Dan's Survey

Dan took a survey on his blog, and I like blogging my surveys, so I'm taking the one he took and posting my answers here. So here goes:

1. Name: Catherine Cates Jackson
2. Nicknames: Cat
3. Sex: female
4. Birthday: May 24th, 1978
5. Age: do the math.
6. Sign: Gemini
7. Place of birth: Frankfurt am Main, HES, DE
8. Current residence: Marysville, WA, US
9. Hair color: dyed brown.
10. Hair length: long.
11. Eye color: grey.
12. Height: 5'8"
13. Writing hand: left is preferred, both are capable.

Body ills & skills
14. Do you bite your nails: sometimes.
15. Can you roll your tongue: who can't?
16. Can you raise one eyebrow at a time: Only by accident.
17. Can you blow smoke rings: nope.
18. Can you blow spit bubbles: ew...yes.
19. Can you cross your eyes: ha...I can even cross them one at a time.
20. Colored hair: many times and many colors.
21. Tattoos and where: 1 that counts, on my wrist.
22. Piercings and where: 9 in my ears.
23. Do you make your bed daily: of course! oh wait, I mean of course NOT.
25. Which shoe goes on first: I really don't know.
26. Speaking of shoes, have you thrown one at someone: Probably at some point.
27. How much money is usually in your wallet: About $5.00.
28. What jewelry do you wear 24/7: 9 earrings, a toe ring and a necklace, though right now the clasp of the necklace is broken so I haven't actually worn it lately. My watch and wedding ring I wear about 16/7.
30. Whats sexiest on a girl/guy: I agree with Dan - intelligence is a must.
31. Would you rather be on time and look ok or late and look great: I always try to make myself look somewhat more human than troll when given the time, but being on time is still more important.
32. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it: twirl.
33. What utensils do you use eating pizza: my hands.
34. Do you cook: I'm actually not bad, but Brett cooks more often.

Grooming
35. How often do you brush your teeth: one to three times a day, depending on what I've eaten and where I'm going.
36. How often do you shower/bathe: actually...um...only a couple of times a week usually.
37. How long do these showers last: 10-20 minutes.
38. Hair drying method: usually I let it air dry, but if I have a half an hour to kill I'll blow it dry.
39. Do you paint your nails: sometimes.
40. Do you swear: no, I find profanity crass.
41. Do you mumble to yourself: all the time.
42. Do you spit in public: that's fucking gross.
43. Do you pee in the shower: only on camera, and it costs extra.
44. In the cd player: no.
45. Person you talk most on the phone with: strangers.
46. What color is your bedroom: cream.
47. Do you use an alarm clock: unfortunately, yes.
48. Name one thing or person you're obsessed with?: my camera. oh! I mean Brett.
300. Have you ever skinny dipped with the opposite sex: yep.
50. Ever sunbathed in the nude: only partially nude (top off).
51. Window seat or aisle: window on a short flight, aisle on a long (I hate squishing past people to go pee).
52. Whats your sleeping position: I'm pro-sleeping.
53. What kind of bed do you like: the kind that isn't made of hay or exposed springs.
54. In hot weather do you use a blanket: at least a sheet.
55. Do you snore: sometimes.
56. Do you sleepwalk: no.
57. Do you talk in your sleep: I don't know, actually.
58. How about the light on: dim nightlights are fine, but bright lights keep me awake unless I'm sick, and then nothing usually keeps me awake.
59. Do you fall asleep with the tv or radio on: not on purpose.

Last time you
60. Had sex: I'm married - I have sex ALL THE TIME, just like other married people.
61. Were kissed or kissed someone: a few hours ago.
62. Watched bambi: years and years ago. that movie is garbage.
63. Cried: last friday when I watched that episode of Buffy where she sacrifices her life for Dawn's. "It's Summers blood..." gets me every time.
64. Talked on the phone: this afternoon, to my mama.
65. Read a book: about a month ago.
67. Punched someone: "for reals" - probably not since I was a kid. teasingly - last night when Brett kept tickling me.
68. Where do you see yourself ten years from now: I don't know, but hopefully I'll be SAHMing for 3 kids and working part time.
69. Who are you gonna be married to and where: I predict that I will marry Brett Jackson at Bastyr in December of 2000.
70. How many kids do you want to have: 3
71. Your profession: cog in the machine. oh wait, no...management-level cog in the machine.
72. Future school: whichever schools have classes I want to (and can) take.
73. Who is/are your best friend(s): Brett.
74. What friend do you hang out with the most: Brett.
75. What friend makes you smile the most: Brett.
76. Friend that you fight with the most: probably Brett, but not really that often.
77. One you talk to the most online: Brett.
78. Friend that you miss the most: they rotate pretty evenly.

Relationships
80. Do you currently have a boyfriend/girlfriend: no.
81. Do you want a boyfriend/girlfriend: nope.
82. Why or, why not: because I'm married.
83. Have you ever cheated on anyone: nope.
84. Has anyone ever cheated on you: yep.
86. Have you ever told someone you loved them without meaning it: not anyone who would've thought I actually meant it.
87. Do you have a crush on anyone: of course.
88. Does this person know you like him/her: I tell him every day, so probably. :)
89. How long have you liked this person: since the first time I saw him, green hair and all.

This or that
90. Vanilla or chocolate: depends on my mood.
91. Sunrise or sunset: sunrise.
92. Apples or oranges: oranges.
93. Silk or cotton: cotton.
94. Math or Science: both.
95. Pink or yellow: pink.
96. Hot or cold: what's one without the other?
97. Pen or pencil: both.
98. Beach or lake: beach.
99. Bacon bits or croutons: croutons!
100. Poor but happy or rich but sad: happy and rich.

HAVE YOU EVER...
Dated one of your best friends? yep.
Loved somebody so much it makes you cry? yep.
Drank alcohol? yep.
Done drugs? yep.
Broken the law? yep.
Broken a bone? only my Scott toe (so named because Scott helped me break it).
cheated on a test? yep.
Skinny dipped? uh...yep.
Played Truth Or Dare? yep, but "I never" is much more fun.
Flashed someone? yes.
Mooned Someone? uh-huh.
Kissed someone you didn't know? not the kind of kiss that counts.
Been on a talk show/Game show? no.
Been in a fight? not an actual wrestley-type fight since childhood.
Ridden in a fire truck? nope.
Been on a plane? uh, yeah.
Come close to dying? yep.
Gave someone a piggy back/shoulder ride? ja.
Eaten a worm/mud pie? ew! no.
Kissed Someone? NEVER! oh wait, no...I've never felt up a dead hooker, but I've definitely kissed someone. Sorry, I was confused.
Swam in the ocean? yes.
Had a nightmare/dream that made you wake up? si.

Can someone make one of these that is a little more obscure, so it won't have as many "yes" answers? Anyway, it's almost 10pm so I'm going to bed.

Woohoo!

It's me, it's me! I'm posting! We've been very busy with our normal jobs AND with other projects over the past couple of months, but I think we're both starting to adjust to it a little now. It's not that the things themselves are getting easier or less time-consuming, but we've been starting to be more productive again with our free time, which is good. For the last two months I've basically been doing one of three things at all times: eating, sleeping, or working. Actually, there has been a small amount of non-working, eating or sleeping time in there (and a few bits of shower time here and there as well) but mostly my non-working time has been spent in a pretty couch-potatoish state zombied out in front of le tube. I've made some updates to my site though, and put up THREE new slideshows in the section now called "photographs." I added some slideshows to 3-D too, and deleted the temporary creations section because those pretty much qualify as 2-D or 3-D, and since I don't take pictures of most of the stuff I make anyway, I might as well just squish down the categories. I do feel like "photographs" seems a little dumb for a title when a lot of the stuff in the other categories (at least in 3-D) was photographed as well, but the "photographs" images are actually only photographs I've taken for the sake of taking photos, rather than photographs taken only to show something else I've made. You probably really didn't need me to get into that, but I just did, so I'm not erasing it because it was a lot to write, and maybe someone out there was helped by the explanation. :) So. the three new photograph slideshows are 1) pictures from our Chinese New Year party (finally!) 2) pictures from the duck pond at my work, and 3) pictures from our yard, because it's spring and things are all bloomy and pretty outside. I do touch up my photos normally (that's what photoshop is for, right?) to try and compensate for images that are too dark, too light, too blurry, etc, but the duck pond and yard photos are not touched up AT ALL. No contrast, no brightness, no saturation, NOTHING. Thank you, nature, and thank you, Nikon...I am so impressed with the way they turned out. :)