Posts Tagged ‘survey’

Survey says . . .

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

What better way to waste a Saturday after a holiday than to create my own survey, then fill out said survey, then encourage all of you to steal said survey and fill it out yourselves?

Just pick the first word that you think of when you associate yourself with that category. Don't overthink it.

If I was a/an _____, I'd be ______

TV show: Scrubs
Song: True Colors, by Cyndi Lauper
Movie: Grosse Pointe Blank
Book: any Sherlock Holmes book
Fictional character: Ferris Bueller
City: Los Angeles
Verb: multitask
Color: red
Animal: monkey
Emotion: detachment
Article of clothing: belt
Flavor: sweet
Food: cheeseburger
Vice: gluttony
Plant: apple tree
Mythological animal: dragon
Letter: Z
Inanimate object: security camera
School Activity: yearbook
Positive attribute: strength
Negative attribute: needy

Now you go.

The answers to life

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Earlier this week, in an exhibition of complete and utter creative laziness, I asked for questions that I would answer. Some of you heard my cry for help and came running. And now I provide you with the fruits plucked as you enabled my inability to come up with anything to post on my own:

Bluepaintred asked: Did your blog theme change? How long has that weird white outline been here?

Blue, that's a change I was required to add to my blog for all Canadian visitors. English speaking Canadians see just a white border but the French speaking ones see a blank page that tells them to go eat cheese and drink wine.

Dave2 asked: What's the theme for next year's Halloween party?

Rabies. Or "The Horror of Papercuts!" We haven't decided yet.

Andria asked: When potty-training a boy, what do I teach him to do with his weenie? Do you shake it? Flick it? Dab it with toilet paper?! I'm so confused here. I don't want to screw him up. Also, is calling it a "weenie" potentially messing him up too?!

I usually just move my hips like a hula hoop. Sure, this might get a little splashback around the bathroom, but it's fun. And it's better to call it "horse cock" for self esteem issues.

Zoeyjane asked: If you had to pick a new blog wife because Britt had a torrid blog affair with Father Muskrat, whose hand would you take in blogtrimony?

This is an easy question. I would host a reality show called "The Great Avitable Blog Wife Showdown" and would pit fourteen BILFs against each other to compete for the title of my blog wife. In the end, the winner would be the one with the biggest tits readership.

Shauna asked: My left arm itches. Can you tell me why?

Shauna, when you spend half your day with your arm in a bull's ass, stimulating his prostate for semen collection, you should expect that you might get a little bit of a rash. I'd recommend using your right arm for a while.

Grant asked: Why does your template not remember my e-mail address from my home PC using Firefox when everyone else's is fine? 2nd question – why don't you get rid of that sodding twitter Follow me thingy that makes me scroll up and down so I can read the text it covers?

Maybe my template isn't saving cookies properly – I plan on doing a new template at some point in the near future. And what resolution do you have your damn computer set at to have that Twitter plugin affecting the screen real estate? I think you should get a bigger monitor.

Sheila asked: What would the world do without kind, compassionate, caring people like you?

Um, hello? I crotchpunch nuns and hate babies. You must have me confused with another Avitable.

Finn asked: What would you say is the most interesting thing about you?

I really don't know. I have good stories?

BE Earl asked: There is one picture on your sidebar that you could explain for me. It looks like something or other is on your chest and you may or may not have any arms. What is going on with that pic? It eludes me.

That's this picture. It's my Halloween costume from three years ago, when I was Steve Irwin with a stingray attached to my chest.

Howard asked: We all know the Mayan calendar is a circle so it's just going to start over not be the end of time, so what will be the downfall of planet Earth?

Ninjas.

Psychobabble asked: If you were turned into a lesbian by a magical unicorn, and the only other lesbians in the world were Rosie O'Donell and Ellen Degeneres, who would you make sweet love to? (Your hand is not an option)

Will the world really end in 2012? If so, will it be aliens, humans or nature that takes us out?

How many licks does it REALLY take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?

1. Totally Ellen. She's cute and funny. 2. See my answer above. 3. Ask Ellen.

Sybil asked: Where in the hell is my one black shirt; the v – neck sweater? I've looked and looked, and I cannot find it!

Your husband is wearing it under his clothes, along with one of your bras.

CP asked: When in a sexual relationship with a man, would you be the top or the bottom? And, would a reach around be involved at any point?

Can I be the side? And reacharounds are standard practice on the third date.

Sunny asked: Where's your favorite place to get lunch in town (let's say Altamonte over Maitland), and how do you feel about meeting random non-famous bloggers (outside of Halloween) who only know where you live because of a return address on a picture of a large box posted in a really cool Canadian chick's blog?

I'm a fan of Chili's or TGI Friday's and I am always up for a blogger meetup!

Sandi asked: If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live?

What would you pick for your last meal if you were on death row?

If you had your own tv talk show who would you pick to be your first guest and what would you like to ask them about?

1. Los Angeles. I loved it there.

2. Filet mignon, Oscar style, medium rare, mashed potatoes, chocolate lava cake.

3. I'd pick Weird Al Yankovic. The man is a genius.

Poppy asked: Why'd you change the orientation of your desk in your office?

I needed to make more room and get rid of an extra desk that was already in here. Plus, I needed to park my car in here.

Nadine asked: What do you believe happens after death?

I believe that zombies need to be shot in the head or chopped up into little bits if they're going to stay down.

Faiqa asked: When are you going to finally admit that you feel intellectually and, let's face it, generally inferior to me? I just want to know, so I can prepare myself in advance… humility doesn't come easy and I'm going to need a few days to practice.

But my superiority over you was the last thread keeping me from realizing that suicide is my only way out. Gee, thanks.

Laurie asked: Also, can we get an update on the state of your facial hair growth?

The beard is back!

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Hilly asked: What was your nickname in high school and why?
Also, what is the craziest thing you would do for a Klondike bar (in a world where "Klondike Bar" means "thing you want most in this world, like Michael J. Fox's semen or whatever")?

1. I didn't have a nickname in high school. I was just Adam back then. That was before I became the All Powerful Avitable in college and law school. That's right – have I mentioned that I went to law school?

2. Oh, for Michael J. Fox's semen? I'd sneak out of my second story apartment window and run across the rooftops and run away from an angry dog just so I could get a Diet Coke for my hot female neighbor. Wait, what?

Thanks to everyone who asked questions!

Memes are so 2007

Friday, May 1st, 2009

I've seen this many places, but I copied it from Faiqa. Time was, I'd fill these out with funny answers that were in no way real. However, I've decided it might be more interesting to be brutally honest. Or more boring. Whatever.

1. Did you date someone from your school senior year? Yes. I dated Katey Sellers.

2. Did you marry someone from your high school? No.

3. Did you carpool to school? I took the bus until my friends were old enough to drive, then I got rides until I was old enough to drive, a year later, and then I drove my own car.

4. What kind of car did you drive? 1984 Chrysler Fifth Avenue. It had a pink flamingo on the hood ornament.

5. What kind of car do you have now? 2004 Toyota Camry. Since I work at home, we only have one car. I plan on getting something new, though. I want either an Escalade or a Mercedes.

6. It's Friday night – where were you (in high school)? Usually at a movie with my girlfriend and then in the woods making out with her.

7. It is Friday night – where are you (now)? Watching the Thursday night TV that we recorded with Amy.

8. What kind of job did you have in high school? I worked as a telemarketer, as a bag boy, for a video store, tinted windows, babysat, mowed lawns, and did more telemarketing.

9. What kind of job do you do now? I am the CEO of a small company.

10. Were you a party animal? No. I didn't have touch alcohol stronger than a wine cooler until I started college.

11. Were you considered a flirt? Yes. And a pervert. And an attention whore.

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? No. I'm completely tone deaf.

13. Were you a nerd? I prefer "geek." Yes, I was a geek in high school, but I was also a varsity athlete.

14. Did you get suspended or expelled? Only when I told teachers to go fuck themselves, which happened on two separate occasions.

15. Can you sing the fight song? I don't believe in school spirit. It's infantile and ridiculous.

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? Mrs. Graham, our senior English teacher. And Mr. Crile, our junior and senior History teacher. And Mrs. Swanson our smoking hot junior chemistry teacher.

17. Where did you sit during lunch? The first two years, I usually ate lunch in front of a computer, where we were playing Leisure Suit Larry. The latter two years, we would go out for lunch almost every day to one of the dozen or so restaurants around the school.

18. What was your school's full name? Spruce Creek High School

19. When did you graduate? 1994

20. What was your school mascot? The Hawk

21. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Sure. I had a blast in high school. It was a piece of cake, I made some friends that I'll have forever, and I knew that school like the back of my hand.

22. Did you have fun at Prom? I went to several of them, but yeah. The prom itself sucked, but the parties afterward were fun.

23. Do you still talk to your prom date? I talk to one of them. She's one of my best friends.

24. Who was your best friend? Sabrina.

25. What did you want to be when you grew up? An attorney.

26. Any regrets? I should have talked to Faiqa more.

27. Biggest fashion mistake? I rolled my sleeves up and literally stapled them to my arms. I was a walking fashion mistake.

28. Favorite fashion trend? See above.

29. Are you going to your next reunion? No. Since I was in International Baccalaureate, I had all of my classes with a select group of people, and those people I've seen recently. The rest of my class is comprised of people that I don't know and have no interest in seeing.

30. Who did you have a secret crush on? I crushed on several people. One of them is Faiqa's best friend, Lisa.

31. Did you go on spring break? I lived in the spring break capital of the world at the time. So yes.

Mindless blather

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Mindless Saturday meme I got from Maria. Be prepared to be bored to absolute death:

What is your favorite quotable line from a movie?
I don't have one. Instead, I like to quote anything from my favorite movies: Happy Gilmore, Spaceballs, and Airplane!

Who is the most famous person you’ve talked to?
I'm famous on the innernets, doesn't that count? No? Well, let's see. I almost hit Queen Latifah, but didn't talk to her, unless you consider me yelling "Get the fuck out of my way, moron!" to be talking. I raced William H. Macy, but we mainly just made hand signals. I stood behind RuPaul in line at the movies and he said "Excuse me" as he walked past us with his popcorn and drink, and then I said "Excuse me" to Ethan Suplee at the same movie when he was with his mom, but we didn't actually talk. Hmm. As far as talking, it's probably a tie between George Clinton, Mark Hamill, or Warren Ellis.

How many bags/boxes of potato chips are consumed at your house per month?
In the 10 years since I graduated from college, I don't think we've ever had a single bag of potato chips at any of the places we lived. I'm just not a chip fan.

What foreign food dish do you prepare from scratch and serve?
An old Ancient Greek dish called Hamburgers and Hot Dogs.

What is your favorite section of the supermarket?
The cookie aisle. I want to try them all! Oh, and the bakery, because of the birthday cakes.

What was your high school team’s mascot and what were the school colors?
We were the Hawks and we had orange and black. Even on the swim team, our speedos were orange and black.

Everyone dead yet?

No vlog for you!

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

I really had a vlog planned for today, but I had forgotten that I promised Tracy I'd do Grant's meme by Saturday, which will net her five clams! So here goes . . .

1. Describe yourself without the use of any vowels (treat “y” as a vowel).

Sm4rt3r th4n 3W3!

2. Write a short paragraph about a truly horrifying encounter you once had using the word “sippy-cup”.

My father beat my mother to death using a sippy-cup that had a picture of Goofy and Pluto on it. To this day, if I see those two Disney characters, I hear "I'll juice you, woman!" in my head and faint.

3. Which of the following is the worst baby name: Monkey Winkle, Fetus Cheese, or Swaberpoo Deliciousness? Discuss.

Monkey Winkle if it's a boy. Feivel Fuckpants if it's a girl. No discussion needed.

4. Complete the following word association: cookie, ladder, penis, regret…

Tranny

5. You move your weasel to sun level three. Your opponent counters with whimsy to caveworm seven. What is the best counter move?

Roll your 20-sided dice and hope for a 16.


Anyone else want to take a crack at it? Don't forget to come back tomorrow for a new Lazy Sunday contest and nifty prize!

Misc Mon

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

FIRST:

Don't forget to go, before midnight EST tonight, and enter my contest for a chance to win an iPod Shuffle! Even if you've been certified as mentally retarded, you still have a chance at getting at least one guess correct. Don't you want to be a winner?

SECOND:

If you want to be part of the blogroll and would like to choose the nifty little Ubernym that will accompany your name if I ever use your name in a post, now's your chance to let me know.

THIRD:

Britt, Hilly, and Karen started a little feel-good movement called "The RAP Sheet", which is, as they explain:

Whether it’s about slow drivers, unruly children, or spouses who can’t seem to pick up their own underwear, the blogosphere is constantly atwitter with our gripes. And while we would in no way suggest you stop bitching, once in a while it’s nice to stop and remember some of those people who makes us forget about the dirty underwear.

It is because of those people that we decided to launch The RAP Sheet.

Out here in Blogaritaville, there are some Ridiculously Awesome People. People who touch us, who make us laugh, who make us want to reward them with a cutesy graphic. Those are the people we add to The RAP Sheet.

They're encouraging people to pass this on. And while I'd usually find the Retardedly Asinine People or the Really Assholish People or the Raucously Average People, I decided to be nice and see if I knew any Ridiculously Awesome People.

My first thought was myself. And on first blush, it worked. But the more I thought about it, I couldn't talk about myself. Because while I'm totally, absolutely, undefinably, indubitably, incalculably, permanently, ostensibly, fantastically, deeply, currently, inflammably, significantly, positively, demonstrably, really, really awesome, I'm not ridiculously awesome. And that's what The RAP Sheet is all about.

So, instead, my contribution to The RAP Sheet is AmyD from Amy's Musings.

She's a great friend, smart and sarcastic, and can laugh at anything. If that doesn't define ridiculously awesome, I don't know what does. Plus, she's raised two really bright, funny kids and one small Tasmanian Devil disguised as a child. And she helped me with all of the design aspects of this ridiculously awesome blog I have!

I :heartbeat: :heartbeat: AmyD. And so should you!

Who's on your RAP Sheet?


FOURTH:

Finally, for my real post today. I thought I'd start a little interview meme for everyone to try if they need blog fodder. We'll call it "Avitable's Querypalooza".

Just answer these five questions on your blog, and then come up with five new ones for your readers to answer on their respective blogs, etc. And link back to here. Bluepaintred, this totally counts, by the way.

1. Out of all of the posts you've written, which is your favorite and why?

2. Out of all of the posts I've written that you've read, which is your favorite and why?

3. Which do you find the most frightening and why? A radically fundamentalist Christian, a moderate Muslim, a pretentious atheist, or a Scientologist?

4. Rather than discuss the typical characteristics of someone you'd desire (sense of humor, good body, etc.), I'm going to focus on the little details. Rank them in order of preference, with #7 being the one you consider more important than the others and #1 being the one you consider the least important:
1. Good fashion sense,
2. Ability to dance well,
3. Encyclopedic knowledge,
4. Odorless feet,
5. Quick-wittedness,
6. Even tempered nature, and
7. Likes the same music, movies, and/or television

5. If you were going to be trapped on a remote island for the rest of your life with one other person, which would you choose and why?
A. Your spouse or s.o.
B. Your celebrity crush
C. Your best friend
D. MacGyver
E. One of your parents or children

If you decide to do Avitable's Querypalooza, just let me know so I can laud you with praise, comments, and semen.

Happy Monday!