A Layered Meme, etc.
I think Miss Andrea is not just a masochist, but a sadist as well.

Here she’s posted yet another fun list which begs for my completion. And so here goes…

A Layered Meme (completed Wed. Nov. 24, 2004)

Layer One
· Name: Karen
· Birth date: October 8, 1966
· Birthplace: Appleton, WI
· Current Location: Long Beach, CA
· Eye Color: Sometimes green, sometimes hazel
· Hair Color: Red
· Height: about 5'2”
· Righty or Lefty: Righty
· Zodiac Sign: Libra

Layer Two:
· Your heritage: Englsh, German, Welsh, French, Native American, Irish – pretty much everything
· The shoes you wore today: Black boots
· Your weakness: Attractive boys, Food, Mota
· Your fears: Sharks, suffocation, kharma
· Your perfect pizza: Grilled chicken, onions and bell peppers
· Goal you’d like to achieve: Learn to play guitar well enough to play it in front of people

Layer Three:
· Your most overused phrase on AIM: I don’t use AIM
· Your first waking thoughts: “I don't want to get up…"
· Your best physical feature: My eyes
· Your most missed memory: 70’s television

Layer Four:
· Pepsi or Coke: Coke. Although I don’t drink it anymore.
· McDonald’s or Burger King: McDonalds. Although I don’t eat there anymore.
· Single or group dates: Single. What am I, thirteen?
· Adidas or Nike: Nike
· Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither. I drink Herbal teas.
· Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate
· Cappuccino or coffee: Neither

Layer Five:
· Smoke: Cigarettes? No.
· Cuss: Fuck, yeah!
· Sing: Every chance I get
· Take a shower everyday: Yes
· Do you think you’ve been in love: Yes
· Want to go to college: Been there, but would love to go back.
· Liked high school: Fuck, no!
· Want to get married: Nope
· Believe in yourself: Usually
· Get motion sickness: Nope
· Think you’re attractive: Usually
· Think you’re a health freak: Nope
· Get along with your parent(s): Yes
· Like thunderstorms: Yes, but I rarely get to experience them (which is probably why).
· Play an instrument: Not well enough to play one in front of people.

Layer Six:
In the past months…
· Drank alcohol: Yes
· Smoked: Cigarettes? No.
· Done a drug: Yes
· Made Out: Kinda. I don’t really consider what John & I do to be “making out.” Which really sucks, because I love to make out.
· Gone on a date: Yes
· Gone to the mall: Um…I don’t think it’s been over six months.
· Eaten an entire box of Oreos: Sadly, no.
· Eaten sushi: No
· Been on stage: Yes
· Been dumped: No
· Gone skating: No.
· Made homemade cookies: Yes
· Dyed your hair: Yes
· Stolen Anything: Do hearts count?

Layer Seven:
Ever…
· Played a game that required removal of clothing: Yes
· If so, was it mixed company: Yes
· Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Oh please…Yes
· Been caught “doing something”: I’ve been caught doing many things…did a teenager create this survey or what?
· Been called a tease: I call myself one often, actually.
· Gotten beaten up: Not really…
· Shoplifted: Yes
· Changed who you were to fit in: Uh…no.

Layer Eight:
· Age you hope to be married: Didn’t we cover this? I don’t.
· Numbers and Names of Children: Do you really think it wise to pass these neuroses on?
· Describe your Dream Wedding: Well, if I ever did it I guess I’d have to be married by an Elvis impoersonator, in Vegas.
· How do you want to die: In my sleep.
· Where you want to go to college: I would love to go to one of those lovely Ivy league colleges.
· What do you want to be when you grow up: Bono
· What country would you most like to visit: Italy

Layer Nine:
· Number of drugs taken illegally: One (yeah, so much for that fable about marijuana leading to harder drugs).
· Number of people I could trust with my life: hmm…five, including my parents.
· Number of CDs that I own: 500+
· Number of piercings: 3
· Number of tattoos: 0
· Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper? : I can’t think of any…the name of my old band appeared dozens of times, but I don’t think my personal name ever has.
· Number of scars on my body: six, I think
· Number of things in my past that I regret: Oh please…hundreds!

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And this next one I stole from augustdreams. Who stole it from someone else. Who probably...ah, you get the picture (completed today, Nov. 29, 2004).

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:

1. Karen

2. Chicamaua (pron: chick-ah-mah-wah)

3. Buffy

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:

1. ikss

2. KSSME

3. SuperBimbo


THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

1. I’m generally amusing.

2. I’m forgiving.

3. I can laugh at myself.

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

1. I’m impatient.

2. I’m lazy in the morning.

3. I’m often quick to anger.

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:

1. English

2. French

3. German

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:

1. Sharks

2. Suffocating

3. Karma

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:

1. Contact Lenses

2. Hair product

3. Music

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:

1. Mint-green faux wrap sweater

2. Grey pants

3. Black, sling-back shoes

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS (or singers) AT THE MOMENT:

1. The Killers

2. Foo Fighters

3. U2

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITES SONGS AT THE MOMENT:

1. Vertigo, U2

2. Monkey to Man, Elvis Costello

3. Common People, William Shatner w/ Joe Jackson

THREE THINGS YOU WOULD WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP: (love is a given)

1. A partnership, in the truest sense of the word

2. A lot of laughter

3. A lot of passion

THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:

1. Someone who likes to laugh and does so, often

2. A genuine smile

3. Intelligence

THREE THINGS YOU CAN'T DO:

1. Surf

2. Speak a foreign language

3. Create my own web page, the way I want it

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:

1. Writing

2. Walking/Hiking

3. Traveling

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW:

1. Go home and snuggle in front of the t.v. under my electric blanket; with a pipe in one hand and a glass of red wine in the other.

2. Lose 30 lbs. Right now! Over night!

3. Win Super Lotto.

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING (besides your own):

1. Rock Star

2. Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist

3. Bar Owner

THREE PLACES YOU WOULD GO ON VACATION:

1. Santa Fe, NM

2. Colorado

3. Los Cabos, Mexico

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:

1. Swim (or surf) with Dolphins.

2. Visit all the places on earth I wish to see.

3. Fall in love with someone who loves me back.

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