Are you trendy? What the hell does that mean? Does it give me secret pleasure to be looked up in approval by others, yes - but am I retarded? I would certainly hope not.

18. How do you release anger? Frequently and outrageously.

19. Where is your second home? My dad's apartment in Mobile, AL. It's the same one he lived in nearly twenty years ago, before he met my mother. When he moved back in I heard him say, "Damn! I've come full circle."

20. Do you trust others easily? Unquestionably- no.

21. What was your favorite toy as a child? The way that question's phrased troubles me, for am I not still one now?

22. What class in school do you think is totally useless? I'm actually of the opinion that public school as we know it is no more than a device to regulate competition into the job market.so, all of it.

23. Do you have a journal? Currently? No. I periodically start one up, but I only get as far as 3 or 4 entries, before I forget I have one.

24. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Probably.

25. Have you ever been in a mosh pit? Yes! YES I have! IGGY POP IS MY LOVE GOD!

26. What do you look for in a boy/girl? The Laugh Factor. Hilarity, I believe, helps intrigue love into staying. And of course a little mystery helps too.

27. What are your nicknames? There aren't many ways you can abbreviate "Riven."

28. Would you bungee jump? When I was eleven, I was strapped in and ready to go, but I screamed to stop before the final moment. I think I would like to now, though.

29. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Nope.

30. Do you think that you are strong? I know myself to be intimidating to ohers, but mentally and emotionally- I'm a chicken.

31. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Mint chocolate chip.

32. What's your favorite color? Cool tones: Silvers, blue-greens, and purples.

33. What is your least favorite thing? It used to be being late, but I've grown accustomed to it. Now, my least favorite thing would be the general population at large.

34. How many wisdom teeth do you have? The requisite amount, I would assume. I've never counted.

35. Are you in love with anyone? Definitely not.

36. How many people have a crush on you right now? How the hell would I know that? Two, I hope.

37. Who do you miss most right now? Everyone I went to school with - save the less than dozen or so unfortunates who'll be getting this survey.I never got a chance really to say goodbye. And to those of you who find this in your mailbox, I don't plan on making any final farewells in your direction either.

38. Do you want everyone you send this to, to send it back? I definitely don't see why anyone should get out of this.

39. What color pants are you wearing? Blue: first name of the jeans.

40. What are you listening to right now? Garbage- Version 2.0. I've got a thing for chick rock.

41. What are the last 4 digits of your home phone number? 0811 there's been a 8 in the last four digits of my phone number through the last eight that we've had. Creepy, I say.

42. What was the last thing you ate? Sushi at this charming little sushi bar in St. Pete called Sa Sa's.

43. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Silver.I have this whole pack of crayons that are sparkling metallic colors.

44. How is the weather right now? Lovely Floridian humidity.

45. Last person you talked to on the phone? My Air force bound best friend, Katie! She's ridden back into town, and we chatted via satellite arranging our next play date.

46. First thing you notice about the opposite sex? Eyes.

47. Do you like the person who sent this? Yes, Phong, I love you! And hey - I so know what pho is, screwball.which reminds me, when are you having me back over for food?

48. How are you today? Same as yesterday.I worry about the state of my soul and the financial condition of my future, whether or not art is dead in this culture, if whitening my teeth is just what the man wants me to do, what'll happen if I violate my probation, and I worry that I'll never find someone who falls in love with me back.

49. Favorite drink? Pepsi, with roses going to mint green tea as the second runner-up.

50. Favorite alcoholic drink? Frozen daqueries - which I find goes more to the point than pepsi.

51. Favorite sports? I enjoy playing badminton, I enjoy watching tennis.

52. Hair color? My native color is dark brown, but over time I've aquired some varying blondes, reds, and purples- most of which can't be attributed to sunlight.

53. Eye color? It fluctuates between startling greens and sky to aqua blues.

54. Do you wear contacts? Yes, actually. I've been wearing the same pair for about 6 months. It's really kind of gross.

55. Siblings and their ages: Just one: my charming brother Justin, who's 19.

56. Favorite month? Honestly, I've never given it much thought. Now that I have, I'm going with October, only because in Florida the autumn weather is heavenly and of the colors the name evokes.

57. Favorite food? Japanese sushi and anything sweet.

58. Last movies you watched? Sex and Lucia, followed by Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

59. Favorite day of the year? It was April Fool's Day, but I don't know anymore.

60. Are you too shy to ask someone out? I really, really wish I were. Thus far, it has come to absolutely no good.

61. Scary movies or happy endings? If the blonde slut-bitch bites it in the opening act while "investigating a strange noise" and the cool if not slightly chunky chick gets the guy, I'd give it a two thumps way up!

62. Summer or winter? Fall.

63. Hugs or kisses? I think either at this point would be a major coup.

64. Relationships or one-night stands? How would I know?

65. Do you want your friends to write back? They'd better.

66. Who is most likely to respond? The AOL fiends. You know who you are.

67. Who is least likely to respond? Most everyone I know.

68. Living arrangements? I live in a house right on Indian Rocks beach. It's too small for my mother, myself, my brother, and my two cats, Chaos and Perth, but the location more than makes up for the company.

69. What books are you reading? Hmmm, this could take a while. John Fowles's The Magus, Kurt Vonnegut's Timequake, Holly Lsiles's The Diplomacy of Wolves, and T.S. Elliot's "The Wasteland." I never learned the art of sane reading.

71. Favorite board game? I love board games, mostly because I always win. I'm champion of chess, balderdash, and monopoly.

72. What did you watch on TV last night? I don't think I did watch t.v. last night.

73. Favorite smells? Magnolias, fresh laundry, rapid fixer, car exhaust, Sitka spruces soggy wet with Sitka rain, the inside of my mom's cedar trunk.

74. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? I was still half-asleep and in no condition for concrete cognitive thought, but something along the lines of, "Why won't they be quiet?"

It appears I skipped number 70. Oh well, I never liked that number anyways.

That took, like, an hour of my life that I'm never getting back.