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Dani (placebo_effect) wrote,
@ 2010-08-07 22:33:00

Current mood:	okay
Entry tags:	also i'm a sheep, lots of useless information, meme

The thing to do, today.
I don't expect you to read this, I really don't.

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
Okay, when I was probably four or five years old, we had a Christmas celebration in kindergarten. And we got one of those huge gymnastic balls. Anyway, two friends and I thought it was a brilliant idea to get on it from a table and see how long we could stand on the bloody thing before we’d have to jump off because it would roll away. It DID role away at one point before I could get off it and I fell and hit the back of my head on the table’s corner and of course it was bleeding like hell. So my poor father had to rush me to the hospital where they shaved half my head (and I used to have really pretty, long, blonde hair back then) and kind of glued together the pieces of my scalp. And yes, there’s still a nasty scar and it’s keeping me from ever cutting my hair really short, something I’d otherwise really like to try.

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Drawings and paintings, lots of postcards, old theatre or concert tickets, a poster with James Dean and one of The Cure, various trophies I ever won at riding competitions.

3. DO YOU SNORE, GRIND YOUR TEETH, OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP?
No, unless I have a cold.

4. WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
I’m not fussed but most of it is brit-pop, alternative rock, independent stuff, some German stuff. Last.fm lists my top ten artists as Tocotronic, Placebo, Editors, Coldplay, Sigur Rós, Beck, Adam Green, Virginia Jetzt!, Anajo, Babyshambles, if that’s any indication. It’s not 100% accurate though, because I don’t just listen to music on my computer.

5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
Actually, I have no idea. And my parents aren’t around so I can’t ask them at the moment.

6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
Being accepted to my favourite university? I can’t think of anything more deep and meaningful right now, soz.

7. WHO DO YOU MISS?
The first person who came to my mind here was a close friend of mine who died aged 16 four years ago. It came totally unexpected and was difficult because none of us ever had the chance to say goodbye. So while it’s not something I think about on a daily basis anymore nowadays, I definitely miss her, yes.

8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?
Do my horses count as possessions? If yes, it’s them. If no it’s probably my laptop, to be honest.

9. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
1,70m. You change that to ft yourself, because I have no idea how that works.

10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
No.

11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
To be honest, yes I do. *is ridiculous*

12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?
I have no idea. Like I mentioned before, I’m not much of a crier.

13. WHAT’S YOUR WORST FEAR?
I’m not afraid of a lot of things, because seriously, whatever happens happens and I won’t change that because I’m killing myself about it beforehand. However, I’m pretty damn terrified of elevators. A broken one once rushed down several floors with me before it stopped and since then I desperately try to avoid them.

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOUR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
I’m not fussed.

15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF PROPOSING / BEING PROPOSED TO AT?
You know, I don’t really ever want to get married. Should I ever change my mind about that it would probably be for legal and practical, not romantic reasons, so I still wouldn’t give a fuck about the proposal.

16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK?
Energy drink. Or some kind of fancy coffee with caramel and chocolate and stuff.

17. FAVOURITE PIZZA TOPPING?
Funghi.

18. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
You know, I AM in fact eating tomato and mozzarella at the moment and I’m satisfied with it. But some basil to go with it would be nice, since you’re asking.

19. FAVOURITE COLOUR OF ALL TIME?
Black. No, I don’t care if that’s not a colour.

20. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A GOLDFISH?
Uhm. No?

21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST MEANINGFUL GIFT YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED?
A stuffed animal for my birth, I guess.

22. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?
Just one? Are you kidding me?

23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
I had to look up what that even means, if that’s anything to go by. Hell no, I’m not.

24. FAVOURITE CLOTHING BRAND?
I buy whatever I think is pretty.

25. WHO IS THE HOTTEST FEMALE/MALE CELEBRITY?
Soz, I can’t really decide.

26. DO YOU HAVE A PET RIGHT NOW?
Do horses count as pets even though they don’t live with me? If yes, then I do.

27. WHAT KIND IS IT?
Two Icelandic horses called Sletta and Saela.

28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
I probably couldn’t really help it, could I?

29. DO YOU DRINK/SMOKE?
Both, occasionally.

30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED
Seven. Now what?

31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
The thing is, I don’t have a type. I hardly find people sexy at first sight, but only start finding them attractive when they turn out to be smart/talented/witty or whatever. If you’d put everyone I’ve ever been crushing on or been in love with or dated in a row, I honestly don’t think you could find a pattern.

34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF YOUR CONTINENT?
Embarrassingly enough, no, I haven’t.

35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Chocolate.

36. MET ANYONE FAMOUS?
Another Exciting Story of My Life, HAHA. A friend and I managed to get tickets for the pre-premiere of “Dorfpunks”, a German film about a group of young punks growing up in a small village close to where I live in the early 80s. Afterwards there was a hilarious Aftershow-Party at a disco called Schröders in that village (it’s also part of the film). So we got to talk to all the actors and – embarrassingly enough – tried to hit on one of them. I don’t even know if you could legitimately call them famous. I don’t care, okay, it was fun.

37. FIRST JOB?
At a local grocery store.

38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
Yes. Who hasn’t?

39. DO YOU THINK EVERYONE OUT THERE HAS A SOULMATE?
Well, how boring would that be, huh? No, I certainly don’t.

40. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED THIS OUT?
Cooking.

41. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SURGERY?
No.

42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
I don’t get that many compliments, but on my style of clothes sometimes, I guess.
And I went to the city the other day wearing heels and a rather short dress and a creepy, greasy, old man turned around and was like “You’ve got really nice legs.” HAHA. Eww.

43. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES?
Nope.

44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
For everyone to leave me the hell alone. I sodding hate birthdays.

45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
None, for their sake as well as mine.

46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Not that I’d know of, no.

47. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TURN OFF?
The first thing that came to my mind was bad breath. So I’m going to stick with that.

48. WHAT IS ONE THING YOU MISS ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL?
At the moment: Not a goddamn thing, because I’m too relieved to be done with it.

49. WHAT KIND OF SHAMPOO DO YOU USE?
Garnier.

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
It’s okay, I guess. I actually don’t care.

51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE LUNCH?
I don’t know. It varies.

52. ANY BAD HABITS?
No, obviously I’m perfect. Seriously though, I have a tendency to speak before I think, which sometimes leads to me saying hurtful things I wish I hadn’t said about five seconds later. I also consider the social smoking a bad habit even though I don’t plan to change it.

53. ARE YOU A JEALOUS PERSON?
Not really, no.

54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I think I wouldn’t, no. This is probably a bad sign, isn’t it?

55. DO YOU AGREE WITH FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS?
Sure, why not.

56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
To a certain extent they probably do, but not massively. (See #31)

57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
Uhm, by getting bitchy and sarcastic as long as it’s mostly annoyance. However, if something really gets to me, I withdraw from the situation and need time for myself, I’m most likely to drive to my horses and ride to the forest or something like that.

59. WHAT’S YOUR MAIN GOAL IN LIFE?
I don’t know. Be happy and achieve any goals I might have in the future?

60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TOY AS A CHILD?
My Playmobil. I had a LOT of it.

61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
Oh, I only found my cell phone back a couple of weeks ago while cleaning up. I thought I had lost it at some batshit weird houseparty last year, but apparently not. Yay! IDK, probably about 50 or 60. I only use a few of those, though.

62. WERE YOU A FAN OF BARNEY AS A LITTLE KID?
Barney, who?

63. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
No. This would never occur to me. Oops.

64. MASHED POTATOES OR MACARONI AND CHEESE?
Macaroni.

65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GIRL/GUY?
I’m not looking for anything at the moment. In general, the usual. Intelligence, a sense of humour, someone I can connect to. This is all very abstract. It just has to click.

66. WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES?
Daniela Mona… Oh parents, sometimes I hate you.

68. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE TV SHOW?
AWZ.

69.WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH YOUR ENEMIES?
I don’t think I have enemies, that’s too strong. People I dislike and who dislike me, sure. I guess… uhm, not talk to them?

70. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Chocolate.

71. DO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR FINGERS AND TOES?
Yes.

72. DO YOU HAVE A COMPUTER IN YOUR ROOM?
BAHAHAHAH, YES, OF COURSE. How else would I survive?

73. PLANS FOR TONIGHT?
Finishing this meme, lurking around the internet, reading, sleeping. Oh the exciting life I have.

74. WHAT’S THE FASTEST YOU’VE EVER GONE IN A CAR?
Something fairly moderate, I get insecure when I’m driving too fast. 150 km/h maybe?

75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
I think pretty much everyone has by now. :D

76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
At the moment? The Fray – You Found Me [Acoustic]

77. LAST THING YOU DRANK?
Water.

78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My father, a couple of hours ago. What is it with these memes and questions about phonecalls anyway?

79. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IN A GIRL/BOY?
I’m afraid that would be the hair. I’m so sorry fandom, I know hair isn’t All That Matters.

80. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?
Fandom-y things. Reading. Watching TV. Going out with friends. And when I have a LOT of freetime, I travel, preferably Interrail.

81. FAVOURITE THING TO HATE?
I rarely hate things. If I do I have to go with a very global answer like “injustice”.

82. FAVOURITE MONTH OF THE YEAR?
January. Probably. I’ve never thought about that before.

83. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF CANDY?
Anything with chocolate is fine, really.

84. HAVE YOU EVER REALLY AND TRULY HAD A BEST FRIEND?
Yes.

85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?
At the moment it’s dyed redish-brown, naturally it’s a very unflattering shade of dark blonde.

86. EYE COLOR?
Blue.

88. FAVOURITE FAST FOOD PLACE?
Being a vegetarian, fast food is difficult business. We have a specifically vegetarian/vegan place called “hin und veg” in Hamburg. Otherwise, Subway.

89. FAVOURITE RESTAURANT?
I don’t know, I rarely eat in restaurants.

90. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
No.

91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
The news. Exciting.

92. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
I don’t have a clue.

93. PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS?
Sadly, I don’t. My father plays five or six different instruments and has a very nice singing voice, all of which he has taught himself. Somehow, I didn’t inherit that gene.

94. REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
Not in the U.S. I mostly support the German Greens party, although they are making it fucking difficult to love them, sometimes.

95. KISSES OR HUGS?
Why do I have to choose?

96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
Depends on the situation.

97. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
Groceries. Don’t you love me for my domesticity?

98. DO YOU HAVE A LOW SELF ESTEEM OR A HIGH SELF ESTEEM?
Uhm, rather low for the most part.

99. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
“Der Untertan” by Heinrich Mann. I can’t be bothered to look up the English title at the moment.

100. DESCRIBE YOUR LOVE LIFE
Does it suffice to say I’m in a happy relationship? You don’t really expect any dirty details here, do you?

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	samedy 2010-08-08 04:59 am UTC (link)
	LOL. My answer for #79 was the same as yours. My eyes are just immediately drawn to the hair. I can't help it. And the story about how you got your scar made me cringe. Head injuries are always the worst. And I'm sorry about your hair! Yikes. For what it's worth, I think you have a beautiful name. I love the name Mona. (Reply to this) (Thread)

placebo_effect
2010-08-08 02:46 pm UTC (link)

HAHA, yes I can't help but looking at people's hair. *is awful*

I thought scar stories were supposed to make you cringe. *g* Otherwise I could have told one of about a dozen completely uncringeworthy others (because I have a talent of hurting myself like that, lol).

I'd happily gift you Mona, I hate it, really. I use Dani as short of Daniela and am okay with that but in general really unimpressed with my name.

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	vitacrudelis 2010-08-08 11:50 am UTC (link)
	Oh, which one is your favourite university? curious I hated the sodding waiting. #42 EWW re:creepy, greasy, old man. Thank god, I'm plain boring. 44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? For everyone to leave me the hell alone. I sodding hate birthdays. I think I love you. <333 (Reply to this) (Thread)

placebo_effect
2010-08-08 02:39 pm UTC (link)

My favourite would actually be Berlin (Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft an der FU). And your profile tells me we'd practically be neighbours then, right? :D
Yeah, the waiting sucks beyond belief. But I've already been accepted to Dortmund and Trier, so I can start in any case. That's a relief, really, so I'm not freaking out as much anymore. I think (read: hope) I'll probably hear from the others (Berlin, Hamburg, Potsdam and Weimar) within the next couple of days.

Creepy old men are old and creepy, yes. But it's not like that's something that happens to me on a daily basis or anything. :D

<33333

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	vitacrudelis 2010-08-09 07:35 am UTC (link)
	I keep my fingers crossed for you. does so And YAY for potential Eskimo neighbour. :D (Okay, ich studier an der HU und Adlershof liegt am Arsch von Berlin, aber was soll's... =P) And another YAY for being accepted to some universities already. tosses glitter Your awesomeness shouldn't be bothered by creepy old men. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	placebo_effect 2010-08-09 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	HAHA, considering how far apart the Eskimos usually live, living in two opposite corners of a huge city would totally make us neighbours in my books. But thanks for keeping your fingers crossed, I can sure use it. hugs (Reply to this) (Parent)

momogermany
2010-08-08 04:31 pm UTC (link)

What would I have done this extremely boring Sunday at work if all you folks hadn't bothered to do this very entertaining meme?

#79 Hair! FTW! Be it great or terrible, it's the one thing that absolutely catches my attention too.

#80 Interrail is totally awesome, it's a shame that it has gone a bit out of fashion for most young people, with air travel having become ridiculously cheap. It's such a great way to see a country and meet interesting people, locals and fellow travellers alike.

#94 Word to everything you said about the Greens

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placebo_effect
2010-08-08 08:21 pm UTC (link)

Appropriate icon is appropriate! And you have to work on Sundays? That's awful.

Interrail is such a wonderful thing, why does not everybody do it? I've always loved travelling by train, I can look outside a train window for hours without getting bored, so when I coincidently found out about Interrail a couple of years ago it was pretty much a sealed deal. I love that you can travel from city to city (and I'm more of a city person, really), but still get to see the countryside in between. And you're right, it makes getting to know other people ridiculously easy.
Travelling by plane on the other hand? Meh, more of a necessary evil.
I'm actually dreamily considering a short Interrail Hamburg - Padborg (DK) - Hirtshals (DK) - ferry to Bergen (N) - Oslo - Stockholm - Copenhagen in September, if I can find enough spare time, at the moment. Not many new places but I feel secure enough in scandinavia to be travelling alone and it's so lovely I can visit it again and again. /rant

#94... I'm still holding a grudge at the Greens for their coalition with the CDU in Hamburg. This does neither make sense nor does it work out in reality.

Also, I don't think I've ever said Hi properly, but I'll friend you now, y/y?

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notoriouslyuniq
2010-08-08 06:01 pm UTC (link)

#42 is kinda creepy. I once had an old man try to hit on me in a bus *shudders*

And Garnier? Tell me it's Garnier Fructis :D 3 others all use Garnier Fructis! Bonding over common shampoo FTW!

And I like horses, but I don't like riding them. I rode twice: first time I was like "where's the seat-belt on this thing?" and I was totes terrified by the elevation and the feeling of being completely unattached. The second time I told myself that this time I'll stop being such a coward and do it already and not think about spinal injuries or Christopher Reeves, but as soon as I got on one of my friends irritated the horse and it started jumping and I started screaming and holding on for dear life...
I don't think I'll be trying that again...

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placebo_effect
2010-08-08 08:38 pm UTC (link)

Eww, what is it with creepy old men? *shudders*

Yes, yes, it is Fructis! And common shampoo is totes something to bond over!

Well, I've been riding since I was eight years old, when my mom was determined to pick up her youth's hobby again. So she bought a horse, which is the older one we still have today. When you start something at that young an age, you never really think of the dangers, which I guess is a good thing. However, I can imagine thinking about Christopher Reeves might be discouraging, lol. I've never fallen from my own horse in eleven years *knock wood* but from other people's horses all the time and never got anything worse than a mild concussion out of it. The younger one (Saela) is actually my older horse's daughter and I've breeded her myself. *loves her to death*
But yeah, I get the scare and I know it technically IS a pretty damn dangerous sport, I just don't think about it too much.

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	spaghettitoes 2010-08-08 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	#38 - Me! Never, ever ever made a prank phone call, never really appreciated pranks I'm far too mature for that :P And um #100....DETAILS-My inbox-NAO! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	placebo_effect 2010-08-08 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	Look at you, being all mature! I wanna be you when I grow up. :P But honestly, I think I haven't made one either since I was like thirteen. Uhm... slightly disturbed Nah, you don't wanna know! :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

aldiara
2010-08-09 01:16 am UTC (link)

Oooooh, horses. *wants to meet* And such pretty names!

Interrail is the best way to travel ever. It's so easy to meet people and explore countries, not to mention learn stuff about yourself along the way. Totally second what you and Momo said about plane travel... it might get you there faster but train travel is such a different experience.

Hahahah, I think secretly we all know that hair really IS All That Matters, sadly.

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placebo_effect
2010-08-09 07:22 pm UTC (link)

Haha, really? I thought no one would give a shit. But since you're asking: Meet Sletta, the old lady, and her daughter Saela. (You can click on the picture for a second one.)
Yeah, the names are beautiful, aren't they? It's common to name Icelandic horses in Icelandic even if they were born in Germany like mine are. Sletta means something like "Little Spot", which yeah, considering her colour I can guess what gave them the idea, lol. Like I told Diana, we breeded the little one ourselves and naming her was totally fun. I've been looking at names forever because I wanted something that's not just phonetically pretty but also has a nice meaning. Saela actually means "Lucky One" and I'm still very fond of the name. /ramble

WORD to everything you said about Interrail. I guess, though, the question is whether the vacation only starts for you once you've reached your destination or you consider the way to get there part of the vacation as well.

Then why am I always refraining from commenting on anyone's hair, anyway? :D

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aldiara
2010-08-10 01:23 am UTC (link)

Because DG gets bitchy and chews us out for shallowness if there's too much hair focus, lol.

Oh wow, your horses are gorgeous! I love horses, it's one of those things I would've loved to do growing up but there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell we could afford it. Yours are both so pretty! OMG Saela is adorable, all chocolatey loveliness. *cuddles* (And I'm hella impressed you bred her yourself!)

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