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Nope. I crack my knuckles and wrists instead.TPBM thinks coming up with ideas for stories is just as fun as writing them.
No, I like developing the story more than starting it.TPBM likes to wear a watch.
I have a cell phone that tells time, so I don't need one.TPBM likes to brainstorm a list of genres and subgenres to take advantage of when deciding on a short story to write.
When writing short stories, I take the topic that first comes to mind and my mood at the time. I'm not too concerned about genre.TPBM prefers to write in pen.
My handwriting is sloppy, so I'd rather type my words than scribble them down on a pen.TPBM likes to hear their favorite songs in different pitches.
As long as it still sounds nice, I'm up for it.TPBM has a special bookmark that they always use.
I do. It has a black laborador retriever on it. Aww!TPBM thinks face tattoos are creepy.
I guess it depends on what the tattoo is, how big, and where they put it. TPBM thinks gauges are gross.
I hate the giant ones, but the tiny itty bitty ones are fine.TPBM is tired but doesn't want to sleep.
Tired, would love to sleep, have a million things to get done first :(TPBM believes in ghosts.
I guess. No reason not to?TPBM
No! I suck at every type of video game known to man. (That includes Mario Cart set on easy.)TPBM can catch flies with theirr bare hands.
I wish, if nothing else because my brother has done it.TPBM is looking forward to New Year's Eve.
Eh. I have non special plans. However, I know that as soon as 2014 comes, I will become very frustrated at myself for continuing to date papers as 2013.TPBM has no sense of direction.
I'm told I am by my friend, but I don't think so. (But I suppose that's the way it works.)TPBM is multilingual.
I took two years of Spanish in high school, but I'm hardly bilingual. I actually had to ask a friend what "El Comegente" was supposed to mean.TPBM gets emotional over the song "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac.
I just looked it up and it's a very pretty song, but didn't make me very emotional.TPBM thought the movie Frozen was absolutely adorable!!
I'd love to see it someday, preferably before they stop showing it in theaters. That way I can get a big tub of butter-drenched popcorn at the counter. Mmmmmmm, popcorn.TPBM sees nothing wrong with grown men listening to Michael Bolton.
Nope. Not at all.TPBM has had a stranger see them singing out loud in a car.
More times than I can count!TPBM has a tattoo.
Not a single one.TPBM finds tattoos sexy.
Only if it's henna. I don't like real ones at all.TPBM picks an evil alignment in video games whenever possible?
Baddies are the best.TPBM has tried to pass an imaginary lover off as real, so they wouldn't have to explain being single.
I'm only 16, so my family feels no pressure to see me off and married any time soon. So in other words... no.TPBM has tried making s'mores with fudge-stripes (or some other type of cookie) instead of chocolate and graham crackers.
I make Anzac cookies all the time. Does that count? TPBM has a deep, dark secret they're dying to tell someone.
I definitely have a secret. Whether it's deep or dark is up for debate.TPBM is terrible at frosting cakes.
(Now I'm intrigued! Tell me your secret and I'll tell you if it's deep or dark ;) )Absolutely! I wouldn't know where to start with cake decoration.
TPBM has some kind of superstitious ritual they do on a daily basis but hopes no one will find out.
My ritual is drinking three one-liter Diet Mountain Dew bottles a day. The bathroom at my house has just become a busy place.TPBM constantly has dreams about playing a bass guitar.
Nope. Not once. Though I have dreamt of being a harpist.TPBM will will talk to/scream at the screen when the TV program is frustrating them.
I do this all the time whenever there's a boring UFC fight on TV. I keep yelling at the two fighters to be more aggressive, but it never helps.TPBM considers themselves a "guitar villain" because of their frustration with trying to play it and failing.
Absolutely! You would think that being able to play the violin and piano would prepare me for a guitar game. But alas, no, it doesn't. I'm as terrible at Guitar Hero as I am with all other video games.TPBM watched the Tournament of Roses Parade today.
I don't even know what that is. Even if I did, my cable box decided to pixelate the TV screen. I really should call Wave sooner than later.TPBM can write a short story in less than 500 words.
I probably could. But the question would be whether or not that story would actually be good.TPBM likes to colorcode their belongings.
If I did that, my belongings would only be coded with pink and black since they're my favorites. Yes, I'm a man and I like pink. Go figure.TPBM gets giggly whenever they see a You Tube video of a rock star yelling at a disrespectful fan in the audience.
Hmm... not really.TPBM finds yoga to be surprisingly exhausting.
Pretty much any exercise I do, aside from walking and lifting weights, leaves me exhausted. Then again, I've got a saggy belly to carry around, so that probably doesn't help matters.TPBM likes eating spoonfuls of peanut butter.
No, I hate the stuff. Disgusting!TPBM does some kind of charity work.
I donate monthly to the ASPCA and I volunteer weekly at the Kitsap Historical Society. Does that count?TPBM squirmed when watching scenes from Zero Dark Thirty.
(Yes, definitely)No, I haven't seen it. I'm not much of a squirmer though.
TPBM has spent WAY too much money on comic books.
I haven't spent any money on comic books.TPBM sometimes wakes up in different positions than they fell asleep in.
Always, sometimes I even wake up in differnet rooms...which makes me wonder if aliens took me, and when they brought me back they forgot where to put me.TPBM day dreams about saving damsels in distress.
Haha, how did you know?!TPBM fancies themselves as a bit of a photographer.
My photos always come out blurry, so probably not.TPBM loves dark humor.
Yes. The darker, the better.TPBM has a party trick that never fails to impress.
I'm not much of a party animal, so I have little need for a party trick.TPBM has tried to eat jello with chopsticks.
No, can't say I have. TPBM has tried to impress someone by writing a poem for them.
I wrote it on a Valentine for someone when I was in junior high. I don't know if he ever read it though. : /TPBM has bad eyesight.
No, it's fine.TPBM stayed up after midnight celebrating New Years?
Nope, I've never really been into that holiday.TPBM did not make a New Years Resolution this year.
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TPBM chews on their nails when they're nervous.