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7 Deadly Sins
Fluff, but insightful fluff just the same..
7 DEADLY SINS
ANGER (its actually called 'wrath')
1. Who did you last get angry with?
Work colleagues.
2. What is your weapon of choice?
The force of reason.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
Peter Singer suggests that one should live causing as little pain as possible.
4. How about of the same sex?
As above.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
I post to political news groups. I make people angry all the time. Often in a good way.
6. What is your pet peeve?
People who can't distinguish between fact and opinion, and assertion with validation. People who don't pay their share in group households. People who avoid problems rather than communicating them. People who can't handle the fact that others may have a different point of view. Prejudice and discrimination of any sort. Religious intolerance. Abuse in the name of "cultural difference".
Ummm.. I could go on. I have a _lot_ of pet peeves.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?
I keep grudes, but I never let them distract me from more important things.
SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
Checked the Microsoft Web page for patches.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?
Oh, that's easy... Sometime the following evening for a very brief bite to eat. Then straight back to bed.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but havent
Noone. I communicate regularly with people by whatever means possible.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made?
I'd rather make something up rather than use a lame excuse. More dignified,
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through?
Not in my immediate memory.
6. When was the last time you got a good workout?
Several months. Mind you, the climate here means I _don't_ need a good workout.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
Yeah right... Like what should I do? Go outside and strangle a rooster?
GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Tua sabu (palm brandy). But it's not overpriced ($3USD/600ml/50%alc).
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat?
Dark. I like my steaks "blue" (i.e., thick and just seared on each side)
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
A couple of beers, a bottle of wine and the better part of two bottles of port. I couldn't remember a thing and woke up 40km from where I'd started drinking with no idea how I got there.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?
Nope.
5. Do you have an issue with your weight?
No.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
Spicy. Bring on that Thai kitchen.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH!"?
Well, not a child, but certainly to pets. Mind you, my neighbours do have pet pigs.
LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
Ummm... I don't know, hundreds? I like nudist beaches, so sue me.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
Hey, how come they don't have "not counting movies" here? Hmph. There goes my film career. Otherwise, as above.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation?
Especially when I want to scare homophobic men, lol!
4. Have you "done it"?
Seeming that I'm not in children or animals, I'm running out of "it's" to do....
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
Shoulders.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
Sure.
7. Have you ever been tested for an STD or pregnancy?
Yep.
GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own?
Two. With a pretty good limit (that's what you get for paying your debts back early).
2. What's your guilty pleasure store?
Goldmine Records.
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?
Travel even more than I do now. Widespread ethical investment. Work even more as a volunteer.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?
Famous, but preferably after I'm dead. Rich? Ahhh... I'm rich enough...
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
Jobs that pay megabucks are usually interesting. If there was a boring one that didn't pay much I don't think I'd take it. I have too many options.
6. Have you ever stolen anything?
Only when driven mad by poverty a long time ago in very disturbed circumstances.
One caveat: "Information wants to be free".
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?
Zero.
PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of?
I'll put down two...
Volunteer work in the fourth world.
Standing up for what is right, even if it isn't popular.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?
I think the first sentence of question makes mumsy proud, but the second one terrifies her.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?
A simple text that will replace existing religious and political doctrines.
A combination of biological science and computer science to provide computer-mediated immortality.
OK, so I'm thinking of the big picture. Sue me.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
No. As a generalist rather than a specialist, coming second in a variety of fields makes me more than happy.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?
Yeah, but I play kind.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
Only in sheer desperation and it was a _very_ long time ago. Ahh, schooldays...
7. What did you do today that you're proud of?
Explained comprehensively to staff in a Directors Meeting how the web _really_ works whilst remotely fixing a DHCP error on our gateway. Phew!
ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own?
Nothing. Not into possessions.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with?
Noone.
3. If you could be anyone else in the world who would you be?
The President of the United States. I _know_ I would do a better job.
4. have you ever been cheated on?
I never set the sort of rules where my partners have to worry about whether they're "cheating" on me.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
Yeah. I want to be 6 inches taller, with bum-length jet black hair that never needs to be brushed and glows like light through a fibre-optic, transluscent skin that can't get sunburn, purple eyes with 40/40 vision, elfin ears that can rotate like a fsking cat, a wiry musculture with incredible strength, a dick that's permanently hard and balls that regenerate semen instantly.
*sheesh* What sort of question is that?
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
Synthaesia. The ability to merge the senses. The texture of sound, the colour of taste...
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey?
Nope, but it's _mostly_ OK.
8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin?
Pride.
7 DEADLY SINS
ANGER (its actually called 'wrath')
1. Who did you last get angry with?
Work colleagues.
2. What is your weapon of choice?
The force of reason.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
Peter Singer suggests that one should live causing as little pain as possible.
4. How about of the same sex?
As above.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
I post to political news groups. I make people angry all the time. Often in a good way.
6. What is your pet peeve?
People who can't distinguish between fact and opinion, and assertion with validation. People who don't pay their share in group households. People who avoid problems rather than communicating them. People who can't handle the fact that others may have a different point of view. Prejudice and discrimination of any sort. Religious intolerance. Abuse in the name of "cultural difference".
Ummm.. I could go on. I have a _lot_ of pet peeves.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?
I keep grudes, but I never let them distract me from more important things.
SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
Checked the Microsoft Web page for patches.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?
Oh, that's easy... Sometime the following evening for a very brief bite to eat. Then straight back to bed.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but havent
Noone. I communicate regularly with people by whatever means possible.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made?
I'd rather make something up rather than use a lame excuse. More dignified,
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through?
Not in my immediate memory.
6. When was the last time you got a good workout?
Several months. Mind you, the climate here means I _don't_ need a good workout.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
Yeah right... Like what should I do? Go outside and strangle a rooster?
GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Tua sabu (palm brandy). But it's not overpriced ($3USD/600ml/50%alc).
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat?
Dark. I like my steaks "blue" (i.e., thick and just seared on each side)
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
A couple of beers, a bottle of wine and the better part of two bottles of port. I couldn't remember a thing and woke up 40km from where I'd started drinking with no idea how I got there.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?
Nope.
5. Do you have an issue with your weight?
No.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
Spicy. Bring on that Thai kitchen.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH!"?
Well, not a child, but certainly to pets. Mind you, my neighbours do have pet pigs.
LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
Ummm... I don't know, hundreds? I like nudist beaches, so sue me.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
Hey, how come they don't have "not counting movies" here? Hmph. There goes my film career. Otherwise, as above.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation?
Especially when I want to scare homophobic men, lol!
4. Have you "done it"?
Seeming that I'm not in children or animals, I'm running out of "it's" to do....
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
Shoulders.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
Sure.
7. Have you ever been tested for an STD or pregnancy?
Yep.
GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own?
Two. With a pretty good limit (that's what you get for paying your debts back early).
2. What's your guilty pleasure store?
Goldmine Records.
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?
Travel even more than I do now. Widespread ethical investment. Work even more as a volunteer.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?
Famous, but preferably after I'm dead. Rich? Ahhh... I'm rich enough...
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
Jobs that pay megabucks are usually interesting. If there was a boring one that didn't pay much I don't think I'd take it. I have too many options.
6. Have you ever stolen anything?
Only when driven mad by poverty a long time ago in very disturbed circumstances.
One caveat: "Information wants to be free".
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?
Zero.
PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of?
I'll put down two...
Volunteer work in the fourth world.
Standing up for what is right, even if it isn't popular.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?
I think the first sentence of question makes mumsy proud, but the second one terrifies her.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?
A simple text that will replace existing religious and political doctrines.
A combination of biological science and computer science to provide computer-mediated immortality.
OK, so I'm thinking of the big picture. Sue me.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
No. As a generalist rather than a specialist, coming second in a variety of fields makes me more than happy.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?
Yeah, but I play kind.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
Only in sheer desperation and it was a _very_ long time ago. Ahh, schooldays...
7. What did you do today that you're proud of?
Explained comprehensively to staff in a Directors Meeting how the web _really_ works whilst remotely fixing a DHCP error on our gateway. Phew!
ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own?
Nothing. Not into possessions.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with?
Noone.
3. If you could be anyone else in the world who would you be?
The President of the United States. I _know_ I would do a better job.
4. have you ever been cheated on?
I never set the sort of rules where my partners have to worry about whether they're "cheating" on me.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
Yeah. I want to be 6 inches taller, with bum-length jet black hair that never needs to be brushed and glows like light through a fibre-optic, transluscent skin that can't get sunburn, purple eyes with 40/40 vision, elfin ears that can rotate like a fsking cat, a wiry musculture with incredible strength, a dick that's permanently hard and balls that regenerate semen instantly.
*sheesh* What sort of question is that?
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
Synthaesia. The ability to merge the senses. The texture of sound, the colour of taste...
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey?
Nope, but it's _mostly_ OK.
8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin?
Pride.
no subject
I remember.. oh yes I do
no subject
Some matters of taste never change...
Funny thing, someone once told me that shoulders are a proxy for breasts. Personally, I don't really understand breast fetishes... I mean everyone loves 'em (straight and kinky, male and female) but there naught about particular breasts sends me into a spin.. Hmmm.. I guess I feel the same way about shoulders as well. They don't do much for me when they're covered up, but when they're naked to the eye... Phwoar!
OK, I'll calm down now... Mmmm... shoulders...