Q & A
Here are 100 goofy little questions available for anyone to answer, courtesy of Neocities user burypink! I tweaked the wording and grammar for the sake of consistency, but the original questionnaire is available at the link above. I Will take my time with this one though, as it's a pretty long list.
- Time and date you started this?
April 8th, 2025 at 9:25AM - A/S/L?
33 / nunya / occupied Lenape land, i.e. the Eastern US - Opinions on musicals?
Musicals can be pretty fun and memorable! I've seen a number of them over the years, both as a kid and as an adult. I still listen to the soundtracks sometimes whenever I'm in the mood for dramatics in my music. - Favorite snack?
Cookies are definitely a vice of mine, same goes for chocolate. Japanese chocolate-covered biscuits like Kinoko no Yama and Bourbon Alfort minis combine these in the worst way...I always end up buying either one or the other when I'm food-shopping. :P - Have you ever been in love?
More than a few times, and it's often blown up in my face. I get too attached to the idea of being with a certain person and am inevitably disappointed. So I just figure if it happens, it happens. I'd like to persue a relationship seriously at some point, ideally with a fellow aegosexual or other type of asexual person. It doesn't seem fair for me to engage in a relationship with someone who isn't also ace, but those are my personal feelings about it. - Favorite Pokemon?
Vaporeon!! My favorite since I was eight years old. I love the canine-like mermaid design and its ability to melt into water. The Eeveelutions are a lot of fun. I also love Meowth, but specifically Team Rocket's Meowth as voiced by Maddie Blaustein. Really enjoyed the trio a ton growing up (who's surprised lol), but I adored him the most. Blaustein really put her whole heart and soul into voicing Meowth; I wish she was still with us. :'( - Mario Kart main?
Never played any Mario Kart games lol, but I alwayed mained Princess Peach whenever I played Mario Party games. - Team Fortress 2 main?
Never played that one either! - Do you laugh at YouTube poops?
I did back when they were still popular! I didn't watch a ton of them tbh, but the Wilford Brimley diabeetus YT poop is my favorite and it still makes me laugh nearly twenty years later. Plus, the AoStH Robotnik PINGAS ones are still classic. - Are you listening to music right now?
Nope! Just the sound of my mini-fridge humming on my office desk. - Favorite shape?
Probably a circle or an oval. Very malleable and no sharp angles or edges. - Do you believe in astrology?
Yes and no; I do think there might be something to people's personalities aligning in some way with time and space, but I doubt it's exactly how we humans have conceptualized it a la various zodiacs across cultures. Still, I do find it fun to read up on different signs' traits and how Western and Chinese zodiacs create horoscopes out of them. I figure they can be harmless fun so long as I don't get too invested in them. - Do you believe in the occult?
Kiiiiind of, but more in the "this could potentially be dangerous if you play around with forces you don't fully understand" sort of way. If it's in a fictional story or horror film though, then I don't care too much, though Hereditary left vibes so rancid in my apartment at the time, that I wished I did a holy water blessing or something afterwards. - Opinions on Vocaloid?
I hardly listen to Vocaloid, but really like Kenshi "Hachi" Yonezu's tracks, namely his eventual "Donut Hole" cover of the original Gumi song that he produced. He's one of my favorite J-rock singers now!
I also enjoyed WhiteFlame's "Senbonzakura" with Hatsune Miku, though I find its possibly nationalistic themes/aesthetic uncomfortable. I get that there's a lot of debate in the fandom over whether that was the true intent, but yeah. Not hard to see why that song's left out of Korean releases. :x - Would you ever want to be a rockstar?
When I was 11-12 years old, I had on and off fantasies about being a pop or rock star, which is so funny because I can barely sing. - Do you get stressed easily?
I'm a hypersensory-leaning autistic with a hodge-podge of mental health issues, so the answer is yes! :'D - What was your favorite class in high school?
Definitely English class; I've always loved reading, writing and literary analysis. - What Pokemon type would you be? Dual types are allowed lol
I guess Psychic/Fairy? Those are my second and third-favorite types besides Ghost, and they probably suit me and my personality better. I'm not goth enough to be a Hex Maniac type. - Rei or Asuka?
ASUKA! She's always been my favorite since I first watched NGE in undergrad. I do love Rei too as she's special in her own way and reminds me more of myself, but Asuka's character really stuck with me for some reason. - Favorite HTML tag?
I love the marquee tag, it's so fun to make things scroll at any speed and in any direction! But it's basically obselete and doesn't always work properly thanks to browser updates. :/ - Are you religious?
Yes, though I can't say I'm very good at it. I was raised Roman Catholic, but left that tradition, became Episcopalian and am active in an LGBTQ+ affirming church. I struggle to temper my worst impulses and personal flaws at times. Still, I do earnestly try to practice and live out my faith, which is all I can do as a fallible human being. - Opinions on nightcore?
I don't listen to it, so none I could give you lol. - Did you go through any major phase (goth, emo, weeaboo, etc.)?
I went through a weeaboo phase as a teenager, i.e. being extremely addicted to anime/manga and regularly buying basic Japanese junk food like Pocky and Ramune at Suncoast (R.I.P.) and FYE. I used to decorate my room with anime screenshots and wall scrolls. I never got racist abou ITt as a lot of white teens back in my day often did. I didn't "glomp" anyone or think that I could "become" Japanese by partaking in geeky, otaku-core hobbies. At most I added (often incorrect) Japanese on my drawings of OCs and fanart, but that would lead me to studying the language seriously for a few years.
I'm a lot more chill about it now, still trying to retain what JLPT N4 proficiency I learned and even buying Japanese groceries for myself to make dishes. Still nuts about anime/manga obviously. So I basically started as an obsessive teen weeb dork, then matured into a regular Japanophile dork. - Are you good at drawing?
I can draw well to decently, but am very out-of-practice. I get art block easily and while I've improved somewhat over the years, my art could be a lot better if I practiced regularly and draw things outside of the usual OCs and fanart.
I draw mostly for fun though, so perhaps making it into a whole discipline for myself defeats the point lol? I want to refine my style though, so I will get around to it (EVENTUALLY) (HOPEFULLY). - Do you crack your joints?
Noooooope, that sound coming from my own body gives me the ick. - Do you read visual novels?
I don't, but I have been recommended the When They Cry series more than once, so it's on my list. - Can you sew?
A little bit, I can stitch holes and sew patches, but that's all. I'm too lazy to do even that half the time, so I usually ask someone else like my mother or a dry-cleaner. - Can you cook?
Yes, fairly well! I set aside time on the weekends to make large batches to freeze and take out during the week. I tend to cook either basic meals (taco meat, spaghetti sauce) or my favorite Japanese dishes (curry rice, gyuudon). I'm guessing packaged/during the week doesn't count, but that's all the energy I have after work. :'\ - Most expensive thing you've bought?
An actual, full-sized curio cabinet when I still lived with my parents! Bought it using a particularly fat tax refund I got one year. I use it for displaying anime figures. - Opinions on cosplay?
Cosplay is pretty neat! I don't have the time, money, or skill to invest in doing it myself. But I've seen some really impressive cosplays, be they the costumes themselves or photoshoots. - Most hated band/musician?
I don't hate anyone's music too strongly, though there's plenty of good music made by musicians who are/were terrible fucking people (e.g. John Lennon, R. Kelly, Marilyn Manson, Ye West, etc). Ed Morrissey kind of sucks in a snivelling, insufferable way, though I still kind of like The Smiths in spite of him. - Are you a dramatic person?
I definitely have dramatic tendencies lmao. Since I'm autistic I either underreact to things or really overreact, all from poor emotional regulation. I also cry super easily, whether I'm overwhelmed by joy, anger, sadness, or stress. My emotions can get annoyingly strong sometimes. - What emoticon do you use the most?
Oh man, I don't keep track in terms of regular typed emoticons. Emojis, on the other hand? I use these a lot: 😅 😑 😭 🙃 💀 - Can a miracle certainly occur?
I believe so! Miracles can and have happened, whether by human or divine intervention. - Would you let a vampire suck your blood?
I'm too squeamish and pain-avoidant, so probably not! - Do you have a celebrity crush?
Bruce Campbell and Sigourney Weaver! Bi horror fan heartthrobs... - Do you like snow?
When I'm cozy, indoors and looking at beautiful, pristine snow that's just fallen? Yes. When I have to shovel or walk in it, and it's freezing, wet, and muddy? Absolutely not. - Were you really into Greek mythology as a kid?
Sort of; astronomy and the Solar System were childhood special interests of mine, which meant that I did have a vague interest/curiosity about Roman mythology. It heavily overlaps with Greek mythology, even though the two are still distinct. - What are some things you could competently deliver a speech on?
Most things related to my special interests, though I'm more comfortable doing so if it's a topic or subtopic that I've thoroughly researched. If it's in an academic or professional setting though, I'm far more nervous and intimidated by people's perceptions of me. - Are you good at spelling?
My spelling is mostly pretty good, though I'm more likely to make mistakes if I'm not checking periodically, am too tired, or having bad brainfog. - Which Touhou wud u fuk?
D'ohhhhh, I wish I knew more about Touhou just to answer this question! Maybe Hong Meiling or Patchouli. They're both very cute, though I'm more likely to want Touhou girls to do each other in the realms of my own fantasies, rather than me doing any of them (I'm just aegosexual, not fictosexual). - Do you think there's going to be a robot takeover??
Probably at some point, but not this soon. For as much well-founded panic there is about learning language models (LLMs), or what is often marked as "[generative] AI," that's more related to the excesses of our late capitalist hellscape than the tech gaining autonomy or sentience. - HAS SCIENCE GONE TOO FAR??!?!??!?!
In more than one way, yes. Science should be in service to the planet and the needs of its inhabitants and environment, and it continually fulfills those goals! However, life under capitalism is deeply inhumane and antithetical to that, so science is often abused as a means to the selfish and destructive ends of the few. - Would you be an angel or devil?
Most likely an angel. I relate far more to Aziraphale than I do to Crowley. - Sine, cosine, or tangent?
I majored in English in undergrad. My people don't do math! Sorry, lol! - Do you like licorice?
HELL yeah, I love it. One of my favorite candies growing up was Good & Plenty, which are candy-coated black licorice pieces. I like Twizzlers a lot, too. Black licorice, red licorice...it's all delicious! - What's one thing you can't stand that everyone else loves?
Oh that's an easy one: coffee. No matter how much sugar, cream, or syrup I add, coffee and anything coffee-flavored tastes like bitter sludge to me. Will never understand what the fuss is about aside from maybe a collective case of caffeine addiction (and I'm a tea drinker, so I can't point fingers there). - What books did you like as a kid?
I was a voracious reader as a child, I loved everything from encyclopedias and dictionaries to chapter books and comics. There would be far too many books I loved to list here!
In terms of series, my big-time favorites were R.L. Stine's Goosebumps, Brian Jacques' Redwall and Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants. I enjoyed the Harry Potter series too, albeit only the first three books. I never got past the first ~200 pages of the fourth; it was poorly edited and I couldn't give much of a shit about the new characters. Plus considering that I'm trans, it was for the best that I didn't get attached. - Can you play any instruments?
I took piano lessons as tween and haven't practiced regularly in nearly 20 years, but I can still read sheet music and play somewhat decently. I'm a perfectionist and so was my teacher at the time, so we butted heads regularly. I am thankful that I can just sit down and revisit the songs he assigned me back then. - What song would you want to play at your wedding?
Never honestly thought about it! Will need to get back to you on that one. - Do you believe in reincarnation?
Not really, though I'm willing to be wrong about that. There are a handful of weirdly convincing examples of it happening. So while I don't think reincarnation is widespread or happens regularly to every soul, I could see it occuring once in a great while. Plenty of stuff happens that are far beyond human understanding, so I remain somewhat open to that possibility. - Finish the sentence: I'm just a guy who ______
...needs a nap. Maybe two. - Have you been to another continent?
I have! I've been to Asia when I was in Japan with my father 12 years ago, and I've been to Italy, Spain, and the French Riviera with my family while in high school, so Europe also counts. - What's your worst habit?
Dermatillomania, a.k.a. skin-picking. :| I'm very embarrassed by it. But it's a problem I've always had (because autism) and I'm trying to get better control over it so I'm not constantly hiding my fingers and the soles of my feet. - Favorite vegetable?
I'm an ARFID autist, so it's been a life-long, uphill battle to make myself eat more vegetables. I try to add a lot of them to soups since I tolerate the tastes and textures much easier that way. That said, I do enjoy eating cooked cherry tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots in certain dishes. I also love fukujinzuke, which is a type of Japanese pickled relish that tastes GREAT with curry rice. - What's something stupid that scared the shit outta you as a kid?
Probably that one Stephen Gammell illustration of the spider girl from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. One of the books was on a Halloween display when I was in second grade, and I screamed upon opening it lmao. It's nowhere near as scary as it was to me as an eight-year-old, but plenty of his artwork is super off-putting in ways that really stick with you as a 90s kid. - What's one of your guilty pleasures?
Edgelord adult cartoons. Granted, many of them have been a net-negative on American culture (South Park especially), but the dumbass 2000s era teenager in me still finds some of them funny and charming in their own stupid ways. - Would you rather be a ghost or a vampire?
I'm not horny enough IRL to be a vampire, so ghost it is! Wouldn't mind hanging out in a place and scaring living people, seems like it'd be fun. - What do you fear most?
Being unable to live life the way I want. I grew up in a pretty dysfunctional, sometimes abusive environment that was inhospitable to my queerness, and I dread the thought of ever going back to living in a situation like that again. I also don't want to be isolated from other people. I like my solitude and freedom, but still want to remain connected to others, even if I suck at that. - Do you sleep with any plushies?
I haven't slept with plushes in many years, but I do have some I still keep on my bed during the day, especially my old giraffe plush, which I've adored since I was a baby. - What hobby do you just not understand?
Thrill-seeking hobbies like cave-diving, sky-diving, or drag-racing. I'm far from an adrenaline junkie, I can't fathom wanting to constantly put myself in danger. - Do you like the taste of alcohol?
Nah. I drink alcohol sometimes, but it has to be very fruity or a mixed "girly" drink. Otherwise, it's too bitter for me. - Are you a hopeless romantic?
Absolutely! A good, genuine romance gives me warm fuzzies. Fluff is probably my favorite thing to write, especially in fanfiction, and I know it's a real thing that exists, even if it isn't for everyone. - Which deadly sin best fits you?
It's a toss-up between Wrath and Gluttony, maybe a bit of Lust. I'm generally calm and not someone who's quick to lose my temper, but there's a lot about the world that makes me stew in my juices, and I regularly have to beat back thoughts that are too mean or hateful, even if the people I feel them for deserve them. Deep inside me is the sort of scary, reactive anger that my mother has, and I hate feeling it well up even a little bit. It's a part of generational trauma that I'm deeply vigilant about.
As for Gluttony, I only occasionally overeat because I feel like shit afterwards, but I do love food and need to make sure I don't buy too much or indulge too often. Lust is tricky since I have it more in the horny aego "I can't stop thinking about my ships and OCs going to pound-town together" way and not in the "actually wanting to fuck" way that allosexuals typically have. - Which of your physical features do you like the most?
Probably my nose. It's a like nigh-perfect, rounded triangle that gets pink and has a bunch of freckles on and around it. I swear look like a real-life, stereotypical Tumblr drawing lmao, but I wouldn't have it any other way. - Are your ears pierced??
Yes! I almost didn't because the Claire's gun scared me when I was little, but I felt jealous when my younger sister got her's pierced. I mainly wear cute and/or goofy statement earrings, and coordinate my outfits based on them. It's fun! - Have you ever been in a physical fight?
Never. The closest I got was some random boy jumping on me and punching my back repeatedly in a Discovery Zone when I was five. That made me cry so hard and terrified me so much that I remember Mom not taking me back for a long time. - Where do you buy your clothes?
A lot of different places, sometimes small businesses like Joanie, Sleepy Peach or Kina and Tam that design their own, or from chains like Kohl's and The Loft. - Where would you live if you could live anywhere?
I'd love to live in a quiet, modest-sized and walkable town borough, preferably in a modest living space (think a condo or a small house) with minimal driving or the longest distance you need to drive is 5-10 minutes away. - Do believe in magic? or is it all a trick?
Ehhhh, not necessarily, though I do think actual magic is something most people ought to be really careful about messing with (see question #13). That wariness towards dabbling in the supernatural is probably the Mexican in me. - Have you read Umineko: When They Cry? You should!
No, but I'd like to read it someday (see question #29)! - What is the worst chore to do?
Cleaning the bathroom, I think. Dishes and laundry are mildly annoying (plus I REALLY hate touching wet food), but the strong, pungent chemical smells and having to scrub all manner of bodily filth and bacteria really skeeves me out. Sucks that it absolutely has to get done as often as it does. - What did your parents almost name you?
I was almost named Alison or Alice, after that one Elvis Costello song. Thank God my mother had second thoughts, especially considering what that song's about. >_> - What would you want your name to be if you were not your current gender?
- What were your first words?
- What do you want your last words to be?
- When did you first regularly start going online?
I started using the internet when I was about six years old, mainly to play on the Kids' Only page of America Online or Nick.com. But I didn't become a regular internet user until I was 12 or 13 years old, and even ten it was to look for images I liked visually stimming with. - What year do you miss the most?
- Are you psychic?
Nooooooo, I can't even read regular people's social cues and body language that well, let alone anything on an extrasensory level. - Would you fuck a clone of yourself? You're not allowed to kill yourself.
Nope; I don't think even a clone of me would want to fuck. - What do you use to listen to music?
- What's the biggest city you've been to?
Most likely Tokyo. That city is MASSIVE, like three different cities in a trenchcoat! No wonder you need an entire, elaborate subway system to travel through the whole thing. - Favorite animal?
- What web browser do you use?
I used to be a regular, years-long Chrome user, but only use it for work now. I've been using Firefox for personal stuff just because it feels far less evasive. - Are you allergic to kitty cats??????
I don't think that I am! My family never owned cats because my mother doesn't really like them, but they always seemed fine and cute to me. - Do you like energy drinks?
- Would you ever spend money on tf2 unusuals/CSGO skins/gacha pulls/etc.?
- When do you usually go to bed?
On a regular day, between 10:45pm and 11:30pm. I'll stay up longer if it's a weekend or if I'm not feeling too sleepy, but on especially tired days, I hit the hay as early as 9:00-30pm. - How often do you wash your hair?
Every other day, usually, provided that the pomade in my hair doesn't get too funky or itchy by the next day. I have super dry hair so I try not to wash it too much. - Would you download a car?
Damn right I would! Shit's too expensive. - What was your favorite show as a kid?
- What's the silliest hat you own?
- What album/song [do you listen to when] you're feeling angsty?
- Do you make OCs?
- What's the goofiest thing you do when completely alone?
- Do you like fireworks?
- Favorite painter?
- Favorite numbers?
- What genre of vidya gaems are you really good at (fps, fightan, danmaku, racing, whatever)?
- Time and date you finished this?