stolen from [http://listography.com/owl/list/steal_this_list]

• Favorite color - Blue. Specifically, that shade right between blue and purple.
• Lucky number - 42.
• Favorite flower - Stargazer lily.
• Favorite author -
• Favorite book (fiction)
• Favorite book (non-fiction)
• Favorite faerie tale
• Favorite children's book - Little House on the Prairie, Winnie the Pooh and Bagel Mouse
• Favorite "Disney animated classic" -
• Favorite Bible passage - three words, "fiery rotating sword".
• Favorite saying
• Favorite proverb - just learned this (here> but I like it - "We disregard what we've got, always chasing what we've not"
• Favorite poem - Litany by Billy Collins
• Favorite poet - Collins, e. e. cummings, Ogden Nash
• Favorite song - Birdhouse in Your Soul, TMBG
• Favorite singer - really into Lady Gaga right now for some reason. Regina Spektor. Tori Amos. Josh Groban. my boyfriend.
• Favorite musical band
• Favorite kind of music - folk rock, baroque pop
• Favorite dance tune
• Favorite romantic song
• Favorite slow dance tune
• Favorite rock 'n roll song
• Favorite ballad
• Favorite country song
• Favorite gospel song
• Favorite jazz number
• Favorite R&B tune
• Favorite song writer
• Favorite magazine
• Favorite meal
• Favorite food - macaroni and cheese.
• Favorite vegetable
• Favorite fruit - strawberries.
• Favorite cookie - a good chocolate chip.
• Favorite kind of ice cream - chocolate fudge brownie. coffee coffee buzz buzz buzz. anything from Molly Moon's.
• Favorite kind of chocolate - theo milk chocolate.
• Favorite snack food
• Favorite restaurant (expensive) - wild ginger or palisades
• Favorite restaurant (frugal)
• Favorite fast food joint - dick's
• Favorite comedian
• Favorite actor (living)
• Favorite actor (of any era)
• Favorite actress (living)
• Favorite actress (of any era)
• Favorite TV show (current)
• Favorite TV show (old)
• Favorite cartoons (as a kid):
• Favorite movies (as a kid):
• Favorite adventure movie
• Favorite erotic movie - um. i have really only sat through one, but i would prefer not to consider it my favorite
• Favorite romantic comedy
• Favorite comedy film
• Favorite action movie
• Favorite Broadway play
• Favorite musical - rent
• Favorite show tune - "what you own" from rent, "on my own" from les miserables
• Favorite kind of weather
• Favorite breed of dog - corgis and dachshund
• Favorite breed of cat - *makes sure Wednesday isn't reading over her shoulder* siamese
• Favorite animal
• Favorite mythological creature
• Favorite comic strip
• Favorite comic book
• Favorite comic character
• Favorite TV cartoon
• Favorite TV cartoon character
• Favorite artist - jenny holzer, frida kahlo, georgia o'keeffe, kate austin-avon, noelle stevenson
• Favorite style of artwork
• Favorite painting
• Favorite sculpture - duchamp's 50 ccs of paris air
• Favorite hero/heroine
• Role model (real life)
• Role model (fictional)
• Favorite athlete
• Favorite sport (to watch)
• Favorite sport (to play)
• Favorite Olympic sport
• Favorite sports team
• Favorite season - fall or spring
• Favorite time of day - evening
• Favorite holiday - christmas
• Favorite hobby
• Preferred jewelry metal (silver, gold, copper, platinum, etc.) - i...don't think i've ever come into direct contact with platinum. silver is nice except when it tarnishes.
• Favorite style of clothing (for self)
• Favorite style of clothing (for partner)
• Favorite music to make love to - i don't have a favorite, but my least favorite is anything with words
• Favorite designer
• Dream vacation spot
• Favorite city
• Favorite foreign country - i only remember visiting germany and canada.
• Favorite wine - reisling
• Favorite champagne - anything in mimosa format. preferably tang mimosas.
• Favorite beer - honey moon
• Favorite soft drink
• Favorite way to spend a lazy afternoon
• Favorite room in your home
• Favorite perfume - most perfumes give me a headache
• Favorite cologne - i have a pavlovian response to old spice
• Favorite brand of make-up - most of what i own is almay, jane or wet&wild...
• Favorite aroma - lavender
• Favorite fictional character
• Favorite historical personality
• Favorite way to relax
• Favorite way to get energized - someday i will find a way to do this
• Favorite store
• Favorite side of the bed
• Favorite TV sitcom
• Favorite TV drama
• Favorite joke
• Favorite gemstone - sapphire & melanite
• Favorite day of the week - thursday, obviously
• Favorite month of the year - april, my birthday
• Favorite classical composer - beethoven
• Favorite symphony
• Favorite opera
• Favorite album/CD
• Favorite car (make & year) - toyota echo '03 FTW
• Favorite color for car - blue.

Abowchu

• First waking thought:
• What are you wearing?
• Your best physical feature:
• What shoes did you wear today?
• If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?
• ..and who would star in it?
• If you could go back to any point in your life…
• Most missed memory:
• Your biggest fears:
• Seriously, what's the best gift you've ever received? - my engagement ring.
• If you could fight anyone…
• Least favorite household chore: when you put off dishes too long and the sink gets all clogged up and you have to reach into it and it's all ooky. also, cleaning the pig cage.
• A song I'd really like to sing at karaoke: my new standby is rick astley
• Dead person you’d most like to talk to:
• First word that comes to mind right now--I said FIRST!! - panda.
• If one could be guaranteed right here, right now, one demand, would you rather be a millionaire or find true love? - i already have true love. i'd be happy to have both.
• Sex or cigarettes? - ew. fuck cigarettes.
• Chocolate or vanilla? yes please.
• Do you believe in love at first sight?
• How many kids would you ideally like to have?
• If you were to have five sons, what would you name them?
• If you were to have five daughters, what would you name them?
• Dream wedding: at this point, one that someone else plans
• It shouldn't be illegal:
• It should be illegal:
• If you had to constantly carry a weapon of some kind, any kind, and could learn how to use it (i.e. for self-defense in a zombie apocalypse), what would you choose? - fiery rotating sword
• What breed of dog would you be? corgi.
• If you had to name the one thing that repeatedly makes you the angriest (or angry the most often), what would it be?
• What animal (including insects) do you find the most beautiful?
• What's the most exciting place you've ever been?
• What was the scariest moment of your life?
• If you were to have a simple graphic symbol that represented you, what would it possibly be? - triskele of some kind
• What was your best halloween costume ever? - i was a northwestern vampire hunter the night my fiance and i got together, so that must have been decent. my star trek uniform probably got the most comments. i was arthur dent the last year i went trick or treating.
• What would you wear to a masquerade ball or costume party, if it came at no financial cost to you?
• If you could change places with any of your friends, who would you choose to be?
• If you could wake up tomorrow in your own bed, but anywhere in or outside of the world, where would you be?
• If you could eliminate a single kind of danger (other than death) for your children, what would it be?
• If you were the sole confessor of one person on earth, without ever being able to betray their trust (because the consequence of doing so would be a curse upon every last moment of your long miserable life and then, upon death, damn you forever to the darkest bowels of hell), no matter what they told you, who would you want it to be? Anyone at all?
• If you had to name the worst song to wake up to in the morning, what would it be? - the worst song i've ever heard is "my humps". strangely, alanis' cover is kind of awesome.
• Thus far, what has your greatest conquest in life been?
• If one aspect of your life functioned perfectly forevermore, what would you pick?
• If you had to pay one dollar for every time you thought of sex in any form, how long would it be till you want bankrupt? -
• If you could solve one world problem by pledging your own permanent celibacy, what would you do it for? - i don't have that kind of willpower. i just don't.
• What's probably the most dangerous thing you have ever done on purpose? - i was going to say skiing, but i've gotten pretty distracted while driving, which is probably statistically more likely to end badly.
• If you could eliminate one thing that other people's children do, what would you pick? make that high pitched shrieking noise.
• If you were commissioned to write a new book on any subject you wished, what would it be about?
• If you found out that there was no afterlife in any sense, how would it change your life? i already don't believe in an afterlife, so not much.
• If you could suddenly be irresistably charming for one day, what would you do? ask for a raise.
• If you had to identify one thing destiny probably held in store for you, what would it be?
• If you could change one thing about your typical day, what would it be?
• If you had to fight a duel tomorrow at dawn, and you could determine the type of weapons you would use, what would you choose? guinea pigs.
• If you could make one thing come true for one friend, what would it be and for whom?
• What's the most difficult goodbye you've ever said?
• What's the most incredible thing a friend has ever done for you?
• What's the most beautiful spot on earth that you've ever seen? the olympic peninsula.
• If you had to name the single most important thing in your life, what would it be? David.
• If you had to name the single most important duty of a parent, what would you say it is?
• If you could have the chance to see what has become of one childhood friend, who would you choose to find out about?
• What are the most Important family values?
• If you could have a single option added to your automobile, what would it be? INTERMITTENT FUCKING WIPERS.
• If you spoke English with a foreign accent, which would you want it to be? Irish, Scottish or Australian.
• If you had to name a song whose lyrics best captured an experience you had, which would it be?
• If you could guarantee the happiness of any single person in the world because they most deserve it, who would it be? David.
• If you could make someone you know less ignorant about one thing, who would you pick and what would it be? i can only pick one person at work?
• If--once every hours, any time you choose-- you could have one person (fictional or real) appear at your side, who would you choose?
• If you could have an extra hour in your day to do just one thing, what would it be?
• If you could rename every person in your family, what would they each be called?
• What book from your childhood had the biggest influence on you? Little House on the Prairie and Tao of Pooh.
• What do you think is the most beautiful word in your own language? ethereal
• What three nouns do you think best describe you?
• What three adjectives do you think best describe you?
• If you could save time in a bottle, what would you do with it?
• What do you want to be remembered for?
• What are your prized possessions? or, alternatively, What one material possession means the most to you?
• If you could ask your best friend one question you have never had the nerve to ask, what would it be?
• If you could have kept a detailed diary from one point of your life so that you could now reread it, what period would it be from?
• Describe your first kiss.
• When do you feel most alive?
• If you could change one thing about your love life, what would it be?
• If you could find the personal diary of any one person in history with all the juicy details, whose would it be?
• Would you rather be rich (for doing/making something awesome) or famous (for doing/making something awesome)?
• If you could live in any time period for a week, which would you prefer? the 1920s
• If you had one more day to live (and no, you're not suddenly rich), how would you spend that day?
• If you were going to write a self-help book, what would you title it?
• Which one person has been the most important role model in your life? i don't have a role model.
• If an evil enchantress came along and told you that she was going to turn you into an animal, but that she'd be good enough to let you pick which animal (how nice of her!), which animal would you pick? cat.
• On a note unrelated to the former question--If you could communicate with any one type of animal, which would you choose?
• What was the nicest compliment ever given to you?
• What was the most difficult period in your life?
• If you could have the gift of magic for one day, what would you do?
• If you could have any one person in the world who you've lost contact with, call you up tonight and invite you to dinner, who would it be?
• If you could establish criteria for the right to be a parent, what would they be?
• If you could be sainted for doing one thing in life, what would it be?
• If you could own a single prop from any film ever made, what would you choose?
• If you could wake up tomorrow in your own bed next to anyone or anything, who or what would it be?
• If you could receive more affection from someone you know from now on, who would it be?
• If you could have God appear to you in any form, what form would you want God to take?
• The single most erotic part of the human body?
• Your ideal sexy romance protagonist? Say, you're the swooning damsel or strapping young lad (fine to switch the ages or gender roles if you like--say you're 'You'...and maybe you're a strapping young damsel? or a ditzy old crone? or a retired swedish lumberjack...at any rate)--i.e. if your life was a romance novel, who & how would the sexy male protagonist be? Tell me allllll about him/her/it (haha)?
• So, Batman shows up, with his new Bat-give-you-any-one-superpower-you-want-ray-gun, because he needs a guinea pig to test it out on to see if it will work for recruits of the League of Superheroes, no strings attached except that you can't pick the EVERYPOWER Power, because Batman is a control freak and doesn't want to give you that power...Given that, what setting do you want him to put it on (I.E. If you could have any super power, which power would you choose?)
• Okay, so then Batman zaps you, and flies off into the night without any kind of explanation or thank you, kind of like a bad one night stand. You don't feel any different. But the next morning you feel the full effects of everything that transpired, also like a bad one night stand...It's a brand new day! What do you do with your new power?
• What do you like most about yourself?
• Your house is burning down and you can grab three things… cat, guinea pig, wallet.
• The most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen in your life:
• If you could build a house anywhere, where would you build it?
• Least favorite place to be:
• What makes you really angry?
• What fictional character do you most relate to?
• Your perfect pizza: white pizza with garlic & tomato.
• Goal you’d like to achieve:
• What was your favorite childhood game?
• When do you feel most creative?
• Are you a lucky person?
• Most embarrassing moment of your life:
• What is the greatest about yourself?
• What do you really dislike to eat:
• Do you dream in color? yes
• Is there something in particular that you usually dream about?
• How are you like your mother? Father?
• Talent you wish you had:
• Best story you can remember:
• If you could be anything for a day…
• What's your concept of God/gods/a supreme being/etc.?
• If you could ask God one single question…
• What do you think happens/where do we go after we die? we are quietly absorbed back into the earth. unless we're pumped full of formaldehyde.
• What's the nicest thing anyone's ever done for you?
• How often do you read for pleasure?
• What do you think about 'evil'?
• What food do you eat most often, day to day? luncheon meat, popsicles, coffee, sandwiches.
• If you had a ridiculous/infinite amount of money to spend on something entirely frivolous (like a giant swimming pool full of jell-o shots), sinfully decadent and entirely just for the hell of it, what would you do with it?
• The best kind of pet is... guinea pig and cat, so far
• Hypothetically, though, if I could tame any animal, my critter buddy would be... a platypus and a capybara
• Favorite movie(s): Princess Bride
• Do you believe in aliens: in the world
• When you die, what will be your last words?
• Best feeling:
• Worst feeling in the world:
• Best way to die: in your sleep
• Ever dated someone more than once? sort of
• Do you ever make the first move?
• Do you want to get married? yes
• Can you speak another language? not well
• Were/are you a successful student? define "successful". i graduated with a solid B average.
• Do you collect anything?
• Have an obsession?
• Talk to yourself? especially when i'm grocery shopping.
• Do you have any regrets?
• Believe in magic?
• Do you support gay marriage? yes
• Sex before marriage? yes
• Do you trust people easily?
• Forgive easily?
• Do you have a secret no one knows?
• Do you get along with your parents?
• What about most other people that you meet?
• How do you vent your anger?
• Do you like the president? better than the last one
• #1 goal before you die?
• Biggest Fear:
• Biggest Weakness:
• Do you play any instruments?
• What DID you want to be when you grew up? author, astronaut, scientist, baseball player
• Now, what do you want to be when you grow up? fucked if i know

Finish this sentence

• I regret...
• I miss...
• I wish...
• The sexiest thing...
• If I could be anywhere...
• If I could be anyone...
• My career...
• My pet... is currently not peeing on the bed. YAY
• I just bought...
• I really didn't...
• I'm craving...
• I knew pain when...
• Sex...
• Chocolate...
• My favorite toy...
• If I had to give up...
• When I lose...
• Men...
• Women...
• If I could...
• I've never been....
• I would never...
• I always will...
• I believe in...
• I can't help...
• I have to think about...
• I may not be done...
• My motto is...

I Don't Know About These Questions

• If you could have any view in the world visible from your bed, what would you pick?
• If you could have a single button beside your bed that did any one thing, what would it do?
• If you were to prescribe a cure for grief, what would it entail?
• When was the last time you read the paper? over christmas, at my parents'
• I'm good at avoiding: damn near everything
• If you had to name the most important ingredient of aesthetic human beauty, what would you say it is? um...bathing?

Intimate

• Biggest regret:
• Best place to have sex:
• Most romantic moment in your life: when I proposed to David and he said okay
• When was the last time you cried? Why?
• Favorite erotic fantasy?
• Favorite time of the day to make love?
• What was your most embarassing childhood moment?
• When did you realize you'd grown up? i'm not sure i have yet.
• Your preferred epitaph?

Maybe it's not intimate.

• What would you like to have done with your body when you die? green burial would be my choice, but i'm not going to care so whatever's easiest on whoever i leave behind.
• Assuming you have a headstone, what would you like to to look like and/or say? - the coolest gravestone i've ever seen was this http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomthursday/2917231239/in/set-72157607397840652
• Name the time you were closest to death.

Maybe that isn't intimate for everyone.

• If you were to guess which of all the people you know platonically is the best in bed, who would you pick?
• The one time in your life when you were the most angry you have ever been?
• If you could repeat one experience you've had with your mate, what would you choose?
• If you could say (or have said) one things to your father on his deathbed, what would it be? i'm still in denial that my father is mortal.
• If you could dedicate a song on the radio right now to your lover or spouse, which song would you pick?
• If you could arrange to have one thing happen to your spouse, without them knowing you arranged it, what would you plan?
• If you were forced into prostitution due to financial constraints, how much money would you charge per hour? i really don't know what the current market rates are...
• If you could have known one thing that you didn't when you had your first sexual experience, what would it be?
• If you were to have a weekend of no-strings-attached sex with a person you would normally consider to be "beneath" you, who would you pick? ...this question is just weird
• What's one thing that always makes you smile? David
• If you could've better taken care of one thing in your life, what would it have been?
• If you could ruin someone's reputation without any consequences to yourself--aside from maybe feeling a little guilty--whose would it be, and how would you do it? ...why would i bother?
• If you could give one thing to each of your ex-lovers, who would it be?
• If you had to choose one thing that gives you the most comfort?
• If you came home to find your teenage son or daughter in bed with a postal delivery person, what would you say to them in one sentence? - what the fuck?
• If you were going to die in ten minutes and could only confess one thing in order to pass with peace of mind, what would you say?
• If you had to confess to how many people you've actually been in love with, what would you say? four.