Time for another meme, everbody, courtesy of Donaville and Sar! I'm always looking for these things when I feel the urge to update but lack material, and thanks to Sar, I can now fill out the 5000 Question Survey. Not all at once, of course—that's way more ME than anyone should take in one day. Thankfully, the survey is broken down into barely manageable chunks of 50 questions, so every now and then I'll tackle another 50. As always, I'm probably not going to answer everything and will edit out certain questions. So, I'm a pansy. Sue me.
THE 5000 QUESTION SURVEY Version 2.0
1. Who are you? Aliotsy Andrianarivo
2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you? Hrm. I'm a Christian. I believe that the Bible is the infallible Word of God. I believe Jesus Christ died for my sins, and strive to live my life for Him in thankful obedience.
3. When you aren't filling out 5,000 question surveys like this one what are you doing? Being a web developer. Getting paid for it. Giggling at how insanely cool that is.
4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time). Favorite: 5th grade social studies (we went to Greece and Italy!). Least favorite: MAT 22B - Differential Equations *shudder*
5. What is your biggest goal for this year? 5:55
6. Where do you want to be in 5 years? Walking with the Lord.
7. What stage of life are you in right now? The "Is-this-really-the-real-world" stage.
8. Are you more child-like or childish? I'd love to say child-like, but I anticipate others will beg to differ.
9. What is the last thing you said out loud? Bye.
10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now? I can't think of one, but the first to pop in my head was "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2.
11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes? Yup. Green belt in shotokan karate. Loooong time ago. :)
12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same? By God's grace, better.
13. Does time really heal all wounds? In an eternal sense, yes.
14. How do you handle a rainy day? Hot chocolate. If it's not raining hard, a run. :)
15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights? Losing your luggage…isn't that obvious?
16. How is your relationship with your parents? Wow, getting personal. Could always be better.
Will you miss them when they are gone? Yes.
17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you? Yes, but I try not to show it.
18. What is the truest thing that you know? Jesus Christ is Lord.
19. What did you want to be when you grew up? A pilot.
20. Have you ever been given a second chance? More times than I can remember.
21. Are you more of a giver or a taker? I try to give, but I'm still stunned by how selfish I can be.
22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind? Ideally, yes. Too often, no.
23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you? Getting stung by a yellow jacket at my church's youth camp. My hand throbbed for over a day. That even beat out the time a quarter-inch metal spike carved an inch-long hole in my leg.
24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you? I'll respectfully decline to answer this one.
25. Who have you hugged today? My mom. I think.
26. Who has done something today to show they care about you? My mom, my brother, and several members of my church family.
27. Do you have a lot to learn? Without a doubt.
28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?
A Kung fu.
B Draw well.
C Not sin.
29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel? How other people make you feel. I still remember the kid in first grade who wouldn't play ball with me because I was "black." In retrospect, he probably had no idea what he was saying, but I remember how stunned I felt.
30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship? I guess this is talking about romantic relationships, but in any relationship, the love of Christ lived out with the help of the Holy Spirit.
31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?
A Help someone come to Christ.
B Return to Africa.
C Beat someone, anyone, at chess. My current lifetime W-L record is 0-309 or so.
32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?
A Deny Christ. Though I've already failed in this many, many times.
B Hm. Can't really think of anything else.
33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause? Christ's cause.
34. What does each decade make you think of:
The 19..
20's: Al Capone.
30's: The Great Depression
40's: World War II.
50's: Leave it to Beaver
60's: The civil rights movement.
70's: Disco
80's: The Challenger explosion, president Reagan, and the USSR.
90's: The DotCom bubble.
2000 (so far): September 11th. College!
2010's: The robot rebellion. You better believe it's coming.
35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why? The current decade. I guess I live in the present.
36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song? "Stand By Me"
37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country? The United States of America. George Bush.
If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be? Mr. President: Harriet Meier—why?
38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night? Do I watch TV anymore?
39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why? Iago from Aladdin. I've got a big mouth and I'm really not a serious threat to anybody.
40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout? No.
41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat? Fly.
42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night? Eh? Ask Google.
43. What does your name mean? Aliotsy is a disappointingly harmless-looking bird. Maharisedra means "invincible." Andrianarivo means "lord of the thousand."
44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space? Space.
45. Word association
What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:
Air: Cloud
Meat: Steak
Different: Indie
Pink: Cadillac
Deserve: Medal
White: Snow
Elvis: Presley
Magic: The. As in, "The Gathering." Shut up.
Heart: Red.
Clash: Scots. (I'm thinking Braveheart).
Pulp: Fiction.
46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be? Either of my grandfathers.
47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive? I really can't come up with a good answer to this one.
48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday? Several. The Bourne Identity comes to mind.
49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do? Food and books. Figure it's the only way I'll ever read them.
i always thought "Andrianarivo" meant lord of the dance.
No, dv, YOU are the lord of the dance, what with your mad robotic dancing skills.
You could always be a better dancer...come on. :)