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From the livejournal of onthecontrary:



answer these questions in the comments to this post; repost the blank questionnaire in your own lj. If you are so inclined, of course.


o name:
o age:
o where on earth do you live:
o reason behind your LJ username:
o five things you want to do/accomplish before you die:
o what makes you happy:
o what have you been listening to lately:
o do you enjoy reading my LJ:
o if so, why:
o interesting fact about you:
o are you in love at the moment:
o favourite destination:
o favourite quote:
o will you post this in your LJ:

RECOMMEND:

o a movie:
o a book:
o a musical artist, song, or album:
o your favourite LJ user:
o favourite community:


And from the livejournal of penelope_z:

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[bowdlerized.livejournal.com]

o name: Bow, around these parts.
o age: 22 and 5/6
o where on earth do you live: New York!
o reason behind your LJ username: it was pretty random. pentimento was taken.
o five things you want to do/accomplish before you die:
1-publish a novel
2-and a book of poems
3-visit California
4-get married
5-have enough money that I don't have to worry about not having enough money.
o what makes you happy: Jane Eyre. musical theatre. dessert. good secrets. discovering that I am loved. early fall.
o what have you been listening to lately: Hem, Luna, and the Magnetic Fields.
o do you enjoy reading my LJ: so much!
o if so, why: you are just so fucking interesting!
o interesting fact about you: I don't drink soda. I've never even had a full can. I don't like it, and the carbonation hurts my throat.
o are you in love at the moment: with a city.
o favourite destination: Haworth <3333333 and oh man, I am going back in May!
o favourite quote:
(1) "The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks." -Tennessee Williams
(2) "I can never get people to understand that poetry is the expression of excited passion, and that there is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?" - Lord Byron (This is where I got my website title from.)
o will you post this in your LJ: odds are 50/50.

RECOMMEND:

o a movie: You Can Count on Me
o a book: Have you read Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow? You probably have. It is fab, though.
o a musical artist, song, or album: I just gave you all my good music! :P My two newest obsessions are Hem and Luna.
o your favourite LJ user: well, limiting it to people you don't seem to know, I say lolaraincoat.
o favourite community: I don't generally enjoy LJ communities...so I have to go with the_obscura. ;)

[alkaloid.livejournal.com]

o name: ree
o age: 30
o where on earth do you live: The continent formerly known as Avalonia.
o reason behind your LJ username: It was on an herbal tea bag tag.
o five things you want to do/accomplish before you die: make a piece of art I still like one year later, lower my cholesterol, have a hourse with a yard, raise a happy healthy child, learn another language (currently torn between Spanish and Russian).
o what makes you happy: beautiful days.
o what have you been listening to lately: Interpol.
o do you enjoy reading my LJ: yes!
o if so, why: your writing makes me smile.
o interesting fact about you: some of the lines on the palm of my left hand form a five-pointed star.
o are you in love at the moment: yes.
o favourite destination: the horizon at night.
o favourite quote: I am seriously not a quotey person.
o will you post this in your LJ: probably not.

RECOMMEND:

o a movie: General Idi Amin Dada
o a book: The Interaction of Color, Josef Albers
o a musical artist, song, or album: My Bloody Valentine
o your favourite LJ user: well, I don't like this question per se, and I'm not going to ever name my favorite, but I do think you'd like gjules. So it's still a recommendation. ;)
o favourite community: ticklingdragons omg.

*takes deep breath*

[penelope-z.livejournal.com]

o name: Penelope
o age: 26
o where on earth do you live: South of London
o reason behind your LJ username: RL name. The Z is a joke. One of the best known authors in Greece was Penelope Delta. Z is the next consonant after Delta in the Greek alphabet.
o five things you want to do/accomplish before you die:
Travel with the Transiberian all the way to China
Walk on the Inca trail up to Machu Picchu
Move to Berlin
Get one of the books I've translated finally published
Possibly learn to cook

o what makes you happy: coffee and a cigarette on a Saturday morning, second-hand book stores, travelling alone, yoghurt and honey, going swimming very early in the morning in an empty beach
o what have you been listening to lately: 22 Pistepirkko, a Finnish band I used to like years ago
o do you enjoy reading my LJ: of course!
o if so, why: cause I missed you!
o interesting fact about you: I've tried to learn, and in most occassions failed horribly, nine different languages
o are you in love at the moment: no
o favourite destination: Eastern Europe currently
o favourite quote: meeble, I have to get back to you on that. I'm not too keen on quotes.
o will you post this in your LJ: noooo...

RECOMMEND:

o a movie: Yol (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084934/)
o a book: What I'm currently re-reading, The Castle by Ismail Kadare
o a musical artist, song, or album: Louise Attaque, first two albums
o your favourite LJ user:emungere currently
o favourite community:ship_manifesto I can't believe how I addicted I got to reading all those endless pairing essays.