My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!"
- Horatio G. Spafford, It Is Well With My Soul
1. when you wear socks, which one do you usually put on first and what is your dominant hand?
2. choose your jack: shephard OR bauer
3. why is texas the best state in the union?
4. would you rather eat dinner with: tim robbins OR sean penn and why?
5. chocolate chips OR chocolate chunks?
6. thunder OR lightning?
7. what's the best name for a dog you've ever heard or have come up with? (if it's a dog you actually know/knew, what kind of dog was it?)
8. forced to watch one on tv, which do you pick: soccer OR golf?
9. which is more impressive: average GPA from a "respected" school OR high GPA from a "nowhere" school?
10. who legitimately flops more: manu ginobili OR the entire duke team?
11. what's your biggest phobia (thing you irrationally overreact to)?
12. what would your spy codename be (in theory, of course!)?
13. untie your tennis shoes OR just slip them on/off?
14. preferred candy: chocolate OR hard
15. what are the 3 "ugliest" places you've ever visited (scenery-wise)?
16. would you rather watch paint dry OR grass grow?
17. what ONE piece of advice would you give your 13-year-old self if you could go back in time?
18. what sport do you have more skill/talent in than any other?
19. more uppity: the french OR apple users?
thanks for playing. and yes, i stopped at 19 because i figured it might bother some people.
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1. Right one first; Right is my dominant hand
2. Shepherd
3. Because Texas is the best (I can't escape circular reasoning when trying to explain to people why Texas is so awesome)
4. Mm... Sean Penn. Has a cooler name
5. Chips. (Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream)
6. Lightning. Thunder is just annoying
7. Buddy!
8. Ew. Soccer
9. Avg GPA from a "respected" school
10. Don't watch basketball
11. Bugs
12. Chatterbox :)
13. Slip on and off
14. Hard
15. Hmm...haven't been too many places... Dallas, TX?
16. Paint dry
17. In 5 years you aren't going to remember or care how you did in school or what you wore. And neither will anyone else!
18. Volleyball
19. DEFINITELY Apple users :)
1. Right. I am right handed. However I think I am somewhat left dominant.
2. Bauer? Although I don't watch either.
3. psh. I love everything about Texas. Let's see: Sunshine. Humidity. Buc-ee's. Tex-Mex. "The stars at night." Southern hospitality. Home. BFND. Bluebonnets. The Lone Star. Etc etc.
4. Tim Robbins. Although, I don't really have a strong feeling either way to either one.
5. Both. duh. but I suppose I would stick with the chip if someone was forcing me to make a decision.
6. Neither. Thunderstorms are the worst thing ever. Although, I did sit outside and watch a lightening storm last year... but that's another story entirely
7. I once named my German Shephard Six. I was six years old and thought a lot of myself apparently. It's pretty unique, therefore, the best I can come up with.
8. Soccer. definitely.
9. High GPA from a joke school. Trust me. Telling people my GPA from a hard school still makes me look dumb. People can't relate difficulty in their mind. They like numbers/concrete information.
10. Literally? Ginobli tends to "flop" more. Figuratively? Duke. But then again, I don't really follow basketball. And I am still a Ginobli fan (don't fret, DG).
11. SNAKES! although, there is NOTHING irrational about it.
12. I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you ;)
13. Slip them off.
14. Chocolate. Specifically, dark chocolate.
15. The area around Hobby airport and your school. Shawnee, Oklahoma. Lousiana swamps.
16. Grass grow. It seems less toxic to your health. and least you could be outside. in a hammock.
17. "Calm the stink down! there is plenty of time to stress later in life ;)!"
18. No sports whatsoever. But you probably already knew that! ;)
19. excuse me, definitely the French. Apple. Is. Awesome.
ps: sorry I felt the need to elaborate on most of my answers! I'm sure you found it enjoyable though, so it's cool!
1. Left and right.
2. Bauer because Shepherd is a wuss.
3. The land.
4. Tim Robbins because I don't think Sean Penn would like me very much.
5. Chocolate chips
6. Lightning when its locked in the clouds
7. Hmm. If I get dogs someday, I want to name one Faulkner and another Myshkin.
8. Soccer probably. Unless it's a close game of golf on the last two or three holes. And Tiger Woods probably has to be playing for me to be interested.
9. High GPA from a nowhere school. I don't get the sense that there's a great deal of difference in difficulty from one school to the next. In big-wig universities, the difference is in the kind of people they admit, and not really in work load. I'm convinced I could go to Harvard and make an average GPA (probably above average, if I'm allowed to choose my major). But I'll never be able to go to Harvard for about 1000 different reasons.
10. No flop is legitimate. And Manu.
11. Probably big crowds when I'm required to be social.
12. A-Rob.
13. After I break them in, I just slip them on/off.
14. Chocolate
15. Dallas, all of Kansas, and Baltimore
16. Paint dry, assuming it's inside
17. I'd probably tell myself to not be intimidated by Summer Wayhan when I meet her two years down the line.
18. Football.
19. Probably the French. I would say Apple users, but PC zealots are just as bad (they are most often gamers).
Andrew and Marie,
You guys are breaking my heart with those Manu comments!
Also, why is everyone hating on Dallas? It looks just like Houston but with hills! Hills, people, HILLS!!!
Also, why is everyone hating on Dallas? It looks just like Houston but with hills! Hills, people, HILLS!!!
If you mean highways that dip and incline every now and again, then yes, Dallas has hills.
Andrew,
Clearly, you HAVE NOT experienced Dallas. Or at least my little corner of it. Come visit me so I can prove you wrong :)
Maybe I'll to the rest of this survey when it's not past my bedtime, but I have to comment that as a faithful Spurs fan, I still think Manu Ginobili is flopper (in basketball) whose last name is not Varejao.
1. The left one, but I am right handed. weird
2. Shephard. I have never been introduced to Bauer.
3. Because of UT.
4. Tim Robbins because I think there would be less of a chance that he would punch someone or throw something. And I would want to talk about the weirdness that was Hudsucker Proxy.
5. definitely chunks.
6. lightening because it doesn't wake you up.
7. Shiner... my sister's Great Dane
8. soccer. At least the guys are hot.
9. average GPA from a respected school.
10. who cares
11. mayonnaise
12. bright eyes
13. slip off
14. chocolate please
15. Del Rio, Tx; Houston, TX and... don't know
16. grass grow. at least you would be outside.
17. there will plenty of time for boys. just enjoy your friends and let the rest go.
18. volleyball
19. apple users
Hm, I think I'll do this survey now.
1. I don't wear socks, because I don't wear shoes. Moot point.
2. Jack Sparrow?
3. I believe you mean "best republic in the universe"
4. No idea
5. chocolate syrup
6. Thunder is beastly. Especially when you're outside. In the rain.
7. Pup (my cousins called their dog that)--I want to say it was a hunting dog of some sort.
8. Soccer. And I wouldn't have to be forced.
9. GPA is pointless everywhere.
10. Not even worth asking. Manu Ginobili.
11. Emotions. just kidding, I do actually maybe have some kind of heart.
12. Roman Numeral Three is kind of long. And Three just sounds weird. So maybe Frank?
13. Depends on the shoes, and the occasion.
14. non-chocolate
15. Louisiana, Galveston, and central Mexico (like, the part where it's just flat desert for a LONG, LONG time)
16. I think either one might possibly drive me crazy. But grass is better to lie in.
17. Learn latin. ASAP
18. The ones where height and long arms and a total disregard for the condition of my body are helpful.
19. Longhorns. Oh, and SEC fans
20. Yes, I totally ignored the rules of this quiz. But then again, you saw that coming.

1. I'm not totally sure since I rarely wear them, but I think I put them on my right foot first... with my dominant right hand, of course.
2. Bauer, I guess. But only because I've never seen Lost.
3. Too many reasons to list. For starters, it has bluebonnets, Buc-ee's, Tex-Mex, my family, the Spurs, Tex-Mex and glorious Texas SUNSHINE... and did I mention Tex-Mex?
4. Tim Robbins. One word = Shawshank.
5. BOTH! But chocolate chips if I have to choose.
6. Thunder.
7. I'm gonna have to beat Molly (or whoever else) to the chase and say TJ...aka Thunder Jet/Thomas Jefferson. I have no idea what kind of dog it is, but I'm picturing a big mutt.
8. Soccer.
9. Average GPA from a "respected" school.
10. I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU PUT THIS ON HERE! Rude. The entire duke basketball team, obviously. All their athletic teams are sketchy (men's lacrosse ringing any bells?!).
11. Cockroaches.
12. Ginger.
13. I slip them off, but I always have to untie and retie them when I put them back on.
14. Chocolate.
15. Rural (as in almost anywhere), Louisiana. Galveston, Texas. Nairobi, Kenya.
16. Paint dry...seems like it'd be faster.
17. This is a tough one. I'd probably say something like this: "Spend less time playing/practicing sports and more time with the Lord".
18. I'd like to think basketball, but I know it's discus.
19. French Apple users. They're the worst.
20. and yes, i stopped at 19 because i figured it might bother some people... I'm taking that as a personal attack ;)