What a good citizen am I!

[vovat]

Today, I voted AND filed my income taxes. Let no one say I haven't done my civic duty! {g} I'm a little annoyed that I owe the state some money, since my one job didn't withhold any state taxes. I guess that's what happens when you work out of state, though.

unclemilo did this survey, and while I've done some others like it, I don't think I've done this particular one before, so I might as well do it now. And if I HAVE done it before, well, no harm done. It's sometimes hard to tell the difference between these things.


THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. VoVat
2. Fablesto
3. Xornom

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My eyes
2. I don't get sick as often as a lot of people.
3. I can walk with a book balanced on my head.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My feet, especially since I've recently become susceptible to ingrown toenails.
2. My skin is prone to breaking out.
3. Unless I've just recently brushed or combed it, my hair always looks really messy.

ONE PART OF YOUR HERITAGE:
(Wait, don't you mean THREE parts, or did this question blow in from another survey?)
1. German
2. Czech
3. Scots-Irish

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Crowds
2. Heights
3. Merging in heavy traffic

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Sleep
2. Internet access
3. Um...oxygen?

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. My Mesopotamians (They Might Be Giants) T-shirt
2. Underwear
3. Pajama pants. I'll probably change into regular pants in about an hour, but I haven't had the need to do that so far.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:
1. TMBG
2. XTC
3. Frank Black

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS: (at the moment)
1. Neko Case's cover of "Buckets Of Rain" (I believe it's a Bob Dylan song, but I've never heard the original, and doubt it's as good anyway.)
2. Fortune's Misery - Fastbacks
3. Too Drunk To Dream - Magnetic Fields

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Security
2. Companionship
3. Intellectual discussion

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I was once picked up by a cop for walking on the railroad tracks.
2. I have a stuffed Yoshi toy.
3. I've never been fishing.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Eyes
2. Hair
3. Smile

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Reading
2. Video games
3. Internetting

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Get something to drink
2. Obtain the new TMBG album
3. Come up with a third answer to this {g}

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING/YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1. Librarian
2. Teacher
3. Data Entry Clerk

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. England
2. Canada
3. Jenny Jump State Forest

THREE KID'S NAMES YOU LIKE:
1. Anna
2. Alice
3. David
(You know, I think there are people on my friends list with all three of those names.)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Find full-time employment
2. Have something published
3. Get a house with bethje

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL:
1. I don't enjoy sports.
2. I like the color pink.
3. I've been told that the manner I react to cats and other cute things is pretty feminine.

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1. I don't enjoy shopping, except occasionally for certain things.
2. I'm prone to being somewhat callous and tactless.
3. I'm attracted to breasts.

And here's a quiz that I got from pixielust:

My Liberal Identity:

You are a Social Justice Crusader, also known as a rights activist. You believe in equality, fairness, and preventing neo-Confederate conservative troglodytes from rolling back fifty years of civil rights gains.

Take the quiz at www.FightConservatives.com

I have to say that, based on my initial listen, I quite like the Pipettes' album. It's really catchy in a retro way, and also has a sense of humor behind it as well (as evidenced in the name of the group, really). I also enjoy the Mountain Goats' The Coroner's Gambit, although Tallahassee remains my favorite of the albums of theirs that I've heard. I think that, as much as it pains me to admit it, I might like their more recent music more than the early lo-fi stuff. Really, though, they're not THAT different, and I think I should listen to all of their albums before making that decision for sure.

Comments

[mmpoetatheart.livejournal.com]

Cool deal about voting. I went out to vote as well. Its always a cool thing to do your civic duty.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

This is actually the first primary I've ever voted in. I kept forgetting in previous years.

[zimbra1006.livejournal.com]

I too voted, and I sent out my taxes yesterday! And I am also annoyed I owe the state money. The feds, however, owe me about $400, so I'm not complaining too much.. just befuddled.

My favorite 'old' Mtn Goats album is All Hail West Texas or maybe Full Force Galesberg, and favorite new is We Shall All Be Healed. But Tallahassee is the one with No Children, right? In that case it gets major points just for that.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

When I lived in Pennsylvania, I always owed the state money, regardless of how much I'd had withheld. And there were local taxes to boot.

All Hail West Texas is one of the ones I have. I haven't listened to it that many times, but I quite like that one song...I can't remember the name, which probably has nothing to do with the lyrics anyway, but it includes the line, "No outstanding warrants for my arrest, hi-diddly-dee, a pirate's life for me." (I could look it up, but I don't feel like it right now.) I haven't heard Full Force Galesberg at all yet. And yeah, "No Children" is on Tallahassee. That was the song that got me interested in the band in the first place, and I get the impression I'm not the only one.

[zimbra1006.livejournal.com]

hehe, I think that's the song "Jenny," though I could be wrong because I always confuse song titles when they aren't really obvious.

I also really like Fall of the High School Running Back (or whatever) and Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton. All three of those songs, and probably more from that album, were played live the first time I saw them/him -- which was also the first time I heard any Mountain Goats songs at all. My friends from Utah were visiting and convinced me to go. I've noticed that the few times I've gone to a show without knowing the band at all and had the show be really awesome, it's always catapulted me into an obsession with said band, I guess because a really good show stays with me and gives me an extra fondness for them that just hearing the albums might not.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I forgot about "The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton." That's a great song. I have to wonder if (the band) the Killers got their name from it, or that was just a coincidence.

PS

[zimbra1006.livejournal.com]

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I was once picked up by a cop for walking on the railroad tracks.
2. I have a stuffed Yoshi toy.
3. I've never been fishing

I hope #2 is a truth. (see icon) :)

Re: PS

[vovat.livejournal.com]

No, I actually have a stuffed Bowser, but not a Yoshi. I would like one, though. Maybe if I ever go back to Nintendo World. Or Koholint Island.