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survey follows. but first, since i was asked today, the latest in v's currents:

currently reading: reading two books at one right now. "requiem for a dream" and "elliott smith and the big nothing."

currently listening to: i've been listening to a lot of ryan montbleau lately. "begin" has continued to dominate my car stereo. rilo kiley's "the execution of all things," of course, plus my NEMO compilation - featuring syd, adam ezra group, world/inferno friendship society and the like.

currently looking forward to: a holiday weekend. boston. seeing my family's reactions to the gifts i've selected. spring and/or california in february. whatever concert i find myself at next. getting sleep tonight. etc. etc. etc.

[ one ] grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. write down what it says: "Standard Code for Information Inter-"

[ two ] stretch your left arm out as far as you can. what do you touch first? VYO playbill tacked to the wall

[ three ] what is the last thing you watched on TV? uh ... some infomerical was on last night as i prepared to go to sleep."

[ four ] Without looking at the clock, guess what time it is: 3:31 p.m.

[ five ] now look at the clock. what is the actual time? 3:47 p.m.

[ six ] With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? people talking on the phone. police scanners (2). typing. conversations.

[ seven ] When did you last step outside? what were you doing? about an hour ago. my computer was being worked on, so i went to get a cup of coffee.

[ eight ] Before you came to this website, what did you look at? damn you, myspace.

[ nine ] What are you wearing? black pants. black 3/4 sleeve buttondown with thin pink and blue stripes. black boots. black necklace. trend?

[ ten ] Did you dream last night? nope. the first time in about a week i didn't.

[ eleven ] When did you last laugh? about a half hour ago - watching dennis' averi video.

[ twelve ] What is on the walls of the room you are in? office stuff. some shelves, with phone books, AP stylebooks and newspapers. some printed pictures, previously mentioned playbill. a couple of press tags, concert tickets. phone list. a hand-written reminder that "we are not a mulling people."

[ thirteen ] Seen anything weird lately? i see weird things every day.

[ fourteen ] What was the last film you saw? bend it like beckham. i was frightened by how much of it i can quote.

[ fifteen ] If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first? tickets to cali.

[ sixteen ] Tell me something about you that I don't know: i'll put ketchup on almost anything.

[ seventeen ] if you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? bye bye bush.

[ eighteen ] Do you like to dance? yep. hey, you didn't ask if i was good at it ...

[ nineteen ] George Bush: can go back to the abyss of hell he sprang from.

[ twenty ] Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? molly, abigail, perhaps elizabeth so i can call her eliz.

[ twenty-one ] imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him? andrew.