And, for the sheer hell of it...

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ANGER
1. Who did you last get angry with? Honestly angry? ...Either Adam or myself... It's been a little while.
2. What is your weapon of choice? Biting sarcasm, a long memory, and a large vocabulary. I know better than to get into physical fights.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? ~nods~ And have. Never really availed me much.
4. How about of the same sex? ~nods again~ If necessary. Chicks are easier to wordwhip, though, so it's never been necessary.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? (as the Catgirl said:) honestly dont remember. its been a while since someone was livid with me to my face. (Again, though, probably Adam, and probably over something passing.)
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? ~snort~ Long memory. It may be over, and I may not mention it, but the memory of it's there. Probably one of the things I'll do time for in the afterlife.

SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time? ~wince~ Dishes. and make the bed...
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? Never been one to miss the early day. Probably noon or 14:00.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't: any of our Pack.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? ...I seem to recall that there *was* one, i just don't remember what it was.
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones...)? Not in the past five years.
6. When was the last time you got a good workout in? ~laughs~ This minute, laughing my ass off at that question.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? ~snort~ Actually beat the thing this morning. In general, though, I reset it at least once.

GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? ... ... Mocha milkshakes from the DQ classify?
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat? Any, as long as it's well and truly cooked.
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event? ~barks laughter~ Me? Maybe a whole Diablo to myself. Or the amount of Jameson's in Durty Nelly's' Irish Bread Pudding. Alcohol and the windspirit don't mix well.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? ~shakes head~ Nope. Refer back to SLOTH.
5. Do you have an issue with your weight? Not a fair question at the moment; ask back in a month or three.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? salty, then tangy.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH?" Em...no...though I do periodically look at random folk (husband, former classmates, etc.) and want to bite them, just for the sensation of teeth-on-flesh.

LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? ....husband classifies as family...husband's father, too ~wince!~... maybe 1.5? Partial nudity, twice?
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family? ...well the better part of my class in college, in pieces...otherwise? 2.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? mmmhmm.
4. Have you "done it"? ~nods~ Obviously.
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? ...varies person to person. Sometimes hands, sometimes eyes, sometimes smile... I enjoy the human form in general, honestly.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? HmmNO.
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? ~wry look~ Pregnancy, yes; twice. STD? No--some hack at an ER just diagnosed me with PID for kicks; it turned out to be food poisoning.

GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own? ATM card count?
2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Any random book store, Hobby Lobby, the New Moon when I can get there/afford anything...
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? House w/ land, big enough for at least six, and taxes on that for the first year. If there's any left? College fund for the Little One.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Rich.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? Long enough to get solvent enough to tell the world to fuck off for a few years so I could do something interesting.
6. Have you ever stolen anything? ...don't think so...
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? ~snort~ borrowed harddrive. otherwise, I'd probably have been one of the first ones the record companies sued.

PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of? Petty pride: Satirised an ex-beau and ruined his chances of dating a hometown girl. Whole pride: Kept the ends meeting this past year.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? Petty pride: Valedictorian in High School; Whole Pride: Kept the ends meeting this past year.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? Comfort.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? Depends on how the first place winner got there. They deserve it? I can deal. They con it? I want blood.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? Not that I remember.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? see previous.
7. What did you do today that you're proud of? ...got off my ass long enough for a couple of errands?

ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? ...not an item or a person; it's knowledge I covet from my friends, and siphon off them at every small chance.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? I would trust mein Katzchen to decorate my space, or the SC pack, but i don't know if they'd feel comfy enough to reciprocate.
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? ...~quirk? considers~ I don't think I would.
4. Have you ever been cheated on? ... not to my knowledge... Been the mistress? at least twice. Nice track record, eh?
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? ~nods~
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? grace.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? bits of it. shows imagination and tenacity.

8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? Lust...then sloth. They make a nice comfy combination.


FAITH
1. What religion do you follow? ~raises eyebrows and snickers~ Organised religion? I'd have to stop looking for holes in them long enough...
2. What religion were you raised as? Christian, Southern Baptist.
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? ... don't quite know. Forgiveness is of love, which makes it a worthy ideal in my book; also makes life a bit easier to live, if you can wipe past wrongs off your memory... But honestly, how often can any human do it?
4. Do you believe in magic? yes.
5. What was the last promise you broke? ~closes eyes~ probably something simple and small, to Adam. I know it was recent.
6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it? ...Not recently.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? not entirely. And what benefit would it be? You don't learn anything in perfection?

HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? No and yes; the things I wanted were inconsequential creature comforts, anyway--didn't get *those*, but I did get others. I'm content.
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? ~soft smile~ a curious child who becomes a wise adult, and more synchronization between myself and mi querido.
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? Sometimes.
4. Do you believe in magic? mmhmmm.
5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? ~shakes head~
6. Do you gamble? no.
7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? yes.

CHARITY
1. What causes do you support? The ones that seem both admirable and effective.
2. What causes have you given money or time to? the occasional little jar, churches when led to, St. Judes once or twice.
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless? ...no.
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group? No.
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? sometimes.
6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food? yeah.
7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need? ...gave her a place to sleep a for about a week.

FORTITUDE
1. What are you most afraid of? nonexistance.
2. What did you do today that was really brave? nothing, really.
3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why? ~laugh~ Oddly enough, Shadowcat from the X-men, because physical obsticals are nothing to someone who can fade through them.
4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? Ask me when the situation arises.
5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? ~shakes head~ I don't know. None of the above, actually--more like Tenacity.
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? yup.
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower? Second- or third-string leader. I function best when I have someone giving me a broad order and leaving me to do it how I will.

JUSTICE
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? not yet...
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? Depends on how much I agreed with why we were going to war. Another World War II? I'm there. Another Viet Nam? Bloody hell, no.
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? depends on the case.
4. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? The lesser of two evils is still evil; we wouldn't be any more respected as a nation if Gore had gotten the seat.
5. What was your favorite media circus trial? ih. Wouldn't it be easier just to go back to throwing people to lions?
6. Have you ever written a letter to a politician? ~snort~ Like it'd ever get seen if I did.

TEMPERANCE
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on?: Time management.
2. Do you collect anything? books, music, data, aquaintainces, dust... yeah, i collect...
3. Are you addicted to anything? see above...
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? ~nods~ a vaccuum cleaner. $50. Then Adam went out and bought a PS2... ~smacks forehead~
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? to quote me Da: Like a cheeseburger-- you don't finance a cheeseburger.
6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do? remember that PS2?
7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? yes.

PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know? ...Hard to pick. Either Les, my mom, or my Da.
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? ...no.
3. Do you take advice when it's given? Depends on whether I'm ready to hear it. It'll get taken eventually, if it's sound...eventually....
4. What area are you wisest in? ~shrug~
5. Do you drive defensively? heh heh heh heh heh... Passive-agressively.
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? yes...but I married him later. This counts for something, yes?
7. What did you learn today? Little things'll piss you off if you make them more important than they are. Step back.

8. Finally, what is your favorite virtue? "These three things remain: Faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."