53 things you never wanted to know about me

this'll give you something to read over the next three weeks while i am (mostly) away. feel free to copy it. the questions, that is.

1.Where did you take your default pic?
in sepp's study

2.What exactly are you wearing right now?
interestingly enough, clothes! no socks though.

3.What is your current problem?
feeling blaaaaaah, when my holidays have just started :(

4.What makes you most happy?
life. it also makes me most sad.

5.What's the name of the song that you're listening to?
elisabeth schwarzkopf's version of "meine lippen, sie kuessen so heiss" from "giuditta"
later: "absent friends" by the divine comedy
later still: "blue eyes crying in the rain" by carla bozulich
and then: "portions for foxes" by rilo kiley

7.Name someone with the same birthday as you?
bjork (yessss!). goldie hawn. jena malone (from "donnie darko"). voltaire. rené magritte. arthur quiller-couch. my old classmate christoph "kulti" kulterer.

8.Ever sang in front of a large audience?
do i look like i want to commit suicide by having tomatoes thrown at me?
that one time two guys dragged me onstage at a karaoke in queensland to sing "when i'm 64" won't do as an answer. that audience was not large, even before we started singing.

9. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
a friend's daughter once found i looked a tiny little bit like pink. though her father instantly disagreed.

10.Do you still watch kiddy movies or kiddie TV shows?
oh yes! wickie. die sendung mit der maus. shrek! i love shrek! monsters inc!

11.Do you speak any other languages?
english. the french and italian i still remember. basic dutch and swedish. some japanese, though not much is left. some leftover latin. though i don't use that often.

12.Has anyone you've been really close with passed away?
hmmm … the closest – my great-uncle pepi who spent a lot of time with me when i was a kid. he was closer to me than my paternal grandfather or maternal grandmother.

13.Do you ever watch MTV?
no. though i used to in the eighties.

14.What's something that really annoys you?
how long have you got? people who think they know everything and fail to realise that they share the planet with other human beings, that would be one thing that comes to mind today, for a reason.
and people biting their fingernails! ugh!

Chapter 1:

1.name:
michaela andrea gabriel

2.Nickname:
michi, moonie, miss m, miss moon. little moon (reserved for my friend teresa).

3.Current location:
vienna

4.Eye color:
check the profile pic! ;)

Chapter: 2

1.Do you live with your parents:
heavens, no!

2.Do you get along with your parent(s):
yes though we could be closer. i regret that sometimes, that we are not.

3. Are your parents married/seperated/divorced:
married

4. Do you have any siblings:
martin (23) and markus (nearly 31)

Chapter 3: Favorites

1. IceCream:
tichy's chocolate ice cream, fiocco, malaga (that is rum'n'raisin for you non-austrians)

2.Season:
autumn, unless it is constantly raining. nothing beats the light on a beautiful october afternoon.

3.Shampoo/conditioner:
jumping juniper shampoo bar from lush!

Chapter 4: Do You..

1.Dance in the shower
you mean there are people who actually DO that?? jeez. how many of them end up in casualty?

2.Write on your hand:
no

3.Call people back:
yes, i usually do

4.Believe in love:
yes

5.Sleep on a certain side of the bed:
right side

6.Have Any Bad habits:
what are bad habits? letting the answer machine click on to hear who is calling? *L*

Chapter 5: Have You...

1. Broken a bone:
no, never.

2. Had surgery:
appendix

3.Had physical therapy:
only massages

4.Gotten stitches:
yes. on my forehead. because an overly enthusiastic classmate accidentally hit me with a table tennis bat.

5.Taken painkillers:
yes. after i had that tooth "dug out" last year.

6.Gone SCUBA diving or snorkeling:
snorkelling in fiji, tonga, canada, possibly somewhere else

8.Thrown up at the dentist:
why would i want to do that? *L*
my granny did though when she was pregnant. she warned him. he laughed. then he didn't.

9.Sworn in front of your parents:
yep. they don't like it too much though.

10.Had detention:
no

11.Been sent to the principal's office:
no

12.Been called a ho:
not to my face

Chaper 6: Who/What was the last

1.Movie(s) you saw:
donnie darko

2.Person to text you:
ummm … mum i think.

3.Person to call you?:
sepp

4.Person who hugged you:
sepp

5.Person you tackled:
that guy who tried to jump the queue at the bakery today …
just kidding

6.Thing you touched:
mouse / keyboard; apart from that, my teacup

7.Thing you ate:
a pepper from our balcony!

8.Thing you drank:
tea

9.Thing you said:
oh dear ... what was the last thing i said to sepp … can't remember. possibly something like "you poor thing", because his back is aching

10.Friends you could trust with anything:
gudrun, rachael, lotta, birgit

11.Friends you miss the most that have moved:
alex;my other friends have not moved away
of those who live in other countries: rachael and lotta


song of the day: rilo kiley - portions for foxes