Seven Deadly Sins ANGER 1. Who did you last get angry with? Probably a teacher. I haven't gotten FURIOUS for a long time, even though I am always slightly angry at one thing or another. 2. What is your weapon of choice? Lunarian Needle Gun: 6(d6 + 5). :D 3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? Probably not as much as I used to. 4. How about of the same sex? I hit Mike all of the time. 5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? Dunno, maybe a roommate? 6. What is your pet peeve? People who eat with their mouth open and thumping bass. 7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I often want to keep grudges longer than I can. SLOTH 1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a while? Floss. 2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? My sleep schedule has gone through all possible permutations. 3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't: Grandparents and aunts. 4. What is the last lame excuse you made? I can't think of any. 5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones...)? Yes, one of those cooking doohickies. 6. When was the last time you got a good workout in? I sprint to class occasionally. :) 7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? Once. GLUTTONY 1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? Bottled water. 2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat? Dark! 3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event? Five shots of rum and a vodka and cranberry juice on January 1st, 2002. 4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? Nope. 5. Do you have an issue with your weight? Nope. 6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? Sweet! Not so much candy as fruit and Freedom Silk Pie. 7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH". Yup. LUST 1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family). One. 2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)? Three or four, perhaps? I used to change in Helser next to the window while the door was still open. 3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? Nope. 4. Have you "done it"? Nope. 5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Hmmmm. Honestly, I very much like noses and mouths. 6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? Not as far as I know. 7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? Nope. GREED 1. How many credit cards do you own? 2, counting my checking/credit card. 2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Hy-Vee. (I'm lame.) 3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? Upgrade my computer, maybe even buying two or three. Then pay for school and invest the rest. 4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Famous. It's easy to get rich when people know you. :) 5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? Probably not. 6. Have you ever stolen anything? Matches from church. 7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? Slightly over 7,500. PRIDE 1. What's one thing you have done that you're most proud of? Somehow managed to stay in school and complete all kinds of projects at the same time. :) 2. What's one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? I dunno. Probably that I finally met a girl and managed to stay in school. 3. What's something would you like to accomplish in your life? Perhaps start a business. And buy a fun car. 4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? Yes. 5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? Yeah. 6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? Nope. I prevent everyone around me from cheating. It's great. :D 7. What did you do today that you're proud of? Went to physics! I also worked on work stuff rather than just sit around. ENVY 1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? Bryan's shiny new blue corvette. :D 2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? Laura. 3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? Michael Abrash. 4. Have you ever been cheated on? No. 5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? I have thought I was ugly since the day I was born. So yeah, I guess. :) 6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? More focused self-discipline. (I'm a classic greedy algorithm... Good short term solutions, not so good long-term.) 7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? No thanks. It takes long enough to fill them out! 8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? Lust or anger. Seven Heavenly Virtues FAITH 1. What religion do you follow? Catholic, but I have my own thoughts too. 2. What religion were you raised as? Catholic 3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? Property? Forgiveness is a state, not a property. 4. Do you believe in magic? No. 5. What was the last promise you broke? I don't know. 6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it? It's hard for me to pray now. I'm a determinist... It's annoying sometimes. 7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? I think the whole world is perfect. Otherwise it wouldn't be. :) HOPE 1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? I didn't get anything I asked for. :) But I got a lot of great stuff. I've been playing with the spice rack I got and inventing nifty meals. 2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? Getting a fun job, having lots of toys, and a wonderful Laura. :) 3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? Often. 5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? My mom made me stand behind her when she bought them once! 6. Do you gamble? No. I prevent others from losing their winnings, however. ;) 7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? I don't think so. (I don't quite understand.) CHARITY 1. What causes do you support? Open source, to a degree. Patent office reform. Energy conservation. 2. What causes have you given money or time to? I can't think of any. 4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group? Doubt it. 5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? I haven't. I guess I'm conservative like that... 6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food? Not really. 7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need? I don't know. My friends rarely have needs. :) FORTITUDE 1. What are you most afraid of? That I get in a car wreck and have brain damage. :o 2. What did you do today that was really brave? Nothing. 3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why? I don't really have any. :( 4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? Yeah, I think so. 5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? Brains. 6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? Oh yes. Not so bad now that I give regular presentations. I bet with a large crown it would really suck though. 7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower? I used to really be a follower, but I'm more and more of a leader every day. Mostly because "the only way to do it right is to do it yourself." JUSTICE 1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? Were you chosen? Nope. 2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? I don't particularly care to join the military. I rarely agree with any of the United States' policies nowadays. I'm thinking I'd like to try Canada anyway. 3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? Not anymore. 4. Which should be guaranteed legal? I think free speech is one of our most important rights. 5. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? Uh, sure? The system is messed up, but you can't retroactively change it. 6. What was your favorite media circus trial? FREE MITNICK! Or something. 7. Have you ever written a letter to a politician? Yeah, for a class or two. TEMPERANCE 1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on? I tend to work on personal projects even when I shouldn't. It gets in the way of school and stuff. 2. Do you collect anything? Square game music, perhaps. Music in general, even. 3. Are you addicted to anything? Nope. I could be alone on a beach for a week and not have any kind of withdrawal. :) 4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? Nope. 5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? I wish it were cash, but it's my debit card. 6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do: Get into relationships which could not in any way have possibly worked out. But I guess that's how you learn what's good in life. 7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? Yeah, I get really excited about a lot of things, especially new things I'm learning. PRUDENCE 1. Who is the wisest person you know? My boss and Dusty Leary always seem to have the right answer. 2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? Yeah. 3. Do you take advice when it's given? It depends. You have to go through a pretty specific process to convince me of things. :) But I definitely learn from others, when I'm ready. 4. What area are you wisest in? I'd say I'm pretty knowledgable about software development. That's my strong point, at least. 5. Do you drive defensively? Often, yes. I have a bit of obsessive compulsiveness and paranoia. 6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? Would you ever? Nope. Sure. 7. What did you learn today? That the grading system in my physics class makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. 8. And of course, what is your favorite heavenly virtue? Temperance.