kyrasantae | Meme from mix

TEN random things about me
10. I had two longer than usual (2 hour) naps today
09. I think there's a stress injury developing in the same place on my left hand as there is on my right (index finger)
08. I couldn't crack my knuckles until I got the aforementioned stress injury on my right hand
07. My parents don't know I drink vodka (quote: "Yeah, beer or wine is okay, just don't be like those other kids your age, they drink those vile spirits like vodka")
06. I have an inability to feel romantically attracted to anybody (i.e. I can't judge whether someone is 'hot' or not, nor am I able to consider having a long-term relationship with anyone, let alone an intimate relationship)
05. I learned to whistle in the middle of a rudiments of music class (this was many many many years ago)
04. Contrary to popular belief, en puhu suomea.
03. I have missed 10 out of 24 chem lectures so far and 7 sociology lectures out of 36 so far (all after October 15th). Fortunately there's only one lecture left of each [Edit: Missed the last chem lecture. Got to the soc one though.]
02. I haven't eaten as many meals as I should have ever since I got here
01. I don't own any denim clothing and don't like wearing jeans anyway

NINE places i've visited
09. Hong Kong
08. Japan
07. World Trade Center, NYC, USA
06. Mexico (albeit only for about 20 minutes)
05. The Bahamas
04. Disneyland, Anaheim, USA
03. Disneyworld Florida, USA
02. Washington DC, USA
01. Loads of other places in the USA like Vegas and Yellowstone and Arizona

EIGHT things i wanna do before i die
08. Live and work in Finland
07. Learn to speak Finnish
06. Find a way to get around my fingers' double-jointedness so I can learn to play guitar
05. Have friends who wholeheartedly believe in the virtue of not getting drunk or going to parties to drink with people, and that we help each other promote this virtue
04. Aid the cause of world peace by promoting a change of attitude
03. See an Engg Week that involves no drinking whatsoever in its events or in how participants spend their time after events
02. Publish a book
01. Sing a solo part in a chorus

SEVEN ways to win my heart
07. Don't just respect my ways, but try them out seriously and see if any of them are worth following
06. Be there for me as I am there for you; both in person and otherwise, because sometimes I need a hug and you need a hug too, not just silent chatter over MSN
05. Be a guitarist
04. Love me for what I'm not (not American, not a typical engg student, etc.)
03. Be Finnish (in which case the 'no drunkeness' clause doesn't apply, because it'd be a cultural habit, not a societal thing - but only if it is enacted in a cultural context)
02. Be spiritual (not those techology-centred seculists!)
01. Be willing to share your beliefs in a neutral way, not by attacking mine

SIX things i believe in
06. God (albeit a rather vengeful one)
05. A universal truth that deliberately contains gaps for individuals to fill in on their own, resulting in the appearance of multiple truths
04. Never lose control of what you're doing, especially with mind-altering drugs
03. Human nature is a combination of peaceful and aggressive tendencies
02. Getting drunk is a waste of economic, physical, and psychological resources
01. Some people will never grow out of the college/university partying habit - I've seen people in seventh year who are still party monkeys. Being in engineering is no excuse not to kick the habit.

FIVE things i'm afraid of
05. Criticism in general, but particularly criticism along the lines of "you haven't tried/experienced it, how do you know?" — there are many ways to learn the same lesson; experience isn't the only way
04. Failure
03. Sleeping in for at least an hour after my alarm clocks go off and I turn them off by reflex (this includes the one on the other side of the room that I have to get up to reach) - this has happened far too often
02. Being outside in the dark without a knife on me somewhere
01. Touching plants or slimy things

FOUR of my favorite items in my bedroom
04. My stereo and CDs
03. My Finnish 'Pirates of the Caribbean' poster
02. My computer
01. My knife collection

THREE things i do every day
03. Have the ESP tool in my pants pocket, or on my desk next to me (when I'm in my room)
02. Not go to bed early because I'm thinking about the far-reaching effects of October 15th and formulating a more effective way to get my ideas about partying and drunkeness across without inviting criticism
01. Think about ways to bring back the friends who have betrayed me and consequently cry for them because they have left me to join the legions of the wild recreational drinkers

TWO things i am trying not to do right now
02. Feel homesick yet not homesick because I don't really think I can trust any of my old friends anymore (see #1 above)
01. Get a gun and go on a killing rampage to get back at the social environment that has caused so many of my peers (those who I know and those I don't) to turn to intoxication to fill in the gaps in their life

ONE person i want to see right now
No I don't have a boyfriend or anything
01. Henry - I've been bugging him about always being busy when I want him to come over and just have a talk about some stuff more personal than academics