posted on 07.05.10 another blast from the past survey

May 11, 2002. At it again…

Have you ever…

1. Eaten an entire box of Oreo’s:

  • Original Answer: “Nope, but once I passed out on the last one, right before the last crumb entered my mouth.”
  • Current Answer: Why is there an apostrophe in the word Oreos?

2. Eaten sushi:

  • Original Answer: “A few times.”
  • Current Answer: As much as I can. I love sushi.

3. Been on stage:

  • Original Answer: “Many-a-time.”
  • Current Answer: Hundreds of times, but I haven’t performed on a literal stage since I was a freshman at Wake, I think.

4. Has anyone ever been unfaithful to you?

  • Original Answer: “Hopefully not.”
  • Current Answer: Unfortunately yes.

5. Gotten into a car accident?

  • Original Answer: “Well if by accident you mean a flaming wreckage of cars because you ‘accidentally’ forgot where the break pedal is, then no.”
  • Current Answer: Wasn’t this question on the other quiz, too?

6. Watched Punky Brewster?

  • Original Answer: “Who in the what now?”
  • Current Answer: No.

7. Watched the Smurfs?

  • Original Answer: “Yeah”
  • Current Answer: Not in the past fifteen years, at least.

8. Hiked a mountain?

  • Original Answer: “You don’t hike a mountain, silly, you climb it.”
  • Current Answer: First of all, former Tom was a smartass. Second of all, he was an idiot. Of course you can hike a mountain. And I’ve done it.

9. Stayed home on a Saturday night?

  • Original Answer: “If by ‘stayed home’ you mean ‘went to a drug store to buy some peanut butter, only to realize that they don’t sell peanut butter at a drug store’, then yes.”
  • Current Answer: I stand by my previous statement.

10. Seen the White House?

  • Original Answer: “I used to live in a house that was white, does that count? (I also went on the 8th grade trip to DC!!!)”
  • Current Answer: Same answer, but without the exclamation points.

Do you prefer…

11. Cold or hot?

  • Original Answer: “Hot, like me.”
  • Current Answer: Apparently I used to accept things at face value. Hot or cold what? Makes a huge difference.

12. Lace or satinn?

  • Original Answer: “Well right now I’m wearing lace and sitting on satin, so I like them both.”
  • Current Answer: How the world comes full circle…

13. Blue or Red?

  • Original Answer: “Blue”
  • Current Answer: Boring question.

14. Rain or snow?

  • Original Answer: “Rain”
  • Current Answer: Who likes rain? Definitely snow. Don’t be an idiot past Tom.

15. Wool or cotton?

  • Original Answer: “Cotton, except for cotton balls. I can’t stand them… Oh, I’ve got a joke. Why are bunnies so quiet during sex?”
  • Current Answer: I hate cotton balls, but in reality and in bunny form.

17. Rose or daisy?

  • Original Answer: “Rose.”
  • Current Answer: Does anyone answer daisy?

18. Public school or private?

  • Original Answer: “‘I’ve never been to a private schook.’ - Katie Quinn… Now Katie, what exactly is a schook?”
  • Current Answer: KATIE WHAT AN IDIOT YOU MISSPELLED THE WORD SCHOOL

19. Chocolate or white milk?

  • Original Answer: “Chocolate!”
  • Current Answer: It’s weird that it’s called white milk, but white milk. My sweet tooth has significantly decreased over the years.

20. Celsius or Fahrenheit?

  • Original Answer: “Kelvin, I like being different.”
  • Current Answer: Bad joke, Tom, and also inaccurate. I must say that I prefer Celsius, to be honest.

21. Spring or fall?

  • Original Answer: “Spring is when the weather is warming up, but fall is when the scenery is prettier.”
  • Current Answer: Way not to answer the question, Tom.

22. History or Science?

  • Original Answer: “History, by far”
  • Current Answer: History, by far.

23. Math or English?

  • Original Answer: “I’m better at math, but I like English 5,000 times better.”
  • Current Answer: Reaaaaally depends.

We need to know

24. Do you like someone right now from the opposite sex?

  • Original Answer: “Yeah”
  • Current Answer: May 2002, must have been sophomore year. So that’s referring to Alex, I would assume… Right now I’m very ‘eh’

25. Do they know?

  • Original Answer: “Hopefully, or else I’m in big trouble.”
  • Current Answer: This question didn’t expect an answer of ‘eh’ on the previous one, now did it?

26. Who’s your funniest friend?

  • Original Answer: “It depends on the group, because some people are funny around some but not others.”
  • Current Answer: All of my friends can make me laugh very easily. So while some may be more “comedic”, to me they’re all funny.

27. Who do you email the most?

  • Original Answer: “Probably Katie.”
  • Current Answer: My friends from Wake have a group email that goes around most every day.

28. Who’s the loudest?

  • Original Answer: “Jeff”
  • Current Answer: I generally don’t like loud people nowadays. A lot of my friends have mellowed, as well.

29. Who’s the shyest?

  • Original Answer: “Kaaz, until you get to know her”
  • Current Answer: Kaazim is not a girl. I’m surprised I didn’t realize that at age 16.

30. Who’s parents do you know the best?

  • Original Answer: “The Hutchinsons”
  • Current Answer: The Weins

31. Who has the best room?

  • Original Answer: “Me! Sucks for you!”
  • Current Answer: Like best bedroom? Who is in consideration?

Have you…

32. Had a serious talk?

  • Original Answer: “Who hasn’t? I mean seriously.”
  • Current Answer: What kind of question is that?

33. Hugged someone?

  • Original Answer: “I have no arms, thanks a lot for reminding me.”
  • Current Answer: This answer is hysterical, because it came about 10 months before the creation of the Armless Man.

34. Gotten along with your parents?

  • Original Answer: “Well when it doesn’t concern a) grades, b) sex, c) their thought of me being anorexic, d) their thought of me being on drugs, then probably.”
  • Current Answer: I have a great relationship with my parents.

35. Fought with a friend?

  • Original Answer: “Yeah”
  • Current Answer: Yup

36. Given back rubs?

  • Original Answer: “These head massages intrigue me, Katie…”
  • Current Answer: Hm, those head massages still intrigue me, Katie…

37. Taken walks in the rain?

  • Original Answer: “Today!”
  • Current Answer: Walking in the rain is mostly miserable unless it’s a light drizzle with good conversation.

38. Randomly hooked up?

  • Original Answer: “Yes, Alex Part 1, and Part 2. If you don’t know the story you should really ask, it’s pretty interesting unlike my other stories.”
  • Current Answer: My stories now days are far more interesting than the Alex story. I have randomly hooked up more times than I can count.

39. You ever have that falling dream?

  • Original Answer: “Nope, but I’ve had a ‘following mom up the stairs like a duckling’ dream, wait that wasn’t a dream, it really happened.”
  • Current Answer: I was trying to make a joke, but with no further explanation it fell flat on it’s face. I still remember what I was referencing, but it’s really not worth the story.

40. What color is your floor/carpet in your room?

  • Original Answer: “White.”
  • Current Answer: White.

41. What was the last CD you bought?

  • Original Answer: “Wow, I haven’t bought any CDs since I got a burner at Christmas.”
  • Current Answer: What’s a CD?

42. If you chew gum, what kind?

  • Original Answer: “Whatever anyone wants to give me. People call me Moochie the Moocher.”
  • Current Answer: I have never been called Moochie the Moocher.

43. What did you do last summer?

  • Original Answer: “Counselor at camp, and other stuff.”
  • Current Answer: Last summer was no good.

Facts…

44. Full name?

  • Original Answer: “Thomas”
  • Current Answer: Samesies

45. Nickname?

  • Original Answer: “Tom, Tommy S, T-Dog, I had many more back in the day.”
  • Current Answer: Douchebag.

46. Hair color?

  • Original Answer: “Brown.”
  • Current Answer: Lavender.

47. Eye color?

  • Original Answer: “Yellow. Oh wait, I mean brown.”
  • Current Answer: Orange. Oh wait, I mean brown.

48. Skin tone?

  • Original Answer: “White, with spots of green from the accident in chemistry.”
  • Current Answer: Ebony.

49. Weight?

  • Original Answer: “700 pounds, if by 700 you mean 140.”
  • Current Answer: 156.

50. Which one of your friends is most likely to be a model?

  • Original Answer: “Tom, because he’s so unbelievably sexy. (I agree!)”
  • Current Answer: Still me. Still cause I’m so unbelievably sexy.

51. Which one knows the most about you?

  • Original Answer: “Alex, Dave Wolff, Emma Davidson, Adam Glover.”
  • Current Answer: I saw David randomly at Chipotle in December. I sent Emma one text in May. I haven’t seen or spoken to Adam Glover or Alex in many, many years. Weird how life works out… Right now, different people know different things, but it’s gotta be Kathleen, Katie, Amanda, and Mariah.

52. Is most likely to become a comedian?

  • Original Answer: “Chris Rock.”
  • Current Answer: I was never friends with Chris Rock. Kyle.

53. Have you known the longest?

  • Original Answer: “Probably Kaaz”
  • Current Answer: Kaaz still applies, I guess, but we only sparingly keep in touch. Out of the people who I’m still really close with, it’s easily Katie.

54. Close friends?

  • Original Answer: “Bunches and bunches.”
  • Current Answer: I’ve been very fortunate to have a lot of close friends in my day.

55. Most likely to end up in jail?

  • Original Answer: “Tom, probably because he’d play strip tennis (I agree!)”
  • Current Answer: I think this implies that in some point in my life I played strip tennis. I have no recollection of this, however. I’m still going to answer me, but only because I’m visiting Alaska’s only maximum security prison sometime in the coming months.

Favorites…

56. Food?

  • Original Answer: “I ingest all my food from an IV because I can’t open my mouth.”
  • Current Answer: I certainly talk a lot for somebody who can’t open his mouth.

57. TV show?

  • Original Answer: “Simpsons.”
  • Current Answer: As I stated in the last quiz, I haven’t watched the Simpsons in a very long time. There’s a lot of them.

58. Drink?

  • Original Answer: “Pink lemonade.”
  • Current Answer: Pink lemonade probably still tops my non-alcoholic list.

59: Movies?

  • Original Answer: “A lot! Memento (I LOVE MEMENTO), Airplane (which I saw last night, I was excited), Caddyshack.”
  • Current Answer: Top five: Gladiator, American Beauty, Royal Tenenbaums, Good Will Hunting, Blood Diamond.

60: Actor?

  • Original Answer: “Tom, I hear he’s pretty good.”
  • Current Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt. In a nonsexual way.

61: Actress?

  • Original Answer: “Sarah Brodeur, I keep my loyalty.”
  • Current Answer: Not really sure I have a favorite actress, honestly.

62: Restaurant?

  • Original Answer: “What did I tell you about my eating?”
  • Current Answer: At least I’m consistent.

63: Place to be?

  • Original Answer: “On the couch in front of the TV and/or fire with a blanket.”
  • Current Answer: Anywhere with friends.

64: Song?

  • Original Answer: “I have no ears.”
  • Current Answer: Sympathy for the Devil, Rolling Stones

65: Singer/Group?

  • Original Answer: “Everyone and everything.”
  • Current Answer: Depends on the genre. Rolling Stones for longevity, I’d say.

66: Sport?

  • Original Answer: “Basketball, football, and checkers (IT’S A SPORT I TELL YOU!)
  • Current Answer: College basketball. And I never liked checkers.

67: Candy?

  • Original Answer: “Twix or 100 Grand”
  • Current Answer: Agreed.

Have you ever…

68: Been in a different country?

  • Original Answer: “I have, but need to get to one in the next seven months.”
  • Current Answer: Why did I so urgently need to get to another country in seven months? Was this a failed deportation joke?… I’ve been to over 20 foreign countries, but that just means I have a ton more left.

69: Loved someone so much it made you cry?

  • Original Answer: “Yes.”
  • Current Answer: Yes

70: Cheated on a test?

  • Original Answer: “Yes.”
  • Current Answer: Not since early in high school. I have morals now.

71: Bought something and then saw it cheaper somewhere else?

  • Original Answer: “I have that problem with monkeys.”
  • Current Answer: I still have that problem with monkeys.

72: Stole from somewhere or someone?

  • Original Answer: “Hey Katie… do you know where your shoes are?”
  • Current Answer: Hey Katie… do you know were your heart is?

73: Stalked someone?

  • Original Answer: “People say I have, and I kinda agree, so yes, earlier this year.”
  • Current Answer: Wait. I stalked somebody? That’s frightening. 

More info needed…

74: Have you had a lot of bf’s/gf’s?

  • Original Answer: “If by a lot you mean one, then yes, you’d be correct.”
  • Current Answer: I’ve been in relationships for the majority of my post 16-year old life, with five official girlfriends and a few flings.

75: Have you ever had an online relationship?

  • Original Answer: “Nope, but there are some people that I only get a chance to talk to online now because they’ve moved or whatnot.”
  • Current Answer: Like dating? Nope.

76: Favorite animal?

  • Original Answer: “Jackasses.”
  • Current Answer: So clever, Tom. Penguins.

77: What’s your opinions on piercings and tattoos?

  • Original Answer: “Piercings are fine if on the ear. Tattoos, ick, no.”
  • Current Answer: Tattoos can be hot but not attractive. Big difference there. Very tiny nose studs can be cute, as long as they’re small.

78: What’s your worst habit?

  • Original Answer: “I’m perfect in every way.”
  • Current Answer: Moving far away.

79: What gets you really mad?

  • Original Answer: “Oh wow, a lot.”
  • Current Answer: Oh wow, not a lot.

80: Happiest memories?

  • Original Answer: “Whenever I’m with my friends.”
  • Current Answer: Agreed.

81: Do you curse too much?

  • Original Answer: “Yeah, I think so.”
  • Current Answer: I actually rarely swear, now.

82: When was the last time you showered.

  • Original Answer: “17 months ago.”
  • Current Answer: 8 years + 17 months ago.

83: What color shorts/pants do you have on right now?

  • Original Answer: “Yes… those pants I’m wearing.. hehe”
  • Current Answer: I still don’t wear pants indoors.

84: What is right next to you?

  • Original Answer: “The keyboard.”
  • Current Answer: Phone, tv remote, laptop.

85: What is your computer desk made of?

  • Original Answer: “Cheap wood again.”
  • Current Answer: HAHAHAAH DESKTOPS

86: What are the last words you said?

  • Original Answer: “I asked what the cookies were for, and they were for me!”
  • Current Answer: “See ya Bob, have a good weekend” - said to Bob, a guy who works in my office.