The Ultimate Survey

Been putting this off for a couple years … but anything to keep from reading my Evidence case book.

Who Are You?

What is your full name as it appears on you birth certificate:

What do you like to be called:

• David

What are your nicknames:

• Davodd

What is your alias? (Middle name, street you grew up on):

• Alan Clearview

What’s your stripper/drag queen name? (Name of first pet, mother’s maiden name):

• Pepper Herron

What’s your Mobster Nickname:

• The Coin Operator

What’s your Star Wars Nickname:

• Davsp Hefor, Nambui of Loratadine

What’s your Spell Check name (words that replace your name in spell check):

• Devoid Specimen

Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake:

• 40

Date you were born:

• Feb. 4, 1968 (2-4-68)

What’s your Sun sign:

• Aquarius

What’s your Moon sign:

• Aries

What’s your Constellation Rising:

• Scorpio

Notable Events on the Day You Were Born:

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “Drum Major Instinct” speech where he predicted his own death and gave instructions for his funeral.
• Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam accuse the U.S. of war crimes in Vietnam

Parent’s names:

• Father: James Donald Speakman
• Mother: Sandra Kay Herron

Birthplace:

• Fort Wayne, Indiana

Hometown:

• Churubusco, Indiana

Current Residence:

• Mountain View, California

Height:

• 6′1″

Eye color:

• Turquoise

Hair color:

• Brown

Piercings:

• None

Tattoos:

• None

What’s your most attractive feature:

• Eyes

Pets:

• Joey, dog - Golden Retriever/Daschund mix (Animal shelter rescue)
• Boris, cat - Brown tuxedo tabby/rag doll (Animal shelter rescue)
• Taffy, cat -Miniature bob-tail black tuxedo (stray rescue)
• Toby, cat - Cappuccino-brown (stray rescue)

What are the perks of your job:

• Casual dress (rare in law offices)
• Great boss
• Time flexible to accommodate law school

How much do you love your job:

• Well, I’m going to night law school - so I’m looking for a change.

Are you an inside or outdoors person?

• Indoors. I’m allergic to pollen.

Do you have children?

• No. But I helped raise a step kid for the first couple years of my relationship with Rich.

What Laundry detergent do you use?

• Tide

What color is your underwear:

• Plaid

Color of socks:

• I’m barefoot as I type this (usually white)

What color is your bedroom’s carpet:

• Beige (soon to be torn up and replaced with hardwood)

What color is your bedroom:

• Bordello Burgundy

What color is your bathroom:

• Guest Bathroom: Dark Sage.
• Master Bathroom: Light Sage

What did you want to be when you were little?

• Doctor.

Favorite childhood memory:

• Long hot lazy summers in rural Indiana.

When Was The Last Time You:

Took a shower:

• Yesterday. I’m writing this in my bathrobe before I have gotten ready for the day.

Danced:

• A few months ago.

Received flowers and from whom:

• 6 years ago, from Rich. I immediately put them outside because I was allergic to them.

Watched Bambi:

• More than 30 years ago.

Cried:

• I don;t remember. Sometimes I tear up during sad movies or TV shows. But It’s been years since I had a good cry.

Got a real letter:

• A couple days ago. I work in a law office. I get real paper-in-envelope stamped U.S. mail letters all the time.

Gave to charity:

• Well, since my Law School is officially a non-profit - I gave last month when I paid tuition.

What did you have for breakfast?

• A Diet Coke.

What was the last book you read:

• Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson

What was the last CD you bought:

• Celtic Christmas (Dec. 2007)

What was the last movie you saw:

• Lost Boys 2 (Wow bad)

What will be the next CD you buy: I don’t know.

Do you play the lottery:

• No. I have a moral thing against lotteries - they are a tax on the poor.

Ever win?

• Once I was given a lottery ticket with my paycheck when I worked for WPTA-TV in Fort Wayne. I gave it away - it won $25 dollars.

From whom did you get your last e-mail?

• Dian Crayne

Last person you went to dinner with?

• Phillip Rose, Law School study partner

What are you listening to right now?

• The combined fans of my computer and our server

Best thing that happened to you today:

• Slept in

Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with everyone?

• Rich’s new job/career path starts on Monday.

What is Your Favorite:

• Flavor: French Vanilla
• Breakfast cereal: Archer Farms (Target Brand) Blueberry Granola With Flax
• Candy: Reese’s peanut butter cups, Peanut Butter Twix
• Salad Dressing: Honey Mustard
• Food: Butter Chicken
• Cuisine: Indian.
• Breakfast Food: French Toast with melted peanut butter between the slices with maple syrup and lots of butter.
• Pie: Blueberry
• Lunch: In-N-Out Double Double, Animal Style with Animal Fries.
• Alcoholic beverage: LIIT
• Type of Ice: None.
• Your favorite potato chip? Ruffles All Dressed chips (only available in Canada)
• Favorite sandwich? Sliced chicken breast with pesto, sun dried tomatoes, fresh spinach, tomato slices and a slice of provolone cheese on focaccia brad - toasted open face until the cheese starts to melt. (Nom nom nom…)
• Ice cream: Homemade French Vanilla/Almond
• Sobe flavor: Energy
• Soda: Diet Cherry Coke
• Restaurant: Temptations
• Fast Food Restaurant: IN-N-Out
• Toothpaste: Colgate Fresh Mint
• Deodorant: Anthony for Men Logistics Alcohol Free, Hugo
• Shampoo or conditioner: Anthony Every Day, Neutrogena T-Gel
• Perfume/cologne: Hugo
• Type of Underwear: Depends on the day and occasion and comfort level needed.
• Shoes: Merrell lace-ups, Sketchers, Vans
• Accessory: One 6 mm platinum (PLAT) wedding band (pipe cut).
• Possession: My car.
• Clothes: My “Kill All Humans” red t-Shirt
• Favorite brand of clothing? Clearance rack.
• Color: Green
• Number: 4
• Stone: Pakistan green marble
• Holiday: Labor Day
• Day of the week: Friday
• Favorite time of day? Late at night when everyone has gone to bed and I have alone time as the world is quiet.
• Flower: Osteopermums - especially the sherbet orange ones with purple centers
• Smell: Fresh Rosemary
• Grade: Junior year at Ball State
• Subject in school: English.
• Teacher: Judge Weissbrodt from Contracts class in law school
• Birthday Present Ever: Blu-Ray DVD burner
• Fairy tale: Hansel and Gretel
• Poem(s): Beowulf
• Type of music: melodic and electronic rock, trance, lounge.
• Song(s): Albums - Depeche Mode Violator, New Order Substance, Lost Boys Soundtrack
• Song you love but are embarrassed to admit to: Top of the World by The Carpenters
• Christmas Carol: Carol of the Bells http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSlMOzaZLnM
• Movie:
  - SF: Blade Runner
  - Fantasy: Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  - Dark Fantasy: Hellraiser, Candyman (tie)
  - Horror: Alien
  - Chick Flick: Steel Magnolias
  - Cult: Desperate Living
  - Comedy: Young Frankenstein
  - Drama: Sophie’s Choice
  - Classic Drama: Citizen Kane
  - Dark Comedy: Dangerous Liaisons
  - Thriller: Manchurian Candidate (original)
• TV show: Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, House
• TV star: Ben Browder, Jamie Bamber, Jensen Ackles, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
• Magazine: Weird Tales, The Week
• Celebrity: Clive Owen
• Super Hero: Green Lantern
• Fraggle: Mokey
• Sesame Street Character: Grover
• Zoo Exhibit: African Journey at the Fort Wayne Zoo
• Favorite sport to watch on TV: Men’s Water polo, Olympic Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling, Men’s Gymnastics, Men’s swimming events.
• Sport to Watch at the game: College basketball
• Sports team: Ball State Cardinals
• Car: Atomic Blue Honda Element LX
• Web Site: http://www.fandominion.com
• Amusement Park Ride: The Mantis - Cedar Point

What do you want for Christmas:

• Apparently DVDs and geek things, according to my Amazon.com Wish List

If you were stranded on a desert island what book, album, and video would you want with you:

• Book: The complete Darkover Series
• Album: Depeche Mode Violator
• Video: Rich and My wedding

Which store would you choose to max your credit card:

• Target

If you could be any age, past, present, or future, what would it be:

• 28

If you could live in any decade in history, what would it be:

• Now. Being gay in the past was bad. This is pretty much the best time in history to be gay.

What childhood toy do you wish you still had:

• Tinker Toys

What movie makes you cry:

• First: Old Yeller
• Most Recent: Brokeback Mountain

What appliance could you not live without:

• Internet-enabled Computer.

Your lucky charm:

• A little piece of paper with Trin’s phone number on it from 1995.

The person you worship the most:

• Mark Twain

Your bedroom is like:

• A cave.

Favorite Places

Place to live: Mountain View

Town to chill in/ Vacation spot: Montreal, Chicago

Place to retire: Don’t plan on retiring. I plan on working at something I enjoy until I drop dead.

Places you want to see but haven’t:

• New Zealand
• Hawaii
• My family’s ancestral castles in Scotland, England and Wales

What is Your Least Favorite:

• Food: Raspberries. Blech.
• Cuisine: Sushi.
• School Subject: Math,
• The worst song you ever heard: Thong Song
• Most embarrassing CD in your collection: Merry Christmas With Love by Clay Aiken
• Characteristic: Dishonesty

Which Is Better:

• Hot tubs or pools: Pools.
• Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds, because of their industrial uses.
• TV or radio: Tie.
• Short or tall: Tall.
• Toilet paper over or underhand: Over.
• Coke or Pepsi:
  - Pepsi (with sugar)
  - Diet Coke (without sugar)
• Sprite or 7 Up: 7 Up
• Coffee or Coffee Ice Cream: I hate the taste of coffee. Neither.
• Creamy or crunchy peanut butter: Both.
• Croutons or Bacon Bits: Croutons.

What’s the right way to eat a Reese’s:

• Bite, Chew, Savor flavor, swallow. Repeat as necessary.

Does cheese go on the bumpy or flat side of the Ritz:

• Bumpy

White or brown bread:

• Brown

Beavers or ducks?

• Ducks.

Beatles or Elvis:

• Beatles

Who are the most attractive male and female celebrities:

• Male: Clive Owen
• Female: Angelina Jolie

Are you a morning person or a night owl?

• Night Owl

Disney or Warner Brothers:

• Disney

Pedicure or manicure? Both

What first catches your eye in the opposite (or same) sex (ie, legs, boobs, etc):

• Hands

What do you look for in a person:

• Humor, Positive attitude, Personality, Childlike wonder

If you could be any place right now, where would you choose:

• Having a week-long vacation with Rich in Montreal all expenses paid.

Are you a dog or a cat person:

• Cat person.

Razor, cream, or wax:

• Razor - but only when I have to.

Plane, train, or automobile:

• Car.

Car or SUV:

• Small SUV

Lake, Ocean or River:

• Lake

2 doors or 4 (on a car):

• 4

Childhood Blanket or Stuffed Animal:

• Blanket

One pillow or two:

• One very thin pillow.

Which came first; the chicken or the egg?

• Egg.

Do You Believe In…

• Horoscopes: No.
• Past lives: No.
• Ouija boards: Yes, I believe they exist. But no, they are not a portal to the spirit world.
• Love at first sight: If you asked me before I met Rich, I would have said no.
• God: No.
• Religion: See my answer to Ouija boards.
• Aliens: Yes.
• Ghosts: No.
• Evil: As a separate force in the universe? No. But I think people can act evilly.
• Abortion: I believe the government should keep their hands off women’s uteruses.
• Alternative music: Liked it in the 1980s and 1990s.
• Do you love yourself: Yes.
• Does life have a meaning: Yes.
• Do you know what it is: To survive as long as possible.
• Is honesty the best policy: Not if you want people to like you.
• Are you the jealous type: Occasionally when I am feeling insecure.
• What’s your pet peeve: religion used as a weapon to attack others.
• What are you afraid of: Pain.
• Forgive and forget or hold a grudge: With only those choices - Grudges, otherwise you don’t learn from the past.
• Where do you see yourself in 10 years: Lawyer and writer.
• Most annoying thing is: Religious zealotry.
• What is your motto: A witty saying proves nothing.
• Who do you look up to: Any being or issue or obstacle that challenges me to be a better person.
• Life Statement: This is it - there are no second chances or do-overs.

What Stuff Do You Do?

• What kind of work do you do: Writer/Paralegal/Law Student
• Do you cleanse your chakras: Not since I took Yoga in college.
• What are you listening to right now: The hum of the fans of my home computer and the server.
• What is your favorite solitary activity: Surfing the Internet.
• What do you do most often when you are bored: Blog.
• Word or phrases you overuse: “Actual”
• Hobbies: Fandominion.com, watching movies
• Bedtime: 3 a.m.

Have You Ever…

• What was the name of your first best friend: Scott LaBundy
• What was the name of your summer camp: never went.
• Do you remember the camp song: –
• Been toilet-papering: Yes.
• Been Ding-dong-ditching: No.
• Been toilet-papered: Yes.
• What was your first job: Freelance High School sports photographer for local newspaper
• How many times did you fail your permit or driver’s test: 0
• How old were you when you had your first kiss: 16
• Most romantic thing that ever happened to you: Rich and I drove to San Francisco and stood in line for two days in the rain to get married in 2004.
• How many people have you kissed romantically: Don’t remember.
• Can you remember all of their names: No.
• Been in love before: Yes.
• How many times: Five times.
• Dumper or Dumpee: Equal.
• Loved somebody so much it made you cry: Yes.
• Ever fell in love at first sight: Yes. Once. Married him.
• Ever been on a blind date: Yes.
• Ever been cheated on: Yes.
• Ever cheated: No.
• Ever had sex in a public place: I went to Ball State University and during those years, lived life to its fullest.
• Most humiliating moment: The first time I realized I was being cheated on.
• Have you ever gone skinny dipping: Yes.
• Played strip poker: Don’t remember. Probably. I went to Ball State University and during those years, lived life to its fullest.
• Lied: Yes.
• Paid for it: Yes.
• Cheated on a test: No.
• Run away from home: No.
• Broken the law: Yes.
• Ever ridden in a police car: Yes.
• Been arrested: Technically, being pulled over for speeding is an arrest. Yes.
• Been convicted of a crime: No.
• Ever ridden in an ambulance: Yes.
• Have you ever been in a car crash: Yes.
• When was your last hospital visit: When I visited my mom after her last heart attack.
• Ever broken a bone: Yes.
• Ever been in a fistfight: No.
• Had a medical emergency: Yes.
• Gotten beaten up: Yes.
• Ever seen a dead body: Yes.
• Ever seen a ghost: No.
• Been to Africa: No.
• Have you ever seen a black swan: Yes, at the Fort Wayne Zoo.
• What was your most embarrassing hair incident: Orange hair at High School graduation after a tragic sun-in incident.
• What was the best costume you ever wore: Pimp.
• Which of your accomplishments in the last year are you most proud of: Marrying Rich.
• What do you hope to have accomplished in the next year: Defeating Prop 8 in California; Passing 3rd year law school.

What Would You Name Your…

Future home:

• MINE MINE MINE

Kids:

• Go away, Jr.
• Unwanted
• Neglected

Future Pets:

• Rhoda
• Mary
• Laverne
• Shirley

Car:

• Pussy Wagon

Self:

• I like my name

People In My Life

Who are your best friends:

• Rich, my husband
• Tracey Tibbetts, my most enduring friendship
• Phillip Rose, my law school friend/study buddy

Who you chat with most:

• Cally, Don and Phillip

Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest away:

• Ian Brown

Say a nice thing about the person you miss the most:

• Trin was one of the most good-natured and sweet people I’ve ever met.

Craziest/silliest person you know:

• Dan Barcus.

Do you get along with your parents:

• Father: He wouldn’t be able to pick me out of a police line-up. So, that would be a no.
• Mother: Favorite status alternates between me and my other two brothers depending on her mood.

What color is the underwear of the person next to you:

• I am alone.

Who did you last tell you loved them:

• Rich last night when he looked all tired and pouty and cute.

Last person you went to dinner with?

• Phillip - on a study break.

What food does your mom cook better than anyone else:

• Mom tries her hardest… but…

Who has been your friend the longest:

• Gary Anderson

Does it feel nice that someone told you all this stuff about themselves:

• Nicer than being punched in the face.

Does it feel nice that someone wants to know so much about you:

• Not really. I’m thinking about stalker laws and about getting a restraining order.

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