I ganked this survey off of here, and no, I don't care if you think 'gank' is a stupid word. I'm mostly taking this survey because I really like the number seven (I'm serious).

7 things you are afraid of:
1. Wasps and other creatures which sting and bite and buzz and fly far too quickly for comfort.
2. Amounting to nothing.
3. My brother.
4. Losing my friends and/or having them turn their backs on me.
5. Never achieving my dream.
6. Not living up to my parents' expectations in terms of everything, though mostly in terms of academia.
7. Going to bed at night when mom and dad are out or asleep, and Bryan isn't home, and it's nearly midnight. I don't like the darkness and the stillness. This short journey has inspired many a-scene in the claris project.


7 things that make you laugh:
1. Invader Zim and other things by Jhonen Vasquez.
2. My friends.
3. Dave Barry (the humor columnist; I have lots of his books).
4. Good webcomics.
5. Douglas Adams books.
6. The Simpsons/Futurama.
7. My Dad.

7 things that make you cry:
1. Myself.
2. My friends.
3. Sad movies/books/art.
4. The sight and sound of someone else in pain and/or crying.
5. The thought of my family members dying, my friends dying, or my cats dying.
6. Funerals (I've only been to one, but it was one of the most horrible experiences of my life).
7. Nearly everything, really. I cry like a leaky faucet.

7 things you love:
1. When people compliment or otherwise encourage my work.
2. FANART.
3. A nice, cold Coke. Awww yeah.
4. Good books/art/video games/movies/music. Nothing like truly quality entertainment in a world where there is so little.
5. Feeling good about myself (a rare happening).
6. Having interesting dreams (i.e., ones that could possibly be used as writing plots)
7. Knowing that there are people, however many, who believe in me and my ability to achieve my dream.

7 things you don't understand:
1. Why I'm such a dumb slug. -__-;
2. Myself.
3. Everyone else.
4. Higher mathematics, and way too much of the lower stuff as well.
5. Serial killers.
6. Why ANYONE would EVER be jealous of me.
7. Why I can't drive, goddammit. --

7 random facts about you:
1. I walk on the balls of my feet (a.k.a., on tiptoe) when I'm barefoot, automatically. I really don't know why. It bothers the hell out of my parents.
2. I shower at night--not in the morning.
3. I sleep with a lamp on.
4. I've been into video games since 1993, but have never made any websites pertaining to video games and am not part of the 'gamergirl' community.
5. The first stories I wrote were distorted Final Fantasy VI self-insertion fanfictions, stories about my cats, and stories about myself and my friends. ALL of my early stories were self-insertion. My name was Christina. They were bad. But I was 12, so I forgive myself.
6. I have tons of paper diaries, but NONE OF THEM lasted more than three months, and many of them only lasted a couple days. The earlier ones had very short entries consisting mostly of what I did that day, i.e., 'Went to so-and-so's house. Came home. Ate dinner.' The later ones had more 'meaningful' entries, but they dripped angst and whininess (much like this blog). Truth is the longest diary I've kept.
7. In the same vein, I have obscene amounts of notebooks. They're 70-page, cheap numbers, and they are filled with writing. I do nearly ALL of my current writing in longhand, in these notebooks, before typing it up. I draw pictures of the characters and their expressions in the margins while I write, and these notebooks are nearly illegible because my handwriting is terrible. Perhaps if I'm famous they'll be worth something, someday. =P

7 things to do before you die:
1. Get published.
2. Visit Europe and Asia.
3. Meet Kaori Yuki/Jhonen Vasquez/Neil Gaiman/any other hero I happen to make.
4. Get published. By this I mean walking into a bookstore and seeing my book on the shelf. This is my grand dream.
5. Attend a convention (the most attainable thing on this list).
6. Meet more of my online friends (The current tally of online friends met is five. Two of these five ::waves to Ali and Laris:: actually live here, so maybe they don't count, but I didn't know they lived here until I met them online...).
7. GET PUBLISHED, GODDAMMIT.


Well, that was fun.