Weekly Survey

[80sFan]

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing?
Browsing/playing online


2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend?
Laundry.


3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend?
I don't know if I should say this here, but my husband and I went to a nudist resort. It was so fun!


4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing?
Despite piano and flute lessons when I was younger, I don't play.


5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book?
This is tricky...I really like Gillian Flynn and Jodi Picoult. To pick a favorite book is too hard, though.


6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?
Pizza. Because cheese


7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything?
I have a red rose on my ankle that means "I was young and wanted to rebel, but not too much".
I also have a small tattoo on my pelvic area that's my husband's initial with mine. I designed it myself, so it's simple but I really like it.


8. What are your hobbies?
Besides reading? I love organizing and decorating the house. If cleaning was considered a hobby, that too. I'm a neat freak (and that's putting it mildly). Only exemption is, I let the kids keep their own rooms how that want.


9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example.
Butterflies. I'm ok with spiders, but any other insect freaks me out, butterflies included.


10. Describe your favorite outfit.
I don't have one favorite (all depends on time of year and occasion) but I do like to show off my legs. I walk a couple miles a day and I'm proud of how that makes my legs look. And I almost always wear heels (when I go out, not at the track lol). I'm a short lady.

 

[Riot87]

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing? Video games lol atleast my daughter is learning too

2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend? went to the groccery store

3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend? Had my bestie over

4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing? I can play the piano well and since i was a kid

5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book? Lol i don't really have any other favorite authors

6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why? Chinese food lol

7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything? I have my kids names in a heart on my arm that i just had done,and a dragon on my back

8. What are your hobbies? Playing with my kids, practicing Martial arts, writing poems, Video games with my husband and friends,reading

9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example. Water when i can't see the bottom

10. Describe your favorite outfit. Lol nothing that great just my walking Dead T shirt and jeans.

 

[Kurben]

1. Have you ever camped out in a tent? Describe.
Yes, didn't like it. No comfortable place for nightreading.
2. Can you swim? How did you learn?
Yes, mostly by myself. Loved to bath as a kid but hated swimming iinstructors and taking prizes for swimming so and so many meters.
3. Have you ever toured a famous person's home? Whose?
No, I have toured some castles but as castles, that is buildings, not for the persons that lived there
4. What SK character do you think would be enjoyable to chat with on the SKMB?
Beverly Marsh
5. If Stephen King were reading posts on this board incognito, what username do you think he'd choose?
Molly
6. What type of physical characteristics are you most attracted to? (i.e., dark or light hair, redhead, eye color, dark- or light-complexioned, etc.)
Search me but the girls i have been most attracted to have been having dark hair but i tend to look for more personal traits.
7. Did you ever pretend to be sick to get out of something like school, etc? Describe. (Thanks, pegasus216 , for this question!)
Yes, many times. I stayed away from school on that excuse or pretended to go there until i know my parents were away to work so i went home. Mostly because i was afraid to go to school.
8. If your dwelling were on fire, and you had time to grab one item (nonliving) before escaping, what would it be?
Don't know.... My ipad perhaps? there are books, music and a computer there.
9. Have you ever experienced a "life-changing" event? Tell us.
Yes it was on stage. Because of the bullying in school i was a very shy boy afraid of friendships. University changed that and the turning point was this play. I had written part of it and played a minor part and people liked it. To hear people actually laughing with you instead of at you is an enormous difference.
10. If you had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would you? Could you?
Yes, of course.

 

[mal]

1. What kind of shampoo do you use? Cheapest one.
2.What is your favorite food? The greases, butters, lards types.
3.What temperature do you keep your house? 68 in winter.
4. Do you have children? 1 stepchild (and 4 grandkids as a result).
5. Are you in a relationship? Yes.
6. What is your favorite Stephen King book/movie? (one only) Black House.
7. What is your favorite animal? Cats.
8. What detergent do you use? Tide.
9. Do you body wash or bar soap? Bar.
10. What is your favorite flavor of ice crème? Vanilla.

 

[Kurben]

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing?
Reading and speaking with you guys....

2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend?
Paying a bill

3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend?
Finishing Sarah Pinboroughs Mayhem

4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing?
No

5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book?
I'm very fond of Ursula K. Leguin. Her worlds are humane, complex and real in spite of all the aliens that inhibiyt them. Great writer. Richard Adams Watership Down is one of my favourite books of all time.

6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?
Boring but Planters dryroasted Cashewnuts win. They tasted so darn good. Cant find them in sweden anymore though.

7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything?
Nope. No tattoo and will not get one either.

8. What are your hobbies?
Reading about history, evolution, Paleontology. Also watching old movies.

9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example.
Don't think so. I love snakes and lizards. They are beautiful. When i was in the nevada desert i saw signs warning me for rattlers and i really hoped i would see one but that did not happen.

10. Describe your favorite outfit.
Jeans and t-shirt. Have never been a clothesperson.

 

[pegasus216]

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing?
Watching DVD's.


2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend?
Nothing that I can think of.


3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend?
Having all the family together for the combined birthday party.


4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing?
Don't play anything, but wish I knew how to play guitar.


5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book?
James Patterson, and the book is by him called Sam's Letters To Jennifer.


6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?
Tacos, cause they are delicious!


7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything?
None.


8. What are your hobbies?
Watching westerns, goofing around on the computer.


9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example.
No, not that I know of.


10. Describe your favorite outfit.
My night gowns.

 

[Alexandra M]

July 20-24: Weekly Survey

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing?
Baking

2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend?
Scrubbed the floors

3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend?
Went to the Farmer's Market

4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing?
No

5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book?
Perri O'Shaughnessy Motion to Suppress

6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?
Beef


7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything?
None

8. What are your hobbies?
I collect postcards and I like to take pictures to make cards. I like to sew too.

9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example.
No

10. Describe your favorite outfit.

Black dress and yellow sweater

 

[skimom2]

July 20-24: Weekly Survey

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing?
Internet surfing. Incredible waste of time, but so addictive.

2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend?
Laundry, I suppose. I don't really get bored, though--there's always something to think about

3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend?
Farmer's Market (not exciting, I know, but I really enjoy the food, music, and atmosphere )

4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing?
Nope

5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book?
Toughie. I like a lot of authors. John Irving or John Steinbeck, probably. Favorite non-SK book: Lonesome Dove

6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?
Pizza. Infinite variety is possible, and it wouldn't be difficult to fit most (if not all) dietary needs.

7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything?
Nope

8. What are your hobbies?
Reading, writing, movies, walking/hiking, gardening

9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example.
Cockroaches petrify me.

10. Describe your favorite outfit.
Depends on the season. Warm weather: shorts or a skirt and a t-shirt. Ancient Teva sandals or barefoot.Cold weather: sweats and my favorite soft grey sweater. Slippers. If I have to go out, exchange jeans for sweats and boots for slippers

 

[Spideyman]

July 20-24: Weekly Survey

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing? Watching TV


2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend? organizing papers to be filed.


3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend? Finished a good book.


4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing? Used to play piano eons ago.


5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book? So many


6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why? Pasta- so many varieties.


7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything? None.


8. What are your hobbies? crocheting, needlepoint, reading, gardening.


9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example. Scorpion


10. Describe your favorite outfit. Tee shirt and cut off sweats to shorts. Comfy time.

 

[Blake]

Weekly Survey, July 13, 2015
Weekly Survey, July 13, 2015.

1) Have you ever camped out in a tent? Describe.
Yes, last time out up at Mount Kaputar National Park. Many kangaroos come to smell what you’re cooking. Also, stupidly put my name down to escort some students on a Duke of Edinburgh camping trip a while back.

2) Can you swim? How did you learn to swim?
I learnt to swim as I had asthma as a child and my mother heard or read that the actor Clint Walker also had asthma as a child and he overcame it by swimming. So, I started learning to swim on cold mornings on a weekend.

3) Have you toured a famous person’s home? Whose?
Isaac Newton’s place at Woolsthorpe; Sherlock Holme’s place; the Sir Edward Hallstrom museum at Coonable; William Dobel’s place at Wangi; went to see the ‘Village’ near Porthmadog , in Wales, where they made the TV series ‘The Prisoner’ starring Patrick McGoohan.

4) What SK character do you think would be enjoyable to chat with on the SKMB?
Michael Corey Ryerson, cemetery groundsman of the cemeteries in Salem’s LOT. I’d liked to talked to Corey and ask him what it has been like living as a vampire since 1975.

5) If Stephen King were reading posts on this board incognito, what username do you think he’d choose?
Jon Mosely Canashdantrashness jnr the 9th.

6) What type of physical characteristics are you most attracted to? (ie, dark or light hair, redhead, eye color, dark or light complexion?)

A woman similar in appearance to my mum: brunette/black hair, white, Anglo-Celt. I watched Cape Fear(1961, and by the way they made a mistake in the Robert Mitchum Filmography, they didn’t list The Big Sleep, made in 1978, a movie set in England also starring Joan Collins, and Jimmy Stewart.) last night and I think the actress Barrie Chase is cute.

7) Did you pretend to be sick to get out of something like school, etc

Yes, sometimes I didn’t do study for a test or didn’t read the prescribe text in English because I was reading my own stuff and knew I would fail the exam.

8) I your dwelling were on fire, and you had to grab one item(non-living) before escaping, what would it be?
Photo albums, stuff like that.

9) Have you ever experienced a ‘life-changing’ event? Tell us.

I have had certain events in my life that at the time I thought were ‘epiphanies’. I am always conscious of not becoming what I hate in life. I try to think of , ‘ there but for the grace of God, go I’. It is hard though, you can be in the best of moods, and within five minutes of being around people, I can feel my blood pressure rise.


10) If you had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would you? Could you?

I believe that there is a slight truth in the idea of reincarnation. Obviously, you don’t come back exactly like a previous living person, but, if you share a similar genetic predisposition, and have shared a similar upbringing, and other factors, you might think like that person, act like that person, share interests like that person. I believe in predestination. Would I want to do it all again? Yes and No. Cut out the bad bits. Life’s too short.

 

[Blake]

July 20-24: Weekly Survey

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing? Sitting around in a pub.


2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend? cleaning out the car.


3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend? Read a short story


4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing? I can play the guitar a little bit.


5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book? Robert E Howard, John D MacDonald.
The Neon Jungle( has the best intro of a book I've ever read)


6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why? Beef and black bean sauce with Hokkien noodles.


7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything? None.


8. What are your hobbies? I use to make model airplanes. When I was a kid I had a stamp collection. I would say now the only thing similar would be buying and reading comics.


9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example. Rats.


10. Describe your favourite outfit. Jeans, a nice cotton shirt, comfortable running shoes.

 

[Dana Jean]

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing? sleeping


2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend? sleeping


3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend? sleeping


4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing? I have a red mandolin and I took lessons. I own a pink ukelele.


5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book? Ray Bradbury


6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why? pastas


7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything? None. I think tattoos can be beautiful, and I watch all the tattoo shows, but I would not have one.


8. What are your hobbies?Lots of things, depending on what the squirrel in me finds fun at the moment.


9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example. ?

10. Describe your favorite outfit. Jeans, t-shirt, simple shoes

 

[not_nadine]

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing?
Wondering what to do.


2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend? Laundry


3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend?
Talking/Pm's with board members.

4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing?
Took years of piano, always wanted to play guitar - hurt my fingers but I could read notes and pick it out. Could do a decent C E and G if I had to.

Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book?

James Clavell and as Kurben said - Richard Adams. Watership Down is fantastic. I only read that because SK mentioned it in The Stand - Stu read it.
Then I read "Traveller", The horse's point of view during the Civil War. So great.

6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?

Probably beef stew, of veg soup, it has it all.


7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything?

One, very small trying to be rebellious I could cover it with a fingertip

8. What are your hobbies?

I need to get one.

9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example. ?


Cotton balls. And crunchy snow. I can't .. I just cant.


10. Describe your favorite outfit.

Sweats, tee sneaks

Hells, no. I do that dress up thing at work.

 

[80sFan]

Not_nadine, I also can't stand cotton balls (hate opening a bottle of aspirin!) and crunchy snow goes right through me!

 

[CrimsonKingAH]

1) Have you ever camped out in a tent? Describe.
All the time.. love the outdoors!

2) Can you swim? How did you learn to swim?
Yes.. never remember not being able to. Daddy said he threw me in when I was a baby.. lol

3) Have you toured a famous person’s home? Whose?
Only the White House and Grace Land .. don't want to intrude on anyone who is living.. lol.. that is friggen rude.

4) What SK character do you think would be enjoyable to chat with on the SKMB?
Pennywise

5) If Stephen King were reading posts on this board incognito, what username do you think he’d choose?
Anyone he wants

6) What type of physical characteristics are you most attracted to? (ie, dark or light hair, redhead, eye color, dark or light complexion?)

A cute a$$ and eyes

7) Did you pretend to be sick to get out of something like school, etc
of course

8) I your dwelling were on fire, and you had to grab one item(non-living) before escaping, what would it be?
my jewerly box

9) Have you ever experienced a ‘life-changing’ event? Tell us.

I had kids


10) If you had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would you? Could you?

I would have even more fun.. life is too short to not do what you want, when you want.

 

[CrimsonKingAH]

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing?
computer


2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend?
housework

3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend?
family time with hubby, kids and critters

4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing?
not anymore

Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book?
Peter Straub , James Patterson , lots more

6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?
beef


7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything?
yes.. several .. they can be hidden if I wanted them hidden. and yes, they mean lots of things

8. What are your hobbies?
reading, swimming, fishing, riding, having fun

9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example. ?
just spiders and tornadoes .. not embarrassed tho


10. Describe your favorite outfit.
shorts, t shirt and flip flops

 

[paper_is_sweet]

(etiquette question: Am I supposed to answer the survey if I wrote the questions?)

 

[skimom2]

(etiquette question: Am I supposed to answer the survey if I wrote the questions?)

Sho nuff, buttercup

 

[paper_is_sweet]

1. What’s something you know you spend too much time doing?
Playing stupid games on my phone.

2. What was the most boring thing you did this past weekend?
Buying a new dishwasher

3. What was the most exciting thing you did this past weekend?
Finding a great new home for my late father-in-law's dog

4. Do you play an instrument? If so, what do you play and how long have you been playing?
I sing. And I'm teaching myself to play the piano.

5. Other than SK, who is your favorite author? And what your favorite non-SK book?
Kurt Vonnegut. And "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein

6. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?
Pie. I make excellent pie. And I think I could get around the food restriction by making pot pies, quiches, etc.

7. Tattoos? How many? Where are they? What are they? Do they “mean” anything?
5. A scorpion and roses on my left foot, a claddagh on my right hip, a lily on my lower back, and the phases of the moon tattooed across my shoulders (in two pieces)

8. What are your hobbies?
Reading, watching movies, singing and baking.

9. Are you afraid of anything embarrassing? Rabbits or daffodils, for example.
I'm scared of rabbits. And applesauce.

10. Describe your favorite outfit.
I would wear yoga pants and a tee shirt every day if I didn't think it would result in my being fired...

 

[not_nadine]

Applesauce

sorry.