Jane Austen Men and a Meme About You

[allyndra]

The BBC wins at all kinds of things for posting dating profiles for their Jane Austen Men. Go here and vote for your favorite guy. I was surprised by some of them. I know for a fact that I've seen the BBC's Persuasion, but I don't remember Captain Wentworth being so yummy. Obviously, my memory has betrayed me. They somehow left Charles Bingley off the list, but otherwise, it's chock full of Austen men, both virtuous and villainous.

I'm swiping this meme from dancinbutterfly. If y'all have a couple minutes, fill it out and tell me about yourselves.

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.

2) What was your dream growing up?
A.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.

5) Favorite vegetable?
A.

6) What was the last book you read?
A.

7) What the most embarrassing thing you're willing to admit?
A.

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.

9) Worst Habit?
A.

10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.

11) What is your favorite sport?
A.

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.

15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.

16) Do you have any pets?
A.

17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.

18) What was your first impression of me?
A.

19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.

20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.

22) What color eyes do you have?
A.

23) Ever been arrested?
A.

24) Bottle or can soda?
A.

25) If you won $10,000 US (or your local equivalent: £5000 in the UK, $12,860 in New Zealand. Do I have people from other places on my flist?) today, what would you do with it?
A.

27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.

30) Do you swear a lot?
A.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.

35) Do you believe in God?
A.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.

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[xanzpet.livejournal.com]

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A. Yes. Whee!

2) What was your dream growing up?
A. To be a doctor. Lo, how far I've fallen.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. Pretense.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Mudslide

5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Peas

6) What was the last book you read?
A. While I'd love to say it was something urbane and intellectual, it was a mystery entitled My Ex-Best Friend, by Beth Brophy. It was quite good! *is defensive*

7) What the most embarrassing thing you're willing to admit?
A. I'm unemployed and have no prospects for a job. *sigh*

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Nope. Not anymore.

9) Worst Habit?
A. Speaking before I think.

10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. If I knew you, yes.

11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Swimming

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Half-empty, half-full. I just drink whatever's in the glass.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Discuss the rise and fall of Britney Spears.

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. Whoa, so not going there.

15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I sense when people are going to die.

16) Do you have any pets?
A. Sadly, no. My beloved pup, Cookie, passed last May at 16.

17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. Come outside to meet you, so you wouldn't see the mess.

18) What was your first impression of me?
A. 'Goddamn, I wish I could write like that.'

19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. I think they're stupid.

20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. OMG, I'd be SO THIN.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. That depends on the crime. ;-)

22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Naturally? Brown. I wear colored contacts.

23) Ever been arrested?
A. No.

24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Can.

25) If you won $10,000 US (or your local equivalent: £5000 in the UK, $12,860 in New Zealand. Do I have people from other places on my flist?) today, what would you do with it?
A. Pay student loans.

27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. Borders.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. I believe that residual biochemical energies can imprint upon a place. I don't believe remnants of the soul stay behind.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Read, read, read. And sing.

30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Fuck yes.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Willful acts of stupidity.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Obnoxious.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Yes.

35) Do you believe in God?
A. I believe in a Higher Power, but not in that of any organized religion.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Sure.

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

Don't be defensinve about your reading materials! My comfort books (and half of my book case) are generally kids' books; your grown up boook seems very mature in comparison to my Ordinary Princess and Artemis Fowl. :o)

You say you don't have any piercings or tattoos anymore. Did you get some removed? Because I heard that hurt a bunch. My brother had amateur tats on his knuckles, and he didn't want them anymore once he joined the army. Did he go to a doctor and have them removed? No, he liberally applied sandpaper to his hands and scarred them the hell up. True story.

[xanzpet.livejournal.com]

he liberally applied sandpaper to his hands and scarred them the hell up.

OMFG! Yeah, I had a tattoo removed, because you get to a point in life where it's just no longer kosher to have a tat on your ass. It hurt like a bitch getting it taken off. The drugs were nice, though. :D

As for grown-up books, I have a closet filled with nothing but Babysitters Club. Shh.