Why do I take all these stupid things?

[witchscauldron]

Seven Deadly Sins

ANGER
1. Who did you last get angry with? My upstairs neighbour.
2. What is your weapon of choice? Uh...uh...sharp pointy dagger knives?? Usually just my fists.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? Yup.
4. How about of the same sex? Sure.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? My upstairs neighbour.
6. What is your pet peeve? Stickers from socks, people who don't clean up after their dogs, and parents who don't parent their kids.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I can hold grudges for as long as I want to nurse the hate - generally I just avoid the people and let them go.

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SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time? None. I'm a Virgo clean freak.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? Hard to say. Depends on my health and when I went to bed. I don't sleep much usually.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't?
My mother...my father...my best friend...Frosty and Maii...I'm terrible about that sort of thing.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? Slipped my mind.
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through? Hell no.
6. When was the last time you got a good workout? Walking in the fall.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? Alarm? Bah.

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GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? Toffee Nut frappechino, or chai tea downtown, or Tazo berry stuff.
2. Meat eaters: white meat or red meat? Uh...yes?
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?Split a 40 of vodka with a friend once. Also had a very drunk night with my best friend at a bar...I forget how much we drank.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? No.
5. Do you have an issue with your weight? No, but my doctors do.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? Mostly sweet. Damn diabetes.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought food!-? Heheheheheheh...er, I mean, no?

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LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? More than I'm sure I needed to....but naked is sacred, sometimes.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family? Eleventy bleen.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? Most certainly.
4. Have you "done it"? Why am I reminded of a Monty Python sketch? "You've done it, haven't you? You know - you've slept...with a lady?"
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Eyes. And then probably breasts.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? Nope.
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? Yeah. Whee.

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GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own? None.
2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Pagan shoppes, beads, crafting stores...bondage gear stores...
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? Finish going back to school, pay off our loans, buy a house for Jason and I, and invest the rest in my future.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Neither. I'd settle for housed and fed.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? Gods no.
6. Have you ever stolen anything? Yes.
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? 6 Gigs worth. Hehe.

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PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of? Can't really say.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? NO idea - I'll be damned if I know what makes them happy.
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? Staying alive's pretty much accomplishing it lately.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? I don't compete.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? Not really.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? Nope.
7. What did you do today that you're proud of? I didn't do the laundry.

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ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? Gah...um...?? Perhaps my grandfather's mounted predator bird collection.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces"? No-one. That show is pointless and tasteless in decor.
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
Someone already dead, most likely.
4. Have you ever been cheated on? Yup.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? Not really.
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? The ability to process the sugar I eat without medication.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? Hardly.
8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? I don't have a favorite sin...I really don't believe in sin at all.

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Seven Heavenly Virtues

FAITH
1. What religion do you follow? Celtic pagan...
2. What religion were you raised as? Wasn't.
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? Human.
4. Do you believe in magic? As a fundamental part of my faith, yes.
5. What was the last promise you broke? I haven't.
6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it?
I can't - my prayers are spoken freeform from the heart, not by rote.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? Perfection is subjective...and boring. I don't want anyone to be perfect. Neither, I think, does the Universe, or at least some of us would be.

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HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? I didn't want or expect anything, so I easily got more.
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? Hard to answer that. Very vague. The best thing I could hope for is to spread the good things given to me around, and after that probably to die without pain. That's all one can really hope for out of life.
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? Rarely, but as of late I have had my faith in positive thinking restored...
5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Yeah.
6. Do you gamble? No. I played bingo twice - does that count?7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? What..?? Confusing.

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CHARITY
1. What causes do you support? Canadian Cancer Society, World Wildlife Fund, Amnesty International, various enviromentalist causes, International Wolf Center.
2. What causes have you given money or time to? Ditto number one.
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless? I've donated food, served food...
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel? Maybe.
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? On occasion.
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? Hard to answer this. I can't measure needs against one another - dire need is dire need. And I'd go to the ends of the earth for my friends.

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FORTITUDE
1. What are you most afraid of? Myself, mostly.
2. What did you do today that was really brave? I got out of bed.
3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why? I don't really do superheroes. I'd pick Elric of Melinboné, but he's more of an anti-hero. I'm fond of Batman...but the same deal. I don't like heroes, I guess.
4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? Usually.
5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? Heart.
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? Once.
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower?
Neither. I'm a loner.

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JUSTICE
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? No.
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? I'd go, but I doubt they'd take me - poor health, poor sight, and not in physical fitness.
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? No.
4. Which should be guaranteed legal? ?? I have no idea.
5. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? I'm Canadian, so it really doesn't matter to me, but not really. The man's a walking dork.
6. What was your favorite media circus trial? I hate that shit.
7. Have you ever written a letter to a politician? Yup.

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TEMPERANCE
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on? Shiny things.
2. Do you collect anything? Shiny things, wolves, rocks.
3. Are you addicted to anything? Not anymore.
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? No.
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? Cash.
Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do? Speed.
6. Do you feel that you obsess over things? Sometimes. Ninjas.

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PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know? My grandfather.
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? Yup.
3. Do you take advice when it's given? When applicable.
4. What area are you wisest in? Applying eyeliner. :p Or something.
5. Do you drive defensively? I am the ultimate in safe driving - I don't.
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? Yes.
7. What did you learn today? That giving up Lent for Lent might not actually work.
8. And of course, what is your favorite heavenly virtue? Justice...mebbe Faith.